THE APARTMENT

Dean is twisted up in a very awkward sleep-position on a leather sofa. Sirens sound nearby and he wakes, groaning. Jo is sitting at the table, twirling her knife and studying notes and blueprints.

"Morning, princess." Jo Says

"Where's Sam and Elena?" Dean Asks

"Sam Went to get coffee and Elena is over there still sleeping" Jo Says as Dean gets up slowly stretching

"Ugh. My back. How'd you sleep on that big soft bed?" Dean Asks

"I didn't. Just been going over everything. plus Elena moves to much in her sleep" Jo Says as He looks down at her, considering. He places a bag onto the table and pulls out a Bowie knife, unsnapping it from the sheath and handing it to her, hilt-first.

"Here." Dean Says

"What's this for?" Jo Asks

"Work a hell of a lot better than that little pig-sticker you're twirling around." Dean Says As Jo takes the knife, then hands him hers. He studies it, and sees engraved on the blade: W.A.H. He looks up at Jo, getting it.

"William Anthony Harvelle." Jo Says

"I'm sorry. My mistake." Dean Says As He takes his knife back, sheathing it.

"What do you.. what do you remember about your dad? I mean, what's the first thing that pops into your head? Dean shakes his head, Come on, tell me." Jo Says as Elena wakes up listening to their conversation

"I was six or seven, and uh, he took me shooting for the first time. You know, bottles on a fence, that kind of thing. I bulls-eyed every one of 'em. He gave me this smile, like... I don't know." Dean Says

"He must have been proud." Jo Says

"What about your dad?" Dean Asks

"I was still in pigtails when my dad died, but I remember him coming home from a hunt. He'd burst through that door like, like Steve McQueen or something. And he'd sweep me up in his arms, and I'd breathe in that old leather jacket of his. And my mom, who was sour and pissed from the minute he left, she started smiling again. And we were... we were a family. You wanna know why I want to do the job? For him. It's my way of being close to him. Now tell me what's wrong with that." Jo Says

"Nothing." Dean Says as Sam bursts through the door and Elena Jumps up

"Where's the coffee?" Dean Asks

"There are cops outside. Another girl disappeared." Sam Says

Later On

Sam and Jo and Elena are studying the notes, a little more urgently than before. Dean returns, shutting the door.

"Teresa Ellis, Apartment 2F. Boyfriend reported her missing around dawn." Dean Says

"And her apartment?" Jo Asks

"Cracks all over the plaster, walls, ceiling. There was ectoplasm, too." Dean Says

"Well, between that and that tuft of hair I'd say this sucker's coming from the walls." Sam Says

"But who is it? Building's history is totally clean." Elena Asks

"Well, maybe we're looking in the wrong place." Jo Says as she picks up a photo

"What do you mean?" Dean Says

"Check this out." Jo Says

"An empty field?" Sam Says looking at the picture

"It's where this building was built. Take a look at the one next door. The windows." Jo

"Bars." Sam Says

"We're next door to a prison?" Elena Says

"Thanks, Ash. And if you breathe a word of this to my mom... That's right. I will. With pliers. She hangs
Okay. Moyamensing prison. Built in 1835, torn down in 1963. And get this. They used to execute people by hanging them in the empty field next door." Jo Says

"Well, then, we need a list. All the people executed there." Sam Says

"Ash is already on it." Jo Says

Later On

Sam is scrolling down a very long list of names on his laptop while Elena looks over his shoulder

"A hundred fifty seven names?" Sam Says

"We've gotta narrow that down." Dean Says

"Yeah." Elena Says

"Or else we're gonna be digging up a hell of a lot of stiffs." Dean Says as Sam scrolls down to the name Herman Webster Mudgett and clicks on it, frowning.

"Herman Webster Mudgett?" Sam Says

"Yeah?" Jo Says

"Wasn't that H. H. Holmes' real name?" Elena Asks

"You've gotta be kiddin' me, Yep. Holmes was executed at Moyamensing, May 7, 1896." Dean Says

"H. H. Holmes himself. Come on, I mean, what are the odds?" Sam Says

"Who is this guy?" Jo Asks

"The term "multi-murderer." They coined it to describe Holmes. He was America's first serial killer, before anybody knew what a serial killer was." Dean Says

"Yeah, he confessed to twenty seven murders, but some put the death toll at over a hundred." Elena Says

"And his victim flavor of choice? Pretty petite blondes. He, uh, he used chloroform to kill 'em.
Which is what I smelled in the hallway last night. At his place, cops found human remains, bone fragments, and long locks of bloody blonde hair.
Boy, you sure know how to pick 'em." Dean Says

"Well, we just find the bones, salt 'em and burn 'em, right?" Jo Says

"Well, it's not that easy. His body is buried in town, but it's encased in a couple tons of concrete." Sam Says

"What? Why?" Jo Asks

"We'll The story goes that he didn't want anybody mutilating his corpse. 'Cause, you know, that's what he used to do." Elena Says

"You know somethin'. We might have an even bigger problem than that." Sam Says

"How does this get bigger?" Jo Asks

"Holmes built an apartment building in Chicago. He called it the Murder Castle. The whole place was a death factory, they had, uh, trap doors, acid vats, quick line pits... he built these secret chambers inside the walls. He'd lock his victims in, keep them alive for days. Some he'd suffocate, others he'd let starve to death." Sam Says

"So Teresa could still be alive. She could be inside these walls." Jo Says

"We need sledgehammers, crowbars. We've got to smash these walls, anywhere thick enough to hide a girl." Dean Says
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BUILDING WALLS

Dean and Jo are squeezing through crawl-spaces inside the building walls. Jo is on the phone.

"Okay. Call us after you check the southeast wall.
She hangs up, Sam and Elena are almost done with the first floor. Hasn't found jack squat either." Jo Says

"What is it?" Dean Says

"It's too narrow. Can't go any further." Dean Says

"Let me see.

DEAN
What are you- Jo squeezes past him,Ugh. Shoulda cleaned the pipes." Dean Says

"What?" Jo Asks

"I, uh, I wish the pipes were cleaner." Dean Says

"Shut up. I can fit in there." Jo Says

"You're not going in there by yourself." Dean Says

"You got a better idea?" Jo Says

"You-" Dean Says

"Uh-huh." Jo says As She continues down the tight space past Dean. After she goes out of sight, he calls her on the phone.

"Where are you?" Dean Asks

"On the north wall." Jo says as She finds an air duct and starts climbing down it. I'm heading down some kind of air duct."

"No, no, no, no, stay up here." Dean Says

"Look, we've gotta find this girl, don't we? I'm okay." Jo Says

"All right. I'm heading to you." Dean Says As She comes out into a similar space on a lower level and presses on. Goo starts pouring out from the wall cracks.

"Oh God" Jo Says

"What is it? Jo? Jo!" Dean Says As Jo screams. Dean runs down to the lower level, trying to hear where she is.

"Jo!" Dean Says As He takes the sledgehammer he's carrying and smashes a large hole in the wall. He pokes his head in and finds where JO was, her cell phone lying on the floor. She is gone.

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Dean rushes back up the hallway, running headlong into Sam and Elena.

"He's Got Jo" Dean

"What? How'd that happen?" Sam Asks

"I wasn't with her; I left her alone. Dammit!" Dean Says

"Hey, hey, look, we'll find her, all right?" Elena Says

"Where?" Dean Says

"Inside The Walls" Sam Says

"We've been inside the walls all night. None of the other girls were there, she won't be either." Dean Says

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THE APARTMENT

"Look. We've just gotta take a beat and think about this. Maybe we got Holmes' M.O. wrong." Elena Says

"Yeah, well, we'd better friggin' think fast." Dean Says As His cell phone rings again, he answers it.

"Yeah." Dean Says

"You lied to me. She's there." Ellen says

"Ellen" Dean Says

"No - Ash told me everything. Man's a genius, but he folds like a cheap suit. Now you put my damn daughter on the phone." Ellen Says

"She's gonna have to call you back, she's taking care of, uh, feminine business." Dean Says

"Yeah, right. Where is she? Where is she?!" Ellen Asks

"Look, we'll get her back." Dean Says

"Get her back? Back from what?" Ellen Asks

"The spirit we're hunting, it took her." Dean Says

"Oh my god" Ellen Says

"She'll be okay, I promise." Dean Says

"You promise. That is not the first time I've heard that from a Winchester." Ellen says

"What?" Dean Says

"If anything happens to her..." Ellen says

"It won't. I won't let it. Ellen, I'm sorry, I really am" Dean Says

"I'm taking the first flight out. I'll be there in a few hours. She hangs up." Ellen Says

"Damnit!"Dean Says

"Don't beat yourself up, Dean. There's nothing you could have done." Sam Says

"Tell me you've got something." Dean Says

"Uh, maybe. Look. You look at the layout of the Holmes murder castle, there's all the torture chambers inside the walls, right?" Elena Says

"Right." Dean Says

"But there's one we haven't considered yet. The one in this basement." Sam Says

"This building doesn't have a basement." Dean Says

"You're right, it doesn't. But I just noticed this. Beneath the foundation, it looks like part of an old sewer system that hasn't been used for —" Sam Says

"Wait Since we're going to be looking for something metal I figured I should check to see if Jo's okay" Elena Says

"And How are you going to do that" Sam Asks

"With This," Elena says as she pulls out her mother's mirror"

"A mirror how's that gonna help" Dean says

"Shhh, Ostende mihi illum quem quaero, the mirror shows Joe in a metal box, She's a alive" Elena Says

"Let's Go" Dean Says as He grabs his jacket and books; Sam and Elena follows.

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CREEPY SEWER

Jo wakes in a small, dark place, lying on her back. She still has her flashlight; she shines it around to reveal a wall wood a few inches above her face - it has long scratches gouged in it. She sobs with a hand over her face, then collects herself. To her right is another wood panel with a slit; looking through she can see a larger, round chamber with similar compartments to the one she's in around it. She hears a noise.

"Hello?" Jo Says

"Is - is anybody there?" Teresa Asks

"Your name's Teresa?" Jo Asks

"Yes." Teresa Says

"This won't make you feel better, but I'm here to rescue you." Jo Says

"Oh god. He's out there, he's gonna kill us!" Teresa Says

"No, he won't. We're getting out. My friends are looking for us, they'll find us." Jo Says As Quiet footsteps fall nearby: the spirit approaches.

"Oh god, he's here!" Teresa Says

"Shh! Just be quiet!" Jo says , All is very quiet. Then the Creepy Hand bursts through into Jo's prison and grabs her by the head. She screams as it rips off a chunk of her hair.

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Sam and Dean with a metal detector and Elena with a shovel, respectively, search the streets of Philadelphia. They follow the trail into an open field until Sam stops over one spot, the metal detector whining.

"Here" Sam Says as Dean drops his bag and takes the shovel from Elena and starts digging furiously. After some shovel work, they all dig with their hands to uncover a metal trap door, which they pull open. Dean hands Sam a shotgun and takes one Elena has her own shotgun, Dean takes a flashlight, then starts descending. Sam follows.

Jo is kicking steadily and furiously on the wall of her wooden cell. She drops back in exhaustion. She hears footsteps approaching and turns; a scraggly-bearded mouth appears at the opening.

"You're so pretty. So beautiful." Holmes Says

"Go To Hell." Jo Says as He reaches his Creepy Hand through the opening and fondles he. She turns away and groans in disgust and horror. Suddenly she turns, stabbing into the hand with her knife. The spirit flees, screaming.

"How do you like that? Pure iron, you creepy-ass son of a bitch!" Jo Says As In The Sewers, Dean, Elena and Sam crawl along on elbows and knees through the narrow sewer tunnels.

Back In The Sewer Prison, Jo lies very still, listening.

"Is he gone?" Teresa Asks

"I don't know. I..." Jo Says as He isn't. Holmes grabs Jo by the arm again, pulling her back, and clamps a hand down over her mouth.

"Shhhh" Holmes Says as Jo struggles, trying to scream but gagged by Holme's hand.

"Hey!,Dean Says as he fires his gun into Holme's chest, sending him flying backwards and out of sight.
Jo!"

"I'm here!" Jo Says as Dean finds an iron bar leaning against a wall and starts to pry open Jo's prison with it. Sam and Elena investigates the other compartments; one contains gruesome body parts. They find Teresa.

"We're gonna get you out of here, all right?" Sam Says

"Elena!" Dean Says as he hands Her the Bar, he opens the compartment to let Jo out

"You Alright?" Dean Asks

"Been better. Let's get the hell out of here before he comes back." Jo Says

"Actually, I don't think you're leaving here just yet." Dean Says

"What?" Jo Says

"Remember when I said you being bait was a bad plan? Now it's kind of the only one we got." Dean Says As He turns to Sam and Elena, Sam has an armful of terrified Teresa. He shrugs.

Later On

Jo is sitting alone, silently, in the middle of the chamber. She has her arms wrapped around her knees and is trembling, but breathing deeply and steadily. Holmes appears behind her. He walks forward. When he gets very close

"Now!" Dean Says As JO dives forwards Elena Catches as Sam and Dean fire at something on the walls; several bags unroll and spill salt in a perfect circle around Holmes, trapping him. Dean pulls JO to safety as Holmes circles, gibbering and screaming in terror.

"Scream all you want, you dick, but there's no way you're stepping over that salt!" Jo Asks As A grate slams shut, sealing off the room.

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THE STREET

Jo, Elena and Sam are standing at the entrance to the sewers. looking down.

"So? This job as glamorous as you thought it would be?" Elena Asks

"Well, except for all the pee-your-pants terror, yeah. Sure. But that Teresa girl's gonna live a life because of us. It's worth it, isn't it?" Jo Says

"Yeah. Yeah it is" Sam Says

"Hey, what if somebody finds that sewer down there, or a storm washes the salt away?"

"Both very fine points. Which is why we're waiting here." Sam Says

"For What?" Jo Asks as The loud beeping of Large Truck Backing up is heard. Sam smiles and looks over his shoulder: a cement mixer is backing into the field, stopping just over the sewer entrance. Dean is driving.

"For That" Sam Says as he's waving at him to stop the truck

"What The" Elena Says As Dean gets out of the cab; he and Sam set up the cement mixer right over the entrance.

"You ripped off a cement truck?" Jo Asks

"Of course he did" Elena Says

"I'll give it back. watching the cement pour on down
Well, that oughta keep him down there till hell freezes over." Dean Says

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The Impala zooms quietly down a dark road. Dean is revealed first, driving; Jo is visible in the seat behind him. Dean glances nervously to his right; Jo's eyes flicker to Dean. Pan over to the right to reveal Sam and Elena sitting next to Jo, looking straight ahead at Ellen, who stares at the road with a set jaw. Dean glances at her again before he speaks.

"Boy, you, you really weren't kidding about flying out, were you?" Dean Says As Ellen gives no reaction whatsoever; Sam, Elena and Jo exchange a look.

"How about we listen to some music?" Dean Says As He flicks the radio on: You're as cold as ice...
Ellen reaches forward and flicks the radio off. Jo and Elena and Sam exchange another look, and Dean glances back as if for assistance. He sighs.

"This is gonna be a long drive." Dean Says

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ROADHOUSE

Ellen storms in, dragging Jo by the elbow. Dean and Sam and Elena follow.

"Ellen? This is my fault. Okay? I lied to you and I'm sorry. But Jo did good out there, I think her dad would be proud." Dean Says

"Don't you dare say that. Not you. I need a moment with my daughter. Alone" Ellen Says as Sam, Elena and Dean go outside.

"You're angry. I understand." Jo Says

"Angry? Angry doesn't begin to touch it." Ellen Says

"Let's just think about this. Everything's okay, I'm alive..." Jo Says

"Not after I'm through with you." Ellen Says

"Is this about me hunting, or something else?" Jo Asks

"You let those boys use you as bait!" Ellen Says

"They were right there, backing me up the whole time." Jo Says

"That is why you do not have the sense to do this job, you're trusting your life to them." Ellen Says

"What are you talking about?" Jo Asks

"Like father, like sons, that is what I'm talking about." Ellen Says

"John? I thought you and John were friends." Jo Says

"Yeah, we were, I'm sorry, I didn't mean..." Ellen Says

"Mom? What aren't you telling me?" Jo Says as Sam and Dean and Elena are leaning on the Impala as Jo comes storming out. She glares at Dean and keeps stalking, so he follows.

"That bad, huh?" Dean Says

"Not right now." Jo Says

"What happened? Hey, talk to me." Dean Says

"Get off me!" Jo Says

"Sorry. See you around." Dean Says as He turns to leave.

"Dean. It turns out my dad had a partner on his last hunt. Funny, he usually worked alone; this guy did too, but... I guess my father figured he could trust him. Mistake. Guy screwed up, got my dad killed." Jo Says

"What does this have to do with—" Dean Says

"It was your father, Dean." Jo Says

"What?" Dean Says

"Why do you think John never came back? Never told you about us? Because he couldn't look my mom in the eye after that, that's why." Jo Says

"Jo." Dean Says

"Just... just get out of here. Please, just leave" Jo Says as He looks at her then Leaves he gets in the car as well as Sam and Elena