APPLE COUNTRY DINER

The next morning with Sam, Elena and Dean arriving at the diner which is now a crime scene. The Ghostfacers are also there taking film of Trey's dead body.

"Agents, thanks for coming." Norwood Says

"What are these two crapshoots doing here?" Dean Asks

"I figured it wouldn't hurt to go a little "Medium," you know? Uh...two counties over, folks were combing the place for a poor little dead boy back in August. The cops let a psychic do her thing. Shish, bang, boom -- found a body a day later." Norwood Says

"Uh-huh. Excuse me." Dean Says

"Is there any, uh, security-cam footage." Sam Says

"Uh, yeah, just..." Norwood Says

Sam and Elena follows him and watches the footage, Dean walks to Ed and Harry and slaps Harry's butt.

"Hey!" Dean Says

"Aah!" Ed & Harry Says

"I thought I told you to beat it." Dean Says

"Oh, well, what are you gonna do. You gonna out me, "agent"?" Harry Says

"Okay, look, playing paparazzi at a crime scene -- who does that help but yourselves?" Dean Says

"The bloggers, Dean, the believers -- everyone who needs just a little proof to know that Thinman is out there." Harry Says

"Wait, so, you're saying there's a lot of folks online that are pretty die-hard about this thing?" Dean Says

"Oh, yeah." Harry Says

"Oh, yeah. Uh-huh." Ed Says

"You throw the right Tibetan symbol into the mix, you dumb asses ever think the Thinman comes to life as a Tulpa?" Dean Says

"Because thousands of people can agree that Thinman is any one thing? The lore changes blog to blog. He's not a Tulpa." Ed Says

"Okay, all right. All right. Right here, right now, cut the crap. Do either of you actually know what Thinman is?" Dean Asks

"No. We just play Supernaturalists on TV." Ed Says As Dean glares at him

"We have no idea what we're doing... Of course we do!!" Harry Says

"Thinman, is part man, part tree." Ed Says

"Some people believe that he emerged from the nightmare of an autistic boy." Harry Says

"All right, so you have no idea." Dean Says

"Fellas, you want to see this." Norwood Says

Dean, Ed and Harry walk over to where Sam and Elena has been viewing security tapes with Deputy Norwood.

"All right, check it out." Elena Says

Deputy Norwood replays the security footage showing the Thinman slicing Treys neck open.

"Whoa." Harry & Ed Says

"All right, so, how did he jump from the parking lot to the diner. The doors were locked?" Dean Asks

"The footage shows Trey locked them 10 minutes before." Norwood Says

"Locked, not locked, it doesn't matter. Everyone knows Thinman can teleport." Harry Says

"I didn't even get a blip on my EMF." Ed Says taking out his EMF reader which Elena swats away

"So, maybe it's not a ghost." Dean Says

"You Feds believers now?" Norwood Asks

"Okay, uh... We're gonna go. Uh, good work, deputy, agent. Let's go. Let's go, man." Ed Says then they
leave in a rush

"Let us See it again." Dean Says

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ROAD

Ed driving the Ghostfacer van down the road while Harry sits in the passenger seat.

"Holy wow. Someone posted the diner footage of Thinman in the comments section of our blog." Harry Says

"Who?" Ed Says

"Who cares? Maintain current velocity." Harry Says
then jumps in the back of the van and Ed can hear him shuffling around

"Hey, wh-why are you putting your ninja outfit on?" Ed Asks

"I'm not gonna wait for someone else to die. I'm gonna find Thinman tonight." Harry Says

"Where?" Ed Asks

"The woods, obvi." Harry Says

"Uh, that's kind of general." Ed Says

"Well, the lore says that Thinman hangs out by trees, and the woods is where trees hang out. Two kills in town -- local woods is the best bet." Harry Says

"Two people are dead -- really dead. And I just keep thinking that, you know, maybe Sam, Elena and Dean should just take over." Ed Says As Harry appears from the back of the van

"First of all, hell no. And -- and quit raining on my rainbow." Harry Says

"Rainbows can't happen without rain." Ed Says

"Don't try to use science with me. This is about a-a feeling. And we can't quit when we're so close to finding Thinman and finally making up for everything we've lost because of...what we do." Harry Says

"Okay, it wouldn't be the worst idea, though, you know, if we leave it to the professionals." Ed Says
As Harry putts on his nightvision goggles

"We are the professionals, Ed." Harry Says

"So, the woods?" Ed Says

"Any woods, Ed. Any woods." Harry Says

HOTEL ROOM

Dean, Elena and Sam are sitting in the motel room eating dinner and discussing the case.

"Okay. Just grasping at straws here, but when I think "teleport," I think "Crossroads Demon." Elena Says

"Mm. Demon that likes to stab and watch YouTube. Why not?" Dean Says

"Oh, by the way, speaking of which, the video of, uh, Trey getting knifed it's already online. It has, like, 2,000 views. It's like somebody wants people to see Thinman in action." Sam Says

"It's 'cause people will watch, 'cause people are sick." Elena Says

"Mhmm." Dean Says

"And when did "viral" go from that baby chimp falling out of a tree to killer "Candid Camera"?" Sam Says

"You know what video would have gone viral, if we still had it? When you were five and you got dressed up as Batman and you jumped off the shed 'cause you thought you could fly." Dean Says

"After you jumped first." Sam Says

"Hey, I was nine, and I was dressed up like superman, okay? Everybody knows that Batman can't fly." Dean Says

"Well, I didn't know that. I broke my arm." Sam Says As Dean & Elena chuckles

"I know you did. Man, I drove you to the E.R. on my handlebars. Hm, good times." Dean smiles

Elena looks between the two brothers sharing a sweet moment, but the moment ends and Sam clears his throat.

"Yeah, they were." Sam Says

There a knock on the door interrupts their thoughts. Dean gets up to answer it but before he can reach the door, Ed comes barging in.

"Come on in." Dean Says

"I got to tell you guys something important, and then the case is yours." Ed Says

WOODS

Harry is in the woods near a parking lot, and is filming and running a commentary throughout.

"Harry here, solo Ghostfacer, investigating a possible Thinman habitat...in the woods. All alone, deep in the woods, a man could lose his marbles being so close to the blade of doom. Lucky for us, I'm really good at marbles."

Ed is sitting on the bed trying to explain his story to Sam, Elena and Dean.

"All right, either you bleed Ghostfacers red or you don't. If Spruce wanted to start a startup and Maggie's heart was in the roller derby, who am I to stop them? But Harry -- I-I couldn't let him give in to his girl. I mean, she -- she called the Ghostfacers stupid. Stupid! Can you -- can you believe that? You know, I-I don't care how much money her daddy's hedge fund has. I just couldn't watch Harry become a corporate stooge." Ed Says

"Okay, this all sounds like sad times at Bitchmont High. What does this have to do with the case?" Dean Asks

"Harry was gonna leave, so I needed to give him a reason to stay. I-I made up Thinman." Ed Says
As Sam and Dean stare at him with shocked faces as the

"Thinman stalks his victims, but the tables have turned, my friends. The stalker is now the stalkee" Harry Says

Thinman standing behind a tree, watching Harry walk further down the path.

"So you're saying that this crap is actually crap?" Elena Says

"One old photo of a butler, a lot of Photoshop later, and I posted on one of those horror forums under "anonymous". Ed Says

"And it blew up." Sam Says

"Yeah. I only faked one case for us, and then we're packing up to go home when somebody posted a sighting of Thinman, so...we went after it, and that's how the Thinman became a crowdsourced legend.
Look, we were at the front of it. It felt like something. It -- it was so awesome to have a following, and Harry -- he was just -- he was so into it." Ed Says

"Ed, you have to tell him." Sam Says

"You don't get it. We were the Thinman guys. Without the Thinman, we're just...guys --just -- we're just puffs." Ed Says

"What?" They Say

"If I tell Harry, he's gonna leave the Ghostfacers." Ed Says

"Listen, if you don't tell him, he's gonna leave anyway. Trust me here. Secrets ruin relationships." Sam Says As Dean glances over at him

"Okay, well, I'll just tell him when the time is right." Ed Says

"Time's right now, chief." Dean Says

"Well, he's -- he's not here. Uh, he's -- he's out in the woods, uh, searching for Thinman." Ed Says

"Okay, because Thinman, or whatever the hell this thing is, has killed two people, and now Harry is in the woods alone." Elena Says

"Well, actually, it's more like "wood," um, 'cause I dropped him off by some trees behind a grocery store. Guys, come on. He's gonna be fine. Guys?" Ed Says

Sam, Elena and Dean followed by Ed rush out the door. Harry is still filming and walking down a path.

"All right, what we have here is a, uh, -- it's a -- it looks like a formation of sticks in the shape of a pile. Could have been left here for us by Thinman. What was that? Oh! Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. We are not alone." Harry Says

As Harry turns the camera on himself we see Thinman is standing behind him. Harry leaps out of the way but is still slashed across the ribs by the Thinman's knife. Harry takes off running for the parking lot clutching at his bleeding side. He reaches the parking lot and is almost run over by the Impala coming to the rescue. They all jump out and Harry almost faints from blood loss but Sam and Dean catch him in time.

Elena runs to go get the first aid kit and gives it it to Sam who has patched up Harry's side and wrapped the wound.

"Too tight?" Sam Asks

"Nope. No, I'm good. I'm good." Harry Says

"Yeah?" Sam Says

"I'm good. All right. I think I'm just gonna have to staple it when we get back to the motel..We were right, Ed! Thinman's real." Harry Says

"Yeah." Ed Says As Dean walks back over

"Find anything?" Elena Asks

"Yeah Some fresh tires tracks back over there. I took some photos." Dean Says

"What for?" Harry Asks

"Because that car might belong to whoever knifed you." Dean Says

"Well, whoever cut me was Thinman, and Thinman doesn't drive. It was Thinman, jackass! I mean, I shouldn't have to connect the dots for you guys. I figured, you know, you're all intelligent, m-maybe." Harry Says As Sam, Elena and Dean look pointedly at Ed

"Um, Harry." Ed Says

"What?" Harry Says

MOTEL ROOM

Back in the Ghostfacers hotel room, Ed has explained things to Harry.

"Why didn't you tell me that before?!" Harry Says

"Because -- I-I don't know -- I thought you were gonna get mad." Ed Says

"Oh, good guess, Ed. I am mad. I'm really, really mad at you right now." Harry Says

"I-I can see that." Ed Says

"You crashed the Jenga Tower of our lives. I was gonna get married. I left her to run around with you, living some lie." Harry Says

"Well, at least we were living it together." Ed Says

"Seriously? Seriously?!" Harry Says

"If I hadn't struck gold with Thinman, you'd be doing a boring job, doing boring numbers, answering to Dana's dad. Okay? I saved you, bud." Ed Says

"Saved me? From what?! From living a nice life? From not getting stabbed? How selfish can you be?" Harry Says

"Well, maybe it's not too late, you know? You could call her and see." Ed Says

"That's not gonna work." Harry Says

"Well, maybe -- maybe it will." Ed Says

"No, it's not. You want to know why? 'Cause she's got some guy's arm wrapped around her neck, and it's "complicated", okay?" Harry Says

"Look, Harry, we didn't know from the start if Thinman was real or not. I -- okay, look, maybe I had some inside knowledge, okay, but does it really make a difference if we keep it going for the fans? They'll never know." Ed Says

"I'll know. You made a chump out of me, Ed." Harry Says

"Harry, we can get through this. We just debunk Thinman and then we go back to Ghostfacers." Ed Says

"I can't. I can't trust you anymore, Ed." Harry Says

"Oh, come on, Harry. I get it. You're pissed, okay? And -- and you don't mean what you say. But, Harry, just tell me what you need." Harry sits down and doesn't answer "I'll go get some coffee, and -- and you can stay here and chill." Ed Says

Ed leaves the room and meets Sam outside in the hallway by the door.

"Hey. How did it go?" Sam Asks

"It, um, went, uh...Um..." Ed walks off in silence and Sam goes in to check on Harry

"Hey. You okay?" Sam Asks

"I just got punched right in the feels." Harry Says

"Um..." Sam Says

0None of it was real, Sam. Ed was just pretending, and now he wants me to pretend, like this is just something I could get past." Harry Says

"I know what you mean. Look, there are things you can forgive, and there are things you can't." Sam Says

"So, which one is this?" Harry Asks

"That's something you got to figure out for yourself." Sam Says then Dean knocks and enters

"Hey. Uh...Lena and I got a bead on those tire treads, if you want to..." Dean Says

Sam gets up and steps into the hall with Dean and Elena.

"What's up?" Sam Asks

"So, the tires were only made for one kind of car. It's a 1989 Geo Metro. Town this small -- there's only one registered here." Dean Says

"The Deputy says it belongs to a guy named Roger who works night security down at the mill on the north side of town." Elena Says

"So, this thing teleported, but it has a job and car. What are we dealing with?" Sam Says

"Let's go find out." Sam Says

The three hunters walks down the hall as Ed overhears the conversation from the hall and goes to tell Harry.

"So, Sam, Elena and Dean caught something, so they're gonna clean up your mess." Harry Says

"You're right. It is my mess. I should be the one out there cleaning it up." Ed Says

"You'd just make it worse. Oh, what? You were fine leaving Sam, Elena and Dean before. Why not now?" Harry Asks

"I don't want to be a jellyfish spine anymore, Harry." Ed Says

"Jellyfish don't have spines." Harry Says

"Exactly. Before the heartache, before the lies we set out to help people, right?" Ed Says

"Yeah. Mostly." Harry Says

"So, there's no reason not to get out there and do what we mostly set out to do. Harry, I-I can make this right for the both of us." Ed Says

"We can make it right." Harry Says

"Y-you mean you want to come with me?" Ed Asks

THE MILL

Dean, Elena and Sam pull up to the mill and see that Deputy Norwood is already there.

"I thought we said my partners and I would take care of this." Dean Says

"Look, guys, my boss is AWOL. We don't have a warrant. My ass is on the line if this thing goes sideways." Norwood Says

"All right. Just stay back." Dean Says

Sam goes to pick the lock on the mill but realizes it is already open. Sam, Elena and Dean draw their weapons and enter. But before they can do anything, Deputy Norwood tasers them from behind, They drop to the floor.

"Always wanted to use these things." Norwood Says

Moments later Dean is handcuffed to a chair in front of a woodsy tapestry hanging from the ceiling, Sam and Elena is handcuffed to a column's off on opposite sides. Deputy Norwood is humming an annoying song as he buzzes around and sets up lights and a camera.

"So, you're Thinman, huh? That would make sense if it didn't look like you just ate a fat camp." Norwood continues to hum without answering "Oh, God, Sam, Elena make him stop." Dean Says

"Hey, so, what's the deal? What are you, Norwood? You a demon? I mean, how did you teleport back at the diner?" Sam Asks

"Team effort." Norwood Says

Thinman walks around a corner and Sam, Elena and Dean stare. Thinman then lift his hands and removes a mask and it is revealed to be the waiter at the diner, Roger.

"So, there was no teleporting -- just a couple of douche bags doing the "Scream" thing." Sam Says

"Wait, I know who you are. You're the busboy from the diner. So, what, you just wanted to kill your boss?" Elena Says

"Trey was a dick." Roger Says

"And what about Casey? What did she do?" Dean Asks

"She wouldn't go out with me, so I set her up with someone else -- my knife." Roger Says

"Good one, Rog." Norwood Says

"What a bunch of pathetic losers." Elena Says

Dean looks over and notices another body lying off to the side.

"I see the sheriff didn't make it out of town." Dean Says

"Well, he really should have given me the time off I asked for." Norwood Says

"So, you killed him?!" Sam Says

"I didn't kill anyone. Roger did. He's the psycho. I'm the visionary. I don't blame you for underestimating me. Everybody does. Fancy Fed, coming in here, treating me like a paper monkey from the get-go. But I was Thinman the whole time. Do you have any idea how good that felt?!" Norwood Says

"No, sicko, I can't say that I do." Dean Says

"Yeah, pretty boy doesn't know what it's like to feel invisible -- to grow up in a town of 300 people and nobody sees you." Roger Says

"They didn't see us." Norwood Says

Sam is working on breaking out of his handcuffs with his lock pick tools he was able to reach in his back pocket. When Dean looks over Sam motions to him with his eyes.

"So, how did you two meet? Wackjob.com?" Dean Asks

"No. Just a couple of schmoes in an empty bar. We hit it off. Turns out me and Rog -- we're both total conspiracy-theory junkies." Norwood Says

"And then we found Thinman, and, bam, we blew up all over the message boards." Roger Says

"So, what is this, then? Some sort of a twisted cosplay?" Elena Asks

"Cosreal. You know, blogging was fun, but..." Roger Says

"But, let me guess, you wanted something more." Sam Says

"You realize what you two jackasses are doing doesn't make you Thinman. It makes you copycat killers." Dean Says

"It makes me Thinman. And you're not telling anyone I'm not, 'cause you'll be too dead to talk." Roger Says

"Show time." Norwood Says walking back over to the camera

"You three are lucky ducks. You're the stars of our best video yet. And when it goes viral, everyone will know Thinman's real." Roger Says

Roger moves behind Dean and puts his mask back on. Sam and Elena starts to struggle harder when they realize what is about to happen. Dean figures it out too and starts to steel himself for the worst.

"And...Action!" Norwood Says

Roger draws his knife and yanks Dean back to slice his throat, Sam and Elena yells in a panic.

"Stop!" Elena Says

"Wait, no, no, no. Don't!" Sam Says

Suddenly a door is slammed somewhere in the mill and Roger stops his knife, they put tape to cover their mouths then leaves to go see what's going on.
Ed and Harry coming in the building.

"Harry..." Ed Says

Harry walks forward checking things with his flashlight. When he rounds a corner he runs into Roger dressed as Thinman. Roger kicks him between the legs and Harry doubles over in pain.

"Oh, he got me! He got me back!" Harry Says

Roger raises his knife to finish Harry off but Ed's gun clicks behind his head.

"It's Scooby-Doo time, douche bag. Take off the mask. I know you're not Thinman. You're just a "me-me". Ed Says

"Ed, it's pronounced meme." Harry Says

"It's spelled m-e-m-e, though." Ed Says

"The second "e" is silent. Yeah." Harry Says

"You're a me-me -- a-a man-meme, and I invented you." Ed Says then Norwood suddenly appears and knocks him over the head

"Oh! Good to know." Norwood Says

Roger and Noorwood walk Ed and Harry back to where Sam, Elena and Dean are tied up.

"I'm a lover of the classics, Ed. And what we have here is a "Frankenstein" situation. I'm a lover I mean, wow, the creator. I mean, we -- we were gonna let one of you guys live to tell our story but now, once you two are dead, there'll be no proof that Thinman was your brainchild." Norwood Says

But when they get back to where Sam, Elena and Dean were, the Elena and the brothers are gone and their handcuffs lie on the chairs.

"No." Roger Says

As they stand there in shock, the hunters attack. Dean grapples with Roger and stabs him with his own knife. Sam and Elena knocks Deputy Norwood to the ground but he is able to draw his gun on them. But Ed sees it and steps into the path of the gun.

"Wait, no! No! No! No, look. Look at me. This is all my fault. Okay? It's all my fault." Ed Says

I got enough bullets for all three of you." Norwood Says

Then a shot rings out and Deputy Norwood drops dead from a gunshot to the chest. Everyone looks up to see Harry holding the smoking gun. Dean walks over and takes the gun from him. Later Dean is loading the trunk of the Impala outside the mill, Elena walks over.

"So how'd it feel being back on the job?" Dean Asks

"Ehh never thought I'd ever be in a situation like that before." She chuckles "..but hey at least the bad had what was coming to them." Elena Says

"Yeah people are sick." Dean Says

"Mhmm.." Elena Says

"Anyways felt good having you back, this team was missing something." Dean Says As Elena smiles at him

"Shut up." Elena playfully shoves Dean then Sam
walks over

"So, are we good in there?" Sam Asks

"Yeah. With the Thinman footage and the way I set the bodies, there should be enough breadcrumbs to make it look like those two psychos offed each other." Dean Says

"They were just people, man. They weren't...demons. They weren't monsters. They...were just frickin' people." Sam Says

"Yeah, well, like I said, people are sick." Dean Says

Over by the Ghostfacer van a few feet away from the Winchesters, Ed and Harry are talking.

"S-so...Are we cool?" Ed Asks

"I don't think we ever will be." Harry Says

"I mean, you know, we made it right. We, uh -- we beat the guys. This could be our shot to start the old Ghostfacers again." Ed Says

"I came here with you to finish this thing with Thinman. I wasn't just closing a chapter, Ed. It was the whole dang book." Harry Says

"But you saved my life back there." Ed Says

"I killed a guy, Ed." Harry Says

"He was a bad guy, Harry." Ed Says

"He was a guy, Ed. Too many people have died 'cause of your crap." Harry Says

"I've done all this crap for us. I-I don't know why you don't see that." Ed Says

"No. No. You did this for you." Sam, Elena and Dean listening in on the conversation from over by the Impala "There's a lot of things I can forgive, Ed, but this isn't one of them." Harry Says

"So, what does this mean about us?" Ed Asks

"It means... It's complicated." Harry Says

Harry walks off with Ed staring after him, He walks up to the Winchesters and Elena.

"Can I get a ride from you guys?" Harry Asks

"Yeah, sure." Dean Says

They get into the Impala and drive away, leaving Es standing by the Ghostfacers van alone with tears in his eyes. In the Impala, Dean looks in the rear-view mirror.

"Harry, you okay?" Dean Asks

"Yeah. I mean, no..you roll with a guy so many years, you start to think he's always gonna be next to you. Like, when you're old and you're drinking on the porch, he'll be in that other rocking chair. And then something happens, and you realize that other chair has gone empty." Harry Says

Sam and Dean both have looks on their faces that tell us they are no longer hearing this story about Ed and Harry but are painfully aware of how this applies to them.

"You know what I mean?" Harry Says