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Nightshifter

Season 2, Episode 12, Aired 1/25/07

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The Winchesters investigate a series of crimes where robbers with no criminal past commit suicide after the hold-ups.

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Jared Padalecki

Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles

Dean Winchester
Chris Gauthier

Ronald Resnick

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By -xXx-aimz-xXx-, Nov 23, 2011 Report Abuse

In this episode Sam and Dean are investigating bank robbers. Turns out they are shape shifters.

Enter Ronald (lazer eyes) and he holds up the bank while Sam and Dean are inside trying to find the shapeshifter.

It all turns bad after a while when the police find out that Sam and Dean are inside and them Agent Hendrikson shows up. Ronald gets shot before Sam and Dean can find the shapeshifter and then it looks like Dean takes over the hold up. They (Sam and Dean) eventually find the sahpeshifter and then it's all about getting out of the bank without the FBI arresting them and yay the way they do it is awsome. I also like the song at the end of theis episode, Renegade, when they are running up the stairs to the Impala.moreless

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By seriesguy3998, Nov 23, 2011 Report Abuse

Supernatural Season 2 Episode 12 Nightshifter
Sam and Dean investigate cases of bank thefts. They're told by Ronald that they were commited by a half human, half robot. As it turns out, it was a shapeshifter. FBI Agent Victor Henricksen enters the case.

This one, Nightshifter, was so great. Full of suspense, with twists and turns here and there. Amazing. The writers did a pretty good job. Henricksen shows up in the case, and now Sam and Dean are screwed. This was incredible, so great. Was awesome. Supernatural Season 2 Episode 12 Nightshifter is so amazingly good! You'll like this one, I'm sure of it.moreless

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this was a good ep

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By cube2k8, Nov 23, 2011 Report Abuse

in this ep of the show supernatural there are series of crimes being commited but the people have no crimal past and there just commiting suicide after they do the crimes so sam and dean are investgating and tring to find what happeing when they think its shapeshiffters that are causing it and they must find what to stop them this was a good ep i thougth and it was very interesting and very suspencful and intense at some parts of the ep and that is why i gave it a 9 instead of anyting lower i did not give any higer because i thought its not a full 10moreless

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This is episode was good but they already had an episode that dealt with a shapeshifter

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By tvfem76, Mar 03, 2011 Report Abuse

Another episode with a shapeshifter. Don't get me wrong this episode was good but I did not understand why they chose to focus on another shapeshifter. By the end of the episode it was never clear why the shapeshifter was robbing the banks. Was it just for the money or was there some other reason? Now both Sam and Dean are wanted men. That will just make their mission to help people ten times harder. Since they are both wanted men, when they do help people from now on they are going to have to keep a low profile. I did like how Sam and Dean outsmarted the cops by dressing up as SWAT to get out of the bank. Hopefully next week episode will be good too.moreless

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The mandroid, oh noez!

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By ZaleIsBackAgain, Dec 08, 2010 Report Abuse

Unintentionally hilarious. When a case in Supernatural isn't so much supernatural like the shapeshifter here, you gotta come out with some creative writing and the writers for this episode did exactly that. Ronald for his short time with us was just awesome. He brought a great sense of comedy to this episode and made this episode what it is; the whole mandroid gag was amusing and it really set the tone for the episode that even rubbed off on the other characters, like Dean when he liked the security guard for saying "okey dokey."

Although Ronald will shortly be remembered as a hero to all of us fans, this episode was still being supported on the strength of its case. The Winchester brothers had to find the shapeshifter, and were in a really tight bind doing so with the feds all up on their asses. This episode really offered us something new and refreshing and was far from predictable; the entire time you were thinking to yourself how exactly Sam and Dean were going to escape the situation, in fact more than how they were going to catch the shapeshifter.moreless

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Trivia
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- At the 34:47 mark, the Sherri "corpse" is clearly breathing. Edit
- When Ronald goes to the bank and locks the doors, he then shouts "This is not a robbery!" and shoots some shots into the ceiling. His shots are at about a 70 - 75 degree angle and there is no way that the debris would have fallen right on him from above, not with the vaulted ceilings. Edit
- When Sam and Dean are showing their badges to Ronald they are both holding them with their left hands but when the camera angle switches, Dean is now holding his badge in his right hand. Edit
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- International Air Dates: Denmark: February 18, 2007 on TV3 Portugal: May 28, 2007 on AXN Germany: March 12, 2008 on Premiere Serie Italy: August 5, 2008 on Rai2 The Netherlands: February 22, 2009 on NET5 Edit
- The episode opens with a "Breaking News" television report, which actually breaks into the opening recap, just as a real "Breaking News" report would. Edit
- In-joke: The "ManDroid" on the cover of Fortean Times is a Cyberman from the new series of the British science fiction show Doctor Who, shown on BBC1 in England and Sci-Fi in America. The issue is FT 209 from May 2006. Edit
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- Henricksen: I know about your dad. Dean: You don't know crap about my dad. Henricksen: Ex-marine, raised his kids on the road, cheap motels, backwood cabins, real paramilitary survivalist type. I just can't get a handle on what type of wacko he was. White supremacist, Timothy McVeigh? Tomato, tomahto. Dean: You got no right, talkin' about my dad like that. He was a hero. Edit
- Sherri: (about Dean) Who is that man? Sam: He's my brother. Sherri: He is so brave. (Sam rolls eyes) Edit
- Dean: Are you nuts? Ronald: That's just it, I'm not nuts. I mean, I was so scared that I was losing my marbles, but this is real! I mean, I was right! Except for the Mandroid thing, thank you. Dean: Yeah, don't mention it. Edit
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- Dean: I don't think he likes you, Agent Johnson. Dean is referring to Sam as Agent Johnson from The Matrix Reloaded, the second installment of The Matrix series, written and directed by the Wachowski brothers. Edit
- FBI Badges When Sam and Dean present their fake FBI badges for Ronald to inspect, Sam's badge reads "Han Solo," and Dean's reads "Jack Ryan." Han Solo is the character played by Harrison Ford in the Star Wars films, and Jack Ryan is a fictional CIA officer created by writer Tom Clancy. Harrison Ford also played Jack Ryan in Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994). Edit
- Ronald: ...like the Terminator, but the kind that can change itself, make itself look like other people. They are referring to the 1991 film, Terminator 2: Judgement Day. The Terminator that can change forms is the T-1000, played by Robert Patrick, who is the antagonist of the film. Edit