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Scene 1 James Dean's car brings death (00:00:00 - 00:02:43) view scene

After Cal buys "Little Bastard," the car in which James Dean died, he invites his best friend, Jim, over to envy him the very rare and expensive purchase. When Jim goes into the house to get a videocam to record the turning of the key for posterity, he hears the car start up. Cal finds himself sitting in the driver's seat, breathing ghostly air; the radio turns on by itself, the buttons uncontrollable. When the friend returns with the camera rolling, he finds Cal dead in the front seat, his b... read more After Cal buys "Little Bastard," the car in which James Dean died, he invites his best friend, Jim, over to envy him the very rare and expensive purchase. When Jim goes into the house to get a videocam to record the turning of the key for posterity, he hears the car start up. Cal finds himself sitting in the driver's seat, breathing ghostly air; the radio turns on by itself, the buttons uncontrollable. When the friend returns with the camera rolling, he finds Cal dead in the front seat, his blood spilling over the windshield of the convertible, rolling down over the words "Little Bastard." Oddly, Cal is also sporting a 1950's spit-curl over his forehead. read less

Scene 2 Title (00:02:44 - 00:02:50) view scene

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Scene 3 The brothers dicker over priorities (00:02:51 - 00:04:21) view scene

Sam and Dean dicker over the latter's decision to take a case involving a man who was killed in an unmoving car instead of continuing their three week search for the Colt. They need it to "ice the devil," insists Sam. This is their first case since getting back together, says Dean, their "training wheel" effort. It seems to hurt Sam that Dean thinks he needs training wheels, but Dean is quick to say THEY need training wheels, a fresh start, as it were, with this hunt. Sam doesn't think it's ... read more Sam and Dean dicker over the latter's decision to take a case involving a man who was killed in an unmoving car instead of continuing their three week search for the Colt. They need it to "ice the devil," insists Sam. This is their first case since getting back together, says Dean, their "training wheel" effort. It seems to hurt Sam that Dean thinks he needs training wheels, but Dean is quick to say THEY need training wheels, a fresh start, as it were, with this hunt. Sam doesn't think it's necessary, but goes along because it's obviously important to Dean. read less

Scene 4 Dean is excited over James Dean's car (00:04:22 - 00:06:27) view scene

Canton Ohio Sheriff's station - Sam and Dean present themselves as FBI Agents Bonham and Copeland. Rick Carnegie, the sheriff, tells them they came a long way for nothing, they arrested Cal's best friend for the murder. He shows them the videotape and says, "Sicko taped his own handiwork." The sheriff can't explain how Jim slammed Cal into a windshield with all the force of an 80 MPH crash. "Drugs?" suggests the sheriff. The FBI wants to talk to Jim, anyway. The latter tells Sam and Dean h... read more Canton Ohio Sheriff's station - Sam and Dean present themselves as FBI Agents Bonham and Copeland. Rick Carnegie, the sheriff, tells them they came a long way for nothing, they arrested Cal's best friend for the murder. He shows them the videotape and says, "Sicko taped his own handiwork." The sheriff can't explain how Jim slammed Cal into a windshield with all the force of an 80 MPH crash. "Drugs?" suggests the sheriff. The FBI wants to talk to Jim, anyway. The latter tells Sam and Dean he was in the house and didn't see what happened. He heard tires squealing, glass breaking, "It was the car that did it." He goes on to talk about the curse on "Little Bastard," and Dean grows very excited--this is THE Little Bastard--James Dean's car? He and Cal had both been searching for this car for years, but Cal found it first. "We're definitely checking this out," insists Dean. read less

Scene 5 Dean does the legwork, gives Sam the research (00:06:28 - 00:09:22) view scene

Police garage - Sam and Dean look over the gorgeous Spyder Porsche. "So this is like, Christine?" asks Sam. "Christine was fiction, this is real," says Dean reverently, explaining that after James Dean died, his mechanic bought the wreck and fixed it up; it repaid him by falling on him. Troy McHenry was killed when it locked up on the racetrack; stated simply, death follows this car around like exhaust--no one who touches it comes away in one piece! In 1970, it vanished off the back of a truc... read more Police garage - Sam and Dean look over the gorgeous Spyder Porsche. "So this is like, Christine?" asks Sam. "Christine was fiction, this is real," says Dean reverently, explaining that after James Dean died, his mechanic bought the wreck and fixed it up; it repaid him by falling on him. Troy McHenry was killed when it locked up on the racetrack; stated simply, death follows this car around like exhaust--no one who touches it comes away in one piece! In 1970, it vanished off the back of a truck and hasn't been seen since. "If this car is Little Bastard, I'll bet you dollars to donuts it is what killed the guy." Dean realizes he has to crawl under the car to match up the VIN number on the engine to the one Cal found. Even though Dean vows, "I'm not going to hurt you, baby, don't hurt me," to the car, it car makes all sorts of "I'm going to fall on you" sounds as he glides underneath it, a pencil clenched between his teeth. Sam drops to the floor beside him, too, offering a flashlight,scaring him nearly to death. "Don't do anything," orders Dean, "don't speak--don't even look at her, she might not like it!" Sam huffs and goes away. Hearing more creepy sounds, Dean hastily presses a piece of paper to the engine block, rubs the pencil over it and gets the VIN impression. He quickly slides out from under the car, hands the paper to Sam and orders him to research the car from 1955 to the present. "That's a lot of research," says Sam. "I guess I just made your afternoon," says Dean. read less

Scene 6 Dean lies to a waitress, Sam learns the truth about the car (00:09:23 - 00:10:27) view scene

Bar - Dean charms a pretty waitress looking to be an actress, handing her a card saying he's an agent for William Morris. (Don't lie, Dean, just charm!) He asks for a fill-up of beer, calling her a star. Sam phones. "Are you in a bar?" he demands. "No, a restaurant," he replies. "Here's your beer," calls the waitress. "Thanks," says Dean, "that happens to have a bar!" When Sam complains he's been working his ass off, Dean says, "World's smallest violin, pal, I spent the afternoon up Chr... read more Bar - Dean charms a pretty waitress looking to be an actress, handing her a card saying he's an agent for William Morris. (Don't lie, Dean, just charm!) He asks for a fill-up of beer, calling her a star. Sam phones. "Are you in a bar?" he demands. "No, a restaurant," he replies. "Here's your beer," calls the waitress. "Thanks," says Dean, "that happens to have a bar!" When Sam complains he's been working his ass off, Dean says, "World's smallest violin, pal, I spent the afternoon up Christine's skirt, I needed a drink." "Actually," says Sam, "you didn't--that car hasn't ever been James Dean's car, it's a fake Little Bastard." The brothers have no idea what killed Cal. read less

Scene 7 Mr. Hill is murdered by Honest Abe (00:10:28 - 00:11:23) view scene

A very nice house - Mr. Hill sits in his study. He and Consuela, his housekeeper, bid good-night to each other. He can suddenly see his own breath in front of him as the room turns icy cold. "My God, it's you!" he cries, rising from his chair. "You're dead! You're supposed to be dead!" He stumbles backward, petrified, as Abraham Lincoln, snarling and growling, flashes toward him with incredible speed, picks him up by the throat and holds him high in the air, choking him. Blood splashes a f... read more A very nice house - Mr. Hill sits in his study. He and Consuela, his housekeeper, bid good-night to each other. He can suddenly see his own breath in front of him as the room turns icy cold. "My God, it's you!" he cries, rising from his chair. "You're dead! You're supposed to be dead!" He stumbles backward, petrified, as Abraham Lincoln, snarling and growling, flashes toward him with incredible speed, picks him up by the throat and holds him high in the air, choking him. Blood splashes a framed something on the wall that mentions Abe Lincoln!
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Scene 8 Lincoln and Dean are murderers! (00:11:24 - 00:15:59) view scene

A photographer snaps pictures at Mr. Hill's house. The puzzled sheriff orders his men to search for evidence with a fine tooth comb. Dean and Sam join him and point out that Mr. Hill died from a gunshot to the head--no gun, no bullet, no gunpowder, The sheriff figures it's a professional killer, like in Michael Clayton. Dean and Sam offer to speak to the housekeeper, who isn't making sense in any language. Consuela is hysterical until Sam starts speaking to her in slow, kindly Spanish. Mr.... read more A photographer snaps pictures at Mr. Hill's house. The puzzled sheriff orders his men to search for evidence with a fine tooth comb. Dean and Sam join him and point out that Mr. Hill died from a gunshot to the head--no gun, no bullet, no gunpowder, The sheriff figures it's a professional killer, like in Michael Clayton. Dean and Sam offer to speak to the housekeeper, who isn't making sense in any language. Consuela is hysterical until Sam starts speaking to her in slow, kindly Spanish. Mr. Hill was killed by a very tall man with a stove pipe hat--"Abraham Lincoln killed Mr. Hill!" Later, going through Jim Grossman's video, Dean spies James Dean! So they have Abe Lincoln and James Dean--two famous ghosts? There's tons of lore on famous ghosts, says Sam, he's surprised they haven't run into any before. But now TWO of them? wonders Dean. Who are apparently ganking their fans, says Sam--Hill was a Civil War nut who dug Lincoln. "Cal must have been a James Dean freak," says Dean, "he spent 17 years tracking down his car." The question is, why are these angry ghosts killing their fans here? Ghosts usually haunt the places where they live. Why Canton instead of the White House and a race track? "You've got to be kidding me," says Sam, coming across the answer on the net. Dean, beer in hand, comes to stand behind his brother and reads what he found. "You've gotta be kidding me," he agrees. read less

Scene 9 Afternoon at the museum (00:16:00 - 00:18:32) view scene

Canton Wax Museum - Dean examines a very lifelike Lincoln and insults Gandhi, calling him short and Smurf-like. "Gandhi was a great man," protests Sam. The owner joins them, calling this "the busiest time of day." The place is empty except for the Winchesters, who claim to be from a travel magazine doing an article on wax museums. The two dead men were big fans of Lincoln and James Dean, says the owner--but they aren't putting THAT in the article, are they. Of course not! Dean comments on ... read more Canton Wax Museum - Dean examines a very lifelike Lincoln and insults Gandhi, calling him short and Smurf-like. "Gandhi was a great man," protests Sam. The owner joins them, calling this "the busiest time of day." The place is empty except for the Winchesters, who claim to be from a travel magazine doing an article on wax museums. The two dead men were big fans of Lincoln and James Dean, says the owner--but they aren't putting THAT in the article, are they. Of course not! Dean comments on how lifelike Lincoln is, and the owner brags about the fact that the hat really belonged to the big guy. "Almost like he has remains," remarks Dean. They have James Dean's keychain, Gandhi's bifocals, FDR's iron lung and the Fonz' jacket, which he's wearing! He's working on stuff that will wow Gen-y--computer games, cell phones, sexting--all fads--"I'm gonna make wax museums hip again!" He gives two thumbs up. (This guy is a hoot!) Dean grins. Sam gives two thumbs up back. read less

Scene 10 Poor communication equals grumpy Sam (00:18:33 - 00:20:03) view scene

Sam fills a gun with salt bullets from the back of the Impala. When he enters the hotel room (#137), he overhears Dean on the phone, "Yeah, Abraham Lincoln and James Dean, can you believe that? Why so kill crazy? Ah, maybe the apocalypse has got him all hot and bothered. Yeah, well, we all know whose fault that is. Well, I'm sorry, but it's true." Sam slams the door. Seeing him, Dean says, "I'll call you later--bye." "What's going on?" asks Sam. "Did you get the trunk packed up?" asks D... read more Sam fills a gun with salt bullets from the back of the Impala. When he enters the hotel room (#137), he overhears Dean on the phone, "Yeah, Abraham Lincoln and James Dean, can you believe that? Why so kill crazy? Ah, maybe the apocalypse has got him all hot and bothered. Yeah, well, we all know whose fault that is. Well, I'm sorry, but it's true." Sam slams the door. Seeing him, Dean says, "I'll call you later--bye." "What's going on?" asks Sam. "Did you get the trunk packed up?" asks Dean. "Yeah," answers Sam, "Who was on the phone?" "Bobby," says Dean. "And? We're just going to pretend I didn't hear what I just heard?" asks Sam. "Pretend or don't pretend, whatever floats your boat," invites Dean. (no, Dean, wrong!) "I thought this was supposed to be a fresh start," says Sam. "This is about as fresh as it gets," says Dean, "are we goin' or not?" He exits. Sam rolls his eyes and sighs, but follows him out. read less

Scene 11 Torching a couple of pesky ghosts--maybe (00:20:04 - 00:22:31) view scene

Wax museum - Dean puts on Lincoln's hat and mugs, "Fourscore and seven years ago, I had a funny hat." "Dean," chastises Sam, who brings over a garbage can. "I can't have any fun with this?" laments Dean. Sam is only concerned with torching the ghosts and getting out. Dean goes out to get James Dean's keychain. Sam goes nose to nose with Lincoln. All the doors lock him in, away from Dean. Seeing his own breath, Sam aims the gun everywhere, but the crafty little Gandhi makes his weapon fly f... read more Wax museum - Dean puts on Lincoln's hat and mugs, "Fourscore and seven years ago, I had a funny hat." "Dean," chastises Sam, who brings over a garbage can. "I can't have any fun with this?" laments Dean. Sam is only concerned with torching the ghosts and getting out. Dean goes out to get James Dean's keychain. Sam goes nose to nose with Lincoln. All the doors lock him in, away from Dean. Seeing his own breath, Sam aims the gun everywhere, but the crafty little Gandhi makes his weapon fly from his hands. Gandhi leaps on Sam's back and begins choking him. Somehow, the little fella is able to keep leaping on his back, hands around his throat, over and over again. Dean gets back into the room. "Is that Gandhi?" he asks. "Yeah!" gasps out Sam. "Squirrelly!" remarks Dean. "Glasses!" calls out Sam. Dean rips the glasses from the wax figure, tosses them into the garbage pail and lights it aflame. Gandhi disappears. "You couldn't have been a fan of someone cool?" asks Dean. "Really? Gandhi?" mocks Dean, gasping for breath. read less

Scene 12 The brothers have a heart-to-heart; it's not over yet (00:25:41 - 00:25:40) view scene

Hotel - Dean's packing to leave, convinced the case is finished. "Didn't it strike you as strange, the way Gandhi just vanished?" asks Sam. "No screaming, no big flameout, that isn't the way ghosts usually go." Sam felt Gandhi was hungry, trying to take a bite out of him, but the real Gandhi was a fruteria. This provides Dean with the ultimate in laugh fodder--Sam's hero was a short man in diapers--AND a fruitarian? Whatever, it was still a ghost. "So first you're draggin' me into town, and... read more Hotel - Dean's packing to leave, convinced the case is finished. "Didn't it strike you as strange, the way Gandhi just vanished?" asks Sam. "No screaming, no big flameout, that isn't the way ghosts usually go." Sam felt Gandhi was hungry, trying to take a bite out of him, but the real Gandhi was a fruteria. This provides Dean with the ultimate in laugh fodder--Sam's hero was a short man in diapers--AND a fruitarian? Whatever, it was still a ghost. "So first you're draggin' me into town, and now you're draggin' me back out," says Sam. "You ain't steerin' this boat, let's go, chop chop," says Dean. "This isn't going to work," says Sam, "us, you, me, together, I thought it could, but it can't." "You're the one who wanted back in, Chief," Dean reminds him. "And you're the one who called me back in," says Sam. "I still think we got some trust-building to do," says Dean. "How long am I going to be on double-secret probation?" (shout out to ANIMAL HOUSE!) asks Sam. "Till I say so," answers Dean. "Look," says Sam, "I know what I did, what I've done, and I'm trying to climb out of that hole, and I am, but you're not making it any easier." "Am I supposed to just let you off the hook?" asks Dean. "No," says Sam, "you can think whatever you want, and worse, hell, you'll never punish me as much as I'm punishing myself, but the point it, if we're going to be a team, you and I, it has to be a two way street." "So we just go back to the way we were before," says Dean. "No, because we were never that way before, before didn't work," says Sam. "how do you think we got here? One of the reasons I went off with Ruby was to get away from you. It made me feel strong, like I wasn't your kid brother." "Are you saying this was MY fault?" asks Dean. "No," says Sam, "it was MY fault. All I'm saying is, if we're gonna do this, we have to do it different, we can't just fall into the same rut." "What do you want me to do?" asks Dean. "You're going to have to let me grow up, for starters," says Sam. (YES YES YES!!!!) Dean answers his phone. After he hangs up, he says, "I guess you were right about this not being over." read less

Scene 13 Leshii, a pagan god who loves to meet—er, eat—his fans (00:25:41 - 00:29:22) view scene

The brothers pretty much bypass the hapless sheriff and go directly to the teenage witnesses. At first, all they can get out of the crying girls is, "I thought she'd be nice!" "She took Danielle!" "Who?" asks the brothers. "Paris Hilton!" claim the girls. "She looked really good, though--skinny and fast!" "They just vanished!" The brothers step away to discuss. Paris Hilton is alive, so unless she's become a homicidal maniac, they missed something. Sam, looking very spiffy in surgical blue... read more The brothers pretty much bypass the hapless sheriff and go directly to the teenage witnesses. At first, all they can get out of the crying girls is, "I thought she'd be nice!" "She took Danielle!" "Who?" asks the brothers. "Paris Hilton!" claim the girls. "She looked really good, though--skinny and fast!" "They just vanished!" The brothers step away to discuss. Paris Hilton is alive, so unless she's become a homicidal maniac, they missed something. Sam, looking very spiffy in surgical blues, examines the coroner's reports, then takes up a scalpel himself and digs deep into Cal Hopkins body cavity. He comes out with two bloody round things. "What the hell?" he says. Reunited outside with Dean, he says there was major blood loss, more than a car crash or head wound would have accounted for. Sam also found these seeds inside the victims' bellies, and he's never seen seeds like these before. "Just when I thought you couldn't get any geekier," teases Dean. In their hotel room, Sam tracks down the seeds' origin--Eastern Europe from a forest in the Balkans. The forest was guarded by a mischievous pagan god who could take on many forms whose name was Leshii--and who could only be appeased by the blood from his worshippers. Leshii would drain them, then stuff their stomachs with the seeds. All he needed to do was touch something, like James Dean's keychain, to turn into him. He could be killed by chopping off his head with an iron-headed ax. "Let's go gank ourselves a Paris Hilton," says Dean. read less

Scene 14 Dean and Sam versus the Paris monster (00:29:23 - 00:35:16) view scene

The brothers return to the wax museum, but this time walk through a curtained off area that says CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS, DO NOT ENTER. Dean swings an iron-headed ax. They find a forest there, and Danielle, tied to a tree. Sam tests her pulse. "She's barely alive," he says. At that moment, Paris Hilton sends Dean's ax flying away and begins to viciously punch him. She knocks out Sam and knocks the wind out of Dean. "Awesome!" she declares, her elegant pump poised over his face in preparati... read more The brothers return to the wax museum, but this time walk through a curtained off area that says CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS, DO NOT ENTER. Dean swings an iron-headed ax. They find a forest there, and Danielle, tied to a tree. Sam tests her pulse. "She's barely alive," he says. At that moment, Paris Hilton sends Dean's ax flying away and begins to viciously punch him. She knocks out Sam and knocks the wind out of Dean. "Awesome!" she declares, her elegant pump poised over his face in preparation for stomping it. Sam and Dean awaken tied to trees Paris, either sharpening her nails on a knife or sharpening her knife in her nails, is glad they're awake--"This is going to be huge!" "Super," says Dean, "I don't wanna miss it." He and Sam are both already working themselves free of the ropes. "I've been stuffing myself with fast food lately," says Paris, "so it's nice to do a ritual right--prepare a nice, slow meal for a change." "Just like the good old days, huh?" asks Sam. "You have no idea," she says, "people ADORED me. They used to throw themselves at me with smiles on their faces." "I guess these days no one gives a crap about some backwoods forest god, eh?" says Dean. "No," she says, "not since they cut down my forest and built a Yugo plant." "March of progress, sister," says Dean. "For years now," she says, "I've been wandering, hungry, scared, scrounging for scraps--so not sexy--but then, the best thing ever happened--someone tripped the apocalypse, and I thought, 'what the hell, I'm tired of watching what I eat, I wanna pig out' so I found this little place, it's awesome, adoring fans stroll right indoors." "Yeah," says Sam, but they're not YOUR fans." "So?" she says. "They worship Lincoln, Gandhi, Hilton, whatever, I'll take what I can get." "You're not the first god we've met," says Dean, "but you are the nuttiest." "No," she says, "you people are the crazy ones--you used to worship the gods, but this?" (she points to herself) "This is what passes for idolatry? Celebrities? What have they got besides small dogs and spray tans? You people used to have old time religion. Now you have US WEEKLY." "Nah, I'm more of a PENTHOUSE FORUM man myself," says Dean, giving her an evil wink. "Maybe," she says, rising and walking over to him, "but there's still a lot of yummy meat on those bones." "I hate to break it to you, sister," he says, "but you can't eat me--see, I'm not a Paris Hilton BFF, I've never even seen HOUSE OF WAX." (Camera pans to Jared, who was in HOUSE OF WAX.) "No," she says, "but I can totally read your mind, Dean, I know who your hero is--your daddy--right?" She turns to go get the ax. "And this belonged to him, didn't it, poor little Dean, all you ever wanted was to be loved by your idol, one distant father figure, comin' right up!" Dean struggles against his ropes, not wanting to see this creature turn into John Winchester. Before she touches the ax, he gets free and attacks her Far stronger, she is winning, but once Sam gets free as well, he grabs the ax from the tree and, with four whacks relieves Paris of her head. Sam's face is covered with blood. Paris' head drifts back and forth. Sam turns to Dean, a huge grin on his bloody face. "Not a word," warns Dean. Sam can't help it. "Dude," he says, "you just got whaled on by Paris Hilton!" "Shut up," says Dean, and falls backward on the ground. Sam proudly looks from Paris' severed head to his brother. read less

Scene 15 Restoration of trust (00:35:17 - 00:00:00) view scene

As they leave the hotel, Sheriff Carnegie calls to let the brothers know Danielle has sworn off THE SIMPLE LIFE but is fine otherwise. There is an APB out on Paris Hilton, laughs Dean, who grows more serious and agrees not to keep such a tight leash on Sam. "I'm not exactly Mr. Innocent in this whole matter," says Dean, "I did break the first seal." (We all wondered if and when Dean was going to fess this up to Sam.) "You didn't know," says Sam. "Well, neither did you," says Dean, "I'm not s... read more As they leave the hotel, Sheriff Carnegie calls to let the brothers know Danielle has sworn off THE SIMPLE LIFE but is fine otherwise. There is an APB out on Paris Hilton, laughs Dean, who grows more serious and agrees not to keep such a tight leash on Sam. "I'm not exactly Mr. Innocent in this whole matter," says Dean, "I did break the first seal." (We all wondered if and when Dean was going to fess this up to Sam.) "You didn't know," says Sam. "Well, neither did you," says Dean, "I'm not sayin' demon blood was a great way to go, but you DID kill Lilith." "And start the apocalypse," says Sam. "Which neither of us saw comin'," says Dean, "who'd have thought killing Lilith would have been a bad thing? Point is, I was so worried watchin' your every move, I didn't see what it was actually doin' to you--so for that I'm sorry." "Thanks," says Sam. Dean slams down the trunk of the Impala. "So where do we go from here?" asks Dean. "We got one shot of survivin' this," says Sam. "Maybe I am on deck for the devil, maybe the same for you and Michael, maybe there's no changing that, but we can stop wringing our hands over it--we gotta just grab what's in front of us, kick it's ass and go down fighting." "I can get on board with that," says Dean. "But we're going to have to do it on the same level," insists Sam. "You got it," agrees Dean, "what do you say we get the hell out of here?" "Oh, yeah," says Sam. "Hey, you wanna drive?" asks Dean, handing him the keys. "You sure?" asks Sam. "Yeah, I could use a nap," says Dean. Sam climbs into the driver's seat, Dean the passenger's. The Impala drives away. Jeff Beck's "Very Superstitious" swells on the soundtrack. read less

Scene 16 End Credits (00:35:18 - 00:35:26) view scene

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