"Supernatural" Hollywood Babylon (2007)

Director:

Philip Sgriccia

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator)
Ben Edlund (written by)

TV Series:

"Supernatural" (2005)

Original Air Date:

19 April 2007 (Season 2, Episode 18)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The Winchesters go undercover as PAs on a haunted movie set after getting wind of reports of tag teaming ghosts...

Plot Keywords:

Hollywood | Brother Brother Relationship | Supernatural | Missing Father | Search

Cast

Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Morgan Brayton	...	Elise Drummond
R. Nelson Brown	...	Gerard St. James (as rnelsonbrown)
Regan Burns	...	McG
Gary Cole	...	Brad Redding
Torrance Coombs	...	Mitch
Graeme Duffy	...	Dave
Andrew Francis	...	Rick / Brody
Leah Graham
Patricia Nudd
Julie Patzwald
Alycia Purrott	...	Kendra
Benjamin Ratner	...	Walter Dixon
Gerry Rousseau
Michael B. Silver	...	Martin
Don Stark	...	Jay Wiley
Elizabeth Whitmere	...	Tara Benchley

Runtime:

Netherlands:50 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Company:

Kripke Enterprises

Trivia:

In the beginning of "Hollywood Babylon," the Winchesters are on a tour of Hollywood. The tour guide says that they are passing the place where "Gilmore Girls" (2000) is filmed, and if they're lucky they might get to see one of the stars. Jared Padalecki, who plays Sam Winchester, had a recurring role on Gilmore Girls. At this point, Sam Winchester looks uncomfortable and quickly leaves the tour bus.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Dean is shown with a headset for the first time (18:10), the other end of the headset wire isn't attached to anything.

Quotes:

McG: Marty, what do you think?
Martin: Not married to salt, what do you want? still sticking with condiments?
McG: Just sounds different, not better. What else would a ghost be scared of?
Walter Dixon: Aww, ya gotta be kidding me.
Martin: [Aside] What would a ghost be scared of?
[to McG]
Martin: Maybe shotguns.
McG: K, that makes even less sense than salt.

Movie Connections:

References Die Hard (1988)

Soundtrack:

Green Peppers

A Joke and Tribute to Hollywood People

Dean and Sam go to Hollywood to investigate a haunted studio where the lead actress Tara Benchley of a horror movie saw a member of the crew dead and a ghost. Sam researches and finds that four people have died along the last eighty years and the ghost could be any of them. The Winchester brothers are mistaken as PAs and discover that the event was actually a marketing strategy to promote the film. But when the producer Brad Redding first and another executive later die in the set, they discover that a revengeful screenwriter is really summoning fiends in the shooting.

"Hollywood Babylon" is a funny episode, a joke and tribute to Hollywood people. Dean is hilarious, fascinated with the life and the lead actress of the movie. There are also many references to horror movies in this enjoyable episode. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Assombração em Hollywood" (Ghost in Hollywood")