WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS

CHURCH

There's a man named Terry is in a confessional
"I detest all my sins because of thy just punishment but most of all because they offend thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of thy grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin." He Says

"Amen. I absolve you of your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Father Delaney Says

"Amen." Terry Says

"Go in peace, Terry. See you Sunday." Father Delaney Says

"That you will, Father." Terry Says

Meanwhile A spirit watches over Terry as he walks out of the confessional. He walks over to a lit candlestick, blows it out, and removes the candle.
Terry walks outside of the church then plunges the sharp end of the candle in his chest.

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HELL.

A Demon walks up to Crowley's throne, as he is looking over documents on a clipboard.

"Majesty." Crowley looks up from his work "I beg you to speak with her." Demon Says

"What now?" Crowley Says

"Your mother remains...vexed your highness and vents her frustration by abusing the court. No one dares retaliate at first, of course, and yes, one expects to suffer in Hell, but I fear I have reached my limit. To wit..." The Demon turns around to reveal his face on the back of his head "I mean, seriously." He Says

"Mother!" Crowley Shouts, Rowena enters

"Yes, your Royal Highness?" Rowena Says

"You care to comment?" Crowley Asks

Rowena smirks "Magnificent work by an astonishing talent. Mm, Brava!" She Applauds herself, Crowley dismisses the Demon. He walks past her "I always said you were two-faced." She says

"Look, Mommy, enough. I know you're annoyed with me." Crowley Says

"Annoyed? No, Fergus. I'm devastated, betrayed and brokenhearted." Rowena Says

"Because I wouldn't go begging to a bunch of witches on your behalf?" Crowley Says

"The Grand Coven is the supreme command of all witchcraft. Without their sanction, I'm forbidden to practice!" Rowena Says

"Forgive me. I hadn't noticed you stopped." Crowley Says

"That? Parlor trick. I'm capable of greatness. Given free reign, I'd be unstoppable." Rowena Says

"I am this close to throwing you back into that dungeon." Crowley Says

"Of course. Why not? Why do anything but cause me more pain? Bad enough you wouldn't intervene with Olivette and the coven, but you went directly against my wishes, siding with those Winchesters, refusing to kill them, then delivering the First Blade into their hands, which you know could slaughter us all. You prefer them to your own flesh and blood. It's a bitter pill, Fergus; after all I've done for you." Rowena Says

"And what exactly would that be?" Crowley Says

Rowena walks closer to Crowley's throne "I gave you life, Fergus. Without me, sunshine, you wouldn't exist." She makes her way out the room and a s she does so she throws her hands out to her side "Abite!"
She chants a spell as the Glass in the room explodes

IMPALA

Dean is driving and Sam is in the passenger seat, Elena is asleep in the backseat.

"All right, so I'm thinking, uh, curse, maybe." Sam's mind is somewhere else "Sam, a little help here okay? I'm trying to stay busy here. You know, eye on the ball, not on the mark. And this is a case until we know it's not." Dean Says

"Sure. No, yeah, you're right. Three suicides, two weeks." Sam Says

"They're not just suicides. They gutted themselves. And they took their sweet time doing it. I mean, that had to be incredibly painful. I can't seem to find any link between the vics, either." Dean Says

"Yeah, probably a curse, I bet." Sam Says

CHURCH BASEMENT

Two nuns are speaking with one another down in the basement, Sister Mathias and Sister Isabella.

"And this man, he was handsome?" Mathias Says

"Exquisite. He took my breath away. But we are told not to speak so much of the time before we joined the order." Isabella Says in an Italian accent

"We all found our way to this life for a reason. Was he yours?" Mathias Says

"His name was Piero, an incredible artist." Isabella Says

FLASHBACK

ART STUDIO

Isabella and Piero are in his art studio, he is painting her portrait.

"Sometimes, I would pose for him. And he called me his muse. As you can imagine we spent hours, days with each other. I felt so free with him. I had never been close with a man before like that." Isabella Says

END OF FLASHBACK

"So...what happened?" Mathias Asks

"I...I can't right now." Isabella Says

"It's okay. Really. We're a lot alike, you know? I think we're supposed to enter the convent for some...higher purpose, but many of us chose this because of the things that...overwhelmed us." Mathias Says

POLICE STATION

Sam, Elena and Dean are walking out of the police station, dressed in their Fed suits, to the Impala.

"All right so what do we got? Terry Sloan ordinary guy, not a lot of friends but no known enemies, no relation to the other vics." Sam Says

"Well, not necessarily. He's Catholic, and so are the other two." Dean Says

"Dean, this is Massachusetts. There are a lot of Catholics in Massachusetts. You guys think this is a case?" Elena Says

"Who kills himself with a candlestick, all right? There's about a billion better ways." Dean Says

"Yeah, but he did kill himself." Sam Says

"All right, so, it was not a witch. There was nothing hexy found on him. Uh, possession? Could have been a demon?" Dean Says

"Yeah, but the point of a demon possession a living thing is to, you know, possess a living thing." Elena Says

They arrive at the car, Sam and Elena are at the passenger sides, Dean at the drivers.

"Okay, agent, why don't you get that cellphone back to the bureau's crime lab, get it hacked like you told those guys, and, uh, we'll figure out what's going on with Terry Sloane." Dean Says

"Probably nude selfies." Sam Says

"I'm feeling good about this." Dean Says As They get into the Impala

CHURCH

A man, Frank McCarthy walks out of the confessional and to his wife, Lisa McCarthy who is praying.

"Amen." Lisa Says As The spirit watches over them as they exit the church.

MCCARTHY'S HOUSE

Late that night Frank opens the refrigerator to make a sandwich. When he turns around Lisa is standing there.

"Hi, Sweetie." Frank Says

"You need to come to bed, Frank. You got to be exhausted from all those nigh hours you've been putting in." Lisa Says

"Yep, yep. The old job's gotten pretty demanding, all right." Frank Says

Lisa smiles at him but is slowly turns into a glare and the minute he turns his back she grabs a pair of scissors off the counter.

"Liar." Lisa Says

Frank turns around and Lisa charges at him with scissors and repeatedly stabs him in the gut. After Frank dies a cloud of smoke leaves Lisa's body.

"Oh, my God. No! No! Frank!" Lisa Screams

CHURCH

Father Delaney is leading Sam, Elena and Dean into the church.

"I just can't believe Lisa McCarthy would murder her husband." Father Delaney Says

"Right, well, his blood was all over her body. And her prints were all over the pair of scissors that butchered him." Elena Says

"That's terrible." Father Delaney Says

"Yeah." Elena Says

"Now, we also have some questions. Um, for starters, she has no memory of it. The last thing she remembers is being here. Frank had gone to confession." Dean Says

"So, if he happened to say anything in the confession about, you know, maybe problems with the wife..." Sam Says

"I'm sorry. The nature of confession is confidential." Father Delaney Says

"Ah." Sam Sighs

"Father, all of the victims attended your church. Um, could you at least tell us if they had recently been to confession?" Dean Says

"Yes. These men were fairly regular, but then, so are the majority of the folks here." Father Delaney Says

"Father?" Mathias Says

"Agents." Dean checks out Sister Mathias "Sister Mathias is our Director of Social Services. I've asked her to show you around and answer any questions." Father Delaney Says

"Sure." Sam Says As Father Delaney leaves

"Sister." Dean Says

"Agent...?" Mathias Says

"Allman and this is Agent Betts and Oakley." Dean Says

"Sister, you're aware of the recent string of deaths, right?" Sam Asks

"Yes, a terrible tragedy. But I'm confused as t why you're here. These were all suicides, weren't they?" Mathias Says

"Well, possibly not." Elena Says

"Murders?" Mathias Says

"Well, the actual method of killing was all identical." Dean Says

"Ah, the M.O." Mathias Says

"Yes, indeed the M.O." Dean Chuckles

Sam and Elena exchange looks and he cleared his throat "I'm going go, uh." He Clears his throat "Have a look around. Uh, excuse me, sister. Agents Oakley would care to join me?"

"Yeah..sure, Agent Allman." Elena Says

Dean nods as Sam and Elena walks away, He then walks with Sister Mathias.

"Uh, Sister, d-did you notice, um, any chance in the—in the McCarthy's lives? You know fighting, drinking, cheating? You know, the usual." Dean Says

"The usual. A bit cynical, Agent?" Mathias Says

"Well, you know, scissors to the gut really, uh, bring out the Grinch in me." He Chuckles "So..." Dean Says

Dean and Sister Mathias approach the head of the church where She stops and crosses her body in the proper Catholic fashion. Dean stands off awkwardly.

"Oh... Now Lisa McCarthy said that they were very devoted to each other. Was that true?" Dean Asks

"That always appeared to be the case." Mathias Says

"But...?" Dean Says

"We're looking for a motive aren't we?" Mathias Says

"We are. An earlier victim's cellphone showed some angry texts between he and his girlfriend 'cause he had been fooling around." Dean Says

"There were rumors." Mathias Says

"So, Frank cheated on Lisa. So, she lied to me. Oh, she didn't know." Dean Says

"My sources are excellent. And you didn't hear it from me." Mathias Says

Meanwhile Sam and Elena takes out their EMF meter and waves it over the prayer candles, the meter warbles.

"I got a question. How does someone, uh, like you end up, you know...?" Dean Asks

"Cloistered away from the world?" She Chuckles "Are you making fun of me, Agent Allman?" Mathias Says

"No. No, No. I, Uh... I guess I'm just wondering how somebody quits one life for something completely different and – and then believe in it so much." Dean Says

"Well in my case, I felt I had no choice. My life had become painful. There was hopelessness I felt I had to find something larger than myself to focus on. A kind of mission, I guess. You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure." Mathias Says

"Mm, don't be." Dean Says

"Sister. I got a question." Sam Says

Sam and Elena approaches Dean and Sister Mathis.

"I'm sure it's a different question." Dean Says

"Is there a cemetery nearby?" Sam Asks

"You could say that. The entire church is built over burial crypts." Mathias Says

"Oh." Sam Says

"Have you ever, uh, heard or – or felt anything strange or unusual?" Elena Asks

"Unusual how?" Mathias Says

"Like, uh, spots in the building that suddenly get cold or, uh – or maybe you feel like you're not – not quite alone?" Dean Says

"Rattling chains and teacups that fly across the room?" Mathias Says

"Sister, are you making fun of me?" Dean Says

"Really? The FBI believes in ghosts? I'm afraid I don't. If you'll excuse me, Agents, I have to get back to work." Mathias Says

"Mm." Dean Says

Sister Mathias leaves Sam, Elena and Dean. He smiles but Elena and Sam looks at him and he walks away. They are all walking down the church stairs.

"Tell me you didn't think that nun was hot. I think she had a little thing for me too." Dean Says

"Dean, she was married to Jesus." Sam Says

"All right, so, Frank cheated on his wife, Lisa, all right? You know, the whole theme of this case seems to be about guys doing their women wrong. Notice that?" Dean Says As They stop in front of the church

"Yeah, but Lisa McCarthy was pretty convincing that she had no idea whatsoever she had killed her husband." Elena Says

"Oh, hot nun said that Lisa had no idea he was cheating on her. So, maybe she was controlled by someone who did." Dean Says

"Again, nothing witchy." Sam Says

"Ghost?" Dean Says

"Hard to say. I mean there's EMF in the church, but it's built on a burial ground." Sam Says

"You know that all the victims recently went to confession?" Dean Says

"So you think Father Delaney's involved?" Elena Says

"Or maybe something surrounding the confessional. Guys, how long has it been since my last confession?" Dean Asks

"You've never been to confession." Sam Says
He and Elena walks past Dean

"Well, that's too long." Dean turns around to follow them

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HELL

Rowena walks over to Crowley who is on his throne.

"You summoned...Your Royal Highness?" Rowena gives an exaggerated curtsey

"Mother." Crowley Says

"Oh, he remembers! What can I do for you?" Rowena Says

"It's what I can do for you. I've been thinking just how wretched it would be if my own raison D'ĕtre – wreaking havoc and pain on Earth – were taken from me. I see how stifled you must feel, and I sympathize." Crowley Says

"Does this mean that you'll go to the Grand Coven on my behalf?" Rowena Says

Crowley stands "Even better. I've brought the coven to you." Behind him two demon guards bring in a women "I believe you know Olivette." Rowena looks shocked "High Priestess of the Grand Coven. Speechless with joy?" Crowley Says As Rowena whimpers

"You utter bitch!" Rowena Says

"Bottom feeder!" Olivette Says

"Ah, the storm before the storm. As you can see, the iron chains render her powerless, so you can plead your case, exact your revenge, whatever it is that puts a spring back in your step. You kids have fun now." Crowley Says As he and the other demons step out of the room

"I see your time as outcast has led you from vile to loathsome." Olivette Says

"I doubt this strategy of insults will get you out of this pickle." Rowena Says

"Mm, no. I do not grovel before she who lay with a non-magic and hatched his evil spawn." Olivette Says

"My personal life was none of your business. I could have been your superstar." Rowena Says

"Oh, please! When we initiated your thankless ass into the coven, we did overlook your private lapses because of your talent. We thought you'd outgrown your reckless, selfish ways, but, oh, no, they just grew out of control. And now look at you, consorting with demons." Olivette Says

"Quite the speech." She slowly walks over to Olivette and touches her necklace "Considering you're in my son's palace." Rowena Says

Olivette is appalled at this news as Rowen lets go of her necklace. "What?"

"You see, my son, the spawn you speak of, is now the King of Hell. Total Cinderella story, I'd say. Oh, aye. And now you, dearest Olivette, are prisoner of the baddest of the bad. And his devoted Mummy." Rowena Says

CHURCH BASEMENT

"It was the sadness in your eyes. I saw myself there. Was it Piero? Is he the reason you're here?" Mathias Says

"There is not much difference between madness and devotion. I was obsessed with him." Isabella Says

FLASHBACK

ART STUDIO

Piero is caressing Isabella's hair in his art studio.

"We shared each other's secrets. We were on the same road. I suddenly realized how deeply in love with Piero I had fallen." Isabella Says

It is then revealed that Isabella is posed for a self portrait that Piero is painting of her.

"He said it was only after I posed for him that his work took on real power, real expression. The painting I had posed for was the beginning of his career. In the end it was his masterpiece." Piero Says

"FLORENCE, ITALY 1520"