1.13 Route 666 (transcript)

SUPERNATURAL

1.13 Route 666

Written by: Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner

Directed by: Paul Shapiro

Air Date: 31 Jan 2006

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TEASER

EXTERIOR. NIGHT. CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI

A car moves down the road, it's radio on and talking about the unseasonably cold weather. A black man sits behind the wheel. The radio crackles and dies.

A large truck approaches behind his car, moving quickly. As it gets closer the man looks in his review
mirror.

What the....?

The two vehicles race along the road, the truck gets closer and backends the sedan once, twice.

The radio comes back to life, talking about politics. The truck is suddenly gone. The man continues driving, watching his review mirror. Suddenly bright headlights shine into his car from in front. The truck is waiting. The man swings the car to a halt, coming to a halt sideways on the road. He quickly backs up and turns to go the other way. The truck is reving and takes off after him.

He is backended again and fights to control the car as it swerves on the icy road. As he is backended once more he loses control, leaving the road, crashing through a cemetary and turning upsidedown. It lands on it's back, bounces, and skids to a halt resting on it's wheels again, the top and back crushed in. The truck cruises to a halt, revs a few times, then backs up and disappears.

END TEASER

ACT ONE

EXTERIOR. GAS STATION

SAM is looking at a map on top of the car, DEAN has his phone to his ear.

SAM
Ok. I think I found a way we can bypass that construction just east of here. we might even make Pennsylvania faster than we thought.

DEAN
(Lowering his phone and looking thoughtful)Yeah. Problem is, we're not going to Pennsylvania.

SAM
We what?

DEAN
I just got a call from an, uh, old friend. Her father was killed last night, think it might be our kind of thing.

SAM
What?

DEAN
Yeah. Believe me, she never woulda called, never, if she didn't need us.

DEAN
(getting into the Impala.) Come on, are you coming or not?

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Impala cruises down the road, fields on one side, a lake on the other.

SAM
By old friend you mean...?

DEAN
A friend that's not new.

SAM
Oh yeah, thanks. So her names Cassie huh? you never mentioned her..

DEAN
Didn't I?

A long pause, SAM looks at DEAN expectantly.

DEAN
Yeah, we went out.

SAM
You mean you dated somebody? For more than one night.

DEAN
Am I speaking a language you're not getting here? Dad and I were working a job in Ohio, she was finishing up college. We went out for a coupla weeks.

SAM
And...?

DEAN shrugs slightly.

SAM
Look, it's terrible about her dad, but it kinda sounds like a standard car accident. I'm not seeing how it fits with what we do. Which by the way, how does she know what we do?

DEAN looks shifty.

SAM
You told her. You told her, the secret! Our big family rule number one. We do what we do and we shut up about it. For a year and a half I do nothing but lie to Jessica, and you go out with this chick in Ohio a coupla times and you tell her everything?

DEAN stays silent, staring straight ahead as he drives.

SAM
Dean!

DEAN
Yeah. Looks like.

He continues staring ahead. He increases the Impala's speed. SAM does the bitchface, shaking his head.

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INTERIOR. NEWSPAPER OFFICE

MIDDLE AGED BLACK MAN
It's a newspaper we put out, not a bulletin for the Mayor's office.

MIDDLE AGED WHITE MAN
Get off your soapbox Jimmy, I'm urging a little discretion is all.

Young woman
No, I think you're telling us what you want us to print and what you want us to sit on.

MAYOR
I know you're upset Cassie, I liked your dad a lot. But I think your grief is clouding your judgment.

JIMMY
Two black people were killed on the same stretch of road in the same way in two week.

SAM and DEAN enter the office.

MAYOR
Jimmy, you're too close to this. Those guys were friends of yours. Again, Cassie, I'm very sorry for your loss.

The MAYOR leaves, JIMMY walks away. CASSIE sighs and turns around, looking straight at DEAN. Looking slightly apprehensive, DEAN nods at her and grins slightly.

CASSIE
Dean.

DEAN
Hey Cassie.

They stare at each other for a long moment, not speaking. SAM watches, smiling to himself.

DEAN
(Clearing his throat) This my brother Sam.

Cassie smiles at SAM, who returns one of his own. Her gaze returns to DEAN.

DEAN
Sorry bout your dad.

CASSIE
Yeah. Me too.

DEAN and CASSIE keep staring at each other.

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EXTERIOR SHOT OF LARGE COUNTRY HOUSE

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INTERIOR OF HOUSE. LOUNGE ROOM

CASSIE
(carrying in a tray of tea and cups) My mothers in pretty bad shape. I been staying with her. I wish she wouldn't go off by herself. She's been so nervous and frightened. She was worried about dad

DEAN
Why?

CASSIE
(Pouring tea) He was scared. He was seeing things.

DEAN
Like what?

CASSIE
He swore he saw an awful-looking black truck following him.

SAM
A truck. Who was the driver?

CASSIE
(Handing them cups of tea) He didn't talk about a driver. Just the truck. He said it would appear and disappear. And, in the accident, Dad's car was dented, like it had been slammed into by something big.

SAM
(accepting a cup) Thanks. Now you're sure this dent wasn't there before?

CASSIE
He sold cars. Always drove a new one. There wasn't a scratch on that thing. It had rained hard that night. There was mud everywhere. There was a distinct set of muddy tracks leading from dads car...leading right to the edge, where he went over.

CASSIE bows her head, getting her emotions under control.

CASSIE
One set of tracks. His.

DEAN
The first was a friend of your fathers?

CASSIE
Best friend. Clayton Soames.They owned the car dealership together. Same thing. Dent. No Tracks. And the cops said exactly what they said about dad. He 'lost control of his car'

DEAN
Can you think of any reason why your father and his partner might be targets?

CASSIE
No.

SAM
And you think this vanishing truck ran them off the road?

CASSIE
When you say it aloud like that. Listen, I'm a little sceptical about this...ghost stuff..or whatever it is you guys are into.

DEAN
(huffing) Skeptical. If I remember, I think you said I was nuts.

CASSIE
That was then.

They stare at each other again.

DEAN
Hmmm

CASSIE
I just know that I can't explain what happened up there. So I called you.

Sound of a door opening, a middle aged woman comes in

SAM and DEAN rise to their feet, CASSIE goes to take her mom's arm.

CASSIE
Mom. Where have you been I was so...

MRS ROBERTSON
I had no idea you'd invited friends over.

CASSIE
Mom, this is Dean, a...friend of mine from.... college. And his brother Sam.

MRS ROBERTSON
Well I won't interrupt you.

DEAN
Mrs Robertson. We're sorry for your loss. We'd like to talk to you for a minute if you don't mind?

MRS ROBERTSON
(Slightly affronted) I'm really not up for that right now.

She leaves the room, those remaining look at each other.

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EXTERIOR. NIGHT.

The camera pans across an open field to a crashed car, wheels spinning. JIMMY is slumped over the wheel, unmoving. On the road the truck revs it's engine then backs up, disappearing.

END ACT ONE

ACT TWO

EXTERIOR. DAY. THE SAME FIELD

MAYOR
(To Cassie) Jimmy meant somethng to this town. He was one of our best. We won't be the same without him.

CASSIE
Our best seem to be dropping like flies. Clayton, my father, Jimmy.

MAYOR
What is it exactly you want me to do?

CASSIE
How bout closing this section of road for starters?

MAYOR
Close the main road. the only road in and out of town? Accidents do happen Cassie, and that's what they are. Accidents.

DEAN and SAM approach and stand behind CASSIE.

DEAN
Did the cops check for additional dinting on Jimmy's car, see if it was pushed?

MAYOR
(To Cassie) Who's this?

CASSIE
Dean and Sam Winchester. Family friends. This is Mayor Harold Todd.

MAYOR
There's one set of tire tracks. One. . Doesn't point to foul play.

CASSIE
Mayor, the police and town officials take their cues from you. If you're indifferent about...

MAYOR
Indifferent!

CASSIE
. Would you close the road if the victims were white?

MAYOR
You suggesting I'm racist Cassie? I'm the last person you should talk to like that.

Cassie
And why is that.

MAYOR
Why don't you ask your mother.

The MAYOR walks away, leaving them standing in the field.

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INTERIOR. MOTEL ROOM.

SAM
(In trousers, shirt and tie, picking up a suit jacket)I'll say this for her, she's fearless.

DEAN
(In a suit, fixing tie in the mirror)mmm-hmm.

SAM
(grinning) Bet she kicked your ass a coupla times.

DEAN glances at him then returns to the mirror.

SAM
What's interetsing is you guys never really look at each other at the same time. You look at her when she's not looking, she checks you out when you look away. It's just a...just an interetsing observation in a....you know, observationally interesting way.

DEAN
You think we might have more pressing issues here?

SAM
Hey, if I'm hitting a nerve.

DEAN
(turning away) Let's go.

Sam snickers.

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Impala cruising down a wet country road.

DEAN and SAM walking down a pier. A few people are around fishing. They approach two older men having lunch.

SAM
Excuse me. Are you Ron Stubbins?

RON nods.

DEAN
You were friends with Jimmy Anderson?

RON
Who'r you?

DEAN
We're Mr Anderson's insurance company. We're just here to dot 'I's' and cross 'T's'.

SAM
We were just wondering, had the deceased mentioned any unusual recent experiences?

RON
What do you mean, unusual?

SAM
Well visions, halluinations.

DEAN
It's part of a medical examination kind of thing. All very Standard.

RON
What company did you say you were with?

DEAN
All National Mutual. Tell me, did he ever mention seeing a truck? A big black truck?

RON
What the hell you talking about? You even speaking English?

RON's FRIEND
Son this truck, a big scary monster looking thing?

DEAN
Yeah actually, I think so.

FRIEND
hmm.

DEAN
What?

Friend
I have heard of a truck like that.

SAM
You have. Where?

FRIEND
Not where. When. Back in the 60s there was a string of deaths. Black men. Story goes, they disappeared in a big, nasty, black truck.

DEAN
They ever catch the guy who did it?

FRIEND
Never found him. Hell, not sure they even really looked. See there was a time, this town wasn't too friendly to all it's citzens.

SAM
Thank you.

DEAN
Truck.

SAM
Keeps coming up doesn't it?

DEAN
You know, I was thinking. You heard of the flying dutchman?

SAM
Yeah, a ghost ship, infused with the Captain's evil spirit. It was basically part of him.

DEAN
(Nodding) So what if we're dealing with the same thing? You know, a phantom truck, an extension of some bastard's ghost, re-enacting past crimes.

SAM
The victims have all been black men.

DEAN
I think it's more than that. They all seem connected to Cassie and her family.

SAM
All right. Well, you work that angle, go talk to her.

DEAN
Yeah I will.

SAM
Oh and, you might also wanna mention that other thing.

DEAN
What other thing?

SAM
The serious, unfinished business? (Sam huffs a laugh). Dean, what is going on between you two?

DEAN
All right, so maybe we were a little bit more involved than I said.

SAM
(staring at DEAN, waiting) Oh, Ok.

DEAN
OK, a lot more. Maybe. And I told her our secret, a bout what we do. And I shouldn't have.

SAM
Ah look man, everybody's gotta open up to someone sometime.

DEAN
Yeah I don't. It was stupid to get that close, I mean, look how it ended.

SAM smiles at DEAN.

DEAN
Would you stop!

SAM keeps staring and smiling.

DEAN
Blink or something!

SAM
You loved her.

DEAN
Oh God.

DEAN turns away to the car.

SAM
You were in love with her, but you dumped her.

DEAN is silent, glancing at the ground, at SAM< then back to the ground.

SAM
Oh wow. She dumped you.

DEAN
Get in the car. (Getting in himself) Get in the car!

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INTERIOR. CASSIE'S HOUSE.

CASSIE sits at the desk in the lounge. At a knock she goes to the door, opening it to reveal DEAN.

CASSIE
Dean!

DEAN
Hey.

Cassie
Hey. Come on in.

DEAN
So...you busy, or...

Cassie
The paper's doing a tribute to Jimmy. I was just going through his stuff...his awards. Trying to find the words.

DEAN
That's gotta be tough.

CASSIE
For years this family owned the paper. The Dorians? They had a whites only policy. After they sold it Jimmy became the first black reporter. He didn't stop til he became editor. He taught me everything...where's your brother?

DEAN
(Shrugging) Not here.

CASSIE
All right. So, uh, what brings you here?

DEAN
Trying to find the connection between the three victims. By the way, did you talk to your mum about, what Todd said about not being a racist?

CASSIE
I did. She didn't want to talk about it.

DEAN
Right.

A short silence.

DEAN
So just then, why did you ask where my brother was?

CASSIE
Nothing. It wasn't important.

DEAN
Could it be because, without him here it's just you and me? Not you, me and Sam which would be easier?

CASSIE
It's not easier....Look, I...

DEAN
(Turning away) No. Forget it. It's fine. We'll keep it strictly business.

CASSIE
(Staring after him) I forgot you do that.

DEAN
Do what?

CASSIE
Oh. Whenever we get, what's the word....close? Anywhere in the neighbourhood of emotional vulnerability, you back off. Or make some joke. Or find any way to shut the door on me.

DEAN
(Laughing) Oh that's hilarious. (walking back to stand in front of her) See, I'm not the one who took that big final door and slammed it behind me.

CASSIE
Ok wait a minute...

DEAN
And I'm not the one who took the key and buried it.

CASSIE
We done with this metaphor?

DEAN
Alls I'M saying is I was totally up front with you back then, and you nailed me for it.

CASSIE
The guy I'm with, the guy I'm hoping might be in my future, tell's me he professiOnally pops ghosts.

DEAN
That's not the words I used!

CASSIE
And that he has to leave, to go work with his father.

DEAN
I did!

CASSIE
All I could think was, If you want out fine, but don't tell me this insane story.

DEAN
(Raising his voice) It was the truth Cassie, and I notice it didn't sound insane the minute you thought I could help you.

CASSIE
Well back then I thought you just wanted to dump me.

DEAN
Whoa! Now let's not forget who dumped who ok?

CASSIE
I thought it was what you wanted.

DEAN
Well it wasn't.

CASSIE
I didn't mean to hurt you.

DEAN
Well you did.

CASSIE
I'm sorry!

DEAN
Yeah me too.

They stare at each other, then start making out furiously. Switch to them falling into bed, making love.

END ACT TWO