Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (25 Mar. 2010)

Sam and Dean investigate Bobby's home town where the dead are rising from the grave but instead of attacking humans, they are happily reuniting with their families. The brothers turn to ... See full summary »

Director:

John F. Showalter

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator), Jeremy Carver

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Jim Beaver	...	Bobby Singer
Kim Rhodes	...	Sheriff Jody Mills
Troy Ruptash	...	Clay Thompson
Carrie Fleming	...	Karen Singer (as Carrie Anne Fleming)
Scott McNeil	...	Benny Sutton
Ben Geldreich	...	Digger Wells
Aubrey Arnason	...	Hannah Thompson
Chris Bradford	...	Owen Mills
Kai Kennedy	...	Sean Mills
Monica Davis	...	Old Mrs. Jones
Craig March	...	Man

Storyline

Sam and Dean investigate Bobby's home town where the dead are rising from the grave but instead of attacking humans, they are happily reuniting with their families. The brothers turn to Bobby for help but he tells them not to worry about it and to leave town. Suspicious, Dean investigates and comes face to face with Bobby's dead wife who has no memory of what happened to her. Once the zombies start turning evil, the boys tell Bobby he has to kill his wife but he refuses.

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Plot Keywords:

rising from the grave | zombie | quotation from revelations | bonfire | unloaded gun | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 March 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kripke Enterprises, Supernatural Films, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 / (high definition)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The agent names the brothers use in this episode are Dorfman and Neidermeyer. Kent Dorfman and Doug Neidermeyer were both main characters in Animal House.

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Quotes

[Bobby and Dean take refuge from the zombies in a closet. Dean turns on the light and locks the door from the inside as the horde pound on the door]
Bobby Singer: Kind of a tight fit, don't you think?
Dean Winchester: [confident] It's all right: they're idiots; they can't pick a lock.
[the pounding immediately stops, then the zombies start picking the lock]
Bobby Singer: Don't you ever get tired of being wrong?
Dean Winchester: I'm making this stuff up as I go. Sue me.

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Connections

References Animal House (1978)

User Reviews

The Message from The Death

Dean and Sam travel to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that is Bobby's hometown, to investigate a murder that a witness tells that had been committed by a man that died five years ago.

Sooner the Winchester brothers discover that the dead are resurrecting and returning to their families. Further, Bobby's beloved wife Karen is one of the zombies and Bobby asks the brothers to leave the town. Five days later, the undead turn to evil zombies starved for human flesh and Bobby receives a message from The Death.

"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" is an episode where the third Horseman of Apocalypse shows his evilness, bringing back to life the beloved relatives and friends from a small town and then he makes them grieve their losses again. Bobby has a strange attitude for a man used to fight against evil creatures, despite his love for his wife. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Os Mortos Pedem Vingança" ("The Dead Ask for Revenge")