Originally aired: 31/01/2006

Writers: Eugenie Ross-Leming & Brad Buckner
Director: Paul Shapiro

Guest Stars: Megalyn Echikunwoke as Cassie Robinson, Gary Hetherington as Mayor Harold Todd, Alvin Sanders as Jimmy Anderson, Kathleen Noone as Mrs Robinson, Dee Jay Jackson as Cyrus Dorian

Official WB Description

Dean is contacted by his first love ), an African-America girl, who asks him to come to Mississippi to investigate a string of racially motivated murders. Each murder is linked to a mysterious truck that seems to have no driver and leave no tracks. Sam is stunned to see this new side of his brother as Dean struggles to come to grips with the residual feelings he has for Cassie.

Full Synopsis

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI: An African man is driving on a deserted stretch of road, listening to the radio. It starts to cut in and out so he turns it off. Then lights flash into car. The man looks behind, only to find a large monster truck behind him trying to run his car over. Picking up speed the man tries to get away from the large truck. He then looks behind him again to find that it isn't there anymore. Turning back around he finds the large truck in front of him. He turns around but eventually the monster truck catches up to him, swipes him off the road, and kills him.

GAS STATION: Sam is trying to explain a way to get to Pennslyvania to Dean, who is on the phone. When Dean hangs up he tells his brother that they are not going to Pennsylvania, but to help out and old friend who would "never" call if it wasn't important.

ON THE ROAD: While driving Sam tries to pry into Dean's affairs by defining what an "old friend" meant. Her name is Cassie, and Dean and her apparently went out for a couple of weeks. Dean also told her the "family secret" which gets Sam annoyed, because he had to lie to Jessica for 2 years.

NEWSPAPER OFFICE: Mayor, Harold Dodd, Jimmy Anderson and Cassie Robinson all talk about a newspaper article on the deaths on the road. The mayor, Harold Dodd, wants the newspaper to leave out certain parts. Jimmy insists what they have found is more than a coincidence- 2 black people have been killed on the same stretch of road in 2 weeks. Dodd still won't listen and exits angrily. Cassie then goes to her desk to find Sam and Dean already there. Dean apologizes about her dad's death, the most recent car killing.

CASSIE'S HOUSE: Back at Cassie's house she explains to Sam and Dean that she is worried about her mother because she is very panicky. Dean and Cassie were sharing some obvious tension between the both of them. Cassie explains to Sam and Dean about how her father was killed, and how he saw a big black truck appear then disappear then re-appear. She revealed that the murder before his was his car dealership partner. The mother walks in very shaken. Sam and Dean want to ask her some questions but she doesn't want to answer and goes upstairs.

WOODS/CRIME SCENE : A car dented in the back, wheels still spinning is in the woods with a man, appearing dead, in the drivers seat. The big black moster truck is there again, but disappears.

The next day, the area is all taped up. The Mayor and Cassie seem to be arguing about all the deaths. This time it was Jimmy, the Afrian news reporter. Cassie believes the roads should be shut down but he won't. There were again only one set of tire tracks, so they see it as an accident. Cassie believes the Mayor is racist, but he gets offended and tells her to talk to her mother.

ROOM: Sam and Dean are getting into tuxedoes as they are having a conversation about Cassie. Sam notices that they never look at each other at the same time. Dean just avoids that topic.

BAR & GRILL: Sam and Dean were in the suits to talk to friends of Jimmy's. They ask about the black truck, which the white man doesn't talk about but the other black man does. He says that there used to be a truck in the 60s, all linked to a long line of deaths of black men. Sam and Dean thank them and go back to their car.

Once there they talk about the "Flying Dutchman" which was a pirate ghost spirit. They thought that it could possibly be the same thing except the spirit was now inside the truck. Dean notices that all the people are close to Cassie, Sam suggests he go talk to her. Not just about the deaths but any unfinished business they might have. Dean confesses that they had a relationship, but she broke up with him.

CASSIE'S HOUSE: Cassie is working alone on a tribute to Jimmy. Dean walks in on her, alone. She tells him how Jimmy was the first black reporter in the office, and that he taught her everything she knows. Cassie also asks where Sam was, which causes friction. Everything comes out that they used to have a relationship but things couldn't get serious between them. Once she says sorry, they start to go at it. Cue the hot sex scene.

CONSTRUCTION SITE : THe mayor is there rolling up blueprints. He walks to his car to find that the Black Monster truck is behind him. He starts to run for it but the truck hits him and he rolls of a hill, dead.

BEDROOM "The Morning After": Cassie and Dean start to talk about their relationship and how all they were good at were fighting and sex. Dean tells her that he is still really involved with his dad's work. All Cassie wants is honesty. Dean's phone starts to ring, and its Sam on the other line informing Dean about the Mayor.

CRIME SCENE: Sam explains to Dean that the Mayor's bones were all crushed and his internal organs were like pudding almost as if a truck ran him over. There were still no tracks. This time it didn't fit the pattern. The Mayor wasn't black and he wasn't on the same road.

NEWSPAPER OFFICE: Dean is there with Cassie trying to find a connection. Sam calls to tell Dean about the property the Dorian family used to own, which is the same property the Mayor bought. The Dorian family also owned the Newspaper that Jimmy worked at. A Dorian named Cyrus vanished mysteriously after a string of black deaths in the 60's. Apparently the Mayor knocked down the Dorian's house on the 3rd. The first killing was the very next day.

CASSIES'S HOUSE: Cassie is in the house alone. She walks to her desk to find the lights flickering. She hears the monster truck outside. She shuts all the shades and starts to panic. She picks up the phone and calls Dean.

Later that night Dean, Sam, Cassie, and her mom were all there. Dean askes about the driver, but she couldn't see one. Cassie said the truck just disappeared. Sam then questions Cassie's mom about how her husband kept seeing the truck before he died. She said he was dillusional, but Dean pressures her into telling the truth.

Apparently a man named Cyrus Dorian died more than 40 years ago. Cassie's mom and Cyrus dated a while ago, but she also was seeing Martin, Cassie's dad. She broke things off with Cyrus and planned to secretly marry Martin, the date they set was the day someone burned down the chruch while a children choir was in it. They all died. Apparently when Cassie's mom broke things off with Cyrus was when the mysterious black murders occured with the black truck. The last attack Cyrus had was on Martin, except this time Cyrus got out of the truck to beat him, giving Martin a chance to fight back, which he did. Except he killed Cyrus. So Martin and his two friends put Cyrus back into the truck and pushed it into the swamp, now they are all dead.

The Mayor issue was brought up too. He used to be a sheriff back in the old days. He figured out Cyrus' death but didn't do anything to Martin and his buddies because he also knew what Cyrus was doing too. That was why he also died.

OUTSIDE: Sam and Dean try to figure out why the spirit awoke. They figured that they need to destroy the body.

SWAMP: Sam and Dean fish out the truck, take out the body and burn it. They think that it's over until they see the truck's lights turned on in front of them. Dean decides to lead the truck away by going into his car while Sam tries to figure something out. The truck is closley following Dean, so Dean calls Sam but he has nothing yet. Sam makes a call of his own, to Cassie for directions. Sam calls Dean back to give him directions now, while Dean is getting rammed in the back by the truck. Sam finishes his directions and tells him to stop. The truck comes speeding foward but then disappears just as it reaches Dean.

Sam told him to go where the church was burned down in the 60's. Dean asked how Sam knew it would work, but Sam didn't, he merely guessed that some spirits can't cross holy ground.

THE NEXT DAY: Cassie and Dean say goodbye. Cassie doesn't believe that things will happen between them but Dean just says "I have seen stranger things happen."

DRIVING: Sam says he likes Cassie. He askes Dean if girls like Cassie make him wonder if it's worth it. Dean doesn't answer, merely falls asleep.

Synopsis by RealityCheck

Episode Music

'Walk Away' by Joe Walsh/James Gang
'Can't Find My Way Home' by Blind Faith/Steve Winwood
'She Brings Me Love' by Bad Company

Extras

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Video Clips

Old Friend

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