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Salvation

  • Episode aired Apr 27, 2006
  • TV-14
  • 1h
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8.8/10
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Supernatural: Salvation
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Meg turns to killing John's friends in order to get the Colt. Sam and Dean stakeout the Demon's next target; a family with a six month old baby showing signs of special abilities. John heads... Read allMeg turns to killing John's friends in order to get the Colt. Sam and Dean stakeout the Demon's next target; a family with a six month old baby showing signs of special abilities. John heads off alone to confront Meg.Meg turns to killing John's friends in order to get the Colt. Sam and Dean stakeout the Demon's next target; a family with a six month old baby showing signs of special abilities. John heads off alone to confront Meg.

  • Director
    • Robert Singer
  • Writers
    • Eric Kripke
    • Sera Gamble
    • Raelle Tucker
  • Stars
    • Jared Padalecki
    • Jensen Ackles
    • Nicki Aycox
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.8/10
    7.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Singer
    • Writers
      • Eric Kripke
      • Sera Gamble
      • Raelle Tucker
    • Stars
      • Jared Padalecki
      • Jensen Ackles
      • Nicki Aycox
    • 11User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jared Padalecki
    Jared Padalecki
    • Sam Winchester
    Jensen Ackles
    Jensen Ackles
    • Dean Winchester
    Nicki Aycox
    Nicki Aycox
    • Meg Masters
    Jeffrey Dean Morgan
    Jeffrey Dean Morgan
    • John Winchester
    Sebastian Spence
    Sebastian Spence
    • Tom
    Erin Karpluk
    Erin Karpluk
    • Monica Holt
    David Lovgren
    David Lovgren
    • Charlie Holt
    Richard Sali
    Richard Sali
    • Pastor Jim Murphy
    Rondel Reynoldson
    Rondel Reynoldson
    • Nurse
    Serinda Swan
    Serinda Swan
    • Hospital Receptionist
    Josh Blacker
    Josh Blacker
    • Caleb
    Kaare Anderson
    Kaare Anderson
    • Yellow Eyed Demon
    • Director
      • Robert Singer
    • Writers
      • Eric Kripke
      • Sera Gamble
      • Raelle Tucker
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    9CubsandCulture

    Strong penultimate episode

    As a game of cat and mouse this is delightful. Meg is given a chance to shine as the demon badass that she is. And ol' Yellow Eyes is given a wonderful introduction. The family dramatic bits read genuine and germane to the character archs. Unfortunately, the show never does pay off the notion of Yellow Eyes's demon kids to a satisfactory degree.

    Of course this episode the tradition of "Carry ON my Wayward Son..." and it fits.
    9claudio_carvalho

    Salvation Was Created For Sinners

    After killing two close friends of John Winchester, Meg calls him and proposes to exchange the colt manufactured in 1835 by Samuel Colt per the lives of his other friends. John travels to Lincoln to meet her with a fake revolver, while Dean and Sam stays in Salvation to protect a family threatened by the demon that killed Mary and Jessica. John is trapped by Meg and a demon in human shape while his sons battle against the evil fiend.

    This episode is to be continued and is very tense and intense. Meg is really very evil and wicked and I am anxious to know what happened with John. My vote is nine.

    Title (Brazil): "Salvação" ("Salvation")
    10onlyme_412

    Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!

    This episode was amazing, especially the opening, usually it's just a sort of backing song and telling you what has happened so far, and it's usually the same with a little bit added on from the previous week, but his had music loads of brilliant clips and in ran for about 5 to 10 minutes, and the episode over all was just really exiting, and we had a line brought back from the beginning, well good, anyway, well done boys, you've done a brilliant job yet again. "clapping", all of the episodes so far have been great but I have to say this has been one of my favourite ones, it was just so good, and I can't wait till next week to see the finale, I know it sounds sad but, I will really miss the show after next week, I just hope the cliffhanger isn't to exiting, I don't know how I'll wait till next season.
    9shwetafabm

    Meg comes through

    I Really like Meg's psycho character The other story if fine i suppose
    6Coventry

    Brothers against Evil: Demonic Reunion

    Personally, I prefer the "Supernatural" episodes that revolve on random malignant encounters rather than those dealing with the Winchester horrendous family history, but this is the season's finale and thus the end-fight with the demon that killed the boys' mother is long- anticipated and inevitable. The previous episode "Dead Man's Blood" illustrated how Dean and Sam convinced their father John to fight the demon together and how they recovered the only weapon in the world capable of destroying it. "Salvation" further builds up towards the confrontation, as father and sons discover where and where the demon will strike next. But the demon's sexy sidekick Meg is still in the picture as well and she continues to slaughter John's old friends in order to recover the Colt handgun. "Salvation" is a rather mundane and unmemorable entry in the brilliant first season of "Supernatural" and it too often feels as if it was only filmed to assure continuity and properly conclude the Winchester family background introduced in the pilot episode. This episode doesn't really contain any truly memorable parts or gimmicks and, given the serious toned subject matter, there aren't even blackly comical moments or any references towards classic horror. The best part about "Salvation" is the character of Meg, who gradually – in four episodes time – became a deadly sexy villain character who sadistically enjoys boycotting the boys' mission and killing off their entourage. She's definitely a lot cooler than the demon Sam and Dean have been searching for throughout 20 episodes. His/its appearance was a bit of a letdown thus far, I hope it'll be more worthwhile in the next and actually last episode of season 1.

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    • Trivia
      First episode to play Carry On Wayward Son during the "Road So Far" recap sequence. This is also the only season to use the song in an episode other than the finale.
    • Goofs
      When Sam is tracking down the babies who will be exactly 6 months old within the week, one of the birth certificates he jots down the info of is that of Mary Ann Liu, and the certificate says she was born in 1998, which would make her about to turn 8 years old, not 6 months.
    • Quotes

      Sam Winchester: That thing killed Jess. That thing killed Mom.

      Dean Winchester: You said yourself once... that no matter what we do, they're gone. And they're never comin' back.

      Sam Winchester: [grabs Dean and shoves him up against the wall] Don't you say that! Not you! Not after all this. Don't you say that.

      Dean Winchester: Sam, look... the three of us... that's all we have... it's all I have... sometimes I feel like I'm barely holding it together, man... without you and Dad...

    • Connections
      References Midnight Caller (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Carry On Wayward Son
      Written by Kerry Livgren

      Performed by Kansas

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    • What is the song used in the opening scene of the episode "Salvation"? The lyrics heard are "This is a calling"

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    • Release date
      • April 27, 2006 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros. Television
      • Wonderland Sound and Vision
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    • Runtime
      • 1h(60 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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