S01E15: 'The Benders'

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Note: The light summary of this article provides only gentle teasers as to what happens in this episode, and is suitable for reading before viewing. The full summary serves as a more detailed recap of the episode.










Light Summary: Sam and Dean head to Minnesota where a young boy witnesses a man vanish into thin air. Upon searching for clues, Sam is abducted by what he assumes is a supernatural being, and Dean is left to search frantically for his brother. However, both are stunned when they realise the kidnappers are human, and using the captives as human prey for a twisted hunting expedition.













































Full Summary: A young boy watches from his window as Mr. Jenkins vanishes under a car. It sounds like a job for Sam and Dean to locate this supernatural force…

Sam and Dean discuss the possibilities – their father marked the area out in his diary. There's surely something strange going on.

Sam waits for his brother in the car park, but when Dean makes his way outside, Sam is nowhere to be seen. Who or what has taken him?

Dean tries to work with the police in their investigations into the local disappearance. Meanwhile, Sam awakes in a cage with Mr. Jenkins alongside him. The pair discuss where they could be until a strange looking pair walk in to give them food.

Elsewhere, the policewoman working with Dean rumbles his cover. Dean knows that he has to worm his way out of the problem for the sake of his brother.

Back in the cage, Sam tries his hardest to break the electronics. Mr. Jenkins is set free and makes his escape into the jungle. Two strange looking people track him down and take pleasure in bringing him to a grisly end - there's nothing supernatural about this death.

Back on the road, Dean and the policewoman continue to search for the house they're after. When the eventually locate it, Dean is handcuffed to the police car – helpless. Will he be able to free himself before the two strange looking men approach the car?

Dean makes his way into the house and finds that the family residing there, the Benders, have a strange fetish – hunting humans. A fight ensues between the male members of the family and Dean. Unfortunately for Dean, he is overpowered and put in a very uncompromising position.

Will Sam come to his rescue? Will Dean be able to hold his own? Or will somebody else come put an end to the Benders' perverse pleasure?