Supernatural: The Legend of the Colt

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Mark Pedowitz,

The Supernatural spin-off I am proposing will trace the demon-killing Colt revolver from its origin in 1835 through its many adventures to present day.

This is Deadwood meets X-Files. 

The first 13-one hour episodes begin in 1835 with Samuel Colt, and will follow the gun through until 1908 with many more stories to follow.

Each episode will feature characters that have come in contact with the most legendary Supernatural weapon in the universe. New characters and fan favorites will make appearances: Samuel Colt, Cain, Azazel, Billie the Kid and Pat Garrett, Laura Ingalls Wilder, the Hatfields and McCoys, Teddy Roosevelt, and Belle Starr.

The episodes will include many monsters that Supernatural fans may already be familiar with such as vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifters; also introduce new creatures such as chindi, impa shilup, and vrykolakas. And of course- demons. 

The established Supernatural mythology will anchor the storyline: the Devil's Gates, Samuel Colt's journal, Albertus Magnus, Men of Letters, and the Winchester lineage. 

This spin-off series will solve the mystery of what happened to the Colt after Dean Winchester dropped it in a field in Carthage Missouri after unsuccessfully killing Lucifer in "Abandon All Hope" (Season 5, Episode 10). 

Title of the Show:

Supernatural: The Legend of the Colt

Format:

A one hour episodic action/adventure series

Logline:

A one hour adventure series that follows the demon-killing gun of Samuel Colt from its origins in 1835 to present day.

Summary:

The established Supernatural mythology is the starting point for this story that follows the demon-killing revolver created by legendary hunter Samuel Colt from its origins in 1835. Each episode weaves a frightening tale based on a legendary person, place, event or legend in the history of the old west. Demons, vampires, werewolves, and a score of new monsters go up against some new hunters and a few that are established within the long Supernatural mythology. 

It is Little House on the Prairie meets Buffy. 

The Hatfields and McCoys meets The Vampire Diaries. 

Episode 1

1835: Samuel Colt steals a book hand-written by Albertus Magnus that contains unusual ideas for futuristic contraptions including designs for a special gun to kill demons and monsters. Later, Colt becomes embroiled in an altercation with a young woman with unusual powers and a man with yellow eyes and is saved by Charley Parkhurst. Charley is the older sibling of the young woman who is “under the spell” of the yellow-eyed demon and Charley is determined to save her. With one of the special guns that Colt has made, Charley and Sam confront the yellow-eyed demon whom vanishes just as Charley shoots; the bullet kills Charley’s sister. Sam returns to his rooms only to discover unfinished colt #2 and the unusual book have been stolen.

Monster: Azazel

Episode 2

1857: Samuel Colt has now been a hunter for two decades but has been unsuccessful about making a second gun but with the help of a powerful medicine man, he was able to make more bullets. His hunting of demons has taught him much and he stumbles into a nest of demons in Wyoming. He concocts the plan to build a large trap in which to lock a door to hell to keep the demons locked away for good. Monster: Demons

Episode 3

1862: Devil’s Gate is nearly complete, but getting it shut with all the demons locked behind it turns out to be a bigger job than one man can handle. Colt calls in the help of a few friends but some may give the ultimate sacrifice to see that this doorway to Hell gets slammed shut.

Monster: Demons

Episode 4

1865: The Civil War is over and the colt is now in the hands of a hunter named James Dillon who is just trying to get home to his family in Kansas when he gets caught in the center of two feuding families who have more secrets to keep than the U.S. government.  The Hatfields aren’t what they seem but neither are the McCoys and the hunter caught in the middle may not get out of there with his skin intact.

Monster: Werewolves, Vampires, and Vrykolakas

Episode 5

1872:  James Dillon picked the wrong time to ride back into Dodge City. A mysterious sickness is killing every member of a family in town and the family that is cursed is his own. He has to figure out who or what is killing his family before he succumbs to the curse as well.

Monster: Chindi

Episode 6

1877: James and Wyatt Dillon are in Fort Grant, Arizona just having hunted a chupacabra when they stumble on a pack of nachzehrer feeding on locals. When the pack leader Frank Cahill, sets his eyes on a young William Bonney, the Dillon brothers fight to save the kid and take down the pack.

Monster: Nachzehrer

Episode 7 

1881: James Dillon is tracking a vicious killer, William “Billy the Kid” Bonney. He encounters two other hunters, Pat Garrett and Zeke Elkins, who are also on the trail of the Billy the Kid but for different reasons.

Monster: Shapeshifter 

Episode 8

1884: Theodore Roosevelt is the deputy sheriff of Medora, North Dakota tracking a horse thief known only as Crazy Steve when he meets with Sheriff Seth Bullock of Deadwood who is also looking for the horse thief. When they finally capture the thief, Crazy Steve says he is a hunter and he is tracking a killer; a monster who changes into animals to stalk his prey- innocent settlers.

Monster: Skinwalker

Episode 9

1889: The infamous outlaw Belle Starr is telling a tale from her childhood in Carthage, Missouri. A tale of a man who took on several demons and killed them with one shot from a special gun. This man was Samuel Colt. During the bloody battle, Colt was wounded by a man with a strange mark on his arm and whom no bullets could kill. After she tells this tale, she is attacked by mysterious black-eyed assailants who try to extract the whereabouts of the colt from her before they kill her.

Monster: Demons and Cain

Episode 10

1892: A young photographer has come to De Smet, South Dakota with a travelling oddities show. Laura Ingalls Wilder attends the show with her young daughter and notices a peculiarity with the young man’s photos- he is stealing people’s souls.

Monster: Impa Shilup

Episode 11

1904: Word reaches the Men of Letters that the much sought after demon-killing gun is going to be on display at the World’s Fair in St. Louis. They send Thomas Winchester to retrieve it. It would appear that he is not the only one who was after Samuel Colt’s revolver.

Monster: Demons

Episode 12

1906: Frank Remington, anxious to prove his worth to the Men of Letters, has managed to track the colt to San Francisco but can he get to it before the demons or another hunter scoop it up and high-tail it out of town?

Monster: Azazel and Demons 

Episode 13

1908: When legendary hunter Pat Garrett is murdered, his friends come together to track the monster responsible.

Monster: Azazel and Demons  
  

Character Overview

Ep. 1

Samuel Colt (21) is intelligent, fascinated with oddities and how things work. When he first realizes that the demons, monsters and spells are real he is giddy with excitement and eager to fight.

Charley Parkhurst (23) is a masculine female who dresses as a male. Charley was born Charlotte Parkhurst. She and her little sister Grace, were orphaned when their mother was killed in a fire, which Charley remembers looking up to see her mother on the ceiling. At the age of 12, Charley ran away and started dressing as a man to find work (Charley Parkhurst was a real person in history).

Azazel (30’s) aka the yellow-eyed demon, is as evil as expected but will be in a different “meat suit” from what was portrayed in the original series.

Grace (20) pretty but twisted and bitter about being left behind in the orphanage. Her anger over her abandonment fuels her embracing the power her demon blood gifts have given her. 

Ep. 2

Samuel Colt (43) is older, wiser, and embittered from all the death he has seen. He arrives in Sunrise Wyoming looking to retire from hunting but instead finds a portal to Hell. He begins building his 100 square mile wide Devil’s Trap to lock a Gate of Hell.

Yellow Crow (50’s) believes he was sent to help Colt and discovers a way to chant to make the spell over Colt’s freshly made silver bullets work with the gun. 

Ep. 3

Samuel Colt (48) has nearly died in the last year but has managed to retrieve everything he needs to close the gate.

James Dillon (21) has ridden with Colt from Carthage, Missouri. Colt was injured and James helped him. Colt has been training him. He ends up with the colt after Samuel’s death.

Other hunters (about a dozen) will come to help including shamans from different tribes- various ages and sex. 

Ep. 4

James Dillon (24) (called JD by Caleb) is war weary and homesick, stumbles into a supernatural nest of vampire and werewolves. Outnumbered, battle-weary, and wants his friend happy but mostly wants to get out alive.

“Devil Anse” Hatfield (25ish) is furious with his twin for falling for “a mutt” and cannot stop the rogue vamps that begin to hunt her, Caleb and JD.

Sarah Hatfield (25ish) is pure-blood vampire and twin sister to Anse. She falls in love with Caleb and gets pregnant with the first vrykolakas- vampire/werewolf hybrid. Loads of myth and lore but none had ever survived. Her brother is furious.

Caleb McCoy (25) is pure-blood werewolf and son to Randall McCoy. He and James Dillon (JD) were friends on and off the battlefield. Caleb fought for the Union which didn’t please his family at all.

Randall McCoy (40) is furious with his son whom he sees as a traitor both for fighting for the north and for taking up with that “devil spawn.” He won’t hunt his son but neither will he prevent the Hatfields from seeking justice.

Various ages and sexes of extras for Hatfields and McCoys.

Ep. 5

James Dillon (32) is arriving home after being gone for over a decade to find his father has died of a mysterious illness and the rest of his family is also becoming ill.  

Matthew Dillon (34) is the older brother, trying to hold the family together since their father lost the old homestead several months before. He claimed an old abandoned house and moved everyone into it. He feels awkward because he married the girl James was sweet on before he left. He falls ill the day James comes back.

Wyatt Dillon (28) smart, handy around the place but feels like an extra wheel since there is no farm to work. He helps James figure out what is happening. He begins to show signs of the sickness just before James finds the correct anecdote. In the end, he leaves with James to hunt monsters.  

Asa Dillon (6) is oldest child of Matt and Cara’s and is already ill when James arrives.

Caroline “Cara” Dillon (30) was hurt when James left without saying goodbye. She still carries a bit of a flame for him. She is wife to Matt, mother to Asa and Lily; she falls ill the second day.

Alice Dillon (52) is newly widowed but strong willed. She is the glue that holds the family together. Falls ill just before James and Wyatt figure out what monster is causing the sicknesses.

Lily Dillon (4) daughter of Matt and Cara; she is already ill when James arrives. 

Ep. 6

James Dillon (37) has been riding with his brother for five years. They work as ranch or farm hands in between hunting monsters and demons. They’ve ranged all over the old west. They’re in Arizona talking about heading out to California or maybe Alaska.

Wyatt Dillon (33) He has a good relationship with his brother. They rely on each other particularly in hunts. They always have the others back.

Frank Cahill (30) He seems to be typical rancher in area but looks are deceiving.

William Bonney (18) He has a baby face, 5’6”, wiry, and mouths off a lot. Runs into the Dillon brothers at Fort Grant. Cahill picks Bonney over the Dillon brothers for ranch work which is strange but Bonney doesn’t realize the danger he is in. 

Ep. 7

James Dillon (41) Four years after Wyatt’s death. He’s harder, bitter, and drinks more. He hasn’t forgiven Bonney for getting his brother killed. He hears Bonney has escaped from jail and is wanted by the law and makes his way to Fort Sumner to bring him in “Dead or Alive.” 

Pat Garrett (31) Sheriff and hunter who knows Billy. He knows that Billy couldn’t have committed the murders he’s accused of and suspects that Billy is possessed by a demon.

Zeke Elkins (28) is from a hunter family, he recognizes the colt that JD carries. He knows the Elkins have had that gun in their possession before and he wants it back, at any cost.

William “Billy the Kid” Bonney (22) There are two Billy’s. Billy the shapeshifter and Billy the hunter who learned a harsh lesson from the death of Wyatt Dillon. They all manage to kill the shifter and use it as a diversion so the real William Bonney can escape to South America to live out the rest of his days. 

Ep. 8

Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt (26) is a grieving widower who came west to forget his grief. He is a new deputy sheriff but is fearless.

Seth Bullock (35) is sheriff of Deadwood. He is calm, level-headed, practical, and fair. He almost instantly likes Teddy but think Crazy Steve is a tool and untrustworthy. However, he also has hunted with others who have revealed strange things to him so he believes.

“Crazy Steve” Elkins (36) is the older brother of Zeke Elkins who shot James Dillon in the back in order to possess the colt. Steve tells a different story to the lawmen, of course. He now has the gun because he says his brother lost it to him in a poker game. He is a slippery fellow, weaving truths in with half-truths and lies so it is difficult for anyone to know when he is telling the truth. 

Ep. 9

Belle Starr (40) is pretty but not beautiful. She is NOT a delicate flower but she maintains a balance between certain ladylike qualities and being tough. She is stylish but not overdone. She is a crack shot, even at a full gallop and can throw a blade with precision. Is murdered by black-eyed assailants at the end of the episode.

Young Belle (13) is a bit naïve about the world but she is friends with Cole Younger and Jesse James who are about her age. They are teaching her to shoot a gun and handle a knife.

Jesse James (14) is fearless to the point of recklessness. He and his best friend, Cole Younger are reluctantly teaching Belle to shoot. Mostly because Cole has a crush on Belle.

Cole Younger (13) is protective of Belle and agrees to teach her to handle a gun. The three of them are in the woods when they witness a gunfight between two men, one of whom has a strange mark on his arm.

Cain (?) Timothy Omundson.

Colette (?) Anna Galvin

Samuel Colt (41) has heard of the Knights of Hell from an Albertus Magnus. He recognizes the mark on Cain’s arm even if he is “living a peaceful life” he is still a monster and must die. Colt’s demon-killing gun has no effect on the Father of Murder and only because of Colette does Cain not slaughter Colt, but leaves him badly injured. The teens witness it all.

Demons, Colt interrupts the demons that are trying to bring Cain back to Abaddon and Hell. Not realizing who Cain is yet, Colt kills all the demons with his gun. 

Ep. 10

Laura Ingalls Wilder (25) young mother, but has witnessed ghosts and knows about hunters from a stint spent living in Florida for husband’s health. She takes her daughter to the fair but an oddities show catches her attention. In it are things she believes are real, a werewolf, etc. She knows something is going on with people in town. The colt is in the oddities exhibit along with some other unusual weapons.

Rose Wilder (6) is curious but observant.

Martin Asulan (28) looks human and harmless but is an ancient shadow being who eats souls. He poses as a photographer with the touring oddities show. When he has people pose for pictures, he actually plucks their souls from them through the camera. It is how he feeds. He can only be killed by silver and his remains must be burned or it will return.

Ep. 11

Thomas Winchester (34) is the grandfather to Henry Winchester. He, and the Men of Letters, have been searching for the other demon-killing gun of Samuel Colt since Colt died. They have now tracked it to the St. Louis World’s Fair.

Demons (at least 4) are after the same weapon.

Azazel comes to retrieve it when his demons are killed. 

Ep. 12

Frank Remington (20) is trying to prove he should be a Man of Letters. He overhears of Samuel Colt’s revolver being in the hands of wealthy man in San Francisco. He knows a few spells and incantations but is inexperienced and is in over his head when Azazel and slew of demons show up.

Leo McCarty (47) is the wealthy businessman who acquired the colt. He is actually William Bonney.

Azazel and his demons come to town and eventually cause the San Francisco quake.

Ep. 13

Pat Garrett (58) is murdered by unknown assailants.

William Bonney (48) comes to track his friend’s killer.

Thomas Elkins (29) is a hunter but also worked with Garrett on a few jobs but had not seen him in over a year.

Azazel knows Garrett and Bonney are friends so he kills Garrett horrendously to lure Bonney to him so he can get the colt.

Demons

Explanation

 

Supernatural has a devout and enthusiastic fan base that is deeply invested in the show, its mythology, and its future. Many of these fans have permanently tattooed their bodies with the Supernatural colt revolver and its Latin motto “I will fear no evil.” This is the initial target market - the 18-49 viewership. Westerns are becoming a popular theme again as evidenced by The Revenant, The Hateful Eight, and the new remake of The Magnificent Seven.   

Essentially, this idea still follows the Supernatural road trip story only it is on horseback on a dusty trail. This spin-off would also follow Kripke’s original idea of taking urban legends and putting a supernatural spin on it. The Legend of the Colt will take legendary people, places and events and put a supernatural spin on the traditionally told story.  Pat Garrett didn’t shoot and kill Billy the Kid. He shot a shapeshifter who looked like Billy the Kid. The real Billy hid out in South America for a few years hunting pishtaco and other monsters. A Young Guns meets Supernatural.

The spin-off would follow a similar format length to the original and would air for free with commercials on the CW website. This gives the show an opportunity to create its viewership. Another suggestion would be to air The Legend of the Colt in Supernatural’s time slot on the network during the summer months when the show is on hiatus. This would work to benefit the spin-off by capturing those loyal fans who still desire to enjoy a supernatural show while Supernatural is on hiatus.  

Supernatural: The Legend of the Colt is a viable spin-off series as the colt already has a legendary status within the mythology of the Supernatural series. Despite its status within that world, it remains a mystery, an unknown but quantifiable resource that has never been addressed. A resource that the fans are already familiar with. Although, longer and more in depth, The Legend of the Colt will be similar to the origin story of the Impala in “Swan Song”- a tale that has endeared the Impala to the fans.