Episode 3.16 Sides
No Quarter
Random Scene
Dean asks Sam if Lilith’s taken off shore leave or something. Sam says its possible and Dean tells his brother to let him in something ‘cause seriously what do demons do for fun.
Ext. Suburban Street—Morning
The location is New Harmony, Indiana. And the neighbor hood fits the town name. It’s like a rerun of Ozzie and Harriet complete with pie a la mode. Grandpa McCormick pulls some mail from the uber-cute arts and crafts mailbox and heads up the drive. His next door neighbor, Mr. Werpin greets Grandpa as he heads to his Volvo, briefcase in hand.
Grandpa greets his neighbor and Mr. Weprin asks how Grandpa’s granddaughter is doing. Grandpa replies that she’s caught that bug going around and is home sick. Mr. Werpin says that’s too bad and tells Grandpa to give the little girl a hug from him. Grandpa says it’s a sure thing and tells Mr. Weprin to take it easy, shaking the man’s hand.
Grandpa heads for the house, leaving Mr. Weprin. Mr. Weprin realizes that Grandpa has left a small waded piece of paper in his hand. Mr. Weprin sets down his briefcase and unwraps the paper. A hasty scrawl marks the page reading—HELP US.
Mr. Weprin looks up at Grandpa, but Grandpa is already closing the front door. Mr. Weprin has a serious what the hell moment.
Int. McCormick House—Front Hall—Continuous
Grandpa locks the door and bolts it, then chains it. His calm, easygoing demeanor melts away revealing the underlying tension and fear. He turns into the hallway, stepping over the face-down corpse of a 60-ish woman laying in a sticky puddle of old blood. Flies buzz, but Grandpa doesn’t really notice and he keeps walking toward the kitchen.
Int. McCormick House—Kitchen—Continuous
Grandpa joins Bonnie and Jimmy McCormick, mid-30s. Jimmy is peering out from behind closed drapes while Bonnie puts the finishing touches on a birthday cake, oddly piling on the frosting. If it weren’t for the straining terror radiating through the kitchen, the two would be a classic couple.
Grandpa asks where his granddaughter is, and Bonne says that she’s upstairs playing with Freckles. Bonnie says it like she’s scared and Jimmy just shakes his head. It’s like “Playing with freckles” is a horror of itself.
Grandpa steps up to the couple, speaking in an urgent whisper. He tells them that if they just sit there, they are dead. Jimmy shushes the man saying that she’ll hear them. Grandpa argues that they have to do something, because its her or them. Bonnie chimes in saying that its her baby girl.
Grandpa tells Bonnie that it isn’t her baby anymore ‘cause there’s something inside her, something else. Jimmy hisses for the old man to shut his pie hole cause she’s coming.
There’s a pitter-patter of feet on the stairs and sure enough Zoey, 10, enters the kitchen. She’s wearing a frilly party dress, except the front of it is slicked with blood. Zoey asks what they are talking about and Grandpa replies its just how much they love her.
Bonnie asks Zoey what happened to her dress and Zoey replies that Freckles was mean to her. The adults exchange horrified looks but force smiles cause they don’t want to anger Zoey. Bonnie says that’s nice, and Zoey asks if her Dad will push her on the swing.
Jimmy says sure, he will, but asks if his daughter wants to change first cause we don’t want the neighbors seeing all that blood. Zoey brightens at the suggestion telling her daddy how smart he is and that she loves him. Zoey gives Jimmy a tight hug, bloodying his clothes. Jimmy lightly, cautiously, returns the embrace saying the he loves her too.
He pauses for a second then asks if maybe after awhile maybe Zoey could let them go. Zoey pulls away and looks at Jimmy, giving him the calmest, even stare that could totally make a person cringe. She asks why, and Jimmy says he doesn’t know.
Everyone tenses and Zoey says she thought all of them wanted to be there, don’t they all love her? Jimmy’s about to piss his pants when he says that sure he does. Bonnie chimes in saying that they all love Zoey.
Zoey levels a gaze back at Jimmy but now her eyes are ivory white. So, yeah, this Zoey is totally Lilith. Zoey tells Jimmy not to mean to her, like Freckles is, or that mean old babysitter. Jimmy apologizes and Zoey’s eyes rolls back to normal. She immediately returns to a bubbly little girl.
Zoey tells her dad that its okay, and its time to go play.