Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (19 Oct. 2006)

Sam insists to visit ma Mary's grave, although empty and meaningless to Dean, who is however intrigued in the cemetery by the perfect circle of dead vegetation around the three days old ... See full summary »

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator), Raelle Tucker

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Tamara Feldman

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Tamara Feldman	...	Angela Mason
Christopher Jacot	...	Neil
Serge Houde	...	Dr. Mason
Jared Keeso	...	Matt Harrison
Leela Savasta	...	Lindsey

Storyline

Sam insists to visit ma Mary's grave, although empty and meaningless to Dean, who is however intrigued in the cemetery by the perfect circle of dead vegetation around the three days old grave of local college student Angela Mason who died in a car accident, suspecting the ground is desecrated, Sam thinks it's another diversion not to have to think about either deceased Winchester parent. Her roommate Lindsey says Angela's grieving boyfriend Matt Harrison just slit his throat, all plants in his place are also dead. Another student, Neil Levine, tells Matt blamed himself because Angela caught him with another girl the night of her accident, the boys find her grave empty except for a necromantic spell in Ancient Greek. Dean accuses Angela's pa, Dr. Mason, but Sam notices healthy plants and fears for his brother's sanity. Angela was actually resurrected by Neil, her still enamored ex, alas as a zombie who kills for revenge. Next target is Lindsey, the one she caught with Matt, but the ...

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Plot Keywords:

zombie | necromancy | ritual | cemetery | exhumation | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 October 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kripke Enterprises, Warner Bros. Television, Wonderland Sound and Vision

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Little bitty zombie-girl Angela Mason played by Tamara Feldman tackles Sammy in the graveyard. Down goes much beloved Sasquatch snapping his right wrist (at around 36 mins). As the camera pans back for the long shot of Dean running to Angela's grave poor Sammy/Jared Padalecki can be seen rolling on the ground in pain holding his right wrist. Jay-squared ad-libs their next lines "I think she broke my hand" and Dean replies, "Your just too fragile. We'll get it looked at later." Sam opens and closes the passenger door of the Impala with his left hand protecting his right one.

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Goofs

(at around 29 mins) Sam and Dean talk in the car about ways to kill a zombie before a long shot of the Impala driving down a dark road. The person sitting in Sam's spot holding the flashlight is obviously not Jared Padalecki.

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Quotes

Dean Winchester: This is where he keeps his porn.

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Connections

References Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)

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Soundtracks

"Sad Girl"
Performed by Supergrass

User Reviews

Summer Glau was not in this episode

I just saw this episode and the part of Angela was not played by Summer Glau.

I'm sure the woman who actually did play Angela would like to get credit for it, so it behooves y'all to find out who it really was.

The woman playing Angela had a larger nose that protruded more from her face than Summer's does. Summer's nose is narrow and flatter.

She also had a much narrower chin and jaw than Summer has.

Her mouth was about as wide, but her lips were the wrong shape, and her smile was nothing like Summer's variety of smiles. Her lips didn't change shape the same way Summer's do when she smiles.

Her face wasn't as round as Summer's was, and Summer has a flatter, almost eastern European cast in her face. Her eyes are slightly angled, giving her a very exotic look.

Also, the voice was entirely different.

This simply was not Summer Glau.

What does it take to get this corrected?