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Title Exile On Main St.
Episode # Season 6, Episode 1
First aired September 24, 2010
Directed by Phil Sgriccia
Written by Sera Gamble
On IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1627706/
Outline When something evil threatens Lisa and Ben, Dean starts hunting it and is shocked to discover Sam is back from Hell.
Monster Djinn
Timeline One year after the events of 5.22 Swan Song
Location(s) Cicero, Indiana
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Synopsis

A year after Sam sacrificed himself to stop Lucifer and the Apocalypse, Dean is living with Lisa Braeden and her son Ben. On the surface it almost resembles a normal life he's working construction, going to barbecues with the neighbors. The Impala sits under a tarp in the garage. But we see Dean is still alert for danger there's a devil's trap under the rug near the front door, and Holy Water and a gun under his bed.

After work he has drinks with his neighbor Sid, who complains good-naturedly that Dean never talks about his past. . A cute waitress Brigitta gives Dean her number, which he tears up. On leaving the bar, Dean hears a scream, and investigates a building site where he sees blood smears and what looks like claw marks on the wall, but he finds nothing.

The next day on the way to work, he sees the claw marks on a telephone pole near his house. In his garage he is startled by a neighbour's Yorkie, but then more ominously finds some sulfur. He tells Lisa to take Ben to the movies, and starts unpacking weapons from the trunk of the Impala. From a strong box containing his leather jacket, he takes John’s Journal when he is attack by Azazel. As he passes out Azazel is attacked from behind by none other than Sam.

Dean regains consciousness in an old house. On seeing Sam he assumes he is dead, but Sam assures him he is alive. Sam demonstrates he is human by cutting himself with a Silver blade, and drinking salt water. He tells Dean he doesn't know how he got out of Lucifer's Cage he just woke up in Stull Cemetery. To Dean's shock, Sam has been back for nearly a year. Sam explains he wanted Dean to live a normal life, and knew if he reappeared Dean would leave Lisa and Ben.

Sam reveals he's been hunting with cousins from their mother Mary's side of the family and introduces him to Gwen Campbell, Christian Campbell, Mark Campbell. The biggest surprise is that their grandfather Samuel Campbell has been resurrected.

They reveal they have been hunting Djinn who can disguise themselves as normal people, and who are pursuing Sam and Dean killed the one they killed a couple of years ago. Johnny Campbell has gone to watch over Lisa and Ben, but he is killed by the Djinn. Luckily Lisa and Ben are safe, and so Dean takes them to Bobby's place.

Dean is further distressed to find that Bobby also knew Sam has been back for a year but Bobby argues as Sam had, that he wanted Dean to have a chance at a normal life. Dean tells them how much he suffered trying to deal with his grief, and looking for a way to save Sam. Dean is also distressed at the danger he has now put Lisa and Ben in, and apologizes to Lisa. She assures him the last year has been "the best year of her life" and that he is a great father to Ben.

Dean, Sam and the Campbells return to Dean's home where the Djin are still lurking. Samuel tells Dean that over the past few months they have been dealing with a lot of unusual supernatural activity, and argues that hunting is in Dean's blood and he needs to come back to it. Dean suggests they need to leave so the Djinn will attack.

After they leave, Dean asks Sam about his time in Hell, but Sam doesn't want to talk about it. Just then they see the neighbour's Sid and his wife being attacked. Dean rushes over despite Sam's protestations, and is attacked himself. He starts hallucinating that Lisa and Ben are attacked by Azazel in a parallel to what happened on the night Mary was killed - with Ben being made to drink the demon's blood, and Lisa being burned on the ceiling. Sam takes on the other Djinn with help from Samuel and then rescues Dean.

Afterwards, Sam argues that Dean needs to return to hunting, and that he needs Dean and his compassion, with him. But Dean refuses, saying he needs to keep Lisa and Ben safe. He offers the Impala for Sam to take, but he declines before driving off.

Characters

Definitions

Music

  • Beautiful Loser by Bob Seger over the opening montage

Quotes

Azazel: The big Daddy brought your pal Cas back, so why not me? Add a little spice to all that sugar?
Sam: I was expecting, I don't know, a hug? Some holy water in the face, something!
Sam: You finally had what you wanted Dean.

Dean: I wanted my brother. Alive.

Sam: You wanted a family. You have for a long time. Maybe the whole time. You only gave it up because of the way we lived. You had something. You were building something. Had I shown up Dean, you would've just run off.
Gwen: My God, you have delicate features for a hunter.
Samuel:We're guessing whatever pulled Sam up, pulled me down.
Samuel: Stick around and I'll show you tricks your Daddy didn't even dream of.
Bobby: Just don't touch the decor okay. Assume it's all loaded.
Lisa: Yeah, well, the guy that basically just saved the world shows up at your door, you expect him to have a couple of issues.
Dean: I showed up on their doorstep half out of my head with grief. God knows why they even let me in. I drank too much. I had nightmares. I looked everywhere, I collected hundreds of books, trying to find anything to bust you out.

Sam: You promised you'd leave it alone.

Dean: Of course I didn't leave it alone. So sue me.
Samuel: Soccer mom huh? I'll have to look that up on the "intranet".
Samuel: What ever it goes way past a couple of Djinn acting off. Nocturnals attacking in broad daylight, werewolves out on the half moon. Creatures we've never seen before; we don't even know what they are. I'm knee deep in half-eaten human hearts and exsanguinated ten year olds, and it's all making me...uneasy.
Sam: I don't want to talk about it. I get to breathe fresh air, have a beer, hunt with my family, see you again. So why exactly would I want to think about Hell?
Jensen at the Paley Celebrity Golf Classic in June 2009

Trivia & References

“Exile On Main Street " – the episode’s title – is also the name of a double LP released by the Rolling Stones in 1972. It is an album that features songs that represent the genres that Sixties rock could be deconstructed back to -like blues, gospel, soul - a return to its roots. It was also recorded over a period of change and personal upheaval for the band although during the time Jagger also married and had a child. This is the third Supernatural episode named after a Rolling Stones song or album, the other two being 3.15 Time Is On My Side and 5.01 Sympathy For The Devil.
In the tradition of Supernatural, this season features a new Title Card
While under the Djinn’s influence Dean is scared by a Yorkie in his garage. In 4.06 Yellow Fever while affected with Ghost Sickness that heightens fear, Dean is chased by a Yorkie that he imagines is a hellhound. And back in 1.22 Devil's Trap when Sam and Dean let off the fire alarm in an apartment building in order to rescue John, Dean tells a fireman “I’ve got a Yorkie upstairs and he pees when he’s nervous....
Sam: Golf? Really?

Dean: It's a sport!

The golf reference is an in-joke - Jensen Ackles is an avid golfer.
Samuel: You know you had ancestors hacking the heads off vamps on the Mayflower.


The Mayflower was the ship that bought the Pilgrims from England to North America in 1620.

Minutiae

This was the second episode filmed for the season. the first was 6.04 Unaired Episode which was filmed first to allow Jensen, who was directing it to prepare.
The bar Dean and Sid are drinking in is called “Jonesy’s Bar & Grill”
The construction site Dean enters after leaving the bar has a number of posters on the door saying "DJ SAM", very possibly foreshadowing Sam's return.
Dean, Lisa and Ben are living in a different house than the one seen in 5.17 99 Problems and 5.22 Swan Song, which was different to the one in 3.02 The Kids Are Alright.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

Promotion

Following the airing of the episode "SPN", audience reaction lead to SPN becoming a trending Topic on Twitter

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