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− | Seven members of the SPN cast attended [[Darklight Online Con 2020]] the weekend after this episode aired, including Misha Collins, who [https://twitter.com/rainbowstiel/status/1325585270645907456 discussed the confession scene] (and its controversy amongst fans) while explaining to the other cast members who may not have seen the episode yet, "Castiel tells Dean he loves him and basically makes Destiel canon. So Castiel makes this homosexual declaration of love which is, you know, amazing that that happens, and then he dies right afterwards, which plays into a timeless Hollywood trope of '[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BuryYourGays kill the gays],' which also then pisses off- Like we give, and then we take away." | + | Seven members of the SPN cast attended [[Darklight Online Con 2020]] the weekend after this episode aired, including Misha Collins, who [https://twitter.com/rainbowstiel/status/1325585270645907456 discussed the confession scene] (and its controversy amongst fans) while explaining to the other cast members who may not have seen the episode yet, "Castiel tells Dean he loves him and basically makes Destiel canon. So Castiel makes this homosexual declaration of love which is, you know, amazing that that happens, and then he dies right afterwards, which plays into a timeless Hollywood trope of '[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BuryYourGays kill the gays],' which also then pisses off- Like we give, and then we take away." |
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+ | Misha also said that he knew the confession was coming for more than a year, that Jensen knew about it for three months, and that Jensen had agreed to it. Richard Speight Jr, the director of this episode, said that he, Misha, Jensen, and other crew filmed the confession scene last because of the weight of it. After filming finished Misha, Jensen, Richard and Alex Calvert had boarded a chartered plane to head to [[Salute to Supernatural Las Vegas 2020]]. Ten minutes into the flight, one of its engines explode, and they had to turn back to Vancouver. For a few moments they were all afraid they might crash, so it all made for a very emotional night. Misha also told this story, and how he felt filming that last scene, in [https://twitter.com/cw_spn/status/1326207999636074500 a CW spot posted to twitter]. | ||
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Revision as of 11:09, 12 November 2020
Title | Despair |
Episode # | Season 15, Episode 18 |
First aired | November 5, 2020 |
Directed by | Richard Speight, Jr. |
Written by | Robert Berens |
On IMDB | Despair |
Outline | The Winchesters, Castiel, and Jack search for a way to kill Death. |
Monster | Chuck Billie |
Timeline | Immediately after 15.17 Unity |
Location(s) | Lebanon, Kansas The Empty Hastings, Minnesota Death's Library |
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Contents
Synopsis
Sam, Dean and Cas are helping Jack into a room in the bunker. The power from Adam's Rib, which was meant to be used to kill Chuck, is killing him. Billie appears and tells them that she can not stop the process of what Jack is going through. She makes him Jack disappear from his chair. He finds himself in the empty, in front of the Cosmic Entity, who is seated in front of him in the form of Meg. She asks him how he got there - and then he explodes.
Billie tells them that the Empty is the one place that can absorb the impact. Death hints that Jack may have survived. She tells them that the Cosmic Entity is not as powerful as Chuck, and if survives, it will be angry at her. However it can't reach her on Earth, unless summoned. She tells them that she will not bring Jack back till he gives her God's book that he took from her library.
At the bunker, Sam brings the book to Billie. He drops it on the table and walks away. She reads it and smiles at what she reads at the ending, which has changed. Dean demands she bring Jack back.
In the Empty, Jack is alive. The Cosmic Entity reappears, and it is enraged. Itattacks jack, but he is transported back to the bunker. Cas, Sam and Dean go to comfort Jack, but Death intervenes. Dean goes after her with her sycthe and cuts her. She throws him against the wall and disappears. They all go to Jack. Sam picks up God's book but it is sealed shut. Later, late at night, Dean is at a table in the library drinking whiskey. Sam comes in. They both can't sleep. Dean apologizes for pulling a gun on himexplaining that his desire to kill Chuck had made him unable to see what he was doing. He noted that they have no one of power to help them. Amara is gone and Michael is not answering their prayers. In her library, one of Death's helpers tells her that he did the warding she asked for, to keep out the Empty.
At the home of Charlie (from Apocalypse World) she is cleaning her weapons on the kitchen table, while Stevie makes eggs. Suddenly Stevie disappears and woman stands her plate falls to the ground and breaks.
Charlie calls Sam and Dean who along with Jack and Cas travel to see her. Whiel Sam and Dean got to speak to her, Jack tells Castiel that he feels useless now he has no powers, and cannot help. Castiel tells Jack that they care for him, not because he is useful to them, but because of who he is. Jack admits he is scared, and Castiel shares that he is too. Dean and Sam are telling Charlie of Death's plan and specialte that she has sent Stevie back to Apocalypse World as she wants to out everything back in order.Sams phone rings, it's Bobby, who was on a case with one of the apocalypse world hunters who disappeared.Sam says thinks anyone who should have died, or has been resurrected will be on Death's list. anyone who crossed over and was resurrected are on Billie's list. He realizes that Eileen is next.
In the Impala Sam is texting Eileen when she suddenly stops replying. When they reach her car they find her bag and her phone on the ground. Sam struggles to hold back his grief, and decides they should get everyone being targeted, they can to a safe warded place. Dean wants to end it with Billie -- she left her scythe, and he thinks he can kill her with that. Castiel agrees to got with him.
Sam speaks to Donna who has found a suitable place to take refuge. When they stop for gas, Sam can see how distraught Jack is, so he offers to let him drive.
At an abandoned silo, Sam and jack meet up with Donna, Bobby, Charlie and other apocalypse world hunters and their children. They ward the silo by painting sigils all over the inside. As Jack reaches down to patch a crack in the wall, his hand passes near a small plant, which instantly withers. Sam does one of Rowena's spells to strengthen the warding, and Bobby tells Sam that the hunters will look to him for leadership.
At the Bunker, Dean gets the door to Death's library from Castiel, with the intention of trying to destroy it in order to get Death's attention. Death is in the library, but she senses their presence and magically slams Dean against a wall. She reminds Cas how he stabbed her in her back with his blade and attacks him. Dean pins her against the wall with her blade, and asks her to stop killing his people. She tells him it isn't her, asserting that it must be Chuck. Billy tells Dean that the wound he gave her earlier is fatal. One thing she wishes before she dies is to see Dean dead. At the point she disarms him and takes back her blade. Both Dean and Cas are thrown back, and they run for the door back to the Bunker.
At the silo, a little girl on a cost disappears, and then one by one so do all the other hunters, including Bobby and Donna. Jack looks around and sees no one but he and Sam in the room.
Billie pursues Dean and Castiel into the Bunker. She clasps her hand into a fist, and Dean feels pain as if it is like his heart is being crushed. Cas helps him out of the room, through the corridors. Death follows, taunting them. They take refuge in a storage room/ Castiel cuts his hand and uses the blood to draw a warding sigil on the door, which will briefly block Death's power. She keeps banging on the door, each time the symbol glows.
Dean is upset and says he lead them into a trap, because he couldn't kill Chuck. He says he knows everyone will die and it is his fault. Cas points out that one thing can hurt her - The Cosmic Entity from the Empty. He tells Dean about the deal he made with the Cosmic Entity in exchange for Jack - that his life would be forfeit when he felt one moment of true happiness. He says he wondered what that moment could be, because he knew he couldn't have the one thing he really wanted. He tells Dean he know's Dean sees himself as his enemies do - driven by hate and anger. But that Cas knows Dean always acts out of love and selflessness. Those around Dean know and see this in him. He tells Dean he is the most loving and selfless person ever knew. He says that knowing Dean has changed him and made him too care about others, and about the whole world because of him. Dean asks why this sounds like a goodbye. Castiel tells him it is and that he loves him. As he speaks the words, a portal opens, and the black goo of The empty comes into the room. At that moment Death also bursts into the room. As the cosmic entity enters Castiel pushes Dean aside, leaving a handprint in on his jacket like the one that was burned into his arm when Cas pulled him from hell. Then The Empty takes them bot castiel and Castiel.
Jack and Sam leave the silo. Sam tries to call Dean, there is no answer. Jack asks if it was just them left.
At the Bunker Dean sees Sam's name on his phone. He doesn't answer it. He puts his face in his hands and cries.
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Castiel
- Jack Kline
- Chuck
- Donna Hanscum
- Billie / Death
- Bobby Singer (Apocalypse World)
- Cosmic Entity
- Charlie Bradbury (Apocalypse World)
- Jules
- Stevie
Definitions
- Alcohol
- Angel Banishing Sigil
- Angel Blade
- Apocalypse World
- Castiel's Handprint
- Chuck's Death Book
- Deals and Pacts
- Death's Library
- Death's Scythe
- Destiel
- Donna's Truck
- Eileen's Car
- The Empty
- Enochian
- EVP
- Food
- Hugs
- Hunters
- Impala
- Key to Death
- Men of Letters Bunker
- Nephilim
- Peen of Death
- Portal
- Prayer
- Queer and Gender Diverse Characters
- Reapers
- Rowena's Spellbooks
- Sammy
- Season 15 Callbacks
- Spells
- Table of Death
- Telekinesis
- Warding Sigils
Music
None
Quotes
Dean: Chuck saw it coming, all of it, your whole plan!
Sam: It was doomed...
Jack: I'm sorry.
Billie: Maybe.
Dean: You said this was a suicide mission.
Billie: No, I said taking out Chuck and Amara would be fatal.
Castiel: It's a chain reaction.
Billie: You got me.
Castiel: Jack. You never needed absolution from Sam, or Dean, or from me. We don't care about you because you're useful or you fit into some grand design. We care about you because you're you.
Jack: God, the Empty, Billie, everyone's so mad at us and I don't have my powers. There's nothing I can do to protect us. I'm scared, Cass.
Sam: Yeah, well if Dean and Cass can pull this off, we shouldn't be here too long.
Bobby: Okay. I brought a bucket. You think it'll work?
Sam: Well, angelic warding, Aramaic, Enochian and I have this. I found it in Rowena's things. A spell, "Praeses Magna." Should boost the strength of all the warding.
Bobby: "Should."
Castiel: Something like that.
Billie: Well, he better work on his aim.
Dean: Thing is, that time, I wasn't trying to kill you.
Billie: Hmm. What's changed?
Dean: Oh, I don't know. Could be that you've started killing all my friends.
Billie: I didn't hurt your friends.
Dean: What?
Billie: You're in the wrong place, Dean.
Castiel: I've got you.
Castiel: Dean.
Dean: Why does this sound like a goodbye?
Castiel: Because it is. I love you.
Dean: Don't do this, Cas. Cas.
Sam: I don't know.
Trivia & References
- "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty."
Minutiae
Jack: I... I only drove once.
- In 14.07 Unhuman Nature, Dean taught Jack how to drive when he was dying for the first time.
- Billie is referencing her first death in 12.09 First Blood.
- "Dad knew who you really were. A good soldier and nothing else. Daddy's blunt little instrument."