Difference between revisions of "1.13 Route 666"
From Super-wiki
m |
m |
||
| (24 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown) | |||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
37.313167, -89.552421, Cape Girardeau, MO, USA | 37.313167, -89.552421, Cape Girardeau, MO, USA | ||
</googlemap> | </googlemap> | ||
| + | |prevep= 1.12 Faith | ||
| + | |nextep= 1.14 Nightmare | ||
}} | }} | ||
| Line 23: | Line 25: | ||
An "old friend" of [[Dean]]'s calls the brothers about some suspicious car accidents in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]. It turns out the old friend is Dean's ex-girlfriend [[Cassie]], who ended things with him when he told her the truth about hunting. Her father and his best friend Clayton, (both African American men) have been killed - seemingly run off the road. In the days before his death, her father reported being followed by a [[Racist Truck|black truck]]. | An "old friend" of [[Dean]]'s calls the brothers about some suspicious car accidents in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]. It turns out the old friend is Dean's ex-girlfriend [[Cassie]], who ended things with him when he told her the truth about hunting. Her father and his best friend Clayton, (both African American men) have been killed - seemingly run off the road. In the days before his death, her father reported being followed by a [[Racist Truck|black truck]]. | ||
| − | Soon after [[Sam]] and Dean arrive, the editor of the local paper Jimmy Anderson is also killed. While researching the deaths, Dean and Cassie end up in bed together. | + | Soon after [[Sam]] and Dean arrive, the editor of the local paper, [[Jimmy Anderson]], is also killed. While researching the deaths, Dean and Cassie end up in bed together. |
| − | After the mayor, [[Harold Todd]], is killed, the boys and Cassie find all men were linked to the Dorian family, who had been a wealthy white family in the town. | + | After the mayor, [[Harold Todd]], is killed, the boys and Cassie find that all men were linked to the Dorian family, who had been a wealthy white family in the town. After Cassie herself is attacked, they find out that when her [[Audrey Robinson|mother]] was young, she used to date a man called [[Cyrus Dorian]]. She left him for Martin Robinson, and an enraged Cyrus burnt down the church in which they were to be married, killing the children's choir inside. Cyrus then attacked Martin, beating him badly before Martin was able to overpower Cyrus and kill him. Along with two of his friends, Clayton Solmes and Jimmy Anderson, Martin disposed of Cyrus' body and truck in a swamp. Harold Todd, a young deputy, discovered what had happened but covered it up because he knew of Cyrus's crimes. |
| − | |||
| − | After Cassie herself is attacked, they find out that when her [[ | ||
Eventually, Dean and Sam dispatch the phantom truck by dragging it and its owner out of the lake, burning the body, and leading the ghost truck to the hallowed ground of an old church - incidentally, the one Cyrus had burned to the ground during his racist reign of terror. | Eventually, Dean and Sam dispatch the phantom truck by dragging it and its owner out of the lake, burning the body, and leading the ghost truck to the hallowed ground of an old church - incidentally, the one Cyrus had burned to the ground during his racist reign of terror. | ||
| Line 38: | Line 38: | ||
* [[Dean Winchester]] | * [[Dean Winchester]] | ||
* [[Cassie Robinson]] | * [[Cassie Robinson]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Audrey Robinson]] |
* [[Harold Todd]] | * [[Harold Todd]] | ||
* [[Jimmy Anderson]] | * [[Jimmy Anderson]] | ||
| Line 53: | Line 53: | ||
* [[Salt]] | * [[Salt]] | ||
* [[Sexual Encounters]] | * [[Sexual Encounters]] | ||
| + | * [[Table of Death]] | ||
| + | * [[Tongues]] | ||
* [[Vengeful Spirits]] | * [[Vengeful Spirits]] | ||
|Music= | |Music= | ||
| − | * "Walk Away" by | + | * "Walk Away" by James Gang |
:''(plays at the service station, when Cassie first calls Dean)'' | :''(plays at the service station, when Cassie first calls Dean)'' | ||
* "She Brings Me Love" by Bad Company | * "She Brings Me Love" by Bad Company | ||
:''(plays during the love scene between Dean and Cassie)'' | :''(plays during the love scene between Dean and Cassie)'' | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
* "Can't Find My Way Home" by Blind Faith | * "Can't Find My Way Home" by Blind Faith | ||
:''(plays at the end of the episode, when Dean puts on his shades)'' | :''(plays at the end of the episode, when Dean puts on his shades)'' | ||
| + | '''Netflix'''<br> | ||
| + | * ???? - ???? | ||
| + | :''(plays at the service station, when Cassie first calls Dean)'' | ||
| + | * "Paradise" by Sharif | ||
| + | :''(plays during the love scene between Dean and Cassie)'' | ||
* "Line of Love" by The Minors | * "Line of Love" by The Minors | ||
| − | :''(plays at the end of the episode, when Dean puts on his shades | + | :''(plays at the end of the episode, when Dean puts on his shades)'' |
|Quotes= | |Quotes= | ||
| Line 78: | Line 83: | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{TriviaQuote |Text= | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| − | '''Dean:''' You know, I was thinking. You heard of the Flying Dutchman?<br> | + | '''Dean:''' You know, I was thinking. You heard of the ''Flying Dutchman''?<br> |
'''Sam:''' Yeah, a ghost ship, infused with the captain's evil spirit. It was basically part of him.<br> | '''Sam:''' Yeah, a ghost ship, infused with the captain's evil spirit. It was basically part of him.<br> | ||
'''Dean:''' So what if we're dealing with the same thing? You know, a phantom truck, an extension of some bastard's ghost, re-enacting past crimes.<br> | '''Dean:''' So what if we're dealing with the same thing? You know, a phantom truck, an extension of some bastard's ghost, re-enacting past crimes.<br> | ||
| Line 114: | Line 119: | ||
'''Dean:''' Maybe? Maybe?! What if you were wrong?<br> | '''Dean:''' Maybe? Maybe?! What if you were wrong?<br> | ||
'''Sam:''' Huh. Honestly that thought hadn't occurred to me.<br> | '''Sam:''' Huh. Honestly that thought hadn't occurred to me.<br> | ||
| − | '''Dean:''' | + | '''Dean:''' Honestly that thought hadn't occurred to me... I'm gonna kill him.<br> |
}} | }} | ||
{{TriviaQuote |Text= | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| Line 125: | Line 130: | ||
|Trivia_References= | |Trivia_References= | ||
{{TriviaQuote |Text= | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| − | Route 666 is the sixth extension of Route 66, the famous Mother Road east-west highway, that runs through New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. It was long saddled with the Biblical number of the beast but was renamed Route 491 in 2003, ending decades of devilish innuendo and road sign thievery. | + | Route 666 is the sixth extension of Route 66, the famous Mother Road east-west highway, that runs through New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. It was long saddled with the Biblical number of the beast but was renamed Route 491 in 2003, ending decades of devilish innuendo and road sign thievery.<br> |
| + | ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_66_(TV_series) Route 66]'' was also the title of a 1960's TV series, which also served as one of Eric Kripke's inspirations for ''Supernatural''. | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| + | [[Cyrus Dorian]] burning down the church and killing the children's choir is an allusion to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.] | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| + | '''Dean:''' You know, I was thinking. You heard of the Flying Dutchman?<br> | ||
| + | '''Sam:''' Yeah, a ghost ship, infused with the Captain's evil spirit. It was basically part of him. | ||
| + | :''The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman Flying Dutchman] is a famous ghost ship, that had many alleged sightings in the 19th and 20th centuries.'' | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| + | The showdown between the [[Impala]] and the [[Racist Truck]] is reminiscent of an episode of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series) Knight Rider] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KARR_(Knight_Rider)#.22K.I.T.T._vs._K.A.R.R..22_-_Season_3.2C_Episode_6 "K.I.T.T. V.S. K.A.R.R."] | ||
}} | }} | ||
|Minutiae= | |Minutiae= | ||
| + | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| + | [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733054/ Ron Robinson], who played Young Martin Robinson, also played Possessed Man in [[3.12 Jus in Bello]]. | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| + | The original pitch for the episode was based on the idea of it being a 42 minute car chase. However, budget and the logistics of filming the episode forced the premise to be rethought. | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| + | [[Brad Buckner]] & [[Eugenie Ross-Leming]] were brought in to write the episode [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u4UhomWTjE at the request of Eric Kripke] after "losing a script" during production and needing an emergency script finished in a week to replace it. | ||
| + | }} | ||
{{TriviaQuote |Text= | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
[[Eric Kripke]] has cited this episode as another one of his least favorites. Among other reasons he claims the phantom truck wasn't scary enough and looked too much like a "monster truck." | [[Eric Kripke]] has cited this episode as another one of his least favorites. Among other reasons he claims the phantom truck wasn't scary enough and looked too much like a "monster truck." | ||
| Line 136: | Line 162: | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{TriviaQuote |Text= | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| − | The [[starburst clock]] shows up on the wall of [[Sam]] and [[Dean]]'s motel room | + | The [[starburst clock]] shows up on the wall of [[Sam]] and [[Dean]]'s motel room. |
}} | }} | ||
{{TriviaQuote |Text= | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| − | When Sam is telling Dean how to lure the truck to a precise spot, one instruction is to drive exactly 0.7 miles. When Dean first looks at the odometer, it reads 70098.2. When he stops, it reads 70100.6, which is 2.4 miles. | + | When [[Sam]] is telling [[Dean]] how to lure the truck to a precise spot, one instruction is to drive exactly 0.7 miles. When Dean first looks at the odometer, it reads 70098.2. When he stops, it reads 70100.6, which is 2.4 miles. |
}} | }} | ||
{{TriviaQuote |Text= | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| Line 148: | Line 174: | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{TriviaQuote |Text= | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| − | In the alternative 2014 Apocalyptic future portrayed in [[5.04 The End]], the movie of ''Route 666'' - presumably based on [[Carver Edlund]]'s book - is on the board of an abandoned cinema. | + | In the alternative 2014 Apocalyptic future portrayed in [[5.04 The End]], the movie of ''Route 666'' -- presumably based on [[Carver Edlund]]'s book -- is on the board of an abandoned cinema. |
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{TriviaQuote |Text= | ||
| + | "Route 666" has the distinction of being the highest rated episode of ''Supernatural'', with a 5.82 rating. | ||
}} | }} | ||
|Sides_Scripts_Transcripts= | |Sides_Scripts_Transcripts= | ||
* [[1.13 Route 666 (transcript)]] | * [[1.13 Route 666 (transcript)]] | ||
| + | * [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-1x13-route-666-studio-draft Route 666 Script] (Studio Draft) | ||
| + | * [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-113-route-666-casting-sides-for-audrey-robinson Casting sides] for [[Audrey Robinson]] | ||
| + | * [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-113-route-666-casting-sides-for-cassie-robinson Casting sides] for [[Cassie Robinson]] | ||
| + | * [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-113-route-666-sides-for-harold-dodd Casting sides] for [[Harold Todd]] | ||
| + | * [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-113-route-666-sides-for-jimmy-anderson Casting sides] for [[Jimmy Anderson]] | ||
|Promotion= | |Promotion= | ||
| − | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnpZN5KQrQg Promo] | |
| − | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnpZN5KQrQg | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | + | ==Episode Meta== | |
| − | + | *[[SPN Heavy Meta]] Season One Meta Index | |
| + | *Bond, Silvia. 2007. The Meanest Truck Ever: "Route 666" Season 1, Episode 13. ''Pink Raygun'', October 4; [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112136/http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/10/04/supernatural-route-666/ archive link] | ||
| + | * [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL3N1cGVybmF0dXJhbC10aGVuLWFuZC1ub3c/episode/Z2lkOi8vYXJ0MTktZXBpc29kZS1sb2NhdG9yL1YwL3pmam42YktTLUtUM2FQU2VyOExZdWZ5dXpYV3ZzUEdFNUdmQnNqQWk0em8?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjYr5XF68D3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQDA [[Supernatural: Then and Now]]] with guest [[Jay Gruska]] | ||
[[Category:Canon|01]][[Category:Episodes|01]][[Category:Season 1]] | [[Category:Canon|01]][[Category:Episodes|01]][[Category:Season 1]] | ||
Revision as of 06:57, 21 May 2022
| |
| Title | Route 666 |
| Episode # | Season 1, Episode 13 |
| First aired | January 31, 2006 |
| Directed by | Paul Shapiro |
| Written by | Eugenie Ross-Leming Brad Buckner |
| On IMDB | Route 666 |
| Outline | Dean's old flame, Cassie, calls the Winchesters to help her with a haunted truck killing off family and friends in her town. |
| Monster | Vengeful Spirit |
| Timeline | |
| Location(s) | Cape Girardeau, Missouri |
| « Previous Episode | Next Episode » | |
Contents
Synopsis
An "old friend" of Dean's calls the brothers about some suspicious car accidents in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It turns out the old friend is Dean's ex-girlfriend Cassie, who ended things with him when he told her the truth about hunting. Her father and his best friend Clayton, (both African American men) have been killed - seemingly run off the road. In the days before his death, her father reported being followed by a black truck.
Soon after Sam and Dean arrive, the editor of the local paper, Jimmy Anderson, is also killed. While researching the deaths, Dean and Cassie end up in bed together.
After the mayor, Harold Todd, is killed, the boys and Cassie find that all men were linked to the Dorian family, who had been a wealthy white family in the town. After Cassie herself is attacked, they find out that when her mother was young, she used to date a man called Cyrus Dorian. She left him for Martin Robinson, and an enraged Cyrus burnt down the church in which they were to be married, killing the children's choir inside. Cyrus then attacked Martin, beating him badly before Martin was able to overpower Cyrus and kill him. Along with two of his friends, Clayton Solmes and Jimmy Anderson, Martin disposed of Cyrus' body and truck in a swamp. Harold Todd, a young deputy, discovered what had happened but covered it up because he knew of Cyrus's crimes.
Eventually, Dean and Sam dispatch the phantom truck by dragging it and its owner out of the lake, burning the body, and leading the ghost truck to the hallowed ground of an old church - incidentally, the one Cyrus had burned to the ground during his racist reign of terror.
Before the boys leave, Dean raises the possibility of renewing a relationship with Cassie, but she turns him down.
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Cassie Robinson
- Audrey Robinson
- Harold Todd
- Jimmy Anderson
- Cyrus Dorian
Definitions
- Aliases
- Costumes & Disguises
- Dean's Amulet
- Flying Dutchman
- Impala
- Racist Truck
- Route 666
- Salt
- Sexual Encounters
- Table of Death
- Tongues
- Vengeful Spirits
Music
- "Walk Away" by James Gang
- (plays at the service station, when Cassie first calls Dean)
- "She Brings Me Love" by Bad Company
- (plays during the love scene between Dean and Cassie)
- "Can't Find My Way Home" by Blind Faith
- (plays at the end of the episode, when Dean puts on his shades)
Netflix
- ???? - ????
- (plays at the service station, when Cassie first calls Dean)
- "Paradise" by Sharif
- (plays during the love scene between Dean and Cassie)
- "Line of Love" by The Minors
- (plays at the end of the episode, when Dean puts on his shades)
Quotes
Sam: You told her. You told her, the secret! Our big family rule number one. We do what we do and we shut up about it. For a year and a half I do nothing but lie to Jessica, and you go out with this chick in Ohio a coupla times and you tell her everything?
Sam: What's interesting is you guys never really look at each other at the same time. You look at her when she's not looking, she checks you out when you look away. It's just a... just an interesting observation in a... you know... observationally interesting way.
Dean: You think we might have more pressing issues here?
Sam: Hey, if I'm hitting a nerve.
Dean: You know, I was thinking. You heard of the Flying Dutchman?
Sam: Yeah, a ghost ship, infused with the captain's evil spirit. It was basically part of him.
Dean: So what if we're dealing with the same thing? You know, a phantom truck, an extension of some bastard's ghost, re-enacting past crimes.
Sam: The victims have all been black men.
Cassie: We should fight more often.
Dean: Absolutely.
Sam: I'm guessing you guys worked things out?
Dean: We'll be working things out when we're ninety. So what happened?
Dean: This Cyrus Dorian. He vanished in April of '63. The case was investigated but never solved. It was right around the time the string of murders was going on back then.
Dean: So this killer truck.
Sam: I miss conversations that didn't start with 'this killer truck.'
Sam: So burning the body had no effect on that thing?
Dean: Sure it did. Now it's really pissed.
Dean: Sure it did. Now it's really pissed.
Sam: Where are you?
Dean: In the middle of nowhere with a killer truck on my ass! It's like it knows I put the torch to Cyrus.
Dean: In the middle of nowhere with a killer truck on my ass! It's like it knows I put the torch to Cyrus.
Sam: Evil spirits cross over hallowed ground, sometimes they're destroyed so I figured, maybe, that would get rid of it.
Dean: Maybe? Maybe?! What if you were wrong?
Sam: Huh. Honestly that thought hadn't occurred to me.
Cassie: You know what? I'm a realist. I don't see much hope for us Dean.
Dean: Well I've seen stranger things happen. A hell of a lot stranger.
Cassie: Goodbye Dean.
Trivia & References
Route 666 is the sixth extension of Route 66, the famous Mother Road east-west highway, that runs through New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. It was long saddled with the Biblical number of the beast but was renamed Route 491 in 2003, ending decades of devilish innuendo and road sign thievery.
Route 66 was also the title of a 1960's TV series, which also served as one of Eric Kripke's inspirations for Supernatural.
Route 66 was also the title of a 1960's TV series, which also served as one of Eric Kripke's inspirations for Supernatural.
Cyrus Dorian burning down the church and killing the children's choir is an allusion to the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Dean: You know, I was thinking. You heard of the Flying Dutchman?
Sam: Yeah, a ghost ship, infused with the Captain's evil spirit. It was basically part of him.
- The Flying Dutchman is a famous ghost ship, that had many alleged sightings in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The showdown between the Impala and the Racist Truck is reminiscent of an episode of Knight Rider "K.I.T.T. V.S. K.A.R.R."
Minutiae
Ron Robinson, who played Young Martin Robinson, also played Possessed Man in 3.12 Jus in Bello.
The original pitch for the episode was based on the idea of it being a 42 minute car chase. However, budget and the logistics of filming the episode forced the premise to be rethought.
Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming were brought in to write the episode at the request of Eric Kripke after "losing a script" during production and needing an emergency script finished in a week to replace it.
Eric Kripke has cited this episode as another one of his least favorites. Among other reasons he claims the phantom truck wasn't scary enough and looked too much like a "monster truck."
The demand of the network to have more romance on the show produced a strange kind of moral to be adhered to. Anthony Pinker, one of the editors, explains: "The violence we don't get a lot of notes on." For the episode "Route 666" though, "... The note I got from the network was 'The girl can't be on top.'"(cit.S1Com, p. 77)
When Sam is telling Dean how to lure the truck to a precise spot, one instruction is to drive exactly 0.7 miles. When Dean first looks at the odometer, it reads 70098.2. When he stops, it reads 70100.6, which is 2.4 miles.
In the faux trailer for Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning in 2.18 Hollywood Babylon, writer Martin Flagg is also credited as the writer of Cornfield Massacre and Monster Truck, which are illustrated with images from 1.11 Scarecrow and this episode. There's also a shot of the hook from 1.07 Hook Man, of Claire's desiccated hands from 2.07 The Usual Suspects, Gordon and his bloody knife from 2.03 Bloodlust and the inside of Angela's coffin from 2.04 Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things.
In 4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book, "Route 666" is the title of one of Chuck's Supernatural books. On reading it Dean says: "Everything is in here. I mean everything. From the racist truck to -- to me having sex. I'm full-frontal in here, dude."
In the alternative 2014 Apocalyptic future portrayed in 5.04 The End, the movie of Route 666 -- presumably based on Carver Edlund's book -- is on the board of an abandoned cinema.
"Route 666" has the distinction of being the highest rated episode of Supernatural, with a 5.82 rating.
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
- 1.13 Route 666 (transcript)
- Route 666 Script (Studio Draft)
- Casting sides for Audrey Robinson
- Casting sides for Cassie Robinson
- Casting sides for Harold Todd
- Casting sides for Jimmy Anderson
Promotion
Episode Meta
- SPN Heavy Meta Season One Meta Index
- Bond, Silvia. 2007. The Meanest Truck Ever: "Route 666" Season 1, Episode 13. Pink Raygun, October 4; archive link
- Supernatural: Then and Now with guest Jay Gruska
