Supernatural: The Usual Suspects

"My name is Dean Winchester. I'm an Aquarius, I enjoy sunsets, long walks on the beach, and frisky women."

―Dean Winchester

"The Usual Suspects"
Series SupernaturalSeason 2, Episode 7
Air date	November 9th, 2006
Writers	Cathryn Humphris
Director	Mike Rohl
Producers	Ben Edlund; Matt Witten; Peter Johnson; Phil Sgriccia; John Shiban; Kim Manners; McG; Cyrus Yavneh; Eric Kripke; Robert Singer; Todd Aronauer
Starring	Jensen Ackles; Jared Padalecki
Episode guide
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"The Usual Suspects" is the seventh episode of season two of the of the American horror drama series Supernatural and the twenty-eighth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Mike Rohl with a script written by Cathryn Humphris. It first aired on the CW Network on Thursday, November 9th, 2006.

Cast

Starring

Actor	Role
Jared Padalecki	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	Dean Winchester

Guest Starring

Actor	Role
Linda Blair	Diana Ballard
Jason Gedrick	Peter Sheridan

Co-Starring

Actor	Role
Keegan Connor Tracy	Karen Giles
Andrew Stahl	Jeff Krause
Shannon Powell	Claire Becker
Diana Dutra	Police officer

Notes & Trivia

• Supernatural was created by Eric Kripke.

• This episode is included on disc two of the Supernatural: The Complete Second Season DVD collection. The collection was produced by Warner Home Video and released in Region 1 format on September 11th, 2007. It was released in Region 2 format on October 29th, 2007. It was released in Region 4 format on October 3rd, 2007. The Blu-ray collection was released in the United States and Canada on June 14th, 2011. it was released in the United Kingdom on August 22nd, 2011.

• Actor Andy Stahl is credited as Andrew Stahl in this episode.

• Producer Cyrus I. Yavneh is credited as Cyrus Yavneh in this episode.

• Supervising producer Philip Sgriccia is credited as Phil Sgriccia in this episode.

• Actress Linda Blair is given a "Special Guest Star" credit in this episode.

• This is the first episode of Supernatural directed by Mike Rohl. He directs ten episodes of the series in total. His next episode is "Folsom Prison Blues".

• This is the second episode of Supernatural written by Cathryn Humphris. She previously wrote "Dead Man's Blood". Her next episode is "Born Under a Bad Sign".

• The main setting for this episode is Baltimore, Maryland.

• Actress Linda Blair is best known for her portrayal of Regan MacNeil - a child who gets possessed by a demon in the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist.

• This is the first episode of Supernatural where Dean Winchester does not refer to Sam Winchester by the nickname "Sammy".

Allusions

• The title of this episode is taken from the 1995 mystery film The Usual Suspects, directed by Bryan Singer.

• Dean Winchester makes references to "Mulder" and "Scully" in this episode, implying that Sam Winchester is the Scully to his Mulder. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are fictional F.B.I. agents and the two main characters from the FOX Network television series The X-Files.

• At the end of the episode Dean Winchester says "I could go for some pea soup". This is a reference to the 1973 horror film The Exorcist starring Linda Blair, who appears in this episode. During one of the more memorable scenes from the film, Blair's character, Regan MacNeil, possessed by a demonic entity later identified as Pazuzu, projectile vomits all over priest Damian Karras. Pea soup was used as the prop for this scene.

• Dean Winchester reads a piece of paper then says "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy". This is a reference to the 1980 horror film The Shining. In the movie, the character of Jack Torrance is progressively going insane. He is supposed to be writing a novel, but when his wife Wendy Torrance comes upon his pages, she finds nothing but the line "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" repeated over and over again.

• Dean Winchester sarcastically tells Diana Ballard that they are looking for "Caspar the blood-thirsty ghost. This is a reference to Caspar the Friendly Ghost, which is a children's television series, which has been adapted into film and comics.

• Reference is made to Hilts King in this episode. This was actor Steve McQueen's character from the 1963 film The Great Escape. McQueen is also known for playing the lead role of Steve Andrews in the 1958 horror movie The Blob.

Quotes

• Dean Winchester: My name is Dean Winchester. I'm an Aquarius, I enjoy sunsets, long walks on the beach, and frisky women.

See also

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External Links

• "The Usual Suspects" at IMDB
• "The Usual Suspects" at TV Maze
• "The Usual Suspects" at ShareTV.org
• "The Usual Suspects" at TV.com guide
• "The Usual Suspects" at the Supernatural Wiki

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