Adam Milligan

Name	Adam Milligan
Actor	Jake Abel
Dates	September 29, 1990 - early 2009, resurrected early 2010
Location	Windom, Minnesota
Occupation	Student/Michael's Vessel
Episode(s)	4.19 Jump The Shark 5.18 Point Of No Return

Adam Milligan was the son of John Winchester and Kate Milligan, and half-brother to Sam and Dean.

In January 1990, Adam's mother met John Winchester in Windom, Minnesota when he came into the hospital where she worked as a nurse, when he was injured during a hunt. Adam was born on September 29, 1990. He didn't have any contact with John until he was twelve. After the initial meeting, he had sporadic contact with John who taught him pool and poker, took him to ball games on his birthday, bought him his first beer when he was 15 and taught him to drive in the Impala. In 2009 he was studying pre-med at the University of Wisconsin.

4.19 Jump The Shark

Adam and his mother were killed by Ghouls in revenge for the killing of their parent by John Winchester. One of the ghouls took on Adam's form and memories in order to lure John to the town, only to find out that he died. The ghoul then decides to kill Sam and Dean in John's place.

While Dean is initially skeptical and assumes Adam is a supernatural creature, he and Sam come to believe that Adam is human and their brother. Dean is envious of the time John spent with Adam, but when he recognises that John tried to shield Adam from hunting, he clashes with Sam who is keen to train Adam as a hunter. Dean finds the bodies of Adam and his mother in a crypt, and after killing the ghouls, insists that he is given a hunter's send off in the form of a funeral pyre similar to that given to John by his sons.

5.18 Point Of No Return

Whilst enjoying eternity in his own private Heaven (Prom night with his girlfriend) Adam is approached by Angels who offer him the opportunity to help the Archangel Michael defeat Lucifer by becoming Michael's vessel. Adam accepts and is resurrected under Zachariah's supervision. He awakes in beneath the ground where his funeral pyre was held and crawls to the surface to find Castiel waiting for him, the angels originally meant to greet him lying dead nearby. Castiel teleports Adam to Bobby Singer's house, much to the amazement of Sam and Dean.

When he regains consciousness, Adam informs the Winchesters of his deal with the angels and his intention to say "yes" to Michael. However, Castiel engraves Enochian runes on his ribs to keep the angels from locating him. Though they are confused as to how Adam can qualify as a vessel for Michael, Castiel deduces that because Adam is of the Winchester bloodline he is legible to contain Michael's essence, despite the prophecy that foretells Dean as the one and only candidate. Dean doesn't want him to share that fate and slips away, however.

Sam leaves Adam in Bobby's care while he searches for Dean. Meanwhile, Adam dreams of the park his mother used to take him to when he was little and is greeted by Zachariah, who convinces Adam that the Winchesters are not to be trusted and that if he cooperates with the angels he will get to see his mother again. Adam gives Zachariah his location and the angels promptly snatch him out from under Bobby's nose. They take him to the same room where they imprisoned Dean in 4.22 Lucifer Rising and Zachariah reveals that he has been lying to Adam all along.

Adam's sole purpose is to lure Dean into a position where he would have to say yes to Michael, which proves successful when the Winchesters arrive to rescue their brother. Zachariah tortures Adam and Sam until Dean agrees to becoming the vessel, but this is a ruse as Dean provokes Zachariah into letting his guard down and uses the chance to stab the Seraphim with an angel knife, killing him instantly. Dean and Sam escape the room just as Michael descends but the door slams shut behind them, trapping Adam in the room with Michael's true form.

Dean smashes the door open to find the room gone along with Adam and Michael. His current whereabouts and condition are unknown.

Links

• A fan community on LiveJournal for Adam Milligan Winchester.