Originally aired: 22/11/2005

Writer: Richard Hatem
Director: Guy Bee

Guest Stars:  Nicole LaPlaca (Patient/Spirit), Leif Bridgman (Patient/Spirit), Nancy Bell ( Female Patient/Spirit), John Gray, Karly Warkentin ( Kelly's Wife), Peter Benson (Lt. Walter Kelly), Tom Pickett (Lt. Danny Gunderson), Nicholas D'agosto (Gavin), Brooke Nevin (Kat), Norman Armour (Dr. Sanford Ellicott), James Purcell (Dr. James Ellicott)



Official WB Description

SAM AND DEAN INVESTIGATE A MENTAL ASYLUM ? Sam  and Dean investigate an abandoned sanitarium and discover that when the hospital was open, the patients held a revolt against the cruel and unusual punishments inflicted by the head doctor. While the brothers search the premises for four lost college students, the tortured spirits cause them to go insane, turning Dean against Sam.

Full Synopsis

ROOSEVELT ASYLUM, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS- NIGHT- We see someone enter the abandoned building and cut through a chain locking the doors with a pair of bolt cutters. Shortly after, 2 cops arrive and suspect kids have broken in. Daniel Gunderson, the elder, black cop tells his partner, Walter Kelly that the old place is a local legend. It?s supposed to be haunted, and anyone who spends the night there ends up insane. The cops go inside and split up. Gunderson finds 3 kids. Kelly enters ?the boiler room? and his flashlight goes out.

CUT TO OUTSIDE: Gunderson sends the kids on their way, and is about to radio his partner when Kelly appears. He has a strange look in his eye and his nose drips blood.

 LATER THAT NIGHT: Kelly goes home after his shift and refuses to talk to his wife. Eventually, he shoots her, and then kills himself.  

MOTEL- NIGHT- Sam and dean are talking about finding dad once again when dean gets a text message with the co-ordinates 42-89. Dean checks them on their laptop and finds they?re to a place called Rockford. He looks up incidents there in the local paper and finds an article about a cop shooting his wife. Apparently, the cop?s last shift was at ?Roosevelt Asylum.? The place is listed in their dad?s journal. It looks like dad has sent them a job.

 PUB: Dean enters the bar and approaches the dead cop?s partner, Gunderson. He tell?s him he?s a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and pesters him. Sam appears and throws Dean out, making friends with the cop. The ruse works and Gunderson opens up to him.

 OUTSIDE: Sam exits the pub and meets Dean. Apparently, Kelly was a straight-laced cop- no way was he crazy or a killer.  

ASYLUM- DAY- Dean and Sam enter the building and check the place out, it?s creepy. They find the South Wing and Dean checks dad?s journal. There?s an entry about 3 kids breaking in to the wing in 1972, but only one lived! The boys go in further, but admit spooks don?t come out till night. They?ll need to come back later. In the meantime, they decide to go find out more about the chief of staff, Sanford Ellicott, and what happened on the South Wing.  

JAMES ELLICOTT?S OFFICE- Sam goes to see Sanford?s son who is also a psychiatrist. It?s obvious Sam has some real-life issues, but he tries to sidestep them to get information about the asylum. The doctor agrees to tell Sam about ?the riots? if Sam opens up his feelings.

CUT TO OUTSIDE- Sam doesn?t tell Dean about the misgivings he had in the doctor?s office, only what he found out about the asylum. Apparently, back in 1964, some of the hard-core patients on South Wing rioted, and some of the inmates and staff were killed. Some of the bodies were never found, including Dr Ellicott?s. The boys agree they need to go find the bodies, salt and burn them.  

ASYLUM- THAT NIGHT- Two teens, Gavin and Kat enter the asylum. The boy thinks it?s good fun, but his girlfriend, Kat gets scared and he goes further in on his own. He looks around, and his flashlight goes out. He sees a girl and thinks its Kat in the dark. They kiss, and then Gavin hears the real Kat calling to him. He?s just kissed a ghost!

 ENTRANCE- Dean and Sam arrive. They get multiple spirit readings and go in search of the missing bodies. A woman ghost appears in front of Sam, and Dean shoots it with rock salt. Sam can?t understand why the ghost didn?t attack him. They hear another noise and find a girl cowering. He tells them her boyfriend is missing and she won?t leave without him. They split up to search for Gavin. Kat goes with Dean.

 CORRIDOR- Dean and Kat talk about ?horror movies.? Elsewhere, Sam finds Gavin on the floor. He had tripped up while running from the ghost and bumped his head. He admits to Sam that the ghost didn?t try to hurt him, and that she said something, but he didn?t hear what.

 CORRIDOR- Dean?s flashlight goes out and Kat tells him he?s holding her arm too tight. However, Dean isn?t holding her, it?s a spook! The spook drags Kat into a room and locks the door. Dean tries to break it down, and Sam and Gavin arrive. Sam tells Kat to stay calm; the ghosts of the patients are only trying to communicate! Kat faces the spook in the room and it then let?s her out. Apparently, it told her ?137.? The boys think it?s a room number, and while Dean goes to check, Sam attempts to take Kat and Gavin to safety.

 ROOM 137: Dean finds the room and looks around.  

EXIT: Sam, Kat and Gavin find all the exits are blocked. Sam suggests there is something evil in the asylum that doesn?t want them to leave, and it?s not the patients!

 ROOM 137: Dean finds a journal behind a secret panel. It?s Sanford Ellicott?s and it lists all the evil experiments he did on the inmates.

 EXIT: Sam confirms there is no way out, then gets a phone call from Dean telling him to go to the basement. He leaves Gavin and Kat with a shotgun.

 BOILER ROOM: Sam goes looking for Dean and finds a room with an exam table. He gets jumped by the ghost of Sanford Ellicott who tells him ?I?m going to make you all better.?

 EXIT: Gavin and Kat are waiting when Dean appears on scene and Kat nearly shoots him! Kat tells Dean Sam went to the basement after he called. Dean goes after Sam.

BASEMENT: Dean finds Sam who acts normal and doesn?t mention Ellicott. Dean tells Sam about Ellicott?s journal and how the experiments he did caused the riots. Now, Ellicott is doing the same again from beyond the grave. The boys look for a secret room Ellicott used to use when Sam suddenly turns on Dean!  He shoots Dean with rock salt and then tells him he?s fed up of always being told what to do. Dean gives Sam a real gun and tells him if he hates his brother that much to shoot! Sam does, but Dean had taken out the bullets. Dean then jumps up and catches Sam off-guard. He knocks Sam out and then continues his search for Ellicott?s bones. He finds them stuffed in a cupboard in the secret room and salts them, but Ellicott?s ghost appears and attacks him! Somehow, Dean stretches and reaches a lighter just in time, sending the doctor?s remains into flames. Ellicott?s spirit ?crumbles? and then Sam regains consciousness.

 OUTSIDE: Kat and Gavin thank the boys and Sam apologizes to Dean for what he said and did. It?s obvious Dean is still a little annoyed and he says he doesn?t want to talk.

 MOTEL: Sam and Dean are in bed in their room. Dean is asleep when his phone rings. Sam answers and sits up quickly saying ?Dad!? *Fade to black*


Episode Music

'Hey You' by BTO

Extras

Episode Promos  Episode Review  Episode Trailer  Episode Screencaps  Inside the Legend Audio Clips


Video Clips

Gunderson

South Wing

ESP Thing

Spook

Spook 2

Mad Sam

Dad