"Supernatural"
Skin (2005)

Director:

Robert Duncan McNeill

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator)
John Shiban (written by)

TV Series:

"Supernatural" (2005)

Original Air Date:

18 October 2005 (Season 1, Episode 6)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

When one of Sam's old school friends is framed for the murder of his girlfriend, Sam and Dean investigate, discovering that a shapeshifter is responsible for that murder and possibly other similar murders.

Plot Keywords:

Demonic Possession | Brother Brother Relationship | Murder | Missing Person | Trauma

Cast

Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Amy Grabow	...	Rebecca Warren
Peter Shinkoda	...	Alex
Marrett Green	...	Anchorman
Anita Brown	...	Lindsay
Shirane Haas	...	Bystander
Aleks Holtz	...	Zach Warren

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Trivia:

The closed captioning for the episode reveals that "Poison Whiskey" by Lynyrd Skynyrd was supposed to feature during Sam's fight with the Dean/Shapeshifter, the lyrics even run in full in the captions though a regular dramatic piece of score music is heard instead.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the last fight between Sam and the Skinwalker at Rebecca's place, the Skinwalker puts a knife on the pool table. When Sam flips up to cut his hands free, we see that he has bound feet. In the next shot, his feet are free already, without him ever having a chance to use the knife to cut the rope.

Quotes:

Sam Winchester: Where is he? Where's Dean?
Dean Winchester: [shapeshifter] I wouldn't worry about him, I'd worry about you.
Sam Winchester: Where is he?
Dean Winchester: [shapeshifter] You don't really want to know. I swear the more I know about you and your family... I thought I came from a bad background.
Sam Winchester: What do you mean "learn"?
Dean Winchester: [shapeshifter] He sure got issues with you. You got to go to college, he had to stay home. I mean, I had to stay home with dad. You don't think I had dreams of my own? But dad needed me. Where the hell were you?
Sam Winchester: WHERE is my brother?
Dean Winchester: [shapeshifter] I'm your brother. See deep down I'm just jealous. You got friends, you could have a life. Me? I know I'm a freak and sooner or later everybody is going to leave me.
[...]

Soundtrack:

Poison Whiskey

Evolution is Mutation

While on the road, Sam gets an e-mail from his old school friend Becky telling that her brother and also Sam's friend Zach is arrested, accused of murder of his girlfriend. Zach claims that he was in another place at the same time, but the surveillance camera had taped his image in the crime scene. Sam convinces Dean to drive to St. Louis, Missouri, to investigate the typical doppelganger case. Once there, they disclose that a mutant is killing and hurting people in the neighborhood. When the shape shifter takes the form of Dean, things get complicated for the Winchester brothers.

"Supernatural" is a kind of teenager simpler version of "X-Files", with two brothers investigating supernatural events the same way Mulder and Scully did. The episodes are getting better and better along the series, and I am liking a lot this entertaining series. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Pele" ("Skin")