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− | '''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> | ||
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− | 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''. | ||
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+ | [[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.] | ||
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+ | '''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.'' | ||
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− | Brad Buckner | + | [[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. |
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− | 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. |
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* [[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-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]] | ||
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*[[SPN Heavy Meta]] Season One Meta Index | *[[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] | *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]] | |
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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 |
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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
Dean: You think we might have more pressing issues here?
Sam: Hey, if I'm hitting a nerve.
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.
Dean: Absolutely.
Dean: We'll be working things out when we're ninety. So what happened?
Sam: I miss conversations that didn't start with 'this killer truck.'
Dean: Sure it did. Now it's really pissed.
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: Maybe? Maybe?! What if you were wrong?
Sam: Huh. Honestly that thought hadn't occurred to me.
Dean: Well I've seen stranger things happen. A hell of a lot stranger.
Cassie: Goodbye Dean.
Trivia & References
Route 66 was also the title of a 1960's TV series, which also served as one of Eric Kripke's inspirations for Supernatural.
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.
Minutiae
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