Long Distance Call 

While hunting a creature that kills people by pretending to be their dead loved ones, Dean receives a call from John who says he has a way to get him out of his deal.

Director:

Robert Singer

Writers:

Eric Kripke (created by), Jeremy Carver

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	John Winchester (voice)
Tom O'Brien	...	Clark Adams
Anjul Nigam	...	Stewie Meyers
Cherilyn Wilson	...	Lanie Greenfield
Eric Breker	...	Police Officer
Ingrid Torrance	...	Mrs. Waters
John Shaw	...	Ben Waters
David Neale	...	Mr. Greenfield
Anna Mae Wills	...	Museum Guide (as Anna Mae Routledge)
Dawson Dunbar	...	Simon Greenfield
Thomas Michael Dobie	...	Truck Driver

Storyline

Sam and Dean are on the trail of the Crocotta, an entity that secures its victims by communicating as a loved one via phone and computer. While Sam watches over a family being tormented by the ghostly communiques, Dean walks into a trap when a voice from beyond the grave gives the whereabouts of the demon who holds his contract.

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Plot Keywords:

suicide | unplugged electronic works | hit with a baseball bat | scotch whiskey | blood spatter | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Television, Wonderland Sound and Vision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

41 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While explaining to Sam about Thomas Edison's birthplace Dean pronounces the town of Milan, Ohio as mill-on, but the actual pronunciation is my-lin.

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Goofs

When Dean says the name of the town, he pronounces it "Mi-LAHN," like the Italian city. The Ohio town's name is pronounced "MY-lan."

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Quotes

Dean Winchester: Find anything?
Sam Winchester: After 3 hours, I have found no reason why anything supernatural will be going on here.
Dean Winchester: Wow, you know. You'd think a Stanford education and a high school hookup rate of 0.0 would produce better results than that.
Sam Winchester: Hilarious.
Dean Winchester: Sam, you've been looking at the wrong places pal.
Sam Winchester: Then what are the right places Dean?
Dean Winchester: Motel pamphlet rack. Milan, Ohio. Birth place of Thomas Edison.
Sam Winchester: Yeah, so what?
Dean Winchester: Keep reading.
Sam Winchester: [opens and reads the pamphlet; looks up at Dean, amused] You're kidding.

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Connections

References Dateline NBC (1992)

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Soundtracks

End Credits Theme
Composed by Jay Gruska

User Reviews

Misplaced in continuity but the the monster of the week is quite good.

The Crocotta is one of the more striking monsters on the show and its brand of psychological torment is especially effective. The cold open of the episode is some of the most chilling material in season 3. The core of the story about Dean thinking John is still alive is interesting but this episode comes far too late in continuity.

Most of Dean's overt daddy issues were largely processed in season 2; the few that weren't got worked out in a few episodes earlier in Dream a Little Dream of Me. It strains credulity that Dean so readily falls for the Crocotta's trick. He was passed this sort of blind faith in John by the time this episode occurred. If this was in the beginning of season 3 it would be a lot better.