1.03 Dead in the Water

All scenes from 1.01 Pilot except where noted.
Dean (voiceover): Previously on Supernatural...
The Winchesters' suburban home.
WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT
Mary runs up the stairs and into Sam's nursery.
John gives baby Sam to Dean.
John: Take your brother outside as fast as you can! Now, Dean, go!
John looks back.
WHAT THEY WITNESSED
Mary burns on the ceiling.
John: Mary! No!
John watches the nursery burn, Mary with it.
SENT TWO BROTHERS
On Sylvania Bridge, Dean and Sam turn to face the onlookers.
In Sam's apartment, Dean speaks to Sam and Jess.
Dean: Dad's on a hunting trip.
Outside Constance's house, Dean fires through the Impala's window at Constance.
In Sam's bedroom, Sam pulls out his curved knife.
In Sam's apartment, Dean speaks to Sam and Jess.
Dean: And he hasn't been home in a few days.
ON A QUEST FOR ANSWERS
22 YEARS LATER
In the stairwell from Sam's apartment, Sam speaks to Dean.
Sam: I swore I was done hunting.
In the Impala, Constance tries to rip Sam's heart out.
Dean is talking with Sam outside Sam's apartment.
Dean: I can't do this alone.
There are blood drops on Sam. He opens his eyes, and gasps in horror. Jess is pinned to the ceiling, bleeding.
Sam: No!
Screen goes black.
Seen from inside the trunk, Sam and Dean have emergency lights flickering off their faces. Dean is watching Sam. Sam is holding a shotgun, and he throws it in the trunk.
Sam: We got work to do.
In the Jericho County Sheriff's office, the Sheriff throws down John's journal.
Dean (voiceover from 1.02 Wendigo): This is Dad's single
From 1.02 Wendigo, Dean is sitting across from Sam at a campsite. He is tapping his finger on John's journal.
Dean (From 1.02 Wendigo): most valuable possession-everything he knows about every evil thing is in here.
A shot of the weapons arsenal in the trunk of the Impala.
Dean (voiceover from 1.02 Wendigo): I think he wants us to pick up where he left off. You know,
Sam grabs Dean from behind, jerking him into the motel room.
Dean (voiceover from 1.02 Wendigo): saving people.
From 1.02 Wendigo, Sam and Dean are in the mine, tracking the wendigo. Sam's flare gun is raised.
Dean (voiceover from 1.02 Wendigo): Hunting things.
From 1.02 Wendigo, Dean is talking with Sam at the campsite.
Dean: The family business.
Sam: No. I gotta find Jessica's killer.
From 1.02 Wendigo, Sam is carrying flowers through a cemetery, heading for Jessica's grave.
Sam (voiceover from 1.02 Wendigo): It's the only thing I can think about.
From 1.02 Wendigo, Dean and Sam are talking on the back of the Impala.
Dean: Sam, you know we're gonna find Dad, right?
Sam sighs and nods.
Sam: Yeah. I know.

Lake Manitoc, Wisconsin
EXT. CARLTON HOUSE - DAY

INT. CARLTON HOUSE - DAY
Will Carlton sits on the kitchen counter eating cereal, Bill Carlton at the table reading the newspaper. Sophie Carlton comes through the room.
Sophie: Morning Daddy.
Sophie kisses her father on the cheek.
Bill: Morning sweetheart.
Sophie goes to get an energy drink out of the refrigerator.
Will: All these workouts, Soph, I don't know. Guys don't like buff girls.
Sophie: Yeah well, girls don't like guys who still live at home.
Will drains the milk from his cereal bowl and slides off the counter
Will: Ha ha ha.
Sophie: Ha ha.
Sophie opens the door to leave.
Bill: Be careful.
Sophie: I will.
Sophie closes the door.

EXT. LAKE - DAY
Sophie stands on the dock, looking at the lake. Will watches from a distance as she dives in. She swims and comes up for air, looking around; she hears faint whispers but sees no one. She keeps swimming, first freestyle, then under water she swims breaststroke. She comes up for air again.
Whispers: Come play with me.
She hears whispers getting louder; this confuses her and she looks around some more; still no one.
Whispers: Come play with me.
Someone approaches her from underwater and pulls her under. Bubbles. Nothing. Will no longer sees her - she has disappeared.
The screen goes black.

EXT. MOTEL - DAY
A truck goes past a neon sign that says Hotel, behind a building that says THE LYNNWOOD INN. The Impala is parked in front.

INT. RESTAURANT - DAY
There is a mostly empty plate in front of Dean, who is circling obituaries in a newspaper.

Credit:

Starring JARED PADALECKI JENSEN ACKLES

Dean circles an obituary that reads: CARLTON, SOPHIE - The Carlton family is sad to announce the death of their beloved daughter in a tragic swimming accident. Sophie Carlton, 18, was having her [...] Lake Manitoc, WI, an [...] suddenly [...]
An attractive waitress, whose nametag says WENDY, approaches.
Wendy: Can I get you anything else?
Dean looks up and grins around the pen he's chewing on.
Sam comes over and sits down.
Sam: Just the check, please.
Wendy: Okay.
Wendy walks away. Dean drops his head, then looks at Sam.
Dean: You know, Sam, we are allowed to have fun once in a while.
Dean points to Wendy walking away; she's wearing short shorts.
Dean: That's fun.
Sam looks at him. Dean hands Sam the newspaper.
Dean: Come here, take a look at this, I think I got one. Lake Manitoc, Wisconsin. Last week Sophie Carlton, eighteen, walks into the lake, doesn't walk out. Authorities dragged the water; nothing. Sophie Carlton is the third Lake Manitoc drowning this year. None of the other bodies were found either. They had a funeral two days ago.
Sam: A funeral?
Dean: Yeah, it's weird. They buried an empty coffin. For uh, a closure or whatever.

Credit:

Guest Starring AMY ACKER (Andrea Barr)

Sam: A closure? What closure? People don't just disappear, Dean. Other people just stop looking for them.

Credit:

DANIEL HUGH KELLY (Sheriff Jake Devins)

Dean: Something you want to say to me?
Sam: The trail for Dad. It's getting colder every day.
Dean: Exactly. So what are we supposed to do?
Sam: I don't know. Something. Anything.
Dean: You know what? I'm sick of this attitude. You don't think I wanna find Dad as much as you do?
Sam: Yeah, I know you do, it's just-
Dean: I'm the one that's been with him every single day for the past two years, while you've been off to college going to pep rallies. We will find Dad, but until then, we're gonna kill everything bad between here and there. Okay?
Sam rolls his eyes. Wendy walks by, distracting Dean.

Credit:

Supervising Producer PHIL SGRICCIA

Sam: All right, Lake Manitoc. Hey!
Dean returns his attention to Sam.
Dean: Huh?
Sam: How far?

LAKE MANITOC

"Round and Round" by Ratt begins to play.

EXT. ROAD - DAY
The Impala passes a clothesline with white sheets.

EXT. BRIDGE - DAY
The Impala crosses a bridge and passes someone fishing off same.

EXT. ROAD - DAY

Music:

Round and round With love we'll find a way Just give it time

The Impala drives past a sign that reads "Welcome to Lake Manitoc WI. Wisconsin's Vacation Spot".

Credit:

Producer PETER JOHNSON

EXT. CARLTON HOUSE - DAY
The Impala pulls up in front of the Carlton house.

Credit:

Co-Executive Producer RICHARD HATEM

Music:

Round and round

Credit:

Co-Executive Producer JOHN SHIBAN

The Impala's engine stops. Music stops.

Credit:

Executive Producer McG

Dean knocks on the door. Will Carlton opens it.
Dean: Will Carlton?
Will: Yeah that's right.
Dean: I'm Agent Ford, this is Agent Hamill.

Credit:

Produced by CYRUS YAVNEH

Dean: We're with the U.S. Wildlife Service.
Dean holds up an ID.

EXT. LAKE - DAY
Bill Carlton is sitting on a bench on the dock. Will brings Sam and Dean around to see him.

Credit:

Created by Eric Kripke

Will: She was about a hundred yards out.

Credit:

Written by SERA GAMBLE & RAELLE TUCKER

Will: That's where she got dragged down.
Dean: Are you sure she didn't just drown?
Will: Yeah. She was a varsity swimmer.

Credit:

Directed by KIM MANNERS

Will: She practically grew up in that lake. She was as safe out there as in her own bathtub.
Sam: So no splashing? No signs of distress?
Will: No, that's what I'm telling you.
Sam: Did you see any shadows in the water? Maybe some dark shape breach the surface?
Will: No. Again, she was really far out there.
Dean: You ever see any strange tracks by the shoreline?
Will: No, never. Why? Why, what do you think's out there?
Dean: We'll let you know as soon as we do.
Dean heads back to the car.
Sam: What about your father?
Dean stops and turns back.
Sam: Can we talk to him?
Will turns to look at Bill, then turns back.
Will: Look, if you don't mind, I mean...he didn't see anything and he's kind of been through a lot.
Sam: We understand.
Dean and Sam go to the car.

POLICE STATION

INT. POLICE STATION - DAY
Sheriff Jake Devins talks to Dean and Sam.
Jake: Now, I'm sorry, but why does the Wildlife Service care about an accidental drowning?
Sam: You sure it's accidental? Will Carlton saw something grab his sister.
Jake: Like what?
They walk into Jake's office. Jake motions to chairs in front of his desk.
Jake: Here sit please. There are no indigenous carnivores in that lake.
Dean and Sam sit.
Jake: There's nothing - there's nothing even big enough to pull down a person, unless it was the Loch Ness monster.
Dean: Yeah.
He laughs.
Dean: Right.
Dean and Sam exchange a look.
Jake: Will Carlton was traumatized, and sometimes the mind plays tricks. Still-
Jake sits down.
Jake: We dragged that entire lake. We even ran a sonar sweep just to be sure, and there was nothing down there.
Dean: That's weird though I mean that's...that's the third missing body this year.
Jake: I know. These are people from my town. These are people I care about.
Dean: I know.
Jake sighs.
Jake: Anyway...
Jake sighs again.
Jake: All this...it won't be a problem much longer.
Dean: What do you mean?
Jake: Well the dam, of course.
Sam nods knowledgeably. Dean raises his eyebrows, leaning back, nodding, catching his gaffe.
Dean: Of course...the dam. It's uh...sprung a leak.
Dean and Sam exchange another glance.
Jake: It's falling apart,
Dean gives a slow nod, as if he knew that. His eyes shift slightly.
Jake: and the feds won't give us the grant to repair it, so they've opened the spillway. In another six months, there won't be much of a lake. There won't be much of a town either. But as Federal Wildlife, you already knew that.
Dean: Exactly.
A young woman, Andrea Barr, taps on the door.
Andrea: Sorry, am I interrupting?
Dean and Sam stand up.
Andrea: I can come back later.
Jake: Gentlemen, this is my daughter.
Dean: It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Dean.
Dean shakes her hand.
Andrea: Andrea Bar. Hi.
Dean: Hi.
Jake: They're from the Wildlife Service. About the lake.
Andrea: Oh.
A boy, Lucas Barr, walks in around Andrea.
Dean: Oh, well hey there. What's your name?
Lucas walks away without speaking. Andrea follows.
Jake: His name is Lucas.
Lucas and Andrea are in the main room. Andrea gives him some crayons out of a box.
Sam: Is he okay?
Jake: My grandson's been through a lot. We all have.
Jake stands and goes to the office door.
Jake: Well, if there's anything else I can do for you, please let me know.
Dean, Sam, and Jake leave the office.
Dean: Thanks. You know, now that you mentioned it, could you point us in the direction of a reasonably priced motel?
Andrea: Lakefront motel, go around the corner, it's two blocks south.
Dean: Two - Would you mind showing us?
Andrea laughs.
Andrea: You want me to walk you two blocks?
Dean: Not if it's any trouble.
Andrea: I'm headed that way anyway.
Andrea turns to Jake.
Andrea: I'll be back to pick up Lucas at three.
Andrea turns to Lucas.
Andrea: We'll go to the park, okay sweetie?
Andrea slides her hand down his hair, before she kisses Lucas on the head.
Dean waves as they leave. Jake nods.
Sam: Thanks again.

STREET

EXT. STREET - DAY
Andrea lead Dean and Sam along the street.
Dean: So...cute kid.
Andrea: Thanks.
They cross a street.
Dean: Kids are the best, huh?
Andrea glances at him and ignores him. They keep walking. They stop in front of a building the says LAKEFRONT MOTEL.
Andrea: There it is. Like I said. Two blocks.
Sam: Thanks.
Andrea addresses Dean.
Andrea: Must be hard, with your sense of direction, never being able to find your way to a decent pickup line.
Andrea leaves, calling back over her shoulder.
Andrea: Enjoy your stay!
Sam: 'Kids are the best?' You don't even like kids.
Dean: I love kids.
Sam: Name three children that you even know.
Dean thinks and comes up empty. Sam waves a hand and walks into the motel. Dean scratches his head.
Dean: I'm thinking!
Dean starts to follow Sam.

MOTEL

INT. MOTEL ROOM - DAY
Sam is working on his laptop at the table. Dean is going through his clothing on the bed behind Sam.
Sam: So, there's the three drowning victims this year.
Dean: Before that?
Sam: Uh yeah.
Sam has a browser window open to The Lake Manitoc Tribune.
DROWNING TAINTS ICE FISHING FESTIVAL
He clicks, and another broswer window comes up, again the Tribune:
12-YEAR-OLD GIRL DROWNS IN LAKE, Second drowning in 6 months at Lake Manitoc.
Sam: Six more spread out over the past thirty-five years. Those bodies were never recovered either. If there is something out there, it's picking up its pace.
Dean tosses an item of clothing onto a bed.
Dean: So what, we got a lake monster on a binge?
Sam: This whole lake monster theory, it - it just bugs me.
Dean comes over to read over Sam's shoulder.
Dean: Why?
Sam: Loch Ness, uh, Lake Champlain, there are literally hundreds of eyewitness accounts, but here, almost nothing.
Sam looks at the Tribune homepage.
Sam: Whatever it is out there, no one's living to talk about it.
Sam scrolls to the comments section of an article. Dean points at it.
Dean: Wait, Barr, Christopher Barr. Where-where-where have I heard that name before?
Sam reads from the page.
Sam: Christopher Barr, the victim in May.
Sam clicks a link, opening a new page.
LOCAL MAN IN TRAGIC ACCIDENT
The picture loads: it shows a police officer with Lucas.
Sam: Oh. Christopher Barr was Andrea's husband, Lucas' father. Apparently, he took Lucas out swimming. Lucas was on a floating wooden platform when Chris drowned, two hours before the kid got rescued.
Sam clicks the picture for a better look, then scratches his head.
Sam: Maybe we have an eyewitness after all.
Dean: No wonder that kid was so freaked out. Watching one of your parents die isn't something you just get over.

PARK

EXT. PARK - DAY
Kids are laughing and playing. Andrea sits on a bench and watches Lucas, who is another bench coloring and playing with toy soldiers.
Sam: Can we join you?
Andrea looks up. Dean and Sam are there.
Andrea: I'm here with my son.
Dean looks over at Lucas.
Dean: Oh. Mind if I say hi?
Dean goes over to Lucas. Andrea scoffs.
Andrea: Tell your friend this whole "Jerry Maguire" thing's not gonna work on me.
Sam sits next to Andrea.
Sam: I don't think that's what this is about.
Dean approaches Lucas.
Dean: How's it going? Heh-heh.
Dean kneels down next to the bench where Lucas is coloring; when Lucas doesn't even look up, Dean picks one of the toy soldiers.
Dean: Oh, I used to love these things.
Dean imitates guns and explosions, then tosses the toy soldier down. He chuckles.
Dean: So crayons is more your thing? That's cool. Chicks dig artists.
Lucas has a pile of drawings on the bench. Dean takes a look. The top one is of a big black swirl; the second one is of a red bicycle.
Dean: Hey, these are pretty good. You mind if I sit and draw with you for a while?
Dean picks up a crayon.
Dean: I'm not so bad myself.
Slight chuckle, before Dean stands up and moves over to sit on the bench, picks up a pad of paper, and starts drawing.
Dean: You know, I'm thinking you can hear me. You just don't wanna talk. I don't know exactly what happened to your dad, but I know it was something real bad.
Dean pauses as he glances down at Lucas.
Dean: I think I know how you feel. When I was your age, I saw something.
A pause, as Dean remembers.
Dean: Anyway. Well, maybe you don't think anyone will listen to you, or, uh... or believe you. I want you to know that I will. You don't even have to say anything. You could draw me a picture about what you saw that day... with your dad... on the lake. Okay, no problem. This is for you.
Dean holds out to Lucas the picture he drew. It's stick figures.
Dean: This is my family.
Dean points to each person in turn.
Dean: That's my dad. And that's... that's my mom. That's my geek brother, and that's me.
A pause.
Dean: All right, so I'm a sucky artist. I'll see you around, Lucas.
Dean heads back to Sam and Andrea, glancing back at Lucas. Lucas picks up the picture.
Dean approaches Andrea and Sam.
Andrea: Lucas hasn't said a word, not even to me. Not since... his dad's accident.
Dean: Yeah, we heard. Sorry.
Andrea nods.
Sam: What are the doctors saying?
Andrea: Oh.
Andrea sighs, frustratedly.
Andrea: That it's a kind of post-traumatic stress.
Sam: That can't be easy. For either of you.
Andrea: We moved in with my dad. He helps out a lot. It's just...when I think about what Lucas went through, what he saw...
A pause, as Dean glances at Sam.
Dean: Kids are strong. You'd be surprised what they can deal with.
Lucas leaves the bench, heading for the group.
Andrea: You know, he used to have such life. He was hard to keep up with, to tell you the truth. Now he just sits there. Drawing those pictures, playing with those army men. I just wish-
Lucas walks up, carrying a picture.
Andrea: Hey sweetie.
Lucas hands Dean the picture, keeping his head low the whole time.
Dean: Thanks. Thanks Lucas.
It's a picture of the Carlton house.
Lucas heads back to the bench. Sam and Dean trade looks, before Dean and Andrea exchange startled looks.

CARLTON HOUSE

INT. CARLTON HOUSE - DAY
Bill is sitting in a chair, watching TV with the volume turned down low. Will approaches.
Will: Hey, Dad? You, you should probably eat something. I'm gonna make some dinner, okay?
Bill says nothing and turns his head away.

INT. KITCHEN - DAY
Will washes a fish at the sink. He does not turn the water off when he begins cutting up the fish. The water turns brown. Will notices and shuts off the water. Black water bubbles up violently through the drain and fills the sink. Will rolls up his sleeve to pull the plug out of the drain. He comes up with the plug, but the water doesn't drain. He sticks his arm back in the water, and something grabs it, pulling him into the sink.
Whispers: Come play with me.
He fights, kicking around.
Whispers: Come play with me.
He kicks a bucket nearby in his struggles.
Whispers: Come play with me.
He tries to scream several times.
Whispers: Come play with me.
He drowns. The water drains. The screen goes black.

INT. MOTEL - DAY
Dean is inside the hotel room sitting on a bed. Sam opens the door and comes in.
Sam: So, I think it's safe to say we can rule out Nessie.
Dean: What do you mean?
Sam: I just drove past the Carlton house. There was an ambulance there. Will Carlton is dead.
Dean: He drowned?
Sam: Yep, in the sink.
Dean: What the hell? So you're right, this isn't a creature. We're dealing with something else.
Sam: Yeah, but what?
Dean: I don't know. Water wraith, maybe? Some kind of demon? I mean, something that controls water...water that comes from the same source.
Sam: The lake.
Dean: Yeah.
Sam: Which would explain why it's upping the body count. The lake is draining. It'll be dry in a few months. Whatever this thing is, whatever it wants, it's running out of time.
Dean: And if it can get through the pipes, it can get to anyone, almost anywhere.
Dean stands up.
Dean: This is gonna happen again, soon.
Dean walks over to the chair and sits down. He begins putting on his boots.
Sam: And we do know one other thing for sure. We know this has got something to do with Bill Carlton.
Dean: Yeah, It took both his kids.
Sam: And I've been asking around. Lucas' dad, Chris - Bill Carlton's godson.
Dean: Let's go pay Mr. Carlton a visit.
Dean stands to head out.

LAKE

EXT. LAKE - DAY
Bill Carlton is sitting on the bench on the dock.
Sam: Mr. Carlton?
Bill looks up. Dean and Sam approach.
Sam: We'd like to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind.
Dean: We're from the Department-
Bill: I don't care who you're with. I've answered enough questions today.
Sam: Your son said he saw something in that lake. What about you? You ever see anything out there? Mr. Carlton, Sophie's drowning and Will's death - we think there might be a connection to you or your family.
Bill: My children are gone. It's...it's worse than dying. Go away. Please.
Dean and Sam head back to the car.
Sam: What do you think?
Dean: I think the poor guy's been through hell. I also think he's not telling us something.
Sam leans on the Impala.
Sam: So now what?
Dean goes still.
Sam: What is it?
Dean: Huh.
Dean is looking at the Carlton house.
Dean: Maybe Bill's not the only one who knows something.
Dean pulls out the picture Lucas brought him, which is of the Carlton house. Dean looks at Sam.
Andrea (voiceover): I'm sorry, but I don't think it's a good idea.
Dean (voiceover): I just need to talk to him.

DEVINS/BARR HOUSE

INT. HOUSE - DAY
Dean and Sam are inside Andrea's house, talking to her.
Dean: Just for a few minutes.
Andrea: He won't say anything. What good's it gonna do?
Sam: Andrea, we think more people might get hurt. We think something's happening out there.
Andrea: My husband, the others... they just drowned. That's all.
Dean: If that's what you really believe, then we'll go. But if you think there's even a possibility that something else could be going on here, please let me talk to your son.

INT. LUCAS'S BEDROOM - DAY
Lucas coloring, toy soldiers standing around him. Dean, Sam, and Andrea approach the doorway. Dean enters and crouches down by Lucas.
Dean: Hey, Lucas. You remember me?
Lucas has drawn two more pictures of a red bicycle.
Dean: You know, I, uh, I wanted to thank you for that last drawing. But the thing is, I need your help again.
Lucas is drawing a person in water. Dean opens the house picture and puts it down in front of Lucas.
Dean: How did you know to draw this? Did you know something bad was gonna happen? Maybe you could nod yes or no for me.
Lucas keeps coloring.
Dean: You're scared. It's okay. I understand. See, when I was your age, I saw something real bad happen to my mom... and I was scared, too. I didn't feel like talking, just like you. But see, my mom - I know she wanted me to be brave. I think about that every day. And I do my best to be brave. And maybe, your dad wants you to be brave, too.
Lucas drops his crayon and looks up at Dean for the first time. Andrea reacts in the doorway, knowing this is important. He hands Dean a picture of a white church, a yellow house, and a boy with a blue baseball cap and a red bicycle in front of a wooden fence. Lucas keeps coloring.
Dean: Thanks, Lucas.
Billy Squier's "Too Daze Gone" starts to play.

IMPALA

INT. IMPALA - DAY
Dean and Sam are in the Impala, Sam holding the church picture.

Music:

Walking through the streets just the other day. Movin'

Dean: Andrea said the kid never drew like that till his dad died.
Sam: There are cases-going through a traumatic experience-could make certain people more sensitive to premonitions, psychic tendencies.
Dean: Whatever's out there, what if Lucas is tapping into it somehow? I mean, it's only a matter of time before somebody else drowns, so if you got a better lead, please.
Sam: Alright, we got another house to find.
Dean: The only problem is there's about a thousand yellow two-stories in this county alone.
Sam looks at the picture.
Sam: See this church? I bet there's less than a thousand of those around here.
Dean: Oh, college boy thinks he's so smart.

Music:

Too daze gone I'm broke down, insufferable My mind is on the blink

Sam: You know, um...
Sam looks over at Dean.

Music:

It's later than you think.

Sam: What you said about Mom...

Music:

And I'm too daze gone

Sam: You never told me that before.
Dean: It's no big deal...
Dean glances back at Sam, who is still staring at him.

Music:

Went to see a friend just the other day

Dean: Oh God, we're not gonna have to hug or anything, are we?
Sam smiles softly and gives a quiet scoff, before looking down at the picture once more.

Music:

Movin'

SWEENEY HOUSE

EXT. CHURCH - DAY
Dean and Sam approach a white church shaped like the one in Lucas' picture. Dean holds up the picture and looks at it, comparing it to the scene in front of him; there's a yellow house next to the church and a wooden fence near the house. Sam looks at Dean. They both look up at the church and cross the street to the house.
Dean (voiceover): We're sorry to bother you, ma'am-

INT. SWEENEY HOUSE - DAY
Dean and Sam are inside the house, speaking to an old woman, Mrs. Sweeney.
Dean: -but does a little boy live here, by chance? He might wear a blue ball cap, has a red bicycle.
As Dean is talking, Mrs. Sweeney becomes more and more agitated.
Sweeney: No sir. Not for a very long time. Peter's been gone for thirty-five years now.
There's a picture of Peter on the side table. Sweeney sighs.
Sweeney: The police never - I never had any idea what happened. He just disappeared.
Sam points out to Dean a number of toy soldiers on a table.
Sweeney: Losing him - You know, it's...it's worse than dying.
Dean glances at Sam, who returns the look. Bill Carlton had said the same thing.
Dean: Did he disappear from here? I mean, from this house?
Sweeney: He was supposed to ride his bike straight home after school, and he never showed up.
Dean and Sam exchange another glance. Dean picks a picture off the mirror. There are two boys in the picture; one boy with a bicycle and his arm thrown around another boy. Dean reads from the back of the picture.
Dean: Peter Sweeney and Billy Carlton, 1970.

LAKE

EXT. LAKE - DAY
Bill is sitting on the bench on the dock, talking to himself, or to the lake.
Bill: You've taken everything. Everyone. I've got nothing left. I didn't understand. I didn't believe. Now I think I do. I think I finally know what you want.
He is fighting back tears.

IMPALA

INT. IMPALA - DAY
Dean is driving and Sam is riding shotgun.
Sam: Okay, this little boy, Peter Sweeney, vanishes, and this is all connected to Bill Carlton somehow.
Dean: Yeah, Bill sure as hell seems to be hiding something, huh?
Sam: And Bill, the people he loves, they're all getting punished.
Dean: So what if Bill did something to Peter?
Sam: What if Bill killed him?
Dean: Then Peter's spirit would be furious. It'd want revenge. It's possible.

EXT. CARLTON HOUSE - DAY
The Impala pulls up in front of the Carlton house. Dean and Sam approach the house.
Sam: Mr. Carlton?
An engine roars.

EXT. LAKE - DAY
Dean and Sam go around the house to see Bill going out on the lake in his boat.
Dean: Hey, check it out.
Dean and Sam run to the end of the dock, yelling.
Dean: Mr. Carlton! You need to come back! Come out of the water! Turn the boat around!
Sam: Mr. Carlton!
Bill ignores them and keeps going. The water rises up with an inhuman roar and flips Bill's boat over. It and he vanish. Dean and Sam watch incredulously, knowing the spirit claimed another victim. The screen goes black.

INT. POLICE STATION - DAY
Lucas is sitting in a chair, rocking back and forth. Andrea is sitting next to him, holding a paper bag and a plastic container.
Andrea: Baby, what's wrong?
Dean, Sam, and Jake Devins walk in the door. Andrea looks over.
Andrea: Sam, Dean.
Andrea stands up, putting the bag and container on her chair.
Andrea: I didn't expect to see you here.
Jake: So now you're on a first-name basis. What are you doing here?
Andrea: I brought you dinner.
Jake: Oh, I'm sorry, sweetheart, I don't really have the time.
Andrea: I heard about Bill Carlton. Is it true? Is something going on with the lake?
Jake: Right now we don't know what the truth is. But I think it might be better if you and Lucas went on home.
Lucas looks up and whimpers, looking stricken; he jumps up and grabs Dean's arm.
Dean: Lucas, hey, what is it?
Dean and Andrea: Lucas.
Dean: Lucas, it's okay. It's okay. Hey, Lucas, it's okay. It's okay.
Andrea pulls Lucas away from Dean and leads him outside. Lucas doesn't look away from Dean. Andrea gives an agonized look back before they both go outside.
Jake throws down his jacket and goes into his office. Dean and Sam follow.
Jake: Okay, just so I'm clear, you see... something attack Bill's boat, sending Bill-who is a very good swimmer-by the way, into the drink... and you never see him again?
Dean glances at Sam.
Dean: Yeah, that about sums it up.
Jake: And I'm supposed to believe this, even though I've already sonar-swept that entire lake? And what you're describing is impossible? And you're not really Wildlife Service?
Dean looks surprised.
Jake: That's right, I checked. Department's never heard of you two.
Sam looks surprised as well, before he looks at Dean. Dean glances at Sam, before turning his snark on for the sheriff, with an added finger-pointing.
Dean: See, now we can explain that.
Jake: Enough. Please. The only reason you're breathing free air is one of Bill's neighbors saw him steering out that boat just before you did. So, we have a couple of options here. I can arrest you for impersonating government officials and hold you as material witnesses to Bill Carlton's disappearance. Or, we can chalk this all up to a bad day. You get into your car.
Jake is getting increasingly furious, as his voice drops and shakes, and his finger is pointing for emphasis at Sam. At the end of his speech, he is shaking with fervor.
Jake: You put this town in your rearview mirror, and you don't ever darken my doorstep again.
Sam, after a moment, nods his head in agreement. Dean half nods his head in agreement and surprise.
Sam: Door number two sounds good.
Jake: That's the one I'd pick.

DEVINS/BARR HOUSE

INT. LUCAS' BEDROOM - NIGHT
Lucas is in his room with toy soldiers, drawing. Andrea walks by his door in a robe. After a moment, she steps back to the darkened room.
Andrea: Baby, what are you doing up? Come on. Let's go to bed.
Andrea picks Lucas up. The camera pans down to show his drawing - another black spiral.

INT. IMPALA - NIGHT
Dean and Sam are in the Impala, waiting at a traffic light. A sign says I-43 North to Milwaukee is to the left. The light turns green. The Impala doesn't more.
Sam: Green.
Dean: What?
Sam: Light's green.
Dean turns right.
Sam: Uh, the interstate's the other way.
Dean: I know.
Dean heads back to town.

INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT
Andrea is in the bathroom. She plugs the drain of her tub and turns the water on. She steps away from the tub.

INT. IMPALA - NIGHT
Dean and Sam are in the car.
Sam: But Dean, this job, I think it's over.
Dean: I'm not so sure.
Sam: If Bill murdered Peter Sweeney and Peter's spirit got its revenge, case closed. The spirit should be at rest.
Dean: Alright, so what if we take off and this thing isn't done? You know, what if we missed something? What if more people get hurt?
Sam: But why would you think that?
Dean: Because Lucas was really scared.
Sam: That's what this is about?
Dean: I just don't wanna leave this town 'til I know the kid's okay.
Sam: Who are you, and what have you done with my brother?
Dean glances at Sam.
Dean: Shut up.

INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT
The bathtub is mostly full and Andrea tests the water with one hand. She takes off her robe and gets in the water. She leans back, grabs a washcloth, and closes her eyes. She props her feet on top of the tub, near the running faucet. The water coming out of the faucet turns brown. Occasionally, her toes play with the water running in. Andrea starts washing herself with the cloth. There are strange whispers that are heard, then she opens her eyes. The water is entirely brown now. She screams.
Whispers: Come play with me.
She tries to get out of the tub, but something drags her down.

INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT
Lucas pound on the bathroom door.

INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT
Andrea's head is pulled under the water. She pulls it out, hanging tightly to the side, fighting it with everything she's got. She is pulled under again; lather, rinse, repeat. Lucas keeps pounding.
Peter: Come play with me.
Andrea is invisible under the water.
Peter: Come play with me.

EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT
Dean and Sam have arrived again.
Sam: Are you sure about this? It's pretty late man.
Dean rings the doorbell. At that moment, Lucas flings the door open, desperately afraid and panting. Dean grabs Lucas, to hold him.
Dean: Lucas? Lucas!
Lucas takes off.
Peter: Come play with me.
Dean and Sam follow him to the hallway.

INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT
Water is pouring out from under the bathroom door and down the stairs. Strange whispers are heard again. Lucas starts pounding on the bathroom door again. Dean pushes him over to Sam and kicks in the door. Dean grabs Lucas, so Sam runs into the bathroom and sticks his arms in the tub, trying to pull Andrea out. Sam keeps pulling, fighting the water for her. Dean is holding Lucas back, as he is fighting to reach his mom. Sam is able to pull her up briefly, and she pants for air. However, she is pulled back under, but Sam keeps pulling and straining until Andrea is all the way out. She starts coughing up water. The screen goes black.

INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY
Dawn is breaking. Sam and Andrea are sit in the living room. Andrea is dry and wearing comfortable clothing.
Sam: Can you tell me?
Andrea: No.
Dean is looking through some photo albums on bookshelves.
Andrea (voiceover): It doesn't make any sense.
Andrea starts crying.
Andrea: I'm going crazy.
She puts her face in her hands.
Sam: No, you're not. Tell me what happened. Everything.
Andrea: I heard...I thought I heard, um...there was this voice.
Sam: What did it say?
Andrea: It said...it said 'Come play with me.'
Andrea sobs.
Andrea: What's happening?
Dean pulls out a scrapbook that says "Jake - 12 years old" and opens it, flipping pages. He closes it again and goes to Sam and Andrea; he puts the book down in front of Andrea, opened to a picture of Explorer Troop 37. It is fully daytime now.
Dean: Do you recognize the kids in these pictures?
Andrea: What? Oh, um, no. I mean, except that's my dad right there. He must have been about twelve in these pictures.
She moves her finger over to another picture of Jake as a child; he is standing right next to Peter Sweeney. Dean looks at Sam.
Dean: Chris Barr's drowning. The connection wasn't to Bill Carlton. It must have been to the Sheriff.
Sam: Bill and the sheriff - they were both involved with Peter.
Andrea: What about Chris? My dad - what are you talking about?
Dean looks sideways.
Dean: Lucas?
Lucas is staring out the window.
Dean: Lucas, what is it?
Lucas opens the door and walks outside. Everyone follows him.

EXT. HOUSE - DAY
Andrea: Lucas, honey?
Lucas stops and looks at the ground, then at Dean.
Dean: You and Lucas get back to the house and stay there, okay?
Andrea pulls Lucas back to the house. Dean and Sam presumably fetch shovels from the Impala, before they start digging. Sam's shovel clanks against something. They dig with their hands and pull out a red bicycle.
Sam: Peter's bike.
Jake: Who are you?
Dean and Sam turn around; Jake is there, pointing a gun at them.
Sam: Put the gun down, Jake.
Dean and Sam drop the shovels.
Jake: How did you know that was there?
Dean: What happened? You and Bill kill Peter, drown him in the lake and then buried the bike? You can't bury the truth, Jake. Nothing stays buried.
Andrea sees Jake with the gun aimed at Dean and Sam. She talks to Lucas.
Andrea: Go to your room, sweetie. Now. Lock the door and wait for me. Don't come out.
Lucas runs off. Andrea goes outside.
Jake: I don't know what the hell you're talking about.
Dean: You and Bill killed Peter Sweeney thirty-five years ago. That's what the hell I'm talking about.
Andrea runs up.
Andrea: Dad!
Dean: And now you got one seriously pissed off spirit.
Sam: It's gonna take Andrea, Lucas, everyone you love. It's gonna drown 'em. And it's gonna drag their bodies God knows where, so you can feel the same pain Peter's mom felt. And then, after that, it's gonna take you, and it's not gonna stop until it does.
Jake: Yeah, and how do you know that?
Sam: Because that's exactly what it did to Bill Carlton.
Jake: Listen to yourselves, both of you. You're insane.
Dean: I don't really give a rat's ass what you think of us. But if we're gonna bring down this spirit, we need to find the remains, salt them, and burn them into dust. Now tell me you buried Peter somewhere. Tell me you didn't just let him go in the lake.
Lucas didn't go to his room; he's outside watching.
Peter: Come play with me.
Lucas follows the voice.
Andrea: Dad, is any of this true?
Jake: No. Don't listen to them, they're liars and they're dangerous.
Andrea: Something tried to drown me. Chris died on that lake. Dad, look at me.
Jake does.
Andrea: Tell me you - you didn't kill anyone.
Jake looks away. He tries to talk, but can't.
Andrea: Oh my God.
Jake: Billy and I were at the lake. Peter was the smallest one. We always bullied him, but this time, it got rough. We were holding his head under the water. We didn't mean to. But we held him under too long and he drowned.
Jake turns to address Dean.
Jake: We let the body go, and it sank.
Dean glances at Sam, who looks at Jake. Jake turns back to Andrea.
Jake: Oh Andrea,
Jake is fighting tears. Andrea can't look at her father, instead turning her head to the side.
Jake: we were kids. We were so scared. It was a mistake. But, Andrea, to say that I have anything to do with these drownings, with Chris, because of some ghost? It's not rational.
Jake is pleading for her understanding. Andrea is looking at him in horror. Dean takes control.
Dean: Alright listen to me. All of you. We need to get you away from this lake, as far as we can, right now.
Andrea turns her head and spots Lucas going down to the lake. She gasps.
Jake: Lucas!
They all run up to the dock. Lucas is leaning over the side, reaching for a toy soldier in the water.
Peter: Come play with me.
Dean: Lucas!
Andrea: Lucas! Baby, stay where you are!
A hand comes up and pulls Lucas into the water. Dean, Sam, Andrea, and Jake have reached the edge of the lake. Jake stops. Peter's head is visible; Jake recognizes him. Dean and Sam keep running to the end of the dock and dive in.
Andrea: Oh my God!
Andrea takes off her jacket to jump in.
Sam: Andrea, stay there!
Andrea: No! Lucas!
Sam: We'll get him! Just stay on the dock!
Sam dives under the water again. Dean comes up. A minute later, so does Sam.
Dean: Sam?
Andrea: Lucas, where are you?
Jake takes off his jacket as Dean and Sam dive back down. Jake wades in. Andrea looks over.
Jake: Peter, if you can here me. Please, I'm sorry. I'm so - I'm so sorry.
Andrea: Daddy, no!
Jake: Peter. Lucas - he's, he's just a little boy. Please, it's not his fault, it's mine. Please take me.
Dean: Jake, no!
Peter surfaces.
Jake: Just let it be over!
Jake is dragged down.
Andrea: Daddy! Daddy! No!
Dean and Sam dive down again, with determination to rescue Lucas.
Andrea: No.
Sam comes up, shaking his head. Andrea mouths 'no!'
Dean comes up, holding Lucas, who isn't moving. Andrea is horrified, seeing Lucas so still. Dean grasps him tighter, keeping Lucas' head up, laying him back in the water with a pained expression. The screen goes black.

EXT. STREET - DAY
Dean and Sam walk out of the motel. Dean opens the car door, tosses his duffel in before stepping back and letting Sam toss his duffel in. Dean slams the car door shut, frustrated. Sam faces Dean.
Sam: Look, we're not gonna save everybody.
Dean: I know.
Andrea: Sam! Dean!
Andrea walks up with Lucas.
Dean: Hey.
Andrea: We're glad we caught you. We just um, we made you lunch for the road.
Lucas is carrying a tray of sandwiches.
Andrea: Lucas insisted on making the sandwiches himself.
Lucas: Can I give it to them now?
Dean chuckles slightly to himself, before exchanging smiles with Sam.
Andrea: Of course.
Andrea smiles and kisses Lucas's head.
Dean: Come on, Lucas, let's load this in the car.
Andrea watches Lucas, as he goes with Dean to the Impala. Sam turns to watch them as well, before focusing on Andrea again.
Sam: How you holding up?
Andrea: It's just gonna take a long time to sort through everything, you know?
Sam sighs.
Sam: Andrea, I'm sorry.
Andrea shakes her head.
Andrea: You saved my son. I can't ask for more than that.
Andrea gives a thoughtful sigh.
Andrea: Dad loved me. He loved Lucas. No matter what he did, I just have to... hold on to that.
Sam nods slightly.
Dean puts the sandwiches in the car, before turning around and sitting down on the front seat, facing Lucas.
Dean: Ugh... Alright, if you're gonna be talking now, this is a very important phrase, so I want you to repeat it back to me one more time.
Lucas: Zeppelin rules!
Dean: That's right. Up high.
Dean holds his hand up for a high five. Lucas obliges, grinning.
Dean: You take care of your mom, okay?
Andrea comes up, surprising Dean by kissing him.
Andrea: Thank you.
There is a moment of peace, in which Andrea glances down at Lucas. Dean scratches his head and heads around the car.
Dean: Sam, move your ass. We're gonna run out of daylight before we hit the road.
Sam shares a smile with Andrea, as he heads for the passenger seat. Sam gets in the car, then Dean. Bad Company's "Movin' On" starts to play when Dean starts the engine.

Music:

I got to move on and I never seem to slow down

Dean and Sam smile at Andrea and Lucas, who smile back. She holds Lucas, and waves goodbye.

Music:

Yeah yeah yeah, I'm moving on, moving on from town to town

The Impala backs out of the parking space, with Andrea and Lucas still smiling goodbye. Dean and Sam drive away.

EXT. ROAD - DAY

Music:

Yeah yeah yeah, I never seem to slow down

The Impala toward the camera, then as the camera swings around, the Impala drives away. The screen goes black.