Episode 1x03 - Dead In The Water
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Original Air Date: 27th September 2005
Production Code: 2T6903
Writer: Raelle Tucker, Sera Gamble
Director: Kim Manners
Official Episode Description
Sam and Dean investigate a series of mysterious drownings written off as
suicides. They discover the spirit is an angry little boy with the power
to travel through water who is taking revenge on certain town inhabitants
for a dark secret buried long ago. Dean forms a bond with a young boy who
seems to have the power of premonition.
Summary
In Lake Manitoc, Wisconsin, a young girl mysteriously drowns, despite being
a strong swimmer and swimming almost every day in the same Lake. When Dean and
Sam investigate, they find that she is the third person to drown in the past
year. They discover that several more people over the past few years have also
drowned there, each under mysterious circumstances.
They meet the local law enforcement officer, Jake, and his daughter, Andrea,
and grandson, Lucas. They find that Andrea's husband was one of the earlier
drowning victims and that Lucas was with him at the time. The young boy hasn't
spoken a word since that day. They continue looking around, but the brother
of the young girl is also drowned, this time in the sink at home.
Realising that they are almost certainly dealing with some kind of water spirit,
Dean and Sam connect all the deaths to one man, Bill Carlton, the father of
the most recent two victims. Lucas draws a picture for Dean, showing him a house
that he believes is connected with the deaths. He still doesn't speak, but he
and Dean form a tentative bond. Dean and Sam investigate the house and find
the mother of a young boy who drowned in the lake 35 years earlier in 1970.
The boy was a friend of Bill Carlton's and it looks as though the spirit of
the boy is after revenge for Bill having drowned him as a child.
Unable to cope with the deaths of his children, Bill rows his boat into the
middle of the lake, knowing that Peter's spirit will drown him too. Dean and
Sam can only stand by and watch in horror. However, despite the spirit finally
getting it's revenge on Bill,Andrea is almost drowned in her bath, leading them
to understand that Bill was not the only culprit in the drowning of Peter.
It turns out that Jake was there that day too and was also responsible. While
the adults are discussing this, little Lucas wanders out towards the lake and
is pulled in by the spirit. Dean and Sam leap in to try and rescue him, but
it's not until Jake offers himself to the spirit in return that the boy can
be saved. Jake is dead, but Andrea and Lucas have survived. Lucas finally speaks
again and they thank Dean and Sam for their help.
Notes
- Lucas seems to be channeling the spirit of Peter Sweeney
Cultural References
- Tell your friend those whole “Jerry Maguire” thing’s not
gonna work on me.
This refers to the 1996 movie "Jerry Maguire" which starred Tom
Cruise. In it, Tom's character tries to make the girl fall for him by getting
close to her young son.
- Zeppelin rules!
Dean's obviously been training Lucas. Zeppelin refers to the rock band Led
Zeppelin, of who Dean is a fan.
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