Long-Distance Call (1 May 2008)

Sam and Dean are on the trail of the Crocotta, an entity that secures its victims by communicating as a loved one via phone and computer. While Sam watches over a family being tormented by ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Singer

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator), Jeremy Carver

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	John Winchester (voice)
Tom O'Brien	...	Clark Adams
Anjul Nigam
Cherilyn Wilson	...	Lanie Greenfield
Eric Breker	...	Police Officer
Ingrid Torrance	...	Mrs. Waters
John Shaw
David Neale
Anna Mae Wills	...	Museum Guide (as Anna Mae Routledge)
Dawson Dunbar	...	Simon
Thomas Michael Dobie

Storyline

Sam and Dean are on the trail of the Crocotta, an entity that secures its victims by communicating as a loved one via phone and computer. While Sam watches over a family being tormented by the ghostly communiques, Dean walks into a trap when a voice from beyond the grave gives the whereabouts of the demon who holds his contract.

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Plot Keywords:

suicide | blood spatter | hit with a baseball bat | scotch whiskey

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 2008 (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

Sam and Dean go by the names of Detective Campbell and Detective Raimi. This is a nod to director Sam Raimi and actor Bruce Campbell, who frequently gets cast in Raimi's movies.

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Goofs

In the opening scene, Ben is standing behind the desk and he rips the phone out of the wall and throws it across the room in front of him. And then, still standing at the desk, he puts the gun under his chin and pulls the trigger (still facing the phone) and yet the phone gets splattered by blood.

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Quotes

Crocotta: Technology makes life so much easier. Used to be I'd hide in the woods for days, weeks, whispering to people, trying to draw them out into the night. But they had community, they all looked out for each other. I'd be lucky to eat may be one - two souls a year. But now when I'm hungry I simply make a phone call. You are all so connected. But you have never been so alone.

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Connections

References Twilight Zone: Long Distance Call (1961)

User Reviews

SHA33 – The Phone from Hell

When Dean and Sam read on the newspaper that the banker Ben in Milan, Ohio, has just committed suicide after receiving a long-distance call, they head to his house to investigate what might have happened expecting to face a demon. They find in the caller ID the number SHA33 and sooner they discover that it is an ancient phone number with more than one hundred years, and that Ben that he had received a phone call from his sweetheart Lynda that had died years ago, but his wife had heard only static. Dean and Sam find in the phone company a list of people mysteriously contacted by the number SHA33, and they disclose that all of them had received a phone call or a computer message from a beloved deceased person trying to persuade the listener or user to commit suicide. When Dean receives a phone call from his father, he believes that the phone is from hell and he asks who the demon that holds his contract is. However Sam finds that they actually are fighting against a Crocotta, an evil being that feeds of the soul of his victims.

"Long-Distance Call" is another engaging episode of Supernatural, where Dean fills with expectations of finding the demon that holds his contract, but in the end, for his disappointment, he finds that the phone SHA33 is not from hell. Clark Adams, the Crocotta, is a creepy creature and the special effects are excellent. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "O Interurbano" ("The Long-Distance Call")