08x04 - Bitten

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8.04 Bitten

Air Date: October 24, 2012

NOW

INT. HOUSE – DAY

"What's the Matter" by Milo Greene plays.

Blood is splattered over the walls and furnishings. A body with a badly wounded leg lies on the ground and another body is covered with a sheet.

♪ Oh♪

♪ What's the matter?♪

♪ What's the matter with you lately?♪

♪ What's the matter?♪

♪ What's the matter with you lately?♪

Sam and Dean enter, g*ns drawn.

♪ [i]Oh, your love is never good enough[i]♪

Sam checks the body under the sheet and Dean goes upstairs.

♪ [i]Oh, your love is lost on me[i]♪

Dean removes an iPod from its docking station, stopping the music.

Dean: Rest of the place is clear.

Sam: Yeah. Uh... no ID on this one. Um... and no clue who is painted on the walls.

Dean: Well, whatever happened, looks like we missed it.

Sam: Yeah. Great. Wait a second.

Sam points to a half-open laptop with a post-it note that says "Play me" stuck to the lid.

Dean: What the hell?

Dean fully opens the lid of the laptop, and he and Sam sit down in front of it. Dean clicks on an icon that says "Play Me." An application opens and "This should never have ended this way" appears on the screen.

SUPERNATURAL

ACT ONE

[In a departure from the usual format, the credits are not shown at the start of Act One.]

[i]INT. HOUSE – DAY

Sam and Dean are sitting in front of the laptop. The screen still reads "This should never have ended this way." The screen goes blank and the camera zooms in on the screen.

Man 1 (V.O): Hey, Christopher Nolan.

Man 2 (V.O): Yeah?

Man 1 (V.O): Lens cap.

Man 2 (V.O): Oh…

INT. CAFÉ – DAY

Through a hand-held camera, we see a young man (Michael - Man 1) sitting at a table in a café. The camera then turns on the face of a second young man (BRIAN - Man 2), who appears to be holding the camera.

BRIAN

…crap. Damn.

BRIAN points the camera back at Michael.

Michael: Strong work, genius.

BRIAN

Dude, I have no idea what to make this movie about. And I'm, like – I'm A/V Club President, so, you know, it's got to be good.

Michael: Here. Give me that.

The screen goes black for a moment as Michael grabs the camera. He then points the camera at BRIAN.

Michael: I'll tell you what...

BRIAN

You're gonna make it?

Michael: ...you're gonna make it about.

BRIAN

Okay.

Michael points the camera at himself.

Michael: In a world where nothing is what it seems... [BRIAN laughs]...one brave, shockingly handsome, virile young man [He points the camera at BRIAN]and his faithful, learning-disabled...

BRIAN

Oh, no.

Michael: ... robotic manservant must battle through waves [He points the camera at other male students in the café]of cybernetic asshats in order to sexually liberate [He points the camera at a group of female students]the women of –

BRIAN

[smiling]Okay. Give me that. Give me that.

Michael: Oh, please. I bet at least one of these girls would let you partake in their awkward-guy experimental phase.

BRIAN

What? These girls?

Michael: Yep.

BRIAN

Okay. [He zooms the camera in on the female students.]Hashtag fails. [He moves the focus from one girl to another.]Homeschooled. Secretly in love with her roommate. Listens to country music. Oh, dude, dude. 12:00, blonde. Wait. [The blonde girl, KATE, gets up.]Is she – oh, crap, crap. Dude, take it, take it. Just take it.

Michael: [quietly]I don't want to take it.

KATE walks over to BRIAN and Michael. Michael is holding the camera.

KATE

Were you just filming me?

Michael: No. Uh, I wouldn't do that.

KATE is holding another camera and filming Michael.

KATE

Does it have the new firmware?

Michael: Uh, yes. Yes, it does.

KATE

How's it handle?

Michael and KATE exchange cameras.

Michael: You tell me.

KATE

Well, your settings are way off.

BRIAN

Oh, I-I like the way the colors – you probably don't care about that.

KATE

[filming Michael]Yeah, so, you weren't[i]checking me out?

Michael: [filming KATE]Well, I do have a thing for beautiful women who respect their privacy. Uh, d*ck move on my part. I'm sorry.

KATE

Don't be. I have a thing for guys with cool cameras.

[i]INT. HOUSE – NIGHT

BRIAN is sitting at a desk in front of several computers. Giggling can be heard behind closed doors in another room. KATE, wearing only a T-shirt, enters and walks through to the bathroom.

INT. CAFÉ – DAY

KATE

No, no, no. Look, it's a great movie, but of the two, I-I prefer "Last Year at Marienbad." You know?

BRIAN

Yeah. It's a classic.

BRIAN is filming KATE.

KATE

How do you like that lens?

BRIAN

It's good. Yeah, yeah. It's lighter for sure.

KATE

That's good.

BRIAN

You know, uh, Michael knows nothing about cameras, right?

KATE

Yeah. But, uh, I'm teaching him.

Michael walks up to the table carrying a coffee.

Michael: Teaching who?

KATE

Oh, my boyfriend. [Michael sits down next to KATE.]He's, uh, big, tall, and handsome.

Michael: Mm. Sounds delish.

KATE

Yeah, you should totally meet him.

Michael: Yeah?

KATE

Mm-hmm.

Michael and KATE kiss.

INT. HOUSE – DAY

BRIAN is sitting at the desk.

KATE

Let's see. Five years from now? Hopefully passed the bar exam, practicing law. [BRIAN turns a camera around to film KATE and Michael, who are on the sofa. Michael is lying down with his head in KATE's lap.]Nothing corporate, something, uh... something green, you know?

BRIAN

Green is good.

Michael: Hippie.

KATE

Oh, shut up.

CUT TO: KATE is filming BRIAN.

BRIAN

Oh, geez. Uh, maybe, like, working for HBO or – or, like, Michael Moore. That'd be cool.

KATE

Yeah.

Michael: Double hippie.

BRIAN

Whatever.

Michael: I will be on a boat in the middle of the ocean with my beautiful girl by my side.

KATE

Aww... sap.

Michael: And you can come, too.

KATE

Nice. See what you just did there?

Michael and KATE kiss.

INT. COLLEGE LECTURE ROOM – DAY

PROFESSOR

...display of that, let's make sure we put our hand up first next time.

Michael appears to be asleep in the audience. KATE, who is sitting in the row behind him, fondles MICHAEL's hair.

PROFESSOR

All right, brains, let's get our pens and pencils out. It's time for notes. So, let's turn our attention to our cruelly nicknamed friend Piggy. [We see a close-up of a pin on the PROFESSOR's jacket.]He uses his glasses to create fire, the sun dial. [A slide on the screen at the front of the room reads "Lord of the Flies, 1st Year Eng Lit."]He's also rational. He inhabits rational thought on the island.

EXT. COLLEGE CAMPUS – DAY

BRIAN is filming himself, Michael and KATE.

Michael: What'd I miss?

KATE

Just another pitch-perfect lecture from Professor Ludensky.

BRIAN

Yeah.

KATE

Do you know Simon was a Christ figure?

Michael: Yeah. No. [to BRIAN]Please tell me you taped it.

BRIAN

Come on. Who loves you?

Michael: Aww. I wish I could quit you.

BRIAN

Yeah, right. Yeah.

Another student, Scott, walks between them and knocks the camera to the ground.

KATE

Oh, hey.

Michael: Watch it, asshat!

Scott: What'd you call me?

Scott's Friend

Come on. Let's move. I want to see it.

BRIAN

[Looking at the camera]Oh, man.

CUT TO: Michael, KATE and BRIAN are walking. We hear police sirens.

BRIAN

Hey, can you sh**t some of this for my movie?

KATE

Is that legal?

Michael: Who cares?

A body covered with a bloodstained sheet lies behind a police line. The Impala pulls up.

BRIAN

Yeah, that's not good.

KATE

Someone got m*rder*d on campus? You guys live two blocks from here.

Sam and Dean, dressed in suits, get out of the Impala.

BRIAN

Look, look, look. Starsky and Hutch. [He laughs.]

Michael: Rizzoli and Isles.

Sam: Special Agent Rose, and this is Special Agent Hudson. [Sam and Dean show their badges.]

Detective: What the hell are you guys doing here?

Dean: Our jobs. You want to tell us what's going on?

Detective: Whatever you say, boss. Got a call from a woman that lives upstairs. Said, uh, she heard an att*ck, came down, found her neighbor here. Jacob Carter.

BRIAN

Who'd he say?

KATE

Uh, Jacob Carter? I don't know.

Sam: Well, is the witness still home?

Detective: Sure is. She's not the most reliable type. She said she heard some kind of growl, like there was a coyote down here.

Dean: Awesome.

INT. HOUSE – DAY

KATE is on the sofa filming with the camera.

KATE

So, the FBI is here. Your neighbor got m*rder*d, but you're totally cool.

BRIAN

No. It's not – it's not that I'm cool. It's just that, like... [He comes out of the bathroom with a toothbrush in his mouth, holding another camera.]I mean, then it's good that the FBI are here, right?

KATE

That – that is so annoyingly logical.

Michael: Hey, baby. Listen.

Michael puts an iPod into a docking station. "What's the Matter" by Milo Greene plays.

♪ Oh, your love is lost on me[i]♪

KATE

Oh. It's pretty. What is it?

Michael: It's the song that was playing when we first met.

♪ [i]What's the matter?[i]♪

KATE

Aww. You are so disgustingly sweet.

♪ [i]What's the matter with you lately?[i]♪

Michael and KATE kiss.

BRIAN

You ready?

Michael: Yeah.

BRIAN

Cool.

Michael: I got to go.

♪ [i]What's the matter with you lately?[i]♪

KATE

What? So, you just foam the runway with our song and then you got to head out the door?

Michael: [filming KATE with a camera]I promised I'd help him test the new cameras.

KATE

Don't give me that crap. I know you two idiots are gonna go sh**t cut scenes for "Jackass."

Michael: Come on. We both know he has nobody else to do this with. Rain check.

KATE

Whatever. You're dead to me.

Michael and KATE kiss.

♪ [i]Oh, your love is lost on me[i]♪

[i]EXT. COLLEGE CAMPUS – NIGHT

Michael and BRIAN are filming near a sports field.

Michael: Do something cool.

BRIAN

Dude, this tree is awesome. Hang on. [He climbs up into the tree.]Maybe I could – maybe I could... get upside down and –

Michael: No, no, I said cool.

BRIAN

Ha ha.

Michael: This is stupid.

BRIAN

Can you get – can you see me? Gonna try and get – is this cool? [He hangs upside down.]'Cause, man, it feels pretty cool.

Michael: It's like "Dumb & Dumber 3." Ha ha ha. Okay.

BRIAN

Wait, dude, dude, dude, dude.

Sam and Dean, in their FBI suits, are interviewing a couple on the street nearby.

Michael: What?

BRIAN

Turn around. Turn around.

Michael: What?

BRIAN

Turn. It's those FBI guys.

Michael: What?

BRIAN

Help – help me down this tree. Help me out of the tree.

Sam: Oh, all right. Well, thank you, guys, very much for your help. You're free to go.

The couple leaves and Michael or BRIAN's camera zooms in on Sam and Dean.

Sam: All right. There is not a case here.

Dean: There is[i]a case here. You're rusty. We just got to dig a little deeper. Come on.

Dean walks towards the Impala and after a moment Sam follows him.

BRIAN

Dude, it's so crazy.

Michael: Is it just me or are you getting a workplace-romance vibe from those two?

BRIAN

Let's go.

Michael: Yeah.

Michael and BRIAN walk along the outside of the sports field. Two people are kissing near the bleachers.

Michael: Come here, come here. Look, look, look, look, look, look.

BRIAN

[whispering]What? [He sees the people kissing. One of them is Scott, who knocked into them earlier.]Oh, no. Yes.

Michael: D-bags mating in the wild. [They laugh.]

BRIAN

Okay, go, go, go, go, go.

Michael: Yeah.

They move closer and keep filming. The Girl whom Scott is kissing pushes his arms away.

Girl: Oh! Stop. Stop! [She shoves him and leaves.]

Scott: Hey!

BRIAN

Oh, ho, ho. Strike three.

Scott: Come on!

BRIAN

You're a d*ck.

Scott: What's your problem?!

BRIAN

This is gonna look great on YouTube.

BRIAN drops his camera.

BRIAN

Oh. Oh, crap.

Michael: Oh, crap.

Scott: Hey! What the hell?!

BRIAN

Oh, crap, crap. Oh, God. [He runs and the Scott runs after him.]

Michael: Hey, Brian, Brian! Meet me at Scott's mother's house! [The Scott turns and runs after Michael instead.]Oh, God.

Scott: Oh, come on. I paid her fair and square, man!

Michael runs down a park path. He turns his camera on himself, breathing heavily.

Michael: [into the camera]Thanks for a great night out, Bri.

A growling noise comes from the trees.

Michael: Hello? Hello? Scott, cut it out, man! [There is more growling.]Oh, God. Oh, God. [He screams and climbs a tree. There is more growling and more screaming.]

BRIAN

Hey, Michael. You can come out now, dude. Scott looked for us for a while but bailed. [He finds MICHAEL's camera on the ground.]Mike? [He hears heavy breathing nearby.]Mike? [He finds Michael lying on the ground.]Dude. Oh, my God. Dude. Michael. You okay, man?

Michael: I'm okay.

BRIAN

What happened?

Michael: I don't know. I don't know. [He has a shoulder wound.]

BRIAN

Oh, God.

[i]INT. HOUSE – NIGHT

BRIAN

Kate!

BRIAN helps Michael onto the sofa.

KATE

Oh, my God! Baby, baby, baby, baby!

BRIAN

Something bit Michael.

KATE

Oh baby. Okay.

BRIAN

Oh, my God.

Michael: What is it? Is it bad? Brian. Kate. Is it bad?

BRIAN

The bite – the bite's gone.

KATE phones for help.

Woman's Voice ON PHONE

911. What's your emergency?

KATE

Did – did you dicks just punk me?

Woman's Voice ON PHONE

Is anybody there? Hello?

KATE hangs up.

BRIAN

It's completely gone.

KATE

Baby, it's okay. Hey, hey, hey. Honey, it's okay. It's okay. Babe.

INT. HOUSE – DAY

BRIAN and KATE are sitting at the table.

BRIAN

[whispering]The Doctor said he's gonna be fine. You heard him. Literally not a scratch on the kid.

BRIAN is asleep on the sofa.

KATE

If anything happens to Michael, I-I don't know what I would do.

BRIAN

Shh. It's okay.

Michael wakes. BRIAN and KATE put their heads down on the table and pretend to be asleep. Michael walks through the room to the bathroom and pulls the door off its hinges. BRIAN and KATE jump.

KATE

What? Baby.

Michael: Uh...

BRIAN

Did you just pull that off?

KATE

Whoa. Whoa.

BRIAN films Michael holding something over his head and laughing.

BRIAN

Okay. Okay, okay. Now – now one-handed.

The camera pans out and we see that he is holding KATE horizontally over his head, now with one hand. KATE giggles and shrieks.

BRIAN

Oh, my God!

Michael: Stay still, stay still, stay still.

BRIAN

Dude, whoa!

Michael drops KATE into his arms and they laugh and kiss.

CUT TO: BRIAN is using a computer.

KATE

Maybe you got bit by an alien. That would explain the FBI.

BRIAN

Or maybe a mutant bit you.

Michael: Am I a superhero now?

KATE

Baby.

INT. HOUSE – NIGHT

BRIAN appears to be setting up equipment in various places in the house.

KATE

What are you doing?

BRIAN

What do you think I'm doing? I finally found my movie.

KATE

What? Michael? Michael is not your movie. We don't even know what happened to him.

BRIAN

Exactly. I'm gonna get Michael's origin story on-camera.

CUT TO: Michael is sitting at the kitchen table putting peanut butter on a bagel.

Michael: You're kind of creeping me out, man. Seriously, nothing superheroic to see here. Just a delicious bagel.

BRIAN

Hey, man, I have this idea. It's gonna sound really weird, but don't laugh, okay?

Michael: No promises.

BRIAN

I, um... I really want to be able to do what you do. So I-I think maybe we could go back out there and get that thing to bite me, and then we could both be superheroes.

Michael: Stop! What? Are you serious?

BRIAN

Michael, you can't keep this to yourself.

Michael: Keep what to myself? We don't even know what this thing is. Why the hell would you want it?

BRIAN

Michael... I don't – I don't want to be Piggy anymore, man.

Michael: You're – you're not a pig, man. Brian, listen to me. There's nothing wrong with you. You've just got to figure out what it is you want and go after it. I'm telling you – you don't want this.

BRIAN

Right, 'cause I don't want to be super-strong or have a prayer of getting any ass this year or... Please, please.

Michael: No, man! No.

CUT TO: BRIAN is using the computer at the desk. There is a knock at the door. Michael and KATE are on the sofa.

Michael: Not it.

KATE

Not it.

BRIAN

Children. [He goes to the front door.]Dudes, dudes, dudes. It's the FBI.

Michael: What?

BRIAN

It's the FBI.

Michael: No. What? Oh.

Michael picks up a bong and starts to put it behind the sofa.

KATE

Baby, what are you doing?

Michael runs out of the room with the bong. KATE picks up a camera. BRIAN opens the door. Sam and Dean hold up their badges.

Sam: Hi, there.

BRIAN

Hi.

Sam: Special Agents Rose and Hudson. We wanted to ask you a few questions about the m*rder that occurred a few blocks from here. [KATE is filming Sam and Dean via a window.]First off, did you know the victim, Jacob Carter?

BRIAN

Um, no, not really.

Dean: Do you remember anything unusual about that night?

BRIAN

Not that I recall.

Sam: Right. Well, uh, heard about anyone in the neighborhood getting, uh – getting bit? Humor me.

BRIAN

No, I-I don't think so.

Sam: All right. Well, no worries. How about this? If you hear anything strange... call us. [He hands BRIAN a card.]No matter how late. [BRIAN nods.]Thanks.

BRIAN

Thank you. [He closes the door.]

Dean: So, what do you think?

Sam: Well, based on what we've got so far, we could be dealing with another Mayan god.

Dean: Ah, that's fantastic, 'cause the other one was such a joy.

Sam: Yeah. Campus dormitories?

Dean: Yeah.

Sam and Dean walk down the porch stairs towards the Impala.

CUT TO: Michael comes back into the main room carrying the bong.

BRIAN

The FBI are looking for what bit you. Are you an X-file?

KATE

No. He's not an X-file. Listen.

KATE plays back the film she took of Sam and Dean.

Sam: ...So far, we could be dealing with another Mayan god.

Michael: I'm a golden god. [They all laugh.]I am a golden god! Ha ha, whoo!

KATE

You guys are ridiculous.

INT. HOUSE – NIGHT

KATE is asleep in bed. Michael gets up and goes into the bathroom. He films himself looking at his reflection in the mirror.

Michael: I am a golden god. I am a god.

MICHAEL's irises and pupils enlarge and then go back to normal.

Michael: Huh?

Michael groans as he develops long canine teeth. He groans again as his fingernails lengthen into claws. He growls and punches the mirror.

CUT TO: Michael returns to the bedroom and gently strokes KATE's cheek with his clawed hand.

CUT TO: In the kitchen, Michael takes an Asian food take-out box from the fridge and eats with chopsticks at the table.

CUT TO: More take-out containers and wrappers are on the table. Michael opens a beer. He takes a bite of a burger and knocks over his beer.

CUT TO: Even more take-out containers and wrappers litter the table and floor. Michael grabs a jacket and heads for the door.

EXT. COLLEGE CAMPUS – NIGHT

Three students are at the edge of the sports field, being filmed by a fourth.

Scott: What's up, BVC? [He films himself.]It's Scotty P. patrolling with the Oak Hill crew – Doug... [He points the camera at a student who holds a hockey stick]Evan... [who holds a cricket bat]Tucker [who holds a baseball bat]. See, some animal k*lled a local citizen, so we're out here tonight making sure these streets are safe for all you fine honeys out there, all right? Let's fan out, boys.

Evan (?)

All right.

DOUG (?)

Let's go.

SCOTT's camera films Michael, who is carrying two full plastic bags.

Scott: Yo!

Michael: Back off, douche-wheel. Not tonight.

Scott: [filming himself]Ooh. Oh. Ooh, I'm so scared. Listen...

We hear the plastic bags hit the ground and Scott films them.

Scott: What... what the...?

Michael is running away down a tree-lined path.

Scott: Yeah, I got you now, you piece of...

Scott runs after Michael.

Scott: Why don't you come take your b*ating like a man?

Scott looks for Michael among trees and bushes in a park.

Scott: If you won't come out and play, I'll go visit that little piece of yours. Kate? Yeah, I'll go visit Katie, show her what a real man – [He hears a strange noise.]Michael? [He hears loud breathing.]Dude, do you think this is funny?! Come on! Cut it out.

With a growl, Michael bursts from some nearby foliage. He has long teeth and claws. The screen goes black as Scott screams.

ACT TWO

INT. HOUSE – DAY

BRIAN and KATE are on the sofa. BRIAN is filming.

BRIAN

Can I ask you something about him? With everything that's happened, are you afraid of him?

KATE

At first, yeah. I mean, it was pretty scary. But... then, to be totally honest, it's actually been pretty hot.

BRIAN

O...M...

KATE screams as Michael appears. His face and chest are covered with blood.

CUT TO: Michael is in the shower.

KATE

Baby? Just... Can you tell us what happened?

Michael: I, uh – I ran into Scott. He chased me, and I think I k*lled him.

KATE

What? [to BRIAN]Turn it off. Off!

CUT TO: Michael is sitting on a chair in the main room with a towel around his neck. KATE paces the room. BRIAN is filming.

Michael: He started talking about you, and I saw red. The next thing I remember, I was running home.

BRIAN

On the video... what were those things on your hands? Claws?

KATE

Did anybody see you?

BRIAN

Kate, you're not...

Michael: No.

BRIAN

...trying to justify –

KATE

We don't know what happened, Brian. What? He can't defend himself? [She grabs the camera.]Give me that.

EXT. PARK – DAY

KATE runs past the Impala and several police cars, which are parked outside a police line in the park.

Officer: Hey, whoa, whoa. Take it easy.

KATE films Sam and Dean, who are behind the police line in their FBI suits.

Detective: Figured I'd see you guys again.

Dean: Well, if you did your job right, we wouldn't be here, would we?

Sam: Easy. Uh, so, what do you got?

Detective: Vic's name was Scott Parker. [SCOTT's body is in an open body bag on the ground.]Looks like the Same thing that k*lled the Carter kid got Mr. Parker here.

Sam: Wait. Same thing?

Detective: Look, I-I'm only the local yokel, but this kid was shredded by an animal.

Dean: Where's his heart?

Detective: Patrolman found it up the way there. Eaten mostly.

Dean: Show us.

BRIAN is also filming the scene.

INT. HOUSE – DAY

KATE enters.

KATE

Brian, wait.

Michael is asleep on the sofa. BRIAN shakes him.

BRIAN

Did you eat a human heart? [Michael sits up and moves away from BRIAN.]Did you?

Michael: What are you talking about? [standing up]What is he talking about?

BRIAN

[grabbing MICHAEL's arm]Scott's dead. He was shredded, and his heart's gone.

KATE

That doesn't mean that Michael –

BRIAN

What do you think happened to it? Where's his heart, Michael?

Michael: I don't remember what happened.

BRIAN

[shoving Michael]Don't lie to me!

KATE

Hey, Brian, calm down! Look, I mean, there's got to be an explanation for this.

BRIAN

Really?

KATE

It was... self-defense.

BRIAN

Eating a heart is self-defense? Kate, who are you trying to convince? Me or yourself?

Michael: [pushing BRIAN away from KATE]You need to back off.

BRIAN

Why? You gonna eat my heart, too?

Michael punches BRIAN, who sails through the air and lands on the kitchen table.

KATE

Michael!

CUT TO: Michael is lying on the bed with his head in KATE's lap.

Michael: I don't know what's happening to me. I don't know who I am anymore.

KATE

You're Michael Wheeler. And you're mine, okay? You hear me?

BRIAN's face is reflected in a mirror.

CUT TO: BRIAN and KATE are in the main room.

BRIAN

We have to call the police.

KATE

Brian.

BRIAN films KATE.

BRIAN

Kate, how – how can you? You have to see what's really going on here. Whatever he is, it's not good – it's not good for you.

KATE

Michael didn't mean to hurt you.

BRIAN

Obviously he did, Kate.

KATE

You just don't get it, do you?

BRIAN

What? What don't I understand?

KATE

You've never been in love. [BRIAN puts down the camera.]What we need are answers.

EXT. Police STATION – DAY

KATE is filming Dean talking to a CORONER outside the police station.

KATE

I can't hear them.

Michael: Seriously, Kate, what are we doing?

KATE

What are we doing? Seriously?

Michael: Wait. Kate, don't.

CORONER

Cut marks on both vics are clean but have the curvature of animal claws. I don't know. I mean, maybe there's a wild animal on the loose? Biggest animal in the county is a raccoon.

Dean: Hmm. Thank you for your time.

CORONER

You bet.

Dean: Appreciate it. Okay.

Sam walks up to Dean.

Sam: Hey.

Dean: Hey.

Michael: No, no.

Sam: So, what did I miss? Anything?

Dean: Not unless you want to put an A.P.B. out on Rocky Raccoon.

Sam: Great. Um, the local police files are not online, so I had to dig through the county records. Um, 10 years ago, there was a similar unsolved m*rder. Check it out. [He hands Dean a file.]

Dean: Death by claws and, uh, lack of heart? So we're talking a –

Sam: No. Not that time of the month.

Dean: Awesome.

Sam: Yeah.

Dean: Time to hit the books and feed the monster. [He claps a hand to his stomach.]

CUT TO: Michael is sitting on the tailboard of an ambulance outside the police station.

KATE

They know something. We got to follow them. Michael. Come on. Michael. Geez.

There is a rustling as someone steps out from some trees.

Michael: How'd you find us?

BRIAN

GPS in your phones. Duh.

Michael: You know, you're starting to creep me out, man.

BRIAN

The feeling's mutual, dude.

KATE

What else can you hack into, Brian?

BRIAN

Anything.

INT. RESTAURANT – NIGHT

We see black-and-white footage of Sam and Dean sitting at a table reading notes and a journal.

KATE (V.O): Test, test. Can you hear me?

CAR ACROSS THE STREET FROM RESTAURANT – NIGHT

BRIAN

Copy that. Yeah, the feed is looping to my laptop right now. Head in, make sure you're within spitting distance, and we should be in business. Um, and don't get arrested.

Michael: I'll do it.

KATE

You sure?

Michael: Yeah. Give me the bag.

INT. RESTAURANT – NIGHT

Michael sits down at a table near Sam and Dean.

Michael: We good?

CAR ACROSS THE STREET FROM RESTAURANT – NIGHT

BRIAN

Uh... a little left.

INT. RESTAURANT – NIGHT

Michael adjusts a camera that is filming Sam and Dean.

Michael: How's that?

A waitress brings Dean a plate with two burgers and Sam a salad.

Dean: Awesome. Thank you.

Sam: Thanks. Dude, two burgers?

Dean: Hey, I didn't eat at Big P's for like a year, okay? Clear eyes and clogged arteries – can't lose.

CUT TO: Sam and Dean's plates have been cleared and they are reading from large books and a journal.

Dean: Hey, check this out. "Werewolves that are turned up to four generations from pureblood..." Think he means Alpha? [Sam gestures noncommittally.]"...are less feral and can transform before, during, and after the lunar cycle." Boom.

Sam: [reaching for the journal]Let me see that.

CAR ACROSS THE STREET FROM RESTAURANT – NIGHT

Sam (V.O): Purebloods don't black out during the transformation. They can control themselves.

INT. RESTAURANT – NIGHT

Sam: Some have been able to subsist off of animal hearts. So – so, what? We're hunting a-a werewolf with a pedigree?

Dean: Awesome. Let's hope he has his papers.

Sam: Yeah, and that silver can k*ll him. So... what? Best in show comes here 10 years ago, ganked some poor woman. Then when the dust settles and everything's in the clear, he just sets up shop?

Dean: Yeah, comes for the human hearts, stays for the co-eds.

Sam: Right. And then everything's wine and Roses – and animal tickers – until he gets the hankering for human again.

INT. HOUSE – NIGHT

Michael, BRIAN and KATE are watching the footage of Sam and Dean from the restaurant.

Dean: Told you there was a case here. Now we just got to find it and k*ll it.

Michael: I'm a werewolf. A werewolf.

KATE

Michael, come on. Baby, you need to calm down.

Michael: Calm down? I'm a werewolf!

BRIAN

Hey, we need to find –

Michael: The FBI is trying to k*ll me.

KATE

Shut up! Everybody, shut up, okay? First things first, those guys – those guys aren't FBI, all right? I'm pretty sure that FBI agents don't say "awesome" that much. You know? And – and they definitely don't hunt and k*ll college kids.

Michael: Did – did they say anything else?

BRIAN

Dude, they just sat and talked about how they have been apart for a year. You were probably right about that whole office-romance thing.

Michael: I'm screwed. I'm screwed.

BRIAN

Kate, come on. What are we supposed to do?

KATE

Okay, you know what? You guys, you're missing the big picture, okay? They – they don't know about you, Michael. They're looking for whoever, whatever bit you in the first place, the pureblood. That... that gives us some time... to figure it out, you know?

Michael: So, what's the plan? What, eat chicken hearts for the rest of my life?

Michael angrily goes into the bedroom. KATE follows him.

KATE

Michael. Baby.

KATE and Michael talk indistinctly in the bedroom. BRIAN watches footage from MICHAEL's camera in the park. He replays part of it and prints a screen capture.

BRIAN

Hey, guys. I think I found something.

KATE pulls the bedroom door closed. BRIAN grabs his keys and goes out.

EXT. PARK – NIGHT

BRIAN searches with a flashlight. He spots a pin on the ground and sets the print of the screen capture down next to it. The screen capture is a picture of the Same spot. The pin matches the one the PROFESSOR wore on his jacket. He picks up the pin and compares it to the screen capture.

INT. PROFESSOR's OFFICE – DAY

BRIAN opens a cupboard high on a wall in the PROFESSOR's office. He films the items on the PROFESSOR's desk. The PROFESSOR comes into the room.

PROFESSOR

A little early for office hours, Brian. What can I help you with?

BRIAN

I know what you are.

ACT THREE

INT. HOUSE – NIGHT

KATE is crying in the bedroom. She starts packing.

CUT TO: KATE is packing a bag in the main room. BRIAN enters.

BRIAN

Hey. What are you doing?

KATE

We're leaving in the morning.

BRIAN

What? Why?

KATE

Those guys – look, they might find Michael, and –

BRIAN

No, Kate, you don't have to worry about that. You don't have to worry about anything. I took care of it.

Michael: You took care of what?

KATE

Brian, what did you do?

INT. PROFESSOR's OFFICE – DAY

BRIAN holds up the pin and laughs.

BRIAN

I know what you are. [He films the PROFESSOR with his camera.]

PROFESSOR

Yeah, I'm your professor. And thanks. I've been looking for that. Where'd you find it?

BRIAN

Where you left it... after you bit my friend.

PROFESSOR

I'm sorry. What are you –

BRIAN

Stop, stop, stop. Stop trying to cover. Just listen to me very carefully. I'm filming all this. And I've got a hidden camera in here, too. It's feeding back to my laptop at home, so if anything happens to me –

PROFESSOR

Nothing is going to happen to you, Brian. But you know what? You need to calm down.

BRIAN

I want you to turn me into a werewolf.

PROFESSOR

Brian, I-I don't know where you –

BRIAN

You don't know? Really? [He puts the camera down on the desk.]Well, how about I, uh... [he takes out a Kn*fe]...cut you with this.

PROFESSOR

Brian, listen to me.

BRIAN

This thing's made of silver, you know.

BRIAN pushes the PROFESSOR into a chair and leans over him with the Kn*fe.

PROFESSOR

Look, I'm not – please, I'm not what you think that I am.

BRIAN

I don't care what you are. I just want you to turn me.

We hear the sound of the PROFESSOR transforming.

PROFESSOR

[growling]I don't want to hurt you.

BRIAN

You're not going to, 'cause if you do, all of this winds up on CNN.

CUT TO: BRIAN puts the Kn*fe down on the desk and picks up his camera. The PROFESSOR is sitting on the other side of the desk.

BRIAN

So, you stumbled on Carter, wolfed out, and then what? Got a taste for hearts again?

PROFESSOR

You never lose the taste, if you're stupid enough to have one. Once you have a human heart, it's almost impossible to control the monster inside. But I did, until last week when I, uh... fell off the wagon, as they say. You have no idea – no idea – how hard it is. I've trained myself not to hurt anyone. I have – I have trained myself to... choke down those other hearts.

BRIAN

Animal hearts.

PROFESSOR

And I have been clean...

BRIAN

Until last week?

PROFESSOR

And then I saw Carter alone, and he was... he looked so weak. It's harder to cover things up nowadays. I knew a hunter would catch wind of this sooner or later.

BRIAN

They did. They're here. [He is no longer filming with the hand-held camera.]You needed a patsy. Michael.

PROFESSOR

Yes. The young man who sleeps through most of my lectures. I mean, who would miss him?

BRIAN

Me.

PROFESSOR

Why are you doing this?

BRIAN

I want to see what you guys see... do what you do. I'm sick of being Piggy. I want to be Ralph.

PROFESSOR

We don't get to choose who we are.

BRIAN pushes up his sleeve to reveal a bloodstained bandage. He removes the bandage, which was covering a bite.

BRIAN

I did.

INT. HOUSE – NIGHT

KATE

Oh, my God.

Michael: Brian.

KATE

Oh, my God.

Michael: What are you? Insane?

BRIAN

You're welcome for saving your ass. Look, watch.

BRIAN plays footage from the PROFESSOR's office on the computer. The PROFESSOR growls and throws a chair. He holds his hands to his head and then reaches up to remove the hidden camera from the cupboard. The screen goes mostly black.

Dean: Hey!

Sam and Dean throw the PROFESSOR onto and over his desk. Sam has a large Kn*fe in his belt. The PROFESSOR gets up and wolfs out. Sam lunges at the PROFESSOR with his Kn*fe and the PROFESSOR grapples with him. Dean sh**t the PROFESSOR.

PROFESSOR

Thank you.

The PROFESSOR falls to the floor dead.

Dean: I've never k*lled a pureblood before.

Sam: What was he looking at? [They walk towards the cupboard with the hidden camera.]What the hell? [The screen goes gray and the footage ends.]

BRIAN

See? [He snaps his fingers.]Problem solved. They k*lled the pureblood, they're moving on, and we're in the clear, just like you said.

KATE

I never said –

BRIAN

Kate, I, uh... I did this to protect you. I did what you couldn't.

Michael: They saw the camera, Brian. You don't think they'll trace that back to you? What the hell's wrong with you?

BRIAN

Nothing's wrong with me. [He picks up his camera and films Michael.]Youtold me that. I just... finally figured out what I want, and now I'm going after it. You thought I was hiding behind this?I was hiding behind you. I am done living in your shadow. I've always lived in your shadow. But now – now we're equals. Anything youcan do, right?

Michael: What? You think this is a game? Do you have any idea what you've done to yourself?

BRIAN

Well, you wouldn't bite me, so I had to –

KATE

You asked him to? [to Michael]He asked you to bite him?

Michael: I didn't, okay? [to BRIAN]I didn't want to hurt you. I would never hurt you, Brian. [BRIAN laughs.]This thing inside of me – you don't want this.

BRIAN

Oh, well, it's too late for that now.

Michael: I remember attacking Scott. I remember ripping his b*ating heart out of his chest. I remember the look in his dead eyes when I bit into that heart, Brian. And above all, I remember how sweet, how delicious it tasted, and ever since I've tasted it, I've felt more powerful and more out of control.

BRIAN grabs KATE.

BRIAN

More weak. You don't need someone like Michael. You need someone that can take care of you.

KATE

I can take care of myself.

BRIAN holds KATE in front of him.

Michael: Let her go.

BRIAN

Or what? You gonna cry some more?

Michael wolfs out and lunges for BRIAN as KATE screams.

KATE

No! No!

Michael and BRIAN fight. Michael pushes KATE back when she tries to intervene. Michael and BRIAN crash through the glass doors to the bedroom and then come back into the main room. Michael kneels over BRIAN and knocks him against the floor. BRIAN yells. Michael rolls onto his back with a Kn*fe in his stomach.

KATE

Oh, baby. Oh, baby. Oh, please don't die. Please don't die. Please don't die.

Michael: I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

BRIAN crawls to a corner of the room.

Michael: I love you, baby.

KATE

I love you.

Michael goes still.

KATE

Michael? Michael!

ACT FOUR

INT. HOUSE – NIGHT

KATE is crying over MICHAEL's body. She pulls out the Kn*fe in his stomach and crosses the room to where BRIAN is sitting against a wall. She slashes at his arm with the Kn*fe. BRIAN grabs KATE's wrist and holds her still.

BRIAN

Kate, listen to me. I love you. I love you. You'll understand. You just need to see what I see. After I bite you, you'll understand.

KATE cuts BRIAN, breaks away from his grip and runs into the kitchen. BRIAN, wolfed out, is waiting for her there. She screams and runs back into the main room. BRIAN is waiting for her there also and catches her in his arms. He picks her up and growls.

CUT TO: KATE is looking at herself in the cracked bathroom mirror and crying. BRIAN knocks on the door.

BRIAN

Kate? [KATE is filming herself with a camera.]Let me in.

KATE has a bite mark on her shoulder.

BRIAN

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. [KATE's bite mark heals as she watches it in the mirror.]We can fix this. We can... [BRIAN knocks again.]Just let me in, okay?

KATE screams and pushes out the shower screen, throws things and breaks the sink. She then stops screaming, picks up her camera and films herself looking in the mirror. She smiles.

KATE

Brian? Brian, I'm coming out. I see it now. I understand.

KATE opens the door. BRIAN is waiting on the other side.

BRIAN

I told you it would be all right.

KATE

Yeah. It will be. Here.

KATE hands BRIAN the camera. As he films her, she smiles and looks down, then looks up again with a growl as she wolfs out. She lunges at BRIAN and the camera swings wildly.

BRIAN

No, no!

There is a loud roar as blood splatters the walls.

CUT TO: A bloodstained KATE is crying over MICHAEL's body.

CUT TO: KATE covers MICHAEL's body with a sheet.

CUT TO: KATE, now clean, types on the computer keyboard and speaks into a camera.

KATE

I didn't finish Brian's movie to justify what happened. To be totally honest, I'm not really even sure if I understand it at all. I just wanted you to know that – that Michael wasn't always a monster. None of us were.

We see footage from Michael and BRIAN's first meeting with KATE in the café and other early scenes from the episode.

KATE's Voice ON FILM

Five years from now? Hopefully passed the bar exam, practicing law. Nothing corporate, something green, you know?

BRIAN's Voice ON FILM

Oh, geez. Uh, maybe, like, working for HBO or – or, like, Michael Moore. That'd be cool.

Michael's Voice ON FILM

I will be on a boat in the middle of the ocean with my beautiful girl by my side.

KATE's Voice ON FILM

Aww.

We return to KATE speaking into the camera.

♪ What's the matter?♪

♪ what's the matter with you lately?♪

KATE

I'm leaving. And you'll never hear from me ever again. Look, I know that there's another way. I can eat animal hearts. [A tear rolls down her face.]I've never hurt anyone. Nobody human, anyway. I didn't choose this. Please... please give me a chance.

The camera pans out and we see that KATE is speaking on the film she left for Sam and Dean on the laptop. They sit silently for a few moments after the film ends.

ACT FIVE

[i]INT. HOUSE – DAY

[The credits play.]

Dean: Okay, so, uh... this... [he looks under the sheet]– yeah – is Michael, which means that that is...

Sam: Brian Wilcox, our friendly neighborhood cameraman.

Dean: Right.

Sam: Mm. [He sighs.]All right, so... [He looks at his watch.]What, she's got about a half-day jump on us?

Dean: [quietly]Mm-hmm.

Sam: You all right?

Dean: [quietly]Mm-hmm.

Sam: Look, Kate's right. She hasn't hurt anybody – well, anybody human at least.

Dean: Yeah, she didn't – she didn't choose this. Let's give her a sh*t.

Sam: Seriously?

Dean: Yeah, yeah.

Sam: And, look, if Kate pops back up, I mean, if she strays, then no questions asked. [He unplugs the hard drive and laptop on the desk and picks them up.]We do what we got to do and, um, we take her down.

Dean: Hey, Sam?

Sam: Yeah?

Dean: Do I really say "awesome" a lot?

Sam: No. No, no. No. [He heads for the door.]

Dean: Mm. [He follow Sam and clears his throat.]Huh. [He pauses to look at a picture of KATE pinned on a board on the wall.]Awesome.

Sam smiles and goes out the door. Dean puts the iPod back into the docking station before he follows.

♪ ...with you lately?[i]♪

♪ [i]What's the matter?[i]♪

[i]EXT. OUTSKIRTS OF A TOWN – DAY

KATE stands next to train tracks. A small backpack is on the ground next to her. A large truck crosses the tracks and drives away.

♪ What's the matter with you lately?[i]♪

KATE picks up the backpack and waves to the truck driver.

♪ [i]Dreamer, you will waste your time[i]♪

KATE walks down the train tracks into the setting sun.

♪ [i]Do you ever wonder why we go on and on and on?[i]♪

♪ [i]Love is gone and gone and gone[i]♪

♪ [i]What's the matter?[i]♪

♪ [i]What's the matter with you lately?[i]♪

END