Bad Day at Black Rock 

The Winchesters are called regarding a robbery of their father's storage unit, and track down the robbers to find the item stolen is a cursed rabbit's foot, which provides great luck until ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Singer

Writers:

Eric Kripke (created by), Ben Edlund

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Lauren Cohan

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Lauren Cohan	...	Bela Talbot
Jim Beaver	...	Bobby Singer
Sterling K. Brown	...	Gordon Walker
Michael Massee	...	Kubrick
Jon Van Ness	...	Creedy
Hrothgar Mathews	...	Grossman
Christian Tessier	...	Wayne
Stephen Dimopoulos	...	Restaurant Owner
Forbes Angus	...	Foster
John F. Parker	...	Restaurant Patron

Storyline

The Winchesters are called regarding a robbery of their father's storage unit, and track down the robbers to find the item stolen is a cursed rabbit's foot, which provides great luck until lost, and once lost the previous owner dies within a week. Sam picks up the foot and has great fortune, until it is pickpocketted away by the mercenary Bela. Dean must then get it back before Sam's bad luck gets him killed. To complicate the whole situation, Gordon, from his prison home, has convinced two other hunters that Sam is pure evil and must be killed.

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Plot Keywords:

blood on shirt | rabbit's foot | prison | bad luck | voodoo | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 October 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Television, Wonderland Sound and Vision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title comes from a 1955 film about a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small town in search of someone and ends up changing life in the town forever.

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Goofs

When Sam falls outside the restaurant, he rips his jeans and his blood knees are visible. Later, when he is rocking in the chair in the motel room, the knees of his jeans are just dirty and not ripped.

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Quotes

Dean Winchester: So you know the truth about whats really going on out there, and this is what you choose to do with it? You become a thief?
Bela Talbot: I procure unique items for a select clientle.
Dean Winchester: Yeah. A thief.
Bela Talbot: No... A great thief.

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Connections

References Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

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Soundtracks

Vaya con Dios
Written by Larry Russell, Inez James and Buddy Pepper
Performed by Les Paul & Mary Ford

User Reviews

Announces season 3 is at a whole another level

This is the first episode that showed season 3 was going to be amazing. It seamlessly forwards the 3 main threads of the season-hunters being mad at the Winchesters, Bela/Ruby being foils for the Winchesters, and Dean's farewell tour (vis-a-vis the storage locker). Each story beat lands and thinking of the season as a whole it is remarkable how much is packed into this 40 minutes. And that is the lesser virtue of the episode.

This is a wonderful screwball comedy because of the bickering with Bela and the rabbit's foot mechanics. It is beyond funny. It created a signature moment for the entire series-I lost my shoe-and it is still laugh out loud funny after all these years.

This is Supernatural at its best.