Phantom Traveler (1x4)

Hosts Berly and LA take to the skies for Season 1, Episode 4 of Supernatural, and things get turbulent fast!

The episode opens with what the hosts thought was a guy snorting lines in an airport bathroom (it wasn't), but turns out he's just a nervous flyer about to get possessed by black mold—er, demon smoke—that comes out of a bathroom vent. He boards the plane with creepy black eyes that only the flight attendant notices, then casually opens the emergency exit mid-flight and gets sucked out, causing the plane to crash.

Enter the Winchester boys, who get called in by Jerry (their dad's old friend from a "poltergeist thing") to investigate. The hosts are THRILLED when the episode opens with a slow pan up Dean's body as he sleeps ass-up in bed. They rewound it. Twice. Dean also has a comically large knife under his pillow because he's "never scared" (narrator: he was scared).

Episode Highlights:

• LA admitting she was an asshole to her terrified friend on a plane in high school (unlike supportive Sam)
• Dean getting fake Homeland Security badges made at a copy shop (where does he get all these badges?!)
• The boys in SUITS looking like adorable baby Men in Black
• Dean's awkward "Christo!" moment with the flight attendant
• The revelation that Dean is TERRIFIED of flying (so much for not being scared of anything)
• Sam being the ultimate supportive baby brother
• Dad's voicemail telling people to call Dean in emergencies (but NOT calling Dean himself, the audacity!)

The hosts dive into real mysterious plane crashes including TWA Flight 800's four-year investigation and the deeply disturbing Egypt Air revenge crash. They conclude that if disaster demons were real, they'd totally be behind this stuff.

"Are you humming Metallica?" "It calms me down."

Resources:

• https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Phantom_Traveler
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/mar/16/duncancampbell
• https://www.history.com/news/twa-flight-800-crash-investigation

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