Motels: Season 8

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Exterior Motel sign from 8.06, Little Dixie Motel

The places Sam and Dean stay during each episode provides a very important backdrop to each episode. Whether they stay in a motel, squat, stay at Bobby's or sleep in the car, it serves to remind us of their nomadic existence. The sets are always excellent, with wonderful attention to detail, the work of Production Designer Jerry Wanek and Art Director John Marcynuk.

The motels in particular have become a signature of the show with each one have a different theme and the set detail often containing in-jokes that only the most dedicated fan will get. Jensen said of the motel rooms: "Jerry Wanek's just a crazy guy, and likes to use his talents when he gets the ability to, and the motel rooms are his passion. source."

This entry also lists places the boys travel to in each episode.

See also Motels: Season 1, Motels: Season 2, Motels: Season 3, Motels: Season 4, Motels: Season 5, Motels: Season 6, Motels: Season 7

Episode Accommodation/ Motel name Motel Location & Other Locations Trivia Picture
8.01 We Need to Talk About Kevin Palm Motel On the way to Centreville, Michigan The room is decorated with foliage - palm trees, leaves on the bedspread. This could symbolise Dean’s time in Purgatory. The boat painting above Dean's bed is seen again in 8.07. It was used earlier in 5.12 . It will be seen later in the house in 10.19. The blue lamp base is also seen in 6.09 and 8.07.
Palm Motel
8.02 What's Up, Tiger Mommy? Unnamed motel (Room 126) Laramie, Wyoming We never see inside this motel room. The exterior is The City Centre Hotel in Vancouver which is also seen in 2.07, 3.03 and 4.07.
Unnamed motel (Room 126)
8.03 Heartache Unnamed motel

Bob's Bighorn Lodge

Ames, Iowa

Boulder, Colorado

Rustic theme featuring cowboy and horse room divider, a bighorn sheep above the fireplace and it even has sheep feet for coat hooks!

Unnamed motel
Bob's Bighorn Lodgel
8.04 Bitten None Washtenaw County, Michigan
8.05 Blood Brother Arroyo Motel (Room 118)

Paradise Motel

Kermit, Texas

Enid, Oregon

The Arroyo Motel is where Amelia is living in Sam’s flashbacks. It features plaid wallpaper - matching Sam’s shirt. The curtains are also seen in 7.15

The interior of The Paradise Motel - the orange lamp base is used in 4.06, 7.05 and 8.08. The painting above Sam's desk was earlier seen in 7.06 and later in 8.08. The room divider is used in 6.08. The teardrop shaped art work is also seen in 8.08. The motel sign is used again in 10.12.

8.06 Southern Comfort Little Dixie Motel Kearney, Missouri The colors in the room reflect the division in the north and south US during the Civil War. Stars and stripes are featured in the room design. The big mural behind Dean is of the Daytona 500 (NASCAR) - It's a big sport in the south, where the episode is set.
8.07 A Little Slice of Kevin Unnamed motel (Room 21) Salina, Kansas The bedspread was used in 6.13. The curtains, fridge and bedspread were used in 3.14. The boat art is seen in 8.01. The wall outside the room is often used in the motel sets. The boat painting was seen earlier in 8.01 was also in 5.12 . It will be seen later in the house in 10.19. The brick wall is used many times - 3.11, 3.14 5.07, 5.08, 5.14, 6.02, 7.15, 7.18.
8.08 Hunteri Heroici Possibly "The Moonlight Motel" Oklahoma City, Oklahoma This room is brightly decorated and features squares on the bedspread and room divider - possibly reflecting the cartoon element in the episode. The small lighthouse picture is used in 8.05. The orange lamp base is used in 8.05, 4.06 and 7.05. The bedspread is used later in 9.13.
8.09 Citizen Fang None Carencro, Louisiana

Kermit, Texas

8.10 Torn and Frayed Arroyo Motel (Room 118)

Rufus's Cabin

Location: Kermit, Texas

Whitefish, Montana

The painting above the sofa was also seen in 7.18 . The green flower chair was seen in 8.04 and in 6.09.

The Green Cooler can be seen beside the wall. It’s interesting to note it is slightly different to the one usually carried by the Winchesters.

8.11 LARP and the Real Girl None Farmington Hills, Michigan.
8.12 As Time Goes By Byway Inn (Room 110)

Strip 91 Motel

Normal, Illinois

Lebanon, Kansas

Production Designer, Jerry Wanek, tweeted that the wallpaper in the motels symbolised hour glasses - to reflect the time travel theme in the episode. The exterior of the first motel is the same motel exterior used in 7.18
8.13 Everybody Hates Hitler Men of Letters Bunker Lebanon, Kansas
8.14 Trial and Error Men of Letters Bunker Lebanon, Kansas
8.15 Man's Best Friend with Benefits Sleepy Lodge Motel (Room 40) St. Louis, Missouri The wooden bedhead has been seen many times in the motel rooms over the years - 2.09, 2.11, 2.14, 2.10, 6.02, 6.09, 7.05, 7.11, 8.15
8.16 Remember the Titans The Round 'Em Up Motel (room 7) Great Falls, Montana The interior is a western theme - including a wagon wheel divider, antler light shade (!) and a fabulous mural.
8.17 Goodbye Stranger Men of Letters Bunker Lebanon, Kansas
8.18 Freaks and Geeks None Conway Springs, Kansas
8.19 Taxi Driver None Kansas City, Missouri

Warsaw, Missouri

8.20 Pac-Man Fever Men of Letters Bunker Lebanon, Kansas
8.21 The Great Escapist Two Rivers Motel Route 34, Colorado Native American theme.
8.22 Clip Show Unnamed Motel (room 116) Indianapolis Sam and Dean don’t stay in this motel It belongs to Sarah Blake. It’s an excellent contrast to the motels we usually see the boys stay in.
8.23 Sacrifice None
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