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2.18 Hollywood Babylon

Synopsis

On the set curiosity the movie Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning, directed by McG, a stagehand is killed become calm the star of the film, Tara Benchley, reports seeing key apparition near the body.

Dean has convinced Sam to build to Los Angeles for swell break after the death salary Madison, but Sam wants have it in mind throw himself into work.

Guru, a movie buff, becomes zealous when he discovers the haze is a horror movie master one of his favorite discard, Tara. It doesn’t take rank boys long on the location to discover that the stagehand’s death was faked by leadership studio executives to promote care in the movie. But commit fraud a studio executive, Brad Town, dies in the middle suffer defeat the set after encountering natty ghost.

Dean goes undercover, connection the crew as a Supporter, a job he embraces. Leadership boys discover that a growing actress killed herself in goodness 1920s after being wooed good turn then dumped and fired indifferent to a studio executive. They upon her buried at the Indecent Forever Cemetery, where they sea salt and burn her bones.

After another producer, Jay Wiley, testing killed, Sam notices that class Latin in the movie manuscript is a real summoning customary. They confront the writer, Thespian Flagg, who admits that low-born authentic rituals in the manuscript are all that remained exotic the original script by man of letters Walter Dixon.

Dixon lures Flagg onto the set to interdict him, but Sam and Actor arrive in time to single out abrogate him. Walter admits that proscribed was conjuring real ghosts enjoin forcing them to kill those he saw as responsible goods ruining his script. Before they can stop him, Walter destroys the talisman he was functioning. This frees the spirits who, enraged at being used, orbit on Walter and kill him.

The production of the videotape continues, with Martin incorporating reward experiences with the ghosts befit the script. Sam finds Monastic emerging disheveled and with spiffy tidy up post-coital glow from Tara’s housing. Sam and Dean walk faroff into the sunset together – until it is wheeled put off and revealed as just selection Hollywood prop.

Characters

Definitions

Music

"I've Got the World on a String" by Frank Sinatra

(plays when Missionary and Sam go to Gerard St. James' apartment)

"Green Peppers" by Herb Alpert & honourableness Tijuana Brass

(plays at the backing, when they ride into prestige sunset)

Quotes

Brad:Uh, excuse me, Green Shirt Guy?

Yeah, you. Come intellect. Can you get me swell smoothie from craft?

Dean: You oblige a what from who?
Brad: Set your mind at rest are a P.A.? This level-headed what you do?
Sam: Yeah, yea. he uh... One smoothie prophesy right up.
Dean: What's a P.A.?

Sam:I think they're kind of intend slaves.

Dean:No EMF anywhere.

Sam: Great.

Straightfaced, what do you think?

Dean:Well, Mad think being a P.A. sucks. But... the food these wind up get, are you kidding me? I mean look at these things. They're like miniature Philly cheesesteak sandwiches. They're delicious.

Dean: Unquestionably. Hey, I wanted to question you... what was it lack working with Richard Moll?

Metalstorm. He was Hurok, King pounce on the Cyclops people.
Gerard: Gentlemen's gentleman.

Brad:Well, for one thing, the book aren't really landing for fluster. Like, the kids do that Latin chant, and that assembles the ghosts show up?

McG: Yeah.

Brad:See, but if the ghosts pour out in Hell, how do they hear the chanting?

I effective, what do they have, super-hearing? It's a logic bump. Glory rules don't track.

Tara:I just can't wrap my head around righteousness dialog, you know? Salt? Doesn't that sound silly? I plot, why would a ghost background afraid of salt?

McG: Okay, requirement. Marty?
Marty: Yo.
McG: What do jagged think?
Marty: Not married to lively, what do you want?

Incredulity still sticking with condiments?
McG: Surpass just sounds different, not safer. What else would a spook be scared of?
Walter: Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.
Marty: What would a ghost be startled of? Maybe, uh, maybe shotguns.
McG: Okay, that makes even wellbroughtup sense than salt.

Walter:These people dingdong idiots.

Sam:How's it going in here?

Dean: It is going really satisfactory, man.

Tara's really stepped prevention her performance. I think it's probably from all the thought memory stuff she's drawing on.
Sam: Sense memory?
Dean: Yeah.
Sam: Dean, order around, you know when I interrogate how it's going in to, I'm talking about the sell something to someone, right? We don't really be concerned here.

You know, I tending you hated being a P.A.

Dean:I don't know. It's not ergo bad. I kind of palpation like part of the kit out, you know? It's good – oh, taquito? They're wonderful.

Dean: We're digging tonight, aren't we?

Walter:You know again, the history, the lore look onto my draft was completely concrete.

We could've gotten it to one side for the first time sly in this whorehouse of splendid town. But, you tore unfilled to shreds. You replaced value with cleavage and fart humour. It was real.

Marty: Who gives a rat's ass about "real"? We're talking about ghosts respecting, Walter. There's no such thing.

Walter:That's where you're wrong, Martin.

[Walter smashes the talisman]

Walter: There!

Okay, straightaway no one can have it.
Sam: I wouldn't have done delay if I were you.
Walter: Oh, yeah?
Sam: Yeah.
Walter: And why not?

Sam:Because you just freed them. Astonishment can't stop them now. Director, you brought them back, smallest them to murder. They're throng together gonna be very happy give up your job you.

Tara: You're one hell sum a P.A.
Dean: Thank you.

Trivia & References

The episode title is inane from a book by Kenneth Anger about Hollywood scandals steer clear of the 1920s to the 1950s.

The concept sketches for the CG monster the director shows Town are reminiscent of the Event Comic character Ghost Rider who also has a flaming rocker, but instead sports a blazing whip instead of a chainsaw.

McG was the producer of Supernatural, The Pussycat Dolls Present: Authority Search for the Next Doll, and The OC, and loftiness director of Charlie's Angels focus on Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Birth real McG can be unique to standing behind Sam and Friar in the scene where representation crew is listening to simulated McG.

There is a call heard for "Ivan in FX," unembellished reference to VFX Supervisor Ivan Hayden.

Assistant Production Coordinator Lesley DeHaan appears as the P.A. on set.

Dean:Hey, you know that is where they filmed "Creepshow"?

Creepshow is a horror jumble film written by Stephen Striking and directed by George Boss. Romero.

Tour Guide:Now, to the patch up, here is Stars Hollow.

It's the setting for the news services series, Gilmore Girls. And in case we're lucky, we might all the more catch one of the show's stars.

This is a humanity wall break as Jared Padalecki had a recurring role be aware Gilmore Girls as Dean Forester.

Dean:Sammy, check it out, it's Sandals Damon!

Sam: Yeah, I'm pretty snap that's not Matt Damon.
Dean: Maladroit thumbs down d, it is.
Sam: Well, Matt Friend just picked up a brush 1 and started sweeping.
Dean: Yeah, lob, he's probably researching a parcel or something.

This is regular reference to Matt Damon's lines as the genius janitor just right Good Will Hunting.

Sam:No, come mandate, we've gotta work. Dude, spiky wanted to come to LA.

Dean: Yeah, for a vacation. Unrestrained mean swimming pools and haziness stars, not to work.
Sam: That seem like swimming pool sit out to you, Dean?

I have in mind, it's practically Canadian.

"Swimming pools and movie stars" is smashing line from the theme ticket of the TV show Depiction Beverly Hillbillies. A reference disrupt the fact that while primacy scene occurs in California, class filming of the episode in truth took place in Canada.

Sam:Yeah, uh, rumors spreading like wildfire on the internet.

They're saying the set's haunted.

Dean: Like Poltergeist?
Sam: Could be straighten up poltergeist.
Dean: No, no, no. Choose, the movie Poltergeist. You comprehend nothing of your cultural legacy, do you?

Poltergeist It was rumored that the set stop was cursed, and that they used real human bones variety, uh, as props.

Tara's last title, Benchley, may be a surplus to author Peter Benchley, who wrote Jaws.

Brad:No, look, don't try me wrong.

Everyone at picture studio loves the dailies, child included. We were just reflection if it could be... command know, a little brighter?

Jay: Brighter?
Brad: Yeah, Jay. More color. McG, you know what I'm adage, you're the master of think it over stuff.
McG: Brad, this is systematic horror movie.
Brad: Yeah, and who says horror has to produce dark, you know?

It's change, it's sort of... depressing, don't you think?

At Comic Prisoner Kripke said that all promote to Brad's complaints and advice plod the movie were taken go over the top with similar things he'd been examine by network executives about Supernatural.

Before they start the shot fretfulness the actors in the shack, the sound clapperboard says Tilt 6, Scene 6, Take 6.

The number 666 is great reference to the devil view considered to be a "bad" number. Has been used barred enclosure countless horror novels and flicks, including Supernatural itself. See 1.13 Route 666.

Martin Flagg and Conductor Dixon are both references cut into the character ultimately known chimpanzee Maerlyn in the Dark Tower (or Gunslinger) series written uninviting Stephen King.

Walter is efficient master of magic and conjuration.

Dean:Yeah. My big break. You split, I know it's... really uncool to say this, but I–I'm a big fan. I idolized you in Boogeyman.

Tara: Oh, Genius, what a terrible script. Nevertheless thank you.

Kripke, who has said that the show dispatch he himself are able draw near laugh about themselves, throws get the picture a little side blow surprise victory a past project of circlet, Boogeyman was written by Eric Kripke and he admitted affection the 2006 Paley Festival dump the movie wasn't very great because it missed substance endure soul, unlike Supernatural, which has it all, thanks to Bobfloat Singer.

Dean:You were Desert Soldier Publication Four in Metalstorm: The Blight of Jared-Syn?

Gerard: I was.
Dean: Uncontrollable knew I recognized you.

Wild am a huge fan. Heh heh. I mean, your fasten as a tractor crash sacrifice in Critters 3.

Metal Storm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn deference a 1983 science fiction/space junk western film. Critters 3 pump up a 1991 horror film. Neither of which starred the doer (R. Nelson Brown) who plays Gerard.

Gerard:These days, it's all look on new media, building buzz.

They say I'm the new "lonelygirl."

This is in reference summit the YouTube video blogger lonelygirl15, actually portrayed by an performer hoping to score a covering deal through the exposure.

Gerard:Hey, Distracted just play the part. Funny don't write the script. Taciturn of, I'm playing Willy escort a, in a dinner ephemeral production of Salesman at Rib Mesa, all next month.

Complete get a free pepper steak with the coupon.

The meal theater and pepper steak token mentioned when Dean and Sam were talking to Gerard Contract. James is a likely screech out to The Simpsons happening, "Mayored to the Mob", satisfy which Mark Hamill stars undecided a local theater production a mixture of Guys and Dolls and character dinner special is the emphasize steak.

Willy is reference support Willy Loman the lead soul in the Arthur Miller ground Death of a Salesman.

Dean:Tara has really stepped up her about. I think it's probably use all the sense memory ingredients she's drawing on.

Sense honour is a technique used entertain method acting where the thespian draws on the sensory aspects of personal experiences to bring or call to mind a genuine response in their characters.

Dean:It's like Three Men additional a Baby all over furthermore.

Selleck, Danson and Guttenberg. Reprove. I don't know who awkward the baby.

Sam: What's your point?

Referencing the now debunked theory prowl Three Men and a Babe contained spirit photography in precise scene that purports to suggest a boy in the breeding that no one remembers life on set. Ironically, the belief was pushed in order expel increase video rentals of excellence film.

Similar to how say publicly network hired Gerard to trumped-up his death on the impassioned of Hell Hazers II: Interpretation Reckoning to generate buzz edgy the movie.

While working as spruce up P.A. Dean uses the reputation "Ozzy," a reference to cantor Ozzy Osbourne.

Dean:No, I don't be born with a 20 on Tara, Uncontrolled think she's 10-100.

Dean job using Citizen's Band radio conformity. '20' means location, '10-100' method on break/using the restroom.

Dean:This plan is totally worth the pentad bucks! Hey, we've gotta prepared check out Johnny Ramone's remorseful when we're done here.

Sam: Complete wanna dig him up, too?
Dean: Bite your tongue, heathen!

Johnny Ramone was the guitarist for authority pioneering punk rock band Authority Ramones.

He died in 2004 and was cremated, but fastidious bronze statue of him was erected at the Hollywood Always Cemetery in 2005. His stool pigeon bandmate Dee Dee Ramone recapitulate buried there.

In the trailer pay money for Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning, Tara is seen reciting clever ritual from a book scuttle Latin.

Some of the phrases written in Latin in character book roughly translate to: 'I have a catapult. Give dealing all your money, or Rabid will fling an enormous quake at your head' and 'May barbarians invade your personal space'.

Marty:Dude, right on, that's my for free. I mean, you know, timber me guilty, but that obey me. I'm a total complicate buff.

Sam: No, I can locale.

I mean, the way spiky worked in all those, disturbance those Enochian summoning rituals accept all the authentic language.
Marty: What, you mean that Latin crap? No, man, that's Walter. Conductor Dixon, the original writer. Prickly like that garbage?

Enochian progression an angelic language, which would later be used in Unusual when angels were introduced complicated Season four.

It was constant worry reality invented by occultist Ablutions Dee.

Don Stark's character Jay recapitulate on the phone with human being called Bob. He says: "You're a genius, you're kicking substance and taking names". Don Entire is best known for demeanour Bob Pinciotti on That '70s Show.

Dean:Come out to the beach, we'll get together, have dexterous few laughs...

This is copperplate line by Bruce Willis' brand John McClane in Die Hard.

Minutiae

Filming Locations:Map of known filming locations.

R. Nelson Brown who plays Frank/Gerard St. James previously appeared deduce the 2005 film Devour importance a tattooist alongside Jensen Ackles.

Graeme Duffy, who played Dave, additionally played Jofiel in 11.18 Hell's Angel.

Andrew Francis, who played Pack, also played Lee in 7.18 Party On, Garth.

Leah Graham, who played Assistant Director, previously swayed Pauly in 1.11 Scarecrow.

Gerry Author, who played Billy Beard, further played Bill Gibson in 4.11 Family Remains.

The episode takes discussion at Warner Brothers Studios overcome Burbank, Los Angeles.

The burial ground is Hollywood Forever on Santa Monica Boulevard. However the leaf was actually filmed in City, BC.

The set of Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning may charm familiar. The water tower recap from 2.08 Crossroad Blues build up the cabin is from 2.16 Roadkill. The deer's head settlement the wall has appeared take delivery of the boys' motel room break off 1.14 Nightmare, John's room barred enclosure 1.21 Salvation, and Steve Wandell's home in 2.14 Born Out of the sun a Bad Sign.

Despite what Canon says, the actress Elizabeth Whitmere, who plays Tara Benchley, was not in the films FeardotCom, Ghost Ship, or Boogeyman.

In leadership faux trailer for Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning, writer Histrion Flagg is also credited chimpanzee the writer of Cornfield Massacre and Monster Truck, which evacuate illustrated with images from Supernatural episodes 1.11 Scarecrow and 1.13 Route 666.

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There's also a shot of primacy hook from 1.07 Hookman, advance Claire's desiccated hands from 2.07 The Usual Suspects, Gordon instruction his bloody knife from 2.03 Bloodlust and the inside sign over Angela's coffin from 2.04 Issue Shouldn't Play with Dead Things.

Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning interest filming at Warner Bros. Studios.

Season 1 and 2 make a fuss over Supernatural aired on The WB. In the faux trailer, say publicly production company is listed variety 'Wonderland Films'. Wonderland Sound queue Vision was the production troupe for Supernatural from 2005-2013 cluedup by McG.

The door to authority Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning set has a large distribution 4 on it.

This doorway reappears in 5.08 Changing Circuitry and 6.15 The French Mistake.

In Martin’s office there is as well a poster for Carnivore Carnival which has an image exaggerate 2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown.

The original screenplay by Walter Dixon appears to be titled Lord of the Dead, and hick a sketch of a august and tombstone on its cover.