Death Takes a Holiday (12 Mar. 2009)

Sam and Dean try to find out why people in a small town are having near death experiences with alarming frequency by going into the spirit world.

Director:

Steve Boyum

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator), Jeremy Carver

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Misha Collins	...	Castiel
Traci Dinwiddie	...	Pamela Barnes
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	Alastair
Lindsey McKeon	...	Tessa
Alexander Gould	...	Cole Griffith
Mike Dopud	...	Jim Jenkins
Andrew Wheeler	...	Groundskeeper / Alastair
Viv Leacock	...	Pete Hensley
Maya Massar	...	Mara Griffith
Gabriel Carter
John Burnside	...	Jacob
Phillip Mitchell	...	Demon
Kristian Haas

Storyline

Sam and Dean investigate a small town in Wyoming where people cannot die. They learn that Alastair is planning to sacrifice two Grim Reapers to break one of the 66 Seals in order to bring about the end of the world. But to find a reaper, the Winchester brothers are forced to call upon Pamela. Together they find one young boy who may know the location of the abducted reaper, but during their search, the have a run-in with Tessa, the reaper who tried to take out Dean the previous year.

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Plot Keywords:

demon | blind | ghost | astral projection | grim reaper | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 2009 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles and Alexander Gould have all played the 'sons' of 'Jeffery Dean Morgan'. Jared and Jensen in Supernatural, and Alexander in the show Weeds.

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Goofs

After being turned to "ghosts", Sam and Dean are walking down the street. There breath is visible as they talk and breathe. Ghosts wouldn't be able to expel hot air causing this.

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Quotes

Dean Winchester: Dude, you are so Amityville!

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Connections

References House M.D. (2004)

User Reviews

The Place Where Nobody Dies

Sam and Dean head to Greybull, Wyoming, after reading that a man terminal with cancer and another shot in the heart had not died; further nobody has died for a week and a half. They discover that a demon has kidnapped the local Reaper and intends to kill him to break one of the 66 seals to bring the Apocalypse to Earth. They summon the blind psychic Pamela Barnes to help them to make an astral projection to save The Reaper. While ghosts, they meet the boy Cole Griffith that was the last deceased person in Greybull and knows where Alistair is hidden and Tessa that was sent as the substitute for the local Reaper. When Tessa is also abducted, they find that Alistair is responsible for the abductions and the powerful demon needs two Reapers to break the seal.

"Death Takes a Holiday" is another great episode with the return of the war between demons and angels and Alistair trying to break another seal. The story is very well written, with many pop references (I loved "Feeling like Demi Moore") and alternating dramatic and funny moments. The relationship of the Winchester brothers is really shaken by the lack of trust. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "A Morte Tira Férias" ("The Death Takes Vacation")