Supernatural (TV series)/Recap/S01/E03 Dead in the Water

Season 1, Episode 3:

Dead In The Water
Sam and Dean investigate a series of mysterious drownings in Wisconsin.

Tropes
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"Andrea Barr: Must be hard, with your sense of direction, never being able to find your way to a decent pickup line."
 * Adult Fear
 * Candlelit Bath: Not actually candlelit, but the rest of the trope fits when Andrea takes a "relaxing" bath.
 * Chekhov's Gun: Lucas' drawings. Also, a gun that will only be fired four seasons later: Dean mentions in this episode that he used to love army men.
 * Creepy Child / Cute Mute: Lucas
 * Deadly Prank
 * Deadpan Snarker:

"Bill: My children are gone. It's...it's worse than dying.
 * Elective Mute: The kid doesn't even talk to his mom until around the end of the episode.
 * Foreign Farewell
 * Foreshadowing: An early line about how the initial drowning victim was as safe in the lake as in her own bathtub.
 * Friend to All Children: Dean, although he can't have had much practice.
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Guest-starring Amy Acker as the resident Hot Mom.
 * Meaningful Echo: The clue that the Monster of the Week is targeting Bill and Jake's children.

(later)

Peter's mother: Losing him, you know, it's...it's worse than dying."


 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Sins of Our Fathers
 * Take Me Instead!