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Hollywood Babylon

Season 2, Episode 18, Aired 4/19/07

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Sam and Dean discover that a group of ghosts are murdering the crew of a horror movie.

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Jared Padalecki

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A meta-meta-meta episode, and it's incredibly fun!

9.0

"Superb"

By Snape83, Nov 27, 2011 Report Abuse

After Tall Tales another filler episode which is both undeniably fun and brilliantly entertaining. Ben Edlund is a genius and his scripts are always clever, witty, bitingly sarcastic and really, really fun. It's a pleasure to watch some good, Monster of the Week, humorous episode from time to time, and relieve the tension and the angst that are our usual fare with Supernatural. I adore that the show is grim and sad and suffering, but once in a while I utterly enjoy just to grab an iced soda and some chips and watch an hilarious episode. And when it's a meta-episode like this one, I'm even more happy!

Here, we have: a movie in a movie, jokes an film executives and producers, jokes on directors and writers, jokes on actors (and method actors); plus a great insight on how a film is actually produced. And the supernatural storyline, although slightly predictable, is clever and twisted enough to keep my attention high!

Considering the emotional impact of the last few episode of Season Two ("What is and What Should Never Be" and "All Hell Breaks Loose" in particular), I'm grateful that we also had "Tall Tales" and "Hollywood Babylon" to cheer things up a little.moreless

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Going behind the scenes.

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By ZaleIsBackAgain, Nov 27, 2011 Report Abuse

This episode excels in an area that Supernatural isn't quite known for; its comedy. Just lots of laugh out loud moments, like that remark of Matt Damon, and the countless references to other horror movies. Does a great job of utilizing the popular culture jokes. Though where this episode is especially funny is the inside jokes it generates, most notably the whole running gag of being a PA; nicely done that kept on building upon itself over and over throughout. And Dean fitting comfortably well with the whole crew and being distracted of doing his job of hunting down the ghost is a nice little treat of character development.

The other thing it does really well is get us a sneak peak of how hectic it is behind the scenes of a movie in Hollywood. Fleshed out with great detail. The ironic part of this episode is that the one thing it does averagely is what it is most known for; the whole supernatural side of things. Predictable, and the antagonist is pretty uninspiring. Probably would have been better off developing some of the characters and jokes more rather than try to incorporate the horror side for the sake of keeping to its namesake, but that would probably have garnered a lot of complains from fans.moreless

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McG guest-stars in this ridiculous and humorous episode

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By JaCkKbAuEr2424, Nov 27, 2011 Report Abuse

After the previous episode "Heart," this episode seems a little lackluster. Not really much happens in it besides Dean getting to see what it's like to work in Hollywood, and that was slightly entertaining. As for the MotW, it wasn't anything that great. In fact, it was just a screenwriter summoning spirits because hollywood producers screwed around with his original movie script. As I said before, lackluster.

It was pretty neat to see McG in the show, as he is one of the main producers for it. I enjoyed watching the Hollywood producers get their comeuppance and trying to figure out what was going on. I like twists as much as the next person, and after the fake death at the beginning, I was intrigued as to what was actually going on.

I keep hoping that one of these episodes will bring the yellow eyed man to the forefront, but no luck so far. I'm not one to complain too much though, and I still find the show to be as compelling as ever. I personally believe Supernatural is underrated and that if it was on any other channel besides the CW, it would have much better ratings and recognition.

Overall, this was a pretty good episode, but with too much humor and not enough thrills.moreless

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I'm glad this movie isn't real!

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By -xXx-aimz-xXx-, Nov 27, 2011 Report Abuse

In this episode Sam and Dean are on a movie set (very crappy acting on that set too) because they heard that the set was haunted by a ghost. They find out that a guy was paid to play the victim of the ghost and that he is alive and well. But then there are real hauntings on the set by famous people. And there is one real bad death when a man gets sucked into a giant fan. Sam and Dean, as always, figure out what is happening and there is an awsome way to watch the ghosts coming to them on a cell phone. They end up on the roof with the man that summoned them (the spirits) and all his effots at sabotaging the movie backfires on him and so do the spirits.

The movie man that Sam and Dean saved put everything that happened into the movie and Sam wasn''t imperessed.moreless

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A funny little filler.

8.5

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By Zippish, Jun 22, 2010 Report Abuse

This episode does nothing for the overall plot, but it is a light, hilarious take on a meta-commentary of the show and the interaction between the boys is cute as always. As a major Gilmore Girls fan I enjoyed the reference right at the beginning of the episode (Padalecki starred in GG as the main protagonist's boyfriend), and as it does center around Hollywood, various other references can be found and enjoyed in this episode. While this was much less scary or even disturbing than usual, it fit the overall feel of the episode. All in all, a smooth and well-directed little episode. Watch it while enjoying a philly cheesesteak sandwich and a smoothie ;)moreless

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Trivia
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- Sam says that the electrician, Billy Beaird, died in the giant fan. The brothers confirm that Beaird was cremated, but later Walter summons his spirit repeatedly to kill first Jay and then Marty. Edit
- Trivia: When the trailer for Hell Hazers 2 begins, the movie rating screen says Hell Hazers has been approved by the "American Association for Motion Pictures." In reality it is the "Motion Picture Association of America." Also, it says that the film has not been rated and underneath, in small print, it says "Not Yet Written, Cast, Shot, Edited or Scored." Edit
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- There is no Then and Now like in previous episodes. Edit
- Music: Green Peppers by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, I've Got the World on a String by Frank Sinatra Edit
- Injoke: One of the people who died on Stage 9 in 1966, due to a run-in with a giant fan, is an electrician named Billy Beaird. Billy Beaird is a best boy electrician who works on Vancouver productions. Edit
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- Dean: Sam, check it out, it's Matt Damon. Sam: Yeah, pretty sure that's not Matt Damon. Dean: No, it is. Sam: Well Matt Damon just picked up a broom and started sweeping. Edit
- Sam: Dude, you wanted to come to L.A. Dean: Yeah, for vacation! I mean, swimming pools and movie stars. Not to work. Sam: Does this look like swimming-pool weather to you, Dean? It's practically Canadian. Edit
- Dean: Oh, like Poltergeist? Sam: It could be a poltergeist. Dean: No, no, no. Like the movie, Poltergeist. (Sam looks confused) You know nothing of your cultural heritage, do you? Edit
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- Title The name of this episode is from the book of the same title written by Kenneth Anger detailing the scandals of celebrities from the 1900s to the 1950s. Edit
- Tour Guide: To the right here is Stars Hollow, it is the setting for the television series Gilmore Girls. Referencing the WB (now CW) series that started in 2000 and stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. Jared Padalecki (Sam) starred on the series as Rory Gilmore's boyfriend, Dean. Edit
- Sam: Well, Matt Damon just picked up a broom and started sweeping. A reference to the 1997 movie Good Will Hunting, featuring Matt Damon in the title role as Will Hunting, who is a janitor at MIT. Edit