Those Tiny Trifles: 1x08, Bugs

[sadelyrate]

I wouldn't go as far as to say that this episode was bad. Boring, definitely. Save for the revelatory Winchester Family Dynamics-scenes.
Not a picspam.

1x08: Bugs
The van of Oklahoma Gas & Power is number 28, and has (Oklahoma?) plates with (???) 2417.
It bears the slogan "Lighting Up Your Community Since 1967"
The bar outside which Sam's waiting for Dean in the beginning is The Loading Dock. It sports also the slogan "Live To (Di?)e", and there are the numbers 193.
The article on Dustin's death seems to be written be Christopher Cooper. It's on the page B5.
Sam found 10 beetles down in the hole.
The Pikes' house seems to be 7382.
Larry claims that he came to the Oasis Plains 18 months ago.
(And that teeny-tiny nod Dean does when Larry's charging in to apologize to Sam for Matthew and his pet? *loves*)
The tarantula shown seems to be a Mexican Red Knee Tarantula (Brachypelma smithi). More general info here.
The boys know how to bowhunt.
Lynda Bloome, the realtor, has a car with Oklahoma plates with JKR 3Y9 (and 5281 next to the lights, curiously, Native America's on the plate, too)
The news Lynda briefly watches are KTML 6 news. The headline on the screen is "West Nile Virus Advisory".
Lynda lived "3 blocks" from the house where the boys were squatting.
The medical examiner's car has (Oklahoma?) plates with 5 81470
Lynda Bloome's house is the 7379.
Matthew's 16.
Department of Anthropology has the number 2036 above its door.
The professor estimates the bones to be "170 years old. Give or take."
Joe White Tree says the settlement was there 200 years ago.
Sapulpa is about 60 miles from the College grounds.
The boys meet Joe White Tree in the Sapulpa Cafe.
Joe White Tree is a member of the Yuchi tribe.
The curse lasts for 6 days; on the night of the 6th day, everyone still in the valley is supposed to die.
According to the boys, Dustin Burwash died on March 20th, they got to the Oasis Plains on 24th (Tuesday), and the day they figure it out is thus Thursday, March 26th.
The Pikes' car has (Oklahoma?) plates with (???) 7B4.
The phone number of the D.I.Y. Mover is 918-555-0129.


Thoughts and Shtuff

I dont't know whose decision it was, but they were rather heavy-handed with the whole 'sympathetic younger version of a main character', weren't they? On one hand, I appreciate this insight into what a younger Sam might have been like, what he might have gone through. On the other...

The dates:
Just like in the Pilot/Wendigo (1x01/1x02), I get miffed at the people behind Supernatural for not being diligent. March 20th, 2006 was not Friday. Just like November 2nd, 2005 was not Monday. *grumbles*

I wonder how much this episode could be thought of as the Ultimate Sam Analogy...
A boy and his father, estranged, trapped in a cheesy horror flick, the blonde, beautiful mother hovering in the background, but never really a part of the action. And then they lived happily ever after?
The estrangement is easy to see, and the end? The Ultimate Wish-Fulfillment for Sam. He hopes that John would accept him the way he is, treat him as an adult, an equal. He even says it straight to Dean's face: "But no matter what I did, it was never good enough. - when we do finally find Dad, I don't know if he's even gonna wanna see me."
But if this is (One of) Sam's Dream Come True... where's Dean? Part of Joanie, staying out of the conflict between her husband and son?

No, this episode did not help with the distinct discomfort I still feel around spiders. And tarantulas? I'm happier than a duck in water that not a single species of those is native to Finland. (And yet I went and googled them to find out the species... hopeless masochist, that's me. *rolls eyes*)