Dead in the Water (1x3)

Hosts Berly and LA dive into Season 1, Episode 3 of Supernatural, which opens with a major Jaws homage (1975, not the 80s, thank you very much!). A girl gets pulled under Lake Manitowoc (not a real lake, but Manitowoc IS a real town), and the Winchester boys are on the case.

Sam and Dean roll up to investigate posing as federal wildlife officers, armed with nothing but newspapers, actual paper maps, and their complete inability to dress like any kind of officer. They meet Sheriff Jake, his daughter Andrea (played by Amy Acker from Angel), and her traumatized son Lucas who hasn't spoken since witnessing his father's drowning.

Dean bonds with Lucas over stick figure drawings (his artistic skills are... lacking), and the kid hands him a suspiciously good drawing of a house. Turns out something in the lake is seeking revenge, and it's targeting specific families. When people start getting pulled under by black water in their own homes (including a terrifying bathtub scene), the boys realize they're dealing with the vengeful spirit of Peter Sweeney, a bullied kid who drowned 35 years ago.

Episode Highlights:

• Opening with "dead in the water" sung to Smoke on the Water
• LA asking "When are they gonna take their shirts off?" (patience, girl!)
• Brief Marky Mark moment with Sam's tum-tum (blink and you'll miss it)
• Dean's terrible stick figure family portrait
• "Come play with me" giving major Shining vibes
• The creepy decayed arm grabbing Lucas
• Andrea roasting Dean's pickup lines: "It must be hard with your sense of direction, never being able to find your way to a decent pickup line"

The boys save the day (again), Dean gets another kiss (Sam gets nothing), and Lucas is miraculously trauma-free and talking again. Victory!

"Zeppelin rules!"

Resources:

• https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Dead_In_The_Water
• http://tviv.org/Supernatural/Dead_in_the_Water
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vengeful_ghost
• https://obscurban-legend.fandom.com/wiki/Tanaka_the_Drowned_Ghost

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