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Episode 3x11 - Mystery Spot

Vital Statistics

Original Air Date: 14th February 2008
Production Code: Unknown
Writer: Jeremy Carver and Emily McLaughlin
Director: Kim Manners

Official Episode Description

Sam and Dean investigate the disappearance of a man who went missing at a tourist location. While searching the site, Dean is shot and killed by the owner. Sam is devastated but stunned when he wakes up the next morning to find Dean alive and well. As the day unfolds, Sam realizes he is re-living the previous day and tries to prevent Dean's death, but to no avail. Dean dies again and Sam must learn to live life without his brother by his side.

Summary

Coming Soon

Notes

Various ways Dean dies:
Shot at the Mystery Spot
Run Over
Crushed by a falling object
Choked on a sausage
Slipped in the shower
Poisoned by a taco
Electrocuted by his razor
Accidentally killed with an axe by Sam
Shot with an arrow by Doris the waitress
Mauled by a golden retriever
This is the second time we have seen The Trickster - the first being in the episode Tall Tales, when the boys believed they had killed him.

Cultural References

Sounds pretty X-Files to me.
The X-Files is the show that Supernatural is most commonly associated with. Running for 9 seasons in the 90's, it follows two FBI agents who investigate the paranormal.
Like Groundhog Day?
Groundhog Day was a movie made in 1993 which starred Bill Murray as a man who relived the same day over and over again.
You’re like Travis Bickle in a skirt.
Travis Bickle was the taxi driver played by Robert DeNiro in the 1976 movie Taxi Driver.