Supernatural

Supernatural

When Sam and Dean join forces with an unexpected ally, the outcome alters the course of two lives; Heaven faces an attack from a dark force, driving Castiel to make an enormous sacrifice to make things right.

Genre: Horror
  Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 19 wins & 73 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.5
TV-14
Year:
2005
44
12,785 Views

Dean Winchester:
So now we know where the Devil's gonna be, we know when, and we have the Colt.

Sam Winchester:
Yeah. We just have to get past, eight or so Hellhounds and get to the farm by midnight.

Dean Winchester:
And that's after we get Jo and Ellen the hell outta town.

Sam Winchester:
Won't be easy.

Dean Winchester:
Stretcher?

Sam Winchester:
I'll see what we got.

Jo Harvelle:
Stop. Guys, stop. Can we uh, be realistic about this please? I can't move my legs. I can't be moved. My guts are bein' held in by an Ace bandage. We gotta... we gotta get our priorities straight here. Number one, I'm not going anywhere.

Ellen Harvelle:
Joanna Beth, you stop talkin' like that.

Jo Harvelle:
Mom. I can't fight. I can't walk. But I could do something. We've got propane, wiring, rock salt, iron nails, everything we need.

Sam Winchester:
Everything we need?

Jo Harvelle:
To build a bomb, Sam.

Dean Winchester:
No. Jo, no.

Jo Harvelle:
You got another plan? You got *any* other plan? Those are Hellhounds out there Dean. They've got all of our scents. Those b*tches will *never* stop coming after you. We let the dogs in, make a break for the building next over, and I can wait here with my finger on the button. Rip those mutts a new one. Or at least get you a few minutes head start anyway.

Ellen Harvelle:
No, I, I won't let you!

Jo Harvelle:
This is why we're here, right? If I could get us a shot on the Devil... Dean we have to take it.

Ellen Harvelle:
No! That's not...

Jo Harvelle:
Mom. This might literally be your last chance to treat me like an adult? You might want to take it?

Ellen Harvelle:
[crying] Well you heard her. Get to work.

Lucifer:
Don't feel too bad, Sam. There's only five things in all of creation that that gun can't kill and, I just happen to be one of them. But if you gimme a minute? I'm almost done. [goes back to digging, Sam checks on Dean] You know, I don't suppose you'd just say yes right here and now, end this whole tiresome discussion? That's crazy, right?

Sam Winchester:
[fiercely] It's NEVER gonna happen!

Lucifer:
Oh I don't know Sam. I think it will. I think it'll happen soon. Within six months. And I think it'll happen... in Detroit.

Sam Winchester:
You listen to me, you sonofabitch. I'm gonna kill you myself! You understand me? I'm going to rip your *heart* out!

Lucifer:
That's good, Sam. You keep fanning that fire in your belly. All that pent-up rage? I'm gonna need it.

Sam Winchester:
[looking at the men standing around] What did you do? What did you do to this town?

Lucifer:
Oh, I was very generous with this town. One demon for every able-bodied man.

Sam Winchester:
And the rest of them?

Lucifer:
[gesturing at the pit he's been filling in] In there. I know it's awful but, these Horsemen are so demanding. So it was women and children first. I know what you must think of me Sam. But I have to do this. I have to. You of all people should understand.

Sam Winchester:
What's that supposed to mean?

Lucifer:
I was a son. A brother, like you, a younger brother, and I had an older brother who I loved. Idolized, in fact. And one day I went to him, and I begged him to stand with me. And Michael... Michael turned on me. Called me a freak, a monster. And then he beat me down, all because I was different. Because I had a mind of my own. Tell me something Sam, any of this sound familiar? Anyway, you'll have to excuse me, midnight is calling, and I have a ritual to finish. Don't go anywhere. Not that you could if you would. [turns away, chants, then turns to the sacrifices as Dean wakes up] Now repeat after me. "We offer up our lives, blood, souls..."

Possessed townsfolk:
We offer up our lives, blood, souls...

Lucifer:
"... to complete this tribute."

Possessed townsfolk:
To complete this tribute. [one by one their heads light up and they fall, Sam and Dean stare in horror]

Lucifer:
What? They're just demons.

Castiel:
The rising of the witnesses is one of the 66 seals.

Dean Winchester:
Okay, I'm guessing that's not a show at Sea World.

Castiel:
Those seals are being broken by Lilith.

Dean Winchester:
She did the spell. She rose the witnesses.

Castiel:
Mm-hmm. And not just here. Twenty other hunters are dead.

Dean Winchester:
[understanding] Of course. She picked victims that the hunters couldn't save so that they would barrel right after us.

Castiel:
Lilith has a certain sense of humor.

Dean Winchester:
Well, we put those spirits back to rest.

Castiel:
It doesn't matter. The seal was broken.

Dean Winchester:
Why break the seal anyway?

Castiel:
You think of the seals as locks on a door.

Dean Winchester:
Okay, last one opens and...

Castiel:
Lucifer walks free.

Dean Winchester:
[stares, stunned] Lucifer? But I thought Lucifer was just a story they told. At demon Sunday school. There's no such thing.

Castiel:
Three days ago, you thought there was no such thing as me. Why do you think we're here walking among you now for the first time in 2,000 years?

Dean Winchester:
[quietly] To stop Lucifer.

Castiel:
[nods] That's why we've arrived.

Dean Winchester:
Well, bang-up job so far. Stellar work with the witnesses. That's nice.

Castiel:
We tried. There are other battles, other seals. Some we'll win, some we'll lose. This one we lost. [Dean snorts derisively. Castiel moves closer to him] Our numbers are not unlimited. Six of my brothers died in the field this week. You think the armies of heaven should just follow you around? There's a bigger picture here. [leans in even closer; Dean looks uncomfortable. With intensity:] You should show me some respect. I dragged you out of hell. I can throw you back in. [he disappears]

Sam Winchester:
So, the First Blade was never on display.

Dr. McElroy:
No authenticated item by that name was ever on these premises.

Dean Winchester:
Authenticated. Dr. McElroy, this blade was stolen and smuggled into the US in violation of treaties with several governments. We can compel you to speak. [Gives her a confident smile]

Dr. McElroy:
[with a very direct, flirtatious smile at Dean] Compel. [softly] And what might that involve? [Dean's confident smile drops and he looks a little surprised at her straightforward come on. She smiles confidently right back at him] Alright, look. I did acquire the so-called First Blade. And carbon dating did peg it to biblical times, but the authentication proved unreliable.

Sam Winchester:
So, it was in the vault.

Dr. McElroy:
I removed it myself. The guards didn't know.

Sam Winchester:
And where is it now?

Dr. McElroy:
Several weeks ago a confidential offer was made to purchase it. I was afraid we would never authenticate the thing, so...

Dean Winchester:
Who was the buyer?

Dr. McElroy:
[Smiling at Dean] Sorry. The buyer insisted on absolute secrecy.

Dean Winchester:
Well... Federal statutes trump your little deal. So... the buyer?

Dr. McElroy:
And you'll get it out of me one way or the other, won't you, Agent? [She gives Dean another very suggestive smile until his smile turns to uncertainty] I never did know his real identity. He called himself Magnus. Don't ask me where he lives; I have no idea. But, I do have a meeting, so [pulling out a business card to hand it to Dean] here is my number should you need anything else. [Sam reaches for the card, but she pulls it out of his reach and extends it to Dean. He takes the card then watches her walk away. Sam gives Dean a look]

Dean Winchester:
What?

Dean Winchester:
[Chained to a pillar while Magnus approaches him with the First Blade] Boy, you're a real piece of work, ya know that? Holed up in here, doin' nothin'. You b*tch about the Men of Letters. Huh. You're way worse.

Cuthbert Sinclair:
[waving the blade in front of Dean] Shall we fire it up? [with an excited smile] What do you say?

Dean Winchester:
[grimly] Go to Hell.

Cuthbert Sinclair:
Oh, c'mon, Dean, this is the object of your quest. [Places the tip of the blade against Dean's chest. Dean gets very still and raises his head away from the blade] Tell me Henry Winchester's grandson isn't curious to see if it works. Give me your hand. [Dean doesn't move and gives Magnus a hard look] Give me your hand. [He grabs Dean's right hand and forces the blade into it]

Dean Winchester:
Uh! [Looks down at the blade as the mark of Cain starts to glow like fire]

Cuthbert Sinclair:
[steps back to watch the reaction] That's it. [Dean's right arm begins to shake and the mark glows brighter as the connection between him and the blade grows. Dean winces then is shocked as he is overwhelmed with the power pulsing through him. His arm shakes more and he tries to catch his breath until finally, completely overwhelmed, he drops the blade] Good. [Dean stares at his right arm and Magnus is fascinated with the results, watching as if overseeing an experiment. He retrieves the blade from the floor as Dean breathes deeply and stares, horrified, at his right hand] Next time, it'll be easier. You'll get used to the feelings, even welcome them.

Cuthbert Sinclair:
[to Sam, tied to another another pillar after trying to rescue Dean with Crowley, who is hiding. Magnus takes a knife from his collection] Ya know, I discarded you far too quickly, Sam. You're way more valuable than I thought you were. [to Dean, still chained to a pillar] Why would I knock myself out trying to sap your will, [moving towards Sam with the knife] when I think Sam here will get you to see things my way.

Dean Winchester:
[threateningly] Magnus, I swear to God!

Cuthbert Sinclair:
[to Dean] What? What're you gonna do? [to Sam] What is he gonna do? Huh? [Magnus cuts Sam's cheek. Sam grimaces in pain and Dean struggles against his chains. Magnus moves even closer to Sam and speaks softly, almost gently] Look, look, Sam. I'm not gonna kill ya, course not. [Dean notices Crowley sneak into the room out of sight of Magnus] But, I am gonna make you suffer unimaginably. [He cuts Sam's neck. He watches Sam's reaction, but turns as he hears Dean's chains dropping to the floor. Angry now, Magnus swings his arm back to stab Sam. Dean grabs his arm then cuts his head off with the First Blade. Crowley walks up to see Dean's reaction to using the blade. Dean is becoming overwhelmed again, more this time after having used it. He looks at Crowley, then stares at the blade in his hand as his arm shakes and the mark glows brightly]

Sam Winchester:
Dean. [Dean doesn't hear him, stares at the blade in his shaking right hand] Dean. [Sam looks from Dean's face to the blade and back, worried for his brother as Dean raises the blade to eye level and just stares at it] Hey. It's over. He's dead. [Dean still doesn't hear Sam. His gaze becomes more intent] Drop the blade, Dean. [Sam's words come to him from a distance. Crowley watches as Dean focuses more intently on the blade and his face becomes almost feral] Dean! [Finally, Dean hears Sam, but looks at him as if surprised he's there, still distracted by the power of his connection to the blade] Drop the blade. [Sam's eyes are pleading, worried as Dean's eyes and face clear, finally realizing where he is and trying to shake off the overwhelming feelings. Dean finally drops the blade, his hand shaking as he lowers it to his side. He looks down at it then up at Sam, shocked and mortified]

Dean Winchester:
[Sees that the Impala has been broken into] No. No! C'mon! [Sam and Dean rush forward to check the damage] What the Hell?

Sam Winchester:
Sulfur. Demons. [Dean checks the interior while Sam checks the trunk]

Dean Winchester:
Ah! Abaddon's. Well, she's just one jump behind us. Guess she couldn't find Magnus' joint either. What about the trunk?

Sam Winchester:
Safe. Warding kept 'em out.

Dean Winchester:
[muttering] Demon mitts all over my baby. [Closes the back door and notices the scratches along the side] Oh, c'mon! [Slams the front door shut to find more scratches] What, now they're keying cars? [He goes down on his knees to check the damage, licks his thumb and rubs it along a scratch]

Sam Winchester:
What language is that?

Crowley:
It's Enokian. The message isn't for you. It's for me. [Points to the scratches while Dean briefly puts his forehead against the door dejectedly then continues to check the damage] 'Be afraid. Your queen.' Abaddon's getting more brazen. She thinks I'm losing my grip.

Sam Winchester:
Dean. [Looks down at Dean who places his head and hands against the door in a sad hug] Dean! [Dean stands up, exasperated] Listen. You said Crowley was only useful til we got the blade. [pauses while he raises his eyebrows significantly] We got the blade. [Both brothers turn to face Crowley, who immediately waves his hand and slams and pins them both against the side of the car. Sam drops the blade]

Dean Winchester:
Uh! Ahhh! [in complete frustration]

Crowley:
You know, boys. I'm in debt to you. You forced sobriety on me, and now I can see the situation for what it is. Dean, you are quite the killing machine and it occurs to me that Abaddon is not the only name on your list. My name must be up there as well. [With the flick of a finger, he pulls the blade from the ground into his hand]

Dean Winchester:
It's no good to you without me.

Crowley:
Yes, but as long as I have it, it's no good to you. Now this is the way it's going to go. I'll hang on to ol' donkey teeth here until such time as you locate Abaddon. Then, you'll destroy her. [to Sam] You're right, Moose. You can't trust me. But, sadly, I can't trust you either.

Lenore:
My name is Lenore. I'm not gonna hurt you. We just need to talk.

Sam Winchester:
Talk? Yeah, okay, but I might have a tough time paying attention to much besides Eli's teeth.

Lenore:
He won't hurt you either. You have my word.

Sam Winchester:
Your word? Oh yeah, great, thanks. Listen lady no offense, but you're not the first vampire I've met.

Lenore:
We're not like the others. We don't kill humans and we don't drink their blood. We haven't for a long time.

Sam Winchester:
What is this some kind of joke?

Lenore:
Notice you're still alive.

Sam Winchester:
[laughs] Okay uh... correct me if I'm wrong here but shouldn't you be starving to death?

Lenore:
We've found other ways, cattle blood.

Sam Winchester:
You're telling me you're responsible for all the...

Lenore:
It's not ideal. In fact, it's disgusting. But it allows us to get by.

Sam Winchester:
Uh... okay, why?

Lenore:
Survival. No deaths, no missing locals, no... reason for people like you to come looking for people like us. We blend in. Our kind is practically extinct. It turns out we weren't as high up the foodchain as we imagined.

Eli:
[to Lenore] Why are we explaining ourselves to this killer? We choke on cow's blood so that none of them suffer. Tonight they murder Conrad and they celebrate it!

Lenore:
Eli, that's enough!

Sam Winchester:
Yeah Eli, that's enough.

Lenore:
What's done is done. We're leaving this town tonight.

Sam Winchester:
Then why did you bring me here? Why are you even talking to me?

Lenore:
Believe me I'd rather not, but I know your kind. Once you have the scent, you'll keep tracking us. It doesn't matter where we go... hunters will find us.

Sam Winchester:
So, you're asking us not to follow you?

Lenore:
We have a right to live. We're not hurting anyone.

Sam Winchester:
Right. So you keep saying. But give me one good reason why I should believe you.

Lenore:
[leans in very close to Sam's face] Fine, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to let you go. Eli, take him back... not a mark on him.

Dean Winchester:
Okay, Gabriel. How does an Archangel become a trickster?

Trickster:
My own, private, witness protection. I skipped outta Heaven, had a face transplant, carved out my own little corner of the world. 'Til you two screwed it all up.

Dean Winchester:
And what'd Daddy say when you ran off and joined the pagans?

Trickster:
Daddy doesn't say anything about anything.

Sam Winchester:
Then what happened? Why'd you ditch?

Dean Winchester:
Well do you blame him? I mean his brothers are heavy-weight douche-nozzles.

Trickster:
[furious] Shut your cake-hole. You don't know anything about my family. I *loved* my father, and my brothers. Loved them! But watching them turn on each other? Tear at each other's throats? I couldn't bear it! Okay? So I left. And now it's happening all over again.

Sam Winchester:
Then help us stop it!

Trickster:
It can't be stopped!

Dean Winchester:
You want to see the end of the world?

Trickster:
I want it to be *over*! I have to sit back and watch my brothers kill each other, thanks to you two! Heaven, Hell, I don't care who wins! I just want it to be over!

Sam Winchester:
It doesn't have to be like that! There has to be some way to, to pull the plug!

Trickster:
[laughing] Oh-ho-ho-ho, you do *not* know my family. What you guys call the Apocalypse, I used to call Sunday dinner! That's why there's no stopping this. Because this isn't about a war, it's about two brothers who loved each other, and *betrayed* each other! You think you'd be able to relate!

Sam Winchester:
[confused] What're you talkin' about?

Trickster:
[looks from one to the other, whistles] You sorry sonsabitches. Why do you think you two are the vessels? Think about it! Michael, the big brother, loyal to an absent father. And Lucifer, the little brother, rebellious of Daddy's plan. You were born to this, boys. It's your destiny! It was *always* you! As it is in Heaven, so it must be on Earth! One brother has to kill the other.

Dean Winchester:
So what the hell are you saying?

Trickster:
Why do you think I've always taken such an interest in you? Because from the moment Dad flipped on the lights around here, we knew it was all gonna end with you. Always.

Dean Winchester:
No. That's not gonna happen.

Trickster:
[sadly] I'm sorry. But it is. Guys. I wish this were a TV show. Easy answers, endings wrapped up in a bow. But this is real. And it's gonna end bloody for all of us. That's just how it's gotta be.

[while trying to banish the fairies to their realm, the Leprechaun, previously disguised as a UFO nut, appears and kills Brennan]

The Leprechaun:
Sorry about the mess, but your friend here went back on his deal.

Sam:
Well, you weren't very clear with him on the terms.

The Leprechaun:
I told him there was a price. Once we come, we come to stay.

Sam:
So you take firstborns and then what? You just sit back and watch while they cover the abductions for you with all that crazy UFO crap? Which you help encourage, naturally. Nice con. But, your cover's blown now, Wayne.

The Leprechaun:
Blown? To whom? Brennan's dead. Your brother? [laughs] He's marked... been to the ranch. He's ours now.

Sam:
Yeah... well, then there's me.

The Leprechaun:
You? But you can only see me if I let you. [vanishes]

Sam:
True, but you'll have to get near me eventually, and I have very good reflexes.

[the Leprechaun reappears]

The Leprechaun:
You're not like the rest of them, are you?

Sam:
Nope.

The Leprechaun:
I could see that right off. You're missing a certain piece, right in the center, ain't you?

Sam:
Says who?

The Leprechaun:
We fairy folk, we're all about energy. And the human soul gives off a certain perfume. Your soul is far away. But not completely out of reach.

Sam:
Is that so?

The Leprechaun:
Sam, I can get it back for you... for a price.

Sam:
That's adorable. It's locked in a box with the devil.

The Leprechaun:
*Your* devil, not mine.

Sam:
There's no freaking way a leprechaun can do what angels cannot.

The Leprechaun:
Angels? [laughs] Please. I'm talking about real magic, sonny. From my side of the fence. Got a way of getting in back doors.

Sam:
So you're my blue fairy? You can make me a real boy again?

The Leprechaun:
When you wish upon a star.

Sam:
Yeah, I got a wish. [shoots the Leprechaun with an iron bullet]

The Leprechaun:
[winces in pain, but immediately straightens up] Iron! Painful, but not a deal breaker.

Sheriff Jody Mills:
What'd you say your jurisdiction here was again?

Dean Winchester:
Our jurisdiction is wherever the United States government sends us.

Sheriff Jody Mills:
Uh yeah. How about me and your supervisor have a little chat about that?

Sam Winchester:
Absolutely. [He pulls a business card from his jacket and hands it to the sheriff who dials a number on her cell. Cut to Bobby's house where a phone is ringing]

Bobby Singer:
[Picks up the phone marked FBI] Agent Willis speaking.

Sheriff Jody Mills:
Agent Willis, this is Sheriff Jody Mills of- [with a quizzical look] Bobby?

Bobby Singer:
[under his breath] Oh... Excuse me?

Sheriff Jody Mills:
[sternly after giving Sam and Dean a look] Is this Bobby Singer? [Sam and Dean give each other a worried look]

Bobby Singer:
Listen, I don't who this is, but this is Agent Tom Willis of the FBI.

Sheriff Jody Mills:
Bull crap! [Disconnects the call and looks at Sam and Dean who have "We're busted" looks on their faces] FBI, huh?

Sam Winchester:
So uh, so you know Bobby Singer.

Dean Winchester:
That- that is... a fun coincidence. [chuckles]

Sheriff Jody Mills:
Here's what I know about Bobby Singer. He's a menace around here. Assful of drunk and disorderlies, and mail fraud. You understanding me?

Dean Winchester:
[quietly, chagrined, while Sam looks down, embarrassed] I think we all can agree that you've made yourself perfectly clear, yes.

Sheriff Jody Mills:
So whatever the three of you are planning, it ends here. *Now.* 10-4 on that? Agents?

Dean Winchester:
Yeah. [Smiles at her then shakes his head when she leaves]

Dean Winchester:
You can save the humble-pie Jesus routine for somebody who gives a damn.

Metatron:
The problem with you, Dean, is the cynicism. Always with the cynicism. But most people - even the real belly crawlers living in filth... or Brentwood... they don't want to be cynical. They just want something to believe in.

Dean Winchester:
And that'd be you.

Metatron:
Why not me?

Dean Winchester:
You've been working those people outside, for what, a day? They've already spilled blood in your name. You were nothing but Bernie Madoff with wings.

Metatron:
So I'm a fake. Do you have any idea how much pan-cake makeup and soft lighting it took to get God to work a rope-line? He hated it. And, you know, humans sense that. So they prayed harder and longer and fought more wars in His name. And for what? So they could die of malaria? Leukemia? And all the while, blaming themselves! "Oh, if only I had been more prayerful. God would have loved me. God would have saved me." You know what? God didn't even know their name! But I do. Because I've walked among them. And I can save them.

Dean Winchester:
Sure, you can. So long as your mug is in every Bible and "What Would Metatron Do?" is on every bumper.

Metatron:
What, are you blaming me for giving them for what they want, giving them a brand they can believe in?

Dean Winchester:
I'm blaming you for Kevin! I'm blaming you for taking Cass' grace. Hell, I'm blaming you for the Cubs not a winning a World Series in the last 100 freaking years. Whatever it is... I'm blaming you.

Metatron:
The First Blade. Nasty piece of work, isn't she? Okay, let's say you win, Dean, and I die. What's the world left with then, hmm? A herd of panty-wasted angels and you? Half out of your mind with lord knows what pumping through those veins?

Dean Winchester:
Yeah, you said, the only thing you said that went into my ear was that you die.

Metatron:
Ohh. Fine. We'll fight. I don't know what you expect is gonna come of all this. Unless... that's why you're stalling. Because you know nothing's gonna come of this unless your pal's succeed upstairs. Well, here's a news flash - Humpty and Dumpty are starring in their very own version of "Locked Up Abroad: Heaven" right now.

[Dean takes a swing of the blade, Metratron stops him in mid-swing, Dean then punches him]

Metatron:
Wow, that big blade and that... douchey tribal tat sure gave you some super juice. Whoo! Okay.

Dean Winchester:
[shows his badge to a man who's been following him] Special Agent Bolan. [slaps the badge on the table in front of Aaron]

Aaron Bass:
[flirting] Really? Wow. I thought you were like a head hunter or something.

Dean Winchester:
[nods] This is the second, maybe third time I'm seeing you today? Why you following me, ginger bread? [gives hard, intimidating look to Aaron]

Aaron Bass:
Oh, so, we, um... We didn't have a thing back there, huh?

Dean Winchester:
[the look of intimidation drops, replaced with confusion] Back where? Wh- what now?

Aaron Bass:
I'm sorry, man, I- I thought- I thought we had a thing back at the quad. You know, a little eye magic... moment. [Dean slowly pulls his ID back, closes it... ] I saw you here, and I figured I'd wait until you were done with your meeting, and maybe you might, uh... well.

Dean Winchester:
Yeah. Uh, okay. But, no. Uh, no moment. [a little nervous, embarrassed, as he realizes he's being flirted with] This is uh, [looking down at his ID] federal investigation.

Aaron Bass:
[still flirting] Is that supposed to make you less interesting? [Dean looks back up at him, a little confused] No, I- I'm sorry, man. I- I hope I didn't freak you out or anything.

Dean Winchester:
Nah. Nah. No, not, not, not, not freaked out. It's just a... you know, a... federal... thing. [flustered and trying to cover it] Uh. Okay. Citizen. As you were. [turns to leave]

Aaron Bass:
You have a good night.

Dean Winchester:
You, you... [turns back to Aaron, but still moving away] Have a- [bumps into a table] Okay. [quickly walks away]

Sam Winchester:
So, I put together a list: everyone Roy's healed, six people over the past year, and I cross-checked 'em with the local obits. Every time someone was healed, someone else died. And each time, the victim died of the same symptom Le Grange was healing at the time. [cut to a woman jogging in the woods]

Dean Winchester:
[voiceover] Someone's healed of cancer, someone else *dies* of cancer?

Sam Winchester:
[voiceover] Somehow, Le Grange is trading a life for another.

Jogger:
Hello? [cut back to Dean and Sam]

Dean Winchester:
Wait wait wait. So, Marshall Hall *died* to save me?

Sam Winchester:
Dean. The guy probably would have died anyway. And someone else would've been healed.

Dean Winchester:
[angry] You never should have brought me here.

Sam Winchester:
Dean, I was just trying to save your life.

Dean Winchester:
But Sam, some guy is dead now because of me!

Sam Winchester:
I didn't know. [cut to Le Grange about to heal an old man]

Rev. Roy Le Grange:
Pray with me, friends.

Sam Winchester:
[voiceover] The thing I don't understand, is how is Roy doing it? How, how is he trading a life for a life? [cut to Dean]

Dean Winchester:
Oh he's not doin' it. [cut to the jogger] Something else is doing it for him.

Sam Winchester:
What do you mean?

Dean Winchester:
The old man I saw onstage. [the jogger turns around and sees the gray man; cut back to Dean and Sam] I didn't want to believe it, but deep down, I knew it.

Sam Winchester:
You knew what? What're you talkin' about?

Dean Winchester:
There's only one thing that can give and take life like that. We're dealin' with a reaper. [cut to the jogger running for her life; the reaper takes her]

Castiel:
[entering the abandoned house after summoning Raphael] Dean, wait. [He steps in front of Dean; Raphael appears with wings of lightning, the lights explode]

Raphael:
Castiel.

Castiel:
Raphael.

Dean Winchester:
Oh, you know, I thought you were supposed to be impressive. All you do is black out the room?

Raphael:
And the eastern seaboard. [to Castiel] It is a testament to my unending mercy that I do not smite you here and now.

Dean Winchester:
Or maybe you're full of crap. Maybe you're afraid that God'll bring Cas back to life again, and smite *you*, you candy-ass skirt. By the way, hi, I'm Dean.

Raphael:
I know who you are. And now thanks to him, I know *where* you are.

Castiel:
You won't kill him. You wouldn't dare.

Raphael:
But I will take him to Michael.

Dean Winchester:
[going to get a beer from the cooler] Well that sounds terrifying. It does. But, uh, I hate to tell ya, I'm not goin' anywhere with you. [turns his back and takes a sip]

Raphael:
Surely you remember Zachariah giving you stomach cancer? [a slight nervousness crosses Dean's face, but he turns back to Raphael, all swagger]

Dean Winchester:
Yeah, that was, that was hilarious.

Raphael:
Yes, well, he doesn't have anything close to my *imagination*.

Dean Winchester:
Oh yeah? [Raphael advances on him, Dean glances at the floor, then at Cas] I'll bet you didn't imagine one thing.

Raphael:
[threatening] What?

Dean Winchester:
We knew you were coming, you stupid sonofabitch. [he flicks his lighter and drops it on the circle of oil Raphael just walked into; flame surrounds the archangel; Raphael glares at Dean] Don't look at me, it was his idea! [Castiel gives him a look]

Castiel:
[to Raphael] Where is he?

Raphael:
God. [Cas nods] Didn't you hear? He's dead, Castiel. Dead.

Sam Winchester:
Who the hell are you? What are you?

Roger:
Ya caught me. Popped in to watch. I can hustle like that.

Sam Winchester:
So the Roger everyone around her knows? The real Roger?

Roger:
Buried in a ditch.

Sam Winchester:
So who are you?

Roger:
Here's a hint. I was in Germany, then in Germany, then in the Middle East; I was in Darfur when my beeper went off. I'm waiting to hook up with my siblings - I've got three. We're going to have so much fun together.

Sam Winchester:
I know who you are. There aren't any demons in town, are there?

Roger:
Nope! Just frightened people ripping each others' throats out. I really haven't had to do too much. I mean, take out a bridge here; lay in a little hallucination there; sit back, pop some corn, watch the show. Frankly, you are really vicious little animals, Sam.

Sam Winchester:
No. You're doing this.

Roger:
Please. Last week, this was Mayberry. Now these people are stabbing each others' children.

Sam Winchester:
'Cause you made them see demons!

Roger:
Honestly, people don't need a reason to kill each other. I mean, have you seen the Irish? They're all Irish! You think I'm a monster. I'm Jello shots at a party. I just remove inhibitions.

Sam Winchester:
I'm gonna kill you myself.

Roger:
Oh, that's adorable, considering you're my poster boy.

Sam Winchester:
What's that supposed to mean?

Roger:
You can't stop thinking about it. Ever since you saw it dripping off the blade of that knife.

Sam Winchester:
You're wrong.

Roger:
Save your protests for your brother. I can see inside your head, and man, it is one-track city in there: blood, blood, blood. Lust. For power. Same as always. You want to be strong again. But not just strong; stronger than everybody. Good intentions. Quick slide to hell, buddy-boy. You feel bad now? Wait 'till you're thigh-deep in warm corpses. 'Cause my friend, I'm just getting started. Showtime for the meatsuits.

Dean Winchester:
[Cas, being controlled by Naomi, is beating the crap out of Dean so he can take the Angel tablet. He's forced Dean to his knees, broken and/or dislocated Dean's arm and is holding it while punching him repeatedly. Cas looks down at the tablet] You want it? Take it! But, you're gonna hafta kill me first. C'mon, you coward. Do it. Do it! [Cas punches him more as we cut to Heaven with Naomi]

Castiel:
*Please*

Naomi:
*End* this, Castiel. [Cut back to the crypt where Cas hits Dean again]

Dean Winchester:
Cas... this isn't you. This isn't you! [Cas keeps throwing punches as we cut to Heaven]

Naomi:
Bring. Me. The. Tablet. [Cut back to the crypt. Cas throws yet another punch]

Dean Winchester:
Ahh! [weak and bloodied, looking up at Cas, holding up his uninjured arm beseechingly] Cas... Cas... I know you're in there. I know you can hear me. Cas. It's me. [weaker, but not giving up] We're family... We *need* you. *I* need you. [Cut to Heaven]

Naomi:
You have to choose, Castiel. Us. Or them. [Cut to the crypt]

Dean Winchester:
Cas... [Cas drops his Angle blade and lets Dean's broken arm go. Dean almost collapses and grabs his broken right arm] Ahhhh! Ah... [Cas picks up the tablet. A blinding light shines and Cas is no longer in Heaven as Naomi's control over him is broken]

Naomi:
Castiel! Castiel!

Dean Winchester:
[Cas looks from the tablet in his hands to Dean, kneeling at his feet and barely conscious. He reaches for Dean] Cas... no... [Cas reaches for his face] Cas... Cas...? [Dean tries to stop Cas with his other arm, but Cas places his hand on the side of Dean's face] Ah-ahhh. [And heals him]

Dean Winchester:
Can I ask you something? What do they want me for? Why did they save me?

Anna Milton:
I'm sorry. The angels aren't talking about it, and it was after I fell.

Dean Winchester:
That's another question. Why would you fall? Why would you want to be one of us?

Anna Milton:
You don't mean that.

Dean Winchester:
I don't? A bunch of, of miserable bastards, I mean, eating, crapping, confused, afraid...

Anna Milton:
I dunno, there's loyalty, forgiveness... love?

Dean Winchester:
Pain?

Anna Milton:
Chocolate cake.

Dean Winchester:
Guilt?

Anna Milton:
[firmly] Sex.

Dean Winchester:
Yeah, you got me there.

Anna Milton:
I mean it. Every emotion, Dean. Even the bad ones. It's why I fell. It's why... why I'd give *anything* not to have to go back. Anything.

Dean Winchester:
Feelings are overrated if you ask me.

Anna Milton:
Beats being an angel.

Dean Winchester:
How's that possible? You guys are powerful, perfect. You don't doubt yourselves. Or God, or anything!

Anna Milton:
Perfect! Like a marble statue. Cold, no choice, only obedience? Dean, do you know how many angels have actually *seen* God? Seen his face?

Dean Winchester:
[shrugs] All of you?

Anna Milton:
Four angels. Four. And I'm not one of them.

Dean Winchester:
That's it? Well then how do you even know that there is a God?

Anna Milton:
We have to take it on faith. Which we're killed if we don't have.

Dean Winchester:
Huh.

Anna Milton:
I was stationed on Earth, two thousand years. Just... watching. Silent, invisible... out on the road, *sick* for home, waiting on orders from an unknowable Father I can't begin to understand, so don't tell me that... [Dean chuckles] What is so funny? What?

Dean Winchester:
Nothing, sorry, it's just... I can relate.

Lucifer:
[Impersonating Dean. The real Dean has just walked into the warehouse where Lucifer is tormenting Sam] Oh, look, another me.

Dean Winchester:
Sam, what are you doing? [Sam points his gun at the real Dean] Whoa. Whoa!

Sam Winchester:
I thought I was with *you*, Dean.

Dean Winchester:
Okay. Well, here I am.

Sam Winchester:
No. No, I don't- I- [looks at Lucifer leaning against the wall] I can't know that for sure. You understand me?

Dean Winchester:
Okay, then, we're gonna hafta start small.

Sam Winchester:
I don't remember driving here.

Lucifer:
[to Sam] That's because I drove. You thought. [shrugs, then to Dean whispering conspiratorially] Sam is very suggestible. [Sam fires his gun at Lucifer]

Dean Winchester:
Whoa! Whoa! Sam! This discussion does not require a weapon's discharge. Look at me. C'mon. You wanna know what's real? Look, man, I've been to Hell. Okay? I know a thing or two about torture. Enough to know that if feels *different*. Than the pain of this regular... stupid... crappy... *this*!

Sam Winchester:
[desperate] No, no, how can know that for sure?

Dean Winchester:
Lemme see your hand. [Sam looks down at his gun hand] No, no. The gimp hand, lemme see it.

Lucifer:
[now behind Sam] Well, smell you, Florence Nightingale. [Sam looks over his shoulder at Lucifer. Dean follows his gaze, then desperately grabs Sam's injured left hand]

Dean Winchester:
*Hey!* [Sam looks at his hand, then at Dean. Sam is starting to calm down] This is real. Not a year ago. Not in Hell. *Now.* I was with you when you cut it. I sewed it up. Look! [Dean presses the wound on Sam's hand until it bleeds, and grabs the gun in his right. Sam winces]

Lucifer:
[now next to Dean, starts to flicker in and out] We've had a lot more with pain.

Dean Winchester:
[applying more pressure to Sam's wound] This is *different.* Right? Than the *crap* that's tearin' at your walnut? *I'm* different! Right?

Sam Winchester:
[pulls his left hand from Dean and holds it. Dean takes the gun from Sam's right hand] Yeah, I think so.

Lucifer:
You sure about that, bunk buddy?

Dean Winchester:
Sam.

Lucifer:
[flickering in and out again as Sam presses the wound on his hand] Doesn't mean anything. [Sam looks at Lucifer]

Dean Winchester:
Hey. [pulling Sam's attention back to him] I am your flesh and blood brother. Okay? I am the only who can legitimately kick your ass in real time. You got away. We got you out, Sammy.

Lucifer:
Sammy. Sammy, I'm the only one who can- [flashes in and out again as Sam mercilessly presses his wounded hand]

Dean Winchester:
Believe in *that!* [Lucifer flashes out] Believe *me*, okay? You gotta believe me. You gotta make it stone number one, and *build* on it. You understand?

Sam Winchester:
Yeah. [sighing deeply. More Calm down] Yeah, okay.

Gerry:
[At a meeting to exchange a shadow ork for Charlie] Greetings, heretics.

Max Hilby:
You should kneel before me, cur.

Dean Winchester:
[Getting impatient] Alright. Why don't you let me...

Gerry:
Silence! [to the Shadow King] Now. Before we exchange, a few announcements. [He and the Shadow King step toward each other and break character] There is a peewee league soccer playoff game tomorrow on the alpha field. We don't want to freak out the mundane, so we gotta move the battle of Kingdoms to the beta...

Dean Winchester:
[All patience gone, he pulls out his gun] Alright. That's it. You know what? I'm gonna do this the old fashioned way.

Sam Winchester:
Dean, don't...

Dean Winchester:
No!

Gerry:
I told you...

Dean Winchester:
Shut up! [Walks up to the Shadow King with his gun] Alright. I need real answers. This here is a real gun. See? [He fires the gun into the ground and everyone but Sam jumps]

Max Hilby:
Whoa! Hold. Hold! Geez!

Dean Winchester:
[Pointing his gun at him] Start talking. Where's the queen?

Max Hilby:
I don't know!

Dean Winchester:
[Pointing his gun at the Tree of Pain on Max's shirt] Yeah, well, your, uh, your little family crest there tells a different story, pal.

Max Hilby:
[Pointing to his shirt] This?

Dean Winchester:
Yeah.

Max Hilby:
[He removes his glove and pulls up his sleeve to show the same tree on his arm] Uh. I got sick last month after this thing just appeared on my arm. I thought it looked really cool so I turned it into my family crest. I mean, after my dermatologist said it wasn't malignant.

[Dean is trying vainly to contact Sam on his phone, Castiel appears]

Castiel:
You can't reach him, Dean. You're outside your coverage zone.

Dean Winchester:
What're you gonna do to Sam?

Castiel:
[sighs] Nothing. He's gonna do it to himself.

Dean Winchester:
What's that supposed to mean? [pause, Castiel looks down] Oh right, right, gotta toe the company line. Why're you here, Cas?

Castiel:
We've been through much together, you and I. And I just wanted... to say, I'm sorry it ended like this.

Dean Winchester:
[stares at him] Sorry? [he punches Castiel in the face, turns away nursing his hand] It's Armageddon, Cas, you need a bigger word than "sorry"!

Castiel:
Try to understand, this is long foretold. This is your...

Dean Winchester:
Destiny? Don't gimme that holy crap. Destiny, God's plan, it's all a bunch of lies, you poor stupid sonofabitch! It's just a way for your bosses to keep me and keep you in line! You know what's real? People. Families. *That's* real. And you're gonna watch 'em all burn?

Castiel:
[Advancing] What is so worth saving? I see nothing but pain here! I see inside you, I see your guilt, your anger, confusion. In paradise, all is forgiven. You'll be at peace. Even with Sam. [he looks away, but Dean leans slightly, catching his eyes again]

Dean Winchester:
You can take your peace, and shove it up your lily-white ass. 'Cause I'll take the pain, and the guilt, I'll even take Sam as is. It's a lot better than bein' some Stepford B*tch in paradise! This is simple, Cas! [Castiel turns away] No more crap about bein' a good soldier, there is a right and there is a wrong here, and you know it! [grabs Castiel and spins him back around] Look at me! You *know* it! Now you were gonna help me once, weren't you? You were gonna warn me about all this before they dragged you back to Bible Camp. Help me, now. *Please!*

Castiel:
[pained] What would you have me do?

Dean Winchester:
Get me to Sam, we can stop this before it's too late!

Castiel:
I do that, we will all be hunted. We'll *all* be killed!

Dean Winchester:
[earnestly] If there is anything worth dyin' for, this is it. [pause, Castiel slowly shakes his head, looks away]

Dean Winchester:
[angry] You spineless, *soulless* sonofabitch. What do you care about dyin', you're already dead. We're done.

Castiel:
[pleading] Dean...

Dean Winchester:
We're *done*! [Castiel vanishes]

Dean Winchester:
I been gettin' my ass kicked all year! Now you're sweatin' my safety? You're lyin'. I wanna see my brother.

Zachariah:
That's... ill advised.

Dean Winchester:
[angry] You know I am so sick of your crap riddles and your smug fat face! What the Hell is goin' on, huh? Why can't I see Sam? And how am I gonna ice Lilith?

Zachariah:
You're not. [pause, Dean looks confused]

Zachariah:
Going to ice Lilith.

Dean Winchester:
What?

Zachariah:
Lilith's going to break the final seal. Fait accompli at this point. Train's left the station. [he crosses the room, sits down smiling]

Dean Winchester:
But me an' Sam, we can stop... [pause as he looks at Zachariah, realizing] You don't want to stop it, do you?

Zachariah:
Nope. Never did. The End is nigh, the Apocalypse is coming, kiddo. To a theater near you.

Dean Winchester:
What was all that crap about savin' seals?

Zachariah:
Grunts on the ground, we couldn't just tell 'em the whole truth. We'd have a full-scale rebellion on our hands. I mean, think about it, would we really let sixty-five seals get broken, unless Senior Management wanted it that way?

Dean Winchester:
[shocked] But why?

Zachariah:
[cheerfully] Why not? "The Apocalypse." Poor name, bad marketing, puts people off. When all it is, is Ali/Foreman, on a slightly larger scale, and we like our chances. When our side wins - and we will - it's Paradise on Earth! What's not to like about that?

Dean Winchester:
[softly, horrified] And what happens to all the people during your little pissing contest?

Zachariah:
Well, can't make an omelet without crackin' a few eggs. In this case, truckloads of eggs, but you get the picture. Look. It happens. This isn't the first planetary enema we've delivered. [Dean glances at a heavy-looking statue] Um, no, Dean, probably shouldn't try to bash my skull in with that thing. Wouldn't end up too pleasant for you.

Dean Winchester:
What about Sam? He won't go quietly, he'll stop Lilith.

Zachariah:
Sam... has a part to play. A very important part. He may need a little nudging in the right direction, but I'll make sure he plays it.

Dean Winchester:
[frightened] What does that mean? What're you gonna do to him?

Zachariah:
Sam Sam Sam, Marsha Marsha Marsha, forget about him, would you? You have larger concerns. Why do you think I'm confiding in you? You're still vital, Dean, we weren't lying about your destiny. Just... omitted a few pertinent details. But nothing's changed, you are chosen. You will stop it. Just... not Lilith or the Apocalypse, that's all.

Dean Winchester:
Which means?

Zachariah:
Lucifer. You're going to stop Lucifer. You're our own little Russel Crowe, complete with surly attitude. And when it's over, and when you've won, your rewards will be... unimaginable. Peace, happiness, two virgins and seventy sluts? [chuckles, walking away] Trust me, one day we'll look back on this and laugh.

Dean Winchester:
Tell me something. Where's God in all this?

Zachariah:
[without looking at Dean] God? God has left the building. [He disappears]

Bobby Singer:
[Talking about Sam] Dean? Dean! You listen to a word I said?

Dean Winchester:
Yeah, I heard you. I'm not calling him.

Bobby Singer:
Don't make me get my gun, boy.

Dean Winchester:
We are damn near kickoff for Armageddon. Don't you think we got bigger fish at the moment?

Bobby Singer:
I know you're pissed, and I'm not making apologies for what he's done, but he's your...

Dean Winchester:
Blood? He's my blood? Is that what you were gonna say?

Bobby Singer:
He's your brother. And he's drowning.

Dean Winchester:
Bobby, I tried to help him, but... look what happened.

Bobby Singer:
So try again.

Dean Winchester:
It's too late.

Bobby Singer:
There's no such thing.

Dean Winchester:
No, damnit! No. I gotta face the facts. Sam never wanted part of this family. He hated this life, ran away to Stanford the first chance he got. Now it's like deja vu all over again. Well I am sick and tired of chasing him. Screw him. He can do what he wants.

Bobby Singer:
You don't mean that.

Dean Winchester:
Yes I do, Bobby. Sam's gone. He's gone. I'm not even sure if he's still my brother anymore. If he ever was.

Bobby Singer:
[turns and leans on the table, fuming. After a moment he makes a big angry sweep with his hands, tossing books and papers to the ground. He advances on DEAN, who stands] You stupid, stupid son of a b*tch! Well, boo hoo! I am so sorry your feelings are hurt, princess! Are you under the impression that family's supposed to make you feel good, make you an apple pie, maybe? They're supposed to make you miserable! That's why they're family!

Dean Winchester:
I told him, "you walk out that door, don't come back" and he walked out anyway! That was his choice!

Bobby Singer:
You sound like a whiny brat. No, you sound like your dad. Well, let me tell you something: Your dad was a coward.

Dean Winchester:
My dad was a lot of things, Bobby, but a coward?

Bobby Singer:
He'd rather push Sam away than reach out to him. That don't strike me as brave. You are a better man than your daddy ever was. So you do both of us a favor. Don't be him.

Sam Winchester:
Listen to me Max. What your Dad said, about what happened to your Mom... It's real.

Max Miller:
What?

Sam Winchester:
It happened to my Mom too. Exactly the same. My nursery, my crib, my Dad saw her on the ceiling...

Max Miller:
Then your Dad must've been as drunk as mine.

Sam Winchester:
No. No, it's the same thing, Max! The same thing killed our mothers!

Max Miller:
It's impossible!

Sam Winchester:
This must be why I've been having visions curing the day. Why they're getting more intense. 'Cause you and I must be connected in some way. Your abilities, they started six, seven months ago, right? Out of the blue?

Max Miller:
How'd you know that?

Sam Winchester:
Because that's when my abilities started, Max! I mean yours seem to be much further along, but still this, this means something! Right? I mean for some reason, you and I, you and I were chosen.

Max Miller:
For what?

Sam Winchester:
I don't know. But Dean and I, my brother and I, we're hunting for your Mom's killer. And we could find answers. Answers that could help us both. But you gotta let us go, Max. You gotta let your stepmother go. [pause]

Max Miller:
No. What they did to me. I still have nightmares. I'm still scared all the time, like, like I'm just waiting for that next beating! [getting up and starting for the stairs] I'm just tired of being scared! If I do this, it'll be over! [Sam follows and blocks him]

Sam Winchester:
No, don't you get it? It won't. The nightmares won't end, Max. Not like this. It's just... more pain. And it makes you as bad as them. Max, you don't have to go through all this by yourself.

Max Miller:
I'm sorry. [Max telekinetically opens a closet and traps Sam inside]

Castiel:
No. No demon can overpower that trap. I made it myself. We've been friends for a long time, Uriel. Fought by each other's sides, served together, away from home for what seems like forever. We're brothers, Uriel. Pay me that respect. Tell me the truth.

Uriel:
The truth is, the only thing that can kill an angel, is another angel. [Uriel's angelic blade slides into his hand]

Castiel:
You.

Uriel:
I'm afraid so.

Castiel:
And you broke the devil's trap, set Alastair on Dean.

Uriel:
Alastair should never have been taken alive. Really inconvenient, Cass. Yes, I did turn the screw a little. Alastair should have killed Dean and escaped, and you should have gone on happily scapegoating the demons.

Castiel:
For the murders of our kin?

Uriel:
Not murders, Castiel. No. My work is conversion. How long have we waited here? How long have we played this game by rules that don't make any sense?

Castiel:
It is our Father's world, Uriel.

Uriel:
Our Father? He stopped being that, if he ever was, the moment he created them. Humanity, his favorites. This whining, puking larva.

Castiel:
Are you trying to convert me?

Uriel:
I wanted you to join me. And I still do. With you, we can be powerful enough to...

Castiel:
To?

Uriel:
To raise our brother.

Castiel:
Lucifer.

Uriel:
You do remember him? How strong he was? How beautiful? And he didn't bow to humanity. He was punished for defending us. Now, you wanna believe in something Cass? Believe in him.

Castiel:
Lucifer is not God.

Uriel:
God isn't God anymore. He doesn't care what we do. I am proof of that.

Castiel:
But this? What were going to do Uriel? Were you gonna kill the whole garrison?

Uriel:
I only killed the ones that said no. Others have joined me, Cass. Now, please, brother, don't fight me. Help me. Help me spread the word. Help me bring on the apocalypse. All you have to do, is be unafraid.

Uriel:
For the first time in a long time, I am. [Castiel attacks Uriel, a fight ensues in which Uriel gains the upperhand]

Castiel:
You can't win, Uriel. I still serve God.

Uriel:
[Uriel ends every sentence with a punch to Castiel's face] You haven't even met the man. There is no Will. No Wrath. No God.

Anna Milton:
[stabs Uriel through the throat from behind and then whispers in his ear] Maybe or maybe not, but there's still *me*.

Alastair:
Honestly, Dean. You have no idea how bad it really was. And what you really did for us.

Dean Winchester:
Shut up.

Alastair:
The whole bloody thing, Dean. The reason Lilith wanted you there in the first place.

Dean Winchester:
Well, then, I'll just make you shut up. [Pours salt down Alistair's throat]

Alastair:
[choking] Something caught in my throat... I think it's my throat.

Dean Winchester:
Well strap in. Cuz I'm just startin' to have fun. [Turns back to the table with various implements on it]

Alastair:
You know. It was supposed to be your father. He was supposed to bring it on. But, in the end... it was you.

Dean Winchester:
[Turns back to Alastair] Bring what on?

Alastair:
Every night, the same offer, remember? Same as your father. And finally you said, sign me up. Oh, the first time you picked up my razor, the first time you sliced into that... weeping b*tch. That was the first seal.

Dean Winchester:
You're lying.

Alastair:
And it is written that the first seal shall be broken when a righteous man sheds blood in Hell. As he breaks, so shall it break. [Dean walks away in horror] We had to break the first seal before any others. Only way to get the dominoes to fall, right? Top of the order, the front of the line. [pause, then thoughtfully] When we win, when we bring on the apocalypse and burn this earth down, we'll owe it all to you... Dean Winchester. [Dean closes his eyes as dread fills him] Believe me, son, I wouldn't lie about this. It's kind of a... religious... sort of thing with me. [Looks at the water leak he's caused to break the Devil's trap]

Dean Winchester:
No. I don't think you are lying. But, even if the demons do win, you won't be there to see it. [Dean turns back to the trap but Alistair has freed himself]

Alastair:
You should talk to your plumber about the pipes. [He knocks Dean to the ground with one blow]

Castiel:
[Sitting next to Dean's bed in the hospital room] You alright?

Dean Winchester:
[Voice rough after being taken off the ventilator] No thanks to you.

Castiel:
You need to be more careful.

Dean Winchester:
You need to learn how to manage a damn Devil's trap.

Castiel:
That's not what I mean. Uriel is dead.

Dean Winchester:
Was it the demons?

Castiel:
Disobedience. He was working against us.

Dean Winchester:
[after a pause] Is it true? Did I break the first seal? Did I start all this?

Castiel:
Yes. When we discovered Lilith's plan for you, we laid siege to Hell. And we fought our way to get to you before you...

Dean Winchester:
Jump started the apocalypse?

Castiel:
But we were too late.

Dean Winchester:
[Roughly, ashamed] Why didn't you just leave me there then?

Castiel:
It's not... blame that falls on you, Dean. It's fate. The righteous man who begins it is the only one who can finish it. You have to stop it.

Dean Winchester:
Lucifer? The apocalypse? What does that mean? Hey! Don't you go disappearing on me, you son of a b*tch. What does that mean?

Castiel:
I don't know.

Dean Winchester:
Bull!

Castiel:
I don't. Dean, they don't tell me much. I know... our fate... rests... with you.

Dean Winchester:
[His voice is strained, fighting soreness and tears] Well, then you guys are screwed. I can't do it, Cas. It's too big. Alistair was right. I'm not all here. I'm not str- I'm not strong enough. [He turns his head away, a tear falling] I guess I'm not the man either of our dads wanted me to be. Find someone else. It's not me. [Another tear falls as Dean lays silent and defeated]

Sam Winchester:
[Sam and Dean are reviewing security camera footage of Baxter's office. They are looking for a ghost that can only be seen by those who are drunk] There's nothing there.

Dean Winchester:
That we can see... [He grabs liquor and glasses from the back cabinet and places them on the desk in front of Sam]

Sam Winchester:
You kidding me?

Dean Winchester:
Tick tock. [He starts smelling and sampling from the other liquor bottles]

Sam Winchester:
[Drinking] I mean, can you even *get* drunk anymore? It's kinda like drinking a vitamin for you, right?

Dean Winchester:
Shut up. [He sniffs another bottle and is shocked by the strength of it] Holy... [He takes a drink from it and coughs. They both start downing drinks as quickly as possible. Dean sits down next to Sam] Alright. Party time. Rewind and go. [Sam rewinds and they watch the footage again, this time seeing the ghost]

Sam Winchester:
[Drunk] So, he- he let the thing... outta the box and it must've just followed him to the place with all the... things...

Dean Winchester:
[Also drunk, concentrating hard on the footage] Yes. [Gets a wide eyed look and turns to Sam] Yes. That's smart. [sighs and leans back in his chair] Ohhh, I'm actually kinda drunk. [Pours more liquor into his glass] Me likey. I miss these talks. [Takes another big swig]

Randy Baxter:
[off camera] What the Hell?

Dean Winchester:
[Lets the liquor dribble out of his mouth and back into his glass] Oh, man.

Sam Winchester:
[Flustered] Uh...

Dean Winchester:
[Under his breath to Sam as he tries to sit up in the chair and look nonchalant] Turn it off. Turn it off.

Sam Winchester:
You all right?

Sarah Blake:
No, actually, I just lied to the cops and told them I went to Evelyn's, alone, and found her like that!

Sam Winchester:
Thank you.

Sarah Blake:
Don't thank me, I'm about to call 'em right back if you don't tell me what the hell's going on. Who's killing these people?

Sam Winchester:
What.

Sarah Blake:
What?

Sam Winchester:
It's not who, it's what, is killing those people. [Sarah looks at him, confused] Sarah, you saw that painting move.

Sarah Blake:
No. No, I was, I was seeing things! It's impossible!

Dean Winchester:
Yeah well, welcome to our world.

Sam Winchester:
Sarah, I know this sounds crazy, but we think that that painting is haunted.

Sarah Blake:
You're joking. [pause] You're *not* joking. God, the guys I go out with.

Sam Winchester:
Sarah, think about it. Evelyn. The Telescas. They both had the painting. And there've been others before that, wherever this thing goes, people die. And we're just tryin' to stop it. And that's the truth.

Sarah Blake:
Well then I guess you better show me. I'm coming with you.

Sam Winchester:
What? No. Sarah, no, you should just go home. This stuff can get dangerous, and... and I don't want you to get hurt.

Sarah Blake:
Look, you guys are probably crazy, but if you're right about this, well me and my Dad sold that painting, and we might have got these people killed. Look, I'm not saying I'm not scared, because I am scared as hell, but I'm not gonna run and hide either. So are we going, or what? [she walks out the door]

Dean Winchester:
Sam? Marry that girl.

Cassie Robinson:
[bringing in coffee on a tray] My mother's in pretty bad shape. I've been staying with her. I wish she wouldn't go off by herself, she's been so nervous and frightened. She was worried about Dad.

Dean Winchester:
Why?

Cassie Robinson:
He was scared, he was seeing things.

Dean Winchester:
Like what?

Cassie Robinson:
He swore he saw... an awful-looking black truck following him.

Sam Winchester:
A truck. Who was the driver?

Cassie Robinson:
He didn't talk about a driver. Just the truck. He said it would appear and disappear. And in the accident, Dad's truck was dented, like it'd been slammed into by something big. [she hands them coffee]

Sam Winchester:
Thanks. Now, you're sure this dent wasn't there before?

Cassie Robinson:
He sold cars. Always drove a new one. There wasn't a scratch on that thing. It had rained hard that night, there was mud everywhere. There was a distinct set of muddy tracks from Dad's car, leading right to the edge, where he went over. One set of tracks. His!

Dean Winchester:
And the first person killed was a friend of your father's?

Cassie Robinson:
Best friend. Clayton Soames. They owned the car dealership together. Same thing. Dent, no tracks. And the cops said exactly what they said about Dad. He lost control of his car.

Dean Winchester:
Now, can you think of any reason why your father and his partner might be targets?

Cassie Robinson:
No.

Sam Winchester:
And you think this vanishing truck ran him off the road?

Cassie Robinson:
[embarrassed] Oh, when you say it aloud like that. Look, I'm a little skeptical about this... ghost stuff, or whatever you guys are into.

Dean Winchester:
Huh. Skeptical. If I remember, I think you said I was nuts.

Mrs. Robinson:
Cyrus Dorian died more than forty years ago.

Dean Winchester:
How do you know he died, Mrs. Robinson? The paper said he went missing. How do you know he died?

Mrs. Robinson:
We were all very young. I dated Cyrus awhile. I, I was also seeing Martin, in secret of course, because, interracial couples didn't go over too well then. When I broke it off with Cyrus, and when he found out about Martin... I don't know, he, he changed. His, his hatred. His hatred was frightening.

Sam Winchester:
The string of murders.

Mrs. Robinson:
There were rumors. People of color disappearing into some kind of a truck. Nothing was ever done. Martin and uh, Martin and I, we were gonna be uh, married in that little church near here, but uh, last minute we decided to elope, because we didn't want all the attention.

Dean Winchester:
And Cyrus?

Mrs. Robinson:
[crying] The day we set for the wedding, was the day someone set fire to the church. There was a children's choir practice in there! They all died.

Sam Winchester:
Did the attacks stop after that?

Mrs. Robinson:
No! There was one more. One night, that truck came for Martin. Cyrus beat him something terrible. But Martin, you see, Martin got loose, and he started hitting Cyrus and he just kept hitting him and h-hitting him!

Dean Winchester:
Why didn't you call the cops?

Mrs. Robinson:
This was forty years ago! He called on his friends, Clayton Soames and Jimmy Anderson, and they put Cyrus's body into the truck and rolled it into the swamp at the edge of his land and all three of them kept that secret all these years.

Sam Winchester:
And now all three are gone.

Dean Winchester:
So is Mayor Todd. Now he said, that you of all people would know that he is not a racist. Why would he say that?

Mrs. Robinson:
He was a good man. He was a young deputy back then, investigating Cyrus's disappearance. Once he figured out what Martin and the others had done, he... he did nothing. Because he also knew what Cyrus had done.

Cassie Robinson:
Why didn't you tell me?

Mrs. Robinson:
I thought I was protecting him. And now there's no one left to protect!

Dean Winchester:
Yes there is. [he looks at Cassie]

Sam Winchester:
[Weakened, pale and sick, barely able to stand. His hand is bleeding from a cut, ready to take the last step of this third trial] Look at him. Look at him. Look how close we are. Other people will die if I don't finish this!

Dean Winchester:
Think about it. Think about what we know. Huh? Pulling souls from Hell. Curing demons. Hell, ganking a hell hound! We have enough knowledge on our side to turn the tide here. But, I can't do it without you.

Sam Winchester:
You can barely do it *with* me. I mean, you think I screw up everything I try. You think I need a chaperone, remember?

Dean Winchester:
C'mon, man, that's not what I meant.

Sam Winchester:
No, it's exactly what you meant. Do you wanna know what I confessed in there? What my greatest sin was? Was how many times I let you down. I can't do that again.

Dean Winchester:
Sam...

Sam Winchester:
What happens when you've decided I can't be trusted? Again? I mean, who are you gonna turn to next time instead of me? Another angel? Another... [fighting tears]... another vampire? Do you have any idea what it feels like to watch your *brother*...

Dean Winchester:
Just hold it. Hold on! [Desperate to make Sam understand and believe] You seriously think that? Because none of it- *none* of it- is true! Listen, man, I know we've had... our disagreements, okay? Hell, I know I've said some junk that set you back on your heels. But, Sammy... C'mon... I killed Benny... to save you. I'm willing to let this bastard, and all the sons o' b*tches that killed Mom, *walk* because of you. Don't you *dare*... think that there is anything, past or present, that I would put in front of you! It has * never* been like that! *Ever*! I *need* you to see that. I'm beggin' you.

Sam Winchester:
[Shaking, extremely weak] How do I stop?

Dean Winchester:
[Steps up to Sam, his voice softer] Just let it go.

Sam Winchester:
I can't. It's in me, Dean. You don't know what this feels like.

Dean Winchester:
Hey, listen. [Wrapping a kerchief around Sam's bleeding hand] We will figure it out, okay? [He gives Sam a smile] Just like we always do. C'mon. [He grabs Sam in a hug] C'mon. Let it go. Okay? Let it go, brother. [Sam notices the glow leaving his arms and pulls away to show Dean] See? [Then Sam collapses, screaming in pain]

[Sam and Dean are posing as brothers Alex and Edward Van Halen]

Dr. Aaron Fuller:
You were referred to me by a Dr. Babar in Chicago.

Dean Winchester:
That's right.

Dr. Aaron Fuller:
Isn't there a... children's book about an elephant named Babar?

Dean Winchester:
I don't know. I don't have any elephant books. Look, Doctor, I-I think the doc was in over his head on this one 'cause my brother's, uh...

Dean Winchester:
[pauses, then spins his finger around his ear and makes the "cuckoo" whistle]

Dr. Aaron Fuller:
Okay, fine. Thank you, That- that's really not necessary.

Dr. Aaron Fuller:
[to Sam] Why don't *you* tell me how you're feeling, Alex.

Sam Winchester:
I'm fine.

Sam Winchester:
[scoffs] I mean, okay, a little depressed, I guess.

Dr. Aaron Fuller:
All right. Any idea why?

Sam Winchester:
Probably because I started the apocalypse.

Dr. Aaron Fuller:
[taken aback] "The apocalypse"?

Sam Winchester:
Yeah, that's right.

Dr. Aaron Fuller:
[the Doctor looks at Dean, who smirks, then back to Sam] And you started it.

Sam Winchester:
Well, yeah, I...

Sam Winchester:
[sighs] I killed this demon, Lilith, and I accidentally freed Lucifer from Hell, so now he's topside and we're tryin' to stop him.

Dr. Aaron Fuller:
W-who is?

Sam Winchester:
Me. And him. And, uh, this one angel.

Dr. Aaron Fuller:
Oh, you mean like a- like an angel on your shoulder.

Sam Winchester:
[matter-of-factly] No, no. His name is Castiel. He wears a trench coat.

Dean Winchester:
See what I mean, doc? I mean, the kid's been beating himself up over this thing for months. The apocalypse wasn't his fault.

Dr. Aaron Fuller:
[again taken aback] It's not?

Dean Winchester:
No. There was this other demon, Ruby. She got him addicted to demon blood. I mean, near the end, he was practically chugging the stuff. My brother's not evil. He's was just... high. Yeah? So could you fix him up so we can get back to traveling around the country and hunting monsters?

Dr. Aaron Fuller:
[holds up a "one moment" finger, picks the phone handset up to his head, and presses a button] Erma? Cancel my lunch.

College Professor:
I'm afraid Indiana isn't really known for its pagan worship.

Dean Winchester:
Well what if it was imported? You know, like the Pilgrims brought their religion over. Wasn't a lot of this area settled by immigrants?

College Professor:
Yeah.

Dean Winchester:
Like that town near here, Burkettsville. Where're their ancestors from?

College Professor:
Ah, Northern Europe I believe, Scandinavia.

Dean Winchester:
Well what could you tell me about those pagan gods?

College Professor:
Well there are hundreds of Norse gods and goddesses.

Dean Winchester:
I'm actually lookin' for one. Might live in an orchard.

College Professor:
[looking in a book] A woods god, hm? Well, let's see. [flips through the book, Dean sees a picture that resembles the scarecrow]

Dean Winchester:
Wait, wait, what's that one?

College Professor:
Well, that's not a woods god, per se.

Dean Winchester:
[reads] The Vanir were Norse gods of protection and prosperity, keeping local settlements safe from harm. The villages built effigies of the Vanir in their fields, other villages practiced human sacrifice, one male, and one female. [about the picture] Kinda looks like a scarecrow, huh?

College Professor:
Well, I suppose.

Dean Winchester:
This particular Vanir, its energy sprung from a sacred tree?

College Professor:
Well, pagans believed all kinds of things were infused with magic.

Dean Winchester:
So what would happen if this sacred tree was torched? You think it'd kill the god?

College Professor:
[laughs] Son, these are just legends we're discussing.

Dean Winchester:
Oh, of course. Yeah, you're right. Listen, thank you, very much.

Sam Winchester:
What're you saying, Dean? How is it your fault? Dean. You've been hiding something from the get-go. Since when does Dad bail on a hunt? Since when does he let something get away? Now talk to me, man! Tell me what's goin' on.

Dean Winchester:
Fort Douglas Wisconsin. It was, it was the third night in this crap room and I was climbin' the walls, man, I needed to get some air. [flashback shows young Dean slipping out; when he gets back, the Shtriga is in the room hanging over Sam; Dean grabs the rifle and c*cks it, the Shrtiga looks up and roars; John comes in]

John Winchester:
Get outta the way! [Dean ducks, John fires at the Shtriga, the Shtriga jumps through the window and escapes; John grabs Sam] Sammy, Sammy, Sammy! You okay?

Young Sam:
Dad, what's going on?

John Winchester:
You all right? [he hugs him tight, turns to Dean] What happened?

Young Dean:
I, I just went out.

John Winchester:
[dangerous] What?

Young Dean:
J-just for a second. I'm sorry.

John Winchester:
[angry] I told you not to leave this room! I told you not to let him out of your sight! [cut back to present]

Dean Winchester:
Dad just... grabbed us and booked. Dropped us off at Pastor Jim's about three hours away; by the time he got back to Fort Douglas the Shtriga disappeared, it was, was just gone. Never resurfaced until now. You know, Dad never... spoke about it again. I didn't ask. But he uh, he looked at me different. You know? Which was worse. Not that I blame him. He gave me an order and I didn't listen, I almost got you killed.

Sam Winchester:
You were just a kid.

Dean Winchester:
Don't. Don't. Dad knew this was unfinished business for me. He sent me here to finish it.

[Nick is visited in a dream by his murdered wife]

Lucifer:
You're dreaming, Nick. But it doesn't mean this isn't real.

Nick:
Sarah?

Lucifer:
I'm not your wife, Nick. I'm an angel.

Nick:
An angel?

Lucifer:
My name is Lucifer.

Nick:
Sure. Naturally. Um... Could you do me a favor there, Satan, and remind me to quit drinking before I go to bed?

Lucifer:
I'm here because you're special, Nick. There's very, very few people like you.

Nick:
Is that so?

Lucifer:
You're a vessel... a very powerful vessel.

Nick:
Meaning what, exactly?

Lucifer:
I need to take control of your mind and your body. To be honest, it'll probably be unpleasant for you. But it is necessary.

Nick:
Okay, look... if it's just the same to you, I think I'd like to wake up now.

Lucifer:
I told you, this is real. Don't be afraid. This is your choice. You need to invite me in.

Nick:
Even if this is real, which it's not, but assuming it was... why the hell would I do something like that?

Lucifer:
You people misunderstand me. You call me "Satan" and "devil", but do you know my crime? I loved God too much. And for that, He betrayed me. Punished me. Just as He's punished you. After all, how could God stand idly by while that man broke into your home and butchered your family in their beds? There are only two rational answers, Nick: either He's sadistic or He simply doesn't care. You're angry. You have every right to be angry. I am angry, too. That's why I want to find Him, hold Him accountable for His actions. Just because He created us doesn't mean He can toy with us, like playthings.

Nick:
If I help you... can you bring back my family?

Lucifer:
I'm sorry. I can't. But I can give you the next best thing. God did this to you, Nick. And I can give you justice. Peace.

Nick:
How do I know you're telling the truth?

Lucifer:
Because, contrary to popular belief, I don't lie. I don't need to. What I need... is you. Nick, I need you to say yes.

Nick:
Then yes.

[Lucifer possesses Nick in a flash of heavenly light]

[as they prepare to storm Lucifer's hideout]

Dean Winchester:
Hey, uh, me. Can I talk to you for a second? [the two Deans move away, the others check their weapons] Tell me what's goin' on.

Future Dean:
What?

Dean Winchester:
I know you. You're lying to these people, and to me.

Future Dean:
Is that so?

Dean Winchester:
Yeah. See, I know your lying expressions. I've seen 'em in the mirror. Now there's something you're not telling us.

Future Dean:
I don't know what you're talking about.

Dean Winchester:
Oh really. Well, I don't seem to be the only member of your posse with some questions, so uh, maybe I'll just take my doubts over to them. [he starts to walk away]

Future Dean:
[stopping him] Okay wo-wo-wo-woah wait.

Dean Winchester:
What?

Future Dean:
Take a look around you, man. This place should be white-hot with Croats. Where are they?

Dean Winchester:
[realizing] They cleared a path for us. Which means that this is...

Future Dean:
...a trap. Exactly.

Dean Winchester:
Well then we can't go through the front...

Future Dean:
Oh we're not. [glancing at the others] They are. They're the decoys. You and me, we're goin' in through the back.

Dean Winchester:
[horrified] You mean you're gonna feed your friends into a meat grinder? Cas too? You want to use their *deaths* as a diversion? [the other Dean looks away] Oh man, something is broken in you. You're making decisions I would never make. I wouldn't sacrifice my friends!

Future Dean:
You're right. *You* wouldn't. It's one of the main reasons we're in this mess, actually.

Dean Winchester:
These people count on you, they trust you!

Future Dean:
They trust me to kill the Devil, and to save the world. And that's exactly what I'm gonna do!

Dean Winchester:
No. Not like this you're not, I'm not gonna let you!

Future Dean:
Oh really.

Dean Winchester:
Yeah! [Future Dean punches him in the face, knocking him out]

Lucifer:
[after killing future Dean, turns around and sees past Dean] Oh. Hello Dean. Aren't you a surprise. [lightning flashes, Lucifer pops up behind him] You've come a long way to see this, haven't you?

Dean Winchester:
Well go ahead. Kill me.

Lucifer:
Kill you? [glances around Dean at the body of future Dean] Don't you think that would be a little... redundant? [sighs] I'm sorry. It must be painful. Speaking to me in this - shape. But it had to be your brother. It had to be. [he reaches for Dean's shoulder, Dean pulls away, Lucifer's arm drops] You don't have to be afraid of me, Dean. What do you think I'm going to do? [walks past Dean, fingers a rose]

Dean Winchester:
[angrily] I don't know, maybe deep-fry the planet?

Lucifer:
[turning back] Why? Why would I want to destroy this stunning thing? *Beautiful* in a trillion different ways! The last, *perfect* handiwork of God? [pause] You ever hear the story of how I fell from grace?

Dean Winchester:
Oh good God, you're not gonna tell me a bedtime story are you? My stomach's almost outta bile.

Lucifer:
You know why God cast me down? Because I *loved* him. More than anything. And then God created... [huffs a small laugh] You. The little, hairless apes. And then he asked all of us to bow down before *you*. To love *you*, more than Him! And I said, Father, I can't. I said these human beings, were flawed, murderous. And for that, God had Michael cast me into Hell! Now tell me, does the punishment fit the crime? Especially when I was right. Look what six billion of you have done to this thing. And how many of you blame me for it. [pause]

Dean Winchester:
You're not fooling me, you know that? With this sympathy for the Devil crap? I know what you are.

Lucifer:
What am I?

Dean Winchester:
You're the same thing only bigger. The same brand of cockroach I been squashing my whole life. An ugly, evil, belly-to-the-ground supernatural piece of crap. The only difference between them and you? Is the size of your ego. [pause, Lucifer smiles]

Lucifer:
I like you, Dean. I get what the other angels see in you. Good-bye. We'll meet again soon. [starts walking away]

Dean Winchester:
[fiercely] You better kill me now!

Lucifer:
[stops, turns back] Pardon?

Dean Winchester:
You better kill me now! Or I swear, I will find a way to kill you! And I won't stop!

Lucifer:
[quietly] I know you won't. I know you won't say yes to Michael either. And I know you won't kill Sam. Whatever you do, you will always end up... here. No matter what choices you make, whatever details you alter, *we* will always end up... here. [a tear drops from Dean's eye] I win. So I win.

Dean Winchester:
You're wrong.

Lucifer:
See you in five years, Dean. [he vanishes with a clap of thunder]

Dean Winchester:
Is that why you stole the Colt, huh? Try to wiggle out of your deal? Our gun for your soul?

Bela Talbot:
Yes.

Dean Winchester:
But stealing the Colt wasn't quite enough, I'm guessing.

Bela Talbot:
They changed the deal. They wanted me to kill Sam.

Dean Winchester:
[sarcastic] Really. Wow. Demons, untrustworthy. Huh. Shocker. That's, uh, kind of a tight deadline too, uh, what time is it? Oh, look at that! Almost midnight.

Bela Talbot:
[crying] Dean, listen, I need help.

Dean Winchester:
Sweetheart, we are weeks past help.

Bela Talbot:
I know I don't deserve it.

Dean Winchester:
You know what, you're right. You don't. But you know what the b*tch of the bunch is? If you would have just come to us sooner and asked for help, we probably could have taken the Colt and saved you.

Bela Talbot:
[still crying] I know, and saved yourself. [pause] I know about your deal, Dean.

Dean Winchester:
And who told you that?

Bela Talbot:
The demon that holds it. She holds mine too. She says she holds every deal.

Dean Winchester:
She?

Bela Talbot:
Her name is Lilith.

Dean Winchester:
...Lilith? Why should I believe you?

Bela Talbot:
You shouldn't, but it's the truth.

Dean Winchester:
This can't help you, Bela. Not now. Why are you tellin' me this?

Bela Talbot:
Because just maybe you can kill the b*tch.

Dean Winchester:
[long pause] I'll see you in Hell. [he hangs up on her]

[Dial tone. Bela hangs up as the clock switches to 12:
00 midnight. Hellhounds howl in the background. Bela stands to look out window, and there is a crash as the Hellhounds presumably attack and scene fades to black]

Dean Winchester:
Hiya, Bela. Here's a fun fact you may not know: I felt your hand in my pocket when you swiped that motel receipt.

Bela Talbot:
You don't understand.

Dean Winchester:
Oh, I'm pretty sure I understand perfectly. Y'see, I noticed something interesting in your hotel room. Something tucked above the door, an herb. Devil's Shoestring. Well there's only one use for that. [pause] Holding Hellhounds at bay. So you know what I did? I went back and took another look at your folks obit, turns out they died ten years ago today. You didn't kill them. A demon did your dirty work. You made a deal, didn't you, Bela. And it's come due.

Lilith:
[flashback, young Bela swinging, crying] I can take care of them for you. And it won't even cost you anything for ten whole years. [her eyes glow red]

Dean Winchester:
Is that why you stole the Colt, huh? Try to wiggle out of your deal? Our gun for your soul?

Bela Talbot:
Yes.

Dean Winchester:
But stealing the Colt wasn't quite enough, I'm guessing.

Bela Talbot:
They changed the deal. They wanted me to kill Sam.

Dean Winchester:
[sarcastic] Really. Wow. Demons, untrustworthy. Huh. Shocker. That's, uh, kind of a tight deadline too, uh, what time is it? Oh, look at that! Almost midnight.

Bela Talbot:
[crying] Dean, listen, I need help.

Dean Winchester:
Sweetheart, we are weeks past help.

Bela Talbot:
I know I don't deserve it.

Dean Winchester:
You know what, you're right. You don't. But you know what the b*tch of the bunch is? If you would have just come to us sooner and asked for help, we probably could have taken the Colt and saved you.

Bela Talbot:
[still crying] I know, and saved yourself. [pause] I know about your deal, Dean.

Dean Winchester:
And who told you that?

Bela Talbot:
The demon that holds it. She holds mine too. She says she holds every deal.

Dean Winchester:
She?

Bela Talbot:
Her name is Lilith.

Dean Winchester:
...Lilith? Why should I believe you?

Bela Talbot:
You shouldn't, but it's the truth.

Dean Winchester:
This can't help you, Bela. Not now. Why are you tellin' me this?

Bela Talbot:
Because just maybe you can kill the b*tch.

Dean Winchester:
[long pause] I'll see you in Hell. [he hangs up on her]

[Dial tone. Bela hangs up as the clock switches to 12:
00 midnight. Hellhounds howl in the background. Bela stands to look out window, and there is a crash as the Hellhounds presumably attack and scene fades to black]

Dean Winchester:
So, why am I still breathing? Sitting here with you... what do you want?

Death:
[He shows the first spark of emotion] The leash around my neck, off! Lucifer has me bound to him. Some unseemly little spell. He has me where he wants, when he wants. That's why I couldn't go to you. I had to wait for you to catch up. He's made me his weapon. Hurricanes. Floods. Raising the dead. I'm more powerful than you can process, and I'm enslaved to a bratty child having a tantrum.

Dean Winchester:
And you think... *I* can unbind you?

Death:
There's your ridiculous bravado again. Of course, you can't. But, you can help take the bullets out of Lucifer's gun. [Holds up his hand with his ring] I understand you want this.

Dean Winchester:
Yeah.

Death:
I'm inclined to give it to you.

Dean Winchester:
To give it to me.

Death:
That's what I said.

Dean Winchester:
What about... Chicago?

Death:
[pauses as lightning strikes outside] I suppose it can stay. I like the pizza. [He takes off the ring] There are conditions.

Dean Winchester:
Okay. Like?

Death:
You have to do whatever it takes to put Lucifer in his cell.

Dean Winchester:
Of course.

Death:
*Whatever* it takes.

Dean Winchester:
That's the plan.

Death:
No. No plan. Not yet. Your brother? He's the one that can stop Lucifer. The *only* one.

Dean Winchester:
What, you think...

Death:
I know. So I need a promise. You're going to let your brother jump right into that fiery pit. [He extends the ring to Dean as Dean's face hardens] Well, do I have your word?

Dean Winchester:
[pauses, looking at the ring] Okay, yeah. Yes. [He holds out his hand]

Death:
[Forcefully] That better be yes, Dean. You know you can't cheat Death. [He drops the ring into Dean's hand]

[Dean is sitting on a bed in the motel room, fear overwhelming him, scratching at his arms, hearing his heart pound in his ears, hellhounds barking. He sees a Bible on the floor, picks it up and clutches it to himself, closing his eyes]

Lilith:
[off camera] Hi, Dean. [Deans eyes shoot open wide. He turns to see Lilith as a little girl sitting next to him and turns sharply away]

Dean Winchester:
Oh. No. No!

Lilith:
Yes! It's me, Lilith. [She hugs Dean, smiling] Oh, I missed you so much! It's time to go back now.

Dean Winchester:
[He pulls away and stands up, moving away from her] You- [Fighting his fear, he can't look at her] You are *not* real!

Lilith:
[Standing up] What's the matter, Dean? Don't you remember all the fun you had down there? [Dean looks at her, fear and remembrance in his eyes] You do remember. Four months is like 40 years in Hell. Like doggy years. [Menacingly] And you remember every second.

Dean Winchester:
[Tries to smile and ignore her, but suddenly grimaces and clutches at his chest in pain. He slowly crumbles to his knees at her feet on the floor] You are *not* real.

Lilith:
[Lifts his head sharply to force him to look at her while her eyes go white] Doesn't matter. You're still gonna die. You're still gonna burn. [Lets him go and smiles at him]

Dean Winchester:
Why me? Why'd *I* get infected?

Lilith:
[smiling with her hands on her hips] Silly goose. You know why, Dean. [Leans close to him as her voice menaces him again] Listen to your heart.

Dean Winchester:
Wha...

Lilith:
Ba-boom. [Dean grimaces sharply pain. He collapses, eyes widening at the pain and fear as she continues to chant] Ba-boom. Ba-boom. Ba-boom. Ba-boom. [He inches away from her as she advances on him, her voice rising] Ba-boom. Ba-boom! Ba-boom! Ba-boom! [Dean's eyes go wide as his heart suddenly stops. Then he suddenly takes in a sharp breath of air as Sam and Bobby successfully kill the ghost. Dean is choking, breathing heavily, looking around for Lilith, sees his arms free of scratches - and collapses completely in relief on the floor]


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