Episode 4.03 In The Beginning

Or at least, In the Beginning as it stands in canon until we find out about the earliest events in creation... but this is early enough to be getting on with for the current storyline. :’D

Sam is barely even in this one, off doing shady shit with Ruby. Dean is told to “stop it,” but not what “it” is. He assumes it’s something to do with his parents, something that happened in the past, and runs smack into the knowledge that Mary was raised a hunter and made a deal with the YED that led to all the events in the series to this point... it’s a lot, folks...

But Dean also learns that as a baby, Azazel dripped demon blood in Sam’s mouth, and THIS is the information Cas warns him about when Dean returns to the present. THIS is what Dean must learn-- what on earth Sam is up to with Ruby-- and THIS is what Dean must stop. And if he can’t stop Sam, then the angels will...

Things that may be of interest:

The Superwiki page for this episode

My tag for this episode

but mostly these four posts:

https://mittensmorgul.tumblr.com/post/173464045535/how-do-you-feel-about-the-idea-that-there-is
https://mittensmorgul.tumblr.com/post/185613732715/403-in-the-beginning-which-is-actually-either
https://mittensmorgul.tumblr.com/post/187579858080/in-4x03-when-dean-goes-back-in-time-a-guy-says
https://mittensmorgul.tumblr.com/post/650814269410213889/they-literally-set-john-up-as-an-asshole-from-the

Casting sides for Mary, casting sides for John, and casting sides for Deanna

the transcript of the commentary track with Kripke and Carver from the bluray/dvd extras

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