CONNECTIONS THROUGH FIRST 3 EPISODES

How do the Winchesters connect with the people in the first three episodes?

During the pilot episode, Sam experiences much of what his father had to twenty-two years before he did. They both lost the woman that they loved in the same way, and these deaths are bookends in this episode.

In ‘Wendigo’, Hailey and Ben are looking for their brother in the Blackwater Ridge. They only have each other, as their parents both died when they were younger, and they would do anything for their other siblings, even put themselves in danger. This reflects on Sam and Dean’s lives: their mum died when they were very young and since their father wasn’t really there for them when they were children and he is now missing, they only have each other. The Winchesters would also do anything if it means protecting the other, and would even die for the other without caring about themselves.

In the episode ‘Dead in the Water’, the boy that was killed is getting his revenge by making his murderers feel the pain his mother felt by killing their children. These families are paying for the sins of their fathers, similar to what Dean and Sam have to do on a daily basis by having to hunt (something their father got them into) and live the sort of lifestyle they do. Also, the Sheriff and Bill Carlton’s past caught up to them after doing something all those years ago when they were kids, kind of like how the thing that killed Mary came back and murdered Jess in the same way.