Plot

A string of black deaths have been occuring in one strip of road, similiar to that of what happened around 40 years ago. Hate crimes? Accidents? Not in the eyes of Sam and Dean! One might see this as a boring, non-original plot. I find it as a restoration of a brilliant, and intriguing plot. I loved it, especially because it was so realistic. Realistic in terms of the phantom truck? Not at all. But realistic in terms of that could have very well happened during the time when the south had racial feelings. It was a plot that everyone could know about, without having knowledge of any myths.

I found the plot to be somewhat educating and as I said before, realistic... 5.0

Characterization

Characterization was good in this episode, how it was executed i'm a bit iffy on. We finally get even deeper with Dean, seeing he had a real relationship. Also I guess you can even say we get more vulnerablity with Dean, because he told Cassie the "family secret." Yet we already see Dean and his characterization, I think we should get more with Sam. I won't hold that against the episode though.

Now we are really getting under Dean's skin. Hopefully next time Dean will open up on his own terms and not being suckered into with an excuse like Cassie... 4.0

Romance

The Romance was definately fun in this episode. Sam had Jessica and Dean had Cassie. It nice to see Dean have a substancial relationship. Also the awkwardness between the two was fun to watch. Something that surprised me was Dean finally got laid after 13 eps! Might have pissed off the fan-girls, but I was proud of him.

The Dean/Cassie chemistry... 5.0

Acting

Jensen and Megalyn Echikunwoke (Cassie) performances fell kinda short. We they were together, I think they did awesome jobs. I guess they had good chemistry off the set as well. But the scene where the truck was outside of Cassie's house and Cassie called Dean, I felt Megalyn did a horrible and unbelievable job. Two people that really did good were Jared and Kathleen Noone (Cassie's Mom). Jared did a great job throughout the whole episode. Kathleen did a wonderful job with the scene where she described what happened 40 years ago. She sold that scene so well.

It seems Jared and Kathleen had to make up for the slack of the other cast... 4.1 (82%)

Myth/Resolution

Now I found this Myth to be a fun one. Normally the "spirits" take on a human form. This time we get... a truck?! Well ironic to some people I found it to be. That put Sam's brain to the test to try to stop it. It was funny how he figured out how to stop it. Even thought it was merely guessing. What was even funnier was Dean's reaction.

Something new and exciting. Perfect score... 5.0

Overall Score: 5 (out of 5)
Average: 4.6 (out of 5)