"Supernatural" The Usual Suspects (2006)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Mike Rohl

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator)
Cathryn Humphris (written by)

TV Series:

"Supernatural" (2005)

Original Air Date:

9 November 2006 (Season 2, Episode 7)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Sam and Dean investigate the murders of a lawyer and his wife who claimed to have seen a ghost right before they died...

Plot Keywords:

Brother Brother Relationship | Supernatural | Boy | Search | Missing Father

Cast

Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Linda Blair	...	Det. Diana Ballard
Jason Gedrick	...	Det. Peter Sheridan
Keegan Connor Tracy	...	Karen Giles
Andy Stahl	...	Jeff Krause (as Andrew Stahl)
Shannon Powell	...	Claire Becker
Diana Dutra	...	Policewoman

Runtime:

Netherlands:50 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Company:

Kripke Enterprises

Trivia:

This episode is set in Baltimore, the town where Edgar Allan Poe died. He was famous for such stories as "The Black Cat" where a body is concealed inside a brick wall.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Sam pulls the rack away from the window to reveal the the name of the pub as the "Ashland Pub" they turn around and see the full name beaming on the wall. The way the sign was on the window was dark letters on a clear glass background so the letters on the wall should have been shadow letters on a sunlit background. It instead was sunlit letters on a shadow background.

Quotes:

Dean Winchester: Hey, uh, you wouldn't happen to know where my car is, by chance?
Det. Diana Ballard: It's at the impound yard down on Robertson... Don't even think about it.
Sam Winchester: It's okay, it's all right, don't worry. We'll, uh, we'll just improvise. I mean, we're pretty good at that.
Det. Diana Ballard: Yeah. I've noticed.
[Smiles]

Movie Connections:

References The Great Escape (1963)

Death Omen

In Baltimore, Maryland, Sam and Dean are arrested by the local police while investigating the murders of the lawyer Tony Giles and his wife Karen by a spirit. Detective Peter Sheridan is convinced that Dean is guilty while his partner and lover Detective Diana Ballard is aware that they just have circumstantial evidences against the Winchester brothers. Dean decides to tell the truth about the case, i.e., that Tony had seen and was killed by a vengeful spirit that wants justice, but nobody believes on his words. However, when Det. Ballard also sees the ghost of a woman with a sliced throat, she wonders whether Sam and Dean might be telling the truth. Together with Sam, Det. Ballard identifies the ghost as the heroine addicted Claire Becker, and Sam realizes that she is a death omen.

"The Usual Suspects" is a great episode with the guest star Linda Blair in a sort of tribute to "The Exorcist". The beginning with Sam telling what happened while the flashbacks show what really happened is very funny. The story is engaging and reasonably resolved. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Os Suspeitos Habituais" ("The Usual Suspects")