Something Wicked

Episode aired Apr 6, 2006
TV-14TV-14
55m

8.6/10

S1.E18

Dean gets a second chance to right a wrong from his past when the brothers get a mysterious tip from their father about a case they'd worked years ago, but left unfinished after Sam was near... Read allDean gets a second chance to right a wrong from his past when the brothers get a mysterious tip from their father about a case they'd worked years ago, but left unfinished after Sam was nearly killed by the creature.Dean gets a second chance to right a wrong from his past when the brothers get a mysterious tip from their father about a case they'd worked years ago, but left unfinished after Sam was nearly killed by the creature.

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Supernatural: Something Wicked

Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki in Supernatural (2005)

John Winchester sends the coordinates of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, to Dean and Sam, where children are mysteriously getting sick and their bodies running out. They lodge in a motel, and after their investigation, they realize that a Shtriga, an Albanian witch that feeds of life-force of children, is attacking the local children. Further, The Shtriga is only vulnerable while feeding. When the young brother of Michael, the son of the owner of the motel, is attacked, Dean convinces him to be the bait to kill The Shtriga. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Trivia
Ogdenville, Brockway, and North Haverbrook are names of towns that Sam mentions as locations where the Shtriga had previously attacked. These are also the names of the three fictional towns in 'The Simpsons', where Lyle Lanley conned the inhabitants into paying him to build shoddy monorails in the episode Marge vs. the Monorail (1993).

Goofs
When entering the town of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, the sign with the population number says "Fitchberg" while the sign welcoming people to the town says "Fitchburg."

Quotes
Sam Winchester: Should've thought of this before. A doctor's the perfect disguise, you're trusted, you can control the whole thing!
Dean Winchester: That sonofabitch.
Sam Winchester: I'm surprised you didn't draw on him right there.
Dean Winchester: Yeah well, first of all, I'm not gonna open fire in a friggin' pediatrics ward.
Sam Winchester: Good call.
Dean Winchester: Second, it wouldn't 'a done any good, 'cause the bastard's bullet-proof unless he's chowin' down on somethin'. And third... I wasn't packin', which is probably a really good thing 'cause I probably would've just burned a clip in him off of principle alone.
Sam Winchester: Gettin' wise in your old age, Dean.
Dean Winchester: Damn right.

Connections
Features Thundercats (1985)

Soundtracks
Rock Bottom
Written by Phil Mogg and Michael Schenker
Performed by UFO

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8/10

Brothers against Evil: Wicked Witch of Wisconsin

Good old-fashioned spooky and atmospheric installment in the wondrously entertaining first season of the show "Supernatural", this episode "Something Wicked" revolves on a witch-like demon – called the Shtriga – that feeds on the vitality and life-force of children and wipes out the youthful community of a small American town every ten years. It looks as if the children are stricken with an outbreak of a pneumonia epidemic, but in reality they're slowly dying from the inside. It is Sam & Dean's own father who lead the brothers to the Shtriga's new playground in a small Wisconsin town, as he knows that Dean has an old and personal score to settle with this demonic creature. This episode finds the ideal balance between creepy monster mayhem and the fascinating background of the Winchester family. The Shtriga witch looks reasonably menacing, dressed in an ugly brown monk outfit and wrinkly skin, the ambiance is thoroughly sinister and the dialogs once again contain fantastic moments of black comedy.

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