- Sam decides to stop hunting but has a hard time after he receives a surprise visit. Dean and Castiel try to find the Archangel Raphael in their bid to stop the Apocalypse.
- Not sure he trusts himself, Sam decides to give up hunting and goes off on his own. But that night, a late-night visitor tells Sam that he won't let him off the hook that easily. Dean, intent on stopping the Apocalypse, continues hunting on his own and teams up with Castiel to find the Archangel Raphael since Castiel believes Raphael knows the location of God's vessel on Earth.—Anonymous
- Sam arrives in Garber, Oklahoma, and finds a simple job in a bar. He has a dream about Jessica and befriends a fellow employee; Lindsey, who notes that he is an educated man. She presses him to tell her who he really is. Meanwhile, Dean heads to Greely, Pennsylvania to investigate a vampire in a hospital. Out of the blue, Cass appears in his room and tells him that he needs to go to Maine with Dean to hunt the archangel Raphael to find out where God is. After watching the news on television, Sam calls Bobby to tell him that something suspicious has happened in a city in Oklahoma. Soon three hunters and friends of Bobby arrive in the bar and call Sam to help them. They are defeated by a demon who tells the secret about Sam and they try to force Sam to drink demon blood. Later Sam dreams about Jessica again and discovers a secret about her.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- THEN!
Sam realized he still wanted blood and power, so he decided to take a break from hunting...and Dean.
NOW!
Sam (Jared Padalecki) sleeps by himself in another motel. He turns over..and there's Jessica (Adrianne Palicki), his dead girlfriend. He thinks he's dreaming. "No you're not," she says. "What's the difference? I'm here."
He tells her how much he misses her, and she asks why he's running away. He explains that last time, he just wanted to be normal, but now he knows he's a freak. She tells him it's all a big ball of semantics, that even at Stanford, he knew something dark was inside of him. She tells him that's whyshe got killed. "I was dead from the moment we said hello," she coos.
She assures him the darkness will always catch up with him, and people close to him will die as a result. But he tells her things will be different now. He won't let that happen.
"Same song, different verse," she whispers."Things are never going to change with you. Ever."
Sam closes his eyes, getting choked up for a moment, and when he opens them, she's gone.
The title card rolls, different from before: Crows have been replaced by what looks like blood swirling in water.
One Week Earlier.
Sam is in Garber, Oklahoma. He steps out of an old sedan he'd hitched a ride in, and opens the trunk, and takes out his pack.
Cut to Dean (Jensen Ackles), closing the trunk of the Impala, in Greeley, Pennsylvania. He's wearing his FBI agent suit.
Cut to Sam burning his fake I.D.s. in his motel's kitchenette, while Dean hunts down a demon, a vampire. We see him pull out the knife as it bares its teeth. "Eat it, Twilight," he growls, stabbing it. Cut to Sam slicing lemons -- he's gotten work at a bar.
Sam's staying where he is. One of the waitresses seems to be interested in him.
Dean wipes the blood off of the trunk of his car and heads on down the road, blasting Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man" on the stereo (which has been playing behind this entire montage). He considers the empty passenger seat for a moment, then looks determined to keep going.
Dean is in a motel room cleaning the blood off of his jacket when Cas (Misha Collins) appears and scares the bejeezus out of him. Apparently Bobby told Cas where Dean is. Cas asks Dean where Sam is, and he blithely tells him they're taking separate vacations. Turns out Cas needs Dean's help to track down the archangel who killed him, Raphael (Demore Barnes). "You got wasted by a Teenage Mutant Ninja Angel?" Dean cracks which, of course, is lost on Cas.
The rebel angel continues: He's heard whispers Raphael is walking the Earth. It's a rare opportunity for information. Cas plans to trap Raphael and interrogate him. "So what, I'm Thelma, and you're Louise, and we're just going to hold hands and sail off this cliff together?" Dean says...and again, Cas doesn't get it.
Cas needs Dean because no angel would dare harm Michael's vessel. Dean isn't exactly excited to be Cas's human shield, but Cas pleads with him.
"I need your help because you are the only one who will help me," Cas says.
Dean finally agrees. Cas says Raphael is in Maine, and moves to teleport both of them, but Dean stops him. "Last time you zapped me someplace, I didn't poop for a week. We're driving."
Back with Sam, who is going by the name Keith, the waitress, named Lindsay (Emma Bell), asks him to play darts...for world peace. Sam's trying to brush her off by keeping quiet, but she won't let him. She's curious, since he obviously seems highly educated and has no reason to be in this podunk town. She gets him to agree when she wins, he'll buy her dinner tell her his life story. He says OK, grabs the darts and proceeds to hit three bullseyes in a row. She's impressed, but "Keith" isn't paying attention -- the local news is reporting a sudden hailstorm that transformed into raining fire and brimstone. The bartender mumbles something about the end times. Sam looks worried.
Waterville, Maine
Dean, dressed in his FBI suit, heads with Cas to the deputy sheriff's office, but Dean has to school him in the way of trickery. "When humans want something really, really bad, they lie," says Dean, slipping a fake FBI I.D. into Cas's pocket. "That's how you become president."
They find the deputy sheriff and ask a few awkward questions: A call came in, the lawman explains, and he reported to a gas station where 30 to 40 people were rioting in full-scale, kill or be killed combat. Then, there was a huge explosion. The authorities said it was an underground tank exploding, but the sheriff didn't agree, saying that it looked different. The fireball was...
"Pure white," Cas finished. Yes, said the sheriff. It was horrible. Everyone was dead...except for one guy in the middle of it, kneeling there, without a scratch on him. It was the gas station mechanic.
Dean asks if he just vanished, but the sheriff deadpanned, "No, Kolchak. He's down at St. Pete's hospital."
Cas and Dean find a drooling, catatonic mechanic at St. Pete's in wheelchair, just an empty vessel. Dean asks if that's what it'll be like for him if Michael "jumps his bones. Cas tells him no -- Michael is much more powerful. It'll be infinitely worse.
Sam calls Bobby (Jim Beaver) and reports the signs: hailstorm, fire, and he's guessing blood can't be too far behind. "OK..." Bobby says. "Is there a reason you're calling?"
He asks if Dean brought him up to speed, and Bobby says yes. Then Sam says he thought Bobby might want to see who was in the area and put someone on it. Bobby thinks for a moment. Who is the best hunter in the area for the job? Let's see... oh yeah, he says, that would be you, Sam. The younger Winchester declines. When Bobby tries to make him see reason, he hangs up.
In Maine, Dean's holed up in an old house when Cas appears. He went to Jerusalem to retrieve a special oil which, when burned, is enough to trap Raphael. Dean asks if there's any chance of the two of them surviving this, and Cas reveals Dean will...but he won't. It's likely his last night alive. Dean asks if he has any plans. Cas says he'll probably just sit quietly. Dean asks why they're not tearing up the town and scoring with the chicks. Cas's uncomfortable silence tells him the answer: Cas has never been with a woman. Dean isn't having that.
"Let me tell you something," Dean says, putting on his jacket." There are two things I know for certain. One: Bert and Ernie are gay. And two, you are not going to die a virgin on my watch. Let's go."
A few hunters walk into Sam's bar (not a joke) calling him...Sam. The waitress is puzzled. Sam and the hunters --Steve (Sean Campbell), Reggie (Colin Lawrence), and (we think?) Hank -- stumble to maintain "Keith's" cover. They explain that they're hunting buddies of "Keith's" father. "Oh, so you hunt deer and things?" the woman asks. "Yeah...and things," one of the guys replies.
The hunters sit Sam down and ask why he can't help them with this case, since they need all the assistance they can get. Sam will only tell them that it's personal. "Suit yourself...more for us," they say, and head out on their mission.
Nosy Lindsay returns to flirt with Sam, insisting on buying him dinner so she can find out what all the mystery is about.
But first...let's enjoy some comic relief with Dean and his jack-angel pal Cas -- in a whorehouse! A lady named Chastity (Katya Virshilas), white bustier, garters and all, comes over and flirts. Chastity -- it's kismet! Cas is nervous, speechless, and very upset to be in a den of iniquity. Dean hands him a wad of bills, tells him not to order anything off of the menu, and sends Cas into the back with his earth angel. He sees a cutie at the bar and goes off to land his own sure thing.
While Dean's flirting with his lady, he hears a scream from the back: "Get out of my face! Leave me alone! Screw you, jerk!" Dean goes to the back and finds Cas, trench coat and suit still on but his tie askew. Dean asks what happened. Cas innocently explains he only looked the girl in the eyes and tried to comfort her by telling her it wasn't her fault her father, Gene, ran off. It was because he hated his job at the post office.
"Oh no, man..." Dean moans. "This whole industry runs on absent fathers. It's the natural order!" They hightail it out of the backdoor. Dean is doubled over laughing. "It's been a long time since I've laughed that hard," he says. "More than a long time. Years."
Sam and Lindsay are enjoying a salad. Lindsay starts prying. Sam opens up just enough to vaguely tell Lindsay he used to be in business with his brother, but he made some mistakes and people got hurt. Lindsay asks what his addiction was, pulling out her sobriety coin and assuring him nobody has ever been so bad they can't be forgiven, that they can't change. Oh, Lindsay. Sweet, ignorant Lindsay. You're about to find out that's just not true.
Back in Main, Cas is presumably still a virgin, but he and Dean are at St. Pete's in the mechanic's room. Cas, pouring a circle around the guy, explains when the oil burns, it acts like a steel cage, trapping the angel. But wait, if Raphael isn't there, how will this work? Cas explains the connection between angel and vessel is kind of like a phone line. "One just has to know how to dial."
Cas leans over and whispers an angelic incantation into the vessel's ear, and adds," I'm here, Raphael. Come and get me, you little bastard."
"Just out of curiosity, what is the average customer wait time to speak to an archangel?" Dean asks.
"Be ready," Cas replies. He lights the circle of oil.
But, no angel. So they head back to the abandoned house...where Raphael, with wings of lightning, is waiting. Dean is unimpressed at Raphael only blacking out the room. Raphael corrects him: The room...and the Eastern seaboard. Outside, lightning splits the sky.
Raphael credits his unending mercy for not smiting both of them, and offers to give Dean something far worse than stomach cancer if he doesn't come with him to Michael, saying his imagination is far greater than Zachariah's. Dean points out he failed to imagine one thing.
"We knew you would come here, you stupid son of a bitch." Dean lights his Zippo and drops it, igniting another previously unseen ring oil around Raphael. Raphael looks really angry now, angry enough to scare Dean, who whimpers, "Don't look at me! It was his idea!" while nodding in Cas's direction.
Castiel asks Raphael where "He" is.
"God?" Raphael asks? "Didn't you hear? He's dead, Castiel."
Elsewhere, Sam is closing up the bar when his hunter pal Hank enters, not looking at all well. "Something you want to tell me, Sam?" Sam says no. "You sure about that?"
Sam asks where Reggie and Steve are. Hank explains Steve's guts are laying roadside, over by the five and dime. Sam apologizes.
"Sorry don't cut it, Sam," Hank said. He explains he went into town, captured a demon and got jumped by ten more. Steve bought it. Sam says he's sorry again.
"Saying it twice doesn't make it so, Sam." The hunter goes on to say the demon told him things about Sam. "I'm going to ask you one more time. The truth."
That's when Reggie comes in the door with Lindsay, putting a huge knife to her throat.
Back to Dean and Cas. Cas accuses Raphael of lying. "Am I? Do you remember the 20th century? Do you think the 21st is going any better? Do you think God would have let any of that happen if he were alive?"
"Oh yeah?" Dean pipes in. "Well then...who invented the Chinese basket trick?"
Raphael warns him to take care with his blasphemy. Dean shoots back Raphael, God's son, is the one who started the Apocalypse. "Who ran off?" Raphael yelled. "Who left no instructions, and the world to rot?"
Dean jokingly asks if God happened to work for the post office.
"This is funny to you? You're living in a Godless universe!" Raphael said. "We're tired. We just want it to be over. We just want...Paradise."
So what? Dean asks. God leaves, and the angels just decide they can do whatever they want? "Yes," Raphael booms. "And whatever we want, WE GET!" With that, the windows explode inward, showering Dean and Cas with glass.
Back at Sam's place, Sam gets Reggie to put down the knife and cuff Lindsay to the bar. Sam admits what the demon said is true. Hank tells him to keep going. He wants to hear Sam said the words, so he does. "I did it," Sam said. "I started the Apocalypse."
Cas counters Raphael by asking if God were dead, who returned him to life? Raphael asks if it ever occurred to them maybe Lucifer did it? After all, he needs all the rebellious angels he can muster. Cas won't hear it, and tells Dean it's time to go.
Raphael, still in the ring of fire, warns Castiel not to leave him there, assuring Cas he'll find him.
Maybe one day, Castiel growls, "But today? You're my little bitch." Dean walks out with Cas, then turns with a smile and adds, "What he said."'
Back at Sam's bar, Hank produces a vial and tells Sam he's going to drink the demon blood, hulk out, and kill all the other demons. Or Lindsay dies. Reggie rushes Sam and subdues him while Hank forces his mouth open, pouring the blood in. They stand back and Sam stands up, spitting it in their faces. Fighting both of them off, he grabs Hank, throws him down on the bar and holds the knife to his throat. But Sam relents and lets them go.
"Don't think we won't be back," Reggie says.
"Don't think I won't be here!" Sam yells back.
Cas and Dean are on the road, Cas riding shotgun and looking sullen. Dean told Cas he knows a little something about missing fathers, and there were many times he was looking for his dad when all logic said he was dead. But, Dean said, he knew his dad was alive. Dean told Cas to ignore Raphael and asks what he believes. Cas replies he thinks God is still alive. Dean tells him to go looking for him. Then Cas asks how Dean is, and Dean replies although he can't believe it, he's good, really good. "Even without your brother?" Cas asks.
Especially without him, Dean says. He tells Cas he's had more fun with him in the past 24 hours than he's had with Sam in years. "And you're not that much fun."
"Funny, I've been so chained to my family. But now that I'm alone...hell, I'm happy." Dean turns to look at Cas, only to find an empty passenger seat.
We return to Sam's motel room, whether he's talking to his illusion of Jess. "I love you Jess," he says. "God knows how much I miss you too. But you're wrong. People can change. There is reason for hope."
"No, Sam," she says, placing her hand on his shoulder behind him. "There isn't...because you freed me."
Jessica transforms into Lucifer (Mark Pellegrino). Sam jumps out of bed, horrified. "You are a hard one to find, Sam," Lucifer said. "Harder than most humans. I don't suppose you'd want to tell me where you are?"
Lucifer tells Sam that he wants to give him a gift, to give him "everything." Sam insists he wants nothing from Lucifer, but Lucifier explains Nick is just "an improvisation, plan B. He can barely contain me without spontaneously combusting." Sam doesn't understand.
"Why do you think you were in that chapel?" Lucifer asks, then answers his own question: "You're the one, Sam. You're my vessel. My true vessel."
Sam refuses to believe it. "That'll never happen."
"I'm sorry, but it will," Lucifer said. "I will find you, and when I do, you will let me in."
Sam reminds him he needs his consent, that he'll kill himself before he'll let Lucifer in. Lucifer assures him he'll just raise him again.
Lucifer says his heart breaks for him, for the burden Sam has had to carry, and he wishes it could be another way. Lucifer says he will never lie to him, that he'll never trick him, but Sam will say yes to him. "I think I know you better than you know yourself."
"Why me?" says Sam, fighting back tears.
"Because it had to be you, Sam," whispers Lucifer. "It always had to be you."
And...scene.
Up next week, in the year 2014: Castiel's stoned all the time and having orgies! Future Dean is a cold-blooded killer! Sam is wearing a televangelist's white suit!
It's a good old fashioned zombie apocalypse! Woo-wee!!!
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