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Jun 26, 2016 · Dean and Sam’s long-deceased mother, Mary (played by Samantha Smith), made a surprise return in last month’s finale, thanks to Amara. While God’s sister meant to give Dean what he’s always...
- Vlada Gelman
Feb 10, 2020 · Samantha Smith (Mary Winchester) Played by Samantha Smith, Mary Winchester is Dean and Sam’s mother, whose death starts the boys and their father on their hunters’ quest.
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Mary Sandra Winchester (née Campbell) (December 5, 1954 - November 2, 1983; 2016 – 2019) was a hunter, the daughter of Samuel and Deanna Campbell, the wife of John Winchester, and the mother of Dean and Sam Winchester. After retiring from hunting to be with her family, Mary was killed by the Demon Azazel, exactly six months after Sam was born, which spurred John into becoming a hunter to kill Azazel as a means of getting revenge, as well as raising both their sons to become hunters. 33 years later, after Dean reunited God and The Darkness, she was resurrected by the latter as a gift for Dean. The Darkness later revealed that she brought Mary back to help Dean see that the real Mary is better than the dream of his mother that Dean had held onto for so long in an attempt to cause Dean to accept his life and let go of his anger.
After her resurrection, Mary struggled with her new surroundings that have changed in the last three decades which caused her to briefly leave her sons. She became aligned with the British Men of Letters who helped her sharpen her skill as a hunter and better adapt to the new world though alienated her from her sons. Mary soon formed a relationship with Arthur Ketch but she became aware of that he and his superiors had ulterior motives for other hunters. She tried to protest but was subdued and put under their control, making her a pawn to their whims. With help from her son Dean, she broke free and aided her fellow hunters in taking down the British Men of Letters in America.
Mary then returned to her children, though she was soon separated from them again after protecting them from Lucifer and was sent to an alternate reality with him. In the other world, Mary was imprisoned by the Archangel Michael who rules over that world and wanted to invade her world. Mary is liberated from Michael's clutches by Lucifer's son who was sent to that world while trying to find her.
Afterwards, Mary and Jack would go onto form a resistance against Michael. In the months that followed, the two saw many victories before they were reunited with Sam, Dean, and Castiel who journeyed to the world to save them. Mary did not want to abandon the fight but was persuaded after they promised to evacuate the civilians as well.
As a Human
•Master Hunting Skills - Mary's skills were noted by her father, Samuel Campbell, himself an exceptional hunter, to be impressive, and she later admits that though she didn't enjoy it, she was confident that her skills were "very good" when Dean asked her whether she was good at hunting. After her resurrection, Mary's skills continued to grow as she adapted to present time, proving herself to be an incredibly accomplished hunter, capable of effectively hunting all sorts of supernatural creatures, even including the likes of Angels, and slaughtering her fellow hunters while brainwashed by the British Men of Letters. •Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant and Swordsman - Mary was a very accomplished combatant, both hand-to-hand and armed with bladed weapons, her prowess impressing her father greatly as she easily handled a werewolf by herself without getting a scratch. Even after quitting hunting, Mary fully remained a formidable fighter, as shown when she fought a time-travelling Dean to 1973, where she put up a strong fight against her younger and fully-active hunter son even after his initial shock wore off, throwing him into a wall and landing multiple blows on him before eventually being restrained, and even stood up against a weakened Anna Milton in their one-on-one fight in 1978, skillfully wielding an angel blade against her and managing to cut her hand, as well as squarely impale her with a crowbar, with Anna having to teleport around to overwhelm her. After being resurrected, despite being disoriented, Mary was able to easily catch Dean off-guard and subdue and restrain him, with Dean seemingly being unable to break out of it while surprised and opting to reason with her to get out of it, and could pressure the much fitter Lady Toni Bevell in a hand-to-hand fight, forcing her to use a spell to overpower her. After training with the British Men of Letters, Mary's skills only improved, to where she could successfully take down vampires by herself with a single blade to decapitate them and was able to overpower a reluctant Arthur Ketch, breaking out of his grip and pummeling and injuring his arm during their fight despite being briefly overwhelmed and tossed to a table and soon beating him down with the Enochian Brass Knuckles, forcing him to taser her unconscious. She was also able to take down angels in Apocalypse World by herself, swiftly stabbing one with an angel blade, and, with the Enochian Brass Knuckles, even give Lucifer a sound beating, though Lucifer initially did not resist, instead taunting her, giving her a chance to continue until they both fell through the rift to the Apocalypse World. She even took down a grace-enhanced werewolf with multiple blows from an axe and decapitated him with a machete with ease. •Master Marksman - Although seemingly preferring melee combat more, Mary was also shown to be an accomplished marksman, capable of easily wielding firearms as basic as guns to more advanced ones like shotguns proficiently, as shown when she was able to easily shoot down 3 Rugaru with the Rugaru Killing Gun and accurately shot Ketch in the arm to force him to drop his gun before swiftly executing him with a precise shot to the head. She later on easily decapitated a werewolf attacking Asa with a single blast of silver buckshot. •Indomitable Willpower - Although apparently not quite as much as her husband or her children, Mary was still an individual of great mental strength and willpower. Despite the horrors she had faced throughout her life as a hunter, Mary was able to remain optimistic that she could eventually live a normal life. While possessed by the ghost of Hugo Moriarty, Mary displayed a strong enough will to briefly overpower the possession, similar to what her husband and son have been able to do in the past. It took Toni several attempts in order to successfully brainwash Mary and despite her initial succumbing to the idea of living a dream where she was a normal housewife and mother, Mary was eventually able to overcome the brainwashing and temptation once Dean reached out to her and finally make peace with her inner demons and reluctance to hunt, resolving to continue hunting alongside her children. Mary also fearlessly attacked Lucifer in order to protect her sons and even when trapped and at the mercy of the furious Lucifer in the Apocalypse World, Mary was able to maintain a brave demeanor. She later withstood torture from the Alternate Michael for several weeks without being broken, despite Lucifer expecting her to have long been broken by Michael's torture. •High-level Intellect - Due to her time as an accomplished hunter, Mary proved to be a very good observer, and immediately recognized when she and John were being followed by Dean. She also appeared to be a fast learner, being able to create angel banishing sigils and setting them up on the same day she learned about the existence of angels and their weaknesses. After her resurrection, Mary kept her sharp eye for details, noticing little clues such as the fact that Lucas Kellinger, while leaving a frostbite handprint on her arm similar to other victims of a malevolent spirit, meant her no harm and was instead scared and trying to warn her. Though her understanding of technology was behind the times as she previously lacked the ability to use a computer or a modern-day cell phone and expects to have to physically go door to door and search through archives for information, her time with Arthur Ketch and the Men of Letters eventually improved her capabilities in technology enough to be able to use cell phones regularly and also handle computers adequately. She was also shown to be an excellent strategist and deceiver, coming up with an effective plan in order to rescue Sam Winchester by distracting Toni so Dean could free her younger son, with an impressed Dean complimenting her good tactical judgement, and able to keep her alliance with the British Men of Letters a secret from her sons, even lying to another hunter when tasked to retrieve the Colt that she was simply after a dangerous demon and able to steal it in secret with no traces left for Crowley to tie it to her, before confessing herself.
As a Spirit
Mary's Spirit lingered in their house in Kansas, where she cancelled out a particularly nasty poltergeist that not only proved difficult to purge, but also attempted to kill Sam. Her spirit appeared to be able to summon flames, reminiscent of her manner of death.
Killed By
•Azazel (First Time) After Mary interrupted him feeding Sam demon blood, Azazel telekintically pinned Mary to the celling, sliced open her stomach and burned Mary to ash. She was later resurrected by the Darkness as a thank you gift to Dean for reuniting her and God. •Jack Kline (Second Time)
Mary was originally depicted as a loving, gentle mother. Her spirit showed great devotion to her children and was willing to sacrifice herself to save them. She was also playful and took pride in her sons' successes, as shown in "What Is And What Should Never Be". Mary also deeply cared about her husband, John, and vice versa. Mary was a fan of The Beatles, and believed that angels were watching over Dean.
In her younger years, Mary was a brave woman who fought monsters without hesitation. She fought against Anna Milton despite not being strong enough. She was also very protective of her friends, as despite wanting to leave the hunting world and be with John, she chose to rescue a friend under demon attack. Mary's devotion to the people she cared about would lead her to make a deal with Azazel for John's life, thus inadvertently sealing her own fate, John's, and that of her sons; a choice that would haunt her for the rest of her life.
Born and raised as a hunter, Mary was proficient in dealing with ghosts, demons and other monsters. She did not take pride in her abilities to defend herself and used her skills solely to protect others. She had long dreamed of a peaceful life surrounded by a happy family, going so far as to argue with her father, who wanted her to continue hunting. Mary indeed loved her children, and died trying to protect Sam from Azazel.
Upon resurrection, Mary was horrified to learn that her sons, now adults, had been raised as hunters by John because of her death, and that John himself was dead. Despite being in an unfamiliar world surrounded by people she did not know, Mary was quick to adapt if not simply to deal with more confronting situations. She acknowledged Castiel was an angel and accepted Dean's story that he was her son. Mary also fought against Toni Bevell to rescue Sam, showing that she still cared deeply for her sons.
However, Mary began to struggle with living in a world 33 years after her death. Many things had changed, but most prominently her sons, who were no longer the little boys she remembered. She opted to bury these problems through hunting, and focused more on saving lives on her own than with a team. Eventually, Mary was forced to confess about her discomfort, how out-of-place she felt despite the warm welcoming. Much to Sam and Dean's misery, Mary left the bunker to try and figure things out.
As with every hunter, Mary continued hunting, but stayed in contact with Dean through phone calls. As shown recently, Mary enjoyed eating bacon and shared a lot in common with Dean. Mary's love for her children was so strong, that when Billie's deal with Sam and Dean required a Winchester to die permanently, Mary was willing to kill herself so her sons could live, though Castiel's intervention meant she didn't need to.
Mary has blonde hair, often kept in slight curls and undone. In her youth, she wore short-sleeved shirts topped with a jacket and jeans. During most of her adult appearances, Mary is shown wearing her white nightgown, the dress she died in. In The Foundry, after her resurrection, Mary cuts her hair short for hunting so that monsters can't use it ag...
•Mary and John: Mary and John were married.
•Mary and Dean: Dean is Mary's first-born son.
•Mary and Sam: Sam is Mary's second son.
•Mary and Castiel: Castiel is an angel, that Mary came to see as family.
•Season 1
•••Scarecrow (mentioned only)
•Nightmare (mentioned only)
•Shadow (mentioned only)
•Dead Man's Blood (mentioned only)
•Salvation (mentioned only)
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