Supernatural: Season 4, Episode 3

In the Beginning (2 Oct. 2008)

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Castiel sends Dean back in time to 1973 where he encounters younger versions of his parents and for the first time meets his grandfather Samuel Campbell who holds a secret that sheds a light on the Winchester Family's connection to the hunter community.

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Sam sneaks out of the motel room with Ruby leaving Dean alone. Dean wakes up with Castiel in the room that sends him back to Lawrence, Kansas, on 30 April 1973, where he meets the young John Winchester in a bar. He follows the youngster and meets his mother Mary Campbell, his grandfather Samuel and his grandmother Deanna. Sooner he discovers that the Campbell is a family of hunters; further, he finds that the yellow-eyed demon Azazel is in Lawrence. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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"In the Beginning" is a Journey album released in 1980. See more »

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The newspaper shows a date of April 1973 but the song in the background "Ramblin' Man" wasn't released until September of 1973. See more »

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Dean Winchester: [introduces himself] : John Winchester. Dean Van Halen
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4 October 2008 | by (Germany) – See all my reviews

I am just gonna write a short review, because this is one of "those" memorable episodes and it deserves it.

Without spoiling anything I can say that there is so much revealed in this episode it made me "wow" almost through the whole thing. You never know what's going to happen next and it all fits together like a huge puzzle.

There is some outstanding acting in here and thank god this series still gets all the good actors and thank god the writing and directing didn't make me cry (in a bad way), like the last season final which was horrible in my opinion. Anyway, if you have watched all the episodes and there are some great ones this is most likely one of the highlights.. at least for me it is.

Enjoy, David


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