Asylum

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired
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When Sam and Dean investigate a mysterious asylum that has a history with abuse, an evil force inside causes Sam to lose his sanity and turn on his brother.
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    9.5
    "Superb"
    By cavanagh15, Oct 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    When Sam and Dean investigate a mysterious asylum that has a history with abuse, an evil force inside causes Sam to lose his sanity and turn on his brother.

    The episode flowed really well from beginning to end. I liked the storyline inside of the Asylum. I thought the creppy scientist guy was a good "endgame" to the episode and I thought the two teen characters were portrayed very well for their one episode apperence. The ending scene proivided a shocker - with the Dad calling and Sam answering the call. I also liked the beinning scene - really set the tone for the rest of the episode. The opening scene really sets up the "scare" portion of the episode - and this one did a good job at doing that.moreless

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  • After receiving coordinates in a text message from their father, Sam and Dean go to the Roosevelt Asylum in Rockford, Ill., to check out rumors that it's haunted by murderous ghosts. Sam makes an appointment with Dr. James Ellicott. Sam prods him for infomoreless

    7.5
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    By beauregardlover, Jul 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    Asylum was a good episode. Dr. Ellicott reveals that the hard core patients were in the south wing. They rioted, and some of the bodies were never found..including his father's. That night, the brothers visit the asylum where they find plenty of spirits roaming the halls. While Dean is quick to pull the trigger, none of the spirits attack them. They encounter a girl, Kat, who's has been separated from her boyfriend, Gavin. It turns out the spirits just want to talk-after Sam and Dean find Gavin, a ghost whispers the number 137 to Kat, and Dean goes in search of that room. Inside, he finds that Dr. Sanford Ellicott conducted cruel and gruesome experiments on his patients, so they revolted and killed him. The evil doctor's voice imitates Dean's voice to lure Sam away, and then it gets into Sam's head, turning him against Dean. But of course Dean saves Sam and burns the corpse. Sam: "It doesn't matter what he wants-"
    Dean: "See that attitude right there? That's why I always got the extra cookie."moreless

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  • Dean: "You're not gonna try to kill me, are you?" Sam: "No." Dean: "Good, cause that would be awkward."

    8.5
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    By ZaleIsBackAgain, Jun 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    It seems as though the writing is getting better and better every episode. It's starting to incorporate not only more creative scripts, but some humour into the dialogue. Although in the past it would make you laugh here and there, they weren't that creative. Here they were. Before the episodes followed a predictable and pretty dull formula; open up with a person dying at the hand of a supernatural being, Dean and Sam ask some questions, another person dies that leads them closer to solving the mystery, final showdown, and end episode. The show is throwing a couple of interesting spices, like in the manner of how Dean and Sam go about investigating. That little act they pulled to get the officer talking about the incident, that was pretty smart. And how they did the same for the therapist, also smart. And in a way it's pretty clever how all of the little events that has happened throughout the episode tie into the same theme; anger and rage.moreless

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  • this was a great ep i thought

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    By cube2k8, May 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of supernatural dean and sam go investigate a old asylum that has a history of abus and they start to invesgate and it leads to them find out things and that it leads to people dieing and it leads to sam turning on his brother after losing his insanity it was a very good ep and very interesting ep and a very good ep from the first season thought. and they must invesgate by exploring and going into old rooms of the hosiptal were they keep bupping into the ghost that is haugnting the old asylum i thought it was very interesting like i said before.moreless

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  • I predict a riot

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    By MovieMark, May 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    Now that the brothers are in some form of contact with their father it gives this episode a sense of direction. Of course, the text is nothing more than a red herring, but it offers up some interesting spouts between Dean and Sammy. So far this season Sam has lived in the shadow of his older sibling and it's simply down to the fact he's too one-dimensional, especially compared to Dean who has so many layers to him already. Sam comes off too whiny to be likeable, even if he has valid reason for complaint. Jared, at least, gets to have a bit of fun sending Jenson through a wall with a shotgun at pointblank range and you can tell from his performance he enjoyed playing a slightly off-kittler character than usual, when possessed. The overall asylum gig had its moments; the gender reaction swap was smart and proved to be entertaining, with the girlfriend being the one to take charge, but the clichd jolts and shady characters walking in front of the camera get old real fast. A fair episode, then, and certainly one of the better stand-alones we've had so far this season.moreless

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    • Trivia: This is the first time that iron is established as a spirit deterrent. Edit
    • Dean's lighter went out of order once but some minutes later it was on again. Edit
    • When Dean is shot down by Sam, white daub on his face is appearing and disappearing while switching cameras. Also there is one bigger piece of daub on his right shoulder which appears and disappears the same way. Edit

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    • Injoke: Sam is reading a magazine in the Creekview medical center waiting room. On the front cover is actor Sean William Scott, who like Jensen Ackles guest starred in the TV series Sweet Valley High. Edit
    • International Airdates: Denmark: March 12, 2006 on TV3 The Netherlands: September 7, 2008 on NET5 Edit
    • Jensen and Jared had Tom Welling hiding in the back seat of their car during "Asylum." Tom was filming Smallville near the Supernatural location work. Edit

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    • Dean: All right, so either Kelly had some deep-seated crazy waitin' to bust out or something else did it to him. Edit
    • (Sam fake-shoves Dean, who leaves) Lt. Gunderson: You didn't have to do that. Sam: Yeah of course I did. That guy's a serious jerk. Edit
    • Dean: The log book said he had some sort of hidden procedure room down here somewhere, where he'd work on his patients so I mean, if I was a patient, I'd drag his ass down here and do some work on him myself. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Nigel Tufnel Dean's alias is the name of the lead singer for Spinal Tap, played by Christopher Guest. Edit
    • Dean: All work and no play makes Dr. Ellicott a very dull boy. In The Shining, Jack (played by Jack Nicholson) turns psycho when caretaking at a Hotel over the winter. Jack was writing a novel on his spare time, but instead of a story, "All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy" was repeated over and over. Edit
    • Dean: I love the guy but he writes like friggin' Yoda. This is alluding to Yoda in the Star Wars movies who always spoke English in a round about way. It is known as Yoda-Speak, or Yodish. Edit

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