Roadkill

Season 2, Episode 16, Aired
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A woman named Molly and her husband are driving down the highway and swerve to miss a farmer who's walking down the road. Their car hits a tree and when Molly wakes up her husband is missing. Sam and Dean discover Molly and find out that the farmer haunts the highway and Molly is most likely his next victim. Sam and Dean set off to stop the farmer before he can claim her.moreless
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  • Couldn't have I said I saw this coming.

    8.5
    "Great"
    By ZaleIsBackAgain, Dec 28, 2010 Report Abuse
    By now we're all accustomed to the Supernatural formula that we immediately appreciate the first episode that breaks the trend and does its own thing. Here we see none of the investigating but all of the action of the case. Although a unique beginning indeed, much of the meat of the episode felt, generic. Nothing exciting, nothing out of the ordinary, extraordinary, or...supernatural. That is until we hit the twist and the end of the case where we're thrown into a "The Sixth Sense" loop. In a quick montage we see a series of events that actually mean something else then we originally thought it to be. And boy what a read it is. Great ending, great frikkin twist.moreless

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  • Another filler-ish episode, with a good twist ending

    8.7
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    By JaCkKbAuEr2424, Dec 25, 2010 Report Abuse
    It seems there's been a string of filler episodes lately, but ones that are written and acted very well. With this episode, Sam and Dean chase after a spirit that is reenacting its death with people who travel along the same freeway.

    One thing I've always liked about the show is the way they take hunts and make them fit the brothers' situations. For instance, it's known that Sam has always held some sentiment towards the spirits, especially since sometimes, the things that they do aren't because they're evil; it's just because evil things have happened to them. This idea is brought up again and again throughout the episode since the hunt has to do with it

    All of this stuff leads up to the twist, which was excellent. It threw me for a loop and certainly did a good job in changing everything up. Supernatural is nice because they don't do cliffhangers at the end of EVERY episode (like 24.. as much as I love that show, they rely on the cliffhanger quite a lot). When they do use them, or do use twists, they're done in a way that just makes you say "Wow!" out loud

    Overall, a very good episode. I just want to see more of the yellow eyed demon.. Call me a sucker for Supernatural mythology plotlines, but I just want to see what happens.moreless

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  • Great episode

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    By -xXx-aimz-xXx-, Jul 24, 2010 Report Abuse
    Sam and Dean are driving down the highway when they see a lady on the road and stop for her. They learn that she was in an accident and when she woke up her husband was missing. Sam and Dean go in search of her husband with her and learn and the farmer they swerved to miss haunts this bit of road and figure that she is the next victim.

    Sam and Dean go in search of the farmers house and learn that he is buried in the woods. Sam and Dean hunt for the grave to salt and burn the bones and they somehow figure out that that lady that is looking for her husband is also a spirit.

    They take her to her husband but he is remarried now and at frist she doesn't understand, then it all comes back to her. Every year on the day that they died (the lady and the farmer) they recreate the scene but with some twists. She ends up accepting what happened and crosses over by herself...moreless

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  • Brilliant!

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    By seriesguy3998, Sep 06, 2009 Report Abuse
    Supernatural Season 2 Episode 16 Road Kill
    Sam and Dean help a woman named Molly who had a car accident. She claims she saw a farmer in the middle of the road, and when she woke up neither her husband or the farmer were there.

    Road Kill is one of the best episodes in season 2, and probably the whole show. The episode was stunning, full of drama and suspense. This episode was so good. Two 10 episodes in a row (the other one being the next one, Heart).
    The episode reminded me alot of the 6th sense. I loved that movie, and I love this episode.
    This is a great episode. High recomendations to anyone who wants to see it.moreless

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  • One of the most touching Supernatural episode, thanks to the brilliant Tricia Helfer.

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    By Snape83, Jun 07, 2009 Report Abuse
    I've recently watched "Roadkill" for the second time and I'm glad to see that, much like its inspiration, "The Sixth Sense", it holds up extremely well even when one already knows the surprising twist at the end.

    This is the second episode directed by Charles Beeson (the first one being "Playthings", 2x11), and he confirms himself like a very talented director, with a keen eye for suspense and a perfect hand for fear. "Roadkill" is eerie and creepy: from the foggy woods to the tumbledown cabin; from the rain-washed, solitary streets to the dusty interiors, the episode oozes tension and suspense, and the fluid camera movements orchestrated by Beeson are the perfect icing on the cake.

    Add to this an extraordinary performance by Tricia Helfer, who is not only believable as Molly McNamara but also a perfect fit in the Supernatural cast, and a very solid performance by Jensen and Jared, and you'll have the perfect recipe for one of the most touching episodes ever!

    That's it, when you add the final ingredient: the clever, emotionally intense and morally challenging script by Raelle Tucker, a writer we all miss on the show.moreless

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    • Trivia: The conversation Sam has with Molly at the end is very similar to the conversation the Reaper and Dean had toward the end of "In My Time of Dying." Edit
    • The brothers don't salt and burn Marion Greeley's bones. There's no indication she's a ghost, but given she killed herself because she lost her husband, she certainly seems obsessed. There's no reason not to dispose of her remains in the proper manner, and yet they don't. Edit
    • When Greeley is scratching Molly's stomach, there is a lot of skin showing, but when we get a full view of her hanging, there is only a sliver of skin showing. Edit

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    • International Air Dates: Denmark: March 18, 2007 on TV3 Australia: May 21, 2007 on Ten Portugal: June 15, 2007 on AXN Germany: April 9, 2008 on Premiere Serie Italy: August 19, 2008 on Rai2 The Netherlands: March 22, 2009 on NET5 Edit
    • Music: House of the Rising Sun by The Animals Edit

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    • Molly: Isn't this argument a little archaic? Men can ask directions these days. David: Oh, no we can't. It's against our genetic code. Look, I know exactly where we are. Molly: We're nowhere. David: Highway 99, all right? It cuts right through….. (trails off as they pass a sign marking Highway 41) Edit
    • Dean: Did he look like he... lost a fight with a lawnmower? Molly: How did you know that? Dean: Lucky guess. Edit
    • Molly: Right before, we were having the dumbest fight. It's the only time we really argue, when we're stuck in the car. Sam: Yeah, I know how that goes. (Dean glares at him) Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Dean: Sammy's always gettin' a little J. Love Hewitt when it comes to this. Reference to actor Jennifer Love Hewitt whom portrays Melinda Gordon in the TV drama The Ghost Whisperer, in which she discovers she has the ability to communicate with the recently deceased. Edit
    • Molly: So this is really what you guys do. You're like Ghostbusters. Reference to the hit 1984 movie starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. Edit
    • Dean: Follow the creepy brick road. This is a reference to the movie The Wizard of Oz where Dorothy and her friends follow a yellow brick road to reach the Wizard. Edit

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