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|outline= People in Bobby’s Bobby's town are coming back from the dead, but Bobby insists nothing is wrong.

[[Sam]] & and [[Dean]] show up in the town of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 5 five miles from Bobby's home, to find that the dead are coming back to life. [[Bobby]] tries to convince them that it's nothing, that all of the omens are coincidence, but Dean doesn't fully believe him. One of the dead that has risen, Clay, gets revenge on his killer and then goes home to his family. When Sam and Dean track him down they find that he seems to be a regular guy, and that the local sheriff is in on it.

Bobby shows the boys why he doesn't want them working the case: his dead wife, [[Karen Singer| Karen]], has come back. As Sam and Dean investigate, Sam finds out after being attacked by one of the dead, that about 5 days after rising, the dead begin to turn, starting with a fever, hunger , and then the killing and eating of anyone around them. They set out to find everyone who's come back and kill them by shooting them in the head, along with Bobby's wife, and Bobby kicks them out of his house.

Sam goes to talk with the sheriff, and finds that her son, who has come back to life, has already killed her husband. Sam and [[Sheriff Jody Mills]] gather the townspeople in the local jail and prepare them to fight off the dead who've turned. At Bobby's house, Karen beings begins to turn, and Bobby has no choice but to shoot her. All of the dead arrive at the Singer house and trap Dean and Bobby in the closet, but Sam and the Sheriff arrive and stop them.

'''Dean:''' You’re You're a zombie.<br>'''Clay:''' I’m I'm a taxpayer.

'''Dean:''''' [eating pie] '' This is incredible, Mrs. Singer.<br>

'''Sam:''''' [frowns]''<br>

'''Bobby:''''' [quoting from the Bible] '' "And through the fire stood before me a Pale Horse, and he that sat atop him carried a SyctheScythe. And I saw since he had risen, they too shall rise, and from him and through him."<br>

'''Bobby:''''' [in the closet after Dean locks the door as zombies are banging on the door] '' Kind of a tight fit, don't you think?<br>'''Dean:''' It's alrightall right, they're idiots. They can't pick a lock. ''[the zombies stop banging on the door and we start to see the door handle move]''<br>

'''Bobby:''' She was the love of my life. How many times do I gotta kill her?<br>

The episode title “Dead "Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” Plaid" is a reference to the 1982 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083798/ movie of the same name]. In this film, Steve Martin interacts with (now dead) stars of 40s and 50s noir movies through use of clips from their movies.Interestingly, this technique was used in [http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin/archive/2009/08/03/press-tour-journal-medium-inserts-star-in-night-of-the-living-dead.aspx a 2009 episode of the television show ''Medium''], in which Alison DuBois interacts with characters from the classic 1968 zombie movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/ ''Night of the Living Dead''].

Dean and Sam use the aliases "Agents Dorfman and Neidermeyer” a reference the characters of Kent Dorfman and Douglas Neidermeyer from the 1978 John Belushi movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/ ''National Lampoon's Animal House''].}}

The opening image of the hand rising from the grave recalls an image from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/ ''Night of the Living Dead'']. }}

''' Digger:''' Heads up, : Fargo. <br>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116282/ ''Fargo''] was a 1996 Coen Brothers movie. The reference here is to the character of Sheriff Marge Gunderson, played by Frances McDormand.

'''Dean: ''' Where have you been? <br>'''Bobby:''' Playing murder ballmurderball.<br>Murderball is the nickname for a type of extreme wheelchair rugby. It featured in an Oscar nominated documentary [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436613/ ''Murderball''].

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket/ ''Full Metal Jacket''] is a 1987 war film directed by Stanley Kubrick.

This was the first episode of ''Supernatural '' to be directed by [[John Showalter]].

The name of the sheriff, Sheriff Mills, may be a shout out to Jim Beaver's character on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper%27s_Island ''Harper's Island''], also named Sheriff Mills.}}

At [[Salute to Supernatural L.A. 2010]], Jim confirmed the airing order of the episodes was changed because of the extended hiatus due to the 2010 Winter Olympics.}}

This is a reference to the airing day of the week that ''Supernatural, Thursday'' aired on in the U.S. at the time this episode aired.This may also be a reference to the quote spoken by Arthur Dent in the "''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"'': "This must be Thursday," said Arthur musing to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

Total zombie count in this episode, based on how many are shown killed onscreen: 20 (Karen, the sheriff's son, and Old Lady Jones are killed individually by Bobby and Sam. Dean and Bobby kill six in the junkyard and two more inside the house. Sam and the sheriff kill the remaining nine outside the closet.) However, this might not have been all of them. In a later scene Dean says , "If there's any zombies left out there, we can't find them."