Life's On Balance [Supernatural] {2}

7-10 ~Scripts~

Ep. 7 - In Baltimore, Scarlett, Sam and Dean investigate the murder of a lawyer, Tony Giles, who was killed in his office, although the security cameras show no one either entering or leaving the room.

They interview his wife Karen, who reports that he had a nightmare or vision of a woman the night before he died. Breaking into his office, the Winchester siblings find a printout with "danashulps" printed repeatedly on it, which they assume to be a name - Dana Shulps. Scarlett stays with Sam as he hack into the computer while Dean decides to return and ask Karen whether the name means anything.

At her home, Karen sees a ghostly figure and rushes to call 911. When Dean arrives, he finds her dead in a pool of blood with a pile of paper near her which also has "danashulps" printed on it. As he bends over to examine bruises on her wrists, the police burst and arrest him.

Sam and Scarlett were arrested at their motel room, and back at the police station the siblings are interrogated separately. A lengthy police record has been uncovered for Dean, including suspicion of involvement in the murders in St. Louis, where he was reported as dead.

Detective Diana Ballard interviews Sam and Scarlett in separately, and both of them spins her the same tale about Tony being an old friend of their father. Detective Ballard reveals she knows a lot about the siblings' history as well, and tries to get them to admit Dean's involvement in the murders.

Detective Ballard leaves to confer with her colleague Detective Pete Sheridan, with whom she is having a relationship. Sheridan is convinced of Dean's guilt; he appears particularly invested in the case because Tony Giles was a friend of his.

Dean's lawyer, Jeff Krause, arrives, but rather than speak to him Dean borrows a pen and tries to work out if "danashulps" is an anagram. His lawyer helps by pointing out that one word it forms, "Ashland", is a nearby street. Dean gets Jeff to take a coded note to his brother and sister, passing on the information and telling them to escape.

Dean announces that he wants to confess, thus diverting all the police attention onto him. He doesn't confess to the murders, but says that he thinks a ghost is responsible and that the word "danashulps" is a message from her. Predictably, the police believe he is wasting their time, which he has been in order to allow Sam and Scarlett time to escape. Dean is cuffed and put in a cell.

Meanwhile, the word "danashulps" appears on Ballard's computer screen and she sees the ghostly figure of a woman with her throat slit. When she returns to speak to Dean, he see that bruises have appeared on her wrists similar to those he saw on Karen. He suspects she has seen something supernatural and tells her to go to his siblings for help.

Together, she, Scarlett and Sam identify the woman she saw as Claire Becker, a heroin dealer who had worked as a police informant. She disappeared eight or nine months ago, but was last seen at 2911 Ashland Street. Scarlett and Sam explains to Diana that they need to find her body and salt and burn it in order to stop the killings.

While Scarlett, Sam and Diana are searching a building on Ashland, Claire appears again and points them to where they find her body hidden in a wall. Sam is bemused as to why the ghost would lead them to her body. Diana sees that Claire is wearing a distinctive necklace which is identical to one Pete has given her. Scarlett deduces that Claire is not a vengeful spirit, but a death omen who is trying to warn people who are about to be murdered.

Diana tells Scarlett and Sam that a couple of years ago some heroin went missing from the police lockup. She suspects that Pete stole it and used Claire to fence it. They suspect Pete is the murderer.