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Sam wanders into the research / library -- – nobody's there but he looks around.

I'm sorry, there's no, uh -- ˜ there's no Dee-dawg, uh...

; SCENE -- Driving in the Impala

Hm. Is that a cape? Little impractical for smashing monsters, huh? You know, you could choke --choke—

I grew up in this town. I used to come up here as a little girl. The Wasserlaufs, Howard and Doreen -- – they used to own this farm back then. (View from above, as if someone is watching them.) My co-worker, Jack, may he rest in peace, he worked here as a farmhand. Howard was a nice man, but... Well, he'd get into that corn liquor, and … one night he got it into his thick skull that Jack and his wife, Doreen, were rolling around in the hay. It wasn't true, but -- – but Howard's paranoia got the better of him. He tried to kill them both. Jack got away, but Doreen...

"Ave Maria" is playing on an old-fashioned radio. We see the outside of SONNY's, then the inside -- , in a bathroom. RUTH's cross is draped on the sink. RUTH is relaxing in the bath listening to "Ave Maria". The lights start flickering but RUTH doesn't notice because she has a washcloth over her eyes. A frost forms on the mirror, and RUTH's breath suddenly is visible, indicating a sudden chill. The shower curtain slides on its rings, and then falls over RUTH's face.