Originally aired: 10/01/2006

Writer: Patrick Sean Smith with teleplay by John Shiban
Director: Kim Manners

Guest Stars: Nicki Aycox (Meg) William B Davis (Proffessor Humphris) Jeffrey Dean Morgan (John Winchester) Lara Gilchrist (Holly) Brendan Penny (Steve) Tania Saulnier (Emily) Tom Butler (Harley Jorgeson) P. Lynn Johnson (Stacey Jorgeson) Brent Stait (Scotty) Leah Graham (Pauly) Angela Moore (clerk) Mike Carpenter (scarecrow)

Official WB Description

Sam and Dean finally make contact with their father, but he tells them to stop looking for him and sends them on another ghost-hunting job. Frustrated with their father's evasiveness, Sam sets out alone to find him while Dean stays back to obey his father. Dean investigates a small town in Indiana where couples have gone missing the same day each year and discovers the farmers are sacrificing them to a Pagan God who takes the form of a scarecrow. While en route to California, Sam meets Meg (Nicki Aycox), a young backpacker, who unbeknownst to Sam is working for a demon.

Full Synopsis

CBURKITSVILLE, INDIANA (ONE YEAR AGO):A young couple, Vince and Holly, is leaving a gas station, with a send off by a kind husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jorgeson's, and their niece. Mrs. Jorgeson offers them a pie which they gladly accept. Mr. Jorgeson and Vince exchange a handshake revealing that Vince has a distinct tattoo on his arm. Mr. Jorgeson fills up their car with gas and gives the young couple directions to get back on the interstate. Once on the road the young couple experience car troubles forcing them to pull over. Evidently their phone also went out too. They notice a house they can use for help, except they have to pass through woods to get to it. Along through the woods they notice a Scarecrow tied to a cross. Once they pass it the Scarecrow moves it head and faces them. They start to run because they hear a rustling in the bushes. Holly loses sight of Vince and notices he is gone. Now running back to the car she loses her balance and trips and looks over and finds Vince, dead. The Scarecrow then comes up to Holly so she could share the same fate.

HOTEL: Now fading to where "Asylum" left off, Sam answers the phone to find out that it's his father on the other end. Dean wakes up when he hears him say "Dad!" Sam questions his dad if he is alright and asks him where he is. Mr. Winchester answers by saying he's fine, yet he can't tell his sons where he is. Mr. Winchester did tell Sam that he was closer to finding what killed his mother and Jessica. Sam asked more questions while Dean was asking for the phone and his Dad repling that he couldn't tell him anything. Mr. Winchester just wanted Sam to take down some names and stop following him. Dean grabs the phone and starts to take down names at his father's order.

ON THE ROAD: Sam and Dean start to discuss the names and how each of them were connected. All of them were couples, that took a road trip, and disappeared around the same area around the same week of April. Sam pulls over and tells Dean that he does not want to go to Indiana but California because that is where their dad called. Dean then gets into an arguement with Sam saying how they should follow their dad's order. It gets personal so Sam steps out of the car and takes his stuff from the trunk. Dean threatens to leave Sam behind and Sam replies "That is what I want you to do."

SCOTTY'S CAFE: Dean pulls beside "Scotty's Cafe" and takes out his phone. He goes to his phonebook and finds Sam's name. Instead of calling he shuts his phone and steps outside the truck. Now in front of the Cafe, Dean goes up to the owner of the store and says his name is "John Bonner." The owner was able to identify that name as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Dean was impressed. Dean then hands Scotty a peices of paper with Vinces and Holly on each and asks if he has seen them before. Scotty says that they don't normally get visitors. Dean makes a sarcastic remark and then walks away.

WALKING: Sam has his luggage, hitch-hiking and comes across a young woman sitting down on a backpack listening to music. Sam taps her and startles her. She gets defensive and a man driving a truck pulls up aside them asking if they need a ride, although he only took the woman.

GAS STATION: Dean went to the gas station that the young couple went too. He asked the sames questions to Mr. and Mrs.Jorgeson as he did with Scotty, and got the same reply, that is until the neice, Emily, came over refeshing her uncle's memory. They then give him the directions to the interstate.

INTERSTATE: Once driving Dean didn't experience any car troubles but a device in the back of the car started to go off. Dean pulls over right where the other couple did and notices the house. Dean gets out to search the area and goes up to the "fugly" Scarecrow. He finds a ladder which he uses to climb to get a better look at the Scarecrow. He looks at the arm and finds the same tattoo that Vince had.

GAS STATION: Dean drives back to the Gas Station and is greeted by Emily. Dean asks about the orchid in which he say the Scarecrow, but Emily didn't know much about it. Dean notices a car in the garage and asks who it was, turns out it's a young couples.

BUS STATION: Sam arrives at the Bus Station only to find that the next bus he can catch is tomarrow. He then takes out his phone and looks through his phonebook to find Dean's name. He highlights it but then shuts his phone off because he is called over by the girl he found hitch-hiking before. Apparently things didn't work out with the "Shady" guy she got picked up by. .

BUS STATION: Sam arrives at the Bus Station only to find that the next bus he can catch is tomarrow. He then takes out his phone and looks through his phonebook to find Dean's name. He highlights it but then shuts his phone off because he is called over by the girl he found hitch-hiking before. Apparently things didn't work out with the "Shady" guy she got picked up by. They also shared the same destination. She introduces herself as Meg.

SCOTTY'S CAFE: A young couple is sitting in the cafe, being offered the apple pie. Dean walks in and starts up conversation. Scotty tries to push Dean away from them. Dean tries to warn them of the dangerous roads, but the man just says "Were trying to eat, O.K?" The Sheriff arrives to take Dean and drive him out of the town.

BUS STATION: Sam and Meg indulge in ideal conversation. Meg shares a similiar situation to Sam in terms of Meg's parents and Sam's dad and brother. They then make a toast to themselves.

BURKETSVILLE: We see Dean's car driving back into town. Turns out the recent couple's car died at the area of the woods. They hear a rustling in the woods and see the Scarecrow they start running and are saved by Dean with the use of his gun. They all make it back to the car and the Scarecrow disappears.

PHONE CONVERSATION:Sam at the Bus Station and Dean in Burketsville start to talk over the phone. Dean explains the situation to Sam and starts to get emotional with him. Dean mentioned to Sam that he was right, to live his own life and how he was proud of him. Sam looks over at an awaking Meg. He tells her that his brother just said "Goodbye."

BURKETSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Dean is there talking to a professor about witches and spirits. They take out a book and start to flip through it. Dean notices a picture of a Scarecrow and starts to read up on it. In order to destroy the Scarecrow he has to destroy a tree. Upon exiting Dean is hit by the town Sheriff rendering him unconcious.

WITHIN THE TOWN: There is a meeting with all the people included in the ritual. They all have mixed emotions on their next sacrafice, Dean and Emily. Now Mr. Jorgeson is bringing Emily into an underground holding cell. Emily, scared and ignorant, wants to know why her Aunt and Uncle are doing this. They shut the door.

BUS STATION: Sam decides to leave because he feels Dean might be in trouble. Meg tries to fight for him to stay but he goes anyway.

HOLDING CELL: Dean tries to hit the door to get out, but to no avail. He reliezes that Emily had no knowledge of the Scarecrow and explains how they are being sacraficed. He also questions her if she knows about a "special tree." She knows about it, but before they can do anything the Uncle and Aunt says they are ready.

WOODS: Dean and Emily are tied up in the woods of the Scarecrow. Emily pleas to be let free and questions why they are doing this. They wanted her to know it was for the town. Everyone leaves and Emily asks Dean if he has a plan. All he could say was "I'm working on it." As time passed Dean and Emily were still tied up. Dean still said "I'm working on it" when she asked what the plan was again. They hear a rustling and think it's the Scarecrow but turns out to be Sam. Sam releases Dean and they look over to find the Scarecrow is gone. Now everyone is free and they start to run away, only to be stopped by Emily's Aunt and Uncle, the Sheriff, and Professor. They surround Sam, Dean and Emily. Emily tries to talk to her Aunt and Uncle but before she could the Scarecrow decides to take them instead.

NEXT DAY: The next day Sam, Dean, and Emily go to find the tree. Sam pours gasoline over it and Emily burns it. BUS STOP: We see Emily boarding a bus out of the town. The two brothers, now reunited, share bitter-sweet talk and drive off.

SOMEWHERE: Meg is hitch-hiking again and tells the driver to pull over. She takes out a metal container and kills the driver. The blood pouring from his neck is poured into her metal container. Meg says an incantation and asks her father why she didn't kill Sam or Dean. There is no response but we hear Meg saying "Yes, yes."

Synopsis by RealityCheck

Episode Music

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