3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock
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Title | Bad Day at Black Rock |
Episode # | Season 3, episode 3 |
First aired | October 18, 2007 |
Directed by | Robert Singer |
Written by | Ben Edlund |
On IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1107710/ |
Outline | A rabbit's foot brings both good and bad luck to Sam and Dean, and the other players trying to obtain it. |
Monster | Rabbit's Foot |
Timeline | Three weeks since the events of 3.01, immediately after the events of 3.02 |
Location(s) | Black Rock, outside Buffalo Queens, New York. |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Bobby Singer
- Bela Talbot
- Gordon Walker
- Kubrick
- Creedy
- Wayne & Grossman (hired thieves)
Definitions
Music
- Daniel May - Women's Wear (plays in the diner when Bela spills Sam's coffee; also played in Simon Said)
- Mary Ford and Les Paul - Vaya Con Dios (plays when the boys go to the thieves' house to get info on Bela)
Quotes
Dean (to Sam): She knows what your weakness is. It's me!
Sam: No way. That's my Division Championship soccer trophy. I can't believe he kept this.
Dean: Probably the closest you ever got to being a boy
Bobby: (to Dean) Watch out for your brother, you idjit.
Dean: What?
Sam: I lost my shoe.
Bela: We’re all going to hell Dean, might as well enjoy the ride!
Dean: I actually agree with you there.
Trivia & References
- Bad Day at Black Rock is the title of a 1955 film starring Spencer Tracey as a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small town in search of someone and ends up changing life in the town forever.
Bad Day at Black Rock] is also the title of episode 1.06 of The A-Team.
- Kubrick's name is possibly a reference to movie director Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick directed The Shining, one of Dean's favorite movies.
- Kubrick (referring to the Devil's Gate in Wyoming: Big. St Helen's big.
Mount St Helen's is an active volcano in Washington State, that last erupted in 1980.
- Dean: Don’t worry, Bobby will find a way to break it. Until then I say we hit Vegas. Pull a little Rain Man. You can be Rain Man.
Rain Man was a 1988 movie starring Tom Cruise as Charlie with Dustin Hoffman as his autistic-savant brother, Raymond. During the film, Charlie uses Raymond's mathematical genius to win at the casino's in Vegas.
- Creedy: It's like watching Jerry Lewis stacking chairs.
- Jerry Lewis, best known for his stand-up act and movies with Dean Martin in the 1950s and 60s, was renowned as an exponent of physical comedy.
- Dean: I'm Batman!
- Sam: Yeah. You're Batman.
- Batman aka The Caped Crusader is a superhero created by DC comics in 1939. His secret identity is as millionaire Bruce Wayne. Unlike many superheroes, he doe not possess any special powers, but is renowned for his physical abilities and particularly his use of gadgets and technology. Batman also featured in a 1960s camp pop TV series, and a series of blockbuster movies.
- John Winchester used the alias Edgar Cayce, a renowned American psychic from the first half of the twentieth century, who is considered the antecedent of the modern New Age movement.
- Kubrick drives (and lives in) an RV. On the rear left side it has three stickers: "How would Jesus drive?", "Don't make me come down there - God", and "Bethlehem or Bust".
- Inside John's storage container Sam and Dean find Sam's 1995 Division Championship Soccer trophy, and the first sawed-off shotgun Dean ever made (in 6th grade).
- The pseudonym Bela gives - Lugosi - is a reference to Bela Lugosi, an actor from the early 1900s who most infamously played Dracula.
Minutiae
- The thieves' license plate is Connecticut CTC-880
- Bobby appears to be working on the Colt
- Sam wears the same jacket he was wearing when he was stabbed by Jake Talley2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- CW Episode Promo
- Promotional stills for this episode
- The CW's official description for 3.03 (includes title, writer, director, and synopsis)