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Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

  • Episode aired Oct 19, 2006
  • TV-14
  • 42m
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7.8/10
6.8K
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Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki in Supernatural (2005)
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Dean and Sam investigate the death of a young college student who died in a car accident, but whose grave is now surrounded by a circle of dead plants.Dean and Sam investigate the death of a young college student who died in a car accident, but whose grave is now surrounded by a circle of dead plants.Dean and Sam investigate the death of a young college student who died in a car accident, but whose grave is now surrounded by a circle of dead plants.

  • Director
    • Kim Manners
  • Writers
    • Eric Kripke
    • Raelle Tucker
    • Sera Gamble
  • Stars
    • Jared Padalecki
    • Jensen Ackles
    • Amara Zaragoza
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    7.8/10
    6.8K
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    • Director
      • Kim Manners
    • Writers
      • Eric Kripke
      • Raelle Tucker
      • Sera Gamble
    • Stars
      • Jared Padalecki
      • Jensen Ackles
      • Amara Zaragoza
    • 13User reviews
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    Jared Padalecki
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    • Sam Winchester
    Jensen Ackles
    Jensen Ackles
    • Dean Winchester
    Amara Zaragoza
    Amara Zaragoza
    • Angela Mason
    • (as Tamara Feldman)
    Christopher Jacot
    Christopher Jacot
    • Neil
    Serge Houde
    Serge Houde
    • Dr. Mason
    Jared Keeso
    Jared Keeso
    • Matt Harrison
    Leela Savasta
    Leela Savasta
    • Lindsey
    • Director
      • Kim Manners
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      • Raelle Tucker
      • Sera Gamble
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    1mrcheminee

    The worst episode till now

    Awwww, this is such a pity. Supernatural started as such a promising serial. Every episode with another horror story led by two solid characters, with not to much flaws in personality.

    Then this episode came. Despite their hunting history together all of a sudden Sam stops trusting on Deans hunters instinct even though the prove of something going on is right in front of him. Dean suddenly starts to confront people that do not know what he is talking about. That's really strange because last season he was actually very good at knowing when someone was lying or not. This kind of mistakes really ruins it for me, I'd like to see the characters in whom I invest a lot of time to grow, get stronger, get smarter, learn. Not to see them change into some empty puppets who just follow some poor script.

    For now I will still keep watching this serial, but I'm not really buying it anymore.
    8shwetafabm

    Zombie

    Dean's got anger issues and no self respect... Monster of the week is ok The "its your grief counselors, we are here to hug" is why i love this show lol.
    5morganna-7

    Summer Glau was not in this episode

    I just saw this episode and the part of Angela was not played by Summer Glau.

    I'm sure the woman who actually did play Angela would like to get credit for it, so it behooves y'all to find out who it really was.

    The woman playing Angela had a larger nose that protruded more from her face than Summer's does. Summer's nose is narrow and flatter.

    She also had a much narrower chin and jaw than Summer has.

    Her mouth was about as wide, but her lips were the wrong shape, and her smile was nothing like Summer's variety of smiles. Her lips didn't change shape the same way Summer's do when she smiles.

    Her face wasn't as round as Summer's was, and Summer has a flatter, almost eastern European cast in her face. Her eyes are slightly angled, giving her a very exotic look.

    Also, the voice was entirely different.

    This simply was not Summer Glau.

    What does it take to get this corrected?
    6ZT-Martin

    So awkward!!!

    Is this latest episode that awkward??

    Why are you always crying??

    Why does every episode have to be somehow emotional??

    Sam and Dean have been arguing about their father's death for many episodes, and the contradictions between the two brothers have never been eliminated, have been fighting for the family, for the future, for inexplicably unreal things are also drunk, adults why not directly face to face more communication?

    As brothers from childhood, it really feels like it takes a lifetime to think about these issues... I'm really speechless... As for the other details of this episode I don't really want to go into because the main story is a little boring... Well, hopefully the writers were a little more intentional, and it didn't feel like the need for this episode was that strong.
    7snwbatz

    Friend zoned.

    This is actually a pretty decent episode. This is one of the more disliked episodes of Season 2 and I don't understand why. We all knew they would bring zombies into Supernatural. The idea of this girl who is brought back life and then seeks revenge on the people who hurt her has been used before but not zombie style. The only real issue I have with this episode is Dean. Throughout most of the episode he's just pissed off and wining. After a while it gets really annoying. But if you took that out this episode would actually pretty good.

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    • Trivia
      The crew of Supernatural inherited the dead tree seen in the cemetery in season 2's episode "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things" from The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) production. It's also the same dead tree that played prominently in the season 1 episode Scarecrow (2006).
    • Goofs
      (at around 29 mins) Sam and Dean talk in the car about ways to kill a zombie before a long shot of the Impala driving down a dark road. The person sitting in Sam's spot holding the flashlight is obviously not Jared Padalecki.
    • Quotes

      Dean Winchester: It takes two to... you know... have hardcore sex.

    • Crazy credits
      Have watched this episode numerous times over the years. The synopsis on TV always states, "Sam and Dean investigate a college student's (Summer Glau) murder." She is NOT in this episode.
    • Connections
      References Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Sad Girl
      Written by Gaz Coombes, Danny Goffey, Mick Quinn and Rob Coombes

      Performed by Supergrass

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    • Release date
      • October 19, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Wonderland Sound and Vision
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      • 42m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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