How does it shape your life?
And who do you become because of it?
Hes never seen again.
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And now we cut to the present, where Sam chides Dean for staying up all night.
Sleeping is the new smoking, Dean tells him.
No, its not.
Sitting is the new smoking, Sam corrects him.
That cant be right, Dean says.
Yep, Ill take all my health advice from Dean, thanks.
Anyway, he didnt sleep because he was worried about Castiel.
Of course he was.
So were off to Colorado!
In Gunnison, they meet the sheriff (a.k.a.
Lt. Dualla fromBattlestar Galactica).
She tells them that six people have gone missing in the last 48 hours.
Coincidentally, a dozen people vanished 27 years ago, and 27 years before that, eight people disappeared.
Sheriff Dualla pins it on people getting fed up and leaving town.
Naturally, the Winchesters are skeptical.
Are you saying it was junkless?
Yes, thats what shes saying.
Then when the guys reconvene, we learn something interesting about the younger Winchester.
Weed alone doesnt conjure up that kind of scenario.
Isnt that right, Sam?
Dude, I was 19, Sam says.
It was probably oregano anyway.
Okay, can we just take a moment to picture 19-year-old Sam taking a hit of oregano?
Nevertheless, shes ditching town for the time being.
(At this, she casts her own gaze upon Sam, for she is a smart woman.)
His partner in every sense of the word is Cesar.
(Dean wants to know what its like to settle down with a hunter.
Twice the worry about getting ganked, Cesar says.
Aaaand theres your fanfic prompt, people!
OH, YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
And when Cesar and Jessy disagree about how to proceed in the investigation, they split up.
Turns out, Cochran has a similar story.
He found the Bisaans lair 27 years ago, and in it was his daughter.
She attacked him, and he killed her.
Hearing this, Jessys livid that Cochran denied Jessys story 27 years ago.
Cochran tries to argue that all the people were dead and dying, so what was the point?
He let the townspeople think their loved ones had run off for big, bright lives.
Only he and Jessy knew the truth.
Before they do, though, Jessy finds Mattys body in a nearby pile of bones.
His wallets still there with the buffalo nickel tucked safely inside.
Fresh eyes, extra muscle, all that.
He turned out all right, Dean says.
More than all right, actually.
Its time to start living, Cesar says.
Jessy lost his brother, the person he loved most in the world.
It turned him into a tough, taciturn hunter.
Yet he also found peace and a patch of land and a man to love.
He completed his task, and he laid down his weapons.
His storys a sad one, but his ending is happy.
Their story is sad, and what kind of ending do we see for them?
Theyve fought and bled and died for each other.
But at the same time, they dont have a finish line to cross.
They dont have that patch of land in New Mexico and the promise of horses.
Theyre never going to lay down arms.
Amaras on the loose.
Theres still work to do.
