ASYLUM~EPISODE 10 SEASON 1
| ASYLUM~ Written by Richard Hatem Directed by Guy Bee original airdate 11/22/05 Synopsis: If these walls could talk. The brothers investigate a long-shuttered mental asylum that has the power to drive intruders mad… and murderous synopsis was pulled from the dvd Review: This episode had the displeasure of following home sadly. The show flips back to our monster of the week style after last episodes strong arc push. Which in this case isn’t a bad thing. This episode is pretty solid. It takes a basic element of horror an old haunted asylum and works it very well. I thought the tale of this episode was well crafted. It included different spirits but only one that was actually doing harm. The camera work in this episode was spectacular. Only allowing the viewer to see just little bits of the corridors, and rooms up until what ever it is they were hiding was right up on the viewer. This episode normally always gets a few jumps from me. This episode is elevated by the building tension of the brothers. Specifically Sam being frustrated with Dean for not appearing to want to find their dad and always taking his orders. It gets really intense when Sam is turned mad crazy by the mad Dr. Ellicott. He then unleashes some harsh hateful words on his brother. He also shots him with rock salt which is always, always, always amusing to watch. This whole exchange is climaxed with Dean giving Sam a real gun with real bullets and telling him if he hates him that much just to pull the trigger and get it over with. The kicker is that in normal shows and films the guy usually uses some sort of brother family radar and doesn’t go through with it. In this episode Sam not only tries to fire the gun once, but several times after discovering that the gun was actually unloaded. This episode is nothing special but a nice tribute to ghost haunts. Favorite Quotes: Sam dads telling us to go somewhere. We are going.~ Dean Shoved me kind of hard in there buddy boy…Had to sell it didn’t I? Its method acting. Yuh?..~ Dean and Sam If kids are spelunking the asylum why aren’t there more deaths?~ Sam Who do you think is the hotter psychic? Patricia Arquite, Jennifer love Hewitt, or You? ~Dean to Sam Kind of like my man Jack in Cuckoo’s Nest.~ Dean in his best Jack voice. See that attitude right there. That’s why I always got the extra cookie~ Dean on Sam’s attitude towards John. We met a lot of interesting people, did a lot of interesting things…~ Sam to the shrink. I have a question for you? You seen a lot of horror movies, Yeah? Do me a favor next time pay attention. When someone says a place is haunted don’t go in. ~ Dean to Kat 137~ Kat All work and no play makes Dr. Ellicott a very dull boy.~ Dean Hey Gavin if we make it out alive we are so breaking up.~ Kat Come on we have to find his bones and torch them~ Dean to Sam You hate me that much?~ Dean to Crazy Sam Fake Identity’s:
Good: The Camera work in this episode was amazing. Always kept things tense. Bad: The cops didn’t re-lock after leaving the first night they found kids in that wing. Frightening: Being kissed by a deformed ghost face. |
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