Sam's Cell Phone

Sam owned a Palm Treo 650. It is a compact mobile phone with email, an organizer, messaging, and web access. There's also an MP3 player and a digital camera that captures video. He uses it to take photos of the symbols on the wall of the Hell House and to retrieve and send emails. His email address is lawboy@stanford.edu.

He also owned a Motorola Q8. He uses it in 2.18 Hollywood Babylon to see ghosts not visible to the naked eye.

As of 6.16 ...And Then There Were None, Sam owns a Blackberry Tour 9630. Dean is in his contact list as "D." Other names in his contact list are Andrei A, Anya Gadson, Bobby, Brad, Chris Cooper, and Christian.

Sam's Palm Treo as he checks email in 1.06 Skin

Sam's Motorola Q8 in 2.18 Hollywood Babylon

Sam's Blackberry in 6.13 Unforgiven

Sam's Cell Phone in use

Season One

1.01 Pilot

While driving to the scene of the accident, Sam uses his phone to contact local hospitals to see if their dad has been admitted.

Sam uses his phone again in the motel room try to call Jess, as Dean leaves to get food. He gets her voicemail and doesn't leave her a message. He then listens to a message from Jess. Dean calls and interrupts to let Sam know the police are on to them.

Later Sam is driving after Dean has been arrested and he answers his phone. It's Dean, who tells him the fake 911 phone call was "pretty illegal". They discuss the location of their father until Sam "hits" a woman in the road.

1.06 Skin

While Dean stops for gas, Sam is reading emails on his phone using a stylus. The email from Becky Warren leads to a new case.

Later Sams phone rings. It's Becky calling to let him know that she no longer wants his help, because she's found out that Dean is not a detective and is upset that they might have ruined Zach's case.

1.08 Bugs

Sam calls Matt Pike after they fail to get Larry Pike to leave. Dean grabs the phone and tells Matt to make up a phony story to get his dad to take him to the hospital.

1.10 Asylum

The opening scene shows Sam on his phone in the motel room asking a munitions seller, and friend of their dad, Caleb if he's seen or heard from John. After he hangs up, he tells Dean neither Jefferson or Pastor Jim have heard from John either.

Sam and Dean have split up so Sam can take Gavin and Kat to safety outside the Asylum. As they try to escape his phone rings, and it's Dean who says he's in the basement and needs Sam's help.

1.11 Scarecrow

Sam's phone rings and wakes him up, it's finally John calling his boys. John assures Sam he's okay and asks after him and Dean. He won't tell Sam where he is, but informs him he's after a Demon. He expresses his condolences about Jess. John tells Sam he can't come and not to look for him, demanding he write down some names. Sam refuses and Dean takes the phone, he then does exactly as John asks without hesitation.

Having left Dean behind and unable to get a bus, Sam takes his phone out and almost calls Dean, as Meg interrupts.

While Meg is sleeping, Sam talks to Dean about the events occurring in Burkittsville.

1.12 Faith

Sam tries to call John to let him know whats happened to Dean. He doesn't answer and Sam leaves a voicemail.

Sam gets a call from Dean who says he stopped Roy, but Sam says the reaper hasn't stopped coming for them.

1.13 Route 666

The boys have split up to research and Sam calls Dean with a lead in the case.

Sam gets a call from Dean who is being chased in the Impala by the ghost truck. Sam tells him he needs a minute and hangs up to call Cassie. He quickly calls Dean back and gives him driving instructions to a specific church.

1.16 Shadow

Dean calls Sam, who's sitting outside Meg's place watching her, to give him the news that her background checks out after a little research. Then they discuss the case.

1.17 Hell House

Sam uses his phone to take pictures of the symbols all over the hell house.

As Ed and Harry leave, Sam confesses to Dean, that he is the one who phoned them and said he was a producer.

1.18 Something Wicked

Sam is at the library researching and calls Dean who's at the hospital with Asher and his mom, to let him know he's found some leads on the case.

1.19 Provenance

Sam is given Dean's phone and told to, "Call her" in order to use Sarah Blake for information on the painting. We see them out to dinner after this scene, which means he must have used Dean's phone and called to ask her out.

After finding out the painting is still at the auction house, Sam uses his own phone to call Sarah to try to get the painting; pretending he wants to buy it.

Sam calls Dean after he and Sarah are locked into Evelyn's house. He tells Dean the ghost is actually Melanie Merchant and they quickly form a plan save him and Sarah. He puts the phone down to search for iron and the ghost attacks. Afterward, he picks it up and Dean asks if they are okay. Sarah tells Sam about the antique dolls at the auction and Dean heads to the mausoleum.

Dean calls Sam back to make sure they are okay after visiting the mausoleum.

1.21 Salvation

While the boys and John are at the motel room discussing Sam's visions, Sam's phone rings. When he answers it's Meg, who wants to talk to John. Sam tries to lie and say he doesn't know where he is, but Meg threatens him and John takes the call.

Season Two

2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown

Sam calls Dean after investigating the funhouse for traces of EMF. He tells Dean it's possible that the spirit they're hunting may be attached to its remains instead of a cursed object. Dean tells Sam they should check it out and he's on his way, then hangs up abruptly.

Later when they boys ditch the van and are walking back to the carnival, Sam uses his phone to try to call Ellen, but doesn't seem to get an answer and hangs up. Sam and Dean get into an arguement and to avoid the issue, Sam says he's going to call Ellen again. The scene cuts, but we hear the end of his conversation; Ellen tells them they may be dealing with a Rakshasa. Sam thanks her and hangs up.

2.05 Simon Said

After Sam sees Andy drive by in the impala, he calls Dean, frantic. Dean lets Sam know Andy is using some kind of mind control.

2.06 No Exit

When Jo and Dean are searching inside the walls, Jo is just ending a call with Sam on his progress in the walls elsewhere. We don't see or hear Sam during this call.

2.09 Croatoan

After Dean realises he has no service when the boys decide to call Bobby and Ellen for help, Sam takes out his phone too and sees he also has no service.

2.10 Hunted

When Sam finds the shell casings after he is shot at, he calls Dean for help. Sam is given an address and Dean uses the code word "funkytown" to let Sam know he's in trouble.

After the Dean talks to Ellen and the boys get back on the road, Sam tries to call Ava to check on her. She doesn't answer and Sam leaves her a message to call him back and let him know she's okay.

2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign

We don't see Sam, but we know he interrupts Dean's call with Ellen. he's frantic and doesn't know what's happened for the last week. He tells Dean his location, causing Dean to immediately hang up on him and head on the road.

2.15 Tall Tales

We don't see Sam call, but after inspecting what's left of the research scientist, he tells Dean he will call Bobby to come help.

2.17 Heart

As Sam uncomfortably watches Madison fold her underwear, Dean calls and haggles him for doing, well, exactly what he was doing. Dean says he has a lead on Kurt and then asks Sam, "What's she wearing?" To which, Sam says, "Bye, Dean." and hangs up on him.

2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be

Sam calls Dean who is out in the impala working the case. He informs Dean there is a police car outside their hotel room. Sam is unsure they're looking for them, but then it pulls away. They discuss the case. Dean tells Sam he's going to go check out a location he passed a couple miles back, but Sam tries to insist he come pick him up first. Dean disagrees and says it will be fine. They hang up.

As Dean takes Wishverse!Sam with him to find the Djinn's lair, Wishverse!Sam finds out he has lamb's blood in a container in a paper bag on the seat. Dean drops his ruse of owing money to a bookie, and explains he's going to kill the Djinn. Wishverse!Sam thinks Dean is having some kind of breakdown and takes out his phone. He doesn't say who he's going to call, but Dean rolls down his window, takes Wishverse!Sam's phone and throws it out the window onto the moving road.

2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One

Upon being transported to the deserted town of Cold Oak South Dakota, Sam takes his phone out of his pocket, probably to call Dean. He looks at it and puts it away, leading us to assume he probably has no service.

Season Three

3.01 The Magnificent Seven

Sam is doing research and waiting in the impala outside a woman's house, while Dean is inside having some fun, when his phone rings. It's Bobby calling to let the boys know he may have found a lead. They hang up and Sam goes inside to get Dean.

3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock

After Sam gets the rabbit's foot, the boys stop at a convenience store. Dean is adding up their scatch ticket winnings, while Sam is on the phone with Bobby, who tells him off for touching the foot. Bobby explains what the foot is and what the curse does. Sam tries to argue that he won't loose the foot and Bobby tells him that everyone looses the foot. So he asks Bobby how to break the curse, but Bobby says he needs time to research and hangs up.

3.04 Sin City

After the shooting in the bar, Sam leaves to investigate Trotter. While he sneaking around, Dean calls to check Sam's progress on the case. Sam whispers to Dean that he can't talk right then and tells him to meet at the bar later, before hanging up on Dean.

Later, after Dean is trapped with Casey, Sam reruns to the bar and finds Sulfur. After he can't contact Dean, he calls Bobby, leaving him a voicemail asking for backup.

3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas

After visiting Mrs Caldwell, Sam calls Bobby from the motel room to discuss the wreath he noticed was at both victims houses. We don't him Bobby, but he tells Sam it was probably Meadowsweet in the wreaths.

3.14 Long-Distance Call

As Sam is driving away from Lanie Greenfield's house, Dean calls. They briefly discuss the case and agree to meet up later before hanging up.

After saving Lanie's brother, Sam calls Dean from his rental car. He tells Dean they're hunting a Crocotta, to which Dean jokes, "Is that a sandwich?" Sam ignores him and continues explaining. Dean asks for confirmation that Crocotta live in filth, and tells Sam the Crocotta must be at phone company. Sam hangs up and continues to drive there, not realising it wasn't Dean he was talking with.

Shortly after arriving at the phone company, Sam tries to call Dean again, but he gets his voicemail. He leaves him a message saying, "Dean, I'm in the parking lot. He's here, hurry."

3.15 Time Is on My Side

Sam is pacing in a run down house where the boys are staying, while on the phone. He appears to be talking to a local police department. He is pretending to be calling from a police department as well, regarding the evicerated man who appeared at a hospital the night before.

Sam is back at the motel when Dean calls. They discuss Dean's demon deal and Sam tells Dean he has the book in which Doc Benton wrote his findings on immortality. As he is explaining it's not witchcraft, but really weird science, Sam is attacked from behind by the Doc. He drops the phone and we hear Dean calling his name.

Season 4

4.04 Metamorphosis

As Dean argues with Sam's about his abilities, Sam's phone rings. He answers to find it's another hunter named Travis, who wants Sam to head to Missouri in a case. Sam gets a name and address and hangs up.

4.06 Yellow Fever

After meeting up with Bobby, Sam calls Dean to tell him the plan. He won't give Dean any details, and hangs up.

4.07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

Sam calls Dean, who is on a stakeout, from the motel to see how it's progressing. First, Dean tells him nothing has happened, but then Tracy Davis shows up at the Wallace's door, and Dean says, "Son of a bitch." Sam thinks he's just whining, but Dean repeats himself. Presumably they hang up, as the scene cuts and next we see Dean at the motel room with Sam.

4.14 Sex and Violence

Sam leaves his phone behind in the motel room while out interviewing for the case. Dean can't resist the urge to look through I. most calls are Bobby and Dean. He calls the only number not listed as a contact, 2195550124. When Ruby answers, he stares in disbelief and hangs up on her without a word. He puts the phone down angrily just before Sam walks in.

Sam's phone rings moments later, but it's Bobby. He's calling with information to help the case. Sam puts him on speakerphone to tell Dean too. They find out how the siren's spell works and how to stop her. Bobby tells them to be careful and they hang up.

Sams phone rings while he's having a drink with Dr. Cara Roberts. He pulls it out of his pocket, flips it around and checks the caller ID, but then ignores the call and puts the phone away. Later we find out it was Dean trying to call and warn him about the flowers.

After leaving Dr Cara's office, Sam gets a call from Dean as he gets back to the motel room. Dean tells him off for not answering earlier and explains about the flowers. They argue about whether or not she could be the siren. Dean refuses to meet up with Sam, thinks he's under the sirens spell, and hangs up.

4.20 The Rapture

After the boys rescue Jimmy Novak's family and explain to him that it's best to get them far away from him; they convince Jimmy to leave with them and hot-wire a car for his wife and daughter to take. As the boys and Jimmy are driving, Sam's phone rings. It's Jimmy's wife Amelia Novak, but they don't realize she's been possessed since they left the house. Sam gives the phone to Jimmy, and the demon tells him to come meet her, or they will kill his daughter.

After saving Jimmy's family again, and Castiel is restored to his original vessel and leaves, the boys are driving again. Sam's phone rings, but this time it's Bobby, calling to tell them to get over to his place as soon as possible.

4.22 Lucifer Rising

After they kidnap a possessed Cindy McClellan and stuff her in the trunk, Ruby drives Sam to Lilith's location. He spends the ride staring at the notification on his phone showing that Dean left a voice mail. As he debates listening to it, Ruby gives him crap about it. He tells her to mind her own business, but still doesn't listen to it, thought he seems to be having doubts.

Later after Sam and Ruby arrive at the convent, Sam decides to listen to the message from Dean. Unfortunately for Sam, he hears only what Ruby wants him to hear, and not Dean's real message of apology. Ruby's message is of Dean telling Sam he is a monster, and that there is no going back. Sam hangs up and decides to go ahead with killing Lilith.

Season 5

5.02 Good God Y'All

Sam and Dean are visiting Bobby in hospital when Sam's phone rings, it's Castiel. Sam tells him what hospital and it seems Castiel hangs up on Sam after obtaining the information.

Later, when the boys arrive at the demolished bridge into River Pass, Colorado, Sam pulls out his cell phone. He says there is no signal, and we hear the phone play the off-hook tone.

5.03 Free to Be You and Me

While on a hiatus from hunting, Sam hears on the news about apocalyptic signs in his area. He phones Bobby to tell him about the signs, intending for Bobby to send hunters. Bobby questions his intentions and reminds him, he's the best hunter in the area to handle it. Sam insists he's sitting this one out, says he has to go and hangs up.

5.05 Fallen Idols

Sam split up from Dean to reseach and phones him with and update on the case. Hearing the back ground noise, Sam gives Dean crap for being in a bar while he works his ass off. Sam explains the car is not the real deal, then the scene cuts.

5.07 The Curious Case of Dean Winchester

We hear Sam on the phone with Dean, neither one has found anything yet. Dean tells him to circle back to the motel and bring dinner, extra bacon, then hangs up.

5.09 The Real Ghosthunters

When Sam and Dean arrive at the address ever Chuck is, Sam tells him got his text. Chuck claims he didn't and Dean complains they drove all night. Becky comes outside and we find out she texted Sam from Chucks phone.

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