8.19 Taxi Driver
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Title | Taxi Driver |
Episode # | Season 8, Episode 19 |
First aired | April 3, 2013 |
Directed by | Guy Bee |
Written by | Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner |
On IMDB | Taxi Driver |
Outline | In order to complete the second trial, Sam must rescue an old friend from Hell. |
Monster | Crowley Demons Vampires |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Kansas City, Missouri source Warsaw, Missouri 100-Mile Wilderness, Maine |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
- Hell
- Tablets
- Demons
- Reapers
- Heaven
- Purgatory
- Vampires
- Crossroads Demon
- Devil's Trap
- Angel Sword
- Ruby's Knife
- Deals and Pacts
- Hell Gates
Music
None
Quotes
Dean: What happened to the hot chicks?
Ajay: Oh Winchester - detach. This is Hell adjacent.
Dean: Look man, other guys got it easy. It's all backyard barbecues and bowling teams. But you and me gotta carry a little extra weight.
Kevin: I'm going to be in my room. Let me know when there's a good day.
Ajay: Smuggling a mortal across the border is risky enough, but gate-crashing a Winchester into Hell seriously blows.
Crowley: Patience isn’t one of my virtues. Well, I don’t have any virtues, but if I did I’m certain that patience wouldn’t be one.
Crowley: Bureaucrat! You’re fighting outside your weight class.
Naomi: Don’t call me a bureaucrat.
Naomi: Don’t call me a bureaucrat.
Crowley: Something is going on. My hellhound has been killed. Winchester Jumbo-Size is trying to break into the mothership. And that prophet of theirs is madly translating away.
Bobby: Balls.
Crowley: What you people never seem to understand is that you are nothing. Fleeting blips of light. I am forever.
Bobby: Already said goodbye to you Sam, it didn't seem to take.
Crossroads Demon: (referring to a way to sneak into Hell) I can't, its a secret.
Dean: We promise not to tell anyone.
Dean: We promise not to tell anyone.
Trivia & References
The episode is named after the 1976 Martin Scorsese film Taxi Driver.
Dean and Sam refer to Ajay as a coyote, a term used to describe people who arrange to get people into the United States without going through official channels, most commonly over the Mexican/American border.
Sam: The Rabbit hole - this is nuts.
Minutiae
There is a bumper sticker on Ajay's cab that reads "How's my driving? Call 1-555-GO2-HELL" source.
As in 7.18 Party On, Garth, Jim Beaver is not listed in the credits, presumably to catch fans by surprise with his return. This was also done with Mark Sheppard in 6.07 Family Matters and 6.19 Mommy Dearest.
It is approximately 1680 miles from where Dean killed Benny in Kansas City to the 100-mile Wilderness in Maine where Sam and Bobby re-emerge from Purgatory. Source
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Title
- Synopsis
- Promo pics by Seat 42F
- Promo Video by Comunidade Supernatural
- Sneak Peek by SNTeamFreeWill
- CHCH promo
- Winchester Radio's podcast for this episode, with special guest Guy Bee
- Adam Williams highlights some of the VFX in the episode