During a horrible storm that reminds me uncomfortably of the nor'easter that attacked my Long Island town a couple of weeks ago, a man, Clay Thompson, rises from his grave. He goes to the home of another man, Benny Sutton, who is hanging out happily at home in his sloppy trailer, watching the Nature Channel, drinking beer. Ironically, the TV narration of what's happening to the Benny--being stalked as prey--matches what's really happening. Clay teases him at first, making noise, playing with his... read more During a horrible storm that reminds me uncomfortably of the nor'easter that attacked my Long Island town a couple of weeks ago, a man, Clay Thompson, rises from his grave. He goes to the home of another man, Benny Sutton, who is hanging out happily at home in his sloppy trailer, watching the Nature Channel, drinking beer. Ironically, the TV narration of what's happening to the Benny--being stalked as prey--matches what's really happening. Clay teases him at first, making noise, playing with his doorknob, forcing him to get up and see if anyone is there--but no one is! Benny comes back inside, his long hair wet from the rain, and turns to see Clay. As the narrator on TV creepily describes his death, Clay attacks and kills Benny. read less

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Dean and Sam, posing as FBI agents Dorfman and Niedermeyer (ANIMAL HOUSE!), enter a shabby diner and sit down with "Digger Wells," who gave himself his own nickname (which Dean doesn't approve of, but Digger wants to know who died and made him queen). Digger says that Clay Thompson entered Benny Sutton's trailer and killed him--because the latter murdered the former five years ago--in a so-called hunting accident. The town sheriff, on her cell phone, comes in, telling Owen to drop the cupcake an... read more Dean and Sam, posing as FBI agents Dorfman and Niedermeyer (ANIMAL HOUSE!), enter a shabby diner and sit down with "Digger Wells," who gave himself his own nickname (which Dean doesn't approve of, but Digger wants to know who died and made him queen). Digger says that Clay Thompson entered Benny Sutton's trailer and killed him--because the latter murdered the former five years ago--in a so-called hunting accident. The town sheriff, on her cell phone, comes in, telling Owen to drop the cupcake and pick up a banana. Jody Mills, sheriff, comes over to introduce herself, and she's annoyed to hear that the Winchesters believe Digger's story that a dead man killed Sutton. She wants to know their jurisdiction. "Wherever the United States sends us," says Dean smartly, and she requests their supervisor's phone number. Jody calls Bobby, who is again posing as their superior, but she recognizes his voice right away, "Bobby?" He curses himself and claims to be Tom Willis of the FBI. "Bullcrap," she says, hanging up on him. She tells them Bobby Singer is a menace around here, assfull of drunk and disorderlies and mail fraud--so whatever the three of them are planning ends--now! Sam and Dean assure her all is clear on that. (BOBBY'S HOUSE) - The brothers demand to know where he's been--and what's that smell--soap?--has he been cleaning? I've been playing Murder Ball, says Bobby, who isn't wearing his signature hat. Bobby invites them to bite him--he's been working, trying to head off the apocalypse. What about the Bobby Sutton thing, they ask. That's nothing, says Bobby, he already looked into it. Digger is a drunk, and the storms are normal for South Dakota this time of year. Bobby thought it was something, too, but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar--anyone could have killed Sutton, he was an SOB with plenty of enemies. Although Sam accepts Bobby's explanation, Dean stops off at the graveyard, where they dig up Clay's grave and find his coffin empty--and the front busted up like someone clawed their way out. "What's going on here?" asks Sam. (CLAY'S HOUSE) - The brothers break in and end up face to face with Clay, who comes at them with a bat, thinking they're robbers. Learning they're FBI, he's chastened and confesses to killing Sutton, but begs them not to wake his kids. He's out of his grave, yes, but confused as to how and why. His wife comes out and says she called 9-1-1, but Clay assures her these men are FBI. Dean suggests Clay come with them. They leave the house, holding guns on Clay, at odds over the whole matter. "He's a soccer Dad!" protests Sam. They run into the sheriff. "Remember the guy who couldn't possibly commit murder?" asks Dean triumphantly. "There he is." And? asks the sheriff. "You're welcome, for catching the undead killer zombie," says Dean. Whatever he is or isn't don't give you the right to kill him in the middle of the street, insists the sheriff, putting handcuffs on Sam and Dean. "I can't believe you were going to kill me!" says Clay angrily. "You're a zombie!" says Dean. "I'm a taxpayer!" shoots back Clay, and stalks off. (JAIL) - In their cell, the brothers discuss things--is the sheriff on the take? Then they spot Bobby and the sheriff Jody talking closely and wonder if they're BFF now. As Sam wheels Bobby out, the latter explains they got closer five days ago, when the dead started rising all over town. "You lied to us?" demands Dean. "I told you there was nothing here--not for you," replies Bobby, stopping his wheelchair to face them. "There's zombies--and then there's ZOMBIES," says Bobby. They head back to his house for a better explanation. (BOBBY'S HOUSE) - It's 4 AM, but there's a blond woman in Bobby's house, cooking. "Karen, my wife." "Your new wife?" asks Dean. "My dead wife," answers Bobby. read less

Mouth full, Dean thanks "Mrs. Singer" for the delicious pie. Sam gives him a dirty look. Bobby asks Karen to give him time alone with the boys. After she goes into the kitchen, Sam pushes his plate away and both brothers jump on him: "Are you crazy?" "What's with the American Girl zombie making cupcakes in your kitchen?" That's my wife, insists Bobby. No, it's not, says Sam. My dead wife shows up on my doorstep, I tested her every way I ever learned, he assures them--she didn't crawl from her co... read more Mouth full, Dean thanks "Mrs. Singer" for the delicious pie. Sam gives him a dirty look. Bobby asks Karen to give him time alone with the boys. After she goes into the kitchen, Sam pushes his plate away and both brothers jump on him: "Are you crazy?" "What's with the American Girl zombie making cupcakes in your kitchen?" That's my wife, insists Bobby. No, it's not, says Sam. My dead wife shows up on my doorstep, I tested her every way I ever learned, he assures them--she didn't crawl from her coffin, either, I cremated her. Fifteen or 20 others returned, too--Bobby hands them a list of all of them, which includes the sheriff's little boy. There were no signs or omens? The lightning storms, says Bobby hesitantly, and wheels over to get a book. "And through the fire stood before me a pale horse and he that sat atop him carried a scythe, and I saw since he had risen, they, too, shall rise, and from him and through him." All three of the men realize this means Death has come to Bobby's town. "Awesome," says Dean, tiredly wiping his eyes, "another Horseman--must be Thursday. Sam wonders why another Horseman would come to a Podunk town like Sioux Falls. If Death is behind this, says Dean, nothing good is going to happen--they know what they have to do. Karen doesn't remember anything, protests Bobby, being possessed, me killing her, her coming back--nothing. "Listen," he says, "she hums when she cooks; she always hummed when she cooked. . .tone-deaf. . .but I never thought I would hear it again. . .read Revelations, the dead rise during the apocalypse, there's nothing that says that's bad--hell, maybe it's the one good thing that comes out of this bloody mess!" Sam and Dean exchange a sad glance. Dean leans forward and asks, "What would you do if you were us?" Bobby knows what he'd do, and knows what they feel they must do, but, "Please," he begs heartbrokenly, "leave her be." (DINER) - Dean and Sam sit at the counter, gloomily drinking coffee. Dean refuses to leave Bobby alone with the Bride of Frankenstein, and while he doesn't want to blow her head off in front of Bobby, he wants to off her before she thinks Bobby is the Blue Plate Special. (SINGER'S SALVAGE YARD) - Watching Bobby's house, Dean finds himself abruptly face to face with Karen. She invites him in for pie--their secret--and although Dean is nervous, he follows her in. Sam looks through the window at the peaceful scene of Sheriff Jody, her husband and her newly-risen- from-the-grave dead son, sitting on the sofa reading a book together. Karen closes the den doors on a sleeping Bobby. Dean stands in Karen's kitchen, scarfing up pie. At least a dozen others are cooling all over the place. Karen has baked constantly since she returned, and she hasn't slept--must be the excitement. Or being dead, suggests Dean. Karen knows who Dean is, that he doesn't trust her and is protecting Bobby from her, just as she knows Bobby isn't the mild-mannered scrap dealer she married. She knows they hunt things, and she is a thing. Then you also know we would never let anything happen to Bobby, says Dean, he's like a father to us. She gets that--but they aren't the only ones--she remembers everything--the night she died, the demon taking over her body, the things it made her do--"I can see the guilt in his eyes," says Karen. "Why don't you just tell him?" suggests Dean. "I'm going out on a limb here and say you've never been in love," she says, "he's my husband, my job is to bring him peace, not pain." (JONES RESIDENCE) - Sam finds an elderly woman lying in bed, sounding like she's about to cough up a lung. She keeps insistently beckoning him to come to her with her hand. Although grossed out by her leprous appearance and hacking cough, Sam steps forward, knowing he's going to regret it. Once he is close enough, the old lady pushes him backwards, leaps on top of him, and tries to rip out his throat with her ravenous mouth, dripping disgusting white oozy stuff on him. While down there, he finds a dead, chewed up corpse. He reaches behind him, grabs his gun from the back of his pants, shoves it into her open mouth and fires. She is hurled backward, dead, next to the other corpse. Gasping, Sam wipes the white drool from his face with his jacket sleeve. (Ewwwwwwwww!) read less

(BOBBY'S HOUSE) - Sam and Dean tell Bobby that old lady Jones, the "nutty" broad, as Bobby calls her, ate up her husband's stomach--first to rise, first to go bad. They insist that Bobby isn't seeing this straight, under the circumstances, but ALL of them are going to turn! Bobby takes a gun into his hand. "Time to go--off my property," he orders. "Or you'll shoot?" asks Sam, disbelieving. "IF Karen turns, I will handle it--my way," says Bobby, his face dark. "This is dangerous," says Dean. Bobb... read more (BOBBY'S HOUSE) - Sam and Dean tell Bobby that old lady Jones, the "nutty" broad, as Bobby calls her, ate up her husband's stomach--first to rise, first to go bad. They insist that Bobby isn't seeing this straight, under the circumstances, but ALL of them are going to turn! Bobby takes a gun into his hand. "Time to go--off my property," he orders. "Or you'll shoot?" asks Sam, disbelieving. "IF Karen turns, I will handle it--my way," says Bobby, his face dark. "This is dangerous," says Dean. Bobby cocks his gun. "I'm not tellin' ya twice," he warns. The brothers leave, but Dean parks the Impala outside the yard. She's his wife, Sam reminds Dean. We're his family, counters his brother, he goes Full Metal Jacket on us? There are a bunch of zombies about to turn this town into a giant chew toy, says Sam. And Bobby's in the house bakin' pies with one of 'em, points out Dean, so I'm going back there. If he sees you, you're a dead man, says Sam. I won't let him see me, says Dean. I'll head to town and rescue everyone, should be easy, says Sam. Dean suggests he enlist the sheriff's help, but Sam says last time he checked, she was pretty pro-zombie. Convince her, urges Dean. How? asks Sam. You're just gonna, says Dean. (JODY'S HOUSE) - Her little zombie son isn't feeling well, but he's still hungry. She offers to make him soup. Jody's husband, on the phone with the doctor, is reporting their son's temperature is 111 degrees! Jody takes the phone and asks her husband to bring the soup to their son, who is loudly declaring his hunger. (SINGER'S SALVAGE YARD) - Dean fills his gun with bullets. Bobby orders Karen to stay away from the windows, hears a thump, and wheels into the kitchen to find Karen has fallen on the floor. She sits up, assuring him she's OK, she just got a bit dizzy, but he notes she's burning up. "I just need something to eat," she says, violently coughing. (JODY'S HOUSE) - "I don't know how to explain it, Doctor, that's why we're calling you," says Jody on the phone. Hearing a noise in the living room, she runs in, calling "Owen!" Seeing a blood-stained blanket on the sofa, she finds gigantic, soaking bloodstains on the carpet leading to her husband's twitching, bloody arm, then her son bending over and gobbling up her husband. The boy stands, staring at her. Sam appears and drags her out of the house. Out in the yard, Jody cries, "My husband!" "He's dead!" barks Sam. He tells her the whole town is in danger, he needs her to help, to focus. She manages to pull herself together enough to ask, "How do we put them down?" "Head-shot," he replies. They'll round up everyone they can find to help. Jail is a safe place to go, she declares. Sam goes back into the house. When she hears the shot to her son's head, Jody flinches, then cries. (BOBBY'S) - Karen lies in bed, Bobby holding her hand. I'm hungry, she says. He promises to fix her something in a minute, but she says she feels "it" happening. He assures her it will be all right. She disagrees, they both know differently. Both of them look at the gun on the nightstand. "It's OK, do it," says Karen. Bobby refuses. She tells him she remembers--everything. "Then you know why I can't do it again," he says. Karen has a message for him from a very thin man who was waiting at the grave. She hasn't given it to him until now because she wanted to see Bobby smile. "What was the message?" asks Bobby. Dean uses his lock pick to get into Bobby's house. He hears a shot go off. "BOBBY!" he yells and runs. He finds Bobby holding a now-dead Karen's hand. Blood flows from the back of her head onto the pillow. Bobby, eyes filled with tears, looks at Dean. (SHERIFF'S OFFICE) - Jody and Sam are handing out guns to town citizens. I don't care if it's your wife, friend or neighbor, shoot for the head, commands Sam. Asked who he is, Sam says, "A friend of Bobby Singer." The town drunk? someone asks. I thought HE was the town drunk, says Sam, pointing to Digger. Who told you that? "Bobby Singer," answers Sam. Realizing he's come full circle, embarrassed for himself AND Bobby, Sam just tells everyone to stay sharp. (BOBBY'S) - Tossing guns and ammo into a van in preparation for going after the rest of the zombies, Dean says if Bobby wants to sit this one out. . . "Just get goin'," says Bobby irritably. Hearing a suspicious noise, Dean grabs a gun from the van and goes searching. Bobby calls "DEAN!" but receives no answer. Dean is suddenly attacked by one of the zombies, who goes for his throat with very sharp teeth. read less

Bobby does a pretty good job of picking off zombies from his wheelchair; Dean fights off the zombie who attacks him, and even though he loses his gun, manages to get it back and shoots the zombie through the head. Knocked from his chair during the fray, Bobby gets back in with some help from Dean. They kill a couple more, but end up in the house, separated from their ammo. Dean wonders what the zombies are doing here, in Bobby's home. Bobby thinks he gets it. The creatures start crawling in thro... read more Bobby does a pretty good job of picking off zombies from his wheelchair; Dean fights off the zombie who attacks him, and even though he loses his gun, manages to get it back and shoots the zombie through the head. Knocked from his chair during the fray, Bobby gets back in with some help from Dean. They kill a couple more, but end up in the house, separated from their ammo. Dean wonders what the zombies are doing here, in Bobby's home. Bobby thinks he gets it. The creatures start crawling in through windows, but both men have run out of ammo. They start hitting the zombies with the butts of their guns, staving them off just long enough for Dean to lock himself and Bobby into a closet. "They can't pick locks, they're idiots," says Dean. No sooner are the words out of his mouth than the useless pounding at the door stops and the lock is being picked. "Don't you ever get tired of being wrong?" demands Bobby, pissed off. "I'm makin' this stuff up as I go, sue me," rasps Dean. The door opens and Dean does a creditable job of keeping them at bay with his gun butt, but he and Bobby would have been zombie chow if not for the timely appearance of Sam and Jody. "Get down!" shouts Sam, as he and the sheriff begin to shoot every zombie until all are dead, leaving only Dean and Bobby alive. Dean and Jody exchange a look and she gives him a grim smile. "You OK?" asks Sam, breathing heavily. Bobby, looking like he's had enough, surveys the carnage. read less

Sam oversees a bonfire of all the zombies. Jody and Dean return from scouring the town for any other zombie bodies, but were unable to find any. "How are the townspeople?" asks Sam. Freaked-out and traumatized, reports Jody--a few have called the papers, but as far as I can tell, nobody's believed them yet. "Would you?" asks Sam--"how you holdin' up?" She's unable to give him an answer, and Sam simply nods. "Is that everyone?" asks Dean, gesturing to the bonfire. "All but one," says Sam, looking... read more Sam oversees a bonfire of all the zombies. Jody and Dean return from scouring the town for any other zombie bodies, but were unable to find any. "How are the townspeople?" asks Sam. Freaked-out and traumatized, reports Jody--a few have called the papers, but as far as I can tell, nobody's believed them yet. "Would you?" asks Sam--"how you holdin' up?" She's unable to give him an answer, and Sam simply nods. "Is that everyone?" asks Dean, gesturing to the bonfire. "All but one," says Sam, looking to Bobby, who's sitting by himself, staring at the bonfire. Sam and Dean stand beside him. "I figure I should apologize for goin' off like that on ya," he says. The brothers disagree. "I don't know squat from shinola about love," admits Dean, "but at least you got to spend five days with her." "Which makes things about a thousand times worse," confesses Bobby, "she was the love of my life--how many times do I gotta kill her?" "You gonna be OK, Bobby?" asks Sam. Bobby shakes his head. "You boys should know--Karen told me why Death was here--I know why he took a stroll in a cemetery in the sticks of South Dakota--Death came for ME--he brought Karen back to send me a message." Why you? "Because I've been helping you, you sons-of-bitches," says Bobby bitterly, "I'm one of the reasons you're still sayin' no to Lucifer, Sam." "So this was like a hit on your life?" asks Dean. "I dunno if they were tryin' to take my life or spirt," says Bobby, "either way, they wanted me out of the way." "But you're gonna be all right--right, Bobby?" asks Sam. Bobby looks up at Sam from under his cap, then at the bonfire. He doesn't reply. The saddest string music plays over the fade-out. (Robin cries very hard, wishes someone else was watching with her that she could hug.) read less

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