<Tr> <Td> ← Previous--</Td> <Td> Next → "Wendigo" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supernatural (season 1) List of Supernatural episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> "Pilot" is the first episode of the television series Supernatural . It premiered on The WB on September 13, 2005, and was written by series creator Eric Kripke and directed by David Nutter . The Supernatural pilot introduced the characters of Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), brothers who travel throughout the country hunting supernatural creatures, as they battled a ghostly Woman in White (Sarah Shahi) while searching for their missing father (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). </P> <P> Kripke was developing the concept for ten years before it was greenlit as a television series . Before it could be filmed, the script underwent numerous revisions . The episode was produced in Los Angeles, though future episodes were filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, to save money . The episode established the series' tradition of a rock - music soundtrack, and included background music scored by Kripke's friend Christopher Lennertz . It received mixed reviews, with critics praising the horror elements but having varying opinions of the lead actors' performances . </P>

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