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Don't Go In The Woods is the 16th episode of Season 14. It aired on March 21, 2019.

Summary[]

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DO NOT CHANGE!

Sam and Dean are baffled when they come up against a monster they have never heard of before. Jack does his best to impress a new group of friends.

Plot[]

In Polk City, Iowa, two teenagers are making out in a car near a restroom facility at a state park. The girl, Barbara, hears something and hesitates, but her boyfriend, Tom, insists it's just the wind. The whistling noise becomes a melody, and the boy says that he's going to investigate. The local sheriff, Mason, opens the car door and asks what they're doing. As Tom and Mason argue about how it's Tom's mother's turn to have him, Barbara says she's going to give them some time alone. She goes into the restroom and hears the melodic whistling, and a clawed hand grabs the top of the door. Tom and Mason hear her scream and Mason runs to investigate. He sees someone moving through the woods and starts to go after it but trips. Tom yells and when Mason goes back, he finds Tom kneeling over Barbara's body, her throat ripped out.

In the bunker, Sam is on the internet when Dean comes in. Sam tells him about the dead girl, and how there have been reports of missing people back to at least 1943. Dean suggests that they investigate and Sam immediately agrees even though he said that he wanted to take some time off. He asks about Jack, and Dean tells Sam that he doesn't want Jack with them because he's gotten them in trouble with his powers in the past, and he wants to be sure that Jack is okay before they put him back in the field.

As Sam and Dean leave, they find Jack reading books. He realizes that they don't want him to come, and Dean claims that they don't want to leave the bunker unmanned. He gives Jack a shopping list, asking him to restock while they're gone. Jack agrees and the Winchesters leave.

When Sam and Dean arrive in Polk City, they talk to Mason. He dismisses Barbara's attacker as a coyote, and Sam and Dean insist on seeing the body. There are claw marks on the body and the skin around the bite marks on the neck appears burnt.

Jack goes into Lebanon and discovers that the store is closed as Eliot, Max, and Stacy pull up nearby. They see Jack and try talking to him, Eliot realizing that he lives with Sam and Dean. Eliot asks if they're fighting ghosts, and Jack tries to excuse himself. However, Max says that they know about the hunter thing, and Stacy lets Jack into the store with her keys.

Tom visits Mason in his office and says that he should talk to Barbara's parents. Mason tells his son that it's not a good idea, but Tom blames himself for Barbara's death. His father says that they all need some time.

The three teenagers watch Jack as he shops, and Max and Stacy talk about how they feel bad for him. Eliot chats with Jack and says that he's been reading up on Hunters. Jack says that there are all kinds of monsters, and Eliot wants Jack to be his best friend. Stacy admits that Eliot has been obsessed with monsters since finding about them, and Max suggests that he hang out with them. They invite him to the Stoke place, an old farmhouse outside of town, Jack thinks that he'd like that.

At the sheriff's station, Sam does research and finds a reference to Kohonta, a Native American legend of a twisted creature that spits up stomach acid when it feeds.

That night, two hikers are out in the Big Creek forest and hear the melodic whistling. The boy, Fitz, wants to head back when he sees a figure in the woods. He calls to the girl, Sara, who calls to the figure. Sara catches a glimpse of it and sees a hideous figure, and they run. Fitz trips and the creature leans over him, drooling stomach acid on to the boy's face.

The next day, Tom tells Mason that he has to do something. A deputy comes in and says that there's a situation near Big Creek, and Tom figures that the killer got something else.

Sam and Dean go to Big Creek and talk to Sara, who describes the thing that attacked them. She says that they were attacked near the Parker cabin. Mason arrives and says that he's calling off the search parties because he's not going to waste time on a rabid coyote attack. He refuses to let Sam and Dean go into the woods, and they claim that they won't.

Max and Stacy are studying for the SATs and almost kiss, Eliot interrupting to tell them to go into the other room while he studies books on monsters. Jack arrives with a pile of books on monsters for Eliot, and hears the pop music playing on the radio. He has never heard pop music, and they invite him to sit down. Jack sees Stacy studying the SAT and wonders what it is, and claims that he was homeschooled. Eliot is reading about demons and Jack tells them he's killed one. Max asks him how.

They go outside and Jack shows them an angel blade and how to use it. He tries to throw it and misses.

That night, Sam and Dean go out into the forest. Sam says "Kohonta" means "whistler" and there's no lore on how to kill it. They hear the whistling and Mason arrives, training a shotgun on them. The Winchesters admit that they're not FBI and ask if the "Kohonta" means anything to him. Mason hesitantly says that it doesn't and they realize that he's lying. Dean disarms Mason and tells him they're not going into it.

Jack continues missing with the knife, and finally uses his powers to levitate it back to his hand and throw it. The teenagers are impressed, and Jack summons the dagger back to his hand and levitates it in front of him. He levitates it around, faster and faster. The teenagers tell him to stop, and Stacy tries to run, causing the dagger to pierce her in the stomach. Max tells Eliot to call 911 and snaps at Jack to stay away from Stacy. Jack says that he can fix it, pulls out the dagger, and heals the wound with his powers. Max hugs Stacy in relief, and Max and Eliot both tell Jack to stay away from Stacy and from them.

Back in the woods, Dean explains that they're Hunters and what they do, and asks Mason about Kohonta. Mason says that the Kohonta is an old tribal legend, and he saw it on the night Barbara was killed. He explains that the Parker family was one of the first white settlers in the area, and their oldest son Henry survived during a harsh winter but he ate his family and went mad with hunger. When the tribe caught Henry, they cursed him to wander the woods always starving and if he didn't feed, his body would eat itself. The tribesmen bound the Kohonta to the woods and marked the trees to warn people away, but "that was a long time ago." Sam adds that people forget.

Sam and Dean insist that they know what they're doing, and Mason wonders why they don't tell people. Dean explains that people don't believe them, but Mason says that they could save lives. Sam says that people die even when they know what they're facing. Tom calls and says that he can't do it anymore, and tells his father that he's going to find the monster and kill it, despite Mason pleading to him. Once Tom hangs up, Mason begs the Winchesters to help him and Dean assures him that they will, while Sam mentions that they don’t know how to kill it. Mason tells the Winchesters the legends say that a silver blade through the heart will kill the Kohonta. Sam shows Mason a silver knife and the group run to save Tom.

Tom goes out into the woods and hears the whistling. He tosses raw meat down. In the woods, the Kohonta stirs.

Sam, Dean, and Mason run through the woods looking for Tom.

Tom arrives at the Parker cabin, and the Kohonta attacks him. Mason arrives and attacks the creature, and Dean carries Tom out to safety. The Kohonta bites Mason in the shoulder, and Sam shoots the monster. They fight and as Dean returns, Mason grabs the silver blade and goes outside, Dean taunting the Kohonta to come at him. When it follows him out the door, Mason stabs it with the silver blade and it dissolves in a matter of seconds. Mason confirms that Tom is alive but unconscious.

Later as the EMTs take Tom away, Mason tells his son that they got the "coyote". He then tells the Winchesters that he didn't know what to tell Tom. Sam suggests that he tell his son the truth because he deserves it. Mason has nothing to say to that.

As the Winchesters drive back to the bunker, Dean asks Sam if he thinks telling Tom the truth was the best idea. Sam points out that lying to Jack didn't help and wonders if Dean took care of it the right way. Dean reminds him that Jack said he was fine, and Sam points out that they told John the same thing when they were kids to make him happy.

The brothers arrive at the bunker and find Jack going through books. He asks how the hunt was, and says that he got the supplies except for the beer because he didn't have ID. The Winchesters tell Jack that they wanted to make sure that he's comfortable with his powers. Dean admits that it was crappy that they lied to him, but ultimately decided to tell him the truth. Jack considers it and then says that he understands. He promises that he won't use his powers without permission. Dean goes to get some beer, and Jack says that nothing else happened while they were gone.

Characters[]

Main Cast[]

Recurring Cast[]

Co-Stars[]

  • Cory Gruter-Andrew as Eliot
  • Zenia Marshall as Stacy
  • Skylar Radzion as Max
  • Kimi Alexander as Sara
  • Shaquan Lewis as Fitz
  • Paige Shaw as Barbara Wallace
  • Phillip Lewitski as Thomas Romero
  • Adam Beach as Mason Romero
  • Andrew Long as Henry Parker
  • Ray G. Thunderchild as Shaman
  • Shawn Burke as Deputy #1
  • Patrick Roccas as Deputy #2

Featured Supernatural Beings[]

Continuity[]

Trivia[]

  • There is a one week break after this episode. This is the last hiatus of the season.
  • Jack Kline says Team Free Will 2.0 has movie nights every Tuesdays.
  • Jack tells Eliot, Stacy and Max that he is 22 years old, while he is actually 22 months old in this episode.
  • Jack says he likes the English rock band The Who, but this is only because Dean said that everything after 1979 sucks.
  • Jack accidentally stabs Stacy with an angel blade and heals her immediately in this episode. This is the first time he's shown his healing powers aside from healing Castiel in utero while helping Castiel kill Dagon though he healed Castiel from gorgon poison using the power of his soul in Ouroboros.
  • Dean mentions the Donner Party who famously engaged in cannibalism. The description of Henry Parker before he was cursed into a kohonta matches that of a wendigo or at least a person on the path to becoming one.
  • Jack mentions having killed a demon. This is likely a reference to the Prince of Hell Dagon who is the only known demon that Jack has had a hand in killing.
  • Harry Spangler and Ed Zeddmore made a brief appearance in the episode. They are seen in a Ghostfacers video that Eliot was watching in his cell phone.
  • The Ghostfacers video appears to be the same one Sam and Dean watched in It's A Terrible Life.
  • The Ghostfacers theme song can briefly be heard when the kids get out of the car.
  • One of Eliot's books, Monsters, Myth & Magik is written by Jerry Wanek, who, in reality, is the production designer of Supernatural.

Errors[]

  • Jack says that he's already two years old. However, the current timeline is only set in March 2019, one year and ten months since he was born.
    • He may have just been rounding up.

Deaths[]

  • Barbara Wallace
  • Fitz
  • Henry Parker's parents and brother (mentioned only)
  • Henry Parker

International Titles[]

  • Hungarian: Ne menj az erdőbe! (Don't Go In The Woods)

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