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Original Air Date: 15th November 2005
Production Code: 2T6908
Writer: Eric Kripke
Director: Ken Girotti

Official Episode Description

Sam is haunted by a vision of a woman trapped in his childhood house and convinces a reluctant Dean that they need to go home. Upon arrival, they meet the woman in Sam's premonition and she reveals that the house is haunted. Looking into their personal history, the brothers discover their father had visited a psychic after their mother's death and they turn to the same woman for answers of their own. Together they discover a malevolent poltergeist has inhabited the house and set out to exorcise it, but are blindsided when another unseen spirit steps in.

Summary

Jenny and her two children have just moved into a house in Lawrence, Kansas. The eldest child, Sari, belives that there are monsters in closet, screaming out in the night after she sees a flaming ghost in there.

In a motel, Sam awakens from a nightmare and realises that the dream was of their old house in Lawrence. He convinces Dean that the nightmare was a premonition and insists that they need to go back there. Dean's not happy but finally agrees. They arrive at the house and after talking to them for a while, find out that the house is clearly haunted. Clearly disturbed by this, they start to plan how best to investigate.

Meanwhile, back at Jenny's house, a plumber is called in to look at the blocked sink. He ensures that the waste disposal is switched off, but when he sticks his arm in, it somehow switches itself back in, shredding his arm.

Dean and Sam start asking around, looking further into the history of their old house. They talk to one of John's old partners (possibly Mike) and find out that his friends believed he had gone crazy after the fire and had started seeing a psychic. Dean and Sam go to visit her, Missouri Mosely, and are shocked to find out that she has met them before, when John brought them to see her after Mary's death. She tells them what she knows about the demon that killed Mary.

At Jenny's something traps Richie in the refridgerator, although he is found in time by his mother. Dean and Sam arrive with Missouri and explain to Jenny that the strange things that have been happening are due to the house being haunted. Missouri senses two spirits in the house : one is a very malicious poltergiest but she cannot identify the other one. She is sure, however, that it isn't the same thing that killed Mary. She tells the boys that the house has become a magnet for the paranormal. They attempt to banish the spirits, purifying the house, but as soon as they start, they are attacked by the poltergiest who almost manages to kill Sam. They finally finish the ritual and Missouri belives that the spirit has been banished.

Sam isn't convinced and waits outside the house with Dean. He's right and Jenny gets attacked by the same spirit. They manage to get Jenny and her children out of the house but Sam is trapped by the poltergiest. Suddenly, the flaming ghost from Sari's closey arrives. Sam recognises it as it takes on human form again - it's Mary, their mother. She takes a moment to look on her boys, saying nothing more than their names and "I'm Sorry". She then confronts the poltergiest and defeats it, freeing the boys.

Missouri confirms that the spirits are truly gone now. She explains to Sam that his mother's spirit destroyed herself to protect them. The boys say goodbye and leave, while Missouri goes back home, where she speaks to her other guest - John Winchester.

Deleted Scene

The scene extends the conversation the boys had with Mike Guenther. He explains that he was so worried about John's behaviour that he called social services. John had sold his half of the garage and told Mike he was buying guns as his family was in danger. He said that he hoped John had gotten well, to which Dean insists that perhaps there was nothing wrong with John and Mike should have stood by his friend.

Notes

The house number is 1481.
Jenny and her children moved to Lawrence from Wichitar.
Sari's bedroom is what used to be Sam's nursery.
Dean reveals to Sam that he carried him out of the house on the night of the fire - something which Sam had never been told before.
Sam appears to be able to sense his mother's spirit when Missouri cant.

Cultural References

First you tell me that you've got The Shining...
Dean is referring to the book/movie "The Shining" by Stephen King / Stanley Kubrick in which one of the main characters is telepathic (referred to as The Shining).
Missouri did her whole Zelda Rubinstein thing.
Zelda Rubinstein is the actress best known for her role in the Poltergeist movies as Tangina Barrons.