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− | Castiel and the Winchesters fight off the dead, which the souls released from Hell by Chuck have reanimated. Castiel picks up Jack’s corpse and leads them into a crypt. Sam secures the door, and for | + | Castiel and the Winchesters fight off the dead, which the souls released from Hell by Chuck have reanimated. Castiel picks up Jack’s corpse and leads them into a crypt. Sam secures the door, and for the moment they are safe, although the zombies are still screaming and battering at the door. While they try to find another way out, Jack suddenly rises from the floor. Castiel immediately can see that it’s not Jack, but a demon. He introduces himself as Belphegor. Cas attacks him, ordering the demon to leave Jack’s body, but Sam and Dean insist they may need his help – for now. With some graveyard dirt, and the contribution of some angel’s blood from Cas, Belphegor does a spell. Everything falls silent, and when they open the crypt door, all the zombies are inert on the ground. |
− | In the nearby town of Harlan, two young girls play in a bedroom. As one of them looks at herself in the mirror, Bloody Mary appears. The girl’s eyes start to | + | In the nearby town of Harlan, two young girls play in a bedroom. As one of them looks at herself in the mirror, Bloody Mary appears. The girl’s eyes start to bleed and the girl screams. Bloody Mary steps out through the mirror into the room. |
− | Sam and Dean find out that the | + | Sam and Dean find out that the ghost apocalypse appears localized and decide to go back to the Bunker to work out a plan of attack. Belphegor offers to do a spell to contain the ghosts in a one-mile radius of the cemetery, which will mean evacuating the local town of Harlan. As they head to the town, they pull over to check out an abandoned car, which has blood splatter over the front window. It appears to be the work of a Woman in White. |
− | At another house in Harlan, a mother leads her terrified daughter through their house as they are chased by the ghost of John Wayne Gacy | + | At another house in Harlan, a mother leads her terrified daughter through their house as they are chased by the ghost of John Wayne Gacy. They take refuge in their garage. |
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− | Sam and Cas | + | In the town, Sam and Cas pretend to be FBI agents and liaise with the Sheriff, telling him there has been a benzene leak and that they need to evacuate the town. The Sheriff suggests that they can shelter the population at the high school, which is five miles away. |
− | + | Sam and Cas start to make sure the townsfolk are leaving and come across the woman and her daughter still hiding in the garage. As they try to escape, John Wayne Gacy’s ghosts attacks them, slashing Sam. Just in time Castiel arrives and shoots him with rock salt. He heals the wound from Gacy, but when he tries to heal the wound left by the Equalizer when Sam shot Chuck, Sam has a flash of himself with black eyes attacking Dean. Cas says the wound has an energy he has never felt before. | |
− | + | Meanwhile, Belphegor takes in the sights of the world, having not been topside for a long time. He explains to Dean that he needs salt and a human heart to do the spell. Dean calls Rowena for help and then finds a bag of salt. Belphegor tells Dean he saw his work as a torturer when he was in hell, and that it was “art”. They hear a scream and find the body of the Sheriff who has been killed by the Woman in White. Belphegor rips out the dead Sheriff’s heart and places it on a pile of salt and does an incantation. | |
− | Reuniting with Dean and Belphegor, they drive the family to the high school where the other townsfolk are taking refuge. Dean tends to Sam’s wound, although Sam denies it hurts, and does not tell Dean about his vision. Dean is wrestling with Chuck’s revelation that | + | Elsewhere, Sam, Castiel, and the mother and child they rescued are trying to escape from the hell ghosts, when they see the barrier of the spell rush past them. They run and just in time manage to make it to the other side before their ghostly pursuers catch them. |
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+ | Reuniting with Dean and Belphegor, they drive the family to the high school where the other townsfolk are taking refuge. Dean tends to Sam’s wound, although Sam denies it hurts, and does not tell Dean about his vision. Dean is wrestling with Chuck’s revelation that He has manipulated the Winchesters their whole life. Sam counters that they still did a lot of good and that now, as Chuck is seemingly gone, if they beat this Apocalypse then it will be all down to them. | ||
As they stow their gear in the trunk of the Impala, Dean says “We got work to do”. | As they stow their gear in the trunk of the Impala, Dean says “We got work to do”. |
Revision as of 13:48, 19 October 2019
Title | Back and to the Future |
Episode # | Season 15, Episode 1 |
First aired | October 10, 2019 |
Directed by | John F. Showalter |
Written by | Andrew Dabb |
On IMDB | Back and to the Future |
Outline | As Sam, Dean, and Castiel battle the damned souls Chuck released from Hell and try to protect a local town, they meet a strange new ally. |
Monster | Hell Ghosts / Zombies |
Timeline | Immediately after 14.20 Moriah |
Location(s) | Lebanon, Kansas Harlan, Kansas |
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Synopsis
Castiel and the Winchesters fight off the dead, which the souls released from Hell by Chuck have reanimated. Castiel picks up Jack’s corpse and leads them into a crypt. Sam secures the door, and for the moment they are safe, although the zombies are still screaming and battering at the door. While they try to find another way out, Jack suddenly rises from the floor. Castiel immediately can see that it’s not Jack, but a demon. He introduces himself as Belphegor. Cas attacks him, ordering the demon to leave Jack’s body, but Sam and Dean insist they may need his help – for now. With some graveyard dirt, and the contribution of some angel’s blood from Cas, Belphegor does a spell. Everything falls silent, and when they open the crypt door, all the zombies are inert on the ground.
In the nearby town of Harlan, two young girls play in a bedroom. As one of them looks at herself in the mirror, Bloody Mary appears. The girl’s eyes start to bleed and the girl screams. Bloody Mary steps out through the mirror into the room.
Sam and Dean find out that the ghost apocalypse appears localized and decide to go back to the Bunker to work out a plan of attack. Belphegor offers to do a spell to contain the ghosts in a one-mile radius of the cemetery, which will mean evacuating the local town of Harlan. As they head to the town, they pull over to check out an abandoned car, which has blood splatter over the front window. It appears to be the work of a Woman in White.
At another house in Harlan, a mother leads her terrified daughter through their house as they are chased by the ghost of John Wayne Gacy. They take refuge in their garage.
In the town, Sam and Cas pretend to be FBI agents and liaise with the Sheriff, telling him there has been a benzene leak and that they need to evacuate the town. The Sheriff suggests that they can shelter the population at the high school, which is five miles away.
Sam and Cas start to make sure the townsfolk are leaving and come across the woman and her daughter still hiding in the garage. As they try to escape, John Wayne Gacy’s ghosts attacks them, slashing Sam. Just in time Castiel arrives and shoots him with rock salt. He heals the wound from Gacy, but when he tries to heal the wound left by the Equalizer when Sam shot Chuck, Sam has a flash of himself with black eyes attacking Dean. Cas says the wound has an energy he has never felt before.
Meanwhile, Belphegor takes in the sights of the world, having not been topside for a long time. He explains to Dean that he needs salt and a human heart to do the spell. Dean calls Rowena for help and then finds a bag of salt. Belphegor tells Dean he saw his work as a torturer when he was in hell, and that it was “art”. They hear a scream and find the body of the Sheriff who has been killed by the Woman in White. Belphegor rips out the dead Sheriff’s heart and places it on a pile of salt and does an incantation.
Elsewhere, Sam, Castiel, and the mother and child they rescued are trying to escape from the hell ghosts, when they see the barrier of the spell rush past them. They run and just in time manage to make it to the other side before their ghostly pursuers catch them.
Reuniting with Dean and Belphegor, they drive the family to the high school where the other townsfolk are taking refuge. Dean tends to Sam’s wound, although Sam denies it hurts, and does not tell Dean about his vision. Dean is wrestling with Chuck’s revelation that He has manipulated the Winchesters their whole life. Sam counters that they still did a lot of good and that now, as Chuck is seemingly gone, if they beat this Apocalypse then it will be all down to them.
As they stow their gear in the trunk of the Impala, Dean says “We got work to do”.
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Castiel
- Jack Kline
- Constance Welch
- Mary Worthington
- John Wayne Gacy
- Belphegor
Definitions
- Angel Blade
- Anti-Possession Symbol
- Bloody Mary
- Castiel's Trench Coat
- Clowns
- Costumes & Disguises
- Demonology
- The Equalizer
- Ghost Possession
- Healing
- Hell Ghosts
- Impala
- Iron
- Lucifer's Cage
- Meatsuit
- Mirror Folklore
- Possession
- Salt
- Sammy
- Smiting
- Son of a Bitch
- Spells
- Table of Death
- Title Card
- We Got Work to Do
- Woman in White
- Zombies
Music
- "The Famous Final Scene" by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
- (plays during "The Road So Far" recap of events and the opening scene until the title card; also played in 9.10 Road Trip)
- "Gimme What I Want" by Tony Stafford, Jr., Michael Smith, and NineOneOne (Extreme Music)
- (playing in the girl's room when Bloody Mary attacks)
- "Too Good to Be True" by Lon Rogers & the Soul Blenders
- (playing from the car stereo of the Woman in White victim; also played in 13.11 Breakdown)
Quotes
Sam: I don't know if they're zombies, Dean. I think -- I think whenever the souls came up from Hell that they-they just...
Castiel: Well, I wouldn't starve.
Belphegor: You're an abomination with that stupid, dumb trench coat.
Dean: Dude, we sent her to Hell years ago.
Sam: Yeah, but she could be back.
Belphegor: In Hell?
Dean: Yeah.
Belphegor: You ever seen an anthill when it's, like, set on fire? Okay, well, there we were, minding our own business, you know, flaying people for eternity, like you do, right? And then, every door in Hell just sprang open, all at once. You know? Souls got out. Sky cracked. And, uh, boom, ta-da, you know?
Dean: Wait. Every door? Even the Cage?
Belphegor: Yeah, even the Cage.
Dean: And Michael?
Sam: Yeah. You'd tell some stupid joke.
Sam: It meant a lot. We still saved people.
Dean: Yeah, and about 3 billion ghosts.
Sam: Yeah, well, what's one more apocalypse, right? But seriously, if we win -- when we win this, God's gone. There's no one to screw with us, there's no more maze, there's just us. And we're free.
Dean: So, you and me versus every soul in Hell? I like those odds. And you know what that means?
Trivia & References
- In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the hellmouth was the doorway to Hell located beneath the town of Sunnydale which the protagonists have to keep closed. It's mentioned in the series finale that there is also one in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, Belphegor was one of the main antagonists in the Buffy novels The Gatekeeper Trilogy.
- Belphegor may be referencing the Rudson Monolith, the tallest standing stone in the United Kingdom which dates back to the Neolithic era (10,000 - 4,500 BC), and does look like a huge rock penis. In lore Belphegor was often times depicted and worshiped in the form of a phallus. Belphegor's remarks about how much better looking people have become, and how he considers Dean to be gorgeous, also could be a reference to Belphegor being associated with licentiousness and orgies.
- Reference to Casper, the Friendly Ghost. In 1.01 Pilot Sam also refers to the Woman in White as Casper when questioning Dean about shooting her in the face.