S01E01: 'Pilot'

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Light Summary:Two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester, witness their mother's paranormal death as children and grow up trained to fight by a distraught father who wants nothing more then to hunt down the thing that killed his wife. Sam escapes to college to start a new, normal life, but gets pulled back in after Dean shows up on his doorstep to tell him their father is missing. Following clues from an eerie phone message from him, the boys travel to a small town and encounter a vengeful spirit called the "Woman in White" who then starts to haunt Sam.











































Full Summary: Lawrence, Kansas, 22 years ago: The Winchester family fell victims of an evil spirit which descended upon their home. Brothers, Sam and Dean, witnessed their mother's paranormal death as children and grew up as trained warriors to fight evil forces by their distraught father, John, who wants nothing more than to hunt down the thing that killed his wife.

Sam escaped to Stanford University in an attempt to lead a new, normal life, with girlfriend in hand and a potential career in law. He is disturbed, however, by a break-in at his house and when a struggle ensues, a familiar face is revealed as the intruder – Dean has some news for his brother…

After two years apart, Dean turns to his brother for help in finding their father who has been missing for three weeks. Determined not to become entangled in 'hunting' again, Sam dismisses his brother’s concern until an eerie voicemail from their father torments them. The pair become even more troubled by a mysterious E.V.P. (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) message "I can never go home."

In pursuit of their father, the siblings stumble across a murder scene - one of many on Centennial Hill - and know they're in the right area... After chatting with the latest victim’s girlfriend, the boys embark on an internet searching mission in a bid to discover who or what has murdered the string of people in the area. An internet search points them in the direction of a 1981 suicide of 24-year-old woman which may provide them with the breakthrough they need.

It isn't long before Dean and Sam pick up their father's trail by way of a room that he rented for a month. The content of the room directs them to what they're dealing with – a "Woman in White".

Dean has a run-in with the police after posing as an official at the murder scene, while Sam endeavous to locate the woman's body.

In the process, the Woman in White, herself, appears and starts to haunt one of the brothers, asking him to take her home. Will he succumb to her charms?

On returning home, Sam gets more than he bargains for when an incident from the past rears its ugly head and history repeats itself…