Scarecrow

S1, E11: Sam and Dean finally make contact with their father, but he tells them to stop looking for him and sends them on another ghost-hunting job. Frustrated with their father's evasiveness, Sam sets out alone to find him while Dean obeys his father and stays. Dean investigates a small town in Indiana where couples have gone missing the same day each year and discovers the farmers are sacrificing them to a pagan god who takes the form of a scarecrow. While en route to California, Sam meets Meg (recurring guest star NICKI AYCOX), a young backpacker, who unbeknownst to Sam is working for a demon.