01x13 - Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye

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A prequel to "Supernatural," tells the epic, untold love story of how John Winchester met Mary Campbell and put it all on the line to not only save their love, but the entire world.
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01x13 - Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye

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Welcome to Commerce Street
Transit Station,


offering Midwest bus service to...

[SIGHS]

Leaving home or headed home?

I, um... I came here to...
to bury a friend.

Yeah, I don't... I don't really
know where I belong anymore.

Give the schedule a look-see

and take all the time you need, okay?

Yeah. Thank you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

John Winchester.

Sir, can I help you?

♪ ♪

This is for you.

♪ ♪

Where did you get this?

Who are...

♪ ♪

One ticket for Lawrence, Kansas.

Okay.

We're not supposed to meddle
with things, agent.

You always said
if I was gonna be stupid,

I might as well be smart about it.

Yeah, that does sound about like me.

We're not even supposed to be here.

Come on, the letter was meant for him.

I just, uh, you know, gave it a nudge.

You keep an eye on things here.

I'm gonna get the damn cavalry.

How you gonna do that?

I got no freaking idea.

One last hunt, huh?

One last hunt.

♪ ♪

- [DOOR OPENS]
- Mary?

- [DOOR CLOSES]
- What the hell is this?

It's good to see you, too, Dad.

So you're not going to KSU.
Does that mean...

No, I'm still leaving Hunting.

I just don't know if college
is what's next for me.

Well, before college
came into the picture,

you said you might leave town
when you finish hunting.

- Does that mean...
- No, it means what I just said.

I don't know what's next for me.

[SIGHS]

You're back, so that means
you clearly found something.

Spill.

I got a lead on the guy
the Akrida are afraid of.

There's a Hunter named Joan

who says she spotted him weeks ago.

She knows where he is now.

I'm gonna meet her this
afternoon and get the details.

She was on the wire,
but I don't know her.

- So when do we meet her?
- [SIGHS]

What does John think about this?

You haven't told him yet.

You're not the only one who's
been busy finding ways

to take out the Akrida.

And ours comes with the catch.

The catch is the crystal
only works once, so...

one chance to save the world.

Well, at least we got a sh*t.

If this works...

Mary's out of the game, isn't she?

What does that mean for the two of you?

Well, whoever this guy is,
he is ruggedly handsome.

He's not of this Earth
is all that matters, Carlos.

So any w*apon not of this
Earth can take out the Akrida.

Yes, which means
ruggedly handsome over here

can take out the Queen.

Finding him can't come soon enough.

Now that the planets have aligned,

the Akrida can open
the portal at any moment.

Great.

Death is imminent.

And what happens
if we can't find this guy?

Then that crystal is our only sh*t.

♪ ♪

What is it?

It's missing one rare ingredient.

Eye of the dragon.

Unicorn's horn. Devil's tongue.

Fragment of human soul.

♪ ♪

- Oh.
- According to lore,

if you lose a piece
of your soul, then...

The rest fades away.

No, Ada, there has to be another way.

♪ ♪

All I have to do...

say one word in Latin...

and it's powered up.

O-okay, Querida, let's not use that word

until we absolutely have to.

♪ ♪

Fine.

Fine. We'll wait, but I'm not
waiting around here.

Let's go...

let's go find the Queen and
see if she's where we left her.

I'm going to stay back
and dig into the lore.

If we decide to use that spell,

then there has to be a way

to grow back and restore your soul.

I've got you, Ada.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY]

♪ ♪

Joan Hopkins.

♪ ♪

Samuel Campbell?

It... it's a pleasure
to finally meet you.

I'm not sure if you're aware of this,

but our people hunted
together back in the day.

Why is it I've never heard
of the Hopkins family before?

My family line ended
with me a long time ago.

But you're not here to
talk history, are you?

You're here to talk about
the man with no name.

How did you come across him?

He was digging around in things

- that should have stayed buried.
- Like what?

The Akrida.

You see, our mysterious friend
isn't from around here.

There's only so much he could do.

His hands were tied.

Credit where it's due...

he did manage to stay
ahead of me for a while, but...

I can assure you that he's not
going to be a problem anymore.

What do you mean?

Well, there's this portal.

You see... I'm sure you've heard of it.

It's not quite up to code yet,

but I managed to pry it open just enough

to toss a certain someone
and his car into it.

No human can survive that gateway,

so his body will be torn to shreds

for centuries.

Anyway, this, um... this old journal...

it's all that's left of him.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Easy there.

You're not in Lawrence, Kansas,
anymore, Toto.

You're in my world now.

♪ ♪

You're the Queen.

And here I thought
Mary was the smart one

in the power couple.

Okay.

I've been following you for a while now.

And thanks to your old pal Kyle

and your cartoonishly
thick police files,

I know everything
about your sad little lives.

But to level this playing field,

I'm gonna shine some light
on little old me.

I am not Akrida.

I was a human once.

And I really was a Hunter, too.

In fact...

Mary...

I was just like you.

You came here for a fight,
so if you don't mind,

we could just skip
the whole monologuing.

Oh, there's the John I know.

♪ ♪

I want to get something

through that hot, little,
adorable head of yours.

I'm not here to fight.

Point of fact, I want nothing
more than for us all...

to walk out of here together as one.

And I did want to get you all
out of that clubhouse

long enough for me to move in there.

♪ ♪

[DOOR SLAMS, RUNNING FOOTSTEPS,
CREATURE GROWLS]

♪ ♪

The truth is, I could have
k*lled you a long time ago,

but I don't want one more
Hunter to needlessly die.

- What are you saying?
- I'm saying...

join me, Mary...

Or die.

♪ ♪

Think about it.

[SNAPS FINGERS]

♪ ♪

Mm-hmm. Copy that. Thanks, Dad.

He checked the sewer entrance.
It's guarded as well.

Blocking the front and back
of the clubhouse?

Perfect.

He's going to look for the portal,

which leaves us digging
through my family's history.

If Joan was telling the truth,

there has to be something
about her in this mess.

Uh, we got problems.

We went to check on the Queen
in her lair,

- and she is gone.
- We know.

- She's taken over the clubhouse.
- No way. Lata's in there.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Lata.

Lata.

I love fun.

♪ ♪

And I love games,

but I don't really have time
for this, Lata.

I'm not here to fight.

Look who's been holding
back this whole time.

♪ ♪

[SIGHS]

You broke your pacifist streak, Lata.

Look what Hunting's done to you.

♪ ♪

Who the hell are you?

Joan Hopkins, born June , .

I'm sorry... was that
a before the ?

The Hopkins family were hunting

- even before the Campbells.
- So what happened to her?

According to this, she
wanted out of Hunting,

so she turned on her own kind.

I lost my parents, my brother...

all my family to the cause.

And then...

I lost my William.

And no matter how hard I fought,

there was always another monster,

another death...

another apocalypse.

So you decided if you
couldn't b*at the monsters,

- you'd join them.
- No.

What I decided was that the monsters

weren't the problem, kid.

Mankind is the problem.

They always need saving.

And Hunters are the ones
who end up paying the price

with our lives.

And then what do these rescued humans do

with their precious
second chance at life?

They waste it...

k*ll each other, b*at each other down,

destroy our planet.

Monsters have it right.

Humans are nothing more than food.

Is that you talking?

Or is it the monster essence
that's powering you?

"The monster essence drove her mad.

She became so obsessed with making sure

that Hunters were protected,

and she believed the only way to do that

was to wipe out everyone
who needed saving".

- My God.
- "With no way to k*ll her,

Hunters teamed up
with the Men of Letters

and banished her from our world".

And that's all that's in here.

So how do the Akrida fit into all this?

And I could go on and on about...

how those magical little bugs
came into and changed my life.

But I think...

I think it'd be better
if I just showed you.

- [GASPING]
- Shh, shh, shh.

It's okay. It's okay.

Shh. It's okay.

Say good night, Lata.

- [SIZZLING]
- [SCREAMS]

All right, Lata is trapped
with the Queen.

We have to help her.

Yeah, but Joan is bunkered
down, and we're outnumbered.

Not to mention that spell
could cost you your soul.

The Queen is about
to sing her swan song.

We can't rewind this tape here.

Wait.

What if we could rewind the tape?

Metaphysically speaking,
if you know what I mean.

On behalf of everyone,
I think I can assure you

when I say that we do not
know what you mean.

Okay, look... look, just bear
with me one second.

Now, was this idea inspired
by a drug-induced trip

I took a few years ago? Yes.

Are we judging me for that right now?

If it can keep Ada's soul
intact, absolutely not.

Thank you.

Now, when we used the Ostium,

it pushed the Akrida
out of this world, right?

Right. We used the rock
from the Akrida's world

to send them back to where they belong.

Okay, so the rock acted
as directions for the Ostium...

no, a one-way ticket out of here.

So what if there's
a one-way ticket back here?

I mean, the mystery man
we're looking for

is clearly not from this Earth,
which means neither...

Is this.

The journal is personal.
It's clearly connected.

Okay, but how do we reverse
the polarity of the Ostium?

Find my dad's lore on the Ostium
and bring it to Millie's.

Let's go to the clubhouse
and see if we can help Lata.

♪ ♪

How's it going in there?

- So much knowledge...
- Yeah.

So much anger.

She's putting up a fight.

If you can hear me, Lata,

this is the last thing holding me back.

The Men of Letters cast a spell

preventing the Akrida portal opening.

It's time for that spell to burn.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

I don't understand.

There were dozens of them out there.

What the hell happened?

♪ ♪

[SIGHS] Do you think Lata...

Joan was right.

- She knew you'd come for Lata.
- Let her go.

Oh, but she's so much more fun

than the Omega Man or that cop.

- Hey, no, no, no!
- Ah, ah, ah.

You've seen this movie before, John.

The Queen thought
a second attempt at her offer

might come better from a friend.

Join her.

Be by her side as she rids this
and every world of humanity.

How many Campbells and
Winchesters have to die?

And for what... history, legacy?

Look around you.

This isn't a clubhouse. It's a tomb.

The Men of Letters...

they thought they were ridding
the world of Joan,

so they cast her out to another planet,

and in doing so, they sent her to us...

and she gave us salvation.

What are you talking about?

The Akrida were made by an angry god.

Anything ever bested him,
he had us as a fail-safe.

We were designed to wipe out
all life in every universe.

But the Queen...

she gave us meaning.

We are freeing every world
from the tyranny of mankind.

♪ ♪

Okay.

My part is done.

♪ ♪

What is it going to be?

♪ ♪

[SPEAKING LATIN]

Hey.

- Are you okay?
- [GASPS]

I'm okay. Lata.

- Lata, wake up. Come on!
- [GASPS]

Easy, easy. Easy.

Easy.

Ada, I'm so sorry.

Find the other way.

I have good news and bad news
in that department.

I feel like we could use the good news.

- I know how to hurt the Queen.
- And the bad news?

The Queen has all of her strength back.

She'll have the portal
completely opened by tonight.

Well, we know where
the portal is at least.

Your dad called...
he found a bunch of Akrida

down by what's left
of the warehouses on Prairie.

Please tell me you guys

found something
about how to use the Ostium.

Well, whatever you feed it

creates a portal
connected to that object.

So we fed it the rock, and it
was able to sh**t the Akrida

back to their world.

So, if we feed it the journal

and trace the sigils in reverse,

the Ostium can bring here

whatever was tied to the journal...

the Mystery Man, if he's even alive.

According to the lore we dug through,

you can only reverse
the polarity at midnight.

So we need to buy ourselves some time.

By fighting an immortal entity.

Can't k*ll her, but she is vulnerable.

Consuming monster essence
gave the Queen monster powers,

but it also gave her monster weakness.

I cut her with a silver blade.

Won't be enough to k*ll her, but...

It'll be enough to piss her off

until the clock strikes : .

Okay, you two still need
to recover, so stay here,

wait until the time is right,
and bring back our Mystery Man.

Okay, let's hit the road.

Uh... [SIGHS]

Mary, can I talk to you
for a second, please?

Yeah.

Okay, look, I know that you're
gonna fight me on this,

but I just...

Just listen, please.

- Look, you have to stay behind.
- What? No!

We all know you're
the best Hunter that we have,

just like we all know

that whoever goes out
there and faces Joan...

Is probably not coming back.

We'll go out there, okay?

And we'll buy you guys some time.

And when you find the Mystery Man,

someone's gonna have
to lead him into battle,

and that someone has to be you.

I know what you're thinking...

that I'm running towards
danger, but I'm not.

[SOFT MUSIC]

For the first time...

I'm running towards hope.

Hmm.

So, if we do this...

if we win...

if we save the world...

♪ ♪

Then you're free.

♪ ♪

Listen, before you go,
I have to tell you something.

Mm-mm.

♪ ♪

Tell me when you see me again.

♪ ♪

[OTHERWORLDLY WHOOSHING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Hello, boys.

I'm guessing you're not here
to surrender, are you?

[SIGHS]

Samuel, I can save your little girl.

So she can be your sl*ve?

No, thanks.

Carlos, you want to talk some
sense into these two idiots?

I mean, there's no amount of ghouls

that you can k*ll that will
fill that hole in your heart.

Oh, I'm so sorry. Are you still talking?

♪ ♪

You don't need my sales
pitch, though, do you, honey?

You're already a monster, John.

- Hunters don't kneel.
- That's right.

They just die.

♪ ♪

[CHUCKLES]

♪ ♪

It's time.

What? What's going on?
Why is nothing happening?

It did.

[THE WHO'S "BABA O'RILEY]

♪ ♪

The journal pulled out
something it was connected to,

but our Mystery Man isn't here,
which means he must be...

Dead.

♪ ♪

- What now?
- We go for a drive.

- This car.
- It's not of this Earth.

Detroit steel makes a hell of a w*apon.

If the car takes out the Queen,

the rest of the Akrida are dead.

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

Let's go run this son
of a bitch into the ground.

[TIRES SQUEALING]

♪ ♪

[ROCK MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]

Before I k*ll you, John,

I want to give you
some much-needed peace.

When the Men of Letters
stopped my last invasion,

I said enough is enough.

Unlike Hunters, they never played fair,

so I thought, why should I?

♪ ♪

After your dad's boys' club b*at me,

I used all my remaining power,

every ounce of it.

What did you do?

I wiped out the Men of Letters, John...

including your father.

[DARK MUSIC]

Are we sure this is going to work?

No.

Everybody get out now.

Mary.

Keep an eye on him, will you?

[THE DOORS' "L.A. WOMAN"]

♪ ♪

[CHUCKLES]

♪ ♪

♪ Well, I just got into town
about an hour ago ♪


♪ ♪

♪ Took a look around,
see which way the wind... ♪


[WEAPONS CLANGING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Mary.

♪ ♪

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

[ENGINE REVVING]

[ENGINE REVVING]

♪ ♪

Hey.

♪ ♪

John.

[SOFT MUSIC]

- You okay?
- Yeah.

♪ ♪

How did you guys survive?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

She kept Mary safe...

me too.

Of course, there's not a lot
that can tear me apart.

I'm already dead.

I was stuck in the world between worlds,

so I stayed close to that portal,

and as soon as I saw baby come through,

I hopped in and grabbed the wheel.

So who are you?

♪ ♪

I'm a Hunter, just like you.

But I'm not from this Earth.

And how did you get here?

When I d*ed, I made it to heaven.

♪ ♪

And she was waiting for me.

So I went for a drive,

and then I took a little detour.

Through the multiverse.

S-so what were you looking for?

That's a good question, Carlos.

[CHUCKLES]

I was looking for my family.

♪ ♪

See, I come from a long line of Hunters.

I guess I was hoping that
somewhere out there was a Earth

that had a version where
my family had a sh*t

at a happy ending.

When I was driving,
I caught wind of the Akrida.

Turns out that they were one
of Chuck's last creations.

Who's Chuck?

God.

It's a long story, but, uh...

basically, he's a real d*ck.

He left the Akrida behind
to wipe out all of existence

in case he failed.

Well...

he failed.

Eventually the Akrida

were going to make their way
to my world,

and I got family there,
so I couldn't let that happen.

T-the letter, why did you...

I took my little detour.
The rules were simple.

Don't mess with anything.

Well...

I gave it a little nudge.

♪ ♪

Thought it might need a little help.

Looks like it worked out pretty well.

So now that the Akrida are gone,

you all can choose your own destiny.

You can write your own story.

♪ ♪

And you can get back to yours.

It's all right.

It's all right. They're...
they're with me.

This is Bobby. That's Jack.

♪ ♪

They're family.

Excuse me.

You okay?

I told you I'd figure it out.

Didn't say I wouldn't get us
in more trouble.

Look at 'em.

Man, this is all kinds of weird...

seeing Samuel with a full head of hair.

Right? [CHUCKLES]

- Dean.
- Yeah.

No, I know.

I know, Jack.

When I restored things,

I wanted mankind to make their own fate.

That meant no interference from on high,

anywhere...

no exceptions.

I couldn't let our world get destroyed.

Sam's still down there, okay?
He deserves a good, long life.

Hell, they all do.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

So, if you want to cast me
out of heaven...

so be it.

If we're taking a vote,

I'd say you give the guy another chance.

There's always another case
with you Hunters...

even in death.

Well...

if you're going to meddle in things,

finish what you started.

♪ ♪

After this...

it's time to get around to the...

"there'll be peace when you are done"...

part of the song.

♪ ♪

Listen, um...

b-before I go...

I want to give you two something.

♪ ♪

My dad...

he, uh...

Kept a Hunter's journal,
looked just like this.

I lived my whole life
by that damn thing.

Well, this is my Hunter's journal.

So if you're gonna stay in this game...

This will help guide you through it.

♪ ♪

Thank you.

I know you're thinking
about quitting Hunting.

Believe me, I understand.

But you need to do me one favor.

Keep an eye out for a yellow-eyed demon.

And if you even catch a hint
of that son of a bitch...

♪ ♪

I need you to use this.

♪ ♪

Your family...

did you ever find a version

where they had a sh*t of a happy ending?

♪ ♪

I think I did.

♪ ♪

You never told us your name.

♪ ♪

Hetfield...

James Hetfield.

♪ ♪

[NICK DRAKE'S
"ONE OF THESE THINGS FIRST"]


♪ ♪

Now what?

We go home.

♪ I could have been a sailor ♪

♪ Could have been a cook ♪

♪ ♪

♪ A real live lover,
could have been a book ♪


♪ ♪

♪ I could have been a signpost ♪

♪ Could have been a clock ♪

♪ ♪

♪ As simple as a kettle,
steady as a rock ♪


♪ ♪

♪ I could be here and now ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I would be, I should be, but how? ♪

It'll take time, but...

You did it.

We did it.

♪ One of these things first ♪

- [LAUGHS]
- Thank you.

♪ ♪

- Be safe out there.
- I love you, too, kiddo.

♪ ♪

There's something I've
been meaning to ask you.

When you went through the portal...

what'd you see?

It was kind of a blur, but...

I saw everything,

every possible version of myself.

Any of them look appealing?

I'm gonna make my own.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

That's why you're leaving, right?

Well, everywhere I look here
is a reminder of who I was.

And if I'm gonna figure out
who I'm going to be...

Look, when I got back, I...

I was lost.

[SOFT MUSIC]

Now I...

I found where I belong.

Being a Hunter?

But I can't be the best version of that

until I face the anger inside of me.

I don't know if it's through meditation

or therapy

or something, but I'm...

I'm going to figure out
a way to make sure

it's not in the driver's seat.

Okay, I guess I just...

I don't know.

I guess I just wanted you
to know that before you left.

It's not forever.

♪ ♪

- Do me a favor?
- Anything.

No goodbyes.

♪ ♪

Found us a new case.

And for once, it's by a beach.

- Werewolves don't surf.
- Only one way to find out.

[BELL DINGS]

I got it.

♪ ♪

I thought we agreed...

no goodbyes.

This isn't goodbye.

I don't know where I'm going
or what I'm doing

or how long it's gonna be
until I figure myself out,

but...

maybe there's something
out there for the both of us.

And we can figure it out
together during the day,

and you can hunt at night.

I don't know what to say.

Send us a postcard when you do.

[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Okay, uh, music is definitely in order.

- We got Hendrix...
- Ah, ah, ah.

I was reading some
of Hetfield's journal,

and he was very specific on this issue.

Driver picks the music,
shotgun shuts their cake hole.

All right.

[LED ZEPPELIN'S, "RAMBLE ON" PLAYING]

♪ ♪

♪ Leaves are falling all around ♪

♪ Time I was on my way ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Thanks to you, I'm much obliged ♪

♪ For such a pleasant stay ♪

♪ ♪

♪ But now it's time for me to go ♪

♪ The autumn moon lights my way ♪

♪ But now I smell the rain
and with it pain ♪


♪ And it's headed my way ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Ah, sometimes I grow so tired ♪

♪ But I know I've got
one thing I've got to do ♪


♪ Ramble on ♪

♪ And now's the time, the time is now ♪

♪ Sing my song ♪

♪ I'm going round the world,
I gotta find my girl ♪


♪ On my way ♪

♪ I've been this way
ten years to the day ♪


♪ Ramble on ♪

♪ Find the queen of all my dreams ♪

[WHISTLING]
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