The CW has released a sneak peek from Supernatural season 9, episode 7 “Bad Boys.”
In this clip, Dean tells Sam about a time in his life that Sam was previously unaware of. Even living in each other’s pockets, there were apparently some unaccounted for months.
According to Dean, when he was 16, he and Sam had been left alone while John was on a hunt. However, Dean lost the food money John had left them in a card game. When he was caught stealing food to make sure Sam didn’t go hungry, he was sent to a boys’ home.
When John returned from the hunt and found Dean gone, he sent Sam to live at Bobby’s for a few months while he went after Dean. Sam was told that Dean had been lost on a hunt so he is clearly surprised to hear that wasn’t the case after all.
Dean, however, cultivated a good relationship with the man who ran the home, Sonny, and gave him the Winchesters’ number in case anything supernatural were to come up — as it seems to have now.
The official synopsis for the episode reads:
YOUNG DEAN — Dean (Jensen Ackles) gets a call from an old friend named Sonny (guest star Blake Gibbons) asking for help with a ghost. Sonny runs a home for delinquent boys, and Dean was sent there for stealing food when he was younger. Sam (Jared Padalecki) is stunned he never knew this about his brother and asks for more information, but Dean dodges his questions. Another murder occurs while Sam and Dean are at the house, so they scramble to find the culprit before anyone else dies. Meanwhile, Dean looks up an old girlfriend (guest star Erin Karpluk) and recalls his time at the house. Kevin Parks directed the episode written by Adam Glass.
Be sure to check out promotional stills for the episode as well.
Supernatural season 9, episode 7 “Bad Boys” airs Tuesday, November 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET on The CW.
