Supernatural 4.19 - Sam Winchester

Show: Supernatural

Episode: S4E19, "Jump the Shark"

Character: Sam Winchester

Whump Factor: 2

In "Jump the Shark," Sam and Dean get a call from a teenage boy, Adam Milligan, who claims to be John Winchester's son. While grappling with Adam's existence, the brothers lead a hunt for Adam's missing mother - and the supernatural entity that abducted her.

In the course of their investigation, Sam, Dean, and Adam walk together in a parking lot towards the Impala, speculating about the supernatural entity. As Sam approaches the car, a mysterious, unseen force grabs him and drags him under the car. After a brief struggle, Dean and Adam manage to free Sam, who is shaken but apparently unhurt.

The real whump of the episode comes towards the end; it is short but intense and graphic. Adam, who is revealed to be a ghoul who has assumed Adam's form, knocks Sam out with the help of his accomplice, a ghoul impersonating Adam's mother. When Sam wakes, he is tied to a kitchen table. While monologuing about their reasons for wanting the Winchesters (and their other victims) dead, the ghouls proceed to cut Sam, "taste" him, and slit his wrists vertically in an attempt to bleed him dry. Dean arrives and fights the ghouls while Sam, in pain and struggling, slowly bleeds out on the table. Finally, after beating in the Adam-ghoul's skull with a lamp, Dean comes to his senses and cuts his brother's bonds, giving him washcloths to staunch the bleeding with.