Jesse Cuevas

Name	Jesse Cuevas
Actor	Lee Rumohr
Dates	1976/7 (born)
Location	New Mexico
Occupation	Hunter
Episode(s)	11.19 The Chitters

History

Jesse and his older brother Matty grew up in Gunnison, Colorado. Matty was concerned for Jesse growing up as a gay kid in a small town where he would be subject to bullying and abuse. The two were very close, and were planning to leave the town when Matty turned 18, and move to California. In 1989, Jesse's older brother was taken by a bisaan while the two were walking through the woods to go fishing. No one believed Jesse when he told them something took Matty, and so he spent the next twenty-seven years trying to find out what took his brother. Along the way—around 2009—he met a hunter named Cesar Cuevas, the two formed a partnership and eventually married. The two hunted predominantly in Mexico and Texas. They had purchased a property in New Mexico, and made a pact to retire once they had killed the monster that took Matty. The two returned to Jesse's hometown in Gunnison, Colorado in 2016 when the new bisaan mating cycle began.

Episodes

11.19 The Chitters

Hunting for the bisaan that killed his brother 27 years previous, Jesse is accompanied by his husband Cesar to the woods in his hometown of Gunnison, Colorado. Whilst scoping out the area, they come across Dean being attacked by a bisaan. Cesar quickly decapitates the bisaan and helps Dean to his feet. Jesse appears moments later to kneel beside the decapitated bisaan and stab it multiple times in the heart, wanting to make sure it's dead. After Cesar assures him that the bisaan is dead, Jesse gets back to his feet and Dean asks who they are. Jesse tells him that he wouldn't believe them.

They make their way to a bar in town called Rustin's bar where Jesse explains that he and Cesar have been hunting together for around 7 years. He also mentions that they've heard of the Winchesters, but had also heard that they'd died a couple years back. Dean tells him it's a long story, and introduces them to Sam when he joins them. Dean asks if they have any idea what they're hunting, and Jesse clues them in on bisaan, a cicada spirit, which are rare in the US. He explains that every 27 years, they emerge from their burrows underground to "mate like crazy for a few days" before the generation dies off and they go back underground to gestate. Dean expresses disbelief, saying that since the missing were townspeople, they didn't just crawl out of a hole a few days ago. Jesse further explains that the bisaan can't reproduce on their own, and need a human host in order to mate. Sam questions what the bisaan's signature buzzing sound is, and Jesse elucidates that it's their mating call. They discuss how decapitation seems to kill them dead, then Sam asks how Jesse and Cesar seem to know so much about the bisaan. Jesse opens up to Sam and Dean about his experience with his brother being taken, before politely demanding that Sam and Dean keep their hands off the case so that he can get his revenge. Dean asks where they've been, and Jesse tells him they've been in the woods searching for the bisaan's burrow "and saving your ass." Cesar chimes in that the reason they've been set up in the woods is because Jesse doesn't trust the townspeople. Jesse justifies his stance by reminding Cesar how the people of Gunnison didn't believe his account of what happened when his brother disappeared. Cesar doubles down, telling him that it's stubborn and foolish not to follow leads in town, to which Jesse tells him he's free to talk to them, but that he himself doesn't want to. Dean comments that they fight like brothers, but Cesar corrects him, "it's more like an old married couple." Jesse stays silent, looking a little worried and uncomfortable. When Dean understands that Jesse and Cesar are married, he asks what it's like settling down with a hunter. Cesar tells him that it's "Smelly, dirty, twice the worrying about getting ganked." Sam, mind on the case, asks Jesse if he knew anything about Cochran—the town's sheriff in 1989. Jesse tells them that Cochran was "incompetent" and that he now lives as a hermit two towns over. When Sam asks if Jesse can take them there, Jesse is adamant on searching for the burrow instead, but Cesar manages to convince him to take Sam to see Cochran, volunteering to accompany Dean to the woods to continue their search for the bisaan's burrow.

On their way to Cochran's house, Jesse opens up to Sam and tells him what happened when he realized his brother was missing. He tells him that everyone in town, including his own mother, believed that "some pervert" had taken Matty. He goes on to say that his mother still blames him, thinks he should've saved Matty. Sam asks if Jesse's mother still lives in town, and Jesse answers that she left as soon as she could. Sam sympathizes with Jesse, wondering if the townspeople just couldn't accept Matty was taken by a monster. Jesse tells him they couldn't accept a lot of things, insinuating that the townspeople were homophobic towards him. He adds that Matty was the one who understood and accepted him the most, and that he had been a great brother.

When Jesse and Sam get to Cochran's house, they begin to question him about the disappearances. Cochran is adamant that he doesn't remember the disappearances in 1989. Jesse asserts that one of the missing had been his brother, but Cochran is still dismissive, telling him that a lot of people lost family that year. Jesse accuses Cochran of doing nothing to help any of them, and Sam steps in to diffuse the situation. When Sam tells Cochran that there have been another rash of disappearances, Cochran looks surprised and insists that it's not possible. Cochran begins to act oddly, going to wash his face before coming in to tell them to leave. Sam tries to push the discussion, begging Cochran to tell them what he knows. Cochran accepts blame, telling them he couldn't find the missing people in '89 and explains that he never got over it. Jesse pleads with Cochran, telling him that he never got over losing his brother at such a young age. Cochran insists that they leave, but Sam pushes it further, telling Cochran that they know that the thing behind the disappearances isn't human. Cochran asks how they know, and Jesse explains that he saw one of the creatures earlier that day. Cochran finally caves, telling them that he had tracked a bisaan back to its lair in '89 and had found his daughter transformed into one of them. He had tried to talk to her, but she attacked him and he had to kill her. Jesse snaps and shoves Cochran down onto his chair, angry that Cochran had known what had happened the whole time whilst the families of the missing people had suffered. Sam pulls Jesse away, trying to calm him, as Cochran insists that he had suffered too, he tells him that no one would've believed him. Jesse expresses anger over the fact that Cochran had told 12-year-old him that he was making it up. He also adds that they could've came out and told everyone together, and hunted the bisaan down. Cochran tells him that all the missing people were already dead or dying, but Jesse tells him that he just didn't want to publically admit that his daughter had been one of monsters and that he'd killed her. Sam asks how Cochran has lived with himself all these years, and Cochran explains that he had to effectively erase her from his life and let the rest of the families believe their loved ones had left town voluntarily. He divulges the location of the bisaan's burrow, and Sam leads Jesse out of the house.

By the time Sam and Jesse arrive in the woods, they meet Dean and Cesar, who have already found the burrow. Dean explains that they've got to take care of the eggs, then it will all be over. He hands a can of gasoline towards Jesse, offering to allow him to finish them off. However, Jesse just walks past Dean without taking the can, and heads into the mine. There, he comes across a pile of bodies and falls to his knees when he spots a leather pouch. He takes it and examines the nickel—it's Matty's. He begins to cry, telling them that this is his brother. Cesar tells him that they'll give him a proper burial, and Jesse asks "What about the others?". Dean tells him that he'll take care of it, can of gasoline still in his hand.

The next day, Cesar and Jesse give Matty a hunter's funeral pyre burial as Sam and Dean watch on. Cesar wraps an arm around Jesse's shoulders and tells him that he did it, he found his brother. Jesse insists that they did it as a team, and he thanks Cesar. As all four hunters leave the woods, Sam muses how it was a good thing they had a fire extinguisher, to which Jesse chuckles that he thought the whole mine was going to go up in flames. Cesar teases Jesse playfully before explaining to the Winchesters that they'd had a deal—once Jesse got his revenge, they'd retire. Jesse inquires whether Sam and Dean need their help first, but Dean tells him that they don't—not wanting to be the reason the two hunters didn't get their happy ending. Sam enquires what their retirement looks like, and Jesse explains that they have a farm in New Mexico. Cesar adds that they're going to raise horses, but if that doesn't work out, Jesse will go back to being an EMT. Jesse jokes that he'll be supporting his husband, and Cesar laughs before telling him "It's time to start living." They leave together, unaware that Sam and Dean had considered asking for their help with Amara.