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Shadow

Episode Number: 16    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Tuesday February 28, 2006    Prod Code: 2T6915
Sam has a reunion with a girl he once met, Meg, but it turns out that she is using the brothers to lure their father John to his doom.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Eric Kripke
Director: Kim Manners
Star: Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester),  Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester)
Recurring Role: Jeffrey Dean Morgan (John Winchester)
Guest Star: Nicki Lynn Aycox (Meg Masters),  Lorena Gale (Landlady),  Melanie Papalia (Meredith),  Nimet Kanji (Bartender)

Notes

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Dean: I feel like a high school drama dork.
This is a reference to the two stars. Jared had taken drama lessons since he was twelve and Jensen took drama as his arts elective in high school, which led to him starring in a play and being noticed by an LA manager. (edit)
International Airdates:
Denmark: April 23, 2006 on TV3 (edit)
Music: Pictures of Me by Vue, You Got Your Hooks In Me by Little Charlie and the Nightcats (edit)

Quotes

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John: Listen, try to understand. This demon is a scary son of a bitch. I don't want you caught in the crossfire. I don't want you hurt.
Sam: Dad, you don't have to worry about us.
John: Of course I do. I'm your father. (edit)
Dean: Hey, Sam, don't take this the wrong way, but your girlfriend is a bitch. (edit)
Sam: You killed those two people for nothing.
Meg: Baby, I'd kill a lot more for a lot less. (edit)
Sam: Yeah, this is... my brother Dean.
Meg: Oh, this is Dean.
Dean: (smiles) So you've heard of me.
Meg: Oh yeah, I've heard of you. Nice... the way you treat your brother like luggage.
Dean: (late to react) Sorry? (edit)
Sam: I thought I'd never see you again.
Meg: Well, I'm glad you were wrong.
(Dean does a fake cough, trying to get attention)
Meg: Dude, cover your mouth. (edit)

Trivia

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At the end when the Winchesters exit the apartment Sam say they don't have much time because as soon as the flare goes out the shadow-demons will come back. How come they have time to stand and talk to each other for several minutes without being attacked? (edit)
During the various scenes with the Devas, both brothers are seriously injured – and we’re not just talking the normal bumps and bruises, but deep and significant cuts and gouges across their faces and other parts of their bodies. The amount of blood spilled is way below what injuries of this kind would cause. Nor do these extremely significant gouges feature again. (edit)
When Sam and Dean are in the bar and Dean is talking to the bar girl, the picture cuts to Sam coming in. When it cuts back to Dean, the picture goes half a second back from where it actually ended. (edit)
Trivia: John drives a 1986 GMC Sierra Grande, registration number CSG 8R3. (edit)
When Sam and Dean are investigating Meredith's apartment, Dean gets some tape and traces out a symbol created by the blood spatter pattern. There were numerous splats of blood, with a number of combinations of joining them together. How did Dean come up with the symbol he did? (edit)

Allusions

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Zoroastrianism
Before Zoroastrianism the Devas were actually benevolent spirits, as they are in the theology of Hinduism. It was only after the introduction of Zoroastrianism that the theology was reversed and they became malevolent. (edit)
Meg: Oh, and I met what's-his-name, something Michael Murray - at a bar.
Referring to Chad Michael Murray, with whom Jared Padalecki was a rival love interest for Rory Gilmore's affections on Gilmore Girls. They also worked together on House of Wax . (edit)
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Community Reviews (49)

 
10.0
Perfect
Shadow
"Pivotal"
Sam seriously has a bad taste in girls. I mean, they're hot, but come on!
Continue » Posted Aug 31, 2008 4:19 pm PST
9.6
Superb
Shadow
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Yes this was good
Continue » Posted Feb 26, 2008 6:01 pm PST
9.5
Superb
Shadow
"A very special episode"
awesome!
Continue » Posted Oct 22, 2007 7:04 am PST
9.5
Superb
Shadow
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Sam and Dean are in Chicago where they run into Meg. Wackiness ensues.
Continue » Posted Oct 1, 2007 6:35 pm PST
9.8
Superb
Shadow
"Revealing"
"Don't take this the wrong way but your girlfriend is a ****"
Continue » Posted Sep 11, 2007 12:28 pm PST
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