"Supernatural" Bugs (2005)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator)
Rachel Nave (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Supernatural" (2005)

Original Air Date:

8 November 2005 (Season 1, Episode 8)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Sam and Dean head to Oklahoma to investigate a recent spate of insect related deaths around a new housing development.

Plot Keywords:

Brother Brother Relationship | Reference To Oprah Winfrey | Supernatural | Boy | Search

Cast

Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Andrew Airlie	...	Larry Pike
Carrie Genzel	...	Lynda Bloome
Tyler Johnston	...	Matt Pike
Jim Byrnes	...	Professor
Anne Marie DeLuise	...	Joanie Pike (as Anne Marie DeLuise)
Ryan Robbins	...	Travis Wheeler
Jimmy Herman	...	Joe White Tree
Mi-Jung Lee
Michael Daingerfield	...	Dustin Burwash

Country:

USA | Canada

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Company:

Kripke Enterprises

Trivia:

For this episode, all the actors who worked around bees were given costumes with cuffs sewed on the inside of their pants and sleeves to help prevent the insects from crawling into their clothing. It helped, but everyone still got stung.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Near the beginning, when Travis runs over to the hole with the rope to save Dustin, as the camera pans over with him you can see the shadow of the camera and its operator on the ground by the hole.

Quotes:

Sam Winchester: We're gonna squat in an empty house?
Dean Winchester: I wanna try the steam shower.

Movie Connections:

References Willard (1971)

Soundtrack:

No One Like You

Brothers against Evil: Bugs!

Personally I loved "Supernatural" ever since the pilot, but it's still very encouraging and stimulating to see how the show gets better with each and every episode! By the time of this eighth episode, the two young brothers evolved into convincing & heroic crime battlers, the suspense increases every week, the scripts refer more and more to older horror classics and the stories provide new and creative types of supernatural menace every time! I feel like labeling every new episode I see as the best one thus far, but the truth is all episodes pretty much are of equally high quality. "Bugs" is definitely a personal favorite, as it combines the tension of supernatural horror with the old-fashioned fun of nature-revolting creature features. When two lethal accidents are caused by seemly harmless insects on a location where estate agents are building a new housing complex, it simply looks like a bizarre coincidence at first. Sam and Dean are nevertheless investigating the case, because the state of the victims' bodies indicate that the little critters weren't behaving normally when they attacked. After a third casualty died from spider bites, the brothers – together with a bug-obsessed teenager – discover that the insects are revolting against humanity because of an ancient Indian curse. This installment in Eric Kripke's fabulous show features some of the best special effects ever shown on TV. Especially the humongous swarms of bees and cockroaches are staggering. The revelation of the Indian curse is fascinating and another brilliant detail is how every episode enlightens us a little more about Sam & Dean's backgrounds. For the avid & experienced horror fans among us, there's a lovely mentioning of the classic 70's rat-shocker "Willard".