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'''New Orleans'''<br> | '''New Orleans'''<br> | ||
At night in a cemetery Samuel Campbell enters a crypt with an Aquarian star above the entrance. Deep in the catacombs, he draws a blood sigil to open a concrete tomb. AS he opens the lid, he hears a noise behind him and runs! Above ground in the centenary he trips and some creature descends on him from the dark.<br> | At night in a cemetery Samuel Campbell enters a crypt with an Aquarian star above the entrance. Deep in the catacombs, he draws a blood sigil to open a concrete tomb. AS he opens the lid, he hears a noise behind him and runs! Above ground in the centenary he trips and some creature descends on him from the dark.<br> | ||
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− | '''Lawrence, Kansas''' | + | '''Lawrence, Kansas'''<br> |
John Winchesters is on a bus, returning home after two years in the Marines. Flashes of combat in Vietnam flash through his mind, unsettling him, and he fingers and envelope that has an Aquarian Star printed on it, and his name written on the front. As he walks through town, he literally runs into a woman outside the movie theatre - Mary Campbell. As he helps her pick up the items spilled from her bag, she gives him a box of licorice drops, and they part. At Winchester's Garage, John reunites with his mom Millie, who owns the place. She's pleased to see him but there's some tension - he forged his dad's signature to join up while underage. Millie asks what John plans to do now he's home, but he doesn't know yet. | John Winchesters is on a bus, returning home after two years in the Marines. Flashes of combat in Vietnam flash through his mind, unsettling him, and he fingers and envelope that has an Aquarian Star printed on it, and his name written on the front. As he walks through town, he literally runs into a woman outside the movie theatre - Mary Campbell. As he helps her pick up the items spilled from her bag, she gives him a box of licorice drops, and they part. At Winchester's Garage, John reunites with his mom Millie, who owns the place. She's pleased to see him but there's some tension - he forged his dad's signature to join up while underage. Millie asks what John plans to do now he's home, but he doesn't know yet. | ||
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That night John is in an alley, and pulls a key out of his pocket when a man, whose eyes flash totally black, confronts him demanding the key. As the man attacks, John fights back and is suddenly joined by Mary. Eventually, she kicks him into a water tank and starts an exorcism which sends a plume of smoke out of his mouth. She tells John that the man is dead, and was possessed by a demon. John tells Mary about the letter, handed to him by a mysterious man.<br> | That night John is in an alley, and pulls a key out of his pocket when a man, whose eyes flash totally black, confronts him demanding the key. As the man attacks, John fights back and is suddenly joined by Mary. Eventually, she kicks him into a water tank and starts an exorcism which sends a plume of smoke out of his mouth. She tells John that the man is dead, and was possessed by a demon. John tells Mary about the letter, handed to him by a mysterious man.<br> | ||
Outside the building that the letter told him to come to, John sees a Devil's Trap that Mary drew. He takes out the key that was with the letter and Mary notes there's an anti-possession charm on it - same as she has on her bracelet. <br> | Outside the building that the letter told him to come to, John sees a Devil's Trap that Mary drew. He takes out the key that was with the letter and Mary notes there's an anti-possession charm on it - same as she has on her bracelet. <br> | ||
Inside they find an obviously long abandoned clubhouse of some sort, that seems to have belonged to a group called the Men of Letters. Mary finds a file with a schematic in it - her father said someone called Ada Monroe told him to find it. John finds his father's locker which includes a photo of him, John and Millie, as well as a journal.<br> | Inside they find an obviously long abandoned clubhouse of some sort, that seems to have belonged to a group called the Men of Letters. Mary finds a file with a schematic in it - her father said someone called Ada Monroe told him to find it. John finds his father's locker which includes a photo of him, John and Millie, as well as a journal.<br> | ||
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− | '''Lubbock, Texas''' | + | '''Lubbock, Texas'''<br> |
In Ada Monroe's Occult Bookshop, the light's start flickering. She grabs an anti-possession charm and starts to run, but when she trips and drops the charm, a plum of black smoke enters her, and her black eyes show she is possessed by a demon.<br> | In Ada Monroe's Occult Bookshop, the light's start flickering. She grabs an anti-possession charm and starts to run, but when she trips and drops the charm, a plum of black smoke enters her, and her black eyes show she is possessed by a demon.<br> | ||
− | '''Lawrence, Kansas''' | + | '''Lawrence, Kansas'''<br> |
John finds Mary, and tells her that Ada Monroe has been reported missing. John is keen to be involved as his dad also went missing 15 years ago, and he thinks finding Mary's dad might help uncover his story.<br> | John finds Mary, and tells her that Ada Monroe has been reported missing. John is keen to be involved as his dad also went missing 15 years ago, and he thinks finding Mary's dad might help uncover his story.<br> | ||
At the Lawrence library, Mary introduces John to Latika, a hunter in training. She shows Latika the schematic, but refuses her offer to accompany them to Lubbock. | At the Lawrence library, Mary introduces John to Latika, a hunter in training. She shows Latika the schematic, but refuses her offer to accompany them to Lubbock. | ||
− | '''Lubbock, Texas''' | + | '''Lubbock, Texas'''<br> |
− | AS they drive to | + | AS they drive to Texas, John has visions of his friend Murh who was killed in Vietnam. He tells Mary about how Murph died, and that he still has a piece of his silver cross embedded in his arm. |
− | At Ada's bookshop, | + | At Ada's bookshop, they find evidence that Samuel was there. At the sound of a smash they run outside and find a young woman possessed by a demon advancing on them. Just in time a van smashes into her sending her flying. It's Latika and another hunter Carlos! Carlos squirts the demon with holy water froma water pistol, and then puts a circle of salt around her, and then gets John to read an exorcism written on a diner menu. <br> |
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Revision as of 00:58, 14 October 2022
Title | Pilot |
Episode # | Season 1, Episode 1 |
First aired | October 11, 2022 |
Directed by | Glen Winter |
Written by | Robbie Thompson |
On IMDB | Pilot |
Outline | |
Monster | Akrida Demons Loup-Garou |
Timeline | March 23, 1972 |
Location(s) | New Orleans, Louisiana Lawrence, Kansas Lubbock, Texas Vietnam (flashbacks) |
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Contents
Synopsis
New Orleans
At night in a cemetery Samuel Campbell enters a crypt with an Aquarian star above the entrance. Deep in the catacombs, he draws a blood sigil to open a concrete tomb. AS he opens the lid, he hears a noise behind him and runs! Above ground in the centenary he trips and some creature descends on him from the dark.
Lawrence, Kansas
John Winchesters is on a bus, returning home after two years in the Marines. Flashes of combat in Vietnam flash through his mind, unsettling him, and he fingers and envelope that has an Aquarian Star printed on it, and his name written on the front. As he walks through town, he literally runs into a woman outside the movie theatre - Mary Campbell. As he helps her pick up the items spilled from her bag, she gives him a box of licorice drops, and they part. At Winchester's Garage, John reunites with his mom Millie, who owns the place. She's pleased to see him but there's some tension - he forged his dad's signature to join up while underage. Millie asks what John plans to do now he's home, but he doesn't know yet.
That night John is in an alley, and pulls a key out of his pocket when a man, whose eyes flash totally black, confronts him demanding the key. As the man attacks, John fights back and is suddenly joined by Mary. Eventually, she kicks him into a water tank and starts an exorcism which sends a plume of smoke out of his mouth. She tells John that the man is dead, and was possessed by a demon. John tells Mary about the letter, handed to him by a mysterious man.
Outside the building that the letter told him to come to, John sees a Devil's Trap that Mary drew. He takes out the key that was with the letter and Mary notes there's an anti-possession charm on it - same as she has on her bracelet.
Inside they find an obviously long abandoned clubhouse of some sort, that seems to have belonged to a group called the Men of Letters. Mary finds a file with a schematic in it - her father said someone called Ada Monroe told him to find it. John finds his father's locker which includes a photo of him, John and Millie, as well as a journal.
Lubbock, Texas
In Ada Monroe's Occult Bookshop, the light's start flickering. She grabs an anti-possession charm and starts to run, but when she trips and drops the charm, a plum of black smoke enters her, and her black eyes show she is possessed by a demon.
Lawrence, Kansas
John finds Mary, and tells her that Ada Monroe has been reported missing. John is keen to be involved as his dad also went missing 15 years ago, and he thinks finding Mary's dad might help uncover his story.
At the Lawrence library, Mary introduces John to Latika, a hunter in training. She shows Latika the schematic, but refuses her offer to accompany them to Lubbock.
Lubbock, Texas
AS they drive to Texas, John has visions of his friend Murh who was killed in Vietnam. He tells Mary about how Murph died, and that he still has a piece of his silver cross embedded in his arm.
At Ada's bookshop, they find evidence that Samuel was there. At the sound of a smash they run outside and find a young woman possessed by a demon advancing on them. Just in time a van smashes into her sending her flying. It's Latika and another hunter Carlos! Carlos squirts the demon with holy water froma water pistol, and then puts a circle of salt around her, and then gets John to read an exorcism written on a diner menu.
Characters
- Mary Campbell
- John Winchester
- Latika Dar
- Carlos Cervantez
- Ada Monroe
- Millie Winchester
- Samuel Campbell
- Dean Winchester
- Henry Winchester
- Maggie Campbell
Definitions
- Akrida
- Anti-Possession Symbol
- Aquarian Star
- Dean's Amulet
- Demon Smoke
- Demonology
- Devil's Trap
- EMF
- Exorcism
- Green Cooler
- Holy Water
- Hunters
- Impala
- Iron
- Lawrence, Kansas
- Loup-Garou
- Mary's Bracelet
- Men of Letters
- Men of Letters Clubhouse
- Monster Box
- Monsters
- Possession
- Salt
- Samulet
- Silver
- Sulfur
- Table of Death
- Title Card
- Warding Sigils
- Winchester's Garage
Music
- "I'd Love to Change the World" by Ten Years Later
- (playing as John returns home to Lawrence, and as Dean drives off at the end)
- "People Will Make You Say Things" by Frank Lynch
- (playing in the Winchester Garage while John and Millie talk)
- "Walkin' After Midnight" by Patsy Kline
- (playing on the radio as a demon possesses Ada Monroe)
- "All Right Now" by Free
- (playing as Carlos arrives and he and John exorcise a demon; also played in 1.06 Skin)
- "Americana" by Jay Gruska
- (playing in the final scene between Millie and John)
Quotes
Millie: My husband and son walked out on me so, this is the best i could do.
Mary: Since I was a kid, yeah.
Latika: It’s a monster trap. Powered by dark magic. It pulls monsters inside. And kills them.
John: Since yesterday, yes.
Millie: You sound just like your daddy. Just come home.
Trivia & References
- The legal drinking age in Kansas in 1972 was 18 years of age for beer under 4% ABV.
- Willard is a 1971 horror film, about the titular character, who can control rats and goes on a rampage of revenge against those who wronged him.
- "New car smell" is the odor a person smells when they first set foot in a brand new car.
- Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison are musicians and members of the 27 Club, an informal list of musicians and artists that have died at the age of 27.
- Freemasons are members of a secretive men’s society that dates back to the 13th century.
- Henry’s middle name “Eric” is a nod to Supernatural series creator Eric Kripke. John Winchester's middle name was also Eric.
- Mary is quoting a lyric from David Bowies’ 1969 song "Space Oddity".
- "My bad" was popularized by its use in the 1995 movie “Clueless” which may lead people to think its use here is anachronistic. However, its earliest recorded use was by the musician Louis Armstrong on the Ed Sullivan Show, in June 1956 on the Ed Sullivan Show’s 8th anniversary when he wished Sullivan a happy birthday and then corrected himself, saying: "Happy Anniversary. My bad." By the 1970s it was common slang in the African American community, particularly in pickup basketball games and from there spread into hip hop music.
Carlos: The only thing worse than how it starts for a hunter - is how it ends.
- A similar sentiment were also expressed by Dean (4.12 Criss Angel Is a Douchebag, 15.20 Carry On) and Sam (13.11 Breakdown).
- Because New Orleans is at or below sea-level, and surrounded by water means that in ground burials risk coffins being displaced or even expelled from the ground during flooding. This means most burials are above the ground in tombs or mausoleums.
Minutiae
- John is referring to a devil's trap which can physically trap demon's in place.
John: Yeah, and I hate him for that. But I love him, you know.
- This echoes Dean speech from 12.22 Who We Are where he tells Mary "I hate you. And I love you."
- This echoes the story Dean tells Sam in 1.01 Pilot:
- "Dad's on a hunting trip and he hasn't been home in a few days."
Mary: You can't kill demons, our buddy from the alley found a new host.
- The Colt can kill demons, though at this point in time, it was believed to only be a myth, a "bedtime story" Samuel would tell Mary per 4.03 In the Beginning.
- This line echoes a line by Sam Winchester in the Supernatural 1.01 Pilot where he says to Dean:
- “When I told Dad I was scared of the thing in my closet, he gave me a .45.”
- Sam and Dean Winchester often used an EMF reader, which Dean had made out of a Walkman.
- Sulfur is a sign of a demon’s presence.
- Saving people, hunting things. The Family Business. was Sam and Dean's motto, first heard in 1.02 Wendigo.
- In Supernatural, the American chapter was destroyed by the Knight of Hell Abaddon on August 12, 1958. However, Ada's comment has a slight goof as 1958 is 14 years before, not 15.
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- The Cast Sets Up the Prequel
- Promo
- 5 Things to Know About the Winchesters
- Introducing Mary
- Introducing John
- Introducing Lata
- Introducing Carlos
- Jensen, Danneel, Drake and Mary talk about the music in the Pilot
Reviews
Pre-broadcast
- The Winchesters Pilot Review: When John Met Mary via TVPulse
- Take Two: Revised Winchesters Pilot Offers New Insights via TVPulse
- Winchesters’ Pilot Review [SPOILER-FREE] via Ners and Beyond
- CW Spiral Video Review via CW Spiral Podcast
- The Winchesters Pilot: All Hunters Have Tough Beginnings via Vought HQ
- Review: ‘Supernatural’ Series ‘The Winchesters’ Premiere via Cosmic Circus