1.16 Shadow
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| Title | Shadow |
| Episode # | Season 1, Episode 16 |
| First aired | 28 February, 2006 |
| Directed by | Kim Manners |
| Written by | Eric Kripke |
| On IMDB | http://imdb.com/title/tt0713621/ |
| Outline | Meg lures Sam and Dean to Chicago in order to set a trap for John. |
| Monster | Daeva |
| Timeline | two days between 8-15 June, 2006 (speculation) |
| Location(s) | Chicago, Illinois |
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Contents
Synopsis
The boys arrive in Chicago to investigate recent violent deaths. Disguised as operators from a security alarm company, they visit the apartment of the last victim, Meredith, who was ripped to pieces as if by a wild animal. They discount werewolves due to it being the wrong time of the lunar cycle, and struggle to find clues until Dean notices that the blood spatter on the carpet forms a symbol.
That night they visit the bar where Meredith worked. Sam has had no luck researching the symbol, and Dean chats to a bartender, but doesn’t gain any useful information other than her phone number. Suddenly Sam spots a familiar face; Meg, the girl he met when he left Dean and was going to travel to California to find John (1.11 Scarecrow).
Sam is suspicious that her appearance is not a coincidence and decides to follow her while Dean checks out her background. While Sam sits outside her apartment, observing her from the Impala, Dean calls to say her story checks out, and that he has found out, with some help from Caleb, the meaning behind the symbol in Meredith’s apartment. It is a sigil for a Daeva, a type of Zoroastrian demon. Sam tracks Meg to an abandoned warehouse, where he observes her at an altar, communicating with someone through a goblet of blood.
Sam returns to tell Dean what he’s seen. Dean has his own information – both victims so far were actually born in Lawrence, Kansas. Suspecting that they may be close to the demon that killed their mother, Dean calls John and asks him to come to Chicago. The boys prepare to do battle, and Sam fantasies about what life may be like after they kill the demon. Dean reacts strongly when Sam expresses a desire to return to college, and opens up about his desire for them to be together as a family again.
At the abandoned warehouse, the boys’ plans are thwarted when Meg commands to daevas to attack them. Once they are restrained, bound to pylons, Meg reveals the murders were a plan to trap them, and use them as bait for John.
The boys manage to distract her long enough for Sam to cut himself loose and overpower her and then overturn the altar. Freed from her control the daevas turn on Meg, and throw her from the window. Sam and Dean see her dead on the pavement beneath.
Returning to their room, Sam and Dean find an unexpected visitor – John. Their reunion is interrupted when the daevas attack them, slashing and beating them until Sam repels them by lighting flares.
Escaping outside to the Impala, Dean announces that Meg was right, John is vulnerable when he is around them, and they must separate. Sam protests, but John agrees. As they go their separate ways, they are observed by a figure in the shadows – Meg.
Characters
Definitions
- Wraith-like Figure/Wraith Shadow PoD
- Werewolf PoD
- Zoroastrianism PoD
- Zoroastrian Symbol PoD
- Daeva PoD
- Goblet of blood
Music
- Little Charlie and the Nightcats - You Got Your Hooks In Me
- The Vue – Pictures of Me
- X – The New World according to S1Com
Quotes
Dean: Yeah, I spoke to Amy, the charming, perky officer of the law.
Sam: Yeah? What'd you find out?
Dean: Well, she's a Sagittarius, she loves tequila, I mean... Oh, and she's got this little tattoo...
Sam: Dean!
Sam: Did you get anything? Besides her number?
Dean: Dude, I'm a professional. I'm offended that you would think that.
Sam: [stares skeptically]
Dean: Gimme some credit man. You don't have the corner on paper chasin' around here.
Sam: Oh yeah? Name the last book you read.
(pause)
Dean: Yeah, tell me about it. She wasn't even that into me.
Dean: But I bet you'd like to.
Sam: So someone's controlling it.
Dean: Could be.
Meg: Baby, I've killed a lot more for a lot less.
Dean: Get a room, you two.
Sam: Yes, sir.
Trivia & References
- Meg quotes Julius Cesar's famous words "Veni, vidi, vici"
Sam: Who?
- Meg refers to Chad Michael Murray (also known as Mayhem) who starred in the TV series Gilmore Girls and the movie House of Wax alongside Jared Padalecki. The two actors are known to be friends.
