In a reversal of attitudes, Dean now wants to protect their little bro by dropping him off at Uncle Bobby's, but Sam wants to use Adam as bait for the demon, since they know he's what it wants.  Sam trains Adam in the ways of the hunter, happy to finally get the chance to play big brother.

Sam starts teaching Adam that hunting is the only thing in life and that he can't have friends anymore.  Ironically, it's Dean who tries to argue with this, saying that a few years ago when John told Sam the same thing, Sam left for college.  This is the perfect example of how much these two characters have changed over the course of the series.

Dean goes off on his own to the cemetery to find a tunnel leading to the demon's underground lair.  He hears the demon coming, so Dean shoots the tunnel until the cave collapses and he's stuck inside.  He tries using his cell phone, but I guess he's not on the Verizon Network, because there's no signal.

Adam and Sam salt up the house, but that work is useless since Adam's mother calls out for him.  She's in the kitchen, and while Adam is happy to see her, Sam knows she's not real and orders his brother to kill his mom.  It's tense, but Sam insists she's a demon.  Then Adam turns to Sam and says, "I know" before knocking out Sam.  I certainly jumped out of my seat after that amazing twist.

At the same time, Dean in the cave finds Adam's dead body, proving that this really is a demon.  Adam and his mom tie Sam to a table and begin feeding on his blood.  Sam wakes up and reveals that they're Ghouls, scavengers who typically feed on the dead.  Ghouls are able to take the form of the last person they ate, so while these two look like mother and son, they're actually brother and sister, the children of the demon John Winchester hunted and killed in 1990.


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