4.04 Metamorphosis

Title	Metamorphosis
Episode #	Season 4, Episode 4
First aired	October 9, 2008
Directed by	Kim Manners
Written by	Cathryn Humphris
On IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1222611/
Outline	Castiel sends Dean back to Lawrence in 1973. Can Dean avert the course of events that lead to his mother's death?
Monster	Rugaroo
Timeline	immediately after 4.03
Location(s)	Carthage, Missouri
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Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Ruby
• Travis
• Jack Montgomery

Definitions

• Rugaru

Quotes

Dean: If I didn't know you, I would want to hunt you.

Dean: Sam loves research. He does. He keeps it under his mattress with his KY.

Sam: You have no idea what I'm going through.

Dean: Well then enlighten me.

Sam: I've got demon blood in me, Dean. This disease pumping through my veins and I can't ever rip it out or scrub it clean. I'm a whole new level of freak

Sam: Listen to me, you've got this dark pit inside you. I know. Believe me, I know. But that doesn't mean you have to fall into it. You don't have to be a monster...It doesn't matter what you are. It only matters what you do. It's your choice.

Sam: "It's just something I got to deal with.

Dean: Not alone.

Sam: Don't thank me. I'm not doing it for you. Not for the angels or anybody. This is my choice

Trivia & References

Travis: But most of all, they're hungry.

Dean: Hungry for what?
Travis: At first for everything. But then, the long pig.
Dean: "Long pig"?
Sam: He means human flesh.
Dean: And that is my word of the day

Long pig is a word for human flesh reportedly a translation by Europeans of a term used in the Pacific Islands.

The original KAZ 2Y5 number plates appears again on the Impala.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 4.04 Metamorphosis (transcript)

Promotion

• Episode synopsis and casting info at Futon Critic
• Trailer for 4.04
• Promo Pics at supernatural.tv