"Supernatural" Skin (2005)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Robert Duncan McNeill

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator)
John Shiban (written by)

TV Series:

"Supernatural" (2005)

Original Air Date:

18 October 2005 (Season 1, Episode 6)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

When one of Sam's old school friends is framed for the murder of his girlfriend, Sam and Dean investigate, discovering that a shapeshifter is responsible for that murder and possibly other similar murders.

Plot Keywords:

Brother Brother Relationship | Demonic Possession | Supernatural | Demon | Search

Cast

Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Amy Grabow	...	Rebecca Warren
Peter Shinkoda	...	Alex
Marrett Green	...	Anchorman
Anita Brown	...	Lindsay
Shirane Haas	...	Bystander
Aleks Holtz	...	Zach Warren

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Netherlands:16

Company:

Kripke Enterprises

Trivia:

In the first minutes of the show, we follow S.W.A.T. members into the house. The music playing is Iron Butterfly's, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", which pays homage to the 1986 movie, Manhunter (1986), where this exact scenario was first seen.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The way the Winchesters parked looks like they came in driving towards the intersection. But that is impossible given the fact that it is a dead end. Even if they did reverse in, they still would have seen the crime scene coming in. Plus, the police are still putting up the crime scene wrap several hours in.

Quotes:

Sam Winchester: We gotta find a phone, call the police.
Dean Winchester: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You gonna put a APB out one me?

Soundtrack:

Hey Man, Nice Shot

The boys meet a shape shifter

Okay so this episode starts out with a man convicted of murder and he's friends with Dean and Sam. The boys investigate and they run into a Skinwalker (a shape shifting man) who senselessly assaults and kills people for no reason. It morphs into Dean and starts wreaking havoc! I thought this episode was rather strange (this and Phantom Traveler). The Shape Shifter doesn't have a true story or background, I mean: where on earth did this thing come from? The being says it was born with the ability but that's it? Hmm...this is what makes it confusing because most of the other episodes of the show (except this one and Phantom Traveler) explain where the things come from and why they are what they are.

6 out of 10