1.02 - Between Friends

Title Between Friends Episode # Season 1, Episode 2 First aired September 16, 1998 Directed by Chris Graves Written by Rob Tapert Summary Iolaus is framed for a theft at Kora's. Hercules seeks out the real thief, revealing Strife.

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It is a happy family scene as Mary and John Winchester put their children, six month old Sam and four year old Dean, to bed. Later, Mary investigates a sound coming from Sam’s nursery. She sees a figure standing over his crib, and assuming it is John, leaves, but then realizing it isn’t her husband, she rushes back in. John rushes to the nursery in response to Mary’s screams, only to find her pinned to ceiling, a deep wound across her belly. As he stares in shock, flames engulf Mary and the room. John hands baby Sam to Dean and tells him to run outside, while John tries in vain to save his wife. The scene ends with John and the boys sitting on the hood of the Impala, as firemen tend to their burning house.