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|outline= [[Sam]] & [[Dean]] enter [[Bobby]]'s dreams to fight an interloper who's preventing him from waking.

[[Bobby]] is looking around in an old house, when a woman jumps out and attacks him. Suddenly the scene cuts to a maid entering a motel room, unable to wake a sleeping Bobby. [[Sam]] is in a bar drinking alone and [[Dean]] enters, wondering why he’s drinking whiskey at two in the afternoon. Sam admits he’s upset about being unable to save Dean, because Dean doesn't want to be saved. He asks his brother how he could care so little about himself. Dean gets a call on his phone before answering.

[[Sam]] At the hospital, Bobby is in a bar drinking alone coma and the doctor tells them he doesn't know what’s causing it or how to treat it. Sam and Dean enters, wondering why he’s drinking whiskey at two check Bobby’s motel room and find his research clippings in the afternooncloset, along with an article about a neurologist, Doctor Walter Gregg, who died by going to sleep and not waking up. Sam admits he’s upset about being unable stays behind to research while Dean goes to Dr. Gregg’s office. Dean talks to save [[the doctor's lab assistant, who reveals under insistent questioning that the doctor had been conducting secret sleep experiments. Dean]]eventually finds a young man who was part of this sleep study and he offers Dean a beer, because which Dean gratefully accepts. The man has a condition where he doesn't want dream, and the study allowed him to be saved. He asks Dean how he could care so little about himself. Dean gets dream by drinking a call on his phone before answeringdisgusting yellow tea.

At the Back in Bobby’s hospitalroom, Bobby is in a coma and the doctor Sam tells them he doesnDean about [[African Dream Root]], which allows people to enter other people't know what’s causing it or how to treat its dreams. Sam and Dean check Bobby’s motel room and find his research clippings They surmise that this was the tea used in the closetexperiments, along with an article about a and that someone killed the doctor who died by this way and is now going to sleep and not waking upafter Bobby. Sam stays behind to research while Meanwhile, in his dream, Bobby is screaming, hiding in a closet from whomever's after him. Dean goes suggests to Sam that they take the doctor’s office. Dean eventually finds a young man who was part of the sleep study, Dream Root and he offers Dean a beerget inside Bobby’s dream to save him. Dean drinks Sam points out it. The man has a condition where he couldn't dream, and the study allowed him is hard to dream come by drinking a tea made of , so Dean suggests contacting [[African Dream RootBela]].

Back in Bobby’s hospital room, Sam tells Dean about African dream root, which allows people to enter other people's dreams. They surmise someone killed is on the doctor this way computer and is going after Bobbyhears a knock at the door. Bobby screams Bela comes in his dreamwearing a beige trench coat and takes off the coat, hiding revealing lingerie underneath. She kisses Sam and they land on the bed in a closet from whomever's after him. heat of passion, just before Dean suggests shouts to Sam to wake up. Sam that they take wakes up rattled, especially when Dean mentions Bela. There’s a knock at the dream root door and get inside Bobby’s dream to save him. Bela enters for real, freaking Sam points out it is hard to come bymore. She gives Dean the African Dream Root, so claiming she’s doing this for Bobby because he saved her life in Flagstaff. Dean suggests contacting [[Bela]]kicks her out.

Sam is on the computer, makes two glasses of tea and hears a knock at the doorputs some of Bobby’s hair in them so they can enter his dream. Bela comes They drink and find themselves in, wearing a beige trench coat, and takes off the coat, revealing lingerie underneathversion of Bobby’s house. She kisses Sam goes outside and they land on the bed in enters a heat bright technicolor world full of passionflowers and birds singing. The door slams behind him, just before separating him from Dean shouts to Sam to wake up. Sam wakes up rattled, especially when Dean mentions Bela. There’s a knock at searches the door house and Bela enters for real, freaking out Sam morefinds Bobby in the closet. She gives Dean the African He tells Bobby this is a dream root, claiming she’s doing this for but Bobby because he saved doesn't believe him. A woman approaches them with stab marks all over her life in Flagstaff, scaring Bobby. Bobby tells Dean kicks her outthat the woman is [[Karen Singer|his wife]].

Sam makes two glasses of teaThe woman confronts Bobby over why he stabbed her, and puts some of Bobby’s hair in them so they can enter his dreamBobby claims she was possessed and he didn't know how to save her back then. Dean pulls him away. They drinkOutside, Sam gets whacked with a baseball bat and sees the man from the dream study, who’s angry to find they are in a version of Bobby’s house. Sam goes outside, and enters a bright technicolored world full of flowers and birds singingthere. The door slams behind himInside, separating him from Dean. Dean searches convinces Bobby to take control of the house dream and finds Bobby in the closetwoman disappears. He tells Bobby this is They all wake up a dream, but Bobby doesn't believe him when a woman approaches them, with stab marks all over her, scaring Bobby. Bobby tells Dean that the woman is [[Karen Singer|Bobby's wife]]split second before Sam gets his head bashed in.

The woman confronts At the hospital, Dean asks Bobby about his wife. Bobby over why he stabbed herexplains that everyone gets into hunting somehow, and he thanks Dean for saving him. Sam says he can’t find the man in the dream. Bobby claims she was possessedexplains that his name is [[Jeremy Frost]], and he didnwasn't know how able to save her back then. Dean pulls him away. Outside, Sam gets whacked dream because his dad bashed his head in with a baseball bat. Jeremy was able to get into Bobby's dream by offering him a beer, which he drank, and sees which meant Jeremy had some of his DNA to use in the man from the dream studyAfrican Dream Root tea. Dean admits he drank a beer too, who’s angry to find Sam thereso now Jeremy can come after him. Inside Dean convinces Bobby tells him to take control of the dream and the woman disappearscoffee up, and they all wake up a split second before Sam gets his head bashed inbecause he can’t go to sleep.

At Two days later a very irritated Dean drives the hospital[[Impala]], Dean asks yelling at Bobby about his wifeover the phone because they can’t find Jeremy. Bobby confesses that everyone gets into hunting somehowDean pulls over and decides he’s going to sleep, and thanks Dean for saving himready to take Jeremy on. Sam says he can’t find pulls out some of Dean’s hair, insisting on going too. Dean doesn't like the man idea of Sam digging around in his head but Sam won’t listen. They both wake up in the dream. Bobby explains that his name is Impala and step outside to see [[Jeremy FrostLisa]], and he wasn't able to dream because his dad bashed his head in on a blanket with a baseball batpicnic basket. Jeremy was able She tells Dean they have to get into Bobby's dream by offering pick up Ben soon and that she loves him a beer, which he drank, and which meant Jeremy before disappearing. Dean denies ever having had some of his DNA that dream to use Sam. Sam spots Jeremy in the African Dream Root tea. woods and they go after him but Dean admits he drank falls behind and finds himself alone in a beer too, so now Jeremy can come after him. Bobby tells him to coffee up, because he can’t go to sleeplong hallway.

Two days later a very irritated Sam looks for Dean in the woods while Dean drives enters the motel room and sees someone at the [[Impala]]desk, yelling at Bobby over turning the phone because they can’t find Jeremy. Dean pulls over light off and decides he’s going to sleep, ready to take Jeremy on. Sam pulls out some A dream version of Dean’s hairhim turns around, insisting on going tooand Dean gets it—this is a dark part of his own subconscious. Dream!Dean doesn't like tells Dean how worthless he feels and how he hates what he sees in the idea mirror. Dean tries to take control of Sam digging around in the dream by snapping his headfingers, but Sam won’t listennothing happens. They both wake up in Dream!Dean slams the Impaladoor and locks it, holds a shotgun and step outside to see [[Lisa]] on a blanket with a picnic basket, telling tells Dean they have need to pick talk. Sam wakes up Ben soon and that she loves in the Impala to find Jeremy next to him, before disappearing. Dean denies ever having that dream to He hits Sam. with the bat, and Sam spots Jeremy in falls out of the woods car and they go tries to crawl away. Jeremy comes after him, but Dean falls behind and finds himself alone Sam is suddenly tied to stakes in a long hallwaythe ground. Jeremy says he gets stronger with each dream, and Sam and Dean aren't waking up.

Sam looks for Dream!Dean in the woods, while berates Dean enters the motel room and sees someone at the desk, turning the light off an on. A dream version of him turns around, and ; he says Dean gets it's got nothing but Sam, this is a dark part of that everything he owns was his own subconsciousdad’s. Dream!Dean tells Dean how worthless He says his dad thought he feels was a good soldier and nothing else, and how he hates what he sees in the mirrordoted on Sam while not caring whether Dean lived or died. Dean tries to take control of the dream by snapping fights back in a rage, calling his father an "obsessed bastard" who couldn't protect his family, who let his fingerswife die, but nothing happensand who wasn't there for Sam. Dream! Dean slams the door and locks itsays he didn't deserve what his dad put on him, holds a shotgun and tells Dean they need he doesn't deserve to talk. Sam wakes up in the Impala to find Jeremy next go to him[[Hell]]. He hits Sam with grabs the batshotgun and shoots Dream!Dean, and Sam falls out symbolically killing the self-loathing part of the car and tries to crawl awayhimself. Jeremy comes after himIt then transforms into a black-eyed [[demon]] version of Dean, a manifestation of Dean's fear of his impending death and Sam is suddenly tied to stakes transformation into a demon in Hell because of the ground. Jeremy says deal he gets stronger made with each dreamthe [[crossroads demon]]. "This is what you're going to become, and Sam and Dean aren't waking up" it taunts.

Dream!Dean berates Dean, telling him he’s got nothing but Sam, everything he owns was his dad’s, his dad thought he was a good solider and nothing else, and doted on Sam while not caring whether Dean lived or died. Dean fights back in a rage, calling his father an "obsessed bastard" who couldn't protect his family, who let his wife die, and who wasn't there for Sam. Dean doesn't deserve what his dad put on him, and he doesn't deserve to go to hell. He grabs the shotgun and shoots Dream!Dean, symbolically killing the self-loathing part of himself. It then transforms into a black-eyed [[demon]] version of Dean, a manifestation of Dean's fear of his impending death and transformation in to a demon in [[Hell]] because of the deal he made with the [[crossroads demon]]. "This is what you're going to become," it taunts. Sam takes an intense beating from Jeremy. Jeremy tells Sam that there’s nothing Jeremy can’t do because of the dream rootDream Root, and Sam reminds Jeremy that he took the dream rootDream Root, too. Jeremy’s father appears, and Jeremy is frozen in fear, giving Sam the chance to deliver two sharp whacks to the head with the baseball bat, killing Jeremy. Sam and Dean wake up in the Impala.

Back at the motel, Bobby asks Sam if his ability to enter Jeremy's dream had anything to do with his [[Special Children|psychic stuff]]. Sam says no, but he’s not certain. Dean says he can’t find Bela, and Bobby admits that all he did was give her a good deal on an amulet in Flagstaff. Dean checks the safe and finds that Bela stole [[the Colt]]. While packing up to hunt down Bela, Dean asks Sam what he saw in the dream. Sam says he only saw Jeremy, and Dean lies, saying nothing happened with him because he was looking for Sam. They get into the car, and Dean admits to Sam he doesn't want to die and doesn't want to go to Hell. Sam promises they’ll find a way to save him.

'''Dean:''' I've never had this dream before.<br>'''Dean:''' .. Stop looking at me like that.<br>

'''Dean:''' Pack you your crap.<br>

:''The "permanent record" line is a reference that comes from a threat made often by school principals in the '50s and '60s, but it is more widely known from the Violent Femmes' song "Kiss Off." There is a lyric in that song "I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record." The lead singer, [http://www.violentfemmes.net/gordon.htm Gordon Gano], at his high school performed along with bandmate Brian Ritchie , performed at a National Honor Society induction ceremonyat his high school. They were warned to stick to ballads in keeping with the solemn atmosphere of the ceremony. Halfway through the ballad they broke into something fast -paced and the kids loved it. The teachers were so infuriated that they suspended Gordon and kicked him out of the NHS, where they told telling him the exact line he used in the song.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=University of Westmoreland does not exist. However, there is the [http://www.pitt.edu University of Pittsburgh]. Westmoreland probably comes from [http://www.co.westmoreland.pa.us Westmoreland County] which is the county directly east of [http://www.alleghenycounty.us/index.aspx Allegheny County] where the city of [http://pittsburghpa.gov Pittsburgh] is located. Westmoreland County is included in the Pittsburgh, PA [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_metropolitan_area Metropolitan Statistical Area].

:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Krueger Freddy Krueger] is a fictional character from the [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087800/ A Nightmare on Elm Street] series of films. Created by Wes Craven and portrayed by actor Robert Englund, he is an undead serial killer, who can attack his victims from within their own dreams. Robert Englund would later guest star in episode [[6.11 Appointment in Samarra]].''}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Dean:''' Let me guess—they dose up, bust out the didgeridoos and start kicking around the hacky.:''The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didgeridoo didgeridoo] is a musical instrument originally created by indigenous Australians and made popular on the modern music charts by the acid jazz group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamiroquai Jamiroquai]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacky_Sack Hacky sack] is a game where a footbag is kept up in the air, either individually or by a group of players standing in a circle. Both are commonly associated with hippy and stoner culture in America during the 1990's.''}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Sam:''' So let's say this doc was testing the stuff on his patients Tim Leary-style.:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary Timothy Leary] was an American psychologist during the 1960's whose research experiments involved administering psychedelic drugs to volunteers in the studies.''

:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Homes_and_Gardens_(magazine) Better Homes and Gardens] is a magazine that specializes in homes, cooking, gardening and decorating."}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Sam:''' Dean, you sure you don't want me to drive? You-- You seem a little... caffeinated.<br>'''Dean:''' Thanks for the news flash, Edison!:''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison Thomas Edison]was a famous inventor during the turn of the twentieth century, especially known for inventing the electric lightbulb and motion picture camera.''

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgC4949SE6Y Episode Promo: 3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me]* [http://community.livejournal.com/supernatural_tv/1285491.html#cutid1 Update on character spoiler]* [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/supernatural/supernatural-creator-hints-at-14731.aspx Spoilery Interview with Eric Kripke]

* [http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/586807/in_his_dreams_an_exclusive_interview.html Link to interview Interview with C. Michael Gray, who plays Jeremy Frost]

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