1.12 Faith (transcript)
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Episode 12 Faith
TEASER
EXTERIOR. NIGHT. ABANDONED HOUSE
Growl of Impala engine. SAM and DEAN park and open the trunk. DEAN removes two tasers.
SAM
What do you got those amped up to?
DEAN
A hundred thousand volts.
SAM
Damn.
DEAN
Yeah, I want this rawhead extra frickin' crispy. And remember, you only get one shot with these things. So make it count.
INTERIOR. SAM and DEAN moving down basement stairs with guns and flashlights.
Hearing a noise, they move toward a cupboard.
DEAN
(whispers) On three. One. Two. Three.
DEAN swings open the door, a young boy and girl are crouched inside, covering their ears.
SAM
(Whispers) Is it still here? (The children nod)
DEAN
(to the boy) Ok. Grab your sister's hand, come on, we gotta get you out of here. Let's go, let's go. (They move towards the stairs.) Alright, go!
SAM starts to take the children upstairs, a hand grabs his legs, knocking him back down. The children scream and run to the top of the stairs.
DEAN
Sam!
DEAN shoots the taser but misses
DEAN
Sam, get 'em outta here!
SAM
(Throwing his taser to DEAN) Here take this!
SAM runs up the stairs and moves the children out of sight.
DEAN
(On high alert) Come on!
A ragged, hairy creature leaps up, shoving DEAN backwards. DEAN loses his weapons and flashlight as he falls. He glances around, scrambles across puddles of water to grab the taser and releases it toward the creature as it moves toward him, electrocuting him. Electricity from the taser moves through the water lying on the ground to DEAN. They both shake and twitch, the creature falls, DEAN loses consciousness.
SAM runs down the stairs and sees DEAN in the corner, unmoving.
SAM
Dean!
He runs over and half lifts him, holding his face.
SAM
Dean, hey. Hey.
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TITLE - SUPERNATURAL
ACT ONE
INTERIOR. Hospital.
SAM stands at the desk with a receptionist.
RECEPTIONIST
Sir, I'm so sorry to ask. There doesn't seem to be any insurance on file.
SAM
Right. Uh, ok.
SAM removes a card from his wallet and hands it to RECEPTIONIST.
RECEPTIONIST
(glancing at card) Okay, Mr. Burkovitz.
SAM sees two cops waiting and walks over.
COP
Look, we can finish this up later.
SAM
No, no, it's okay. We were just taking a shortcut through the neighborhood. And, um, the windows were rolled down, we heard some screaming when we drove past the house, and we stopped. Ran in.
COP
And you found the kids in the basement?
SAM
Yeah.
COP
Well, thank God you did.
SAM sees a doctor walking towards them.
SAM
(To cops) Excuse me.
COP
Sure. Thanks for your help.
SAM
Hey, Doc. Is he...
DOCTOR
He's resting.
SAM
And?
DOCTOR
The electrocution triggered a heart attack. Pretty massive, I'm afraid. His heart...it's damaged.
SAM
How damaged?
DOCTOR
We've done all we can. We can try and keep him comfortable at this point. But, I'd give him a couple weeks, at most, maybe a month.
SAM
No, no. There's, there's...gotta be something you can do, some kind of treatment.
DOCTOR
We can't work miracles. I really am sorry.
SAM walks away, looking upset.
INTERIOR. HOSPITAL ROOM.
DEAN is watching TV. He is pale and has dark circles under his eyes. SAM enters. dean keeps his eyes on the TV
DEAN
(Sounding very weak) Have you ever actually watched daytime TV? It's terrible.
SAM
(shaking his head and sighing) I talked to your doctor.
DEAN
That fabric softener teddy bear. Oh, I'm gonna hunt that little bitch down.
SAM
Dean.
DEAN looks up.
(sounding resigned and clicking the TV off) Yeah. Alright, well, looks like you're gonna leave town without me.
SAM
What are you talking about? I'm not gonna leave you here.
DEAN
(Serious) Hey, you better take care of that car. Or, I swear, I'll haunt your ass.
SAM
I don't think thats 'funny.
DEAN
Oh, come on, it's a little funny.
There is a long silence, Sam looks down, fighting tears. DEAN sighs.
DEAN
Look, Sammy, what can I say, man, it's a dangerous gig. I drew the short straw. That's it, end of story.
SAM
Don't talk like that, alright? We still have options.
DEAN
What options? Yeah, burial or cremation. And I know it's not easy. But I'm gonna die. And you can't stop it.
SAM
Watch me.
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INTERIOR. HOTEL ROOM.
Camera pans across a bed covered in pages of research about heart care. Noise of a phone ringing.
VOICEMAIL: This is John Winchester. I can't be reached. If this is an emergency, call my son, Dean. 866-907-3235. He can help.
SAM
(Fighting tears) Hey, Dad. It's Sam. Uh...you probably won't even get this, but, uh...it's Dean. He's sick, and uh...the doctors say there's nothing they can do. Um...but, uh, they don't know the things we know, right? So, don't worry, cause I'm uh¡...gonna do whatever it takes to get him better. Alright...just wanted you to know.
SAM hangs up, tosses his phone on the bed and just sits there silently. There is a knock on the door and he looks up quickly, tears in his eye. He opens it to find DEAN leaning against the jam, looking terrible.
SAM
(surprised, happy and confused looks crossing his face)What the hell are you doing here?
DEAN
I checked myself out.
SAM
What, are you crazy?
DEAN
(entering the room, leaning on everything within reach) Well, I'm not gonna die in a hospital where the nurses aren't even hot.
DEAN shrugs. SAM huffs a laugh and shuts the door.
SAM
You know, this whole I-laugh-in-the-face-of-death thing? It's crap. I can see right through it.
DEAN
Yeah, whatever, dude. Have you even slept? You look worse than me.
SAM helps DEAN to a chair.
I've been scouring the Internet for the last three days. Calling every contact in Dad's journal.
DEAN
For what?
SAM
For a way to help you. One of Dad's friends, Joshua, he called me back. Told me about a guy in Nebraska. A specialist.
DEAN
You're not gonna let me die in peace, are you?
SAM
I'm not gonna let you die, period. We're going.
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EXTERIOR. DAYTIME. RAINING.
The Impala bumps along a rutted gravel road toward a large white circus tent set up in a field.
People make their way toward the tent across the very muddy ground, many on walking frames or helped by others.
SAM gets out and runs around to help DEAN. DEAN opens his door and looks around.
A sign next to the tent reads The Church of Roy LeGrange. Faith Healer. Witness The Miracle.
Grimacing, DEAN starts to pull himself out of the car. SAM tries to help.
SAM
I got ya.
DEAN
(Angrily) I got it.
DEAN pushes SAM away.
DEAN
Man, you are a lying bastard. Thought you said we were going to see a doctor.
SAM
I believe I said a specialist. Look, Dean, this guy's supposed to be the real deal.
DEAN
I can't believe you brought me here to see some guy who heals people out of a tent.
An elderly woman with an umbrella passes by.
WOMAN
Reverend LeGrange is a great man.
DEAN
Yeah, that's nice.
They walk past an angry man who is talking to a sheriff.
MAN
I have a right to protest. This man is a fraud. And he's milking all these people out of their hard-earned money.
SHERIFF
Sir, this is a place of worship. Let's go. Move it. (They walk away.)
DEAN
I take it he's not part of the flock.
SAM
But when people see something they can't explain, there's controversy.
DEAN
I mean, come on, Sam, a faith healer?
SAM
Maybe it's time to have a little faith, Dean.
DEAN
You know what I've got faith in? Reality. Knowing what's really going on.
SAM
How can you be a skeptic? With the things we see everyday?
DEAN
Exactly. We see them, we know there real.
SAM
But if you know evil's out there, how can you not believe good's out there, too?
DEAN
Because I've seen what evil does to good people.
YOUNG WOMAN
(Overhearing) Maybe God works in mysterious ways.
DEAN
(Checking her out and smiling) Maybe he does. I think you just turned me around on the subject.
YOUNG WOMAN
Yeah, I'm sure.
DEAN
(holding out his hand) I'm Dean. This is Sam.
YOUNG WOMAN
(taking DEAN's hand) Layla. So, if you're not a believer, then why are you here?
DEAN
Well, apparently my brother here believes enough for the both of us.
An older woman approaches and puts her arm around Layla
Come on, Layla. It's about to start.
They both smile and walk inside the tent.
DEAN
(Looking after her) Well, I bet you she can work in some mysterious ways.
SAM and DEAN also enter, the sign at the entrance reads Welcome All Faiths. True Believers Revival.
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INTERIOR. TENT.
The tent is full of people finding seats, a small stage at the front has a lecturn with candles on it.
DEAN
(looking around, tilts his head to the corner)Yeah, peace, love, and trust all over.
SAM follows his gaze to a security camera. DEAN starts to take a seat but SAM puts an arm around him and moves him toward the front.
SAM
Come on.
DEAN
Don't! What are you doing? Let's sit here.
SAM
We're sitting up front.
DEAN
What? Why?
SAM
(moving DEAN up the aisle) Come on.
DEAN
(Moving with him)Oh, come on, Sam.
SAM
You alright?
DEAN
This is ridiculous. He slaps SAM's hands away) I'm good, dude, get off me.
SAM lets go and points to two empty seats behind LAYLA and her mother.
SAM
Perfect.
DEAN
(sarcastically) Yeah, perfect.
SAM
(moving in first) You take the aisle.
SAM tried to help DEAN sit, DEAN raises a hand irritably. On stage a blind man wearing sunglasses, ROY LEGRANGE, is helped to the lecturn by a woman.
ROY
Each morning, my wife, Sue Ann, reads me the news. Never seems good, does it? (The crowd agrees with him.) Seems like there's always someone committing some immoral, unspeakable act.
As he speaks SAM sees a table onstage, filled with religious items. He notices an old wooden cross that is topped by a smaller cross in a circle.
ROY
But, I say to you, God is watching.
CROWD
(murmuring) Yes he is
ROY
God rewards the good, and He punishes the corrupt.
CROWD
Nodding, cheering and murmuring.
ROY
It is the Lord who does the healing here friends. The Lord who guides me in choosing who to heal by helping me see into people's hearts.
CROWD
Murmurs.
DEAN
(quietly, to SAM) Yeah, and into their wallets.
ROY
You think so, young man?
The crowd immediately falls silent.
DEAN
Sorry.
ROY
No, no. Don't be. Just watch what you say around a blind man, we've got real sharp ears.
CROWD
Laughing.
ROY
What's your name, son?
DEAN
(Clears his throat, hesitating) Dean.
ROY
Dean. (nods to himself) I want-I want you to come up here with me.
The crowd claps. LAYLA and her mother don't move.
SUE ANN moves to centre stage, smiling at DEAN.
DEAN
(shaking his head) No, it's ok.
SAM
(whispers) What are you doing?!
ROY
You've come here to be healed, haven't cha?
DEAN
(Hestiating again) Well, yeah, but ahh...(The crowd claps and makes encouraging noises.)... maybe you should just pick someone else.
SAM looks at DEAN like he's insane. The crowd claps loudly.
ROY
Oh, no. I didn't pick you, Dean, the Lord did.
CROWD
(Getting more excited)That's right! Yeah! Come on!
SAM
(Excitedly) Get up there!
DEAN reluctantly rises and moves toward the stage. SUE ANN moves to assist and stands him next to ROY.
ROY
You ready?
DEAN
Look, no disrespect, but ahh, I'm not exactly a believer.
ROY
(smiling) You will be, son. You will be.
ROY
(To the crowd) Pray with me, friends.
The crowd lifts their arms up and joins hands with each other. ROY lifts his hands to the air, then places one first on DEAN's shoulder, then on the side of his head.
ROY
(to himself) Alright now. Alright now.
DEAN's eyes glaze over. His knees weaken and he sinks to the floor, ROY's hand still on his head.
ROY
Alright, now.
DEAN wobbles, his yes fall back in his head and he slips to the stage floor.
SAM
(jumping from his chair and running to the stage) Dean!
The crowd is clapping.
SAM grabs the front of DEANs Hoodie. DEAN's eyes burst open and he gasps.
SAM
Say Something!
DEAN blinks groggily and looks up. ROY is standing above him, hands out from his sides, palms up, looking happy. beside and slightly behind ROY a tall man in a black suit with white hair, very white skin and extremely wrinkled skin comes into focus. He stares at DEAN then turns away and vanishes. DEAN stares, shocked.
END ACT ONE
ACT TWO
INTERIOR. HOSPITAL CHECK UP ROOM.
SAM
So, you really feel okay?
DEAN
(looking unhappy) I feel fine, Sam.
DOCTOR
(Enters reading paperwork) Well, according to all your tests there's nothing wrong with your heart. No sign there ever was. Not that a man your age should be having heart trouble, but, still it's strange it does happen.
DEAN
What do you mean, strange?
DOCTOR
Well, just yesterday, a young guy like you, twenty-seven, athletic. Out of nowhere, heart attack.
DEAN
Thanks, Doc.
DOCTOR
(leaving) No problem.
DEAN
That's odd.
SAM
Maybe it's a coincidence. People's hearts give out all the time, man.
DEAN
No, they don't.
SAM
Look, Dean, do we really have to look this one in the mouth? Why can't we just be thankful that the guy saved your life and move on?
DEAN
Because I can't shake this feeling, that's why.
SAM
What feeling?
DEAN
When I was healed, I just...I felt wrong. I felt cold. And for a second...I saw someone. This, uh, this old man. And I'm telling you, Sam, it was a spirit.
SAM
But if there was something there, Dean, I think I would've seen it, too. I mean, I've been seeing an awful lot of things lately.
DEAN
Well, excuse me, psychic wonder. But you're just gonna need a little faith on this one. Sam, I've been hunting long enough to trust a feeling like this.
SAM
(Sighing) Yeah, alright. So, what do you wanna do?
DEAN
I want you to go check out the heart attack guy. I'm gonna visit the reverend.
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INTERIOR. ROY LEGRANGE'S HOUSE
ROY and DEAN sit on couches, SUE ANN stands, filling a glass.
DEAN
I feel great. Just trying to, you know, make sense of what happened.
SUE ANN
A miracle is what happened. Well, miracles come so often around Roy.
DEAN
(to ROY) When did they start? The miracles.
ROY
Woke up one morning, stone blind. Doctors figured out I had cancer. Told me I had maybe a month. So, uh, we prayed for a miracle. I was weak, but I told Sue Ann, 'You just keep right on praying.' I went into a coma. Doctors said I wouldn't wake up, but I did. And the cancer was gone.
ROY takes off his sunglasses, his eyes are white.
ROY
If it wasn't for these eyes, no one would believe I'd ever had it.
DEAN
And suddenly you could heal people.
ROY
I discovered it afterward, yes. God's blessed me in many ways.
SUE ANN
And his flock just swelled overnight. And this is just the beginning.
DEAN
Can I ask you one last question?
ROY
Of course you can.
DEAN
Why? Why me? Out of all the sick people, why save me?
ROY
Well, like I said before, the Lord guides me. I looked into your heart, and you just stood out from all the rest.
DEAN
What did you see in my heart?
ROY
A young man with an important purpose. A job to do. And it isn¡¯t finished. (DEAN looks slightly surprised.)
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INTERIOR. SWIMMING LOCKER ROOM.
EMPLOYEE
I'm telling you, he seemed healthy. Swam every day, didn't smoke. So, a heart attack just kind of seemed, well, bizarre.
SAM
And you said he was running, right before he collapsed?
MAN
Yeah, yeah, he was freaking out. He said that something was, uh, was after him.
SAM
Did he say what?
MAN
Well, thin air is what. I mean, it wasn't anything.
SAM
Alright, thanks.
As SAM is leaving he notice the clock on the wall isn't working.
SAM
Hey, buddy? Your, uh, your clock's busted.
MAN
Oh, yeah, we, uh, can't get it workin'. Just froze at 4:17.
SAM
Is that the same time Marshall died?
MAN
(surprised) How'd you know?
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EXTERIOR. ROY LEGRANGE'S PORCH STEPS
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DEAN is leaving. LAYLA and her mother are waiting to go in.
LAYLA
Dean, hey.
DEAN
Hey.
LAYLA
How you feeling?
DEAN
I feel good. Cured, I guess. What are you doing here?
LAYLA
You know, my mom, she wanted to talk to the reverend.
SUE ANN comes onto the porch.
SUE ANN
Layla?
LAYLA
(softly) Yes, I'm here again.
SUE ANN
Well, I'm sorry, but Roy is resting. He won't be seeing anyone else right now.
MRS. ROURKE
Sue Ann, please. This is our sixth time, he's got to see us.
SUE ANN
Roy is well aware of Layla's situation. And he very much wants to help just as soon as the Lord allows. Have faith, Mrs. Rourke.
SUE ANN goes inside. MRS. ROURKE stares then turns, looking at DEAN who is standing on a step.
MRS. ROURKE
(frustrated) Why are you still even here? You got what you wanted.
LAYLA
Mom. Stop.
MRS. ROURKE
No, Layla, this is too much. We've been to every single service. If Roy would stop choosing these strangers over you. Strangers who don't even believe. I just can't pray any harder.
DEAN
Layla, what's wrong?
LAYLA
(hesitantly) I have this thing...
MRS. ROURKE
It's a brain tumor. It's inoperable. In six months, the doctors say....
LAYLA puts a hand on her mother's shoulder, stopping her.
DEAN
I'm sorry.
LAYLA
It's okay.
MRS. ROURKE
(Slowly, staring into her daughter's eyes) No. It isn't. (To DEAN.) Why do you deserve to live more than my daughter?
MRS ROURKE walks away. LAYLA take a deep shaky breath and follows her down the stairs. DEAN watches them go then turns to look back at ROY and SUE ANN's house.
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INTERIOR. MOTEL ROOM.
DEAN enters, throwing his keys on the bed and beginning to take off his jacket. SAM is at the laptop.
DEAN
What'd you find out?
SAM
(speaking quietly) I'm sorry.
DEAN
Sorry about what?
SAM
Marshall Hall died at 4:17.
DEAN
(stunned) The exact time I was healed.
SAM
Yeah. So, I put together a list of everyone Roy's healed, six people over the past year, and I cross-checked them with the local obits. Every time someone was healed, someone else died. And each time, the victim died of the same symptom LeGrange was healing at the time.
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EXTERIOR. A FOREST/PARK
A woman is jogging along a path, headphones on.
((Music (Season One))) Don't fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult begins to play quietly and gets gradually louder
DEAN
(Voiceover (VO)- continuing conversation) Someone's healed of cancer, someone else dies of cancer?
SAM
(VO) Somehow. LeGrange...he's trading a life for another.
WOMAN
(stops jogging, takes out an earphone and looks into the forest) Hello?BR>
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INTERIOR. BACK TO MOTEL.
DEAN
Wait, wait, wait. So, Marshall Hall died to save me?
SAM
(looking upset) Dean, the guy probably would've died anyway. And someone else would've been healed.
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INTERIOR. ROY AT CHURCH SERVICE
ROY has his hand on the forehead of an old man in a wheelchair WITH an oxygen tube.
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INTERIOR. MOTEL
DEAN
You never should've brought me here.
SAM
Dean, I was just trying to save your life.
DEAN
But, Sam, some guy is dead now because of me.
SAM
I didn't know.
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INTERIOR. CHURCH SERVICE
ROY
Pray with me, friends. (The crowd lifts their arms in the air)
SAM: (VO) The thing I don't understand is how is Roy doing it? How's he trading a life for a life?
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INTERIOR. MOTEL
DEAN
Oh, he's not doing it.
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EXTERIOR. FOREST/PARK
The WOMAN is leant over, gasping for breath.
DEAN
(VO) Something else is doing it for him.
SAM
(VO) What do you mean?
DEAN
(VO) The old man I saw on stage.
The WOMAN turns. The old man is in front of her. She is startled.
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INTERIOR. MOTEL
DEAN
I didn't wanna believe it, but deep down I knew it.
SAM
You knew what? What are you talking about?
DEAN
There's only one thing that can give and take life like that.
SAM looks at DEAN, confused.
DEAN
We're dealing with a reaper.
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EXTERIOR. FOREST/PARK.
The woman flees down the path, looking back, terrified and gasping. The reaper follows her calmly.
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INTERIOR. CHURCH SERVICE
ROY lifts his hands to heaven, preparing to lay them on the old man.
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EXTERIOR. FOREST/PARK
The woman, exhasted now, looks behind her again, seeing the reaper. When she turns forward she crashes into him and falls to he knees. The reaper lays his hand on the side of her face. Her eyes glaze.
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INTERIOR. CHURCH SERVICE
ROY lays his hand on the old man's head.
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EXTERIOR. FOREST/PARK
The woman gasps for breath, her face pale. She falls to the ground, dead.
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INTERIOR. CHRUCH SERVICE
The same reaper, invisible to the crowd, places his hand beside ROY's on the old man's head. The man falls fro the wheelchair to his knees. The color returns to his face and he slowly removes his oxygen tube. ROY smiles, and the crowd claps and cheers.
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(FADE IN: Motel Room. DEAN and SAM are researching.)
SAM: You really think it¡¯s the Grim Reaper? Like, angel of death,
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