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When Sam and Dean find articles about a town where children are inexplicably falling into comas, the brothers discover that a Shtriga, a creature that attacks children, is behind the mysterious comas. During the battle, Dean remembers a past battle with the creature that almost resulted in Sam's death.
Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x18 Production Number: 2T6917 Airdate: Thursday April 06th, 2006 Alternate Airdates:
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Recap
In Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a little girl, Bethany Tarnower, is saying her prayers before bed as her father Miles looks on. He kisses her goodnight, and she asks if her mother is coming home. Miles tells her that she's spending the night at the hospital with Bethany's sister. Later, Bethany is woken up by the branches rattling on the window. She finally gets up and closes the drapes, and then runs back to her bed. A clawed hand opens the window and a robed figure enters the room, its mouth glowing as it looms over Bethany...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
Ridge Canipe, who guest stars as young Dean, previously played a character named Dean in a 2005 TV movie also entitled Supernatural.
The credit card that Dean uses for the motel room is a MasterCard with the name of Kris Warren.
Music
| Artist | Song Title | Played When |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Road to Nowhere | Dean and Sam leave town |
| UFO | Rock Bottom | Dean and Sam drive to Fitchburg |
Episode Quotes
Sam: If dad said he's hunting for something, I don't know what.
Dean: Well, maybe he's gonna meet us there.
Sam: (sarcastically) Yeeeah! 'Cause he's been so easy to find up to this point!
Dean: You're a real smartass, you know that?
Dean: Well, maybe he's gonna meet us there.
Sam: (sarcastically) Yeeeah! 'Cause he's been so easy to find up to this point!
Dean: You're a real smartass, you know that?
Dean: Don't worry, I'm sure there's something in Fitchburg worth killing.
Sam: Yeah, what makes you so sure?
Dean: Well, because I'm the oldest, which means I'm always right.
Sam: No it doesn't.
Dean: Yeah, it totally does.
Sam: Yeah, what makes you so sure?
Dean: Well, because I'm the oldest, which means I'm always right.
Sam: No it doesn't.
Dean: Yeah, it totally does.
Sam: Dude. Dude, I am not using this ID.
Dean: Why not?
Sam: Because it says "bikini inspector" on it.
Dean: Why not?
Sam: Because it says "bikini inspector" on it.
Sam: It got away?
Dean: Yeah, Sammy, it happens.
Sam: Not very often.
Dean: Well I don't know what to tell you, I mean, maybe Dad didn't have his Wheaties that morning.
Dean: Yeah, Sammy, it happens.
Sam: Not very often.
Dean: Well I don't know what to tell you, I mean, maybe Dad didn't have his Wheaties that morning.
(getting a hotel room)
Michael: King or two queens?
Dean: Two queens.
Michael: I bet.
Michael: King or two queens?
Dean: Two queens.
Michael: I bet.
Sam: An old person, huh?
Dean: Yeah.
Sam: In the hospital? Whew, better call the Coast Guard!
Dean: Yeah.
Sam: In the hospital? Whew, better call the Coast Guard!
Patient: Who the hell are you?! Who's there?! Ya trying to steal my stuff?! They're always stealin' around here!
Sam: No, uhh, ma'am, we're Maintenance. We're sorry, uhh, we thought you were sleepin'.
Patient: Ahh, nonsense! I was sleepin' with my peepers open! (laughs maniacally) Fix that crucifix, would ya? I've asked four damned times already!
Sam: No, uhh, ma'am, we're Maintenance. We're sorry, uhh, we thought you were sleepin'.
Patient: Ahh, nonsense! I was sleepin' with my peepers open! (laughs maniacally) Fix that crucifix, would ya? I've asked four damned times already!
Sam: I don’t know why you didn’t shoot him right then and there.
Dean: Yeah, Well. First of all I’m not going to open fire in a friggin' pediatric ward.
Sam: Good call.
Dean: Second, it wouldn’t have done any good cause the bastard’s bulletproof unless he’s chowing down on something. And third, I wasn’t packing. Which is probably a really good thing cause I probably would have just burned a clip in him off the principle alone.
Sam: You're getting wise in your old age, Dean.
Dean: Damn right.
Dean: Yeah, Well. First of all I’m not going to open fire in a friggin' pediatric ward.
Sam: Good call.
Dean: Second, it wouldn’t have done any good cause the bastard’s bulletproof unless he’s chowing down on something. And third, I wasn’t packing. Which is probably a really good thing cause I probably would have just burned a clip in him off the principle alone.
Sam: You're getting wise in your old age, Dean.
Dean: Damn right.
Michael: I thought I was having a nightmare.
Dean: I'd give anything not to tell you this, but sometimes nightmares are real.
Dean: I'd give anything not to tell you this, but sometimes nightmares are real.
Michael: You said you're a big brother.
Dean: Yeah.
Michael: You'd take care of your little brother? You'd do anything for him?
Dean: Yeah ... I would.
Michael: Me too. I'll help.
Dean: Yeah.
Michael: You'd take care of your little brother? You'd do anything for him?
Dean: Yeah ... I would.
Michael: Me too. I'll help.
Dean: You’ve heard a gun shot before?
Michael: Like in the movies?
Dean: It’s going to be a lot louder then in the movies.
Michael: Like in the movies?
Dean: It’s going to be a lot louder then in the movies.
Sam: Hey Dean, I'm sorry.
Dean: For what?
Sam: You know, I've really given you a lot of crap for always following Dad's orders. But I know why you do it.
Dean: Oh God, kill me now.
Dean: For what?
Sam: You know, I've really given you a lot of crap for always following Dad's orders. But I know why you do it.
Dean: Oh God, kill me now.
Sam: (Michael'll) always know there are things out there in the dark, never be the same, you know? Sometimes I wish that...
Dean: What?
Sam: I wish I could have that kind of innocence.
Dean: If it means anything, sometimes I wish you could, too.
Dean: What?
Sam: I wish I could have that kind of innocence.
Dean: If it means anything, sometimes I wish you could, too.
Episode Goofs
While driving to Fitchburg, Sam and Dean drive by a sign that reads "Fitchberg", which is directly in front of a sign that says "Welcome to Fitchburg!" The camera freezes on the two of them simultaneously, making it blatantly obvious.
When Sam looks at the playground, the diner in the background is originally a Japanese restaurant, transformed into "Glasgow's Lunch." However, the Japanese lettering on the window (to the left of Dean's head) is still barely visible.
In the last scene as Joanna embraces her son, the position of her hands varies between on his head (when the camera is on her) and his shoulders (when the camera is on him.
Cultural References
Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook
These cities are the cities in which similar deaths had occurred, as found in the newspaper clippings by Sam. In The Simpsons episode "Marge vs. the Monorail", Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook are the cities that monorails were sold to.
These cities are the cities in which similar deaths had occurred, as found in the newspaper clippings by Sam. In The Simpsons episode "Marge vs. the Monorail", Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook are the cities that monorails were sold to.
ThunderCats
In the flashback to Sam and Dean's childhood, Sam is seen watching ThunderCats, a 1985 cartoon about cat-like creatures who battle evil on a foreign planet.
In the flashback to Sam and Dean's childhood, Sam is seen watching ThunderCats, a 1985 cartoon about cat-like creatures who battle evil on a foreign planet.
Episode Title: Something Wicked
The episode title has two possible references: one to Something Wicked this Way Comes, a 1962 novel by Ray Bradbury that deals with the supernatural; and one to the line "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" from William Shakespeare's MacBeth.
The episode title has two possible references: one to Something Wicked this Way Comes, a 1962 novel by Ray Bradbury that deals with the supernatural; and one to the line "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" from William Shakespeare's MacBeth.
Analysis
Shtriga
A creature of Albanian folklore, Shtrigas are creatures that often target young children and drink their blood. Those who were attacked by the Shtrigas often died since only the Shtrigas themselves could cure the infected. Though Sam and Dean are able to defeat the creature, infected children, in folklore, were only cured if the Shtrigas spit in their mouths.
A creature of Albanian folklore, Shtrigas are creatures that often target young children and drink their blood. Those who were attacked by the Shtrigas often died since only the Shtrigas themselves could cure the infected. Though Sam and Dean are able to defeat the creature, infected children, in folklore, were only cured if the Shtrigas spit in their mouths.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Eric Kripke |
| • Executive Producer | McG | Eric Kripke | Robert Singer (1) |
| • Co-Executive Producer | Kim Manners |
| • Supervising Producer | Philip Sgriccia |
| • Producer | Cyrus I. Yavneh | Peter Johnson |
| • Associate Producer | Todd Philip Aronauer |
| • Production Designer | Jerry Wanek |
| • Editor | David Ekstrom |
| • Casting | Carol Kritzer | Robert J. Ulrich | Eric Dawson | Coreen Mayrs | Heike Brandstatter |
| • First Assistant Director | Kevin Parks |
| • Second Assistant Director | Kit Marlatt |
| • Music | Jay Gruska |
| • Music Supervisor | Alexandra Patsavas |
| • Costume Designer | Diane Widas |
| • Set Decorator | George Neuman |
| • Location Manager | Terry Mackay |
| • Property Master | Christopher Cooper |
| • Assistant Editor | Michael D. Hall |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Michael E. Lawshe |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Gary D. Rogers | Dan Hiland |
| • Director of Photography | Serge LaDouceur |
| • Story Editor | Sera Gamble | Raelle Tucker |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Lou Bollo |
| • Production Management | George A. Grieve |
| • Sound Mixer | Donald Painchaud |
| • Key Makeup Artist | Shannon Coppin |
| • Visual Effects Supervisor | Ivan Hayden |
| • Visual Effects Producer | Scott Ramsey |
| • Key Hairstylist | Jeannie Chow |
| • Special Effects Supervisor | Randy Shymkiw |
| • Special Effects Make-up | Toby Lindala |
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