1x05 - BLOODY MARY

Original Airdate: October 11, 2005
Writers: Terri Hughes Burton, Ron Milbauer
Story: Eric Kripke
Director: Peter Ellis

Guest Stars
Jovanna Huguet (Bloody Mary / Mary Worthington), Michael Teigen (Teacher), Victoria Tennant (Unknown), Jessica King (Unknown), Duncan Minett (Mr. Shoemaker), James Ashcroft (Guy Showing Corpse), Genevieve Buechner (Lily), Kristie Marsden (Donna Shoemaker), William Taylor (Detective), Marnette Patterson (Charlie), Adrianne Palicki (Jessica), Chelan Simmons (Jill)

Summary
A man dies of an apparent stroke while standing in front of a mirror, but as Sam and Dean investigate they begin to suspect that the legend of Bloody Mary is haunting people who are hiding secrets.  Dean also discovers that Sam has been hiding information about Jess' death from him.

Featured Music
"Laugh, I Nearly Died" by The Rolling Stones
"Rock of Ages" by Def Leppard
"Sugar, We’re Going Down" by Fall Out Boy

Trivia
Many viewers were unhappy that Bloody Mary looked so much like the creepy girl in The Ring. A complaint letter was even written and published in TV Guide (October 31 - November 6, 2005).

Dean asks if he looks like Paris Hilton when a camera with night vision is on him. This is a reference to Paris Hilton's infamous sex tape, but is also amusing because Paris co-starred in the film House of Wax with Jared Padalecki.

Webmasters' Thoughts

Hoppy says, "This episode scares the crap out of me.  Seriously.  I have a childhood fear of scary things having to do with mirrors and this one really does the trick for me.  I can hardly watch it without getting entirely creeped out.  Just... ugh.  That aside, I love the continuing story of Sam dealing with Jess' death.  His guilt is understandable, even if it is not entirely rational and Jared does a wonderful job playing that."

Jen says, "Nothing yet!"