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Both dead men had recently been called up to HR in room 1444 -- even though HR is on the 7th floor. The guys check it out, and hear the ghost putting the whammy on another hapless wage slave. Fortunately, Sam Wesson somehow knows how to kick in doors, and Dean Smith instinctively reaches for an iron wrench to swing at the ghost.

The ghost is that of P.T. Sandover, the company founder, who died in 1916 but returned during the Great Depression to keep the company going -- by zapping employees and turning them into obsessed worker bees who would rather die than let the company down. Now that we're facing another global financial crisis, Sandover is back. The guys turn to the Ghostfacers website for a crash course in Hunting, and learn about salt, iron, and burning remains. But Sandover was cremated. Now what?

The guys investigate Sandover's old office, but Sam gets caught by a security guard. Then comes the scene that will have us taking the stairs for weeks -- the elevator gets stuck between floors, the security guard shimmies out, he sticks his head back in to yell at Sam, and whammo! Sam gets a blood shower and the guard loses his head. Ick. (We have no idea why Sandover used the elevator as a guillotine, but we're going to go with it.) Meanwhile, Dean has figured out that Sandover was a hands-on guy, and a pair of his old work gloves is enshrined upstairs. Perhaps there's a bit of his corporeal remains left in the gloves? It sure looks that way, because Sandover is not happy when the guys bust open the case. Dean Smith and Sam Wesson get their ghost-busting groove on, and Sam managed to burn the gloves before Sandover can put the whammy on Dean. Not bad for a pair of amateurs!

About that -- Sam in convinced that his dreams mean something, that this Hunting thing he sees in his head is their real life. But Dean won't hear of it. Sam reluctantly goes back to work, but tenders a forcible resignation when he beats the crap out of his phone with a poker. (Why did Sam have a poker at his desk? Who cares! All we know if, we'd LOVE to do the same thing!) Dean's boss offers him a substantial bonus for his work, but Dean turns it down -- he somehow knows he's got work to do elsewhere.

And here's where the episode goes from a light, fun romp to a defining character moment. Dean's boss taps him on the forehead, and Den Winchester comes back. His boss is actually Castiel's boss -- Zachariah, a high-echelon angel. He knew that Dean was doubting himself, so he gave Dean and Sam new lives and memories and dropped them in a live ghost situation, all to show Dean.... Oh, heck, let's just let Zachariah speak for himself:

Zachariah: To prove to you that your path is truly in your blood! You're a Hunter. Not because your dad made you, not because God called you back from Hell, but because it's what you are. And you love it. You'll find your way to it in the dark every single time, and you're miserable without it. Dean, let's be real here, you're good at this! You'll be successful! You will stop it!
Dean: Stop what? The apocalypse? Lucifer? Huh, what? Be specific, man!
Zachariah: You'll do everything you're destined to do, all of it. I know, I know, you're not strong enough, you're scared, you got daddy issues, you can't do it….
Dean: Angel or not, I WILL stab you in your face.
Zachariah: All I'm saying is, it's how you look at it. Most folks live and die without moving anything more than the dirt it takes to bury them. You get to change things. Save people. Maybe even the world. All the while you drive a classic car and fornicate with women. This isn't a curse, it's a gift! So for God's sake, Dean, quit whining about it! Look around. There are plenty of fates worse than yours. So are you with me? You wanna go steam yourself another latte? Or are you ready to stand up -- and be who you really are?

Well Dean? Are you? We can't wait to find out...