3.11 Mystery Spot (transcript)
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Directed by:
Air Date:3.11 Mystery Spot
Written by: Jeremy Carver and Emily McLaughlin
Directed by: Kim Manners
TEASER
Closeup of SAM's closed eyes.
RADIO
Heat of the moment
SAM's eyes snap open.
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
SAM sits up in bed.
RADIO
Telling you what your heart is
DEAN
Rise and shine, Sammy!
DEAN is sitting on the other bed, tying his shoes.
SAM
Dude. Asia?
DEAN
Come on, you love this song and you know it.
SAM
Yeah, and if I ever hear it again I'm gonna kill myself.
DEAN turns up the volume.
DEAN
What? Sorry, couldn't hear you.
RADIO
It was the heat of the moment
DEAN starts bopping along. SAM shakes his head.
RADIO
Heat of the moment
Heat of the moment
Showed in your eyes
INT. BATHROOM
DEAN gargles loudly and long. SAM tries to ignore him long enough to brush his teeth. DEAN grins.
INT. HOTEL ROOM
SAM
Whenever you're ready, Dean.
DEAN pulls out a black bra.
DEAN
This yours?
SAM glares. DEAN laughs, rummages in the bag some more, and pulls out a gun.
DEAN
Bingo.
DEAN goes past SAM to the door.
DEAN
Now who's ready for some breakfast?
INT. DINER - DAY
The door chimes as SAM and DEAN enter. CASHIER gives MR. PICKETT some change.
CASHIER
Drive safely now, Mr. Pickett.
MR. PICKETT
Yeah, yeah.
COOK in background
Order up.
SAM and DEAN find a booth.
WAITRESS
Can't stay unless you order something, Cal. You know the rules.
CAL passes her some change.
CAL
Some coffee.
DEAN notices a poster on the wall.
DEAN
Hey. Tuesday. Pig in a poke.
SAM
You even know what that is?
WAITRESS, whose nametag says DORIS
You boys ready?
DEAN
Yes. I'll have the special, side of bacon and a coffee.
SAM
Make it two coffees and a short stack.
DORIS
You got it.
DEAN
I'm telling you, Sam, this job's small fry. We should be spending our time hunting down Bela.
SAM
Okay, sure, let's get right on that—where is she again?
DEAN
Shut up.
SAM
Look, believe me, I want to find her as bad as you do. In the meantime, we have this.
SAM pulls out some papers.
DEAN
All right, so this professor.
The headline on the newspaper clipping reads "MISSING - DEXTER HASSELBACK LAST SEEN IN BROWARD, FLORIDA".
SAM
Dexter Hasselback was passing through town last week when he vanished.
DEAN
Last known location?
SAM
His daughter says he was on his way to visit the Broward County Mystery Spot.
DEAN turns over a flyer. The front has a large question mark and the words "Broward County Mystery Spot". The back says "E=MC2?", "A=πR2?", and "F=GM1M2/R22?" below the lines DEAN reads aloud.
DEAN
Where the laws of physics have no meaning.
DORIS arrives with a tray with two coffees and a bottle of hot sauce.
DORIS
Two coffees, black, and some hot sauce for the—
DORIS gasps as the hot sauce falls off the tray and smashes on the floor.
DORIS
Whoops. Crap! Sorry. Cleanup!
EXT. STREET - DAY
A dog barks as SAM and DEAN pass. DEAN grabs the Mystery Spot flyer from SAM's hands.
DEAN
Sam, joints like this are only tourist traps, right? I mean, you know, balls rolling uphill, furniture nailed to the ceiling, they're only dangerous to your wallet.
SAM
Okay, look, I'm just saying, there are spots in the world where holes open up and swallow people. The Bermuda Triangle, uh, the Oregon Vortex—
DEAN
Broward County Mystery Spot?
SAM
Well sometimes these places are legit.
DEAN
All right, so if it is legit, and that's a big-ass if, what's the lore?
SAM
Well—
DEAN collides with BLONDE GIRL, who is carrying a stack of paper.
BLONDE GIRL
Excuse me.
SAM
The lore's pretty frigging nuts, actually. They say these places the magnetic fields are so strong that they can bend spacetime, sending victims no one knows where.
DEAN
Sounds a little X-Files to me.
SAM and DEAN pass two MOVERS trying to get a desk in a door.
MOVER 1
Told you it wouldn't fit.
MOVER 2
What do you want, a Pulitzer?
SAM
All right, look, I'm not saying this is really happening, but if it is, we gotta check it out, see if we can do something.
DEAN
All right, all right, we'll go tonight, after they close, get ourselves a nice long look.
INT. MYSTERY SPOT - NIGHT
The hallway is neon green with a black double spiral painted on the walls and door. The door opens to reveal SAM and DEAN with flashlights. SAM closes the door behind them. They move up the hallway. SAM pulls out the EMF reader. DEAN shines the flashlight around and up onto a table, lamp, and ashtray attached upside-down to the ceiling.
DEAN
Wow. Uncanny.
SAM examines another table with a wine glass and a poultry dinner, this one at an angle to the floor. They both move on.
DEAN
Find anything?
SAM, holding the unresponsive EMF meter
No.
DEAN
You have any idea what you're looking for?
SAM
Uh, yeah.
DEAN raises his eyebrows.
SAM
No.
DEAN shakes his head. They both shine flashlights around other parts of the room.
OWNER
What the hell are you doing here?
SAM turns to look. DEAN points his flashlight and handgun at the voice. The OWNER has a gun aimed at DEAN. DEAN points his gun elsewhere.
DEAN
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa, we can explain.
The OWNER points the gun at SAM.
OWNER
You robbing me?
SAM
Look, nobody's robbing you, calm down.
The OWNER points the gun back at DEAN.
Don't move!
DEAN
Just putting the gun down.
The OWNER fires. DEAN falls.
SAM
Dean!
SAM rushes to DEAN. DEAN struggles to breathe.
SAM
Hey!
SAM looks at the OWNER.
SAM
Call 911.
OWNER
I—I didn't mean to—
SAM
Now!
The OWNER leaves.
SAM
Hey, hey, oh, no, no, no, not like this...
DEAN goes still. His eyes close. SAM watches, devastated.
ACT ONE
Closeup of SAM's closed eyes.
RADIO
Heat of the moment
SAM's eyes snap open.
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
SAM sits up in bed and stares around.
RADIO
Telling you what your heart is
DEAN
Rise and shine, Sammy!
DEAN is sitting on the other bed, tying his shoes. SAM stares at him, then at the clock radio.
RADIO
The heat of the moment
Showed in your eyes
DEAN
Dude. Asia.
SAM keeps staring, breathing hard.
SAM
Dean.
DEAN
Oh, come on, you love this song and you know it.
DEAN turns the volume up and starts bopping along, exactly like the first time. SAM stares after him.
INT. BATHROOM
DEAN gargles loudly and annoying. SAM drinks some water, swishes, and spits. DEAN notices SAM's lack of reaction and spits out his mouthful.
DEAN
What?
SAM
I don't know.
DEAN
You all right?
SAM
I think I—
SAM pauses.
SAM
Man, I had a weird dream.
DEAN
Yeah? Clowns or midgets?
INT. DINER - DAY
The door chimes as SAM and DEAN enter. CASHIER gives MR. PICKETT some change.
CASHIER
Drive safely now, Mr. Pickett.
MR. PICKETT
Yeah, yeah.
SAM and DEAN find a booth. SAM is staring around, bewildered.
WAITRESS
Can't stay unless you order something, Cal. You know the rules.
CAL passes her some change.
CAL
Coffee.
DEAN notices a poster on the wall.
DEAN
Hey. Tuesday. Pig in a poke.
SAM glances between DEAN and the poster.
SAM
It's Tuesday?
DEAN
Yeah.
DORIS
Are you boys ready?
DEAN
Yes, I'll have the special, side of bacon and a coffee.
SAM stares for a minute.
SAM
Uh, nothing for me, thanks.
DORIS
Let me know if you change your mind.
DEAN
I'm telling you, Sam, this job's small fry. We should be spending our time hunting down Bela.
SAM stares after DORIS.
DEAN
Hey.
DEAN snaps his fingers at SAM.
DEAN
You with me?
SAM
What?
DEAN
You sure you feeling okay?
SAM sighs.
SAM
You don't—you don't remember? Any of this?
DEAN
Remember what?
SAM
This. Today. Like it's—like it's happened before?
DEAN
You mean like déjà vu?
SAM
No, I mean like, like it's really happened before.
DEAN
Yeah. Like déjà vu.
SAM
No, forget about déjà vu. I'm asking you if it feels like, like we're living yesterday all over again.
DEAN
Okay, how is that not dé—
SAM, angry
Don't, don't say it! Just don't even...
DORIS arrives with a tray with one coffee and the hot sauce.
DORIS
Coffee, black, and some hot sauce for the—oops! Crap!
SAM notices the hot sauce wobble on the tray and catches it as it falls. DORIS gasps. SAM stares at the bottle in his hand and gives it back.
DORIS
Thanks.
DORIS puts down the bottle and leaves.
DEAN
Nice reflexes.
SAM doesn't say anything.
EXT. STREET - DAY
The dog barks as SAM and DEAN pass. SAM stares back over his shoulder.
DEAN
Sam, I'm sorry, but I don't know what the hell you're talking about.
SAM
Okay, look, yesterday was Tuesday, right? But today is Tuesday too.
DEAN
Yeah. No. Good. You're totally balanced.
SAM
So you don't believe me?
DEAN laughs and collides with BLONDE GIRL.
BLONDE GIRL
Excuse me.
DEAN
Look, I'm just saying that it's crazy, you know, I mean, even for us crazy. Dingo ate my baby crazy. Hey, maybe it was another of your psychic premonitions.
SAM
No, no way, way too vivid. Okay, look, we were at the Mystery Spot, and then—
DEAN
And then what?
SAM
Then I woke up.
SAM and DEAN pass the MOVERS.
MOVER 1
Told you it wouldn't fit.
MOVER 2
What do you want, a Pulitzer?
SAM
Wait a minute! The Mystery Spot. You think maybe it—
DEAN
Maybe what?
SAM
We gotta check that place out, man. Look, just, go with me on this, okay?
DEAN
All right, all right, we'll go tonight, after it closes, get ourselves a nice long look.
SAM realizes what DEAN said and whips around.
SAM
Wait, what? No.
DEAN
Why not?
SAM
Uh. Let's just go now. Right now. Business hours, nice and crowded.
DEAN
My God, you're a freak.
SAM
Dean.
DEAN
Okay. Whatever. We'll go now.
DEAN walks a few feet ahead of SAM and looks to his right as he enters the street. A car slams into him from his left.
SAM
Dean!
SAM rushes to DEAN.
SAM
Dean, no, no, no.
DEAN has blood on his face and is barely moving. SAM turns him over and picks him up.
SAM
Come on, Dean.
MR. PICKETT leans out of the now-stopped car. SAM stares at him, then back at DEAN.
SAM
Hey. Dean.
DEAN isn't moving.
SAM
Dean. Dean.
Closeup of SAM's closed eyes.
RADIO
Heat of the moment
SAM's eyes snap open.
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
SAM sits up in bed and stares around.
RADIO
Telling you what your heart is
DEAN
Rise and shine, Sammy!
DEAN is sitting on the other bed, tying his shoes. SAM stares at him.
RADIO
The heat of the moment
Showed in your eyes
INT. BATHROOM
DEAN gargles loudly and annoying. SAM watches.
INT. DINER - DAY
DEAN
Hey. Tuesday. Pig in a poke.
SAM
Would you listen to me, Dean? Because I am flipping out.
DORIS
Are you boys ready?
SAM
He'll take the special, side of bacon, coffee, black, nothing for me, thanks.
DORIS
You got it.
DEAN
Sammy, I get all tingly when you take control like that.
SAM
Quit screwing around, Dean.
DEAN
Okay, okay, I'm listening. So, so you think that you're in some kind of a what again?
SAM
Time loop.
DEAN
Like Groundhog Day.
SAM
Yes, exactly, like Groundhog Day.
DEAN, nodding
Uh-huh.
SAM
So you don't believe me.
DEAN
It's just a little crazy, I mean even for us crazy, you know, like, uh—
SAM
Dingo ate my baby crazy?
DEAN
How'd you know I was going to say that?
SAM
Because you said it before, Dean, that's my whole point.
DORIS
Coffee, black, and some hot sauce for the—whoops! Crap.
SAM catches the hot sauce and hands it back to DORIS without looking.
DORIS
Thanks.
DORIS puts down the hot sauce and leaves.
DEAN
Nice reflexes.
SAM
No. I knew it was going to happen.
DEAN
Okay, look, I'm sure there's some sort of an explanation—
SAM
You're just going to have to go with me on this, Dean, you just have to, you owe me that much.
DEAN
Calm down.
SAM
Don't tell me to calm down. I can't calm down. I can't. Because—
DEAN
Because what?
SAM
Because you die today, Dean.
DEAN
I'm not gonna die. Not today.
SAM
Twice now I've watched you die, and I can't. I won't do it again, okay? You're just going to have to believe me. Please.
DEAN
All right. I still think you're nuts, but okay, whatever this is, we'll figure it out.
SAM nods.
EXT. STREET - DAY
The dog barks as SAM and DEAN pass. DEAN collides with BLONDE GIRL.
BLONDE GIRL
Excuse me.
SAM and DEAN pass the MOVERS.
MOVER 1
Told you it wouldn't fit.
MOVER 2
What do you want, a Pulitzer?
DEAN
And you think this cheesy-ass tourist trap has something to do with it?
SAM
Maybe it's the real deal, you know? The, the magnetic fields bending spacetime or whatever.
DEAN
I don't know, it all seems a little too X-Files for me.
SAM
Well I don't know how else to explain it, Dean!
DEAN
All right, all right, we'll go tonight after they close, get ourselves a nice long look.
SAM
No no no no no, we can't.
DEAN
Why not?
SAM
Because you—
DEAN
I what?
SAM doesn't say anything.
DEAN
I die there?
SAM
Blown away, actually.
DEAN
Huh. Okay, we go now.
DEAN starts forward. SAM rushes after him and grabs him before he runs into the street. MR. PICKETT's car zooms past.
MR. PICKETT
Stay out of the way!
SAM and DEAN stare after the car.
DEAN
Wait, did he?
SAM
Yesterday, yeah.
DEAN
And?
SAM
And what?
DEAN
Did it look cool, like in the movies?
SAM
You peed yourself, Dean.
DEAN
Of course I peed myself. Man gets hit by a car, you think he has full control over his bladder? Come on!
DEAN is careful to look both ways before they cross the street.
INT. MYSTERY SPOT - DAY
OWNER
Boys, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this. We could use all the good ink we can get.
SAM
How long have you owned the place, Mr. Kopiak[?]?
OWNER
My family's been guarding the secrets here since you don't want to know when.
SAM
So you'd know if anything strange happened.
OWNER
Strange? Strange happens here all the time. It's a Mystery Spot.
SAM
What exactly does that mean?
OWNER
Well, uh, it's where the laws of physics have no meaning.
SAM, angry
Okay, like how?
OWNER, grinning
Take the tour.
DEAN
The guy who went missing, Dexter Hasselback, he take the tour?
OWNER
Uh, uh, hold on a minute, what kind of article is this?
SAM
Just answer the question.
OWNER
The police scoured every inch of this place. They couldn't find that man. I never seen him before. We're a family establishment—
SAM gets in the OWNER's face.
SAM
Listen to me. There is something weird going on here. Now do you know anything about it or not?
OWNER
Okay. Look. Guys. Um. Give me a break. I bought the joint at a foreclosure auction last March, all right? Hell, I used to sell bail bonds.
SAM stares at him, stony-faced.
DEAN
Okay, Kojak[?], let's get some air.
DEAN steers SAM outside.
EXT. STREET - NIGHT
DEAN
I hate to say it, but that place is exactly what I thought. Full of crap.
SAM
Then what is it, Dean, what the hell is happening to us?
DEAN
I don't know. All right, lemme just, so, every day I die.
SAM
Yeah.
DEAN
And that's when you wake up again, right?
SAM
Yeah.
DEAN
So let's just make sure I don't die. If I make it to tomorrow, then maybe the loop stops and we can figure all this out.
SAM
You think?
DEAN
Worth a shot. I say we grab some takeout and head back to the motel, lay low until midnight.
SAM nods.
DEAN
All right, good. Who wants Chinese?
DEAN starts walking again and gets two steps before being flattened by a falling desk. The MOVERS, one holding the other end of the snapped rope and the other up in the window, and SAM stare.
Closeup of SAM's closed eyes.
RADIO
Heat of the moment
SAM's eyes open.
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
SAM sits up in bed and stares around.
RADIO
Telling you what your heart is
DEAN is sitting on the other bed, tying his shoes. SAM stares at him.
RADIO
The heat of the moment
SAM lies back down and tries to breathe.
RADIO
Showed in your eyes
It was the heat of the moment
ACT TWO
INT. DINER - DAY
DEAN
I still think you're nuts, but whatever this is, we'll figure it out.
SAM
Thanks.
DEAN
So. Uh. You're stuck in Groundhog Day. Why? What's behind it?
SAM
Well, first I thought it was the Mystery Spot. Now I'm not so sure.
DEAN
What do we do?
SAM
Try to keep you breathing, try to make it to tomorrow. That's the only thing I can think of.
DEAN
Shouldn't be too hard.
SAM
Yeah, right, Dean, I've watched you die a few times now and I can't ever seem to stop it.
DEAN
Well, nothing's set in stone. You said I order the same thing every day, right?
SAM
Yeah. Pig in a poke, side of bacon.
DEAN turns to DORIS, who is standing by the window to the kitchen, talking with the COOK.
DEAN
'Scuse me, sweetheart.
DORIS turns.
DEAN
Can I get sausage instead of bacon?
DORIS
Sure thing, hon.
DEAN
See? Different day already. See, if you and I decide I'm not gonna die, I'm not gonna die.
DORIS brings over DEAN's food.
DEAN
Thank you.
DEAN stabs a sausage with his fork and bites in. SAM grins. DEAN starts to choke.
SAM
Dean. Dean?
Closeup of SAM's closed eyes.
RADIO
Heat of the moment
SAM's eyes open.
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
SAM sits up in bed and stares around.
INT. BATHROOM - DAY
DEAN pokes his shampooed head around the shower curtain.
DEAN
You mean we can't even go out for breakfast?
SAM
You'll thank me when it's Wednesday!
DEAN
Whatever that means.
DEAN disappears behind the shower curtain.
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
SAM looks out the window. He hears DEAN yelp, followed by a thud.
Closeup of SAM's closed eyes.
RADIO
Heat of the moment
SAM's eyes open.
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
DEAN bites into a takeout taco.
DEAN
These tacos taste funny to you?
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
RADIO
Heat of the moment
SAM sits up in bed.
DEAN plugs in an electric razor and is electrocuted.
Closeup of SAM's closed eyes.
RADIO
Heat of the moment
SAM's eyes open.
INT. MYSTERY SPOT - NIGHT
Establishing shot of the neon-green-and-black spiral hallway.
Several thuds. SAM is breaking down the walls with an axe. DEAN grins at the OWNER, who is duct-taped to a chair.
DEAN
Everybody's fine, nobody's gonna get hurt, okay? Sammy?
SAM stops and turns.
DEAN
Maybe you should drop the axe and let this guy go, what do you say?
SAM
Something's gotta be going on here. I intend to find out what.
SAM goes back to swinging the axe.
DEAN
Place is tore up pretty good, dude. Time to give it a rest.
SAM
NO! I'm gonna take it down to studs.
DEAN, standing up
Sammy, that's enough, give me the axe.
SAM offscreen
Leave it, Dean.
DEAN offscreen
Give it.
SAM offscreen
No, you give it.
DEAN offscreen
Let it go.
SAM offscreen
No.
DEAN offscreen
Let it go, come on!
SAM offscreen
Dean, leave it, please—
The OWNER is splashed with blood.
SAM
Dean?
Thud. The OWNER tries to yell through the duct tape.
Closeup of SAM's closed eyes.
RADIO
Heat of the moment
SAM's eyes open.
INT. DINER - DAY
The door chimes as SAM and DEAN enter. CASHIER gives MR. PICKETT some change.
CASHIER
Drive safely now, Mr. Pickett.
MR. PICKETT
Yeah, yeah.
SAM bumps into MR. PICKETT as they pass.
WAITRESS
Can't stay unless you order something, Cal. You know the rules.
CAL passes her some change.
CAL
Coffee.
SAM and DEAN sit down in a booth. There's a man at the counter with pancakes and maple syrup—we haven't noticed him before.
DEAN
Hey. Tuesday. Pig in a poke.
SAM puts a set of keys on the table. DEAN looks at them, then at SAM.
DEAN
What are those?
SAM
The old man's. Trust me, you don't want him behind the wheel.
DORIS
You boys ready?
DEAN
Uh, yes, we are. I'll have the special, side of bacon and a coffee.
SAM
Hey, Doris? What I'd like is for you to log in some more hours at the archery range. You're a terrible shot.
DORIS
How'd you know that?
SAM
Lucky guess.
DEAN
Okay, so you think you're caught in some kind of what, again?
SAM
Time loop.
DEAN
Like Groundhog Day.
SAM
Doesn't matter. There's no way to stop it.
DEAN
Jeez, aren't you grumpy.
SAM
Yeah, I am. You wanna know why? Because this is the hundredth Tuesday in a row I've been through, and it never stops. Ever. So yeah, I'm a little grumpy. Hot sauce.
DEAN
What?
DORIS arrives with the coffee and hot sauce.
DORIS
Coffee, black, and some hot sauce for the—whoops! Crap!
SAM catches the hot sauce and slides it across the table.
DORIS
Thanks.
DEAN
Nice reflexes.
SAM
I knew it was going to happen, Dean. I know everything that's gonna happen.
DEAN
You don't know everything.
SAM
Yeah, I do.
DEAN and SAM in unison
Yeah, right. Nice guess.
SAM
It wasn't a guess.
DEAN and SAM in unison
Right, you're a mind reader. Cut it out, Sam. Sam.
They lean towards each other simultaneously.
DEAN and SAM in unison
You think you're being funny but you're being really really childish! Sam Winchester wears makeup. Sam Winchester cries his way through sex. Sam Winchester keeps a ruler by the bed and every morning when he wakes up he—
DEAN throws up his hands.
DEAN
Okay, enough!
SAM
That's not all.
