Recaps

Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean investigated a farmhouse spirit that had been created and empowered by a spreading legend. They destroyed its core and left Texas, with Sam and Dean continuing their prank war as the group drove away.

• Sam explained the farmhouse legend, and Bai Haorui showed Ed and Harry that their detector had found hallucinatory yin energy.
• Bai Haorui explained that Mordechai was an Obsession Manifestation, then described how collective fear had created a headless ghost in an earlier case.
• The spirit trapped Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui in personal hallucinations, but Bai Haorui broke them free and led the group to the haunted wardrobe.
• Sam's plan to update the website failed when its server crashed, so Bai Haorui sealed the wardrobe and destroyed it with Pure Yang Fire while Dean poured gasoline.
• After the police arrived, Sam arranged for Ed and Harry to film the truth and tricked them with a fake movie offer, while Dean planted a dead fish in their car and Bai Haorui gave them Safety Talismans.
• As Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui drove out of Texas, Dean proposed a truce, and he and Bai Haorui resumed bickering over a talisman.

Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean investigated a cursed portrait and discovered that Melanie had murdered the Merchant family while Isaiah had been falsely blamed. They freed Isaiah and destroyed Melanie’s anchor and the portrait, then Sam stayed in town with Sarah as Dean and Bai Haorui drove away.

• Sam found records of three locked-room murders linked to the portrait, and Bai Haorui sensed that multiple vengeful spirits were trapped inside it.
• After the portrait reappeared following their attempt to burn it, Sam discovered that Isaiah had died before his family, and Evelyn was killed after buying the painting.
• Bai Haorui used the Yin-Yang Mirror to reveal that Melanie was the killer and that Isaiah’s spirit was bound to the portrait by injustice.
• The group delivered Isaiah’s soul at his grave, while Dean burned Melanie’s porcelain doll and Bai Haorui destroyed her spirit with an Evil-Breaking Talisman.
• Bai Haorui and Dean burned the portrait after its curse was broken, completing Bai Haorui’s quest and earning a physique increase.
• Sam opened up to Sarah about Jessica, then chose to stay with her for a few days as Dean and Bai Haorui left town.

John, Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui recovered the Colt and defeated the vampire leader Luther at an abandoned church. They left Manning united as a team and resolved to hunt the Yellow-Eyed Demon together.

• Kate and her vampires killed hunter Daniel Elkins and stole the Colt, but Elkins left clues that led Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui to John Winchester.
• John told the others the Colt could kill the Yellow-Eyed Demon, and Bai Haorui explained how Taoist methods and pure yang substances could weaken the vampires.
• The group captured Kate using enhanced dead man's blood and went to Saint Mary's Church, where they discovered the vampires were empowered by an anchor point tied to the Yellow-Eyed Demon.
• Sam and Dean rescued the captive villagers while Bai Haorui defeated a vampire guard and found the anchor point in the church basement.
• Luther seized the Colt, but Bai Haorui's talisman restrained him long enough for John to shoot him with the Colt and destroy him.
• John reconciled with Sam and Dean, and the four set out together to hunt the Yellow-Eyed Demon.

Bai Haorui, John, Dean, and Sam protected Rosie from Yellow Eyes and uncovered the locations of more bloodline anchor points. Their attempt to stop Yellow Eyes at Sunrise Apartments failed, and they crashed on the way to Stanford as the demon pursued the final anchor point.

• Sam had a vision of Yellow Eyes targeting Rosie, so the four traveled to Red Rock Town, removed the anchor point beneath her cradle, and prepared to defend her.
• Yellow Eyes attacked the farmhouse, but the group weakened him and drove him off; Meg then lured them to an abandoned warehouse, where they trapped her and learned that the next anchor point was at Sunrise Apartments.
• At Sunrise Apartments, the group trapped Yellow Eyes and learned that the final anchor point was at Stanford, but he broke out and escaped.
• Yellow Eyes sent possessed trucks after the Impala, then rammed it with a heavy truck near Stanford, leaving Bai Haorui, John, Dean, and Sam unconscious in the wreckage.

After Dean’s soul left his body, Bai Haorui tried to save him while John made a deal with Yellow Eyes, trading his soul for Dean’s life. John died after Dean awakened, and the chapter ended with Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui setting out to retrieve the Colt and rescue John’s soul.

• Bai Haorui used the Five Emperor Coins to shield the injured Winchesters, and Sam shot the possessed truck driver with the Colt.
• Bai Haorui discovered that Dean’s soul was trapped in the hospital, then used a spirit channel and a Seven-Star Lamp Life-Extension Method to try to reach him.
• John prepared to summon a demon, but Bai Haorui warned that the blood talisman was connected to Yellow Eyes; John went ahead and offered his soul and the Colt for Dean’s life.
• Yellow Eyes accepted the deal and freed Dean’s soul, while Bai Haorui recorded the demon’s energy frequency before Dean woke.
• John told Dean to kill Sam if demons ever corrupted him, then collapsed and died after Yellow Eyes took his soul and the Colt.
• Bai Haorui told Dean and Sam he could track Yellow Eyes through the Anchor Network, and they drove away in the Impala to retrieve the Colt and save John.

Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean investigated a string of murders in Medford and killed a Shapeshifter hiding at the town carnival. They left with a new lead on Yellow Eyes’ network of anchors and a plan to follow it.

• Ellen gave the group a case involving murdered adults and a surviving girl who reported seeing a clown, while Ash suspected a Shapeshifter.
• Bai Haorui examined Lily’s home and discovered that anchor energy led toward the carnival, where he and the Winchesters identified the performer Barry as the Shapeshifter.
• The Shapeshifter fled into the carnival, and Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean split up to protect the visitors as Jo arrived with Lily.
• Bai Haorui trapped the Shapeshifter in the funhouse, where Dean and Bai Haorui held it back while Sam stabbed its chest with a brass dagger.
• The group took Lily home, and Ash later reported that the carnival stood on an old execution ground that Yellow Eyes had used as an anchor.
• Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui decided to investigate the anchors to find Yellow Eyes, while Jo sent Dean a dagger blueprint and promised to keep training.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui investigated a vampire nest in Red Lodge and discovered that its members had been living without harming humans. After confronting Gordon over his torture of Lenore, the three chose to protect her and left town with a new resolve to follow their own rules.

• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui examined a beheaded victim and found signs of a vampire, then met Gordon, a hunter who insisted monsters should all be killed.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui rescued Gordon from vampires at an abandoned mill, and he agreed to work with them while continuing to defend his ruthless beliefs.
• Sam entered the vampire cave alone, where Lenore told him her group survived on cattle blood and had never harmed humans.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui found Lenore being tortured by Gordon, stopped him, and bound him while Lenore prepared to leave with Eli.
• Dean questioned his father’s rules, and Sam and Bai Haorui affirmed that they would protect innocents and make their own choices.
• As they drove away from Red Lodge, Dean shared his doubts with Sam and Bai Haorui, and the three toasted to staying alive and following their own rules.

Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui investigated a resurrection spell that had brought Angela back as a vengeful monster. After stopping her at the cemetery, Dean confronted his own anguish over being resurrected and vowed to protect Sam while they faced their father’s deal together.

• Bai Haorui detected forbidden resurrection magic at Angela Mason’s grave, and the group found Matt murdered after discovering his affair with Angela and Lindsey.
• The investigation led them to Neil, who confessed to resurrecting Angela, but Angela killed him and attacked Lindsey before the group could learn more.
• Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui lured Angela to the cemetery and drove a silver stake through her chest, ending her rampage.
• Dean broke down beside Angela’s coffin, revealed that John had made a deal to bring him back, and said he should have died.
• The group reburied Angela, and Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui agreed to face the consequences of John’s deal together.

Sam’s visions led Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui to Guthrie, where they uncovered a pair of mind-controlling twins among the Special Children. After Andy killed his murderous twin Anson to save others, the group returned to the Roadhouse with their lead on Yellow Eyes still unresolved but Sam more determined to control her own fate.

• Sam foresaw a gun-store shooting in Guthrie, and Bai Haorui identified psychic residue at the scene as evidence of mind control.
• The group met Andy Gallagher, whose ability to control people did not affect Sam or Bai Haorui and was blocked in Dean by Bai Haorui’s Clear Heart Talisman.
• Sam foresaw a woman setting herself on fire, and the group discovered that the victims were Andy’s birth mother Holly Beckett and Dr. Jennings, who had delivered him.
• Sam found Andy’s birth records, revealing that he had an identical twin brother, Anson, who had been raised in an abusive orphanage and was responsible for the killings.
• Anson controlled Dean and Tracy and tried to force Andy to kill him, but Bai Haorui distracted Anson with glutinous rice bombs and Andy shot his brother to save them.
• The group returned to the Roadhouse and told Ellen what had happened; Ellen noted that Yellow Eyes may have chosen Special Children through more than one method, while Sam vowed not to become what he wanted.

Joe joined Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui on a hunt in Philadelphia, where they rescued two captives and sealed the vengeful spirit of H.H. Holmes. Afterward, Ellen revealed that John had used Joe’s father as bait during a hunt, leaving Dean shaken and questioning his father’s choices.

• Joe argued with Ellen about hunting, then convinced Dean to let her join the Philadelphia investigation, and Bai Haorui gave her a Safety Talisman.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui discovered that H.H. Holmes’s earthbound spirit was targeting blonde women and agreed to investigate the haunted apartment building.
• Joe secretly entered the ventilation ducts, where Holmes captured her and Teresa, but Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui found and rescued them.
• Joe used the Safety Talisman to help weaken Holmes, and the group sealed his remains in concrete mixed with salt, black dog blood, and mugwort.
• Ellen confronted Joe and Dean, revealing that John had used Joe’s father as bait; Joe left with Ellen, and Dean began doubting his father’s beliefs about hunting.

Dean and Sam were arrested after discovering Tony and Karen Giles murdered beside printers endlessly producing “danashulps.” Bai Haorui infiltrated the police station with forged FBI credentials and found matching traces of yin energy on officers Diana Ballard and Pete Sheridan as he investigated the printers.

• Dean and Sam investigated Tony Giles’s suspicious clients, while Bai Haorui’s coins warned of danger and police announced that Karen Giles was missing.
• The group found Karen dead beside another printer and a sketch of a bloodied woman, but police arrived and arrested Dean and Sam.
• Bai Haorui hid from police, concluded the ghost was seeking help, and called Bobby while the brothers were taken into custody.
• Dean and Sam were interrogated; Sam told Diana Ballard about the ghost and the strange printed word, but she dismissed his explanation.
• Bai Haorui presented forged FBI credentials, detected matching yin energy on Diana’s wrist and Pete Sheridan’s necklace, and secretly gathered the printer pages for analysis.

Bai Haorui, Sam, and Diana uncovered that Pete had murdered Claire, Tony, and Karen to conceal his drug trafficking, and they found Claire’s body and a ledger proving his crimes. Pete was killed during the confrontation, Claire’s spirit found peace, and the Winchester Brothers and Bai Haorui drove off together, though Sam privately worried about his own future.

• Bai Haorui learned that Pete had unexplained money and ties to Claire, then told Sam that Ashland Street’s abandoned warehouse was likely where Claire’s body was hidden.
• Diana saw Claire’s ghost and verified Pete’s unexplained deposit, so she took Sam to the warehouse on Ashland Street.
• Bai Haorui found Claire’s body in the basement, and Sam discovered a ledger documenting Pete’s crimes and Tony’s plan to confess.
• Claire’s ghost warned them that Pete was coming, and Pete arrived armed; Dean, Sam, Bai Haorui, and Diana confronted him.
• Pete confessed to killing Claire, Tony, and Karen, and Dean shot him after Sam restrained him; Claire’s spirit then vanished in peace.
• Diana reported the case to the police chief, and Bai Haorui gave Dean a Clear Heart Talisman as the group drove away.

Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui investigated a string of deaths and disappearances tied to ten-year crossroads deals, then summoned the demon responsible and freed Evan and George from their contracts. The demon revealed that John Winchester had traded his soul to save Dean, leaving Dean determined to rescue his father from Hell.

• Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean found sulfur traces, huge paw prints, and black residue at the scenes of Sean Boyden’s death and Sylvia Perlman’s disappearance, then connected them to their former workplace, Lloyd’s Bar.
• The owner of Lloyd’s Bar told Dean about Sean’s midnight visits to a crossroads, and Sam found that former employee George Darrow had also become successful after leaving the bar.
• George told the three that he had traded his soul to a blonde demon for fame and that a hellhound was hunting him; he also revealed that Evan Hudson had made a deal to save his wife, Lina.
• The three found Evan and learned that his contract was nearing its end, then dug up the deal’s voodoo mediums and used them to summon the demon at a crossroads.
• The demon told Dean that John Winchester had traded his soul to save him and offered Dean a deal to free John, but Dean refused and demanded that Evan’s and George’s contracts be broken.
• The demon released Evan and George from their contracts and vanished; as the three drove away, Sam promised they would rescue John, and Dean vowed to free his father from Hell.

Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui investigated a demonic outbreak in Rivergrove, where Sam was infected but proved immune to the virus. They learned that Duane Tanner was working with Yellow Eyes, who ordered him to keep observing Sam as part of the “special children” plan, and the trio left determined to uncover the demon’s intentions.

• Sam had a vision of Dean shooting a man in a khaki fishing outfit, and the three hunters drove to Rivergrove to investigate the town’s demonic history.
• In Rivergrove, they fought an infected clerk and met Amanda, Sarge, and Pam, who told them the outbreak had cut the town off from help.
• Pam deliberately scratched Sam, infecting him, but Bai Haorui suspected her while Dean defended Sam from Sarge’s demand to kill him.
• A fisherman named Duane Tanner arrived at the clinic, and Bai Haorui sensed that his energy came from the same source as Yellow Eyes; Sam later recovered and was found immune to the virus.
• Duane secretly reported Sam’s immunity to Yellow Eyes, who ordered him to observe Sam as part of the “special children” plan; the infected then marched into the woods, and Duane escaped before the hunters realized he matched Sam’s vision.
• Dean promised Sam he would never kill him, and the brothers and Bai Haorui left Rivergrove while resolving to learn what Yellow Eyes was planning.

Sam investigated Scott Carey's death and learned that Yellow Eyes had tormented him, while Ava arrived with a dream warning that Sam would die in an abandoned factory. Dean and Bai Haorui learned Gordon Walker was hunting the Special Children and hurried to find Sam.

• Scott Carey told his therapist that Yellow Eyes had invaded his dreams and forced him toward violence, then an attacker killed him outside the clinic.
• Ava dreamed of Scott's death and Sam's death in an abandoned factory, saw Scott's murder reported in the news, and decided to warn Sam.
• Bai Haorui's Five Emperor Coins detected Yellow Eyes' demonic qi near Lafayette, and he told Dean that Scott might have been another Special Child targeted by Yellow Eyes.
• Sam and Dean argued over John's last words, and Sam demanded that Dean kill him if Yellow Eyes ever controlled him before Sam drove away to investigate Scott.
• Ash told Sam that Scott had shared the other Special Children’s birth circumstances and had suffered Yellow Eyes' torment; Sam visited Scott's grieving father and found drawings of Yellow Eyes in Scott's room.
• Ava found Sam at the motel and warned him about the factory; Dean and Bai Haorui then learned Gordon Walker was heading to Lafayette to kill the Special Children and set out to find Sam.

Sam and Ava uncovered Yellow Eyes’ plan to build an army of Special Children, while Gordon Walker attacked Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui. After the group stopped Gordon, they discovered Ava had been abducted and Brady murdered, leaving Sam determined to confront Yellow Eyes’ coming war.

• Sam and Ava stole Scott’s medical records and tape, which revealed Yellow Eyes planned to use Special Children as soldiers in a war against humanity.
• Dean and Bai Haorui joined Sam and Ava, but Gordon Walker attacked them; Bai Haorui and Dean fought him while Sam and Ava escaped.
• Sam went to Gordon’s trap at an abandoned factory to rescue Dean, and he and Bai Haorui subdued Gordon before police arrested him.
• Sam and Dean reconciled after the fight, but they could not reach Ava and found Brady dead and Ava missing from her home.
• Bai Haorui identified sulfur tainted with Yellow Eyes’ demonic energy, and Sam found Ava’s dropped engagement ring.
• Sam concluded Yellow Eyes’ plan was underway and vowed to face the war he intended to unleash.

Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui investigated deadly doll-like incidents at the Pierpont Inn and discovered that Maggie’s vengeful spirit was tied to the family’s old tragedy. After Roth reunited with Maggie and both sisters died, the spirit found peace, while Sam and Dean continued to face Sam’s fear of losing control to Yellow Eyes.

• Dean told Sam that Ellen had found a case at the Pierpont Inn, and Bai Haorui persuaded Sam to stop obsessing over Ava and investigate it.
• At the inn, Bai Haorui sensed resentment in the dolls, and Sam identified the banister symbols as a spell that could imprison spirits; a lawyer was then found hanged beside a doll posed the same way.
• After a car attacked Susan without a driver, Sam and Dean learned that Roth had bound her drowned sister Maggie’s spirit to the inn, and Bai Haorui’s coins pointed them toward the pool.
• Maggie tried to drown Taylor, but Bai Haorui’s talisman weakened her grip, allowing Sam to rescue the child.
• Roth apologized to Maggie and died as Maggie’s spirit disappeared, bringing the haunting to an end.
• Sam reminded Dean of his request to kill him if Yellow Eyes took control, and Dean said he hoped that day would never come before the three drove away.

Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui hunted a Shapeshifter targeting Milwaukee banks, but Ronald's reckless attempt to expose the monster ended with him being shot by police. The group killed the Shapeshifter and escaped, while Henriksen ordered a nationwide manhunt for them.

• Bai Haorui identified the Milwaukee robberies as the work of a Shapeshifter, and the group traced its next target to Milwaukee Central Bank.
• Ronald confronted Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui at the bank, demanding proof that a monster was inside, while they tried to protect the customers and catch the Shapeshifter.
• Ronald chased a fleeing security guard outside and was shot dead by a police sniper; Dean and Bai Haorui then trapped and killed the Shapeshifter.
• Henriksen ordered SWAT officers to arrest Sam and Dean, but the trio disguised themselves with stolen uniforms and Invisibility Talismans and escaped in the Impala.
• Henriksen identified the Impala on surveillance and ordered a nationwide manhunt for the Winchester brothers and Bai Haorui.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui investigated suicides linked to a reliquary in Sacred Heart Church and discovered that its corrupted power showed desperate people visions of angels and dead loved ones. After they destroyed it and saved Casey, the group left Hazelton with Sam still wondering whether angels existed.

• Sam reported the suicides and his visions of white wings, and Dean drove the group to Sacred Heart Church.
• Bai Haorui’s Five Emperor Coins reacted to the reliquary, while Sam and Dean confirmed it caused the visions and Sheriff Miller identified the victims’ visits to the altar.
• Dean saved Casey from hanging herself, and Bai Haorui banished Liz’s phantom with a talisman.
• Griffin confessed he had concealed the danger to preserve the church’s prosperity, and Bai Haorui explained how despair and greed had corrupted the relic.
• Bai Haorui purified and struck the reliquary with his peachwood sword while Dean drove a silver dagger into it, destroying the relic and ending its influence.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui left Hazelton, where Sam questioned whether angels existed and Bai Haorui urged them to rely on one another.

Dean and Bai Haorui tracked Sam down and learned that Meg had possessed him, forced him to kill Steve, and bound her soul to his with a Demon-Sealing Spell. Sam helped Dean and the others break the spell and expel Meg, but they fled Bobby’s cabin as Steve’s friends pursued them and Meg’s plans remained underway.

• Dean found Sam missing and discovered a demon-marked feather, then spent days searching for him with Bai Haorui.
• Dean and Bai Haorui followed a lead to the Lakeside Rest Motel, where they found Sam bloodied and likely possessed; a receipt led them to Steve Wandell’s body and footage of Sam shooting him.
• Meg took control of Sam, knocked Dean unconscious, and escaped; she later threatened Joe at Harvelle’s Roadhouse before fleeing toward Bobby’s cabin.
• Bobby, Dean, Bai Haorui, and Joe tried to exorcise Meg, but she revealed that her Demon-Sealing Spell bound her soul to Sam’s and broke free of their restraints.
• Bai Haorui pierced Sam’s marked arm and Bobby burned the spell, giving Sam the chance to carve a Devil’s Trap into his other arm and drive Meg out.
• Bobby sent Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui away to avoid Steve’s friends; Bai Haorui warned that Meg had mentioned Yellow Eyes and that demon-blood-fed children were in danger.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui investigated a series of bizarre illusions in Hampton Town and discovered Trickster was behind them. They outsmarted him with talismans and traps, but Trickster escaped, promising their game had only just begun.

• Bai Haorui identified the professor’s death, the students’ alien-abduction claims, and the municipal employee’s alligator sighting as illusions caused by a troublemaker.
• Trickster tormented Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui with escalating pranks, prompting them to seek Bobby’s help and learn about the god of mischief.
• Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean lured Trickster into a Clear Heart Array and countered his illusions with talismans, insect powder, and a holy-water-soaked stake.
• Bai Haorui’s talismans transformed Trickster into a clown in Dean’s humiliating outfit, while pigeons swarmed him and an ink line immobilized him.
• Trickster laughed, vanished, and left a note promising they would meet again as the Hampton Town incidents ended.
• Trickster watched the Impala leave and declared that the game had only just begun.

Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui investigated disappearances on Highway 41 and helped the ghosts Jonah Greely, Molly McNamara, and David face the truth behind their deaths and move on. As the Impala drove away, Bai Haorui asked Sam and Dean what obsessions kept them trapped, and neither answered.

• Bai Haorui sensed a deep obsession on Highway 41, and the hunters met Molly McNamara, who said her husband David had vanished after a crash.
• At the supposed crash site, the men found no wreckage, and an old radio played a voice claiming Molly belonged to him.
• Sam discovered Jonah Greely's letters and learned that Jonah had been killed by a hit-and-run driver fifteen years earlier and that his wife Martha had died waiting for him.
• Molly remembered that she and David had struck Jonah and fled, then apologized to Jonah as Bai Haorui calmed his spirit.
• Sam and Dean burned Jonah's remains, freeing Jonah; Molly realized she was dead, reunited with David, and left with him after they agreed to atone together.
• On the drive away, Bai Haorui asked Sam and Dean to let go of their obsessions, while Sam reflected on their resolve to protect each other and defeat the Yellow-Eyed Demon.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui investigated a series of heart-stealing werewolf murders in San Francisco and uncovered the curse affecting Madison. After Glen’s death failed to free her, Sam was forced to kill Madison when she transformed and attacked Dean, and the brothers left the city grieving.

• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui examined Nate’s murder scene, where Bai Haorui identified werewolf saliva and found Madison’s photograph among the clues.
• Madison told Sam that her ex-boyfriend Kurt had threatened Nate, while Bai Haorui and Dean grew suspicious of her neighbor Glen and his connection to Hunters Point.
• Dean discovered a werewolf attacking a woman in Hunters Point and killed Glen, finding three hearts and a photograph of Glen with Madison.
• Madison transformed despite Glen’s death, and Bai Haorui’s talisman failed to suppress the curse; Sam and Dean restrained her as she begged Sam to kill her.
• When Madison transformed again and attacked Dean, Sam shot her with a silver bullet, and Bai Haorui performed a ritual for her soul before the brothers drove away in silence.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui investigated a real haunting at Hollywood’s Stage 9 and discovered screenwriter Walter Dixon was using an amulet to control the ghosts of Martha Cohen, Billy Beard, and other wronged souls. After the ghosts killed Walter and the studio turned the events into movie publicity, the three hunters left Hollywood and continued their journey.

• Dean persuaded Sam and Bai Haorui to visit Hollywood, where Sam noticed a strange bluish-black handprint and Bai Haorui sensed resentment around a prop cap at Warner Bros. Studios.
• A ghostly figure appeared on Stage 9, and sound recordist Brad was found dead; Bai Haorui confirmed that a real ghost had killed him.
• At night, a ghost attacked executive producer Jay, and Sam identified Martha Cohen and Billy Beard as the spirits haunting the set; the hunters discovered that the film’s Latin lines were summoning incantations.
• Martin Flagg revealed that Walter Dixon had written the occult material, and the three found Walter using a rune-covered amulet to control the ghosts.
• Walter summoned more spirits and refused to surrender the amulet, but Sam guided Dean and Bai Haorui with his phone as they fought the ghosts; Walter smashed the amulet and the spirits killed him.
• Bai Haorui used talismans to calm the released spirits, and the hunters escaped; days later, they saw Hollywood promoting the haunting as a movie before driving away.

Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui investigated deaths at Green River County Prison, where they discovered that the vengeful spirit was nurse Dolores Glockner, not Mark Moody. After destroying her remains and escaping with help from Deacon and Mara, they drove off as Henriksen vowed to catch them.

• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui got themselves arrested and entered Green River County Prison, where Bai Haorui knocked out a racist inmate and the three fought off the Aryan Brotherhood.
• Bai Haorui sensed that the prison's heavy yin energy came from segregation, and Dean was sent there, where he saw a shadow kill another inmate.
• Sam found Dolores Glockner's prison records, and Randall revealed that she had poisoned inmates, framed Mark Moody, and been killed during the 1978 riot.
• After the Aryan Brotherhood attacked them in the yard, the three identified Dolores as the spirit and persuaded Deacon to help them escape through the ventilation ducts.
• Mara directed them to Dolores's grave at Green Valley Cemetery, where Bai Haorui burned her remains and destroyed her spirit as she attacked Deacon.
• Deacon helped the three evade Henriksen and gave Dean John Winchester's old gun, and they drove away toward their next case.