<P> When Dean leaves the room to get food, he is arrested by the police, who believe he is connected to the disappearances . At the police station, they show him John's journal, and he notices the message "Dean 35 - 111" written inside it . As Dean is interrogated, Sam tracks down Constance's husband (Steve Railsback), and learns the locations of both her grave site and the house in which she drowned their children . Sam then fakes a 911 call so Dean can escape the station . However, Constance targets Sam in his car; she attempts to seduce him and requests he take her home . Sam refuses, but she possesses the car so that it drives Sam to her home . She attacks him once they arrive at her old house . Dean forces her to temporarily dissipate by shooting her with rock salt, and Sam uses the opportunity to crash the car into the house . Constance reappears and attacks them, but the spirits of her children confront her . They embrace their mother, causing her to scream in pain as demonic like beings spawn from under her, dragging her down through the floor . </P> <P> Dean deduces John's message was coordinates to where he has headed . Sam still does not want to join the search, so Dean drops him off at his apartment . Lying alone in bed, Sam discovers Jessica pinned to the ceiling with a slash across her stomach . She ignites into flames as Dean breaks in and rescues Sam . While firefighters attempt to put out the inferno, Sam decides to join his brother in the search for their father and the creature that killed their mother and Jessica . </P> <P> Series creator Eric Kripke had previously written for the WB series Tarzan, and was offered the chance to pitch show ideas to the network . He used the opportunity for Supernatural, a concept he had been developing for nearly ten years . Kripke envisioned Supernatural as a road trip series, deeming it the "best vehicle to tell these stories because it's pure, stripped down and uniquely American...These stories exist in these small towns all across the country, and it just makes so much sense to drive in and out of these stories ." Though the network rejected his initial pitch--a tabloid reporter investigates supernatural occurrences throughout the country--they were still interested in a series featuring urban legends . Kripke quickly suggested a Route 66 - style series, and the network loved it . Filming was greenlit after director David Nutter, who previously had worked with Kripke on Tarzan, signed on . </P> <P> The pilot stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles as Sam and Dean Winchester, whom Kripke likened to Luke Skywalker and Han Solo of Star Wars . Padalecki knew executive producers McG and Nutter, the former convincing him to audition for the role . He was excited to play "the reluctant hero", and compared Sam to The Matrix's Neo . However, Nutter also asked Ackles to audition for the role of Sam . Nutter and Kripke found themselves in a predicament, as they felt both actors were great as Sam . To remedy the situation, Warner Bros. president Peter Roth suggested Ackles instead audition for Dean . Kripke agreed, believing Ackles' "smart - ass attitude" made him "born to play" the Harrison Ford - like character, and Ackles preferred the character of Dean after reading the script . Both actors were the only ones to audition, and network executives instantly noticed a brotherly chemistry between them . Evil Dead - actor Bruce Campbell was Kripke's first choice to portray John Winchester, father of Sam and Dean . However, Campbell was unavailable, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan eventually received the role . With Morgan's scene taking place 22 years before the series, he expected to be replaced by an older actor for subsequent episodes, and was surprised when he was later asked to reprise the role . </P>

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