Adam Milligan tries to contact his father after his mother goes missing. Unfortunately, John Winchester has been dead for over two years. Sam and Dean receive that call, and head to Minnesota to meet what Dean believes must be a demon laying a trap.
The Plot of Supernatural Episode 419, "Jump The Shark"
The brothers meet up with Adam, who (unknowingly) drinks holy water and eats using silver utensils, convincing Sam that he is who he says. They at first tell Adam that they worked with John, but eventually Dean reveals that he is also John's son, and that he and Sam have never heard of a child named Adam. Adam never knew about his father's real occupation, as John wanted to try and raise him out of the evil hunting life. He proves it by showing a picture of them at a baseball game together that corresponds to a date in John's journal that simply reads "Minnesota."
Sam and Dean (the latter grudgingly) agree to investigate Adam's mother's disappearance. Against Dean's wishes, Sam tells Adam the truth about the Winchester family and John's death. Dean wants to leave Adam at Bobby's but Sam takes Adam under his wing and teaches him to shoot and tells him all about the hunting life and how its an obligation, not a choice (which bothers Dean, since his father wanted Adam to be kept out of the hunting life, and jealous at Adam's chance at a normal life).
Eventually, the three brothers discover that ghouls had attacked and killed John's mother and taken on her appearance.
In a surprise twist, Sam learns that Adam is also a ghoul, and that he and his sister wanted to avenge their father who had been killed by John Winchester, and so went after the people closest to John (who they believed were Adam and his mother).
Sam and Dean kill the ghouls and take Adam's corpse out to be burned in traditional hunter fashion, grieving for the brother they never got to know.
The Last Word on the "Jump The Shark" Starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles
Though a surprising twist, the entrance (and immediate exit) of another Winchester brother (sort of) was a welcome one. The relationship between Sam, Dean, and their father is part of what makes the characters relatable and interesting, and life they lead is the entire core of what drives them. Since the earlier seasons, there haven't been many chances for the two to sit back and examine their lives and what they could be, and that makes for a great episode.
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