Dead Man’s Blood:
Time to ramp it up for the big finish to the first season, the remaining three episodes have elements of monster of the week [in the form of vampires] but the large focus here is on the mytharc. John returns in this episode and while he fully intends to stay long enough to secure the Colt and then leave, you know, so as to protect Sam and Dean; Dean ultimately makes a breakthrough with dad and convinces him otherwise. That scene is awesome but the one I’ve chosen focuses on the more intimate story and it’s a wonderfully quiet scene between John and Sam while Dean is off on an “errand’, you know, the run to the nearest funeral parlor and extract some dead man’s blood kind of errand. I’m sure that’s on some of your weekend errand lists:
Sam is pacing the floor while John works at the table.
Sam: It shouldn’t be taking this long. I should go help. (he moves toward the door)
John: Dean’s got it.
Sam stops and turns to him, then keeps pacing.
John: Sammy.
Sam: Yeah.
John: I don’t think I ever told you this, but, the day you were born you know what I did?
Sam: No.
John: I put a hundred bucks into a savings account for you. I did the same thing for your brother. It was a college fund. And every month I’d put in another hundred dollars until… anyway, my point is, Sam, that… this is never the life that I wanted for you.
Sam: Then why’d you get so mad when I left?
John: You gotta understand something. After your Mother passed all I saw was evil, everywhere. And all I cared about was, was keeping you boys alive. I wanted you prepared…ready. So somewhere along the line I, uh… I stopped being your father. And I ” I became your, your drill sergeant. (Sam comes over to sit down) So when you said that you wanted to go away to school, all I could think about, my only thought was that you were going to be alone…vulnerable. Sammy, it just ” it never occurred to me what you wanted. I just couldn’t accept the fact that you and me ” we’re just different.
Sam laughs ironically.
John: What?
Sam: We’re not different. Not anymore. With what happened to Mom and Jess… (he laughs) we probably have a lot more in common than just about anyone.
John: I guess you’re right, son.
Sam: Hey, Dad? Whatever happened to that college fund?
Salvation:
This is the set up for the season finale, Meg, John, Sam and Dean; a family in danger, friends and allies being slaughtered and an ultimatum: bring Meg the Colt or more people die. There’s plenty of action here, Sam and Dean protecting a family, John facing off with Meg and her brother Tom but the scene I’ve chosen is the one where Dean continues his new-found confidence to stand up to John. It’s a great moment for Dean to vent on John, something I doubt he’s ever done before and much to our surprise, John apologizes:
Dean and John are sitting on the beds while Sam sits in a chair, clutching his head in pain. Dean is holding a coffee cup.
John (a bit dubiously): A vision?
Sam: Yes. I saw the demon burning a woman on the ceiling.
John: Alright, and you think it’s going to happen to this woman you met because….?
Sam: Because these things happen exactly the way I see them.
Dean (getting up and coming over behind Sam to refill his cup): It started out as nightmares, and then he started having them while he was awake.
Sam: Yeah. It’s like – I don’t know, it’s like the closer I get to anything involving the demon the stronger the visions get.
John: Alright, when were you gonna tell me about this? (he looks at Dean)
They both look at him.
Dean: We didn’t know what it meant.
John: Alright, something like this starts happening to your brother you pick up the phone and you call me.
Dean puts his coffee cup down and comes toward his father, angry.
Dean: Call you? (scoffs) Are you kidding me? Dad, I called you from Lawrence, alright? Sam called you when I was dying. I mean, getting you on the phone ” I got a better chance of winning the lottery.
John: You’re right. Although I’m not real crazy about this new tone of yours, you’re right. I’m sorry.

Devil’s Trap:
Here we are the finale of Season 1. There’s the showdown with Meg, and the real Meg Masters finally is free. Bobby Singer is introduced as someone with a lot of knowledge about all things supernatural and someone who must be a pretty good liar, what with a dead girl in his living room and occult like symbols and books piled everywhere in house. Sam and Dean do what they have to do to find Dad, Dean learns just how far he’ll go to save his family and Sam and Dean reveal just how close a team they’ve become this past year as they listen to their instincts when all does not appear well with Dad:
The wind suddenly picks up and the lights start to flicker.
They all go over to the window.
John: It found us. It’s here.
Sam: The demon?
John: Sam, lines of salt in front of every window, every door.
Sam: I already did it.
John: Well, check it, okay?
Sam: Okay. (he leaves the room)
John: Dean, you got the gun?
Dean: Yeah.
John: Give it to me.
Dean (taking the Colt out of his jeans): Dad, Sam tried to shoot the demon in Salvation. It disappeared.
John: This is me. I won’t miss. Now, the gun, hurry.
Dean hesitates and looks down at the gun.
John: Son, please.
Dean starts to back up a few steps.
John: Give me the gun. What are you doing, Dean?
Dean: He’d be furious.
John: What?
Dean: That I wasted a bullet. He wouldn’t be proud of me, he’d tear me a new one.
John just looks at him as Dean raises the gun, pointing it at him and cocking it.
Dean: You’re not my Dad.
John: Dean, it’s me.
Dean: I know my Dad better than anyone. And you ain’t him.
John: What the hell’s gotten into you?
Dean: I could ask you the same thing. Stay back.
Sam comes into the room and is shocked to see Dean pointing the gun at John.
Sam: Dean? What the hell’s going on?
John: Your brother’s lost his mind.
Dean: He’s not Dad.
Sam: What?
Dean: I think he’s possessed. I think he’s been possessed since we rescued him
John: Don’t listen to him, Sammy.
Sam: Dean, how do you know?
Dean (fighting back tears): He’s …. he’s different.
John: You know, we don’t have time for this. Sam, you wanna kill this demon, you’ve gotta trust me.
Sam looks back and forth between his father and brother. Dean glances at him, but doesn’t say anything else to convince him.
John: Sam?
Sam looks back and forth.
Sam: No. No. (he moves over to stand by his brother’s side)
There you go folks, Scenes from Season 1. They’re not the best, they’re not the only ones worth seeing, they’re not the funniest or scariest but just the ones that pop into my head each time I think of these episodes. Admittedly there are multiple scenes for some episodes that instantly come to mind and those are episodes that I find myself trying to watch more frequently. I don’t watch the episodes all the time and some I haven’t seen since last year’s hellatus so I’ll be loading up the DVDs and putting in some quality viewing…tonight in fact I’m planning on two to four episodes for my enjoyment.
Hope you enjoyed this three-part look at Supernatural Season 1. A huge thank you comes from me to Alice and Jenna who willingly said yes when I broached this idea knowing that they would be responsible for adding the screencaps for each episode.
I’ll be working on Scenes From Season 2 next as well as several other articles I have planned. I’m finishing up my Road So Far for Season 5 which is my next major goal to complete as well as working on my look at Jeremy Carver’s episodes and several others.
Thanks for reading and I’ll see you on the site.
Elle2
Hi Elle2
Looks like we matched up for Dead Mans Blood and Devils Trap.
As for Hell House it was the pranks with the spoon and the crazy gluing of the beer bottle. And I love the comment about the Nair in the shampoo.
Something wicked – Dean’s flashback of fixing dinner for Sam from watching Michael doing the same for his little brother.
Provenance – Sam and Dean scaling the Museums fence. Purely a shameful fangirl moment for me.
Salvation – The end scene when Sam is angry and upset that Dean didn’t let him go back into the house to kill the demon. With Deans plea ’It’s just the three of us, its all we have, its all I have.’
Thanks Elle2 this was fun.
Karen,
You picked some goodies to be sure. So much in Hell House was fun to watch and think about.
Something Wicked was so mournful in so many ways but I love the touches of Dean taking care of Sam and giving in to Sam’s wish for Lucky Charms but Sam then offering the toy to Dean…sniff (big time)
I laughed at your Provenance moment!!!! (I think it’s on the blooper reel too, or that’s Asylum)
Salvation…so often in fanfic I read that Dean doesn’t open up but he often did in Season 1 with his apology to Sam in Scarecrow and his relative ease of letting Sam draw his relationship with Cassie out of him to Shadow where he admits he wants them to be a family together to Home where he says he never wanted to go back to Salvation as you say where Dean confesses “It’s all I have.” Plus then in Devil’s Trap he tells Sam what’s bothering him is how far he’ll go to save Dad or Sam…I need to rewatch all of Season 1 again!
Elle2, you have been busy, girl!!! I loved all your parts, just commenting on this one for economical reasons 😯
Lovely picks and heartbreaking ones, funny ones, just the usual good stuff!!!
Thanks a lot, cheers, Jas
Hi, Jas,
I knew you were away so I had to keep things busy!!! Nah, not really. this idea struck me and Alice and Jenna were game to do all the hard work behind the scenes so I sent it to them and they got right on it! Hope they don’t get tired ’cause now I’m pretty stoked to do the next season.
🙂
I have also always loved the title of the episode “Something Wicked.” I thought it was awesome that the title of a Supernatural episode was taken from Macbeth — “By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” At least I assume that line from Macbeth is what inspired the title. However, I’ve also always thought about the movie “Something Wicked This Way Comes” every time I watch this episode. I’ve always wondered if the writer of this episode, or maybe Kripke, or maybe both, were fans of that 1983 movie, which was based on the Ray Bradbury book with the same title. The book/movie is about two young boys from a small Midwestern town who are as close as brothers. When a carnival comes to town, the boys encounter supernatural forces, to include being hunted by the demonic proprietor of the carnival. Also, both boys have major father issues. I still enjoy the movie immensely every time I watch it, and I’ve probably seen it at least a dozen times.
Elissa,
Thank you so much for filling in the blanks on that movie! I’d forgotten so much about it but your summary makes it very realistic that between this and Macbeth that both were likely inspirations for the title.
It’s nice to know that others think of that movie when they watch that eppie…perhaps this did inspire Mr. Kripke as he would very likely have seen it as well in his younger years.
Thanks for writing, Elissa
Elle2, it’s amazing how much I agree with you and your fave scenes.
Hell House – I do love everything about this one. Ed and Harry and the pranks. I liked the scene where Dean and Sam are having lunch or dinner and Dean keeps pulling the string to make the fisherman on the wall keep laughing. Sam says do it again and I’ll kill you and of course Dean pulls it again. Then the beer bottle stuck to his hand.
Gotcha!
Something Wicked – Poor little Dean, for once doing something he wanted to do, and feeling dad’s disapproval
and never being able to forget it. I felt so hurt for the little guy. And no wonder after that he took such great care of Sammy while neglecting his own wants. The boy who played Michael was so very good. Where do they get such good kid actors anyway? Are they all up here in Canada? 😉
Provenance – I absolutely adored Sarah. What an admirable and plucky lady. And gorgeous also! Sam would have a hard time finding anyone better. And she is still alive and I hope stays that way. One part I enjoy particularly is Dean in the gallery scoffing down food and completely pissing off Sarah’s dad. By the look on his face he knew just what kind of impression he was making and didn’t give a damn. 😀
Dead Man’s Blood – I liked the way Dean got in the middle of Sam and dad’s big fight, trying to make peace between them. Then his dad berates him for not taking care of the car and letting it get rusty.
Salvation – right on with this scene. Good to see Dean stand up to his dad and let him know how hurt he was when dad never returned his desperate call about going home, or when he was dying and dad never acknowledged Sam’s call. And even though his dad said he deserved it, he still didn’t care for Dean’s new tone!! I could have kicked his butt right there! 😮
Devil’s Trap – Right there it was so sad that the way Dean knew it was not his dad was because he was getting praised instead of berated. And then I loved it when Sam quickly stood with Dean against his dad, and also when Dean and dad were both down on the floor and bleeding Sam practically stepped over dad to get to Dean first.
I loved the relationship of the brothers during the first season and I do wish that they could get some of that back eventually for the sixth. I do believe that season one is my personal favourite season for that reason.
You’re going to do all 5 seasons Elle2? What an undertaking! Thanks a lot, I’ll be here enjoying all of them.
Hi, Bevie,
Love the scenes you added here. Doing these make me take out my DVDs and cue up some vids, one here, one there and just melt into the sheet enjoyment. I’ve enjoyed Roadkill, Heart and Nightshifter in the last three nights and plan on Houses of the Holy and Playthings tonight. I know, perhaps an odd pairing but they’re eps I haven’t watched in a while.
As for the undertaking of doing all five seasons, I credit much of the ‘grunt’ work to Alice and Jenna for they pore through their DVDs and add the screen caps. I got the go ahead to keep going, they don’t mind the effort so I’m a third of the way through Season 2.
Got my Season 5 wrap up all done which will likely come out next, needs no additions.
We’re eleven and a half weeks away and despite what appears to be a looong wait ahead of us (and a scorcher of a heat wave right now where I live in the Northeast) September 24th will be here before we know it.
Take heart, Season 2 premiered this late in September so it’s not a first.
Thanks for getting into the fun and lending your moments