Yellow Fever

I've been watching Supernatural since 2007 (little late to the party), my husband got me hooked and this is my absolute favorite episode.

Love this show. The characters and the storylines.

All your worst nightmares comes alive, and tries to kill you, but in the end Dean, Sam, Bobby and Castiel always saves the day along with a bunch of their friends.

Demons, clowns, vampires, werewolfs, ghosts and all others creeps you can think of.

God and heaven - the devil and hell.

The fight between good and bad never stops.

This episode isn't the best. More funny than scary actually, but it shows a side of Dean, we don't see much. And the end of the episode is absolut awesome:)

Remember to look under your bed before you go to slerp at night :D.

Even though the ghost story is nothing special really, this is one of the best episodes. It allows for Jensen Ackles to show off some of his comedic skills, which are top notch. I am rewatching the whole series, so now I look closer at the details. The whole speech Dean has about how it is nuts to be pursuing monsters on purpose is really cool to watch when you think about how much of that scene really has to come from the actor, from the delivery of the lines. Imagine that on paper, and consider what gift it takes to nuance that, to merge the comedy with the drama that way.

And then there is the absolutely perfect "Eye Of The Tiger" with Jensen and the Impala at the end. The best ad-lib ever! The fact that they kept filming, put that in the episode, gave it a little cool title credit in beat with the song - that is why this show lasted for so lang; creative talent and intelligence in front and behind the camera.

Episode gets a 10. And I don't even like ghosts...

Sam and Dean arrive in Rock Ridge, Colorado, pretending to be FBI agents to investigate the death of the marathon runner Frank O'Brien apparently by heart attack despite his good shape. After the autopsy and a couple of interviews, they discover that Frank was lately anxious and jumpy and has died scared to death. Sooner Bob advises Sam that the three victims in Rock Ridge have died of ghost sickness and Sam realizes that Dean has the symptoms of the disease with intense fear and paranoia. Bobby arrives in the town to help Sam to find the ghost of Luther garland that has spread the outbreak but the time to save Dean is running out.

"Yellow Fever" is a funny episode of Supernatural, with Jensen Ackles inspired performing a hilarious role. The conclusion with Bobby and Sam vanquishing the ghost is disappointing and this episode deserved a better ending. Nevertheless in the credits, Dean dubs the Survivor' song "Eye of the Tiger" from "Rocky III" and this attraction is a kind of compensation for the weak conclusion. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Febre Amarela" ("Yellow Fever")

The show has ton a ghost stories. I would *guess* about a 1/3 of the episodes are centered around or feature ghosts. Given that mechanics of the show solves ghosts by finding and burning their remains and how they are caused by violent deaths these sort of episodes get all old fairly fast. Even when they work they all feel pretty much the same. There are few exceptions-"Road Kill" comes to mind-where the ghosts are deposed of or treated in a different manner. There are also a few episodes that are not focused on the ghost-"It's a Terrible Life" comes to mind-but they are used as a plot device. Few if any make it to this level of standing apart from the mass of others.

The ghost here and the ghost sickness is one of the most unique plots on the show. Add in that how the haunting is solved and on the basic plot level this is a different animal all together than say "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning."

I think a lot of the strength is also how well the episodes blends the elements of the series. Scaredy-cat Dean is hysterical. How Luther was killed is horrifying. The great tease around Sam's eyes and the ambiguity the "pain in my ass" hallucination is some great mythical arch that feels natural in the episode.

This is a very good episode.