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|title= The Born-Again Identity
|episode= Season 7, Episode 17
He approaches the demons, who are shocked to see him alive. Before they can do anything, [[Castiel]] smites them all. His memories come back to him in the process, assaulting him with images of his partnership with Crowley and his betrayal of Dean. Once the demons are taken care of, Meg and Dean approach him. He tells them that he remembers them—he remembers everything. He's disgusted with himself and starts to leave, but Dean chases after him. When it seems like he is trying to defend Castiel's past acts, Castiel tells him he deserved to die for the things he did. He doesn't think he can fix anything, but Dean believes he can. He reaches into the trunk of his [[Dodge Charger|car]] and pulls out [[Castiel's Trench Coat|Castiel's trench coat]].
Meanwhile, Sam is strapped down and wheeled into electroshock therapy. He starts to panic and asks for his brother, but the orderly ignores him and places a rubber mouth guard between his teeth. He says that he's going to start Sam off on a high setting, just as his eyes flash black. Sam struggles, but can't escape, and the demon shocks him. He's about to increase the electrical setting again when Castiel appears behind him with his old trenchcoat trench coat on before smiting him. Castiel releases Sam from the electroshock machine and reaches out to heal him, but it doesn't work and Sam still sees Hallucifer.
Back in Sam's room, Castiel tells Dean that he can't rebuild the wall in Sam's mind because it is completely crumbled. Dean is upset, and Castiel tells him that he can't make the problem disappear, but he might be able to shift it. Dean watches in confusion as Castiel approaches Sam's bedside, telling him that it's better this way. He apologizes to Sam and then puts his hand on his head. Red light emanates from around Sam's eyes and then runs up Castiel's arm and into his eyes, effectively transferring Sam's hallucinations to his own mind.
When Castiel lets go of Sam, Sam becomes lucid. He sees Dean and then notices that Castiel is next to him. He says his name, but Castiel doesn't answer him because, instead of Sam, he sees Hallucifer laying on Sam's bed. He retreats in fear.
When Sam and Dean leave the hospital, they leave without Castiel, who is now a member of the locked psychiatric ward himself. The only demon who knows where he is, 's being kept is Meg, who's insinuated herself onto the ward's staff as a nurse. Sam is reluctant to leave Castiel in her hands, but Dean tells him that it's the only option they have.
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* [[Demonology]]
* [[Dodge Charger]]
* [[Healing]]
* [[Northern Indiana State Hospital]]
* [[Rufus's Cabin]]
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'''Doctor:''' You're Sam Smith's brother?
:''Dean and Sam are using the aliases given to them by [[Frank]] in [[7.06 Slash Fiction]]. Coincidentally, [[Samantha Smith|Sam Smith]] is the name of the actress who played [[Mary Winchester]], their mother. In the episode [[4.17 It's a Terrible Life]], Dean Smith is the name Dean was given by Zachariah. Both that episode and this one were written by [[Sera Gamble]].''
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[http://www.storify.com/superwiki/the-born-again-identity Tweets from] producer [[Jim Michaels]] during the episode.
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At JiB con 2012, Jensen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd18P0rGpz8 talked about] the trench coat scene, describing it as "awkward," pointing out that the jacket was in a stolen car, that Dean wouldn't have folded it that nicely, describing the written dialogue as, "It was so bad," and saying that he and Misha ended up changing the dialogue. One fan who won a copy of the script from Misha [https://mishasminions.tumblr.com/post/25275621841 posted the relevant pages on Tumblr]. The removed lines have Dean saying, of the trench coat he's holding, "Dumb to keep. I know. I saw you-- dissolve or whatever. But, just in case. 'Cause I never stopped wanting to fix it either. So we got something in common. Just-- take it. Please." Though, there may have been an earlier version of the script that Jensen was referring to, as he [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQTq-9kHYxc talked with Misha at JiB con 2012], and they mentioned Castiel having a line that they changed, and Dean having a line that referenced something like the smell of the coat or Dean cuddling up to it. Jensen said Misha had called the scene "gay" in a previous panel, and Jensen referred to it as "unmanly" saying, "Which would make sense because (Sera Gamble, the writer) is a girl. (...) She writes amazing, but sometimes there are some effeminate lines (like) "I guess I really hoped you'd come back someday." "
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* [[7.17 The Born-Again Identity (Transcript)]]
* [httphttps://slysealionmishasminions.tumblr.com/taggedpost/supernatural-script 25275621841 Pages from the draft script] won as part of a fundraiser for Misha's Hope for Haiti trip by slysealion
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* [http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/01/supernatural-season-7-upcoming-episode.html Episode titles 7.13 to 7.19]