"Supernatural" No Exit (2006)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator)
Matt Witten (written by)

TV Series:

"Supernatural" (2005)

Original Air Date:

2 November 2006 (Season 2, Episode 6)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Sam and Dean meet up with America's first serial killer, while Jo lies to her mother about going to Vegas and joins Sam and Dean to help them on their hunt.

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Incarceration | Brother Brother Relationship | Supernatural | Boy

Cast

Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Alona Tal	...	Jo Harvelle
Samantha Ferris	...	Ellen Harvelle
Andrea Brooks	...	Katie Burns
Brent Chapman	...	Super intendent
Stephen Aberle	...	H. H. Holmes
Chris Eastman
Lisa Marie Caruk	...	Teresa Ellis

Runtime:

Ireland:47 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Company:

Kripke Enterprises

Trivia:

The loft set from season 2's episode "No Exit" was transformed into artist George Darrow's apartment for the episode "Crossroad Blues".

Goofs:

Factual errors: Among the research and paperwork on a table regarding H. H. Holmes and his crimes is a black and white photo of a dead woman. However, the photo is not of one of Holmes' many victims, it's of Elizabeth Stride, one of Jack the Ripper's victims.

Quotes:

Dean Winchester: Sam, I think I know what we're dealing with here... It's the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man

Soundtrack:

Smoke on the Water

The Truth About the Relationship of John Winchester and Ellen

Dean and Sam visit Ellen and Joanna Beth in the Harvelle Bar, and Jo shows her file about the disappearance of six blonde girls during the last eighty years in an apartment building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She tries to convince the Winchester brothers to bring her to investigate the case; but Dean refuses the request afraid of Ellen's reaction. They break-in the apartment of the last victim and when Sam finds ectoplasm, they realize that a fiend is hunting the location. When they leave the place, they meet Jo with the super and find that she had lied to Ellen telling that she was going to Las Vegas and had just rented the foregoing apartment. Their further investigation discloses that in the past, before the construction of the building, the field was next to a prison and used to execute criminals, including the serial killer H.H. Holmes. When Jo decides to search the last victim behind the walls, she is captured by the evil spirit, and Dean and Sam figures out how to rescue Jo and escape from the wrath of Ellen.

"No Exit" is and engaging but flawed episode of "Supernatural". The story has good moments, like the revelation of Ellen to Jo about her relationship with John Winchester, but I honestly believed Jo was actually sister of Dean and Sam. The greatest flaw of the story is the use of the sledge hammer in the walls of the apartment building does not bring the attention of the super or the dwellers. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Sem Saída" ("No Exit")