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1x09 HOME

Written by: Eric Kripke
Directed by: Ken Girotti
Transcript by: Rebecca
Cleaned up and edited by: Dana

TEASER

SUBTITLE
Lawrence, Kansas

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE - NIGHT

A young woman, JENNY, is sitting on the floor of her home, unpacking boxes. She comes across a photo of herself and her husband at their wedding. She begins to cry just as her daughter, SAIRIE, comes in the room.

SAIRIE
Mommy?

JENNY looks up.

JENNY
Hey, sweetie. Why aren't you in bed?

SAIRIE
There's something in my closet.

INT. SAIRIE'S BEDROOM

JENNY opens the closet doors and looks inside as SAIRIE watches from her bed.

JENNY
See? There's nothing there.

SAIRIE
You sure?

JENNY
I'm sure. Now, come on. Get into bed.

SAIRIE crawls into bed and JENNY tucks her in.

SAIRIE
I don't like this house.

JENNY
You're just not used to it yet. But you and your brother and me �- we are going to be very happy here. I promise.
(She kisses SAIRIE on her forehead.)
I love you.

She turns off the light and gets up to leave the room.

SAIRIE
The chair.

JENNY
Okay.
(She moves a chair under the doorknob of the closet.)
The chair. Just to be safe.

SAIRIE lies down and goes to bed. JENNY leaves.

After returning to the living room, JENNY continues unpacking boxes. She stops when she hears the sound of scratching coming from the basement.

JENNY
Please, God, don't let it be rats.

INT. BASEMENT

A few moments later, JENNY goes downstairs into the basement with a flashlight. She tries turning on a light, but the switches don't work.

JENNY
Terrific.

The scene returns to SAIRIE'S bedroom. The chair begins moving on its own, away from the closet doors. SAIRIE sits up in her bed, wide-eyed and afraid. Back in the basement, JENNY keeps looking around. On the floor, she sees a large black trunk. She kneels down and opens it, pulling out old photos of the Winchester family. Written on the back of a picture are the words, "The Winchesters. John, Mary, Dean, and Little Sammy." JENNY smiles. In SAIRIE'S bedroom, the closet doors open by themselves. Standing in the closet is what looks like a person, but it is entirely made out of fire. SAIRIE screams.

END TEASER

INT. MOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

While SAM is sleeping, he begins dreaming of JENNY. She is inside her bedroom, banging on her bedroom window screaming for help. SAM wakes up, confused.

INT. MOTEL ROOM - DAY

The next morning, while DEAN is on the computer, SAM is drawing a picture of a tree.

DEAN
All right. I've been cruisin' some websites. I think I found a few candidates for our next gig. A fishing trawler found off the coast of Cali �- its crew vanished. And, uh, we got some cattle mutilations in West Texas. Hey.
(SAM looks up from his drawing.)
Am I boring you with this hunting evil stuff?

SAM
No. I'm listening. Keep going.

DEAN
And, here, a Sacramento man shot himself in the head. Three times.
(He waves his hand in front of SAM'S face.)
Any of these things blowin' up your skirt, pal?

SAM
(looking at his picture)
Wait. I've seen this.

DEAN
Seen what?
(SAM gets up from the bed and goes searching through his duffel bag.)
What are you doing?

SAM finds a photo of their family from when he was a baby. He compares the tree in the photo to his drawing. They are the same.

SAM
Dean, I know where we have to go next.

DEAN
Where?

SAM
Back home �- back to Kansas.

DEAN
Okay, random. Where'd that come from?

SAM
(showing the photo to DEAN)
All right, um, this photo was taken in front of our old house, right? The house where Mom died?

DEAN
Yeah.

SAM
And it didn't burn down, right? I mean, not completely, they rebuilt it, right?

DEAN
I guess so, yeah. What the hell are you talkin' about?

SAM
Okay, look, this is gonna sound crazy but... the people who live in our old house �- I think they might be in danger.

DEAN
Why would you think that?

SAM
Uh... it's just, um... look, just trust me on this, okay?

He starts to walk away, and DEAN follows him.

DEAN
Wait, whoa, whoa, trust you?

SAM
Yeah.

DEAN
Come on, man, that's weak. You gotta give me a little bit more than that.

SAM
I can't really explain it is all.

DEAN
Well, tough. I'm not goin' anywhere until you do.

SAM sighs. DEAN waits expectantly.

SAM
I have these nightmares.

DEAN
(nodding)
I've noticed.

SAM
And sometimes... they come true.

DEAN
(stunned)
Come again?

SAM
Look, Dean... I dreamt about Jessica's death �- for days before it happened.

DEAN
Sam, people have weird dreams, man. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

He sits down on the bed.

SAM
No, I dreamt about the blood dripping, her on the ceiling, the fire, everything, and I didn't do anything about it 'cause I didn't believe it. And now I'm dreaming about that tree, about our house, and about some woman inside screaming for help. I mean, that's where it all started, man, this has to mean something, right?

DEAN
(overwhelmed)
I don't know.

SAM
(sitting down across from DEAN)
What do you mean you don't know, Dean? This woman might be in danger. I mean, this might even be the thing that killed Mom and Jessica!

DEAN
All right, just slow down, would ya?
(He stands up and begins pacing.)
I mean, first you tell me that you've got the Shining? And then you tell me that I've gotta go back home? Especially when...

SAM
When what?

DEAN
(sadly)
When I swore to myself that I would never go back there?

SAM
(softly)
Look, Dean, we have to check this out. Just to make sure.

DEAN
I know we do.

EXT. WINCHESTER HOUSE

DEAN and SAM pull up outside the house.

SAM
You gonna be all right, man?

DEAN
Let me get back to you on that.

They get out of the car. After knocking on the front door, JENNY answers it. SAM is shocked that she is the same woman from his dream.

JENNY
Yes?

DEAN
Sorry to bother you, ma'am, but we're with the Federal�

SAM
I'm Sam Winchester, and this is my brother, Dean. We used to live here. You know, we were just drivin' by, and we were wondering if we could come see the old place.

JENNY
Winchester. Yeah, that's so funny. You know, I think I found some of your photos the other night.

DEAN
You did?

JENNY nods and steps aside.

JENNY
Come on in.

They go inside.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE

Inside the house, the three of them go to the kitchen. SAIRIE is at the table doing homework. RITCHIE, her jumpy toddler brother, is in his playpen.

RITCHIE
Juice! Juice! Juice! Juice!

JENNY
That's Ritchie. He's kind of a juice junkie.
(She takes a sippy cup out of the refrigerator and hands it to RITCHIE.)
But, hey, at least he won't get dirty.
(She walks over to SAIRIE.)
Sairie, this is Sam and Dean. They used to live here.

SAIRIE
Hi.

DEAN waves.

SAM
Hey, Sairie.

DEAN
So, you just moved in?

JENNY
Yeah, from Wichita.

DEAN
You got family here, or... ?

JENNY
No. I just, uh... needed a fresh start, that's all. So, new town, new job �- I mean, as soon as I find one. New house.

SAM
So, how you likin' it so far?

JENNY
Well, uh, all due respect to your childhood home �- I mean, I'm sure you had lots of happy memories here.
(DEAN smiles weakly.)
But this place has its issues.

SAM
What do you mean?

JENNY
Well, it's just getting old. Like the wiring, you know? We've got flickering lights almost hourly.

DEAN
Oh, that's too bad. What else?

JENNY
Um... sink's backed up, there's rats in the basement.
(She pauses.)
I'm sorry. I don't mean to complain.

DEAN
(not offended)
No. Have you seen the rats or have you just heard scratching?

JENNY
It's just the scratching, actually.

SAIRIE
Mom? (JENNY kneels down next to her.)
Ask them if it was here when they lived here.

SAM
What, Sairie?

SAIRIE
The thing in my closet.

JENNY
Oh, no, baby, there was nothing in their closets.
(to SAM and DEAN)
Right?

SAM
Right. No, no, of course not.

JENNY
She had a nightmare the other night.

SAIRIE
I wasn't dreaming. It came into my bedroom �- and it was on fire.

SAM and DEAN are shocked.

EXT. WINCHESTER HOUSE

DEAN and SAM are walking back to the car.

SAM
You hear that? A figure on fire.

DEAN
And that woman, Jenny, that was the woman in your dreams?

SAM
Yeah. And you hear what she was talking about? Scratching, flickering lights, both signs of a malevolent spirit.

DEAN
Yeah, well, I'm just freaked out that your weirdo visions are comin' true.

SAM
(panicked)
Well, forget about that for a minute. The thing in the house, do you think it's the thing that killed Mom and Jessica?

DEAN
I don't know!

SAM
Well, I mean, has it come back or has it been here the whole time?

DEAN
Or maybe it's something else entirely, Sam, we don't know yet.

SAM
Well, those people are in danger, Dean. We have to get 'em out of that house.

DEAN
And we will.

SAM
No, I mean now.

DEAN
And how you gonna do that, huh? You got a story that she's gonna believe?

SAM
Then what are we supposed to do?

CUT TO: GAS STATION

DEAN
We just gotta chill out, that's all. You know, if this was any other kind of job, what would we do?

SAM sighs.

SAM
We'd try to figure out what we were dealin' with. We'd dig into the history of the house.

DEAN
Exactly, except this time, we already know what happened.

SAM
Yeah, but how much do we know? I mean, how much do you actually remember?

DEAN
About that night, you mean?

SAM
Yeah.

DEAN
Not much. I remember the fire... the heat.
(He pauses for a moment.)
And then I carried you out the front door.

SAM
You did?

DEAN
Yeah, what, you never knew that?

SAM
(shaking his head.)
No.

DEAN
And, well, you know Dad's story as well as I do. Mom was... was on the ceiling. And whatever put her there was long gone by the time Dad found her.

SAM
And he never had a theory about what did it?

DEAN
If he did, he kept it to himself. God knows we asked him enough times.

SAM
Okay. So, if we're gonna figure out what's goin' on now... we have to figure out what happened back then. And see if it's the same thing.

DEAN
Yeah. We'll talk to Dad's friends, neighbors, people who were there at the time.

SAM
(after a pause)
Does this feel like just another job to you?

DEAN says nothing for a moment.

DEAN
I'll be right back. I gotta go to the bathroom.

He walks away. After turning a corner, he stands next to the bathroom door and takes out his cell phone. After making sure no one can see him, he dials a number.

JOHN (VOICEMAIL)
This is John Winchester. If this is an emergency, call my son, Dean at 866-907-3235.
The beep sounds.

DEAN
Dad? I know I've left you messages before. I don't even know if you'll get 'em.
(He clears his throat.)
But I'm with Sam. And we're in Lawrence. And there's somethin' in our old house. I don't know if it's the thing that killed Mom or not, but...
(His voice breaks. He pauses, barely keeping himself together.)
... I don't know what to do.
(He begins to cry.)
So, whatever you're doin', if you could get here. Please. I need your help, Dad.

He hangs up sadly, with tears in his eyes.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE

JENNY is showing a plumber to the kitchen, near the sink.

JENNY
No, sir, nothing weird down there, I promise. Sink just backed up on its own.

PLUMBER
Well, I'll take a look.

JENNY
Thanks. Oh, okay, I'll get out of your way.

She leaves. The plumber sets down his tools and begins looking at the pipes under the sink. A few feet away, by RITCHIE'S playpen, a toy monkey is sitting with cymbals in its hands. Without warning, the monkey starts up. It clashes its cymbals together loudly while cackling. After a moment, the plumber looks up, confused. The toy stops. The plumber stands up and tries turning on the garbage disposal, but it doesn't work. Instead, he rolls up his sleeve and sticks his hand down the disposal. He thinks he feels something in the drain, but when he takes his hand out, there is nothing there. He sticks most of his arm back down the disposal. Suddenly, the garbage disposal starts up. The plumber's arm is being completely torn apart as blood splatters everywhere. At the same time, the cymbal-clashing monkey starts up again, cackling as the plumber screams.

INT. GUENTHER'S AUTO REPAIR

DEAN and SAM are talking to the owner of the garage.

DEAN
So you and John Winchester, you used to own this garage together?

MR. GUENTHER
Yeah, we used to, a long time ago. Matter of fact, it must be, uh... twenty years since John disappeared. So why the cops interested all of a sudden?

DEAN
Oh, we're re-opening some of our unsolved cases, and the Winchester disappearance is one of 'em.

MR. GUENTHER
Oh, well, what do you wanna know about John?

DEAN
Well, whatever you remember, you know, whatever sticks out in your mind.

MR. GUENTHER
Well... he was a stubborn bastard, I remember that.
(He laughs.)
And, uh, whatever the game, he hated to lose, you know? It's that whole Marine thing.
(DEAN and SAM nod.)
But, oh, he sure loved Mary. And he doted on those kids.

SAM
But that was before the fire?

MR. GUENTHER
That's right.

SAM
He ever talk about that night?

MR. GUENTHER
No, not at first. I think he was in shock.

SAM
Right. But eventually? What did he say about it?

MR. GUENTHER
Oh, he wasn't thinkin' straight. He said somethin' caused that fire and killed Mary.

DEAN
He ever say what did it?

MR. GUENTHER
Nothin' did it. It was an accident �- an electrical short in the ceiling or walls or somethin'. I begged him to get some help, but...

DEAN
But what?

MR. GUENTHER
Oh, he just got worse and worse.

DEAN
How?

MR. GUENTHER
Oh, he started readin' these strange ol' books. He started goin' to see this palm reader in town.

DEAN
Palm reader? Uh, do you have a name?

MR. GUENTHER
(scoffs)
No.

CUT TO: IMPALA

The car is parked by a payphone, where SAM is looking through a phonebook.

SAM
All right, so there are a few psychics and palm readers in town. There's someone named El Divino. There's, uh �-
(He laughs.)
�there's the Mysterious Mister Fortinsky. Uh, Missouri Moseley�

DEAN
Wait, wait. Missouri Moseley?

SAM
What?

DEAN
That's a psychic?

SAM
Uh, yeah. Yeah, I guess so.

DEAN goes into the backseat of the car and pulls out John's journal.

DEAN
In Dad's journal... here, look at this.
(He opens to the first page.)
First page, first sentence, read that.

SAM
(reading)
I went to Missouri and I learned the truth.

DEAN
(shrugging)
I always thought he meant the state.

INT � MISSOURI'S HOUSE

MISSOURI MOSELEY is escorting a man out of the house while DEAN and SAM sit on the couch, waiting.

MISSOURI
All right, there. Don't you worry 'bout a thing. Your wife is crazy about you.
(The man thanks her and she closes the front door behind him.)
Whew. Poor bastard. His woman is cold-bangin' the gardener.

DEAN
Why didn't you tell him?

MISSOURI
People don't come here for the truth. They come for good news.
(The boys stare at her.)
Well? Sam and Dean, come on already, I ain't got all day.
(She leaves the room. DEAN and SAM exchange a confused look and follow her into the next room.)
Well, lemme look at ya.
(She laughs.)
Oh, you boys grew up handsome.
(She points a finger at DEAN.)
And you were one goofy-lookin' kid, too.
(DEAN glares at her while SAM smirks.)
Sam.
(She grabs his hand.)
Oh, honey... I'm sorry about your girlfriend.
(The boys are shocked.)
And your father �- he's missin'?

SAM
How'd you know all that?

MISSOURI
Well, you were just thinkin' it just now.

SAM raises his eyebrows, surprised.

DEAN
Well, where is he? Is he okay?

MISSOURI
I don't know.

DEAN
Don't know? Well, you're supposed to be a psychic, right?

MISSOURI
Boy, you see me sawin' some bony tramp in half? You think I'm a magician? I may be able to read thoughts and sense energies in a room, but I can't just pull facts out of thin air. Sit, please.
(SAM smirks at DEAN and they sit down. MISSOURI snaps at DEAN.)
Boy, you put your foot on my coffee table, I'm 'a whack you with a spoon!

DEAN
I didn't do anything.

MISSOURI
But you were thinkin' about it.

DEAN raises his eyebrows. SAM smiles.

SAM
Okay. So, our dad �- when did you first meet him?

MISSOURI
He came for a reading. A few days after the fire. I just told him what was really out there in the dark. I guess you could say... I drew back the curtains for him.

DEAN
What about the fire? Do you know about what killed our mom?

MISSOURI
A little. Your daddy took me to your house. He was hopin' I could sense the echoes, the fingerprints of this thing.

SAM
And could you?

MISSOURI
I...

She shakes her head.

SAM
What was it?

MISSOURI
(softly)
I don't know. Oh, but it was evil.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE

JENNY is on the phone in the kitchen while RITCHIE jumps around in his playpen.

JENNY
Look, I feel just awful about the poor man's hand.
(... )
Wait, but how can I be held liable?
(... )
Yeah, but I can't afford a lawyer.
(She begins to hear noises from upstairs.)
Okay, listen, you just gotta let me call you back.
(She hangs up.)
Ritchie, um, Mommy's gonna be right back, okay?

RITCHIE
Okay.

JENNY leaves the room.

INT. MISSOURI'S HOUSE

MISSOURI
So... you think somethin' is back in that house?

SAM
Definitely.

MISSOURI
I don't understand.

SAM
What?

MISSOURI
I haven't been back inside, but I've been keepin' an eye on the place, and it's been quiet. No sudden deaths, no freak accidents. Why is it actin' up now?

SAM
I don't know. But Dad going missing and Jessica dying and now this house all happening at once �- it just feels like something's starting.

DEAN
That's a comforting thought.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE.

While RITCHIE is alone in the kitchen, one of the screws on his playpen mysteriously comes out of place. One of the playpen's sides falls to the floor. At the same time, the safety latch on the door of the refrigerator comes undone. The refrigerator opens. Curious, RITCHIE walks over to it. Inside, he sees his sippy cup full of juice.

RITCHIE
Juicy.

He climbs into the refrigerator and sits on one of the shelves. Suddenly, the refrigerator door closes and the safety latch locks into place.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE; KITCHEN

JENNY returns to the kitchen.

JENNY
Oh, baby, either we have rats or Mommy's going crazy.
(She sees that the playpen is empty.)
Ritchie? Ritchie?!
(Panicked, she rushes into the other rooms and tries to find him.)
Baby, where are you?!

She comes back into the kitchen, breathing heavily. She sees milk leaking out from inside the refrigerator. She goes over to it and opens the door.

RITCHIE
Mommy.

JENNY
Oh my God!
(She takes RITCHIE out of the refrigerator and holds him in her arms. A few moments later, there is a knock on the door. She answers it and sees SAM, DEAN, and MISSOURI.)
Sam, Dean. What are you doing here?

SAM
Hey, Jenny. This is our friend, Missouri.

DEAN
If it's not too much trouble, we were hoping to show her the old house. You know, for old time's sake.

JENNY
You know, this isn't a good time. I'm kind of busy.

DEAN
Listen, Jenny, it's important.
(MISSOURI smacks him on the back of the head.)
Ow!

MISSOURI
Give the poor girl a break, can't you see she's upset?
(to JENNY)
Forgive this boy, he means well, he's just not the sharpest tool in the shed, but hear me out.

DEAN looks stunned.

JENNY
About what?

MISSOURI
About this house.

JENNY
What are you talking about?

MISSOURI
I think you know what I'm talking about. You think there's something in this house, something that wants to hurt your family. Am I mistaken?

JENNY
Who are you?

MISSOURI
We're people who can help, who can stop this thing. But you're gonna have to trust us, just a little.

JENNY looks unsure.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE; SAIRIE'S BEDROOM

MISSOURI
If there's a dark energy around here, this room should be the center of it.

SAM
Why?

MISSOURI
This used to be your nursery, Sam. This is where it all happened.
(SAM glances at the ceiling. While MISSOURI looks around the room, DEAN pulls out his EMF meter.)
That an EMF?

DEAN
Yeah.

MISSOURI

Amateur.
(DEAN glares at her. He nudges SAM and shows him that the EMF is beeping frantically.)
I don't know if you boys should be disappointed or relieved, but this ain't the thing that took your mom.

SAM
Wait, are you sure?
(She nods.)
How do you know?

MISSOURI
It isn't the same energy I felt the last time I was here. It's somethin' different.

DEAN
What is it?

MISSOURI
Not it.
(She opens the closet.)
Them. There's more than one spirit in this place.

DEAN
What are they doing here?

MISSOURI
They're here because of what happened to your family. You see, all those years ago, real evil came to you. It walked this house. That kind of evil leaves wounds. And sometimes, wounds get infected.

SAM
I don't understand.

MISSOURI
This place is a magnet for paranormal energy. It's attracted a poltergeist. A nasty one. And it won't rest until Jenny and her babies are dead.

SAM
You said there was more than one spirit.

MISSOURI
There is. I just can't quite make out the second one.�

DEAN
Well, one thing's for damn sure �- nobody's dyin' in this house ever again. So whatever is here, how do we stop it?

INT. MISSOURI'S HOUSE

DEAN, SAM, and MISSOURI are sitting around a table. On the table are different herbs and roots.

DEAN
So, what is all this stuff, anyway?

MISSOURI
Angelica Root, Van Van oil, crossroad dirt, a few other odds and ends.

DEAN
Yeah? What are we supposed to do with it?

MISSOURI
We're gonna put them inside the walls in the north, south, east, west corners on each floor of the house.

DEAN
We'll be punchin' holes in the dry wall. Jenny's gonna love that.

MISSOURI
(slyly)
She'll live.

SAM
And this'll destroy the spirits?

MISSOURI
It should. It should purify the house completely. We'll each take a floor. But we work fast. Once the spirits realize what we're up to, things are gonna get bad.

EXT. WINCHESTER HOUSE - NIGHT

MISSOURI is walking JENNY and her kids outside.

JENNY
Look, I'm not sure I'm comfortable leaving you guys here alone.

MISSOURI
Just take your kids to the movies or somethin', and it'll be over by the time you get back.

JENNY, still slightly unsure, leaves with her kids. MISSOURI goes back inside.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE

Inside the house, SAM goes into one of the rooms with a hammer. He kneels down by the wall and begins using the end of the hammer to hit against the walls. While he is doing this, a plug on the other side of the room takes itself out of the outlet. A lamp begins to move on its own also. The plug snakes its way towards SAM. Downstairs in the kitchen, DEAN is punching the wall with a small ax. Behind him, a drawer begins to open on its own. In the basement, MISSOURI is looking around. She brings a bag full of herbs to the wall. She hears a noise and turns around to see a table coming towards her. She screams as it pins her against the wall. Back in the kitchen, DEAN also hears a noise. He quickly ducks just as a knife hurls itself into a cabinet. DEAN places a table in front of himself as more knives come through it. Upstairs, SAM is chopping a hole in the wall. The lamp crashes to the ground. SAM turns around to see what the noise was, and the cord wraps itself around his neck. SAM falls to the ground, trying to get the cord off. Eventually, he lays weak on the floor. DEAN runs upstairs and into the room.

DEAN
Sam!

DEAN rushes over to SAM and tries to get the cord off, but it won't budge. Instead, DEAN kicks a hole in the wall and places the bag of herbs inside. A blinding white light leaves the room. Once the spirit is gone, DEAN goes back over to SAM, who is completely weak. DEAN unravels the cord from around SAM'S neck and pulls him into a fierce hug.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE; KITCHEN

A few hours later, DEAN, SAM, and MISSOURI are standing in the extremely messy kitchen.

SAM
You sure this is over?

MISSOURI
I'm sure. Why? Why do you ask?

SAM
Never mind.
(He sighs.)
It's nothin', I guess.

They hear JENNY enter the house.

JENNY
Hello? We're home.
(She comes into the kitchen and looks around.)
What happened?

SAM
Hi, sorry. Um, we'll pay for all of this.

DEAN looks confused.

MISSOURI
Don't you worry. Dean's gonna clean up this mess.
(DEAN stands there, not moving.)
Well, what are you waiting for, boy? Get the mop.
(He begins walking away.)
And don't cuss at me!

DEAN walks away, muttering under his breath. A little while later, MISSOURI and the boys leave the house. JENNY waves and shuts the door behind them.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE; MASTER BEDROOM

Later that night, JENNY is in bed, reading a magazine. She yawns and puts the magazine on her bedside table. After turning off the light and sliding underneath the covers, she goes to sleep. A few seconds later, she opens her eyes, startled. The bed begins to shake violently. She screams and gets out of bed.

EXT. WINCHESTER HOUSE; IMPALA

Meanwhile, outside, DEAN and SAM are sitting in the car.

DEAN
All right, so, tell me again, what are we still doin' here?

SAM
I don't know. I just... I still have a bad feeling.

DEAN
Why? Missouri did her whole Zelda Rubenstein thing, the house should be clean, it should be over.

SAM
Yeah, well, probably. But I just wanna make sure, that's all.

DEAN
Yeah, well, problem is I could be sleeping in a bed right now.

He slides down in his seat and closes his eyes. SAM looks up at JENNY'S bedroom window and sees her screaming, just as in his dream.

SAM
Dean. Look, Dean!

They rush out of the car and run towards the house.

DEAN
You grab the kids, I'll get Jenny.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE

Inside SAIRIE'S bedroom, the figure made out of fire is standing by her closet. In the hallway, DEAN rushes to JENNY'S bedroom door.

DEAN
Jenny!

JENNY
I can't open the door!

DEAN
Stand back!

She moves back. DEAN kicks down the door and brings her downstairs.

JENNY
No, my kids!

DEAN
Sam's got your kids, come on.

While carrying RITCHIE in his arms, SAM goes to SAIRIE'S bedroom, where she is screaming for help. SAM goes to SAIRIE'S bed and picks her up in his other arm.

SAM
Don't look. Don't look!
(They leave the bedroom. Outside, DEAN and JENNY rush out of the house. Inside the house, SAM rushes down the stairs and puts the kids down on the floor.)
All right, Sairie, take your brother outside as fast as you can, and don't look back.

Suddenly, an invisible force makes SAM fall to the floor. He slides backwards into another room, crashing into a table. SAIRIE screams and runs outside with RITCHIE. They rush outside to DEAN and JENNY. DEAN kneels down to SAIRIE'S eye level.

DEAN
Sairie, where's Sam?

SAIRIE
(crying)
He's inside. Something's got him.

Panicked, DEAN looks at the front door. It slams shut on its own.

EXT. WINCHESTER HOUSE

DEAN opens the trunk of the Impala and grabs a rifle and an ax. He rushes to the front door and begins chopping away at it.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE

Inside the kitchen, SAM gets flung into a set of cabinets. He stands up and is pinned against the wall by the invisible force. He can't move any part of his body. The fire figure makes its way towards SAM.

EXT. WINCHESTER HOUSE

DEAN continues chopping down parts of the door. Eventually, he makes a hole that he is able to step through.

INT. WINCHESTER HOUSE

He walks through the house, looking for SAM.

DEAN
Sam? Sam!

He finds SAM. As he looks at the fire figure, he raises his gun.

SAM
No, don't! Don't!

DEAN
What, why?!

SAM
Because I know who it is. I can see her now.

Suddenly, the fire vanishes. Instead, standing in front of them is MARY WINCHESTER, exactly as she was the night she died. DEAN'S expression softens. In shock, he lowers his gun slowly.

DEAN
(softly)
Mom?

MARY smiles and steps closer to him.

MARY
Dean.
(Tears form in DEAN'S eyes. MARY walks away from him and goes to SAM. DEAN watches her, never taking his eyes off her.)
Sam.
(SAM smiles weakly, crying. His mother's smile fades.)
I'm sorry.

SAM
For what?

She looks at him sadly, but says nothing. She walks away from them and looks up at the ceiling.

MARY
You get out of my house. And let go of my son.

Once again, she bursts into flames. When she is entirely engulfed, the fire reaches the ceiling and disappears. The force holding SAM to the wall is released. He walks over to DEAN, and the two of them look at each other, stunned.

SAM
Now it's over.

The next morning, DEAN is standing by the car with JENNY, looking through the old photos JENNY found in the beginning of the episode.

DEAN
Thanks for these.

JENNY
Don't thank me, they're yours.

DEAN puts the trunk of photos into the car. Sitting on the front steps of the house, SAM is joined by MISSOURI.

MISSOURI
Well, there are no spirits in there anymore, this time for sure.

SAM
Not even my mom?

MISSOURI
No.

SAM
What happened?

MISSOURI
Your mom's spirit and the poltergeist's energy, they cancelled each other out. Your mom destroyed herself goin' after the thing.

SAM
Why would she do something like that?

MISSOURI
Well, to protect her boys, of course.
(SAM nods, with tears in his eyes. MISSOURI goes to put her hand on his shoulder, but she stops herself.)
Sam, I'm sorry.

SAM
For what?

MISSOURI
You sensed it was here, didn't you? Even when I couldn't.

SAM
What's happening to me?

MISSOURI
I know I should have all the answers, but I don't know.

DEAN
Sam, you ready?

SAM nods and goes to the car. JENNY thanks all of them.

MISSOURI
Don't you boys be strangers.

DEAN
We won't.

MISSOURI
See you around.

JENNY waves. They smile, get in the car, and drive away.

INT. MISSOURI'S HOUSE

MISSOURI comes inside and sets her purse on the table.

MISSOURI
That boy... he has such powerful abilities. But why he couldn't sense his own father, I have no idea.

The camera pans over to her couch, where JOHN WINCHESTER is sitting.

JOHN
Mary's spirit �- do you really think she saved the boys?

MISSOURI
I do.
(JOHN nods sadly and twists his wedding ring on his finger.)
John Winchester, I could just slap you. Why won't you go talk to your children?

JOHN
(tearfully)
I want to. You have no idea how much I wanna see 'em. But I can't. Not yet. Not until I know the truth.

They share a look.