Title Crossroad Blues
Episode # Season 2, Episode 8
First aired 16 November, 2006
Directed by Steve Boyum
Written by Sera Gamble
Outline When two professionals die after claiming to be haunted, Sam and Dean investigate a local bar and discover a demon has been making people's dreams come true in exchange for their souls.
Monster Deomons
Location(s) Lloyd's Bar - Greenwood, Mississippi
When two highly successful professionals die after claiming to be haunted by hellhounds, Sam and Dean investigate the local dive bar and discover it sits upon a site where a deal-making demon has been making people's dreams come true in exchange for their souls. Dean summons the demon to exorcise it but is horrified after it reveals the painful truth about John's death and tempts Dean by offering him the one thing he wants more than anything - his father.
Music
* Crossroad
Blues by Robert Johnson
* Key to the Highway by Big Bill Broonzy/Little Walter
* Downhearted Blues by Son House
Trivia
Robert Johnson
makes his deal in 1930. He dies in 1938.
The actress playing the demon who visits Robert Johnson is the
same actress who played Lori's roommate in 1.07 Hook Man
The preview at the end of "The Usual Suspects" showed
the Red Eyed Demon's eyes as being yellow, in order to tease the
audience into believing it was a confrontation with the central
antagonist of the series. The eyes were completely yellow, rather
than only the cornea as in the show
Quotes
Sam:
We're not going to hurt you, alright. We're here to help you.
Dean: We know all about the genius deal you made.
Sam: Architect Shawn Boyden plummeted to his death from the roof
of his home, a condominium he designed.
Dean: Hmm, build a high-rise and then jump off the top of it.
That's classy.
Demon: See, people talk about Hell; they paint a cute picture,
but the real thing? Not even close. If you could see your poor
daddy... if you could hear him, the sounds he makes cuz he can’t
even scream... you’d never have pulled a stunt like this.
I could have brought him back for you.
Dean: What do they got on you?
Sam: I'm sure they haven't posted it yet.
Dean: What no accessory? Nothing?
Sam: Shut up.
Dean: (laughs) You're jealous.
Sam: No, I'm not!
Dean: C’mon, we’re not demons!
Sam: Any more bright ideas?
Dean: I swear... if this is another freekin' Pomeranian barking
in the neighbor's yard...
Sam: Hey, Dean?
Dean: Yeah?
Sam: When you were trapping that demon, you weren’t... I
mean, it was all a trick, right? You never considered actually
making that deal, right? (Dean doesn’t answer)
Dean: How could (Dad) do it?
Sam: He did it for you.
Dean: Exactly. How am I supposed to live with that? You know,
the thought of him, wherever he is. He spent his whole life chasing
that yellow-eyed son-of-a-bitch. He should have gone out fighting.
That was supposed to be his legacy. You know? Not bargaining with
the damn thing. Not this.
Dean: What the hell was that for?
Dean's Demon: Sealing the deal.
Dean: You know, I usually like to be warned before I’m violated
with demon tongue.
Dean: Well, we know a little about a lot of things, just enough
to make us dangerous.
Dean: That doctor lady? Wherever she’s running, she ain’t
running fast enough.
Dean: I don’t know what this thing is.
Sam: You mean Carly’s Myspace address?
Dean: Yeah, Myspace. What the hell is that? Seriously, is that
like, some sort of porn site?
Sam: So?
Dean: Secretary’s name is Carly. She’s 23, she kayaks,
and they’re real.
Sam: You didn’t happen to ask her if she’s seen any
black dogs lately, did you?
Sam: But anyways, whatever they are, they’re big, nasty…
Dean: Yeah, bet they could hump the crap out of your leg. Look
at that one, huh?
(Sam sighs)
Dean: What? They could.
Sam: In fact the authorities are a little confused as to how a
wild dog could get past the doorman, take the elevator up, and
start roaming the halls of the cushiest joint in town.
Sam: So much for a low profile. You’ve got a warrant in St.
Louis and now you’re officially in the Feds’ database.
Dean: (laughs) Dude, I’m like Dillinger or something.
Dean: What do you got on the case there, you innocent, harmless
young man you?
References
Dean: His
house probably isn't up next on MTV Cribs, is it?
MTV Cribs is a reality television show on MTV. It showcases the
homes of various celebrities, actors, musicians, and athletes.
Dean: Maybe his place is full of babes in Princess Leia bikinis.
Reference to the costume worn by Princess Leia after her capture
by Jabba the Hutt, in Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
Dean: Dude, I am like Dillinger or something.
Reference to John Dillinger an infamous gangster, of the Depression
years. bank robber, considered by some as a Robin Hood, others
a new breed of criminal. The first movie made about Dillinger
and his exploits was in 1945 staring Lawrence Tierney, and a remake
again in 1973 staring Warren Oates.
Dean: Nobody put a gun to their head and forced ‘em to
play Let’s Make a Deal.
Let’s Make a Deal is a game-show which premiered on Dec.
30, 1963, in which contestants competed in a variety of games
for a chance at cash, cars, vacations and other prizes. Games
included picking a wallet with an unspecified amount of cash from
a selection, choosing between doors, spinning wheels, and trading
with host Monty Hall for a variety of rarely carried items (e.g.,
a hard-boiled egg). It ended its run in 1977, and has been revived
for a number of short-lived re-incarnations a number of times
since. Reruns of the original 1970s episodes, as well as episodes
from some of the 1980s incarnations are currently being aired
on the Game Show Network.
Sam: So it's just like the Robert Johnson legend, right? I
mean, "selling your soul at the crossroads" kinda deal?
Legendary blues singer Robert Johnson (1911-1938) allegedly signed
his soul to the devil at a crossroad in Mississippi in exchange
for being a great blues musician.
Picture
The image shown of a black dog is actually titled "Fenrir
Und Tyr" and was illustrated by John Bauer in 1911. Fenrir
was a wolf who bites the hand off of a Norse war god named Tyr.