In the Beginning

Dean goes back in time, meets his mother and grandparents, discovers a secret, and of course, fights demons. Find out what else happened on the third episode of the second season of Supernatural.

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While Dean is sleeping, Sam sneaks out and meets up with Ruby. The two drive off together. Dean wakes up to find Castiel watching him. Castiel tells him he needs to stop it, then vanishes. Dean wakes up on a bench in a strange town. He pulls his cell phone out of his jacket, but is unable to get a signal. He walks into a restaurant and sits next to a young man (played by Matt Cohen).

Dean asks the man where he is and is told he's in Lawrence, Kansas. He asks where he can get a signal for his phone and the man says, probably on the Enterprise. Dean sees the waiter dressed in 70s clothes and jokes that Sonny and Cher broke up. The man and waiter look at him in shock. Dean looks around and sees that everyone looks like they're from the past. He looks at a paper and sees the date is April 30, 1973. Dean realizes that the man next to him is his father. The two exchange strange glances, then the man leaves and Dean follows him.

Castiel appears to Dean and explains that time is fluid and although it's not easy, occasionally it can be bent. Then he disappears.

Dean follows the man to a car dealership. He's about to purchase a VW bus, but Dean tells him to buy the '67 Chevy instead. Dean apologizes for being so out of it at the restaurant and thanks him for the coffee. The man introduces himself as John Winchester and Dean says his name is Dean Van Halen. Dean convinces John to buy the Chevy. Then he asks him if he's felt any chills, smelled any sulfur, or seen any mutilated cattle. John gets freaked out and tells him to leave him alone.

Dean continues to follow his dad. He watches him pick up a young woman (played by Amy Gumenick) and realizes it's his mom. He follows them to a restaurant and spies on them through the window. Suddenly the woman appears and fighting ensues. While Dean is getting beat up, he sees that the woman is wearing a charm bracelet. He asks her if she's a hunter and the fighting ends.

After Mary finishes her date with John, she takes Dean to meet her parents Samuel (played by Mitch Pileggi) and Deanna (played by Allison Hossack). Dean tells them that he is a fellow hunter. Mary's father (Dean's grandfather) tells him he doesn't trust other hunters. Mary's mom invites Dean to dinner and he starts to bond with his grandpa. Samuel tells Dean about a farmer's death and strange crop failure that he is going to investigate.

Mary and Samuel, who is dressed as a priest, show up at the farmer's house. Mary goes off to talk to a kid and Samuel goes to the door. Dean, also dressed as a priest, opens the door and surprises Samuel.

Dean then joins Mary to talk with the farmer's son. He tells them that his dad would get drunk and sometimes beat his mom. One day a stranger approached him and asked him if he wanted the beatings to stop. The next day, the farmer was dead and the stranger told the son he'd see him again in 10 years. The son also describes the strangers eyes as yellow.

Dean thinks the son inadvertently made a deal with a demon. He tells Mary and Samuel that he knows what the yellow eyed demon is and that it killed his family. He tells them he's going to Colorado to get Colt's gun, a gun that can kill anything, and come back to kill the demon. Samuel asks how he knows where the yellow eyed demon will be and Dean pulls out his father's notebook. He shows Samuel a list of names of all the people the yellow eyed demon came into contact with. He sees that a woman who lives nearby is supposed to get a visit in a couple days. Dean tells Samuel that his father could see the future and that's how he knows where the demon will be.

Dean goes to Mary before he leaves and asks her about John. She tells him he's sweet and everything a hunter is not. She tells him that she knows John is going to ask her to marry him. She says she hates hunting and can't wait to leave it behind. She tells Dean that her worst fear is that her children will be raised on hunting like she was. Dean makes her promise that she won't get out of bed on November 2, 1983.

On the way to Colorado, Castiel appears in Dean's car. After joking about God being his co-pilot, Dean asks him why Sam wasn't sent back in time with him. Dean tells Castiel that Sam is probably going crazy looking for him, but Castiel assures him Sam isn't looking. Castiel reminds Dean that if he alters the past, all the people he saves in the future will die. Dean tells him he's okay with that if he can save his parents. Castiel disappears.

Dean opens a safe and pulls out the Colt gun. The owner points a shotgun at Dean and Dean tells him he's just going to borrow it. The man lets him leave with the gun.

Mary asks her father where Dean is. He tells her that he went to hunt a demon. She finds out that he's at her friend's house and insists that she go help. Mary gets to her friend's house just as she is about to make a deal to save her cancer ridden father. Before she agrees, Samuel walks in and shoots the demon. Fighting ensues. Dean then walks in and points his gun at the demon who is using Mary as a shield. The demon escapes the body before Dean can kill it.

Mary runs off to meet up with John. Dean then talks to Samuel alone and tells him that they need to kill the demon before it kills Mary. He fesses up to being his grandson from the future. Samuel asks to see Dean's gun, but Dean refuses. Then Samuel's eyes turn yellow and the demon explains to Dean that he's not making deals for people's souls, but rather is arranging to come back for their children. He tells him that Mary is his favorite so far. Dean asks what his end game is, but the demon refuses to tell. He then stabs Samuel's body in the stomach.

Deanna sees what is happening and goes for the gun. The demon breaks her neck before she can reach it.

Mary and John are together at a lake and John is about to propose. Mary interrupts him and tries to tell him the truth about her. Then her demon possessed father appears and breaks John's neck. The demon dad then tells Mary he'll bring John back to life if she makes a deal with him to come back in 10 years. Dean arrives to see Mary kiss her demon dad. The demon then leaves Samuel's dead body and John comes back to life.

Dean wakes up with Castiel on his bed. Dean realizes he couldn't stop the past and Castiel explains that he wouldn't have been able to even if he could. He tells Dean that he was only sent back so that he would know the truth. Castiel says that they don't know why Sam was needed for the demon's plan. He says Dean needs to stop his brother, who is heading down a dangerous road, and if he won't, they will.

BeeThoughts

This episode was great. Being sent back in time is an awesome way to tell the story about Dean and Sam's parents. Although, except for the cars it didn't really feel like they were in the 70's. The end scene with Mary's dad's body hitting on her was really gross, but having the explanation of what happened to connect Sam to the demon is worth it. I wonder where Sam and Ruby went. I thought she wasn't going to see him anymore since Castiel appeared. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

- Kristine R.