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[[Dean ]] dreams he is surrounded by brutally slaughtered bodiescovered in blood, while he is bloody and has a knife in his hand, and is surrounded by brutally slaughtered bodies. he He wakes distressedwakes up distressed in his bedroom in [[the bunkerBunker]].

A teenaged girl, [[Claire Novak]], is being put into solitary confinement at a juvenile centre center after running away -- again. Later, the guard tells Claire that her father has come to visit, and steps aside to let [[Castiel ]] enter.

Claire remembers Castiel, as the [[angel ]] who [[possessed ]] her father [[Jimmy Novak]]. Castiel tells her Jimmy is now in [[Heaven]], and that he has come to see how she is faring. Claire tells him her mother left her with her grandmother and disappeared. After her grandmother died, Claire has been was shunted between foster families and group homes. Claire says the only thing she wants from Castiel is for him to get her out of the centrecenter.

Castiel and Claire speak to the home Superintendentsuperintendent, who is suspicious of this sudden return of Claire's father. Castiel fails to convince her to release Claire with him. That night Castiel breaks in and helps Claire escape. They go for a meal, and Claire remarks how Castiel has changed. Castiel wants to make amends with her, but Claire has no intention of staying with him, and : she steals his wallet and absconds.

At the bunkerBunker, Dean is enjoying watching a Three Stooges movie on his laptop. He's laughing - maybe a little too much and Sam looks concerned as he brings him a grilled cheese sandwich.

After a call from Castiel, the boys join him in Pontiac ot to help him find Claire. Will While [[Sam ]] goes to investigate the group home, Cas and Dean have lunch. Cas tells Dean how he's been reflect reflecting on the hurt he has caused people. Dean advises him not to dwell on it -- the opposite of what he does. When he Dean says he's no role model , but Cas protests. Cas asks after Dean, who prtests protests that he's okay, although acknowledging though acknowledges that he still has to deal with the [[Mark of Cain]]. Dean has a flash of his nightmare, and of his time as a [[demon]]. He asks Cas that if to kill him should he should become demonic again, that Castiel would kill him.

In the dungeons of Hell, [{[Rowena]] is still in shackles, and has a new cellmate -- a demon called [{[Trish]] , who is being interrogated after she was smuggled up from the depths of [[Hell ]] to Earth. Crowley orders Rowena to his presence. He is angry that she once tried to sell him for 3 three pigs, and then left him when he was eight. She is unapologetic but notes that whatever she did, she did it did to motivate him to become King of Hellbe something better. After she leaves, the demon [[Gerald]] questions why Crowley doesn't kill her, and offers to do the deed himself. Crowley doesn't give him an answer.

Claire arrive arrives at the home of [{Randy]], and a friend of hers from the group home [[, Dustin Tate]]. Randy has gambling debts, and was expecting her to bring him money. He suggests she can help out by robbing the local Gas -n -Sip.

Sam has found out that Claire was friends with Dustin. He, Dean , and Cas confront him as he arrives for his job at Weiner Wiener Hut and find out Claire's plan. They intercept her at the Gas -n -Sip before she can execute the robbery. She is confronts them - angry at Cas for killing her father and at Sam and Dean for letting it happen. She tells them Randy and Dustin are the only family that she has before leaving.

The Winchesters and Cas retire to a Tiki Bar. Sam tells Cas not to stew on what Claire said, but that he can't back make it better -- for some people their father is everything. Cas reflects that he didn't know his "father" and asks Sam and dean Dean whether they loved their dad. Sam encourages Dean to tell a story, about a time they were in New York with their dad [[John]] and Dean snuck out to a club. As Dean tells it, he got very drunk several much older adults made a pretence at befriending him, only to get him dangerously intoxicated, and /or possibly drugged when drugging his drinks. John Winchester showed up just at the right time. They Sam and Dean both acknowledge that John "wouldn't win any parenting awards" but that he was there for themwhen they needed him, despite the fact that John blamed him for the incident. They all agree however that Claire is not in a good situation.

At RandyCrowley and Gerald escort Rowena back to the dungeon. Rowena accuses Gerald of smuggling demons out of Hell, which Trish confirms. Gerald denies the accusations, and begins to strangle Rowena. When he doesn't listen to Crowley's houserepeated orders to stop, Crowley stabs Gerald through the loan shark neck with an [[Salingerangel blade]] and his goons are threatening Randy when Claire returns. They lock her in her bedroom, while Salingermakes Randy and offer - give Claire to killing him and he'll clear Randy's debt. Randy agrees and Salinger goes into As Crowley leaves the room where Claire cell, he asks Rowena if she is heldcoming. Just then the Winchesters She smiles and Castiel arrive. Cas rescues Claire while follows him out the Winchesters cover the henchmen. As they leave, Dean is attackeddoor.

At Randy's house, the loan shark Salinger and his goons are threatening Randy when Claire returns. They lock her in her bedroom, and Salingermakes Randy an offer - give Claire to him and he'll clear Randy's debt. Randy agrees, and Salinger goes into the room where Claire is held, and attempts to sexually assault her. Just then the Winchesters and Castiel arrive. Cas assists Claire, who was fighting back against Salinger, while the Winchesters cover the henchmen. As they leave, Dean is attacked by Salinger. By the time Sam returns Dean has killed everyone, including Randy. As in his dream, he is bloody on the floor surrounded by bodies. As Claire witnesses the aftermath, and is horrified, as Castiel takes her to safety. Sam kneels in front of him, and taking Dean's face in his hands , begs Dean to say that he had to kill them all in self"-defense. deanDean's response is "I didn't mean to do it.".

'''Castiel:''' I was reassembled, ; your father is in Heaven.<br>'''Claire:''' Well, yeah yay for him. Anyway good talk, you can get the hell out of my life now.

'''Claire:''' You changed. The Castiel I met, he was crappy, like super stuck-up and a dick and you just wanted to punch him in his stupid angel face.

'''Claire:''' You know. My father was a good man, . In what messed up world does he die and you get to live?

'''Dean:''' We know John Winchester isn't going to win any #1 Dad awards, but damn if he wasn't there when we needed him.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=<br>

'''Dean:''' But not fun drunk, I'm not quite sure what was in that stuff, but the room starts to spin, and I feel like I'm going to puke forever. Right about that time, I hear him. 'Dean Winchester.!' My old man, I don't know how but he found me. And now I'm really freaking out, because he's just standing there not saying anything, and I look around everyone else is freaking out too in fact no one is looking him in the eye, then finally this one guy with like a safety pin in his nose and a 'kill everything' tattoo looks up and he says 'sorry sir.' Yeah, 'sorry sir' heh. To John frickin' Winchester.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=<br>

'''Dean:''' Yeah and you know what he got for that? Me whining about how much he embarrassed me. Me telling him that I hated him. But then he stopped and turned around looked at me and said, 'Son, you don't like me that? That's fine. It's not my job to be liked.'<br>

'''Dean:''' Yeah. And he did.<br>

'''CastielRandy:''' Do you think Claire is in troubleThat’s a joke, right?Claire’s like family to me.<br>'''ClaireSalinger:''' She's hanging out Please! I know the con, alright? You find some kid with Major League daddy issues and then get her to steal for you. Cut the proud papa act. I’ll make you a guy named good deal.<br>'''Randy:''' Like I said, she's in troubleClaire’s family... So it better be a damn good deal.

'''Sam:''' No. Tell me it was them or you!

The title "The Things We Left Behind" is likely a reference to the Stephen King short story [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Things_They_Left_Behind "The Things They Left Behind"] which is about a man suffering survivor's guilt following the attacks of 9/11. }}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Dean]] ''' is shown watching [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stooges The Three Stooges ] short, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Plumbing_We_Will_Go A Plumbing We Will Go.]'' You can watch it [http://vimeo.com/12390592 here.]

:''Braveheart and "Freedom! " are a reference to the character of William Wallace, a Scottish warrior who featured in the 1995 movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112573/ Braveheart.].''

:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miley_Cyrus Miley Cyrus ] is an actor and pop singer]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hasselhoff David Hasselhoff] is an actor. CooincidentallyCoincidentally, we know [[Dean ]] signed a receipt with the signature D. Hasselhoff in [[2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One]].''}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Dean:''' Some how we convinced him to let us go. So we all go, we all you know see the sites and ride the subway, eat too much pizza, the whole nine. By about midnight Sam and Dad are zonked, and I figure 'screw it, I'm going to CBGB.'<br>'''Sam:''' CBGB is...<br>'''Castiel:''' I know. It's where the Ramones and Blondie got their start.:''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB CBGB] was a famous New York concert club, known for giving many famous musicians their start. The clubs initials stood for "Country, BlueGrass, and Blues," even though it better known as a punk club.''

We learn in this episode that [[Jimmy Novak]http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188220/ Roark Critchlow] was born on July 10, 1973who played Randy, and that his home address was 425 Westview Drive, Pontiac, ILa cast member on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives Days of Our Lives]'' with [[Jensen]].

{{TriviaQuote |Text=We learn in this episode that [[Jimmy Novak]] was born on July 10, 1973, and that his home address was 425 Westview Drive, Pontiac, IL. We also learn that he is in fact dead.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=[[Guy Norman Bee]] mentioned in an interview that the scene where Sam brings Dean a grilled cheese sandwich had been cut in length and originally showed Sam making the sandwich. Some fans were upset by this and saw it as an example of [[Sam Erasure]]. Many were critical of the episode's editor, the ironically named [[James Pickel]]. The incident became known as [[Grilled Cheesegate]].}}|Sides_Scripts_Transcripts=

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