1.18 Something Wicked
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Title | Something Wicked |
Episode # | Season 1, Episode 18 |
First aired | ? April, 2006 |
Directed by | Whitney Ransick |
Written by | Daniel Knauf |
On IMDB | http://imdb.com/title/tt0763065/ |
Outline | Dean and Sam face an unvanquished foe from their childhood - a creature that sucks the life force from children. |
Monster | Shtriga |
Timeline | 10-24 September, 2006 (speculation) |
Location(s) | Fitchburg, Wisconsin Fort Douglas, Wisconsin |
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Synopsis
On instructions from John, Sam and Dean head to Fitchburg, Wisconsin where children in the town are becoming mysteriously ill. Posing as officials from the Centre for Disease Control, they speak to Dr Hydeker at the local hospital who indicates that no treatments are proving effective with the children, who seem to have a compromised immune system.
At the home of the latest victim, the boys find the sign of a supernatural involvement, an inhuman handprint on the window ledge outside the child’s bedroom.
After checking into a motel run by a woman with two young sons, Michael and Asher, Dean tells Sam he thinks the creature at work is a shtriga, which their father had encounter many years previously. Sam discovers it often disguises itself as an old woman, so the boys return to the hospital where they had passed the room of an elderly woman who had an inverted cross on her wall. However, she proves to be harmless, and human.
Back at the motel, the youngest child Asher is sick and has been taken to hospital. While Dean drives the mother to hospital and interviews the doctor again, Sam researches similar occurrences and tracks the shtriga back to Black River Falls in the 1890s. While Sam had thought it would be disguised as a feeble old woman, this one is disguised as Doctor Hydecker - who is working at the hospital in Fitchburg, but is also seen in the 1890s photo.
Sam cannot find any lore on what kills them, but Dean says John found out they were vulnerable when feeding to being shot with consecrated wrought irons, buckshots, or rounds. Sensing Dean knows more about the shtriga than he has revealed, Sam pushes him.
Sixteen or seventeen years ago, John Winchester was hunting one in Fort Douglas, Wisconsin. While he was out, Dean left Sam alone briefly and the shtriga attacked. John took the boys to stay with Pastor Jim, but when he returned he couldn't track the shtriga. Dean blames himself for it escaping, and the deaths since.
Dean suggests using Michael as bait to trap the shtriga. Michael at first refuses, but later decides to do it, even though Dean can't guarantee Asher will get better. Dean and Sam set up a CCTV system to observe Michael in bed, as they need to wait until the shtriga starts feeding before they attack. The Shtriga attacks Michael and the boys storm in, only killing the monster when it tries to feed on Sam.
After the Shtriga is killed, Asher and the other children recover. Sam laments that Michael has lost his innocence, now he knows what really lurks in the dark.
Characters
Definitions
Music
- UFO – Rock Bottom
- Ozzy Osbourne – Road to Nowhere
Quotes
Dean: Why not?
Dean: (asking for a room) Two queens
Michael (looks at Sam waiting outside): Yeah, I bet.
Dean: What'd you say?
Dean: For what?
Sam: Well, you know….I’ve really given you a lot of crap for always followin’ Dad’s orders. But I know why you do it.
Trivia & References
- This agent is authorized to operate at any beach, park, or backyard pool party, or warm climate locale in the world. No restrictions or limitations are to be placed on their visual or physical inspections; violaters will be subject to tickling and spanking.S1Com