Supernatural

Bad Day at Black Rock

Season 3, Episode 3, Aired 10/18/07

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Sam and Dean come in contact with a rabbit's foot that gives them good luck until a thief steals it from Sam, giving him tons of bad luck. His bad luck continues when he's kidnapped by the mentor of a hunter who believes he still has his powers.moreless

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Jensen Ackles

Dean Winchester
Jared Padalecki

Sam Winchester
Lauren Cohan

Bela Talbot

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Exactly Why I watch This Show!

10

"Perfect"

By kate22689, Dec 01, 2011 Report Abuse

I absolutely loved this episode! It was so funny and Sam and Dean are just hilarious!

"I'm Batman."

"Yeah, you're batman."

Those two are just so funny together! Jared and Jensen really do an excellent job playing their characters. They play off each other flawlessly.

This episode was one of my favorites. If you haven't seen it you should becaue it was great. A perfect episode to get people into the show that haven't watched it before.

This episode rocked! And poor Sam when the paw was stolen, he lost his shoe and kept falling. I felt bad for him but it was still so funny.

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One of my personal favorites.

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By ayamekurai, Jul 03, 2011 Report Abuse

A good, lighthearted (well as lighthearted as Supernatural gets) episode that introduces Bella. Honestly, I like Bella better than all the other young pretty female characters in the show. It was nice to see the testosterone filled show feature a clever female adversary who beats them on numerous occasions. But I'm also glad they got rid of her before it got too repetitive.

Anyway, back to the episode. This episode makes me think of Rube-Goldberg machines. It looks like complete chaos, but in the end something wonderful happens. The "I'm Batman." scene is one of my favorites. It's up there with the tinkerbell attack (or the entire episode) in Clap Your Hands If You Believe.moreless

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Sam loses a shoe...

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By basicallybusted, Apr 15, 2011 Report Abuse

I know that this is sort of an unpopular episode with a lot of the fans because of the introduction of Bella but...you have to look beyond that. If you like your Supernatural scary this ep probably isn't your bag. However, in my mind, 'Black Rock' was a revelation. We the Fans had long know that Jensen Ackles was a seriously funny actor and his Dean is one amusing fellow. But Jared Padalecki had never really been presented with the opportunity to display his comedic timing. And 'Sam the straight man' was starting to grate. I had always felt compassion for Sam but never really loved him. Between the shoe bit and the itchy nose bit, my inner and well-buried Sam-affection sprung to life.moreless

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Ben Edlund's masterpiece!

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By Snape83, Sep 28, 2010 Report Abuse

"Bad Day at the Black Rock" is a Ben Edlund's episode and thus it has to be a humorously escapade made of witty remarks, subtle nods to pop culture and tons of biting sarcasm and irony.

And it is even more. It's the most hilarious episode I've ever seen on Supernatural: brilliantly scripted, masterfully directed and exceptionally edited. The comic timing is absolutely perfect on the episode and the sassy attitude of Bela Talbot (Lauren Cohan) is just the perfect icing on the cake.

The episode is almost an anthology of instant-classic scenes, from the mismatched fight with the two thieves, to Sam practically falling in Kubrick's arms, to Bela shooting Sam in the shoulder.

Most of all, two scenes really stand out and both of them are accompanied by a one line that it has become (rightfully) a fan-favorite: "I lost my show" (Sam) and "Dude, I'm Batman!" (Dean).moreless

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Sam and Dean need to get rid of a rabbit foot

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By Danny2312, Oct 27, 2009 Report Abuse

Sam and Dean stumbled upon a rabbit foot which had been kept by their fathe for quite a time. Ironically, this rabbit foot could bring luck to the owner. Two guys stole it from the Winchester brother, one of them touched it and became lucky. But when they lost it, it turned hell. What became interesting was when Sam lost the rabbit foot and became exceptionally unlucky. After a few months of gap since the last season stopped, I finally have a chance to watch Supernatural again (I missed the first two episodes). I watch this episode will full enthusiasm, and realize I couldn't draw my eyes away when I have watched only the first 15 minutes. In my opinion, this is not a bad episode, The idea of lucky rabbit foot really startled me and I couldn't subdue myself from laughing. Creative, I guess...moreless

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Trivia
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- When Sam comes out of the restaurant and falls, you see that his knees are scraped and the jeans are torn. Later at the motel, you see that the knees are dirty but there are no holes. Edit
- When Wayne falls on the fork, we can see it has been pushed up through his mouth a lot further than it was originally standing up. The fork appears to be a lot longer in his mouth. Edit
- When Bela was walking away from the restaurant table, the blue cloth with the foot in it was in her right hand and the coffee was in her left. The next shot they were opposite with the cloth in her left hand and the coffee in her right. She couldn't have maneuvered a change that fast. Edit
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- International Airdates: Australia: October 29, 2007 on Network Ten Brazil: November 21, 2007 on Warner Channel Denmark: December 30, 2007 on TV3 United Kingdom: February 10, 2008 on ITV2 Norway: June 22, 2008 on TVNorge Spain: September 8, 2008 on AXN Sweden: September 21, 2008 on Kanal 5 Portugal: November 20, 2008 on RTP 2 Germany: February 9, 2009 on Premiere HD Finland: May 7, 2009 on Sub New Zealand: July 17, 2009 on TV2 Czech Republic: February 5, 2010 on Prima COOL The Netherlands: February 14, 2010 on Net5 Slovakia: September 10, 2010 on Markiza Edit
- Music: Women's Wear by Daniel May, Vaya Con Dios by Les Paul & Mary Ford Edit
- Lauren Cohan joins the starring cast in this episode. Edit
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- (Bela flirts with Sam) Dean: Dude, if you are ever gonna get lucky... Sam: Shut up. Edit
- (Dean shows Sam a sheaf of lottery scratcher tickets) Sam: Dean, c'mon. Dean: What? Hey, that was my gun he was aiming at your head. My gun don't jam, so that was a lucky break. Not to mention them taking themselves out, also a lucky break. (holds a scratcher out to Sam) Here, scratch one. C'mon, Sam. Scratch and win! Sam: (scratching) Dean, it's gotta be cursed somehow. Otherwise, Dad wouldn't have locked it up. (Dean grabs the ticket and checks it out) Dean: $1,200. You just won $1,200. Ha ha! Whooo! I dunno, man, it doesn't seem that cursed to me. (whips out another ticket for Sam to scratch) Edit
- (Dean telling Bobby on the phone that Sam lost the rabbit's foot) Dean: Bobby listen listen... this ehh... hot chick stole it from him. I'm serious... in her mid 20s... she was sharp you know good enough with the con to play us... and she only gave the guys she hired a name probably an alias something.... Luigi or something. (Dean looks at Sam with a confused look) Sam: Lugosi. Dean: Lugosi. Bobby: Lugosi??... Lugo.... oh crap.. it's probably Bela. Dean: Bela Lugosi?? (sarcastically) Oh that's cute. Edit
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- Dean: Pull a little Rain Man. You can be Rain Man. Referencing the 1988 movie starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman, with Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbit discovering the brother he never had, savant Raymond (Rain Man). Edit
- Dean: Say good bye, wascally wabbit. This is from The Bugs Bunny Show, which features cartoon animals in an animated world. Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny were two of them. Elmer was always hunting down Bugs Bunny, who was a rabbit. He was never able to say the 'R' in a word, so whenever he talked to Bugs Bunny or about Bugs Bunny, instead of saying rascally rabbit, he would say "wascally wabbit." Edit
- Alias: Bela Lugosi Although best known as Count Dracula in the 1920s and 30s, Hungarian Born Bela Lugosi is synonymous with the role of "villain" in horror films. Edit