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In the graveyard [[Rowena]] tells to the Winchesters, [[Castiel]] , and Belphegor how her [[spell]] will strengthen the barrier. She needs a quiet, [[ghost]] -free place near the epicenter, and is taken to the Carver mausoleum where [[Sam]], [[Dean]], and Castiel first took refuge. On their way they pass by the massive hole [[Chuck]] created that leads to [[Hell]].

Inside, Dean preps for battle, telling Sam he isn’t giving up without a fight. Sam is overwhelmed, but Dean is angry. Belphegor returns and explains his plan, which involves [[Lilith's Crook]] , which is in [[Lilith's Chamber]] in Hell. Belphegor explains that the crook is actually a hornthat, that when blown , will draw in all the escaped inhabitants of Hell. Rowena then says she can then close the rift rupture - described by Belphegor as more of a tear or a wound than a portal - like healing a wound after the souls are insideusing a spell of her own creation. She needs Sam’s help, as he’s close to a seasoned witch. Someone will need to throw the “bomb” into the rift while she and Sam stay protected. Dean volunteers. Belphegor offers to get the crook, and claims he needs protection, looking to Castiel. Dean agrees , leaving Castiel feeling like he must go.

Castiel and Belphegor prepare to enter Hell through the rupture, with Belphegor taunting Castiel that the Winchesters don't care about him. Castiel pushes Belphegor into the hole and jumps in after. In Hell, they find Lilith’s Chamber, which is being ransacked by a demon that Castiel quickly dispatches. Belphegor explains that the horn is safe inside a box with [[Enochian]] warding. Castiel realizes that Belphegor wanted him to come to read the Enochian. Castiel recites the words -- verses singing praise to [[Lucifer]] -- but nothing happens. Belphegor points out that maybe it need needs to be sung, so Castiel sings the Enochian and the box opens. Just as Castiel is handing over the horn, Ardat appears and attacks. She reveals that Belphegor has been playing a long game and wants to rule Hell. Belphegor kills her with an [[angel blade]] while Ardat is distracted and tells Castiel that he plans to use the horn to draw all the souls into himself, giving him god-like power. He pushes Castiel away and sounds the horn , causing the souls to start rushing back to Hell and into Lilith's Crook.

In Hell, Castiel overcomes the horn’s power and is able to stop Belphegor, which also stops the souls returning. Belphegor pretends to be Jack for a moment to stop Castiel, but Castiel calls him a liar and [[Smitingsmiting|smites]] Belphegor to a cinder, destroying the horn in the process.

Topside, Rowena notices something is wrong and that the spell crook has not worked. She states that she has one last spell she can use, as she pulls out her last [[resurrection charm]] from the flesh of her shoulder. Rowena tells Sam there is a spell that will work, and will contain all the souls. ''Death Is an Infinite Vessel'': is a spell which requires only two ingredients -- the blood coursing through her veins and her last breath. This will draw all the souls into her body , where they will be trapped until, over time as her corpse decays, they will slowly be released. However, Rowena says she cannot kill herself -- she still values her own life too much. She explains that Sam, as was written in [[Death]]'s notebooks, he must be the one to kill her. Sam protests and refuses, but when Rowena asks if he’ll let the world, and Dean, die instead, he knows the answer. Sam draws [[hugs]] Rowena to him, stabbing her in the process.

Castiel emerges from the hole. When Dean asks what went wrong, Castiel tells him that he killed Belphegor and the horn is destroyed. Dean is incredulous when, suddenly, they notice the ghosts being drawn into Rowena as she walks to the rift with a somber Sam behind her. With a last farewell, she jumps into the rift rupture and it closes behind her.

At [[the Bunker]], Dean checks in on a a grief-stricken Sam. He tells him the townsfolk of Harlan are okay, and that Ketch was found killed, probably by a demon. He reassures Sam that he had no choice about Rowena and they stopped the last apocalypse that Chuck threw their way because of it.

'''Dean:''' Yeah, I heard her, okay. ? Ghosts are gonna bust out, and their they're gonna swallow this world. And you wanna what, just relax? Take a knee? No. No, we're were gonna end this, Sam. Like you said. We're gonna be free.

'''Dean:''' I mean, this whole mess, you know? Th-this -- This sloppy-ass ghostpocalypse -- that's Chuck's ending? No. No, I don't think so. After everything that he has put us through? I'll be damned if I'm gonna let some glorified fanboy get the last word.

'''Rowena:''' I don't care about anything enough to take my own life. Not you, your brother -- not even the world. But I believe in prophecy. I believe in magic. And I'm here , and you're here , and everything we need to end this right is in our hands. I know this in my bones -- it has to be this way. Do it! Kill me, Samuel! I know we've gotten quite fond of each other, haven't we? But will you let the world die, let your brother die, just so I can live?

'''Dean:''' We did it, though, man. It's over. God threw one last apocalypse at us, and we beat it. <br>'''Sam:''' Yeah.<br>'''Dean:''' What you did... Rowena... You didn't have a choice.<br>

'''Castiel:''' You used to trust me, give me the benefit of the doubt. Now you can barely look at me. My powers are failing, and -- and I've tried to talk to you, over and over , and you just don't want to hear it. You don't care. I'm... dead to you. You still blame me for Mary. Well, I don't think there's anything left to say.<br>

:''[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItsQuietTooQuiet "It's quiet... too quiet"] is a line of dialogue that has appeared through out throughout various forms of entertainment as early as the 1934 Western [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lucky_Texan The Lucky Texan.]''

Castiel being forced to sing to open the box containing Lilith's Crook may be a reference to the episode of ''Lucifer'' titled "Orgy Pants to Work", where it was revealed Castiel is known to constantly sing in the Silver City (Heaven), much to the annoyance of the other angels.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=The scene where Rowena absorbs the Hell Ghosts ghosts into her womb and falls into Hell is reminiscent of a scene from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_5:_The_Dream_Child A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child] '' where Amanda Kreuger absorbs Freddy's soul into her womb and locks herself away in the [https://nightmareonelmstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Dream_Core Dream Core.].

[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853175/ Sharon Taylor], who played [[Ardat]], previously played the [[Crossroads Demon]] in [[6.04 Weekend At Bobby's]].

'''Belphegor:''' She never needed to use it. When she ruled, it was enough for us that we knew she could. And then when Crowley took over, he had other forms of discipline -- endless lines, endless paperwork. Not that he liked to spend a lot of time down there, anyway, with us.:''A reference to [[Crowley]]'s never-ending queue version of [[Hell]] from [[6.20 The Man Who Would Be King]]. As well references to and in general Crowley's more bureaucratic take on damnation and his dislike of being in Hell.''

The statues of the cloaked skeletal figures in the corridor leading to [[Lilith's Chamber]], all have their hands clasped in prayer, which are all pointing downward instead of the traditional upward.

Part of the music known as "Americana" or the Winchester Family Theme by [[Jay Gruska]], plays as Castiel tells Dean he is leaving.