While recovering from injuries and hiding from the nearly invincible , Sam Winchester leaves Dean to investigate a series of local murders in which victims' pituitary glands are missing.
While primarily a "monster of the week" story, the episode features the Leviathans successfully tracking the Winchesters to their hideout, heightening the season's overarching stakes. Critical and Fan Reception [S7E3] The Girl Next Door
The case triggers memories of Sam’s past in 1998, when he met a young girl named Amy Pond . Sam discovered Amy was a Kitsune (a brain-eating monster), but after she killed her own mother to protect him, he allowed her to escape. While recovering from injuries and hiding from the