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The boys meet [[Adam Milligan]] at a cafe called Cousin Oliver's. Cousin Oliver was a young kid added to the cast of The Brady Bunch]] in its last season. | The boys meet [[Adam Milligan]] at a cafe called Cousin Oliver's. Cousin Oliver was a young kid added to the cast of The Brady Bunch]] in its last season. | ||
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Revision as of 08:16, 24 April 2009
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| Title | Jump the Shark |
| Episode # | Season 4, Episode 19 |
| First aired | April 23, 2009 |
| Directed by | Phil Sgriccia |
| Written by | Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin |
| On IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1222605/ |
| Outline | Sam and Dean meet a young man who reveals himself to be their brother. |
| Monster | Ghouls |
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Synopsis
Characters
Trivia & References
The title of this episode is a reference to the colloquialism, "jumping the shark", refers to the point at whch a show resorts to dramatic plot changes, novelty casting or similar devices in a desperate attempt order to reinvigorate the show, while ironically signaling that the show has probably passed its use-by-date. The term comes from an episode of "Happy Days" in which The Fonz actually jumped over a tank of sharks on his motorcycle.
See also
- Definition at TV tropes
- Jump The Shark on TVGuide - how your favourite show jumped the shark.
The boys meet Adam Milligan at a cafe called Cousin Oliver's. Cousin Oliver was a young kid added to the cast of The Brady Bunch]] in its last season.
Adding a young kid to a cast is called doing a Cousin Oliver] and is often seen as a sign of the show jumping the shark.
In a tribute to Kim Manners, Sam and Dean were staying at a hotel called Kim Manor. A display card in the room advertises happy hour n the Sonny Buono lounge and features a pic of a mustachioed Kim. At the Salute to Supernatural L.A. 2009, Jensen and Jared mentioned that in honour of Kim the crew had undertaken a mustache growing competition.
Promotion
- Kripke talks about the epsiode title and the epsiode concept from TV guide
- Promo pics
- Casting and plot spoiler from TV Guide
- Promo Clip
