1x02 Wendigo - Supernatural Episode Guide

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- Episode 01x02

Episode: 01x02
Title: Wendigo
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 2T6901
First Aired: Sep. 20, 2005

Season 1 » Episode #02 - Wendigo

Summary: Sam and Dean head to Colorado to find the coordinates that their father left in his journal. There, they pose as park rangers to investigate the disappearance of campers. They soon discover that they're up against a Wendigo, a mythical creature from Native American folklore.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Roy	played by Callum Keith Rennie
Haley Collins	played by Gina Holden
Ben Collins	played by Alden Ehrenreich
Shaw	played by Donnelly Rhodes
Ranger Wilkinson	played by Timothy Webber
Tommy Collins	played by Graham Wardle
Gary	played by Cory Monteith
Brad	played by Wren Roberts
Paramedic	played by Tamara Lashley

	Season 1 / Episode 2: - Wendigo Dean Winchester: Guns are useless, so are knives. Basically we gotta torch the sucker.
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - Wendigo Dean Winchester: What are we going to tell her? She can't go into the woods because of a big, scary monster?

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

GEOG: There is no "Black Water Ridge" in the Lost Creek wilderness of Colorado. The coordinates left by their father (35, 111) actually meet in Arizona.
CHAR: Dean tells the forest ranger that he and Sam are students from "UC Boulder." It should have been "CU Boulder."
GEOG: They say this episode takes place in the area around Grand Junction, but the problem is that the geography of that area is all desert, not full of trees like they implied in the episode.
CONT: In the beginning, when Tommy is filming his message to Hailey, his dialogue says: "Hey, Hailey. Day 6. We're still out near Blackwater Ridge. We're fine, keeping safe, so don't worry. Talk to you tomorrow." But when Hailey plays the recording for Dean and Sam, the message becomes: "Hey, Hailey. Day 6. We're still out near Blackwater Ridge. We're fine, keeping safe, so don't worry, okay? Talk to you tomorrow."
FACT: It is stated several times that Grizzly Bears are the cause of several deaths in the area (in Colorado), and a picture of a large dead bear is shown in the Ranger's office. Grizzly Bears are not indigenous to Colorado, only American Black Bears are; a smaller, less vicious species of bear.

TRIVIA

Sam's deceased girlfriend's full name is Jessica Lee Moore as seen on her tombstone in this episode.
In the beginning two guys are playing a first person shooter video game against each other and one claiming the other is cheating. A reference to the pilot of "Threat Matrix" (2003). Executive producer John Shiban was a writer for that show.
The book one of the boys is reading in the beginning, was reading "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell (III). In this book Campbell's unique perspectives examine the world's complex and interwoven mythology, folklore and religion, providing an understanding of the essence and genesis of humanness.
One of the candles on Jessica's grave has "Virgen de Guadalupe" on it. This is based on an apparition of a brown-skinned Virgin Mary who appeared to future saint Juan Diego in 1531 and spoke in Nahuatl, the local language. She is also sometimes believed to be The Woman of the Apocalypse. That might be appropriate considering Sam's family background. The presence of this candle implies that Jessica could be Roman Catholic.