2.08 Crossroad Blues

Promotional image for Crossroad Blues
Title	Crossroad Blues
Episode #	Season 2, Episode 8
First aired	16 November, 2006
Directed by	Steve Boyum
Written by	Sera Gamble
On IMDB	http://imdb.com/title/tt0868625/
Outline	When two professionals die after claiming to be haunted, Sam and Dean investigate a local bar and discover a demon has been making people's dreams come true in exchange for their souls.
Monster
Timeline
Location(s)	Lloyd's Bar, Mississippi
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Summary

When two highly successful professionals die after claiming to be haunted by hellhounds, Sam and Dean investigate the local dive bar and discover it sits upon a site where a deal-making demon has been making people's dreams come true in exchange for their souls. Dean summons the demon to exorcise it but is horrified after it reveals the painful truth about John's death and tempts Dean by offering him the one thing he wants more than anything - his father.

Music

• Crossroad Blues by Robert Johnson
• Key to the Highway by Big Bill Broonzy/Little Walter
• Downhearted Blues by Son House

Timeline & Locations

Lloyd's Bar, Mississippi.

• Robert Johnson makes his deal in 1930. He dies in 1938.

Characters

• Dean Winchester
• Sam Winchester
• Robert Johnson
• Evan Hudson (man Dean and Sam save from his contract)

Trivia

• The actress playing the demon who visits Robert Johnson is the same actress who played Lori's roommate in 1.07 Hook Man (episode).

Pad of Definitions

• Black Dogs
• Hellhound
• Robert Johnson
• Goofer Dust

References

• The title, Crossroad Blues, is taken from a Robert Johnson song of the same name.
• "Though this house probably ain't up next on MTV Cribs, is it?" - MTV Cribs is a reality program that offers a look into the homes of celebrities.

• "Wasn't for cash. Oh, who knows. Maybe this place is full of babes in Princess Leia bikinis." - A Star Wars reference. When Princess Leia is captured by Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi she is forced to wear a golden bikini marking her as a slave-girl.

Scripts, Sides & Transcripts

• 2.08 Crossroad Blues (transcript)

Sides

• Robert Johnson (PDF)
• Crossroads Demon (PDF)
• George (later renamed "Evan Hudson" (PDF)