Bela Talbot

Bela Talbot
File:BelaTalbotSupernatural.jpg Screenshot from Bad Day at Black Rock
First appearance	Bad Day at Black Rock
Last appearance	Time Is On My Side
Created by	Eric Kripke
Portrayed by	Lauren Cohan
In-universe information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Occupation	Thief
Relatives	Mother and Father (Killed by Lilith)

Bela Talbot, real name Abby, is a fictional character on The CW Television Network's Supernatural portrayed by Lauren Cohan.

Biography

Almost nothing is known about Bela Talbot, an intriguing young woman introduced in "Bad Day at Black Rock". Bela is not a hunter like the Winchesters or Bobby, she retains some information about the supernatural world and is indeed aware of what goes on. However, she chooses instead to make a profit in the supernatural world by selling occult objects to clients who could afford her services and wares. While she is often seen as a money-obsessesed individual, Bela is still a mortal and thus knows when to take and when to just let it be.

She makes her first appearance in "Bad Day at Black Rock", where she hires two crooks to steal a cursed rabbit's foot (which she intends to sell) from John Winchester's container at a storage place in Buffalo. Sam and Dean get the foot from the crooks, but Bela manages to steal it back from them at a dinner disguised as a waitress. Dean then tracks her down to her apartment in New York, stealing the foot from her once again. At the end of the episode she tries to retrieve the foot from the Winchesters by shooting Sam in the shoulder, but she is tricked by Dean into touching the foot, and falls under its curse. She gives it up for destruction, but manages to steal scratch cards from Dean worth 46 thousand dollars. Dean hates her and threatens to kill her time and time again despite feeling somewhat sorry for her.

Bela makes an appearance again in "Red Sky at Morning". The Winchesters are there to track down a ghost ship which has been haunting the area and Bela is surprisingly helpful. It is revealed that Bela was using the Winchesters to help her steal a Hand of Glory, a precious and magical artifact, in order to retrieve it and sell it to a client. However, Bela witnesses the Ghost Ship, thus condemning her to death. Frantic, Bela turns to the Winchesters for help. More is revealed about her character as the Ghost Ship only appears to those who have spilled the blood of a family member. When questioned about what happened, Bela refuses to reveal anything, claiming that no one ever understood what she did or why. Dean is prepared to leave her behind to die, but Sam comes up with a plan to save Bela's life. This time, Bela gives them a hefty sum of $10,000 as a 'thank you', before she leaves.

Her next appearance is in "Fresh Blood". Gordon Walker, who has just escaped from prison, managed to track Bela down and threatened to kill her unless she revealed the location of the Winchesters. At first, Bela adamantly refuses to tell Gordon anything, but after seeing his mojo bag, Bela decides to exchange information for his priceless bag. He complies and Bela then proceeds to tell Gordon where to find the Winchesters. After Dean finds out that Bela was behind Gordon discovering where they were, he calls her up and threatens to kill her. Bela laughs it off, but Dean remains stoic, making her realize that he really would kill her. Bela then uses a Ouija board in order to contact a spirit, to get information on Gordon and his location. She calls Dean with this information, telling him that the spirit she contacted warned him to stay away form Gordon.

In "Dream a Little Dream of Me", Bela returns to help the Winchesters save Bobby Singer after he has fallen into a coma. After Sam has a raunchy dream about Bela, she arrives and gives the Winchesters some dream root, allowing them to enter Bobby's dreams and find out what is keeping him in a coma. Bela continues to stick around, mentioning that she is helping Bobby because he once saved her life in Flagstaff, Arizona. However, it is later revealed by Bobby himself he just helped her out with a supernatural artifact. It is shown that Sam may have been attracted to Bela until Dean realizes that Bela has stolen The Colt.

Enraged, Dean and Sam attempt to track her down in "Jus in Bello", but instead are led to an abandoned apartment she once occupied in Colorado. Bela calls them and it is revealed that she has no intention of selling the The Colt, but refuses to reveal why she needs it. She also tells them that she alerted Agent Henriksen of their location, further angering Dean.

In "Time Is On My Side", Dean tracks down Bela and discovers that she sold the Colt. Dean learns that Bela's true name is Abby. He also learns that she had a demon kill her parents as part of a ten year crossroads deal when she was 14 years old. The demon killed Bela's parents in a car accident that was deemed to have been caused by a slashed brake line, but the investigation was inconclusive due to the flaming wreckage. As a result of her parents' death, Bela inherited a fortune. It was implied that she undertook the pact due to sexual abuse by her father. The duration of the abuse and her mother's role in the abuse is unknown. It's possible that she was unaware, indifferent, abusive to Bela herself in another way, or perhaps even silent because the abuse may not have been limited towards Bela. Her abusive past went a long way into molding her into the cold mercenary that she is. She attempted to get out of the deal by trading the Colt but the deal was changed so that she had to kill Sam as well. Sam and Dean lure her to a hotel and call her a few minutes before her ten years are up. Near-crying, she pleads for them to help her, but at this point they are unable to do so as her last hellhounds-free minutes are almost up. She tells them that Lilith holds all the contracts brokered by the Crossroads demon, including her own and Dean's, reasoning that even if she still dies, at least they can have a hope of killing her. Even though this episode chronicled her last moments, the only regret Bela had was the reality that she would have to go to Hell for her pact. She had no regrets for the deaths of her parents at any time, which is somewhat understandable given the circumstances of her childhood. The episode ends with Bela looking out a window right before hellhounds enter. Her death is all but inevitable, but is not shown. Series creator Eric Kripke has confirmed that the character will not be returning in season four.

Appearances

Season 3 -

"Bad Day at Black Rock", "Red Sky at Morning", "Fresh Blood", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Jus in Bello", "Time is on My Side"