Episode 2x01 - In My Time Of Dying
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Original Air Date: 28th September 2006
Production Code: 3T5501
Writer: Eric Kripke
Director: Kim Manners
Official Episode Description
Sam, Dean and John were left for dead after the Demon plowed a
semi into the Impala. Now, one of the Winchesters hovers between life and death
as the surviving family must face an old and powerful adversary.
Summary
Moments after the truck slams into the Impala, Sam wakes up to see the driver
rip off the door of the Impala. Still possessed by The Demon, the driver taunts
Sam before vanishing off, leaving the poor driver bewildered. Sam tries to wake
John and Dean up, but neither responds. Even while the paramedics are carrying
him into the ambulance, his only thoughts are for his brother and father.
In the hospital, Dean wakes up. He wanders into the hallway and tries to ask
a nurse for news on Sam and John. She doesn't hear him or see him. Dean has
a feeling he knows what has happened and he rushes back to his room - only to
see his body lying broken on the bed, deep in a coma. He's havning some kind
of out-of-body experience and no one can hear him, not even Sam. He tries desperately
to connect with Sam (who is largely unhurt) or John (who is admitted to the
hospital but fully conscious), but there is nothing there. Suddenly, he sees
something floating past the door and rushes out to follow it.
He sees a spirit that appears to be killing people. When it eventually heads
towards his own unconscious body, he fights it off - his spirit is able to connect
physically with it. Meanwhile, Sam and John vow to do anything they can to save
Dean. John asks Sam to get some ingredients for a protection spell from Bobby,
but Sam discovers that these are actually used for summoning demons. He confronts
his dad and demands that he stops trying to fight the demon while Dean's life
hangs in the balance. John agrees, but he has another plan up his sleeve.
Dean encounters another spirit, a young girl named Tessa, who's body also appears
to be in a coma. They stick together for a while but then Dean heads back to
his room where Sam is trying to connect with him through the use of a spirit
board. Dean is shocked when he discovers that it works and the brothers manage
a sort-of conversation. Dean reveals that he is hunting a reaper. Sam goes to
ask John what he can do to help, but John has vanished. More concerned about
his brother, Sam retrieves John's journal and the two of them look through it
for information on Reapers. As soon as he sees what is written there, Dean dashes
off.
He confronts Tessa, telling her that he knows she is a reaper. She admits it
and tells Dean that his time is up - he was living on borrowed time anyway.
He refuses to go, but Tessa explains that although she cant force him to go
with her, if he doesn't, he will remain trapped there as an angry spirit - becoming
the very thing he has spent his life fighting.
While Dean and Tessa talk, John summons The Demon. He tells it that he is not
there to fight - he wants to make a deal. He offers the Colt to The Demon in
exchange for Dean's life. The Demon accepts, but tells John that there is one
more thing he wants as well as the gun. Just as Dean is about to make a decision
about going along with Tessa, he is returned to his body. He wakes from his
coma and the doctors are shocked - all his injuries are healed. Dean cant remember
anything about the reaper or how he managed to stay alive.
John comes in. Sam tries to start another argument with him, but John cuts
him off. He says he's fed up of fighting and doesn't want to argue with him
anymore. Sam agrees and goes to get some coffee. John tells Dean that he has
always been proud of him and tells him to watch over Sam. He whispers something
else to Dean and walks out.
When Sam returns with the coffee, he see's John on the floor in another room,
bleeding. Doctors fight to keep him alive, but at 10:41am, John Winchester is
pronounced dead.
Notes
- The symbol John draws on the ground is the Sigil of Azazel.
- Tessa is a reaper, but is very different to the one seen in Faith.
- The doctor who is called to the room where the little girl is dying is
paged as Dr Kripke!
- Tessa explains that angry spirits are those who have refused to go along
with their reaper. They remain trapped on earth, unable to communicate or
move on and it eventually drives them insane.
- Dean is in room 3751
Cultural References
- Dude, I full on Swayze'd that mother.
When Dean manages to make the glass move, he refers to Patrick Swayze's
character in the movie Ghost. The character was dead and in spirit form but
found he could occasionally make things move if he tried hard enough.
- You see me messing with crystals or listening to Yanni?
Yanni is a Greek composer and keyboardist known for his "new age"
music style.
- Stage three: Bargaining
Tessa is referring to the Kübler-Ross model which describes the five
stages of grief : Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Despression and Acceptance.
- I think I'll pass on the seventy two virgins, thanks.
In Muslim belief, a martyr is promised 72 virgins after his death if
he dies as a warrior.
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