Vital Statistics

Original Air Date: 7th December 2006
Production Code: 3T5509
Writer: John Shiban
Director: Robert Singer

Official Episode Description

After Sam has a vision of Dean killing a young man who seems to be possessed by a demon, the two brothers head off to Oregon to search for answers. They come across a town infected by a deadly virus that drives a person to kill. Sam becomes infected by one of the locals and prepares for his deadly fate, but after nothing happens to him, Dean decides to come clean and reveal what John whispered to him before he died.

Summary

Notes

• Unless Dean was lying, we find out that John was a Corporal with the Marine Corp. His company was Echo 2-1.
• It seems that the Demon has a new "son". The question is, when did he become possessed? Was he already possessed when he entered the clinic?
• Dean is tired of the hunting life. He was ready to die with Sam...

Cultural References

• Shots heard 'round the world, How bill becomes a laws . . .
  That's not school, that's "Schoolhouse Rock!".
  Schoolhouse Rock! was a series of educational short films that used songs to teach kids subjects such as Math, Grammar and History. Dean mentions the names of two songs - the lyrics for which can be found at http://www.schoolhouserock.tv
• A little too Stepford?
  The boys are referring to the book and movies all entitled "The Stepford Wives" in which all the women have been replaced by robots that look like them.
• I mean, God knows how many, it could be like a friggin' Shriner convention.
  The Shriners, or Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, are apart of the Freemasons. They are easily identified by their fezzes.
• You've got a neighbor named Mr. Rogers?
  Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was a children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers.
• Man, I don't know, I feel like Chuck Heston in the Omega Man.
  The Omega Man is a 1971 science fiction thriller starring Charlton Heston.
• I've been poring through Dad's journal, found something about the Roanoke colony.
  The Roanoke Colony was the first English colony in the New World. For more information, visit Wikipedia's entry about the colony.
• Night of the Living Dead didn't exactly end pretty.
  Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 black-and-white independent horror film directed by George A. Romero, all about zombies. It was remade in 1990 and was directed by Tom Savini.
• Or Hollywood, see if we can bang Lindsey Lohan.
  Lindsey is an American actress and pop music singer.

Lore

• Demons

Places

• River Grove, Oregon

Characters

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