Sam, Interrupted 

Sam and Dean check into a mental hospital to investigate a mysterious monster attacking the patients, but their incarceration pushes both to the breaking point.

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

Eric Kripke (created by), Andrew Dabb

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jon Gries

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Jon Gries	...	Martin Creaser
Lara Gilchrist	...	Nurse Foreman
Malcolm Stewart	...	Dr. Aaron Fuller
Michelle Harrison	...	Dr. Erica Cartwright
Gwenda Lorenzetti	...	Susan Bishop
Juan Riedinger	...	Ted
Holly Hougham	...	Wendy
Tanja Dixon-Warren	...	Night Nurse #1
Bronwen Smith	...	Night Nurse #2
Veronika Hadrava	...	Susan
Kevin O'Grady	...	Orderly
Claire Lindsay	...	Patient

Storyline

When a former hunter calls Sam and Dean for help from inside a mental institution, the brothers get themselves admitted as patients to check out his claims of supernatural phenomena. When their incarceration pushes them both to the breaking point their personal issues send them over the edge.

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Plot Keywords:

strapped to table | dropped pants | morgue | hanged by the neck | passionate kiss | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the first draft of the script, the infamous "Pudding!" line and pants dropping act was done by Sam. However, when they went to shoot Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, Sam and Dean respectively, changed it to Dean on the spot without telling anyone because they felt it fit his character better.

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Goofs

[All goofs for this title are spoilers.]

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Quotes

[Sam is high on medication]
Dean Winchester: Hey.
Sam Winchester: [In a slurry voice] No. No... I'm not okay. I... I... I am *awesome*.
Dean Winchester: They give you something?
Sam Winchester: Oh... Oh, yeah. They gave me... *everything*! It's... It's... spectacu... lacular...
[Sam giggles]
Dean Winchester: [Shaking his head] You always were a happy drunk!

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Connections

References Fletch (1985)

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Soundtracks

End Credits Theme
Composed by Jay Gruska

User Reviews

Let's talk about our problems

So this episode of Supernatural involves the boys helping out an old friend in an insane asylum (taking a break from the hunting down Lucifer/finding God story line), where, after starting their hunt, they start questioning their own sanity and are forced to confront other deep seated issues.

I was disappointed with this episode. After the long break, I was hoping for a good way to jump back into the season. I found the story line to be ill conceived, and not well thought out. It was all over the place. The script was barely believable at best. There were a few weak attempts at humour, and even fewer and much weaker attempts at soul searching moments, in an episode which had great potential for the latter. Come on, an asylum chock full of psychiatrists? Even though I have a tendency to squirm during the "mushy" stuff, I was hoping for some proper insight into the fascinating characters of the Winchesters.

A last frustration: they never develop the story line of the mysterious "friend of Dad's who needs help and we owe him". Really? It's an "I wonder: what exactly *did* happen in Albuquerque?" kind of moment? I found that quite contrived.

However, this is just a bump in the fantastic road I'm sure Supernatural will lead us down soon enough.

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wonderland Sound and Vision, Warner Bros. Television, Supernatural Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1