Title Skin
Episode # Season 1, Episode 6
First aired 18 October, 2005
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill
Written by John Shiban
Outline Sam and Dean hunt a shapeshifter that has framed Sam's college friend for murder.
Monster Shapeshifter
Location(s) St Louis, Missouri
Timeline March 1-9, 2006 (speculation)
Sam's hunting life and old college life collide when one of his college friends is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, despite being seen in two different places at the same time.
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Music
* Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
* Lynyrd Skynyrd - Poison Whiskey
* Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
* Free - All Right
Trivia
* When
Sam is reading his text messages on his phone, one of the messages
was sent by a Jerry Wanek, a reference to the show's production
designer.
* The song playing in the pre-title teaser, In A Gadda Da Vida,
may be an homage to the 1986 film Manhunter, in which the same
song is background music to a very similar scene. Manhunter was
the first film to feature the character Dr Hannibal Lecktor, a
character Dean references on other occasions.
* Shapeshifter lore exists prominently in some Native American
cultures. Generally called "skinwalkers" they are described
as a person with the ability to shape-shift into any animal or
person (but usually animal) they desire. They also possess the
ability to call out the names of their prospective victims.
Quotes
References
Sam: I don’t know, it was like he was downloading your
thoughts and memories.
Dean: You mean, like the Vulcan Mind Meld?
From the TV show Star Trek. "Vulcans are a humanoid species
[...] and are noted for their attempt to live by reason and logic,
with no interference from emotion. A procedure known as a mind-meld
involves physical contact with a subject (though instances of
mind-melds without contact have been seen), making it possible
to share thoughts, experience, memories, and knowledge with another
individual."