Third season premier in a row that had an AC/DC song accompany the recap. In Season 3 it was Hell's Bells, in Season 4 it was You Shook Me All Night Long, and in this season it was Thunderstruck.
The first time Becky makes an appearance.
Start of a new intro for the Road so far, then/now and supernatural.
The city street we see Bobby pull up on that happens to be where the hotel is located was also used in the horror film, The Possession (2012), which starred Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Morgan portrayed Sam and Dean's father on this series.