14.19 Jack in the Box

Title	Jack in the Box
Episode #	Season 14, Episode 19
First aired	April 18, 2019
Directed by	Robert Singer
Written by	Eugenie Ross-Leming Brad Buckner
On IMDB	Jack in the Box
Outline
Monster	Dumah Jack Kline
Timeline	A few days after 14.18 Absence
Location(s)	Lebanon, Kansas Heaven Columbus, Ohio
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Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Castiel
• Jack Kline
• Bobby Singer (Apocalypse World)
• Dumah
• Jules
• Eremiel

Definitions

• Alcohol
• Aliases
• Angel Blade
• Angel Lore
• Angel Wings
• Apocalypse World
• Costumes & Disguises
• Heaven
• Heaven's Throne Room
• Hunters
• Jackifer
• Led Zeppelin
• Ma'lak Box
• Men of Letters Bunker
• Metatron's Cube
• Monsters
• Nephilim
• Photo Album
• Playground
• Portal
• Prayer
• Salt
• Sammy
• Table of Death
• Teleportation
• Warding Sigils
• Wraith

Music

None

Quotes

Dean: We know it wasn't easy for some of you to get here, and we thank you. We, uh... We gave her a hunter's send-off a few days ago. But we know that her family went beyond just us. Some of you hunted alongside her. Some of you fought Michael with her in the other world. You know, we lost our mom once before. But we got a second chance with her. And we got to know her not just as "Mom," but as someone who was tough and strong. Stubborn as Hell. Someone who had opinions and wasn't shy in using them. She could handle a machete. She could handle a vampire. She could handle our old man. She couldn't cook worth a damn. Mom, you weren't here long enough. But we're so glad for the time that we had. Goodbye, Mom.

Sam: Goodbye, Mom.

Hunters: To Mary.

Castiel: A hunter's memorial, complete with monster. Mary would've appreciated that.
Bobby: Now that you mention it, yeah.

Sam: I-I can't stop thinking that... Most people, it's hope and faith, right? That's all they have. But we know the truth. We know God is real. We know that angels are real, too.

Dean: God writes paperback books in his underwear, okay? And angels are dicks
Sam: But they're real, right? We know that Mom's not sitting on a cloud playing a harp. She's in a good place. Or she's in a great place. She's with Dad.

Dean: Hmm. You know what else? There wasn't enough left of her to even try to bring her back.

Dean: I didn't want it to come to this either. But I know that kid's head is not right. And now that Heaven has it's hooks in him, we don't have a choice.

Sam: Jack. I hope you can hear this. Some things, some bad things happened. But we're family. We're your family. And bad things happen in families. But we... We want to talk with you. That's how we can all... get through this. That's how we can all move forward. [...] Jack, we want -- we need to see you. Our mother would want it. Your mother would want it.[...] Jack, we just want things to be the way they were. Are you hearing this?

Jack: I heard. And I was so glad. I didn't think I would ever see you again. I've been working with the angels to purify the world. Oh, and making angels.Yeah, I make angels. But... I really missed you guys.

Dean: Yeah. Us too. Right, Sammy? Tell Jack how, how we want to clear things up, you know, between us.
Jack: I know things have been bad. And if it helps, I regret it. The accident.
Sam: The -- the accident?
Jack: What happened to Mary. She kept talking about my soul, t-that I didn't have a soul, and she kept pushing.
Dean: Oh, so... she made you do it?
Jack: No, it was me, but I didn't want this no-soul thing to become an issue between us. I guess I snapped. Before I knew it, it was all over.

Dean: "It" being he "accident."

Castiel: You're establishing a reign of terror, beating humans into submission, stripping Heaven of it's mercy.
Dumah: Oh, Heaven never really had any mercy, Castiel. You know that. I am saving Heaven. I am saving our kind. I am saving the world.

Dean: Sammy, we knew from the beginning it was a long shot with him.
Sam: Yeah. Yeah, but long shots are kind of our thing.

Jackifer: Am I getting through to you? Did they tell you the specifics of their "cure"? Are you getting a new soul? Does it have a factory warranty? Why didn't they tell you how much time it would take?

Jack: I don't know.

Jackifer: You don't know because, you my friend, are naive, clueless, trusting. And you know what? They suckered you. "Why" you may ask? Okay. One, 'cause you're no longer useful to them. And two, you killed their mother. Okay? There's no coming back from that. So this is it, for the rest of time.

Castiel: What? You just want to forget about him?
Dean: I wish I could forget about him! After what he did? And you know what he can do. This is our only play.

Trivia & References

"Jack in the Box" refers to the children's toy of the same name, as well as Jack being trapped in the Ma'lak Box.

Dean, Sam and Castiel use the aliaes "Agents Kilmister, Clarke, and Taylor". A reference to the 1976-1982 Motörhead line-up consisting of Lemmy Kilmister, "Fast" Eddie Clarke, and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor.

The angel Eremiel is assigned to guard the entrance to Heaven at the playground. In traditional lore, Eremiel was/is seen as the guardian of Sheol and later the Gates of Heaven, along with St. Peter.

Sam: So you want to lie to him.

Dean: No. Well, I mean, I want Zeppelin to get back together. But what I need -- what we need is to stop Jack. Big difference. But here's the deal. We both gotta sign off on it. This might be our only shot, and if he even catches a whiff that this is a scam, he's off into the wind.

Led Zeppelin broke up after the death of drummer John Bonham in 1980. There were a couple of subsequent reunion concerts, sometimes with Jason Bonham taking his father's place on drums.

Minutiae

Giles Panton, who played Professor Harrison Tate, previously played Deputy Cooper in 9.13 The Purge.

Castiel says that no ordinary angel can turn a person into a pillar of salt. In 6.03 The Third Man Balthazar uses a weapon -- Lot's Salt -- from Heaven's armory to transform Raphael's vessel into a pillar of salt in order to save Castiel. In 11.10 The Devil in the Details it's revealed that when angels in Heaven pool their collective power for a mass smiting, one effect of the fallout can be turning a person into a pillar of salt, as with Lot's wife.

Executive Producer and director of the episode Robert Singer makes a cameo appearance as a doctor walking past the frame as Sam, Dean, and Castiel arrive at the hospital to interview Pastor Ames.

Jack is shown capable of forging a human soul into an angel; this is in contrast to his father, Lucifer, who twisted human souls into the first demons.

Snow is seen covering the ground of the Playground when Castiel faces off with Eremiel, a departure from its usual clear, sandy appearance.

Dumah confirms that Mary and John Winchester are sharing a Heaven, as implied by her comments in 14.18 Absence.

When Castiel kills Dumah, his angel blade is left clean of blood, possibly due to Dumah being killed in Heaven.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 14.19 Jack in the Box (transcript)

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