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Supernatural: Simon Said

Sam gets another premonition of death, this time in Blue Ridge, Oklahoma. The brothers investigate and discover that Andy Gallagher is Sam's age and had a fire in his nursery when he was six months old. They soon realize that he has the power to control people, but Dean isn't convinced that Andy is responsible for a recent string of suicides.


Episode Info


Episode number: 2x5
Production Number: 3T5505
Airdate: Thursday October 26th, 2006

Director: Tim Iacofano
Writer: Ben Edlund

Alternate Airdates:

DK (TV3+) Dec 10, 2006
UK (Sky LIVING) Mar 04, 2007
PT (AXN) Apr 09, 2007
FR (TF6) Sep 24, 2007
DE (ProSieben) Jan 22, 2008
IT (RaiDue) Jul 08, 2008
NL (Net 5) Jan 04, 2009

  • Currently 9.1/10
9.1/10 (16 Votes cast)
Guest Stars
Samantha FerrisSamantha Ferris
As Ellen Harvelle
Recurring
Alona TalAlona Tal
As Jo Harvelle
Recurring
Chad LindbergChad Lindberg
As Ash
Recurring
Gabriel TigermanGabriel Tigerman
As Andy Gallagher
Recurring
Elias ToufexisElias Toufexis
As Weber / Ansen Weems

Co-Guest Stars
Eric KeenleysideEric Keenleyside
As Dennis
Recurring
Chiara ZanniChiara Zanni
As Tracy
Blu MankumaBlu Mankuma
As Dr. Jennings
Rachel WainwrightRachel Wainwright
As Holly Beckett
Ivan VanceIvan Vance
As County Office Security Guard
Ian RozyloIan Rozylo
As Gas Station Attendant
John DadeyJohn Dadey
As Police Officer
Main Cast
Jared PadaleckiJared Padalecki
As Sam Winchester
Jensen AcklesJensen Ackles
As Dean Winchester

Recap

In Blue Ridge, Oklahoma, Dr. Jennings is walking down the city street when he gets a phone call. He answers it and then sees himself taking a shotgun and cocking it. He smiles and walks down the street to a gun shop. The owner, Dennis, greets him by name, and is surprised when Jennings says he wants to look at a gun. Dennis obliges and gives Jennings the specific shotgun he asks for, and provides him with some shells to check. Jennings loads it up, against store policy, and then casually shoots and kills Dennis. The doctor tells everyone to relax, and then places the gun beneath his chin and pulls the trigger...

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Episode Notes
This episode reveals that there may be more children of interest to the Yellow-Eyed Demon than previously suspected: the Winchesters learn that having had one's mother burned alive at six months old is evidently not a prerequisite, for they encounter a "child of interest" for whom this did not happen. This widens the scope of the demon's interest considerably.

Andy's license plate reads RU OBI 1 = "Are you Obi-Wan?"



Music
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
REO SpeedwagonCan't Fight This FeelingJo talks to Dean
Spinal TapStonehengethe brothers find Andy's van


Episode Quotes
Sam: Plus, it could have some connection with the demon. My visions always do.
Dean: That's my point! There's gonna be hunters there. I don't know if, if going in there and announcing that you're some supernatural freak, with a demonic connection's the best thing, okay?
Sam: So I'm a freak now?
Dean: You've always been a freak.

Ash: Sam. Dean. Sam and Dean.
Sam: Hey, Ash, uh, we need your help.
Ash: Well, hell then, I guess I need my pants.

Jo: What?
Dean: REO Speedwagon?
Jo: Damn right, REO. Kevin Cronin sings it from the heart.
Dean: He sings it from the hair. There's a difference.

Dean: Besides, if I ran off with you I think your mother might kill me.
Jo Harvelle: You're afraid of my mother?
Dean: I think so.

(Dean is singing to REO Speedwagon)
Sam: You're kidding, right?
Dean: I heard the song somewhere. I can't get it outta my head. I don't know, man.

Dean: What's wrong?
Sam: Nothing.
Dean: Sam, you look like you're sucking on a lemon.

Sam: The demon said he had plans for me, and children like me.
Dean: Ya...?
Sam: Maybe this is the plan. Maybe we’re all a bunch of psychic freaks. Maybe we’re all supposed to be...
Dean: What, killers? Gimme a break. You’re not a murderer, Sam.
Sam: No? Last time I checked, I kill all kinds of things.

Andy Gallagher: This is a cherry ride.
Dean: Yeah, thanks.
Andy Gallagher: Man, a ’67. Impala’s best year, if you ask me. This is a serious classic.
Dean: Yeah. You know, I just rebuilt her, too. Can’t let a car like this one go.
Andy Gallagher: Damn straight. Hey, can I have it?
Dean: Sure, man!

Dean: (to the stolen Impala) I'm sorry, baby. I'll never leave you again.

Dean: You know, one day I'd love to just sit down, and eat something that I didn't have to microwave in a Mini-Mart.

Andy Gallagher: Why are you following me?
Sam: Well, we're lawyers. See, a relative of yours has passed...
Andy Gallagher: Tell the truth!
Sam: That's what I...
Dean: We hunt demons.
Andy Gallagher: What?
Dean: Demons, spirits, things your worst nightmares wouldn't even touch. Sam here, this is my brother...
Sam: Dean, shut up!
Dean: I'm trying! He's psychic. Kinda like you, well not really like you, but see, he thinks you're a murderer, and he's afraid that he's gonna become one himself, cause you're all part of something that's terrible, and I hope to hell that he's wrong, but I'm starting to get a little scared that he might be right.

Sam: Holly Beckett gave birth to twins.
Andy Gallagher: I have … an evil twin.

Andy Gallagher: Are you really this stupid? You, you learn you got a twin, you call them up! You go out for a drink. You don’t start killing people!

Dean: I'm calling do-over.
Sam: What are you, 7?



Episode Goofs
When Jennings is hit by the bus, one of his shoes is knocked off. However, when the EMTs cover the body, Jennings has both shoes on.


When Holly sets herself on fire, you can see the firegel on her arms before she uses the cigarette lighter to ignite the gasoline she's covered herself with.


As Sam and Dean get in the Impala, red cue mark tape is visible on Sam's side of the Impala.




Cultural References
Simon Says... !

The title comes from a popular game for American children called Simon Says. In the game, one child issues orders to the others, usually in rapid fire, and they must carry out those orders only if they are prefaced with "Simon Says." When children make mistakes - carrying out an order not so prefaced or failing to carry out an order that is prefaced, they are ejected from the game; the winner is the last remaining child. He then takes over as the caller.

Dean: He full on Obi-Waned me!

Within the Star Wars mythology, Jedi Knights are defenders of justice who can tap an extra-corporeal power called The Force. This gives them a constellation of benefits among which is the "mind trick." A trained Jedi knight can (like Andy) impose his will over that of a subject. The effectiveness depends on the skill of the Jedi Knight and the mental characteristics of the subject. Andy's ability is similar in nature but more powerful - only one individual successfully resisted it. Andy's license plate, RU OBI 1, is also a reference to Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Sam: Dean, you had O.J. convicted before he got out of his white Bronco and you have doubts about this?

In 1994, O.J. Simpson's wife Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman, were found murdered outside of Simpson's house. After a long police chase where Simpson drove a white Bronco, he was charged with the murders, but was later acquitted after a sensational televised trial.

Dean: It's not exactly a serial killer's liar, though. There's no clown paintings on the wall.

Serial killer John Wayne Gacy Jr. killed 32 men in the Chicago area during the 1970s. Gacy had a fetish for clowns -- he often dressed up as a clown to entertain at birthday parties and visit children in local hospitals and had several pieces of clown art in his home.

License Plate: RU OBI 1

Andy's license plate is a reference to the character Obi-Wan in Star Wars.



Other Episode Crew

CreatorEric Kripke
Executive ProducerKim Manners  |  John Shiban  |  Robert Singer (1)  |  Eric Kripke  |  McG
Co-Executive ProducerPeter Johnson
Supervising ProducerPhilip Sgriccia  |  Matt Witten
ProducerCyrus I. Yavneh
Consulting ProducerBen Edlund
Associate ProducerTodd Philip Aronauer
Production DesignerJerry Wanek
EditorAnthony Pinker
CastingCarol Kritzer  |  Robert J. Ulrich  |  Eric Dawson  |  Heike Brandstatter  |  Coreen Mayrs
First Assistant DirectorKevin Parks
Second Assistant DirectorAmanda Bartley
MusicJay Gruska
Music SupervisorAlexandra Patsavas
Costume DesignerDiane Widas
Set DecoratorGeorge Neuman
Location ManagerRuss Hamilton (2)
Property MasterChristopher Cooper
Supervising Sound EditorMichael E. Lawshe
Re-Recording MixerDennis Kirk  |  Bill Jackson (1)
Director of PhotographySerge LaDouceur
Stunt CoordinatorLou Bollo
Art DirectorJohn Marcynuk
Production ManagementGeorge A. Grieve
Sound MixerDonald Painchaud
Executive Story EditorRaelle Tucker  |  Sera Gamble
Key Makeup ArtistShannon Coppin
Visual Effects SupervisorIvan Hayden
Visual Effects ProducerGrant Lindsay
Key HairstylistJeannie Chow
Special Effects SupervisorRandy Shymkiw
Special Effects Make-upToby Lindala
 
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