12.02 Mamma Mia

Title	Mamma Mia
Episode #	Season 12, Episode 2
First aired	October 20, 2016
Directed by	Thomas J. Wright
Written by	Brad Buckner Eugenie Ross-Leming
On IMDB	Mamma Mia
Outline	When Castiel gets a lead on Sam's location, Dean and Mary set out to rescue him. Meanwhile, Crowley has tracked Lucifer down, finding him inhabiting the body of rock star Vince Vincente.
Monster	Men of Letters
Timeline	Immediately after 12.01 Keep Calm and Carry On
Location(s)	Lebanon, Kansas Aldrich, Missouri Cleveland, Ohio
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Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Mary Winchester
• Castiel
• Crowley
• Lucifer
• Rowena
• Lady Antonia Bevell
• Ms. Watt
• Mr. Ketch
• Vince Vincente
• Mick Davies

Definitions

• Alcohol
• Archangel
• Crowley's Lair
• Dead Guy Robe
• Enochian
• Good Talk
• Hugs
• Impala
• John's Journal
• Men of Letters
• Men of Letters Bunker
• Photo Album
• Pie
• Satanic Looking Symbols
• Sexual Encounters
• Spells
• Table of Death
• Vessel
• Warding Sigils
• Witches

Music

• "Lost Angel" by Heart

(plays over the montage of Sam, Dean and Mary in the Bunker)

Quotes

Mary: When we do find Sam. How am I gonna face him?

Dean: What do you mean?

Mary: That yellow-eyed thing would never have come for him that night if I... I started all of this.

Dean: How'd you sleep?

Mary: I had dreams all night.
Dean: Good dreams?

Mary: Stuff I'd forgotten about. Funny stuff your Dad did. He was a great father.

Castiel: I think I may have found Sam's location. It's a farm, it appears empty. But it was rented two weeks ago to a woman with an English accent.

Dean: Did you have a look inside?
Castiel: No. No, it's powerfully warded.
Dean: Powerfully warded? Okay, see, buddy, that was your headline right there.

Castiel: ...Are we still discussing the same thing?

Dean: Why don't I take this one solo, okay? We just, we don't know what we're walking into here.
Mary: We never know. We're hunters.

Dean: You know when you died, it changed Dad. I mean he was hell-bent on finding out what happened. The hunter life, it just took him over. I guess I was the same. But, Sammy-- Sammy, he was different. He wanted out. He went to school, he went to Stanford.

Mary: Sam had a chance to get out, and he came back?

Dean: When Dad disappeared, Sam and I looked around and something became very clear. The only thing we had in this world -- the only thing, aside from this car -- was each other.

Rowena: I can't believe I'm once again down some dank hole seeking the Devil. When does it end? It's exactly why I'm retiring to Boca Raton. With Ben.

Toni: Anything to add?
Dean: No. No, I just came by for some tea and a beating.

Mary: Get away from my boys.
Sam: Mom?

Mary: Well, we should call the internet and find out as much as we can about these people. Did I say that right?

Dean: So close.

Sam: Yeah, it was close.

Sam: If you ever wanna talk. I know what it's like to come back and not feel like you really fit.

Mary: I just have so much about you boys to catch up on. Mother stuff. You know, first tooth, first crush.
Sam: Yeah.
Mary: I just have a lot of blanks to fill in.
Sam: Right, uh... Dad's journal. His writing, his words. Helped me fill in some blanks, answer some questions I didn't know I had. And you know, it-- it-- it keeps him with us. Sort of.
Mary: Thank you.
Sam: Goodnight
Mary: Dean said you got out of hunting.
Sam: Yeah.
Mary: And yet here you are.

Sam: Well, this is my family. My family hunts, you know? It's is what we do. Mom, for me... Just, um... having you here... fills in the biggest blank.

Trivia & References

"Mamma Mia" is the name of a 1970s hit song from the Swedish pop group ABBA. It is also the name of a musical featuring their songs.

The comic book Crowley is reading as Lucifer enters his throne room is Superman #206.

Crowley: Lucifer. Wearing Vince Vincente, second-tier star. I would have thought Bieber was more your style.

Crowley is referring to Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber.

Sam: I thought you were dead.

Dean: I'm not sure that I'm not.
Sam: So?
Dean: I'll tell you. I'll tell you everything, okay? First off, who's Angry Spice?

In the '90s Brit Pop group The Spice Girls, each of the members had a nickname - Posh Spice, Scary Spice, Sporty Spice and Baby Spice.

Dean: Your meatloaf was amazing.

Mary: Came from the Piggly Wiggly. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Piggly Wiggly is a chain of supermarkets in the Southern and Midwestern region of the United States.

Lucifer: You know, I gotta say Rowena. I took one look at you and all I wanted was to snap your miserable neck again and keep it snapped this time. But I think I've decided against it.

Rowena: You won't regret it, sir. I am done with all this. I'll stay far, far away, sipping martinis with Republicans at my tennis club.
Lucifer: You're missing my point. A witch as gifted as yourself, with access to the Book of the Damned to boot, would be much more valuable as a prisoner.
Rowena: What?
Lucifer: How's that saying go? Mm. Friends close... enemies closer.

The saying comes from the 1974 movie, The Godfather Part II. It is Michael Corleone who says: "My father taught me many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me — keep your friends close but your enemies closer."

Minutiae

Woody Jefferys, who played Tommy, previously played Marshall Hall in 1.12 Faith.

Kailey Spear, whose scenes were cut from the episode, previously played an uncredited Chastity Group Member in 9.08 Rock and a Hard Place and Beth in 9.16 Blade Runners.

In response to the June 12th 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, Jerry Wanek placed lyrics from John Lennon's song "Imagine" in the set decoration of Vince Vincente's hotel. After the episode aired, Wanek tweeted "Thought we needed serenity after Orlando tragedy."

"Mamma Mia" is the fifth episode of Supernatural to not included any deaths. Previous episodes with that distinction include: 4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book, 4.21 When the Levee Breaks, 10.17 Inside Man and 11.23 Alpha and Omega.

Mary wears a monogrammed robe with the initials S.C.K.

Dean: Right. Um... Okay, I-I can't do my job if I'm worried about you.

Mary: Dean. You won't have to be. I can handle myself. Okay? All right, good talk.

"Good talk" is a phrase used often by characters in the show, especially Dean who uses it to shut down any conversations he doesn't like. Much like how Mary used it on him.

As established in 11.10 The Devil in the Details, due to Lucifer being released from the Cage with Book of the Damned magic, as long as his essence is in a vessel, he will be anchored, and thus unable to be imprisoned again through spellwork. He can't be sent back to the Cage via the method used in 5.22 Swan Song because the Winchesters no longer have all four of the Horsemen's rings to open a portal.

The photo Mary looks at in John's Journal is the same one of the hunters at Camp Chitaqua from 5.04 The End. Its appearance here is curious given that Camp Chitaqua and the photo existed in a reality constructed by Zachariah. The photo does not exist in the "real world" unless Dean somehow bought it back with him.

Comparison of the Camp Chitaqua picture in 12.02 Mamma Mia (left) and 5.04 The End (right).

The final shot of Sam sees him lying on his bed looking up at the ceiling fan. This scene is possibly a callback to a scene in 4.21 When the Levee Breaks in which Sam has been locked up by Dean and Bobby so he can detox from the demon blood he has been drinking. Sam starts hallucinating, and imagines Mary encouraging him to kill Lilith. Later, he sits staring at the overhead fan. Check out a visual comparison here by themegalosaurus.

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  VFX and SFX makeup for Lucifer posted by VFX compositor Alexandre Boucher.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 12.02 Mamma Mia (transcript)

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