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| − | In | + | In [[Apocalypse World]], [[Dean]] and [[Ketch]] land in a snowy forest. Dean expects Ketch to go his separate way but Ketch offers to help Dean find [[Jack]] and [[Mary]], which Dean begrudgedly accepts. As the begin traversing the landscape they come across a group of angels and hooded prisoners walk across a bridge. The commanding angel says the humans have fomented rebellion and committed crimes against the [[archangel]] [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]]. The hoods are removed and each prisoner is smited, as Dean and Ketch watch on. The last prisoner is revealed to be [[Charlie Bradbury (Apocalypse World)|Charlie Bradbury]], stunning Dean. The commanding angel stops the execution when he realizes Charlie is in the resistance inner-circle and has met with Jack and Mary. The commanding angel thinks that Michael will want to interrogate her at the Northern Camp and the angels vanish with Charlie. |
| − | + | At [[the Bunker]], [[Sam]] brings [[Castiel]] up to speed. They enter a dark room where [[Gabriel]] is crouched in a corner. Sam and Cas talk to Gabriel but he doesn’t respond. They attempt to give Gabriel some of his [[grace]] but he refuses and whimpers away. | |
| − | + | In [[Heaven]], [[Lucifer]] sits on the floor playing solitaire. [[Sister Jo]] walks in, and begins questioning Lucifer's rule, reminding him that they came to change things and help the angels. [[Dumah]] enters the room to report that the few angels that they could spare have scoured the planet but have found nothing on Jack so far. Lucifer reminds her that this is a priority, but Dumah objects that they don’t have the manpower, causing Lucifer to flash his eyes red and reiterate finding Jack being a priority. After Dumah leaves, Lucifer complains that [[God]] would get better treatment from the angels. Jo tells Lucifer that if he wants to be treated like God, he should start acting like God. | |
| − | + | At [[Needham Asylum]], [[Asmodeus]] rants about Ketch and Gabriel being off the radar to a demon minion. He says that he should be able to detect Gabriel because they are “blood brothers.” | |
| − | + | As Dean and Ketch begin their search for Charlie, Ketch questions Dean about his relationship to her. Dean says they need her because she’s seen Jack and Mary. Ketch soon disappears, telling Dean they need to practice remaining undetected, Dean ignores Ketch and continues on. Dean is then attacked by a bounty hunter, who comes out of nowhere and shoots Dean in the shoulder. As the bounty hunter and Dean struggle, Ketch arrives and subdues the hunter, who reveals to Dean that he was going to take them the Northern Camp is the silo, down the road four to five hours walk. | |
| − | + | Castiel enters Gabriel’s room and discovers [[Enochian]] writing now covering the walls. Cas calls Sam into the room and explains that it’s Gabriel’s story, starting with his supposed death. The writings reveal that Lucifer had stabbed the fake Gabriel, which left Gabriel, as he explained, free with no obligations to God, Heaven or mankind. Gabriel moves to Monte Carlo where he would live with porn stars. Castiel continues reading, telling Sam that at some point he was captured and delivered to Asmodeus, who tortured him and then he, the weakest of [[Hell]]’s [[Prince of Hell|princes]], grew strong by feeding on Gabriel’s [[grace]]. | |
| − | + | In [[Heaven's Throne Room]], Lucifer is dressed in a snazzy black suit, takes his seat on the throne and begins to listen to prayers. He quickly loses interest, due to what he believed to be humanity's whining, when suddenly his interest is piqued when he overhears as exorcism. On Earth two priests begin the process of removing a demon from a young women. Lucifer pops into the room, correcting the priests that it is not Satan possessing the young woman, but rather a low level demon named Anthony, whom Lucifer dismisses and sends back to Hell. Questioning who he is, Lucifer reveals himself, telling the priests he is running Heaven. The priests cry blasphemy and call Lucifer the beast and a scourge of mankind. Lucifer complains that God made Lucifer a villain, but when the priests refuses to listen to him, Lucifer kills the priests by disintegrating them. | |
| − | + | As Dean and Ketch make their way to the Northern Camp, Ketch does not recognize the type of bullets the hunter was using, but Dean knows they are [[angel-killing bullets]]. Suddenly, Dean collapses. Ketch checks on Dean, who is running a fever and his shoulder wound is black and infected Ketch believes the hunter’s bullets were laced with a poison similar to one the [[British Men of Letters]] use to disable and kill prey and begins the process of making an antidote. | |
| − | + | Back at the Bunker, Castiel uses his healing powers on Gabriel, although his powers are not sufficient to heal an archangel, he believes he may be able to help jolt Gabriel's mind back to normal. Sitting in the room alone with Gabriel, Sam talks to him about what he’s going through. Sam says he understands what it’s like to be nothing like your family and to leave them. Sam explains how he came back to his family because they needed him and how he now believes this is what he was meant to do and this is how he makes the world a better place. Sam tells Gabriel that he is needed, by his family, the world and Sam himself. Before leaving, Gabriel reacts to Sam’s words and his eyes glow blue. As Gabriel's power returns, Asmodeus is able to sense and locate Gabriel. | |
| − | + | Although somewhat recovered, Dean is exhausted and collapses. Ketch proposes they return home to regroup but Dean refuses to give up on Charlie. Dean reluctantly tells Ketch that Charlie was like family to him and Sam, and when she died, Dean thinks he failed her. Ketch admits to many failures but says that unlike Dean, he never tried to save any of the people that have died. And that perhaps recusing Charlie will help wash some of the stain from his hands and the two continue on. Meanwhile, Charlie is being tortured and interrogated by an angel, but her continued refusal to give any information on the resistance prompts the commanding angel to order her execution. | |
| − | + | As Gabriel takes the vial grace that had been harvested by Asmodeus, Sam soon gets a call from Asmodeus who demands Gabriel be given back or threatens to take Gabriel by force and reduce the Bunker to ashes. | |
| − | + | Back in Heaven, Lucifer is angry and he tells Jo he is going to refocus and find his “bliss” in fatherhood. He and Jack will combine their powers and remake the world in Lucifer’s image. People will worship Lucifer. Jo questions his motivation and tells him to make good on his promises to fix Heaven by making more angels and giving the existing angels their [[Angel Wings|wings]] back. Lucifer admits that he can’t do either of those things. Jo has had enough and berates Lucifer that he is a failure and should just go back to [[the Cage]]. Angered by Jo's insubordination, Lucifer begins to choke Jo, but lets her go. She declares she no longer supports him. | |
| − | + | At the POW camp, Charlie is chained to a pole for beheading. As the executioner prepares to swing his blade, Dean throws a grenade into the camp, causing a distraction. Dean and Ketch enter the camp and begin shooting the angels, however the commanding angel escapes. Dean frees Charlie from the pole, and the three make their escape. Outside the camp, Dean explains where he and Ketch are from and that there was a version of Charlie in his world and asks about Jack and Mary. Charlie tells him that the last she heard, Jack and Mary were fighting in what remains of Dayton, Ohio. | |
| − | + | At the Bunker, the lights suddenly go out as the [[Warding Sigils|warding]] begins to shut down. Demons enter the Bunker and attack Sam and Castiel, who are able to kill the intruders before Asmodeus enters and incapacitates them. Gabriel is recaptured and as he is being dragged away, Asmodeus starts to kill Castiel and Sam. Gabriel frees himself from the demons, and deflects an energy ball from Asmodeus, who mocks Gabriel as being broken and too weak. Gabriel heals his wounds and spreads his wings before telling Asmodues he has always hated his "dumbass" suit and kills him through incineration. In the aftermath Castiel and Sam tell Gabriel about Apocalypse World and the other Michael in the hopes he will join them in the fight. Gabriel thanks them for the rescue but refuses to help, telling Sam he had faith in him and Dean the last time the world was ending, and he has faith this time, before he vanishes. | |
| − | + | As Dean, Ketch and Charlie approach the rift, the rift appears to be closing. Ketch declares he is going to stay behind to get intel on the angels, and find Mary and Jack. Charlie is also staying, much to Dean's confusion. Charlie tells Dean that this is her home and that her friends need her help, but that if Dean has a way to stop Michael, to get back and do it. As angels appear, Dean goes through the rift as Ketch and Charlie shoot at them. | |
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| − | Dean, Ketch and Charlie approach the rift | ||
| − | Dean arrives back in the Bunker. | + | Dean arrives back in the Bunker just as the rift closes. Sam questions as to where Mary and Jack are, Dean explains that they are not with Michael anymore and that Ketch and Charlie have stayed back to find them. Castiel explains about the demon incursion led by Asmodeus and that Gabriel killed Asmodeus. Sam and Cas admit that when they asked Gabriel for help, he left, and that they used up the last of Gabriel's grace to return his power. Dean is furious and frustrated, shouting that he should never have come back since they can’t open the door again. He lashes out in anger and frustration that every time they get close, it falls apart. Castiel assures him that they will find Gabriel. |
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Revision as of 05:42, 16 April 2018
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| Title | Bring 'em Back Alive |
| Episode # | Season 13, Episode 18 |
| First aired | April 12, 2018 |
| Directed by | Amyn Kaderali |
| Written by | Brad Buckner Eugenie Ross-Leming |
| On IMDB | Bring 'em Back Alive |
| Outline | As Dean and Ketch traverse Apocalypse World in search of Mary and Jack, Dean comes across a familiar face in need of help. Meanwhile, Sam and Castiel try to understand how Gabriel is still alive. |
| Monster | Asmodeus |
| Timeline | Immediately after 13.17 The Thing |
| Location(s) | Apocalypse World Lebanon, Kansas Heaven Fall River, Massachusetts |
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Contents
Synopsis
In Apocalypse World, Dean and Ketch land in a snowy forest. Dean expects Ketch to go his separate way but Ketch offers to help Dean find Jack and Mary, which Dean begrudgedly accepts. As the begin traversing the landscape they come across a group of angels and hooded prisoners walk across a bridge. The commanding angel says the humans have fomented rebellion and committed crimes against the archangel Michael. The hoods are removed and each prisoner is smited, as Dean and Ketch watch on. The last prisoner is revealed to be Charlie Bradbury, stunning Dean. The commanding angel stops the execution when he realizes Charlie is in the resistance inner-circle and has met with Jack and Mary. The commanding angel thinks that Michael will want to interrogate her at the Northern Camp and the angels vanish with Charlie.
At the Bunker, Sam brings Castiel up to speed. They enter a dark room where Gabriel is crouched in a corner. Sam and Cas talk to Gabriel but he doesn’t respond. They attempt to give Gabriel some of his grace but he refuses and whimpers away.
In Heaven, Lucifer sits on the floor playing solitaire. Sister Jo walks in, and begins questioning Lucifer's rule, reminding him that they came to change things and help the angels. Dumah enters the room to report that the few angels that they could spare have scoured the planet but have found nothing on Jack so far. Lucifer reminds her that this is a priority, but Dumah objects that they don’t have the manpower, causing Lucifer to flash his eyes red and reiterate finding Jack being a priority. After Dumah leaves, Lucifer complains that God would get better treatment from the angels. Jo tells Lucifer that if he wants to be treated like God, he should start acting like God.
At Needham Asylum, Asmodeus rants about Ketch and Gabriel being off the radar to a demon minion. He says that he should be able to detect Gabriel because they are “blood brothers.”
As Dean and Ketch begin their search for Charlie, Ketch questions Dean about his relationship to her. Dean says they need her because she’s seen Jack and Mary. Ketch soon disappears, telling Dean they need to practice remaining undetected, Dean ignores Ketch and continues on. Dean is then attacked by a bounty hunter, who comes out of nowhere and shoots Dean in the shoulder. As the bounty hunter and Dean struggle, Ketch arrives and subdues the hunter, who reveals to Dean that he was going to take them the Northern Camp is the silo, down the road four to five hours walk.
Castiel enters Gabriel’s room and discovers Enochian writing now covering the walls. Cas calls Sam into the room and explains that it’s Gabriel’s story, starting with his supposed death. The writings reveal that Lucifer had stabbed the fake Gabriel, which left Gabriel, as he explained, free with no obligations to God, Heaven or mankind. Gabriel moves to Monte Carlo where he would live with porn stars. Castiel continues reading, telling Sam that at some point he was captured and delivered to Asmodeus, who tortured him and then he, the weakest of Hell’s princes, grew strong by feeding on Gabriel’s grace.
In Heaven's Throne Room, Lucifer is dressed in a snazzy black suit, takes his seat on the throne and begins to listen to prayers. He quickly loses interest, due to what he believed to be humanity's whining, when suddenly his interest is piqued when he overhears as exorcism. On Earth two priests begin the process of removing a demon from a young women. Lucifer pops into the room, correcting the priests that it is not Satan possessing the young woman, but rather a low level demon named Anthony, whom Lucifer dismisses and sends back to Hell. Questioning who he is, Lucifer reveals himself, telling the priests he is running Heaven. The priests cry blasphemy and call Lucifer the beast and a scourge of mankind. Lucifer complains that God made Lucifer a villain, but when the priests refuses to listen to him, Lucifer kills the priests by disintegrating them.
As Dean and Ketch make their way to the Northern Camp, Ketch does not recognize the type of bullets the hunter was using, but Dean knows they are angel-killing bullets. Suddenly, Dean collapses. Ketch checks on Dean, who is running a fever and his shoulder wound is black and infected Ketch believes the hunter’s bullets were laced with a poison similar to one the British Men of Letters use to disable and kill prey and begins the process of making an antidote.
Back at the Bunker, Castiel uses his healing powers on Gabriel, although his powers are not sufficient to heal an archangel, he believes he may be able to help jolt Gabriel's mind back to normal. Sitting in the room alone with Gabriel, Sam talks to him about what he’s going through. Sam says he understands what it’s like to be nothing like your family and to leave them. Sam explains how he came back to his family because they needed him and how he now believes this is what he was meant to do and this is how he makes the world a better place. Sam tells Gabriel that he is needed, by his family, the world and Sam himself. Before leaving, Gabriel reacts to Sam’s words and his eyes glow blue. As Gabriel's power returns, Asmodeus is able to sense and locate Gabriel.
Although somewhat recovered, Dean is exhausted and collapses. Ketch proposes they return home to regroup but Dean refuses to give up on Charlie. Dean reluctantly tells Ketch that Charlie was like family to him and Sam, and when she died, Dean thinks he failed her. Ketch admits to many failures but says that unlike Dean, he never tried to save any of the people that have died. And that perhaps recusing Charlie will help wash some of the stain from his hands and the two continue on. Meanwhile, Charlie is being tortured and interrogated by an angel, but her continued refusal to give any information on the resistance prompts the commanding angel to order her execution.
As Gabriel takes the vial grace that had been harvested by Asmodeus, Sam soon gets a call from Asmodeus who demands Gabriel be given back or threatens to take Gabriel by force and reduce the Bunker to ashes.
Back in Heaven, Lucifer is angry and he tells Jo he is going to refocus and find his “bliss” in fatherhood. He and Jack will combine their powers and remake the world in Lucifer’s image. People will worship Lucifer. Jo questions his motivation and tells him to make good on his promises to fix Heaven by making more angels and giving the existing angels their wings back. Lucifer admits that he can’t do either of those things. Jo has had enough and berates Lucifer that he is a failure and should just go back to the Cage. Angered by Jo's insubordination, Lucifer begins to choke Jo, but lets her go. She declares she no longer supports him.
At the POW camp, Charlie is chained to a pole for beheading. As the executioner prepares to swing his blade, Dean throws a grenade into the camp, causing a distraction. Dean and Ketch enter the camp and begin shooting the angels, however the commanding angel escapes. Dean frees Charlie from the pole, and the three make their escape. Outside the camp, Dean explains where he and Ketch are from and that there was a version of Charlie in his world and asks about Jack and Mary. Charlie tells him that the last she heard, Jack and Mary were fighting in what remains of Dayton, Ohio.
At the Bunker, the lights suddenly go out as the warding begins to shut down. Demons enter the Bunker and attack Sam and Castiel, who are able to kill the intruders before Asmodeus enters and incapacitates them. Gabriel is recaptured and as he is being dragged away, Asmodeus starts to kill Castiel and Sam. Gabriel frees himself from the demons, and deflects an energy ball from Asmodeus, who mocks Gabriel as being broken and too weak. Gabriel heals his wounds and spreads his wings before telling Asmodues he has always hated his "dumbass" suit and kills him through incineration. In the aftermath Castiel and Sam tell Gabriel about Apocalypse World and the other Michael in the hopes he will join them in the fight. Gabriel thanks them for the rescue but refuses to help, telling Sam he had faith in him and Dean the last time the world was ending, and he has faith this time, before he vanishes.
As Dean, Ketch and Charlie approach the rift, the rift appears to be closing. Ketch declares he is going to stay behind to get intel on the angels, and find Mary and Jack. Charlie is also staying, much to Dean's confusion. Charlie tells Dean that this is her home and that her friends need her help, but that if Dean has a way to stop Michael, to get back and do it. As angels appear, Dean goes through the rift as Ketch and Charlie shoot at them.
Dean arrives back in the Bunker just as the rift closes. Sam questions as to where Mary and Jack are, Dean explains that they are not with Michael anymore and that Ketch and Charlie have stayed back to find them. Castiel explains about the demon incursion led by Asmodeus and that Gabriel killed Asmodeus. Sam and Cas admit that when they asked Gabriel for help, he left, and that they used up the last of Gabriel's grace to return his power. Dean is furious and frustrated, shouting that he should never have come back since they can’t open the door again. He lashes out in anger and frustration that every time they get close, it falls apart. Castiel assures him that they will find Gabriel.
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Castiel
- Lucifer
- Gabriel
- Arthur Ketch
- Asmodeus
- Sister Jo
- Dumah
- Charlie Bradbury (Apocalypse World)
Definitions
- Alternate Universe
- Apocalypse World
- Angel Blade
- Angel-Killing Bullets
- Angel Wings
- Archangel
- Demonology
- Demon Smoke
- Enochian
- Exorcism
- Grace
- Heaven
- Heaven's Throne Room
- Holy Water
- Holy Water in the Face
- Men of Letters Bunker
- Needham Asylum
- Possession
- Portal
- Princes of Hell
- Sabriel
- Smiting
- Son of a Bitch
- Table of Death
- Telekinesis
- Warding Sigils
Music
- "Easy Street" by Cosmopolitan Orchestera
- (playing as Lucifer prepares to listen to humanity's prayers in Heaven)
Quotes
Sam: Cas. Please.
Dean: You guys are such dicks.
Gabriel: Porn stars. They were porn stars, Sam.
Ketch: You feel you failed her.
Dean: I know I did.
Ketch: That, I understand.
Dean: Uh, hello. What about your story you're not telling me?
Ketch: Oh, I've had many failures... friends and colleagues who have died on my watch. Only difference is, I didn't... try to save them. 'Duty' and all that rubbish.
Dean: Well, you do suck.
Ketch: What the hell? Perhaps rescuing this Charlie will wash some of the stain off my hands.
Lucifer: No. No, I'm gonna refocus. I've come to realize the key to finding my bliss is fatherhood.
Jo: You?
Dean: Well, had.
Charlie: And you were friends with her? Me? Her?
Dean: Yes. Very.
Charlie: How very?
Dean: Well, she was into chicks.
Gabriel: Uh... yeah. Not so much. I mean, thank you for the rescue and the redemption arc. But, uh, I'm not really a team guy, so... I'm gonna bounce, okay? Um, but, you know, it's been, um... what's the opposite of fun? That.
Sam: No, Gabriel, don't -- you -- can't just walk away. If Michael comes here he will end this world.
Gabriel: And the last time the world was ending, I put my money on you. I think you can pull it off again.
Castiel: No. You cannot turn your back on your Father's creation.
Castiel: Dean... we will find Gabriel. We will.
Trivia & References
Dean: Yeah. If you had your heart set on Mai Tais, well... sorry.
- A Mai Tai is a rum-based cocktail associated with resorts in exotic climes.
- S.O.S. and Brillo are the brand names of two steel wool scouring pad products.
- “And the angel said unto him, ‘I am Gabriel, that stands in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak unto thee and to bring you this good news.”
Another segment was taken from Luke 1:15:
- “For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.”
- "Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far away from here."
