Born Under a Bad Sign 

After Sam goes missing for over a week, Dean finally receives a phone call from his brother. Dean finds Sam in a hotel room, covered in blood and suffering from the effects of a week long ... See full summary »

Director:

J. Miller Tobin

Writers:

Eric Kripke (created by), Cathryn Humphris

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester / Meg Masters
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Jim Beaver	...	Bobby Singer
Alona Tal	...	Jo Harvelle
Philip Granger	...	Manager
Richard Kahan	...	Clerk
Vince Murdocco	...	Steve Wandell

Storyline

After Sam goes missing for over a week, Dean finally receives a phone call from his brother. Dean finds Sam in a hotel room, covered in blood and suffering from the effects of a week long memory blackout. Upon investigation, the brothers find a video-tape of Sam killing another hunter in cold blood, which leads Sam to believe his dark side is taking over. When the dark side finally emerges Sam attacks Dean and continues on his hunter killing spree with his next targets being family friends Jo Harvelle and Bobby Singer.

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Plot Keywords:

tied to a post | hunter | duluth minnesota | covered in blood | ice pack | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Dean is on the website to locate Sam via GPS, he is logged in as "Dean J. MaHogOff.

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Goofs

Sam and Dean are in Duluth MN, which is 9.5 hours away from the South Dakota border yet they both manage to get to South Dakota hours before dawn even though Sam arrived at the bar at closing which is around 2:30am. There is no indication that more than a few hours have passed.

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Quotes

Dean Winchester: Hi, so sorry to bother you but my son snuck out of the house last night and went to a Justin Timberlake concert... What?... Uh yeah... Justin's quite the triple threat.

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Soundtracks

Ashes to Ashes
Written by Michael Tarbox
Performed by Tarbox Ramblers

User Reviews

Where is Sam

The show goes a little too much into will sam go bad but its still a thrilling episode

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 February 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Television, Wonderland Sound and Vision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1