13.20 Unfinished Business

Title	Unfinished Business
Episode #	Season 13, Episode 20
First aired	April 26, 2018
Directed by	Richard Speight, Jr.
Written by	Meredith Glynn
On IMDB	Unfinished Business
Outline	Sam and Dean are roped into joining Gabriel in his revenge plot against the demigods who sold him to Asmodeus years prior. In Apocalypse World, Jack's boldness in his battle against Michael leads to dire consequences.
Monster	Loki
Timeline
Location(s)	Central City, Colorado Apocalypse World Monte Carlo
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Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Mary Winchester
• Jack Kline
• Gabriel
• Kevin Tran (Apocalypse World)
• Jakob
• Loki
• Fenrir Odensbane
• Narfi
• Sleipnir

Definitions

• Alcohol
• Apocalypse World
• Angel Wings
• Archangel
• Binding Link
• Deities
• Grace
• Impala
• Magic Fingers
• Michael's Fortress
• Nephilim
• Old Norse Mythology
• Porn
• Silver
• Silver Bullet
• Spells
• Table of Death
• Trickster

Music

None

Quotes

Kevin: I didn't have a choice! I Y-you don't understand. I-I-I never used to believe in anything. Well, ex-except science -- quantum mechanical unpredictably. But then the end of the world happened, and everyone around me -- my friends, and my-my Mom -- they all started to die. But God chose me? What What does that even mean?! Michael said he wanted to save the world, not kill it. But he -- he hurt so many people. When I couldn't perfect the spell, Michael, he got mad and threw me in the dungeon. And I was so scared, but I fixed it. B-but I -- I couldn't do it anymore.

Gabriel: After Lucifer, quotation marks, killed me, I needed to lay low. Luckily, I used to hang with a pretty resourceful crew. Found me a real top-shelf hideaway.

Dean: I thought this story had porn stars.

Gabriel: Ah! Good catch my bad.I had it made -- all the booze I could drink, all the, uh, entertainment I could handle.

Gabriel: So this is how it ended... By the time I came to, they had sold me to Asmodeus.

Sam: Why would they do that?

Gabriel: Hello? Lucifer? In case you don't remember, there was an Apocalypse brewing at the time.

Gabriel: Every day, Asmodeus tortured me. Every day! He fed off my grace for years! He used me, he debased me until I was What I went through you don't forgive. Everyone who had a hand in it will die. Get me?
Sam: Yeah, we do.

Dean: Okay, you went through it. We get it. All right? But killing Loki? Not gonna change any of that. It's not. In fact, probably not even gonna make you feel better.
Gabriel: Well, agree to disagree, Dean-o. We all have our demons. Mine are here, in this town.

Dean: Not like I care about killing gods, okay? But this whole revenge kick? It's a waste of time.

Sam: What if it's not?

Dean: You've seen it, Sam -- with me, with Dad. Revenge only ends one way -- ugly.

Mary: I know you've been winning all these fights, and you want to take him on so bad. I was just like you, with hunting. But I learned the hard way -- thinking you can win all the time, running in blind into every fight? That's how you make mistakes. And the people here, they --

Jack: I'm doing this for them.
Mary: You can't help them if you're dead. And I can't lose another boy.

Jack: You won't. I'll come back, for all of you. I promise.

Kevin: Michael he told me to wait -- for Bobby, for all of you to be together -- but I can't. He wanted you to see.

Mary: Whatever Michael said, he was lying.
Kevin: No! Michael says that when I get to Heaven -- when he lets me into Heaven -- I'll get to see my Mom again.
Mary: I've been to Heaven, and what's there it's just memories. Nothing's real.
Kevin: I don't care! You don't understand. I... You don't know the things that I've done. I just want this to be over.
Jack: Your spell won't kill me.

Kevin: Michael doesn't want to kill you. He wants to break you. He said for me to tell you that, 'Even if you win, you still lose.' I'm sorry.

Jack: It's my fault. I said I'd protect them.

Mary: We can prepare and we can fight and sometimes, things happen we'll never see coming.

Jack: If I can't keep them safe, then what's the point?

Dean: You remember what happened the last time we had front row tickets to the Lucifer/Michael show? 'Cause I do. You died and went to Hell. But see, this time, the apocalypse isn't looking for us. We're actually looking for it. I don't care what happens to me. I never really have. But I do care about what happens to my brother.
Sam: Dean, we're going to that place, and we're gonna save Jack and Mom. Together. And if something happens, we will deal with it together. And if we die? We'll do that together, too.

Trivia & References

The episode is a tribute to the Quentin Tarantino movies Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2, which were themselves an homage to martial arts films and Spaghetti Westerns. The movies follow Uma Thurman as The Bride who seeks revenge on assassins who tried to kill her. Gabriel, like the Bride, uses (wooden) samurai swords as his weapons of choice, and both characters have a kill list.

The similarity to the plot is even pointed out by Dean:

Dean: Okay, I think I know what this is.

Sam: Okay, what is this.

Dean: You. You're so hopped up on this Kill Bill fantasy of his.

Gabriel playing a kazoo before confronting Fenrir Odensbane is a reference to the character "Harmonica" from Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West. For many fans it also references the Saturday Night Special at Creation Cons where for the Louden Swain song "Medicated" the band, guests, and audience members play kazoos.

The music score in the episode by Jay Gruska also recalls themes from the "Kill Bill" movies, especially that of Ennio Morricone, who also scored many Spaghetti Westerns.

The "demigod faces" that Fenrir, Narfi, and Sleipnir display correspond with how they are perceived in Norse mythology. Fenrir has the visage of a wolf overlaid on his human face. Sleipnir has a horse. Narfi, who is a god associated with wrongdoing, has a skull overlaid on his face.

Gabriel: Come on. I felt your witch's tracking spell the minute she laid it on me. Tasted like haggis.

Haggis is a Scottish delicacy which is prepared by cooking a sheep's heart, liver, and lungs along with various other ingredients inside a sheep's stomach.

Sam: You're trying to tell us you came here for R&R?

Dean: Yeah, this isn't exactly the Riviera.

Riviera is the Italian word for "coastline". The word is most often associated with the French Riviera and Italian Riviera, both known for their resorts.

Dean: Well, we just broke into a junkyard and stuck the body of a demigod into a car crusher, so I think you owe us some answers.

Gabriel: Okay, they're not really demigods. Mm. Look, the Norse pantheon is its own weird thing. Think of 'em more like, uh, god-begotten monsters.

Demigods are typically the offspring of a god and a mortal human. In Norse mythology, Loki's children came from his union with various different species. Fenrir was the product of Loki and the jötunn Angrboða and Sleipinir was the product of the stallion Svaðilfari who mated with Loki, who shapeshifted into a mare. Narfi, however was born of Loki and the Norse goddess Sigyn.

Gabriel: A few thousand epochs ago, I was out for a hike in the fjords. Came across Loki bound in a cave, snake dripping venom into his eye. Ugh. Apparently, he had some spat with his pops. Anyhoo, I freed him. Saved his life. Then my real brothers started going at it. I wanted out. Loki owed me one, so he helped me ditch Gabriel and become him.

Gabriel is describing the Binding of Loki.

Dean: All right Uma, what's the plan?

A reference to the Bride from Kill Bill who was played by Uma Thurman.

Gabriel: Well, Sleipnir's a lot of things, but mainly, he is a coward. I will bet all the personal lubricant in the S.F.V. that after we killed Narfi, he ran straight back to papa's skirts.

S.F.V. refers to the San Fernando Valley in California, the center of the adult entertainment industry.

Gabriel: A deal is a deal. And if I'm being perfectly honest, tricks are for kids.

"Tricks are for kids" is the tagline for the breakfast cereal Trix. The phrase "Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids" was also used in Kill Bill: Volume 1.

The pose of Jack and Mary in their final shot recalls the Pieta, an image found in renaissance Christian art of Mary cradling the dying Jesus. The most famous example is a sculpture by Michelangelo.

Minutiae

Live tweets from during the episode broadcast form the cast and crew.

Sandy Robson, who played Fenrir Odensbane, previously played Redd in 6.20 The Man Who Would Be King.

Michael Adamthwaite, who played Narfi, previously played Security Guard Bill that Charlie has to flirt with in 7.20 The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo.

Jakob mentions that the resistance has been fighting Michael for the better part of eight years, placing the start of the Apocalypse in 2010, revealing that the time table of events would have more or less happened the same way, albeit without Sam or Dean.

Dean: Hold on. I thought Loki was you?

Gabriel: It's trippy, I know. Look, remember when I told you I went into witness protection? Who do you think put me there?

This is a reference to 5.08 Changing Channels when, after Gabriel's identity is unmasked, he calls his disguise as the Trickster "my own personal witness protection."

North America in Apocalypse World is seen to be divided up into districts. The East Coast is divided into "Northeastern" and "Southern Sectors," with most of New England designated as R4 and Canada being designated the "Northern Ice Fields." The Midwest from the Dakotas on is designated the "Great Barren Plains," within which Michael's Fortress appears to be located somewhere in the vicinity of Kansas or Nebraska. Montana and Idaho appear to be labeled as "The Void" with Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico making up the "Western District." The West Coast and Texas have unknown designations. There also appears to be impact/ground zero markings over Detroit and Los Angeles. There is also a wall running along the U.S. / Mexico border, where Mexico is simply designated as "South of the Wall."

Dean: You know, none of this would've happened if you'd just stuck around and helped us fight Lucifer.

Gabriel: Hey, I did help you. "Casa Erotica"?
Sam: You call that help?
Gabriel: I call that art. But yes. Without me, you two chuckleheads never would've known how to throw Lucifer back in the Cage.

In 5.19 Hammer of the Gods Gabriel left Sam and Dean information on how to use the Horsemen rings to open up the Cage in a Casa Erotica DVD.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 13.20 Unfinished Business (transcript)

Promotion

• Photos
• Promo
• Sneak Peek
• Inside: Unfinished Business
• Richard Speight on Jensen Ackles’ Advice, Juggling Two Characters and That Fight Scene by Danielle Turchiano