Episode 3x14 - Long-Distance Call
Vital Statistics
Original Air Date: 8th May 2008
Production Code: 3T6915
Writer: Sera Gamble
Director: Charles Beeson
Official Episode Description
As time runs out for Dean, Sam convinces him to head to Eerie,
Pennsylvania to investigate a possible zombie case. Instead, they discover Doc
Benton, a real-life doctor who, in 1816, abandoned his medical practice to follow
his obsession with finding the key to eternal life by drugging people and stealing
their vital organs. Meanwhile, Bobby finds out where Bela is hiding, and Dean
heads out to confront her, leaving Sam behind to deal with the good doctor.
Dean and Bela battle it out for the last time, and Dean leaves Bela in a desperate,
and possibly fatal, position.
Summary
-
We learn that Bela's real name ias actually Abby.
- Bela is staying at the Hotel Canaan, Room 39 in Canaan, Vermont.
- Doc Benton was first seen in Origins
#4 - the first character written specifically for the comics to appear
in an episode.
- The Doctor that Sam and Dean talk to about the first victim was played by
Terence Kelly - the same actor who played Daniel
Elkins.
Cultural References
- My man Dave Caruso will be stoked to hear it.
A reference to CSI Miami, where David Caruso plays Horatio Caine, a crime
scene investigator.
- Zombie with skills. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Zombie.
Referencing the 1993-98 TV series starring Jane Seymour as the title
character, a female doctor carving out a life for herself in the Wild West
of the post-Civil War era.
- Ah, what is this, Sid and Nancy?
Referencing the movie Sid & Nancy (1986), which chronicles the life
of Sex Pistols punker Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen, and the
tragic ending to their relationship.
Lore
Places
- Erie, Pennsylvania
- Canaan, Vermont
Characters
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