"Supernatural" Yellow Fever (2008)

Director:

Philip Sgriccia

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator) and
Andrew Dabb (written by)

TV Series:

"Supernatural" (2005)

Original Air Date:

23 October 2008 (Season 4, Episode 6)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Sam and Dean discover a Colorado small town's darkest secret as a wave of people fall prey to a "ghost sickness" that induces fear...

Plot Keywords:

Singing In Car | Supernatural | Missing Father | Search | Death

Cast

Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Jim Beaver	...	Bobby Singer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Darcy Cadman	...	Deputy Linus
Jack Conley	...	Sheriff Britton
Darren Daurie
Steph DuVall	...	Jack Garland
Wade Fenning
David Mattey	...	Luther Garland
Sierra McCormick	...	Lilith
Michael Roberds	...	Mark Hutchens
Brady Schlecker	...	Frank O'Brien
Jerry Wasserman	...	Coroner

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Elgin Ave, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Kripke Enterprises

Trivia:

At the end of this episode, an extra clip was added after the producer credits, titled "Supernatural presents: Jensen Ackles". The clip shows Jensen Ackles during what seems to be a take of one of the scenes in the episode, set to the song "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor. However, the cut spans out beyond the scope of the original scene to an approximately 1 min long out-of-character performance with Ackles lip-synching to the lyrics "performing" the song, complete with air guitar and the crew laughing in the background.

Quotes:

Dean Winchester: Am I haunted? Am I haunted?

Soundtrack:

Eye of the Tiger

Reminds Me Why I Watch The Show

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This show isn't afraid (no pun intended) to be funny and scary. The main reason I watch the show is the dynamic between the brothers, and this episode certainly brings that out. Dean is infected with a ghost sickness that will make more and more scared until his heart gives out. Sam and Bobby try to stop that, all the while Dean is progressively getting more frightened.

If you watch kind of closely, you notice that the scarier things get for him, the closer he sticks to Sam. It's interesting to see a reversal of roles, since normally Dean is the one protecting Sam. I think in the fourth season they're both doing a lot of protecting. Only, Sam hasn't actually had his life threatened in season four (minus the Wishing Well thing), and Dean has been on the receiving end of near-fatal attacks at least four or five times. Interesting.

Anyway, this episode is a ton of fun, especially with the usually macho, guns blazin' Dean Winchester scared to death of teenagers, turning left into oncoming traffic, and cats. You'll have a good time with this one.