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There are two sides to every story, and this is mine.

My name is John Winchester.

By no means am I a perfect man or father,

but I've done everything in my power to keep my boys safe,

and for that, I will not apologize.

I grew up with my mom and stepdad.

My dad left when I was too little to remember what he even looked like.

I joined the Marines as soon as I could.

Shortly after, I was deployed to Vietnam.

That's where I met Mike Gunther.

He was a little older than me, but we had a lot in common,

especially when it came to cars.

Where we differed was women.

He liked them fast,

and I was looking for the right one.

You think we'll ever get out of 'Nam?

Shut up.

You think it's ever going to stop raining?

Probably not.

All it does is rain.

Move your fat ass over.

Says the guy that's always in the chow hall.

I can't wait to get back and get some burgers and beers.

Here we go.

What?

The infamous burgers and fast women talk.

Did you get my cigarettes?

Sergeant Higdon offered me Tootsie Rolls.

I don't got Tootsie Rolls.

What you got?

You owe me.

I don't owe you anything.

I don't know.

I think I have a bit of honey.

Let's see it.

So you got a half of that one.

Not half, a fifth.

Sergeant Higdon also offered me four Tootsie Rolls.

Better ante this up, man. Make it right.

I have four, I think.

We'll see.

Four Tootsie Rolls. That's it. That's all I got.

Give me my cigarettes.

Nice doing business with you, sir.

Thief.

A thief that never does extra duty.

What are you going to do when you get back?

I'm going to hit the road.

Get that VW van I was telling you about.

There ain't a girl on earth that's going to get in that van with you.

The right one will.

I'm going back to get with as many fast women as I can.

Then I'll start trading for penicillin instead of cigarettes.

Better than monogamy and migraines.

Something about the right one, man.

You'll see.

I guess you expect me to pull first shift.

Yeah, it's your turn.

You got all the energy while my bit of honey is gone.

I guess somebody's got to do all the heavy lifting around here.

Today?

Shut up, Princess.

Pipe it up. Somebody needs five bit of honeys next time.

Shortly after I left for my guard shift,

we got in the firefight of our lives.

We were ambushed from the south.

My whole platoon was killed before we could make it out.

I lost a lot of good friends that day.

I thought me and Mike were surely next,

but fate had other plans for us.

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

Winchester!

John!

Come on!

I saved his life that day,

and Mike never let me forget it.

He became like my brother after that.

Back home, I went to work at my stepdad's mechanic shop.

After 'Nam, I never thought I'd bounce back to a regular life again,

until one night, I went to the movies,

and my life would forever change that day.

The girl of my dreams would literally cross paths with me.

Mary.

I'm so sorry. Gosh, I'm such a klutz sometimes.

Hey, but can you move your knee, please?

I'm going to get going.

Hey, hold on.

How about you make it up to me over a cup of coffee at Moroni's?

I don't know. I... I really need to get going.

I guess I can make an exception.

She was smart, beautiful, and funny.

She knew every movie word for word.

I couldn't get enough of her.

We talked all night at Moroni's.

I knew she was it for me.

I would forever love her.

My Mary,

the love of my life.

I never would have taken you for a Vonnegut fan.

Oh, well, you don't really seem like the Godfather type yourself.

Fair enough.

So what do you do, Mary Campbell?

Well, what do you think I do, John?

What's your last name?

Winchester.

Winchester. I like that. Seems very macho.

I'd say college student. Pre-med.

How did you know that?

That's not at all accurate.

So what do you do?

I work in the family business with my dad.

Which is?

Travel agents. We book vacations for people.

Look, John,

it was really nice meeting you,

but I really need to get home now

before my dad starts worrying and looking for me.

Kind of overprotective for a travel agent.

If you only knew.

So how do I get a hold of you for a next date?

Date?

You don't want to date me, John.

You'd be surprised what I want.

A year later we eloped in Vegas,

complete with an Elvis wedding.

For the first time in my life, I was happy and felt complete.

Just when I thought my life couldn't get any better,

I became a dad on January 24th, 1979.

Dean was the best thing that ever happened to me.

He had so much of his mother in him.

I thank my lucky stars every day for him.

How could my life get any better?

Nice job, Dean!

Mary?

You okay?

Of course, I'm...

You seem a bit...

Hey, it's about money, don't worry.

Shop's picking up.

I might not even have to work a Saturday or two.

That's not it.

Then why?

We are...

going to have another baby.

Oh, I love you!

Hear that, dude? You're going to be a big brother!

What do you want me to do? I'm done with it!

I was on cloud nine when I found out about Sam.

I should have known this life was too good to be true.

What happened next would forever alter my destiny,

even more so, Sam and Dean's.

Our lives would be shattered to pieces.

Sometimes things happen beyond your control, as if they have a life of their own.

Just get a beer. Yeah, babe, who's buying you? I'll buy you one, what's your name?

Hey, is that John Winchester?

Yeah, I think so.

Is that John Winchester?

Are you serious right now?

He's all over the news.

Hacked up his wife and burned the house,

covered his tracks.

Why don't the cops just arrest him?

They can't convict him.

He roasted his wife until there's nothing left.

That dude is a total nutjob.

Don't I know you?

No.

You're that guy that hacked up his wife.

Makes you feel tough, huh? Killing women?

Piece of shit.

Hey, I'm talking to you, asshole!

Hey, boy!

This is on me, Jerry.

I find myself visiting Mary's grave,

even though there was nothing left to bury.

I can't forget what I saw that night.

There's no question about it,

she was murdered.

I don't know who,

but I'm going to find out.

Hey, buddy, what the hell are you doing?

Oh, John,

Mary's cousin, Rob.

I don't give a damn who you are.

You're a hard man to find.

Left quite the mess back in town at the bar.

Yeah, I did.

Why don't you do yourself a favor? Get the hell out of here.

Don't you want to know what killed Mary?

Next words out of your mouth better be pretty smart, boy.

Missouri Moseley sent me.

Have a good night.

When you're ready for some answers, John,

you know exactly where to find me.

I'll be expecting you.

November 2nd, 1983

John!

John!

John!

Winchester!

Winchester! Hey!

The police are here, they want to talk to you.

Get up!

Good afternoon, Mr. Winchester.

Sorry to bother you today.

Have a few more questions regarding your wife's death.

Can you walk me through the events leading up to the fire?

What's that have to do with anything?

Just answer the questions, Mr. Winchester.

It was a normal day.

She stayed home with the boys all day.

What about you? Anything out of the ordinary?

I went to work. I came home.

Did you stop anywhere for lunch on your way home from work?

No. Ate at the shop and came right home after work.

What happened when you got home?

I came home, we ate dinner,

then we put the boys to bed.

What time did you and your wife go to bed?

Mary went to bed at 9:30.

I stayed up and watched TV.

Couldn't sleep, huh?

I don't sleep well.

Due to any issues whenever you returned home from work?

That's right.

Do you have any other problems from your time overseas?

What does that have to do with Mary's murder?

I'm just looking at all possibilities.

Possibilities? They said it was an electrical fire.

They've ruled out the possibility of electrical.

We're thinking that somebody did this.

Who would do something like that?

That's what I'm here to figure out.

Are you saying that I'm a suspect?

I can't release any details on an ongoing investigation.

I really have a lot of things I need to attend to today,

so if there's nothing else.

Yeah. I'm sure it's 5:00 somewhere, right?

You can see yourself out.

We'll be in touch.

It's 2:00 in the afternoon and he's hungover again.

He hasn't gone to work or helped with the boys.

His wife was just murdered!

I know. It's been six months though.

At some point he has to get his life back on track.

His boys need their dad, not some drunk passed out.

I realize that, he just...

Either you talk to him or I will.

It's not fair!

Things think it's a little early for that, bud.

What was all that about?

Nothing. Look,

I've been needing to talk to you about a couple things.

Mike,

just spit it out.

It's been six months now, and you're not coming to the shop.

Not at all.

Lisa's watching the boys, and you're gone all the time.

You're gone all day, doing God knows what.

Her name's Missouri Moseley.

She's helping me look into Mary's murder.

John,

you don't even know her.

I don't need to know her. This isn't healthy.

I know it's difficult to move on, but you have to for those boys.

My wife was just murdered.

I know, I know.

You expect me to just accept that?

I'm going to the bottom of this if it's the last thing I do.

You don't understand.

No, I don't.

You know what, Mike?

Why don't you just buy me out from the shop?

No.

I'll give you a good deal. I'm out of your hair.

Clearly overstated my welcome.

No, man. Come on.

I'll come back and I'll get our stuff back tonight.

I'll take the boys to my mom's.

This is exactly why I didn't want to talk to you.

Come on, Winchester!

That day I went to the shop for the last time.

How do you say goodbye to a friend closer than a brother?

You know you don't have to do this.

This shop was our dream. Just come back.

You have a pen?

Bull.

Hey, what are you going to do with the bike?

Keep it.

Take care of yourself, Winchester.

Where does a man go when he has nowhere else to call home?

His mother's.

My boys will never know that feeling.

Are you okay?

I'm okay.

And the boys?

They're good.

What about Dean?

He won't talk about Mary.

Don't you think it's time for you to sit down and talk to him?

I don't even know what I'd say to him.

Just be honest.

I really need to get going. Thank you for everything.

The boys will be taken care of.

I love you. Be safe.

I love you too.

I finally accepted my fate.

My family would never be a victim to losing anyone again.

I was headed to the compound to take my first step in hunting.

From this point on I would dedicate my life to avenging Mary,

and hunting down as many evil sons of bitches as I can.

When you turn up eventually, Winchester?

What is this place?

Campbell compound. One of many.

Has centuries of info from my family dating back.

Quite a collection.

Mary knows about this place.

She did.

She also logged more hours than anybody in this family.

I'm ready to leave.

Let me grab my jacket.

I didn't expect to find Mary's journal at the compound.

I didn't realize then how long a road I had in front of me.

It was a day's drive to hear about Mary.

Rob informed me we were hunting a ghoul.

I didn't know what a ghoul was,

only that it was necessary to finding what killed my Mary.

I almost got myself killed that night.

I was cocky and arrogant,

and almost cost Sam and Dean both their parents.

I need to be better to protect my boys at all costs.

Come on man, let's get you patched up.

So, uh, that went well, huh?

Not for me, son of a bitch.

I guess I should have told you headshot.

You just gotta be patient, man.

Patience isn't my strongest suit.

Well, you obviously have the knack and the reflexes for it.

I'm starting to think about...

Nobody's in this life with the pay.

Everybody has a story that led them to a life of revenge.

We need all the help we can get.

How many are out there?

Not sure.

Too damn many, though.

I don't know how I'm going to do this with the boys.

Raising them in the life.

If nothing else, it'll help them never fall victim to a monster.

It's in their blood to be hunters, John.

The only question is, are you going to help them?

I'm just not sure if this is what Mary would want.

I have a son, Christian.

He's nine.

This is all he's ever known.

Hell, it's all we've ever known.

Saving people, hunting things.

Family business.

I now know what killed her.

A yellow-eyed demon she made a deal with to save my life.

I never even knew I had died before.

I never expected to end up like this.

She hid this life from me from our very first meeting.

Maybe she was protecting me.

I don't know, but I will find out.

Her deal to save me would forever damn our sons.

Vengeance turned to protecting the boys and killing that demon.

My boys can never find out.

My name is John Winchester.