Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid



Summary
Sam and Dean investigate Bobby's home town where the dead are rising from the grave but instead of attacking humans, they are happily reuniting with their families.

Recap
Sam & Dean show up in the town of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 5 miles from Bobby's home, to find that the dead are coming back to life. Bobby tries to convince them that it's nothing, that all of the omens are coincidence, but Dean doesn't fully believe him. One of the dead that has risen, Clay, gets revenge on his killer and then goes home to his family. When Sam and Dean track him down they find that he seems to be a regular guy, and that the local sheriff is in on it.

Bobby shows the boys why he doesn't want them working the case: his dead wife, Karen, has come back. As Sam and Dean investigate, Sam finds out after being attacked by one of the dead, that about 5 days after rising, the dead begin to turn, starting with a fever, hunger and then the killing and eating of anyone around them. They set out to find everyone who's come back and kill them by shooting them in the head, along with Bobby's wife, and Bobby kicks them out of his house.

Sam goes to talk with the sheriff, and finds that her son, who has come back to life, has already killed her husband. Sam and Sheriff Jodie Mills gather the townspeople in the local jail and prepare them to fight off the dead who've turned. At Bobby's house, Karen beings to turn, and Bobby has no choice but to shoot her. All of the dead arrive at the Singer house and trap Dean and Bobby in the closet, but Sam and the Sheriff arrive and stop them.

The dead are put to rest in a pyre, but Bobby makes a separate one for his wife. As Sam, Dean and Bobby reflect on the day, Bobby tells them that Karen was brought back with a message for him. She came to warn Bobby, that because he's helping Sam say 'no' to Lucifer, Death has his eye on him.

Major Characters

 * Dean Winchester
 * Sam Winchester
 * Bobby Singer

Minor Characters

 * Jody Mills
 * Karen Singer

Featured Supernatural Being
Zombie

Trivia

 * When Dean and Sam are informed by Bobby that the reason for 15 people rising from their graves could be the Horseman Death, Dean said "Great, must be Thursday." It's a joke because Supernatural airs on Thursdays.
 * The name of this episode Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is also the name of a 1982 movie starring Steve Martin. The movie is a spoof of the old detective movies from the 1940's.
 * This episode breaks the fourth wall when, during the gun fight, blood splatters the camera. This was deliberate, as the blood was CGI.