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Title: The Benders (14 Feb 2006)
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| Episode cast overview: | |||
| Jared Padalecki | ... | Sam Winchester | |
| Jensen Ackles | ... | Dean Winchester | |
| John Dennis Johnston | ... | Pa Bender | |
| Jessica Steen | ... | Officer Kathleen | |
| Johnny Cuthbert | ... | Alvin Jenkins (as Jon Cuthbert) | |
| Ken Kirzinger | ... | Jared Bender | |
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Shawn Reis | ... | Lee Bender |
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Ryan Drescher | ... | Evan McKay |
| Alexia Fast | ... | Missy Bender | |
| Sandra Steier | ... | Dispatcher (voice) | |
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Sadie Lawrence | ... | Mrs. McKay |
After hearing in 'smallville' Hibbing, while masquerading as Minnesota state police, a boy's story about a monster probably was inspired by a Godzilla movie, Sam points out the county was marked by dad as suspicious and has the state's highest ratio of disappearances, but Dean just wants to relax, at least till the morning, until Sam disappears on the parking lot. Dean teams up with local police woman Kathleen, who even after finding out they impersonated cops decides not to arrest him before Sam is found, because her own brother also disappeared years earlier. Their search reaches the large, lonely house where a sinister human family keeps Sam and others in cages, and their intentions at least are monstrous... Written by KGF Vissers
The Benders is a key element to the series, simply because it reminded the audience how frightening humans can be and how similar they are to the daily monsters shown in the series.
The episode has some very terrifying villains, and it has the direction and cinematography look to that of a real crime/thriller film. It is punchy and not afraid to show the real nature of what people like this can do, and in that respect it reminded me of Rob Zombie's brilliant The Devil's Rejects. Anywways, one of the season's best and sure to please all of Supernatural's fans, even when, there is nothing supernatural about the situation.