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Faith

Episode Number: 12    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Tuesday January 17, 2006    Prod Code: 2T6910
When Dean is accidentally electrocuted fighting a monster, he permanently damages his heart. When he's diagnosed as only having a month, at most, to live, Sam searches for a means to save him and finds Roy Le Grange, a faith healer who may actually be the real deal. After Le Grange heals Dean, the brothers discover that Le Grange is using black magic to bind a "Reaper" to do his bidding...and each healing comes with a terrible price.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Raelle Tucker, Sera Gamble
Director: Allan Kroeker
Star: Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester),  Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester)
Guest Star: Rebecca Jenkins (Sue Ann Le Grange),  Julie Benz (Layla Rohr),  Gillian Barber (Mrs. Rohr),  Erica Carroll (Nurse),  Kenya Jo Kennedy (Unknown),  Colin Lawrence (Jason),  Tiffany Lyndall-Knight (),  Conrad Whitaker (),  Pat Waldron (),  Jim Codrington (),  Nicholas Harrison (),  Rikki Gagne (),  Kevin McNulty (Roy Le Grange),  Shawn Reis (),  John Holmsworth (),  Woody Jeffreys (),  Scott Miller (Cop),  Aaron Craven (David Wright),  Cainan Wiebe (Boy)

Notes

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Dean: You ever actually watch daytime TV? It's terrible.
This is an in-joke to the fact that (Jensen Ackles) used to play Eric Brady on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. (edit)
International Airdates:
Denmark: March 26, 2006 on TV3 (edit)
When Roy is healing the old emphysema patient, and the Reaper is killing the jogger, the background music is Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear The Reaper. (edit)

Quotes

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Dean: Man, you're a lying bastard. I thought you said we were going to see a doctor.
Sam: I believe I said a specialist. (edit)
Dean: You're not gonna let me die in peace, are you?
Sam: I'm not gonna let you die period. (edit)
Dean: It must be rough, to believe in something so much and have it disappoint you like that.
Layla: You wanna hear something weird? I'm okay, really. I guess if you're going to have faith you can't just have it when the miracles happen, you have to have it when they don't.
Dean: So what now?
Layla: God works in mysterious ways. Goodbye Dean.
Dean: Hey, um, you know, I'm not much of the praying type. But I'm gonna pray for you.
Layla: Well, there's a miracle right there. (edit)
Sam: You know this whole "I laugh in the face of death" thing is crap, I can see right through it.
Dean: Yeah, whatever. Have you even slept? You look worse than me. (edit)
Dean: Look, Sammy, what can I say, man, its a dangerous gig. I drew the short straw. That's it, end of story.
Sam: Don't talk like that, all right? We still have options.
Dean: What options? You have burial or cremation. (edit)

Trivia

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When a victim of the Reapers is going to die, it's all over in two seconds (Sue-Anne, unnamed athlete). But when someone who isn't going to die is attacked, it takes forever (Dean, protester). (edit)
When Sam was trapped in the basement, there was no way he could have escape through the window because it was too narrow. (edit)
Trivia: In this episode, it is revealed Dean is 27, but in "Pilot," he says he is 26. That means he has had a birthday, but they haven't mentioned it. (edit)

Allusions

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Dean: You ever actually watch daytime TV? It's terrible.
This is an in-joke to the fact that (Jensen Ackles) used to play Eric Brady on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. (edit)
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Community Reviews (70)

 
9.8
Superb
Faith
"Series classic"
After Dean is electrocuted during a hunt, Sam seeks any way to save him. The way comes in the unlikely form of a reaper, who is being controlled by the wife of a faith healer. But when a man dies in Dean's place, the boys seek a way to stop the reaper.
Continue » Posted Apr 8, 2008 8:03 pm PST
9.7
Superb
Faith
"Another great installment"
Th reaper
Continue » Posted Feb 26, 2008 5:55 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
Faith
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Un super episodio. No sólo la mitología sino también los momentos emotivos entre los hermanos. Sam, tratará de salvar a Dean de la muerte llevándolo donde un predicador que hace milagros, pero descubrirán que hay otra explicación para esos "milagros".
Continue » Posted Dec 31, 2007 1:40 pm PST
9.6
Superb
Faith
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Dean has a massive heart attack in the beginning of this episode due to simultaneously shocking a demon and himself. Sam is frantic to try to help him.
Continue » Posted Oct 3, 2007 8:28 am PST
9.5
Superb
Faith
"A very special episode"
This one hit home!
Continue » Posted Sep 10, 2007 1:04 pm PST
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