OFFICIAL EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Castiel (Misha Collins) appears to Dean (Jensen Ackles) in a dream and says he has something important to tell him but they need to meet somewhere private.
Dean and Sam (Jared Padalecki) go searching for Castiel but instead find Jimmy, Castiel's human vessel, who has only a spotty recollection of being an angel.
Jimmy wants to return to his family and normal life, but Dean and Sam are concerned about his safety.
CHARACTER APPEARANCES
Castiel/Jimmy Novack
Amelia Novack
Claire Novack
Bobby
PLACES
Pontiac, Illinois
MUSIC
Not known
OTHER INFORMATION
Original Air Date: April 30th 2009
Writer: Jeremy Carver
Director: Charles Beeson
RECAP
Dean is fishing on a dock next to a quiet lake when Castiel appears next to him and says they need to talk. Dean realizes he's dreaming, and Castiel says they need somewhere more secure. He gives Dean a note and then disappears, and Dean wakes up.
He and Sam go to the address: an empty warehouse that has been through some recent cataclysm. On the wall they find the symbol that Anna used to force angels back to Heaven. They find Castiel lying on the ground, unconscious. They wake him up but he doesn't have any idea where he is, and explains that he's Jimmy Novak, and Castiel is gone.
The guys take Jimmy back to the hotel where he eats a lot, making up for lost time. Once he's done, Jimmy says all he remembers is a flash of light and then he was back in control and Castiel was gone. He has no idea what Castiel wanted to tell them, but he tells them about his own life.
Pontiac, IL – one year ago
Jimmy gathers with his wife Amelia and his daughter Claire and have grace before their meal. Later, Jimmy dozes off in front of the TV. The screen goes crazy, waking him up, and Jimmy clutches at his ears in pain. He convulses and falls to the ground.
The Present
Dean wants to send Jimmy back to his family but Sam notes he's their only lead, and maybe Bobby can find something out. Sam points out the demons will want to get hold of Jimmy as well. They break the news to Jimmy, who insists that he wants out. The Winchesters point out that the safest place is with them, but they don't now how long they'll have to protect him. When he tries to leave, Sam has no choice but to stop him.
Later, Dean and Jimmy slip and Sam slips out. As he goes, Jimmy wakes up and realizes he's gone. Once Sam goes outside, Jimmy slips away as well, while a jittery Sam drinks the little demon blood that he has left in a flask. The next morning, Dean wakes up and discovers Jimmy is gone, and wonders where Sam was. An increasingly irritable Sam claims he went out for a Coke and insists they go.
Jimmy gets on a bus and heads home. As he goes, he remembers…
The Past
Jimmy hears static on the radio. When Amelia comes home, she finds Jimmy sticking his hand in a pot of boiling water. He tells her that Castiel told him to do it, and shows Amelia that his hand is fine. Amelia wonders who Castiel is.
The Present
Anna appears in the back seat of the Impala, and wonders how they let Jimmy get away. She notices that Sam seems different, but he denies knowing what she's talking about. Anna returns to the matter at hand, and then informs them that Castiel was dragged back to Heaven by someone he pissed off. Dean admits they're not sure what Jimmy knew, and Anna warns he might be dead already.
Jimmy arrives at his house and look through the window. His daughter Claire is studying and Amelia is helping her.
The Past
Amelia insists that Jimmy take his pills, but he insists that Castiel is talking to him and telling him that God has chosen him for a higher purpose. Jimmy tells her it's a blessing but Amelia isn't so sure. She tells him that if he won't take his pills, then she'll leave and take Claire with her. Jimmy goes outside and asks Castiel for help. A light shines down on him and Castiel speaks to him, and Jimmy agrees to help in return for his family's safety. Castiel enters his body and turns to see Claire on the steps behind him. He tells her that he's not her father then walks away.
The Present
Jimmy rings the doorbell and Amelia answers the door. She tells him that she thought he was dead after a year and they stopped looking, and Jimmy apologizes. Amelia isn't sure whether to let Claire see her father. Jimmy claims he was in a psych clinic but insists it's all over now and he's no longer delusional. Amelia isn't sure if she can welcome him back and Jimmy says for her to do whatever she can handle.
While they get gas, Sam secretly calls Ruby and leaves a message that he needs more.
Claire approaches Jimmy while Amelia prepares sandwiches for supper. Jimmy starts to eat until Claire asks if he's going to say grace. He cries with happiness but says he isn't going to say grace. The doorbell rings and Amelia answers the door: it's their neighbor and friend Roger. Roger draws Jimmy off to one side and asks what happened, but Jimmy says it's over. His neighbor says it isn't, informs him he's going to gut Claire, and reveals his demon eyes. Amelia comes in, distracting Roger long enough for Jimmy to attack him while yelling at Amelia that Roger is a demon. He gets Claire and Amelia and tries to seal it with salt, but Amelia tells Claire to run. Roger grabs Claire and holds a knife to her, while Roger's wife Lisa arrives and attacks Jimmy. Amelia tries to help her husband, and Dean and Sam arrive. Dean cuts Roger's throat with the demon-killing knife and Sam tries to use his power on Lisa but fails. Dean comes at Lisa but the demon leaves her body.
The Winchesters get the Novaks out to the car and drive away. Once they're safe, Sam and Dean warns that even if the demons accept that Jimmy doesn't know anything, they'll want to vivisect him to learn how he functioned as a vessel. Sam bluntly warns him that the demons will never stop and he'll have to leave his family to keep them safe. Jimmy goes to his wife, who apologizes for not believing him. Amelia wonders what happens next and Jimmy tells her to take Claire to their relatives while he leaves them to keep them safe.
Sam hotwires a car and Jimmy sends his wife and daughter on their way. He leaves with the Winchesters. However, when Claire asks why her father is going, Amelia's eyes turn black and she slaps the girl while complaining that it just isn't her day.
On the road, Dean asks Sam what happened to his powers. Sam admits he isn't sure. They get a call for Jimmy: it's Amelia. She directs him to an abandoned warehouse. Sam and Dean tell Jimmy to stall while they sneak in and take on the demons. Jimmy goes in and Dean tells Sam that he has a plan.
Jimmy calls out to Castiel, demanding to know why the angel isn't keeping his family safe as promised. He gets no response and continues on into the warehouse. The demon-possessed Amelia is waiting for him and says she should have come alone. The demon minions bring in a captive Sam and Dean, and Amelia prepares to shoot them. She turns and puts a bullet in Jimmy first, and sends a demon to kill Claire. However, she grabs the demon's head and her hand glows with light as she evicts him from his host body. The Winchesters take advantage of the distraction to attack their captors, while "Claire" bursts her bonds just by thinking. Jimmy realizes that Castiel has entered his daughter's body.
As the Winchesters struggle, Sam slits the throat of one demon and drinks her blood, then turns to see Dean and Claire/Castiel looking on. Sam finishes off the demon with the demon-killing knife then uses his refueled power to evict the demon from Amelia's body. Claire/Castiel goes to Jimmy and tells him that his work is done and it's time to go to Heaven. Jimmy calls out to his daughter, but Castiel says that it's Claire's time now, and she won't age or die. Jimmy demands that Castiel take him, and Castiel agrees, transferring himself back into Jimmy's body. He walks away from the sobbing girl, ignoring Amelia as well, and Dean tells him to hold up. Castiel tells him that he learned his lesson while he was away: he serves Heaven, not Man, and not Dean.
Sam and Dean drive through the night, and Sam finally tells Dean to get into it. Dean says that he's not mad: just disappointed and tired. They get a call from Bobby: he needs them at their place. They drive there and Bobby asks them to enter his demon-warded panic room. He tells Sam he has something to show him, and then says that he's the demon problem. Dean and Bobby lock the door and seal the window.
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