Title Dead in the Water
Episode # Season 1, Episode 3
First aired 27 September, 2005
Directed by Kim Manners
Written by Eric Kripke (creator)
Sera Gamble
Raelle Tucker
Outline Sam and Dean investigatte a series of unnatural drownings caused by a vengeful spirit.
Monster Ghost
Location(s) Lake Manitoc, Wisconsin
Timeline 13-19 November, 2005 (speculation)
As the trail on their father goes cold, Sam and Dean find themselves in a small town in Wisconsin where 3 people have disappeared without a trace while swimming in the lake. Soon, the dam holding the water for the lake will burst and the town will be lost forever. The spirit causing the disappearances begins taking more and more people as it is running out of time. Sam and Dean must figure out who the spirit is and put it to rest before any more people are taken.
Music
* Black Toast Music- What a Way to Go
* Ratt - Round And Round
* Billy Squier - Too Daze Gone
* Bad Company - Movin' On
Trivia
* Jared Padalecki's hand was broken while filming this episode,
because he and Jensen Ackles got into a barfight. The way they
tell it, they came into the bar after there already had been a
fight and were then mistaken for the troublemakers. Another version
of the story says that some guy wasn't very happy when his girlfriend
approached either Jensen or Jared.
* The same lakehouse and location in this episode was used in
Jensen Ackles's movie Devour.
* While there is no "Lake Manitoc" in Wisconsin there
is a Lake Manitowoc, the city of Manitowoc, and Manitowoc county.
This may have been the inspiration for the lake's name in this
episode. "Manitowoc" comes from the Native American
word "Mundeowk" meaning "home of the good spirit".
* Jensen Ackles has cited this episode many times as one of his
favorites. He especially points out the scene in which he had
to erupt from the waters of Lake Manitoc while holding a child
actor in his arms as one of the most "surreal" experiences
he's had on the show. This was due to the stunt scuba divers that
held both actors beneath the water's surface until the director
yelled "action!".
Quotes
Andrea: [to Dean] Must be hard, with your sense of direction.
Never being able to find your way to a decent pick-up line.
References
Dean: I’m Agent Ford, this is Agent Hamill. We’re
with the U.S. Wildlife Service.
Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill are the actors who played Han Solo
and Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy. This is
the first of several Star Wars references throughout the series.
Also, Kripke has said that Dean and Sam are somewhat based upon
Han and Luke.
Andrea: [to Sam] Tell your friend this whole Jerry Maguire
thing’s not gonna work on me.
Refers to the movie Jerry Maguire, in which Tom Cruise plays the
title character, who spends a fair amount of time trying to charm
a single mother's child in order to get close to the mother.
Others...
* The early scene of Sophie swimming in the lake, most notably
the camera shots, is reminiscent of the opening scene of the 1975
film Jaws.