4.15 Death Takes a Holiday
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Title | Death Takes A Holiday |
Episode # | Season 4, Episode 15 |
First aired | March 12, 2009 |
Directed by | Steve Boyum |
Written by | Jeremy Carver |
On IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1222599 |
Outline | In a small town in Wyoming, people stop dying. |
Monster | Demons |
Timeline | 20-21 December (winter solstice) |
Location(s) | Bedford, Iowa |
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Contents
Synopsis
A call from Bobby alerts Sam and Dean to the small town of Greybull where people have stopped dying - a terminally ill man recovers, another is shot at point blank range and walks away. They decide to summon the spirit of the last person top die - Cole Giffith. As they commence the ceremony on his grave Alistair appears. He flings Dean to the ground with his power, knocking him out, but is unable to affect Sam, who manages to hit Alistair with his own power, causing him to leave the body he is posessing and flee. When Dean later questions Sam as to what happened and why he is now immune to Alastair's power, Sam denies that he knows why. Dean is hurt, knowing Sam is both keeping secrets and lying to him. Dean suggests they contact Cole by projecting on to the astral plane - effectively becoming spirits. They get Pamela Barnes to help them with htis and she sits vigil over their bodies while the boys wander the town in spirit form. They find Cole who tells them that after he died a reaper arrived but disappeared after black smoke appeared, but he refuses to tell them where this happened. The lights flicker, and Tessa arrives. With a kiss she awakens Dean's memories of her. Sam persuades Cole to reveal where he saw the black smoke, at a funeral home, by lying to him, telling him he will be able to stay with his family. Tessa agrees not to take him until Sam and Dean work out what's happening. Just then the room is flooded with black demon smoke. When it clears, Tessa is gone. Cole gives Sam and Dean some quick lessons on who to transport and move objects. The funeral home is covered in sigils, and Sam and Dean enter to find Tessa and the other reaper laid out and surrounded by symbols. A demon traps the boys with a circle of iron chain, and Alistair appears. This time Sam's powers don't work, and Alistair kills one reaper. Sam and Dena manage to use the tricks Cole taught them to bring a chandelier crashing down, breaking the protective circle trapping Tessa, and she escapes and frees them. Meanwhile Pamela is attacked by a demon and desperately tries to bring Sam back to his body. She succeeds but the demon has already stabbed her. Sam uses his power to destroy the demon.
Characters
Definitions
Music
Quotes
Sam: You have no idea.
Castiel: You're different.
Sam: Get out of me.
Trivia & References
Huggy Bear was the colorful informant on Starsky and Hutch.
Joe the Plumber was invoked as a symbol of the 'everyman' by John McCain in the 2008 US Presidential Election.
Dean: No, thanks House.
Dean: Yo.
Pamela: Oh surprise, Chachi.
A reference to the movie Ghost where the dead Patrick Swayze makes out with his living wife (Demi Moore) via Whoopi Goldberg.
Haley Joel Osment played a kid who could see dead people in The Sixth Sense.
Mr Miagai was the mentor in The Karate Kid.
Amityville was the location of a haunted house made famous in the book and movie The Amityville Horror.
In the movie New Jack City, an apartment block is fortified and used as the base for gang activites.
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Casting call for 4.15
- Four preview clips for the episode at the Chicago Tribune
- Promo Stills for 4.15