Hollywood Babylon 

The Winchesters go undercover as production assistants (PAs) on a haunted movie set after getting wind of reports of tag teaming ghosts. The brothers deal with an asinine studio executive ... See full summary »

Director:

Philip Sgriccia (as Phil Sgriccia)

Writers:

Eric Kripke (created by), Ben Edlund

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Gary Cole

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Gary Cole	...	Brad Redding
Don Stark	...	Jay Wiley
Regan Burns	...	McG
Michael B. Silver	...	Martin 'Marty' Flagg
Elizabeth Whitmere	...	Wendy / Tara Benchley
Benjamin Ratner	...	Walter Dixon
Andrew Francis	...	Brody / Rick Craig
Morgan Brayton	...	Elise Drummond
R. Nelson Brown	...	Frank Jaffe / Gerard St. James (as rnelsonbrown)
Torrance Coombs	...	Mitch
Aly Purrott-Armstrong	...	Ashley / Kendra (as Alycia Purrott)
Graeme Duffy	...	Dave
Patricia Nudd	...	P.A.

Storyline

The Winchesters go undercover as production assistants (PAs) on a haunted movie set after getting wind of reports of tag teaming ghosts. The brothers deal with an asinine studio executive out to make cheap marketing stunts(guest star Gary Cole), a disenfranchised screenwriter seeking revenge for unnecessary revisions to a formally great script, and Dean's fan-boyish feelings for the leading lady.

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Plot Keywords:

sex in a trailer | sex with a co star | dinner theater | reference to death of a salesman | reference to a steak | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first episode in which Enochian is identified. Sam identifies it when talking to the studio exec about his attention to detail, saying, "...the way you worked in all those Enochian summoning rituals, and all the authentic language..."

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Goofs

It wouldn't have actually been possible for the guy to get sucked into the giant fan and killed by it because of the metal cage surrounding the blades, a safety feature to prevent exactly that kind of mishap with blade fans.

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Quotes

Sam Winchester: Does this look like swimming-pool weather to you Dean? It's practically Canadian!

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Connections

References Charlie's Angels (2000)

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Soundtracks

Green Peppers
Written by Sol Lake
Performed by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

User Reviews

Entertaining joke on how holywood works

The beginning of the episode starts with a subtle joke on sam as he and dean are riding on the the slow tour kart through holywood and the driver mentions here is the set of gilmore girls and if you look close you may see a star of the show. Sam is shown looking kinda uncomfortable and him and dean depart the tour for their real reason for being here stopping multiple poltergeists on set. This episodes is good and entertaining and like the beginning of the episode, has many subtle jokes about holywood the stars of the show and even the writers, i highly recommend this episode

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 April 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