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|imdb= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1222611/ In the Beginning]
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|outline= [[Castiel]] sends [[Dean]] back to Lawrence in 1973. Can , where Dean attempts to avert the course of events that lead led to his mother's death?.
|motw= [[Azazel]]
|timeline= April 30th - May 2nd, 1973
|location= [[Lawrence, Kansas]]<br>Haleyville, Kansas
|map=<googlemap lat="39.006913" lon="-95.294724" zoom="11" width="300" height="300">
38.94261, -95.260632, Lawrence, KS, USA
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|prevep= 4.02 Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester
|nextep= 4.04 Metamorphosis
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|Synopsis=
The episode begins with [[Sam]] meeting up with [[Ruby]], which is the perfect opportunity for [[Castiel]] to drop in on [[Dean]]. The [[angel]] tells him that he has to "stop it," at which point he touches Dean's forehead and sends him back to [[Lawrence, Kansas]] , circa 1973. Dean heads into a diner and chats up a young guy who turns out to be [[John Winchester]]. Dean's mind is blown when he figures out what's going on.
Dean runs into Castiel as he follows his father around, and the angel once again cryptically tells him that he has to stop something. Dean follows John to a car lot, where he suggests his father buy the '67 Chevy [[Impala]] instead of an old VW van. Dean introduces himself as Dean Van Halen and assures John that the car will still be bad-ass when it's 40. Dean tries to get info about the mysterious event he has to stop, but John hasn't smelled any sulfur or noticed any strange happenings lately. Dean follows [[Mary]] home and goes inside to meet her father, [[Samuel Campbell|Samuel]]. He's also a hunter, and though Dean convinces him that he's a hunter with his knowledge of [[vampire]] slaying, Samuel doesn't trust others in his profession. Mary's mother, [[Deanna Campbell|Deanna]], is a bit more friendly and invites Dean to stay for dinner. Grandpa Samuel is currently looking into a farmer's mysterious death, but he'd rather have Mary act as his partner on the case than Dean.
Samuel and Mary go to the farm, where Samuel poses as a priest to get close to the widow. He's shocked to find Dean already there, also impersonating a priest, but he rolls with the surprise fairly well. The widow claims everything was perfectly normal when the farmer bit the dust, but Mary learns that her son made a deal with a yellow-eyed stranger praying for his father to stop beatings that took place in the household. The guy told him he'd come back to collect something in about ten years. Dean concludes that the boy sold his soul to [[Azazel]].
Samuel and Deanna have never heard of the Yellow-Eyed Demon, so Dean makes a plan to get [[the Colt]] and kill Azazel as soon as possible. [[John's Journal|The journal]] arrived back in time with him, which is handy since it has info about where Azazel will be the next day. Dean visits Mary before he leaves and tells her that he approves of her relationship with John, which is when Dean's future mother reveals that her boyfriend is planning to propose soon. Mary says that John is sweet, optimistic , and "everything a hunter isn't," and she can't wait to run off with him to escape the demon-slaying lifestyle. Before Dean goes, he tells Mary not to get out of bed on that fateful night in 1983. "No matter what you hear or what you see, promise me you won't get out of bed," he tells her. She agrees.
The next time Castiel appears, Dean asks why Sam wasn't allowed to get in on this ''Back to the Future'' action. Castiel explains that Dean has to do this alone, and reminds him that if he alters the future and never becomes a hunter, all the people he's saved will die. Dean cares about the lives of strangers, but he's not going to let his parents die again.
While Dean steals the Colt from [[Daniel Elkins]]' safe in Colorado, Mary discovers that the demon is currently hanging out at her friend's house. She rushes over to jump in the fray along with Samuel, but his shotgun is no match for Azazel, who's been posing as a friendly doctor and making deals. Mary bursts in, stabs Yellow Eyes and kicks his ass a bit, but is soon overpowered by him. The [[demon]] immediately takes a shine to her. Dean arrives to save the day before things can get ugly, but the demon dis-possesses smokes out of the doctor and takes off.
Dean tells Samuel that they have to kill the demon to save Mary's life. He then explains that Mary is his mother and that she's destined to be killed in 1983 if they don't do something. Samuel thinks he's pretty crazy, but Dean is persuasive and convinces him that it's time to send Azazel back to [[Hell]]. When Samuel tries to get his hands on the Colt, Dean realizes that the Yellow-Eyed Demon has possessed his grandfather and now knows what the future holds.
* [[Deanna Campbell]]
* [[Daniel Elkins]]
* [[Liddy Walsh]]
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* [[Aliases]]
* [[Angel Lore]]
* [[Back to the Future]]
* [[The Colt]]
* [[Costumes & Disguises]]
'''Azazel:''' I need permission... I need to be invited, into their houses, I know, I know, the – the red tape'll drive you nuts, but in ten short years, it'll all be worth it. ‘Cause you know what I'm gonna do to your sibling? I'm gonna stand over their crib and I'm gonna bleed into their mouth. Demon blood is better than Ovaltine, vitamins, minerals – it makes you big and strong.<br>
'''Dean:''' For what? So they can lead your discount demon army? Is that your big plan?<br>
'''Azazel:''' Please, my end game's a hell of a lot bigger than that , kid.
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The title of the episode is taken from [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=KjvGene.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=1&division=div1 the opening words of the Book of Genesis.] It is also the opening lyric for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtPZGl1SKpE AC/DC's "Let There Be Rock."]
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'''Dean:''' Okay, so what? Angels got their hands on some DeloreansDeLoreans? How did I get here? :''A reference to the time traveling Delorean DeLorean in the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_future Back to the Future]. There are other references to the movie in this episode, such as Dean meeting his father's younger self in a diner.''
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'''Dean:''' ' Well, you're a regular Chatty Cathy.
:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatty_Cathy Chatty Cathy] is a doll manufactured by the Mattel toy company from 1959 to 1965 that spoke one of eleven phrases at random when a ring protruding from its upper back was pulled. The term is sometimes used to refer to a particularly talkative person.''
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The date on the newspaper [[John Winchester]] was reading in the diner was Monday, April 30, 1973. The headline reads "Nixon accepts resignation of top…” This was a [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=3823 significant date] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal Watergate scandal]: Attorney General Richard Kleindeinst, White House Counsel John Dean, and top White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman resigned from their positions because of the scandal. The newspaper headline likely refers to Dean, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman.
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In the diner where [[Dean]] first met young John, an elderly man tells John to "Say hi to you your old man for me", but we learn in season 8 that Johns John's father vanished when John was a child. Though the "old man" could also allude to a step-father, adopted father , or grandfather.
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When [[Mary]] and Dean get into the fight outside the diner and Dean pins Mary to the wall. In this scene you , we get a glimpse of [[Mary's bracelet]]. The charm on the left of the bracelet is the [[Aquarian Star]], ; this is the same symbol that the [[Men of Letters]] use.
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The Campbell family are shown as active [[hunters]] in a flashback to 1969 in the spin-off novel ''[[Supernatural: Heart of the Dragon]]'', which reveals that the Campbells finance their hunts through Samuel's dry-cleaning business and Deanna's work as a substitute teacher.
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In the commentary track for this episode that [[Eric Kripke]] stated, "The greatest inspirations for ''Supernatural'' were three things... ''[[the Sandman]]'' comics, the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellblazer Hellblazer]'' comics, and... [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''American Gods''."
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There is a short shot of Dean driving a 1980 Ford Pinto, despite the episode being set in 1973.
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* [[4.03 In the Beginning (transcript)]]
* [http://stir-of-echoes.livejournal.com/509578.html Transcript of DVD commentary] with Eric Kripke and Jeremy Carver
* [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-403-in-the-beginning-casting-sides-mary-winchester Casting sides for Mary Winchester]
* [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-403-in-the-beginning-casting-sides-john-winchester Casting sides for John Winchester]
* [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-403-in-the-beginning-casting-sides-deanna Casting sides for Deanna Campbell]
|Promotion=
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyMoi3gCSNw Episode Promo: 4.03 In The Beginning]* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kVltisZ0P0 Kripke speaks about Speaks About 4.03]* [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/supernatural/supernatural-preview-in-the-be-23193.aspx preview clips Preview Clips and episode reviewEpisode Review] at Buddy TV* [http://eclipsemagazine.com/television/6776/television-supernatural-s4-in-the-beginning-a-review/ Episode review Review by Eclipse magazineMagazine]
* [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/supernatural/exclusive-interview-mitch-pile-23249.aspx Interview with Mitch Pileggi] by Buddy TV
* [http://tvblog.ugo.com/index.php/tvblog/more/exclusive_ugo_talks_with_supernaturals_mitch_pileggi/ Interview with Mitch Pileggi] by ugoUGO* [http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp?aid=9356&tcid=1 Interview with Mitch Pileggi] by colliderCollider
* [http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TV-Show-Blog/Tv-Previews/Mitch-Pileggi-Supernatural/800047774 Interview with Mitch Pileggi] by TV Guide
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==Episode Meta==
*[https://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/44466.html 4.3 In The Beginning: You Have To Stop It] by bardicvoice (October 2008); [https://web.archive.org/web/20190816011142/http://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/44466.html archive link], [https://spn-heavymeta.livejournal.com/171405.html spn-heavymeta]
*Bond, Silvia. 2008. Back to a Wonderful Life: "In The Beginning" Season 4, Episode 3. ''Pink Raygun'', October 7; [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112136/http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/10/07/supernatural-in-the-beginning/ archive link]
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