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Oct 4, 2005 · Phantom Traveler: Directed by Robert Singer. With Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jaime Ray Newman, Brian Markinson. A friend of John's calls Sam and Dean for help about a strange recording on the black box of a crashed plane.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Robert Singer
- 2005-10-04
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- Plot
- Characters
- Featured Supernatural Beings
- Trivia
- Errors
- Deaths
- Featured Music
Phantom Traveler is the 4th episode of Season 1. It aired on October 4, 2005.
On TransNational flight 2485, a man possessed by the spirit of the Phantom Traveler causes the plane to crash, leaving only seven survivors left alive. Sam and Dean must exorcise the angry spirit before it attacks the survivors. The brothers realize the only way to do that is to take the battle to the skies.
AIRPORT- We see a very nervous man named George go into the airport bathroom to wash his face to calm himself before flying. Another man enters and tries to reassure him flying is safe. When this man leaves, a strange black entity emerges from the nearby air vent and goes into George through his eyes.
BOARDING PLANE- The now possessed George gets on board his flight. The welcoming stewardess notices his eyes are all black, but shrugs it off. After 40 minutes into the flight, George asks the passenger beside him the time. He then comments, "Time really does fly" before saying he is going to stretch his legs. A young man near the exit notices George heading for the emergency release handle and shouts for him to stop when he reaches for the handle, but somehow George manages to open the door and it blows off, hitting the plane's tail. The plane goes into a dive and we see everyone screaming in fear and panicking.
EARLY MORNING- MOTEL- It is 5:45 a.m. and Dean is awakened from his sleep by Sam. Sam hasn't slept for a while now. He says what they do preys on his mind. Dean says he is never afraid like that, but Sam pulls a huge knife from under Dean's pillow and isn't convinced. Dean's cell phone rings, interrupting their conversation. It is a man Dean and their dad once did a job for in the past. He says he needs their help again.
AIRPORT- Dean and Sam meet the man from the phone call in some kind of aircraft workshop. His name is Jerry, and apparently he had some kind of ghost problem once before at his home. This time though, his problem is more work related. He plays them the voice recorder of the downed airliner and they all hear a horrid noise. Jerry says he doesn't think the plane had mechanical failure, which is what the authorities think. Apparently, there were 7 survivors, including the pilot. Sam and Dean ask for access to logs, flight recordings etc., as well as the wreckage. Jerry says he can get them everything but access to the plane's remains.
STORE- Dean goes to a copy shop and fakes two Homeland Security ID's. Sam is waiting outside, and in the meantime has checked out the noise on the voice recorder. It is clear now that something is saying "No survivors."
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL- Dean and Sam go visit the young man who last saw George trying to open the plane's emergency exit. He is one of the 7 survivors and has admitted himself to the psychiatric hospital because he is afraid of what he saw. He tells the brothers he knows it is impossible for George to open the exit, as it had 2 tons of pressure on it and yet he did. He tells them George had strange black eyes too.
Main Cast
•Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester •Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester
•Antagonist: Disaster Demon
•The airport sequences were filmed at Vancouver International Airport, including the hangar footage (utilizing the Canadian Westjet hangar).
•This is the first episode where Dean uses an EMF meter to search for evidence. It is also the prototype he built using an old walkman tape player before he built the smaller and more iconic EMF he will regularly use.
•PCP: "Man, I don't care how strong you are. Even yolked up on PCP, no way you can open an emergency door on a flight" (Dean). PCP or Phencyclidine, a recreational drug, can have effects of euphoria, loss of ego boundaries, aggressive behavior and can induce feelings of strength and power.
•A different variety of Demon smoke is seen in this episode. An insect swarm-like particle effect is used, rather than the more condensed cloud-like appearance introduced in later seasons.
•This is one of the two episodes wherein only the iris of a Demon's eyes are black and the sclera remains white. The second such episode being season 3 episode 1 "The Magnificent Seven." Later in the series, Demon's eyes are entirely coloured.
•The Latin word for God is "Deus", not "Christo", Christo is Christ.
•The tail number of the Canadian Piper Aerostar plane Chuck flies after being possessed changes from C-GBBP on the ground, to C-GUTV in the air; additionally, the plane model depicted flying is an entirely different plane, possessing numerous circular windows as opposed to the Aerostar's three rounded square windows.
•George Phelps
•Nearly a hundred airplane passengers
•Chuck Lambert
•Chuck's copilot
•Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
•Rush - "Working Man"
•Nichion Sounds Library - "Load Rage"
•Metallica - "Some Kind of Monster"
Sep 30, 2022 · 1.04 Phantom Traveler. After the mysterious crash of a commercial airliner, Sam and Dean are called in by a family friend to investigate. They soon learn they are dealing with a disaster-causing demon, and will need to board a doomed flight in order to exorcise it.
- Robert Singer
- October 4, 2005
- Season 1, Episode 4
- Phantom Traveler
"Supernatural" Phantom Traveler (TV Episode 2005) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In Pennsylvania, a nervous man in an airport prepares to board a flight when a dark shadow comes in through the air vent and seems to go inside him, causing his eyes to flip momentarily black. Aboard the plane, he asks his seatmate how long they have been in the air, and when she says forty minutes, he casually gets up and opens the emergency ...
"Phantom Traveler" is the fourth episode of Season One of The CW's Supernatural. It was written by Richard Hatem and directed by Robert Singer. It is the fourth episode of the series overall, and premiered on October 4, 2005. On TransNational flight 2485, a man possessed by the spirit of the Phantom Traveler causes the plane to crash, leaving only five survivors left alive. Sam and Dean must ...
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