9.06 Heaven Can't Wait (transcript)

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SUPERNATURAL

9.06 Heaven Can't Wait

Written by: Robert Berens

Directed by: Rob Spera

Air Date: November 12, 2013

THEN

SCENE

DEAN : Reverend Buddy Boyle's "Goin' For Glory Hour."

REV BUDDY BOYLE (on TV) : When angels come a-knocking, let 'em on in!

SCENE

SAM: Angels can't possess a human without permission, right?

DEAN: Yep.

SAM: So, what, they're using this guy to find vessels?

DEAN: It's a willing audience.

SCENE

ABADDON: Who put Crowley in charge?

DEMON (in old lady guise): He's the king.

ABADDON: He's a salesman!

SCENE

ABADDON hits CROWLEY in chair and knocks him over.

ABADDON: Right now you and I are gonna talk about a regime change.

SCENE

Someone sprays a devil's trap on the floor in red paint.

DEAN (to Crowley): You're ours. Your demon ass is going to be a mortal ass pretty damn quick.

SCENE

CROWLEY: Where do I start to even look for forgiveness?

SAM: How 'bout we start with this? (Sam jabs him in the neck with a syringe of Sam's purified blood.)

SCENE

Angel attacks CASTIEL, who flinches in pain:

ANGEL : You're human?

SCENE

Sam looks up, blue light shining out of his eyes.

DEAN: Zeke?

ZEKE-in-SAM: Castiel cannot stay here. He will bring the angels down on all of us.

DEAN: He's warded.

ZEKE-in-SAM: He was warded when April found him. Castiel is in danger. And if he is here, I am in danger.

DEAN: Wait, you're in danger?

ZEKE-in-SAM: If he stays, I am afraid I will have no choice but to leave.

SCENE

DEAN: Cas, can we talk?
You can't stay.

NOW (TEASER)

SCENE - Rexford, Idaho

Outside view of a cabin in the dark.

Inside the cabin: A woman's voice is heard, over a phone; a sweaty, disheveled man (JOE) pacing around inside the cabin, listening to her on speakerphone (or just really loud phone).

HOTLINE COUNSELOR: Sir? Sir, can you hear me?
Please — please just say something.
Are you still there?
Keep talking, and I can help you through this.
Please, sir, if you can hear me, stay on the phone.
It may feel hopeless right now, but, but you called the hotline for a reason.
There's some part of you that still wants to live — some part that knows suici–

JOE hangs up the phone. He opens a drawer in a dresser, sighs heavily, and pulls out a gun. He points the gun to his forehead, and gasps heavily, then looks at a picture of a woman and a child and sobs again. He lowers the gun slowly, and drops it back in the drawer. Suddenly he hears a sound behind him, and whirls around.

A man steps forward into the scene.

JOE: Who are you? Did the lady from the hotline send you?

INTRUDER: No. (He's wearing a small cross earring in his left ear.) You did.

The intruder puts his hand toward Joe's head. View from outside the cabin; A reddish/white light shines and someone (JOE) screams. A liquid splashes onto the window.

SCENE - Gas'n'Sip

Hands pouring coffee. Hands closing change drawer.

TITLE: "HEAVEN CAN'T WAIT"

Hands wiping front of freeze machine. Two men's voices are heard chatting.

Starring

JARED PADELECKI

The camera widens angle, to show Castiel walking from behind a counter, wearing a bright blue staff vest, and carrying a cup of coffee — he's working in a convenience store.

JENSEN ACKLES

Castiel closely watches the two men, chatting at the coffee-stand. One man is stirring his coffee. Castiel watches and stirs his coffee. The man licks his stir stick. Castiel licks his own stir stick. The two men continue to have conversation:

Men laughing.

MAN 1: I know, and that play in the second quarter?

MAN 2: I mean, what team is he playing for?

MAN 1: Not ours.

The man aims and tosses his stir stick into the garbage. The other guy and Castiel both watch.

MAN 2: High-five! (The men high-five.)

Castiel turns around to a garbage can near him. He aims, leans forward slightly, and tosses his own stir stick into the garbage. He gives a small smile of triumph when he makes it.

A delivery man walks in.

DELIVERY MAN: Morning, Steve (he says briskly to Castiel)

CASTIEL: Bill. High - (Castiel holds up his hand for a high-five as the delivery man walks past, ignoring it. ) - five. (Castiel closes his hand and lowers it.)

The delivery guy drops a load of newspapers on the counter and turns around, leaving and nodding at Castiel on his way out. Castiel walks over to the stack of newspapers and begins unbinding them.

MISHA COLLINS

A woman's voice: Sorry I'm late.

Castiel looks up.

WOMAN (NORA): I had to … drop the baby off at daycare —

Guest Starring

MARK A. SHEPPARD

NORA: — then hit every red light on the way here. (She looks around.) But guess I shouldn't have worried.

OSRIC CHAU

NORA: Place looks great. Coffee urns?

CASTIEL: Uh, full.

NORA: Dairy case?

ALAINA HUFFMAN

CASTIEL: Stocked.

NORA: Okay, Steve, last question — (Castiel looks up attentively) — Where have you been all my life? (Castiel's mouth works, speechlessly.)

ASHTON HOLMES

NORA: You're not like the other sales associates.

TANYA CLARKE

NORA: There's...something different about you.

CASTIEL: I can assure you, there's — there's not.

NORA: I know these things. You're ... hmm … special.

Co-Producer

CRAIG MATHESON

Co-Producers

JERRY WANEK

SERGE LADOUCEUR

Producer

ROBBIE THOMPSON

Nora walks past Castiel into a back room. Castiel turns to watch her, wistfully, or maybe thoughtfully.

Producer

TODD ARONAUER

Castiel turns back to the pile of newspapers, and picks up the top copy of the Rexford Post newspaper, reading the paper's headline: "LOCAL MAN PRESUMED DEAD", sub headed, "Fourth unexplained disappearance in weeks". The accompanying photo is of Joe, suicidal man-cum-supernatural murder victim from the teaser.

SCENE - Bunker, with Sam, Dean, Kevin

Pictures of a sheaf of drawings in red and black, with words and cryptic symbols and numbers; someone is picking them up and looking through them.

SAM's voice: That's your "big … news", is that you, that you translated the tablet into... doodles? (disdainfully)

KEVIN: It's cuneiform. (Sam and Dean both look at him.) I-I hit a wall translating the tablet into English. But I found an ancient codex, uh, linking the Angel script to proto-Elamite cuneiform, and I was able to translate the tablet and the footnotes into Elamite, which … is …

DEAN: Doodles.

KEVIN: It's extinct.

SAM: Well, can you read it?

KEVIN: No one can. Scholars have tried for centuries.

DEAN: So it's a dead end? (Dean slaps the papers down on the table in disgust. Sam does too.)

KEVIN: N-not quite. Now, most proto-Elamite is abstract, but I was able to decipher one phrase from Metatron's footnotes. "Falling angels."

SAM: Okay, so, the footnotes refer to Metatron's spell?

KEVIN: Maybe.

SAM: Okay. (Walking to bookshelf.) Well, maybe if we can decipher the footnotes, then we can reverse the spell and...

(Sam pulls off three of a set of a dozen books.)

DEAN: Punt those winged dicks back to heaven. (Dean slaps the table, ready for action.) Where do we start?

SAM: Research. (Tosses one book in front of each guy. Dean has a less-than-thrilled expression on his face.) We comb through the library, see if we can find anything else on Elamite.

DEAN, reading: "Zimmerman's encyclopedia of extinct languages … volume 1: Adai to Atakapa." How many volumes are there?

KEVIN: 24.

Dean's mouth works soundlessly.

KEVIN, reassuringly: Don't worry, we've found them all. (Looks back down at his text.)

DEAN: Awesome. (He looks pleadingly over at Sam, who whufs and looks down at his own book.)

DEAN's phone rings.

DEAN mutters: There is a God.

SAM watches.

DEAN: Hello.

CASTIEL (from the supermarket) I may have a case for you. (Castiel is cleaning the slurpee machine while he talks.) Four missing in Rexford, Idaho. (Dean stands up, walking away from the table.)

Consulting Producers

BRAD BUCKNER

EUGENIE ROSS-LEMING

CASTIEL Presumed dead, but no bodies have been released to loved ones. And, there were reports of a strange substance at the scenes.

Co-Executive Producers

ERIC CHARMELO

NICOLE SNYDER

DEAN Oh, well, hello to you too, Cas. How are you?

Co-Executive Producer

ANDREW DABB

CASTIEL I...am busy.

Dean shakes his head.

DEAN: All right. So, how do you want to do this?

Executive Consultant

ERIC KRIPKE

DEAN You want to meet up at the latest scene? You want me to pick you up? What?

Castiel's work with the Slushy machine is not going well. A flood of liquid blue slushy mix spills out over the machine and onto the floor. Dean hears the pouring sound and looks puzzled.

CASTIEL : Um … I've got my hands full over here. I just — um...

DEAN Cas? Hello?

CASTIEL (trying to hold onto multiple things at the same time) …thought you would want to know about the case. (He takes the phone and puts it in his pocket.)

Executive Producer

ADAM GLASS

DEAN Hey, you sure everything's — (He hears the click and looks at the phone.) O-kay …

Executive Producer

PHIL SGRICCIA

SCENE - Bunker, with Sam, Dean, and Kevin

Kevin is looking at a book on a counter in the computer room. Dean is walking into the room from downstairs, with Sam's voice (and Sam) following him. Dean has an overnight bag slung over his shoulder.

SAM: So, he said nothing about where he is or — or what he's been doing? (They enter the computer room.)

Co-Executive Producer

JIM MICHAELS

DEAN: This is Cas.

Created by

ERIC KRIPKE

DEAN: In case you forgot, he's not exactly Chatty Cathy.

SAM (incredulously): And you're not even gonna see him when you're in Idaho?

Written by

ROBERT BERENS

DEAN: Well, like I said, as long as he's catnip for angels, he's keeping his distance. (Dean turns to continue walking, now leaving the room.)

Directed by

ROB SPERA

SAM: So then, what's the point, Dean? (Walking over to Kevin; they're both looking up at Dean offscreen, as he has walked upstairs.) I mean, it's barely even a case.

DEAN (from a balcony, talking down to the other two): That's why I'm just gonna go have a little look-see, and … we're not gonna waste a whole lot of manpower on a big pile of nada.

KEVIN: In other words, a perfect excuse to bail out on research.

DEAN: (brief pause) You got me. (He turns and walks out. Sam and Kevin look exasperated.)

SCENE - Gas'n'Sip, with Castiel & Nora

Castiel is on a ladder, changing a fluorescent tube bulb.

Nora enters.

NORA: Hey, Steve? I found this in the supply closet. (She holds up a plastic bag with … toothpaste ? in it) Do you know whose it is?

CASTIEL: Um... (comes down from the ladder) That's mine. Thanks.

NORA: I also found a rolled-up sleeping bag behind the tool locker.

CASTIEL: Yes, (thinking fast) I wanted to be thorough with inventory, so I worked late last week, and taking a nap here was easier than going back home to my bed. Which I-I have, of course — a bed...and a home.

NORA: Wow, Steve. You're so... responsible.

She walks away, and he turns to go back to the ladder. Then she pauses and turns back toward him.

NORA: I've been afraid to ask. I-I don't want to take advantage of you as my employee, and I certainly don't want to jeopardize our working relationship. But as a working single mom, it's hard enough to get a date, let alone meet a really great guy. (Castiel looks a little puzzled about where all this is going.) And … tomorrow's my night off, and I know you're off, too, and … I was just wondering if there's any chance you're... free tomorrow night?

CASTIEL: Um... (pause) Yes? (looks down; happy guitar music starts) Yes.

NORA gives him a kiss on the cheek: You're the best! (She bounces off happily.)

Castiel looks around, confused, and turns back to the ladder, with a look of pleased anticipation on his face.

SCENE - Crime scene at Joe's cabin

DEAN's reflection in the car. He's suited up, talking to local law enforcement (SHERIFF), outside Victim Joe's cabin.

DEAN: So, uh, four missing?

SHERIFF: Four dead. Just got confirmation.

Dean ducks under yellow tape, followed by the Sheriff.

DEAN: And, uh, any common threads you can think of?

SHERIFF: Well, Joe in there had the suicide hotline on speed dial. The gal before him was a shut-in. Had enough antidepressants in her medicine cabinet to stock a pharmacy. The first victims — a married couple out of Sugar City. Pretty much a walking billboard for no-fault divorce.

DEAN: Were they all basket cases?

SHERIFF: If you asked me to make a list of this county's saddest sacks, these four would've been right on top.

DEAN All right, so, four unhappy people, one of them definitely suicidal. But you've ruled out suicide?

Sheriff hands blue gloves to Dean.

SHERIFF: You're gonna want to put these on.

Inside the cabin, which is awash with pink spray paint; someone in a hazmat white plastic body condom is kneeling, scraping evidence. The door opens and DEAN and the sheriff walk in. Dean (who is wearing white gloves) grimaces at the odor. He turns around and looks at the room, which is covered with pink.

SHERIFF: This look like suicide to you?

DEAN: Blood?

SHERIFF: If the tests come back same as the others … it's everything. Blood, skin, hair, nails. Internal organs. Even clothing fibers. Like these poor souls got run through the world's finest wood-chipper.

DEAN: What about witnesses?

SHERIFF: Same as the rest. Neighbors reported some kind of a pink flash. By the time we got here, all that was left was ... this.

SCENE - Sam (bunker) and Dean (Impala) on the phone

SAM is on the phone, drinking a cup of something; he and Kevin are sitting at a table with library lamps doing research. He stands up while on the phone:

SAM: Yeah, we're almost through the texts over here. (pause) We got nothing.

DEAN is leaning against the IMPALA, with a coffee cup.

DEAN: Have you tried Professor Morrison?

SAM: Yeah, he's unreachable. He took a sabbatical to live amongst the Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea. Needless to say, we're pretty burnt.

DEAN: Well, there's one guy there who is nothing if not well-rested.

SAM: Crowley?

DEAN: I'm just saying we're not keeping him chained up for the one-liners.

SAM: It's worth a shot, I guess.

DEAN: Just be careful, all right? Don't fall for any of his "quid pro quo" crap.

SAM: Noted. So, what about you? How's Cas's lead panning out?

DEAN: Four victims suddenly exploded. I tried EMF. I've looked for hex bags, sulfur — nada.

SAM: Spontaneous combustion? Maybe the Thule?

DEAN: No, no, no. I already ruled them out. The bodies were vaporized. They weren't burned.

SAM: That sounds like a real case. Dean, I should be there.

DEAN: Naw, man. That's — That's uh ... not necessary. No, I, uh — I got this one covered.

Pause, then DEAN clicks the phone closed. He stares at the Gas'n'Sip convenience store, and Castiel, visible through the window, bagging a purchase for a customer. Dean thoughtfully taps his cell on the car.

SCENE - High school, bus

Teenage girl walking across the street from a school, to a school bus, talking on her cell.

GIRL: He dumped me, Jace. (pause) In the cafeteria. In front of everyone. It's just like ... who does that, you know? Like, why couldn't he just dump me on Facebook like a normal person? (pause) I've been destroyed. Socially and romantically … totaled. (pause) I know. I'm just so embarrassed, Jace. I could just die.

A hand on her shoulder. She turns around to see the same guy with the cross earring who killed the first victim.

ANGEL : I can help with that.

He lifts a hand, and a pink light and buzzing sound start.

GIRL : What?

His hand approaches her forehead. She screams. A spray of pink hits the side of the bus where she was standing.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

SCENE - Gas'n'Sip

One guy walks out, holds the door for another guy walks in with a case of beer who says "Thanks." A hand hits a button for the Idaho Lotto ticket. (Number 24 27 74 22 44 47 ??) Castiel hands the ticket to a woman.

CASTIEL: Good day, ma'am. (Castiel gives her an emphatic thumbs-up, and very intensely says) And good luck!

She looks a little puzzled and gives him a thumbs-up as she leaves.

Next customer in line, DEAN.

DEAN: I'll have some beef jerky and a pack of menthols.

CASTIEL: What are you doing here?

DEAN: Gee, it's nice to see you, too, Cas.

CASTIEL: It's … Steve now. (gesturing towards his employee name tag) And... uh, you know you surprised me.

DEAN: Well, the feeling is mutual. I mean, I knew you had to lay low from the angel threat, but, uh, wow. This is some cover.

CASTIEL: My Grace is gone. What did you expect? Do you have any idea how hard it was? When I fell to earth, I didn't just lose my powers. I — I had nothing. Now... I'm a sales associate (proudly)

DEAN: A sales associate?

Beer delivery guy hands "Steve" a clipboard. DELIVERY GUY: Hey, Steve. Sign here?

CASTIEL (taking the clipboard and signing): I'm responsible for inventory, sales, customer service. I keep this place — Thank you (to the delivery guy, who also responds with a Thank you.) — clean and presentable. And when my manager's busy, I even prepare the food.

DEAN: Wow. So you went from fighting … heavenly battles to nuking taquitos?

CASTIEL (nodding): Nachos too.

SCENE - Bunker Basement, Crowley

Basement, Crowley is chained to a chair, with a table in front of him; Sam is sitting on the edge of the table.

CROWLEY (holding a paper with the "doodles" of the cuneiform): I've been politely asking for reading material for weeks, and this is what you bring me? (Puts the paper on the table and pushes it back toward Sam.) Pass.

SAM: Can you read Elamite or not?

CROWLEY: It's by no means my favorite of the ancient tongues, but yes.

SAM: Will you help us read it?

CROWLEY: Why on earth would I?

SAM: Because I was there that night. I saw what humanity did to you. (Crowley scoffs very quietly.) Like it or not, there's still a little part of you that's not a douche.

CROWLEY: Sorry, moose. To the last drop.

SAM (gets off the table, leans over it towards Crowley): Crowley, the only reason you're alive is because my brother thought you would be useful. So far you've done Jack. (Sighs, shakes his head.) Back to plan "B," I guess. (Stands up fully, takes the paper, starts walking away.)

CROWLEY: Which is?

SAM (walking): Give you up to Abaddon.

CROWLEY (to Sam's back): You think you can threaten me with that hack?! (Sam pauses) She's all fury, no finesse.

SAM: I'm not so sure. Our last encounter with Abaddon, she was, uh — she was pretty terrifying. Scarier than you've been in years. (SAM laughs.)

CROWLEY: Bring that to me.

SAM brings it to him. CROWLEY wads it up and throws it in his face, temper tantrum-style. SAM looks pissed. He walks out of the room, shutting the door behind him.

SCENE - Gas'n'Sip

CASTIEL-as-STEVE is carrying a box of small jars. DEAN is walking behind him, talking.

DEAN: This is not you, man. You are above this. Come on. (Castiel has a stubborn expression on his face.)

CASTIEL: No, Dean. (He puts the box on the counter and turns to face Dean.) I'm not. I failed at being an angel. Everything I ever attempted came out wrong. But here … at least I have a shot at getting things right. I guess you can't see it, but … there's a real dignity in what I do — human dignity.

NORA: Hate to interrupt you guys, but, Steve? Customer had an accident in the men's room.

CASTIEL: I'm on it.

NORA: Oh, and tonight — 7:00 at my place work for you?

CASTIEL: Great.

NORA: You're the best!

DEAN: That's what this is about!

CASTIEL: What?

DEAN: The girl.

CASTIEL: No, Dean. It's not. Nora — she's a very nice woman, I'm pretty sure she's not a reaper intent on killing me … and she's asked me out. Going on dates — that's something humans do, right?

DEAN: Yeah. I mean, my dates usually end when I run out of singles, but, uh, yeah. Yeah, that's something that … humans do.

Dean's cell rings.

DEAN (on the phone): This is Agent Lee Ermey. (pause) I'll be right there. There was another kill, over at the high school. You comin'?

CASTIEL: I wouldn't be much use. I don't have my powers.

DEAN: So? I've never had powers.

CASTIEL: You are a hunter.

DEAN: And you're a hunter in training, remember?

CASTIEL: Yeah, I remember. You said I sucked.

DEAN: I didn't say that. I said that there was, uh, uh, you know, "room for improvement." Come on.

CASTIEL: All right, my shift's over in five minutes, and my date's not until later, so...

DEAN: Attaboy! I'll go get the car.

CASTIEL: Not just yet. I have to clean the bathroom? (He pointedly reminds Dean.)

SCENE at the BUS

DEAN, in civvies, walks up and shows a badge to a cop to get into the yellow tape zone. CASTIEL in his blue vest accompanies him. Dean sees a cop talking to a young girl and heads that way. CASTIEL is looking at the scene in horror and recognition. Haz-mat suit is picking up evidence, and a balding crime scene photographer has got his camera out. The camera pans over the bus which is liberally painted with pink spray.

Tearful girl (Jace, friend) talking to SHERIFF; DEAN joins the twosome.

JACE: One second, we're talking, and the next, she just...stops. And then everyone in the cafeteria freaks, rushing, and pointing out the window, at — (she breaks into sobs) C- could that really be her?

DEAN: And nobody saw anybody else at the scene — a man, a woman ... anything unusual?

Jace shakes her head.

DEAN: Your friend, was she, uh, depressed?

JACE: Depressed?

DEAN: Any thoughts of suicide?

JACE: Ew. No. I mean, she was kind of bummed that dick-bag Travis broke up with her in front of the whole school.

DEAN: Kind of bummed?

JACE: Yeah. (Sarcastically.) Like more bummed than when she got a "C" on a quiz, and... less bummed than when her parents split up. "Kind of...bummed." (She looks at Dean like he's a moron. He looks nonplussed. SHERIFF looks amused.) Jace sobs some more. DEAN turns towards the bus.

DEAN: Excuse me. (He walks towards the IMPALA, where CASTIEL is leaning.)

DEAN: Cas, what's wrong?

CASTIEL: I've seen this before.

DEAN: What? Where?

CASTIEL: In heaven.

DEAN: What, you're saying an angel did this?

CASTIEL: It's no ordinary angel. Dean, this is bad. This is very bad.

SCENE in the IMPALA near the BUS

Castiel & Dean are in the Impala.

CASTIEL: On the battlefields of Heaven, there was a special class of angel, the Rit Zien. It's, uh, Enochian for "Hands of Mercy." They functioned like medics. They tended to the wounded. They healed those who could be healed, but for the mortally wounded, those who were past saving, the Rit Zien's job was to put them down.

DEAN: But the granulated bodies?

CASTIEL: This was their special ability. They had this way of smiting that was so quick and so total that it rendered death virtually painless.

DEAN: Yeah, but these aren't wounded angels that they're vaporizing, they're people.

CASTIEL: Right. I don't know. The Rit Zien home in on pain, it's like a beacon to them. So, when this angel fell to earth, he heard the victims' cries, and their anguish, same as he'd hear an angel's in heaven. He's continuing his heavenly work down here. One suffering human at a time.

DEAN: Yeah, but this last victim was not suffering. She was just a normal, moody kid.

CASTIEL: But he just got here. The ebb and flow of human emotion — Dean, I've been on earth for a few years, and I've only begun to grasp it. To him, pain is pain.

DEAN: So everybody's fair game?

CASTIEL nods.

DEAN: All right, well, we got to stop him.

CASTIEL: You have to stop him.

DEAN: You're scared.

CASTIEL: It's different now, Dean. Everything feels different.

DEAN: You're right. All right, I'll track down this, uh, Kevorkian wannabe, and I'll put him down.

CASTIEL (sighs): Okay.

DEAN: You stay safe. Go on that date, all right? Go live a normal life.

CASTIEL: Okay.

DEAN starts the car. He looks over at Cas, who's still sitting in the car.

DEAN: Well?

CASTIEL: I need a ride.

Dean nods, smiles.

DEAN: Right.

He starts driving.

SCENE - Basement of the Bunker, Crowley.

Sam walks in again to Crowley's pen.

CROWLEY: I'll do it. But I want something in return.

SAM: Yeah, what's that?

CROWLEY: A telephone call.

SAM scoffs, shakes his head, turns to walk out the door again.

CROWLEY: Come on, moose. Even Dahmer got one telephone call.

SCENE - Bunker, Sam & Kevin

Sam and Kevin are caballing in a room, away from Crowley.

KEVIN: Seriously? You want to let Crowley communicate with Abaddon? A king and a power-mad knight of hell isn't enough for you? You want to throw a demonic team-up into the mix?

SAM: I don't think so. I mean, I, I don't trust Crowley, either. But I can't honestly see him working with Abaddon. He hates her too much.

KEVIN: You said it. You can't trust him.

SAM: We don't have to. Look, Crowley's bound. Ah, We can end the call whenever we want. Even if he wanted to give Abaddon information, he has none to give her. He doesn't even know where the bunker is.

KEVIN: He says he can decrypt the translation? What if he's lying?

SAM: You're right. We're gonna need proof.

SCENE - basement of the Bunker, Crowley

Sam shoves a piece of paper with some symbols towards Crowley.

SAM: What are these?

CROWLEY (teasing): Ingredients.

SAM: More specific.

CROWLEY (shoves the paper back): Ingredients … for a spell.

SAM shoves it back towards him again.

CROWLEY (sounds bored as he reads): Heart of a Nephilim. Cupid's bow. Grace of an angel.

Kevin hands Crowley a second piece of paper with a variety of other symbols.

KEVIN: And the rest of them.

CROWLEY: Phone call. You'll get the rest when I get paid. Now. Who's gonna be a dear and open up a vein?

SCENE. Nighttime, residential neighborhood

It's night. The IMPALA pulls up in front of a house, stops.

DEAN: Okay.

CASTIEL: Thanks, Dean. (Castiel starts to open the car door to get out.)

DEAN: Cas. Wait. (Dean sighs.) I can't let you do this.

CAS: What?

DEAN (eyeing Castiel's vest): You're gonna wear that, on a date?

CASTIEL (looking down at his clothes): This is all I have, Dean.

DEAN: Okay. Uh, lose the vest.

CASTIEL: What are you —

DEAN: Lose the vest, come on.

Castiel takes the vest off and hands it to Dean, who tosses it into the back seat.

DEAN: That's a little better. All right. There we go. All right.

Dean looks at Castiel appraisingly.

DEAN: And do the buttons — why don't you unbutton it?

Castiel starts unbuttoning his shirt.

DEAN: Okay. Th-that's far enough, Tony Manero. (Dean laughs a little.) Um... (Dean gives Castiel a once-over.) Yeah. Good. All right. Listen to me. Always open the door for her, okay? Ask a lot of questions. They like that. And, uh...oh, if she says she's happy to go Dutch … she's lying. All right?

Castiel nods. Dean slaps Castiel on the chest man-to-man style.

DEAN: Go get 'em, tiger.

Cas gets out of the car, and starts walking to the front gate. He turns around and looks nervously at Dean, who gives him a thumbs up from the car. Cas returns the thumbs up geekily and opens the gate. He sighs nervously and walks to the front door, stopping to pick a rose from the front garden. After he stabs himself on a thorn, he whips out a pair of large clippers that he apparently carries on his person.

DEAN (watching): Nice touch.

CAS partly turns back towards DEAN and waves him to leave. DEAN waves back, then, realizing that CAS wants him to leave, points to the road inquiringly, and then signals to say "OK, yeah, got it," and starts the car. But as he is about to pull out, he looks in frustration at a light brown Ford pick-up truck backing up toward him. (License plates IA H8101)

DEAN (regarding the driver of the truck): What are you doing, jackass?

Dean (leaning out his open window and calling for the other driver's attention): Hey! (Dean waves to let the truck know he's there. The truck pulls forward a little, and Dean pulls out of his parking spot and drives off. The camera lingers for a moment on the pickup truck. )

Back on the porch with Cas, NORA opens the door, putting her earrings on. She's wearing a dress and has her hair down.

NORA: Steve! I'm so glad you're here. (She smiles welcomingly.) Come in. I thought I was gonna be late!

CASTIEL (stepping in, with the rose held behind his back): Late for what?

NORA: My date! (It's becoming clear that Castiel is not her date.) Bowling, would you believe it? But damned if I'm not dressing fancy, even for bowling. Haven't had an excuse to doll up since Tanya was born. And there she is, my little angel. Now, she's already been fed. She'll probably sleep the whole time, and I'll only be gone a couple of hours. I just couldn't get my usual sitter, and I needed somebody here just in case she wakes up and starts crying. Which she won't, I promise. Baby Tanya never cries. (She walks briskly to the door.) Wish me luck. Oh, and thank you. You really are the best. (She steps out of the door.)

The camera zooms in on the rose that Castiel is still holding behind his back. He sets it on the counter and buttons up one of the buttons on his shirt.

CASTIEL: Babysitting.

Off-screen Baby Tanya begins to cry. Castiel sighs.

SCENE - Bunker

Sam unrolls a medical kit with five syringes. Crowley and Kevin watch. Sam pulls one out and prepares to inject himself.

CROWLEY: A-bup-bup-bup.

SAM: What?

CROWLEY: Not yours. His. (Crowley nods his head towards Kevin.)

SAM: What difference does it make?

CROWLEY: I've had yours. Stuck in here, you can't fault me for wanting a little variety.

KEVIN: No way!

CROWLEY: What's wrong, Short Round? Afraid of needles?

KEVIN: No, I just have a policy of not giving blood to anyone who's murdered my mother.

CROWLEY: I … have nothing … but time.

SAM: You're a dick. (Packs up the kit.)

CROWLEY: Good luck with that translation.

KEVIN, frustrated and angry, grabs the kit and a syringe. With Crowley watching, he sticks the needle deep in his left elbow, above a tattoo, and craws blood.

A few seconds later we see the blood being squirted into a metal dish. SAM looks angry.

CROWLEY (speaking Latin, one presumes): Inferni sectatores, nunc audite regem.

The blood swirls, with mysterious noises.

CROWLEY (speaking to the bowl of blood, to the unseen demons on the other end of the "call"): This is Crowley. Connect me to—(pause) Crowley! (he repeats, annoyed)
(To Sam, who looks confused): Bad connection.
(To the bowl of blood): Crowley. Your king (emphatically). (pause) If you don't connect me to Abaddon right away, I will be forced to—

CROWLEY cuts off and pauses.

SAM: What? What happened?

CROWLEY: I've been placed on hold.

SCENE - Nora's house

Baby crying. CASTIEL walks in tentatively.

CASTIEL: Hello? Um... Please—please don't. Um … Okay. Oooo-kay, okay. (Picks up the baby.) How 'bout—how 'bout a lullaby? Um... Okay. Shh. Shh!

CASTIEL singing "Believe It or Not" (the theme from "The Greatest American Hero"): ♪ Look at what's happenin' to me ♪ ♪ I can't believe it myself ♪ suddenly I'm up on top of the world ♪ ♪ it should've been somebody else ♪

(Baby stops crying) ♪ oh, believe it or not ♪ I'm walkin' on air ♪ I never thought I would feel so free-e-e ♪ ♪ flyin' away on a wing and a prayer ♪ ♪ who could it be? ♪ Believe it or not, it's just me ♪ ♪ believe it or not, it's just me ♪

(He tries to put the baby down and she starts crying again. He picks her up again.)

CASTIEL: Shhh. I know, I know.

SCENE - Impala, driving at night

DEAN is in the Impala, driving. His cell phone rings.

DEAN: Sheriff?

SHERIFF: Now, here's a wrinkle. Our first crime scene, married couple? Full analysis of the spray came in from the lab. Turns out it only contains the wife's DNA.

DEAN: The husband's still out there.

SCENE - Nora's house

CASTIEL (sitting in a chair with the baby, holding and rocking her): Nobody told you. Nobody explained. You're just … shoved out kicking and screaming into this human life, without any idea why any of it feels the way it feels, or why this confusion, which feels like it's … a hair's breadth (baby stops crying) from terror or pain. You know, just when you think you do understand, it'll turn out you're wrong. You didn't understand anything at all. Guess that's just how it is when you're new at this. You know, it wasn't that long ago when all I'd need to do to ease your pain was touch you. (Cas touches her on her forehead.) You're very warm. Is that normal?

(Baby Tanya crying again.)

CASTIEL: Oh. Shh. Shh. Shh. Shh.

SCENE - Interior; Sheriff and Dean

The Sheriff and Dean are looking at papers and talking.

SHERIFF : He was already a bit screwy, but then he found religion. She was a hard-line atheist, no peach herself, when he got himself obsessed with this Buddy Boyle whack job, an already bad marriage got worse. Kept telling her to "Let God in."

DEAN: Buddy Boyle. That explains it.

SHERIFF: Explains what?

DEAN: Never mind. Let's see. (looking at photos) Is that his truck? (remembering the truck that almost boxed him in at Nora's house)

SHERIFF: Yep.

DEAN: Cas ... (realizing the angel is heading for Cas)

SCENE - Nora's house

CASTIEL on phone, holding the baby: Nora, she's hot. She's really hot. Please just call — call me. Call — call back. If I don't hear back, I'm taking her to the hospital.

Cas hangs up. The baby continues to fuss, and he waits for a few seconds to see if the phone rings. He puts it in his pocket, and feels the baby's head again.

CASTIEL (worried): Okay, Tanya, we're taking a little walk.

He walks toward the door with Tanya, presumably to take her to the hospital. Reaching the door, he opens it—to reveal the Rit Zien angel.

ANGEL: Hello, Castiel.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

SCENE - Nora's house

EPHRAIM (Wandering around the house) Squalid little dump. No wonder she cries. (Castiel is putting the baby into the crib. She's not crying!)

CASTIEL It's a fever, Ephraim. It will pass.

EPHRAIM You remember my name? I was just a nobody when we met, but you — you were a legend. You've been here before. This is my first time, and it's ... Intense.

CASTIEL You know, there's a lot you don't understand about humanity at first. If you would just stop —

EPHRAIM Stop? I won't stop … until I wash the planet clean of all suffering.

Baby starts fussing again. Ephraim steps towards her:

EPHRAIM Allow me.

CASTIEL Don't...touch...her.

EPHRAIM You think I came for her? No, Castiel. I came for you.

SCENE - Bunker basement, Crowley

SAM How long's it take to transfer a demonic phone call?

CROWLEY Can it, Moose.

KEVIN Crowley, you got your call.

SAM Yeah, it's time.

CROWLEY It's time when I bloody well say it's time! Demonic sound, blood boiling. ) CROWLEY Hello, Abaddon.

ABADDON Crowley, how in the hell are you?

(Abaddon is in an alley, holding a bloody knife, with a body of a young man near her, with its throat slit.)

SCENE - Nora's house

EPHRAIM is talking; CASTIEL, listening, runs his hand on the thorny rose he brought for NORA.

EPHRAIM So much pain and despair, so many voices begging out for relief.

CASTIEL How'd you find me?

EPHRAIM Because you're warded? The same way I find all my patients — I just followed the sound of your pain. You have no idea how loud it is. I could hear you for miles.

(CASTIEL is walking away from the baby's room; EPHRAIM is following.)

CASTIEL Do you really think you're doing Heaven's work down here?

EPHRAIM I know I am.

CASTIEL Well, you're wrong. Earth can be a hard place. But these humans, they can get better. They're just doing the best they can.

EPHRAIM Is that what you think you're doing, Castiel — the best you can? Well, I'm sorry. But if this is the best that the famed Castiel can do, you're a more urgent case than I thought. I used to admire you. You failed more often than you succeeded. But at least you played big.

EPHRAIM looks down — he notices that CASTIEL is drawing a sigil on the door in his own blood. He grabs Castiel's hand before he completes the sigil, bending it sharply; there's a cracking sound and CASTIEL yells in pain. EPHRAIM shoves him away from the door, and still holding Castiel by the wrist, forces him to his knees, palm upward.

EPHRAIM Now what are you doing? Burying your head in the sand. Right when your kind needs you the most. (He twists Castiel's wrist painfully and Castiel gasps.)

SCENE - Bunker Basement, Crowley, and Abaddon in Alley

CROWLEY And how are the numbers?

ABADDON You mean souls? I've managed to double on your projections. Now, how did I ever pull off such a feat?

CROWLEY You're taking souls before their time. Voiding my contracts!

ABADDON That's right. I'm taking it all down, brick by brick. It's over. The days of Crowley, the king of bureaucrats — are done.

SCENE - Nora's house

EPHRAIM Shh-shh-shhh. It'll be over soon. I'll take the pain away.

CASTIEL I want to live.

EPHRAIM But as what, Castiel? As an angel? or a man?

Crashing sound. DEAN rushes in, knife in hand. EPHRAIM gestures and DEAN goes flying into the corner.

Baby Tanya cries.

SCENE - Bunker Basement, Crowley, and Abaddon in Alley

CROWLEY is sputtering in fury.

CROWLEY: You... ganky... putrescent... skanger. (Abaddon laughs softly, amused by his name-calling.) It may look like bean-counting to you, it may lack a certain adolescent flair, but my way... Works! (Sam raises his eyebrows, and looks at KEVIN.) You think you can control Hell with chaos alone, without the support of those who are still loyal to me?! (The blood in Abaddon's bowl is boiling creepily, looks like writhing worms.)

ABADDON: No one's seen you in weeks, and last I saw you, Howdy and Doody had you tied up nice and tight. Seems to reason, they've turned you into a kennel dog. How does it feel, Crowley, to be the Winchesters' bitch? It's been fun indulging in your bluffs, but we both know you have no real authority left, no leverage. You have nothing to offer me. You have — Nothing.

CROWLEY: Your way will backfire. You. Will. Burn.

ABADDON: I can't wait.

Their call over, CROWLEY pushes the bowl away. He looks like a beaten man.

SAM: Crowley?

CROWLEY: Bring me the translations. I keep my agreements.

Kevin moves quickly to get the papers, then hands them to SAM who hands them to CROWLEY.

CROWLEY reads: "Obtain the ingredients — heart, bow, Grace." Blah, blah, blah. "Mix until the smoke shall rise from the ashes casting the angels from heaven." Blah, blah — Oh. Hm. It's irreversible.

SAM: What?

CROWLEY: This spell can't be undone. The new world order — we're stuck with it.

SCENE - Nora's house

DEAN is struggling to pull himself together.

EPHRAIM: You say you want to live. But you can't see what I see. By choosing a human life, you've already given up. You … chose … death.

EPHRAIM lifts a hand to CASTIEL's forehead. DEAN slides the knife across the floor towards CASTIEL. CASTIEL grabs it and stabs EPHRAIM; white light bursts out of EPHRAIM and he screams; DEAN ducks his head against the blinding white light. A torrent of white light streams out of EPHRAIM's mouth as his scream continues. The body of the formerly-possessed, now-dead, husband falls to the floor. DEAN pants. CASTIEL looks solemn.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

SCENE - Bunker, Sam; Impala, Dean

SAM is in the bunker, on the phone.

DEAN: Well, there's no way. Crowley's lying.

SAM: No, Dean, not this time. Look, Metatron built the spell to withstand any attempt to reverse it. There is no putting the angels back in Heaven. It's done.

DEAN looks nonplussed. He's leaning against the IMPALA.

SAM: Are you gonna tell Cas?

DEAN looks back towards NORA's house.

NORA and CASTIEL are leaving her house.

CASTIEL (awkwardly): I'm, uh, sorry I overreacted. Um. My friend gave me a tip. A low dose of acetaminophen brought the fever right down.

NORA: Oh, that's okay. Date was a bust anyway. (pause; Castiel walks down the stairs) Steve? (Castiel stops and turns to look at her.) The part of you that overreacted, that cares so much? That's what makes you special.

(Nora smiles at Castiel-as-Steve sentimentally and turns to go back into her house as he goes out thru the gate.)

Dean sees Castiel approaching.

DEAN (To SAM): I got to go. (Dean hangs up and turns to Castiel.) Where to, Cas?

Castiel looks at him, then gets into the car.

SCENE - Bunker, Sam & Crowley

SAM pours the bowl of blood into the sink. He notices that the syringe kit is missing a syringe — there were five, now there's only four. He shuts it and leaves he room. Peering in through the door into Crowley's den, we see Crowley has the syringe, and is apparently using it, although it's unclear for what. Crowley sinks back into his chair with a sigh. Sam ducks back out of sight.

SCENE - Impala a the Gas-n-Sip, Dean & Castiel

The IMPALA pulls up to the Gas-n-Sip.

DEAN: Listen, Cas … Back at the bunker, I, uh... Sorry I told you to go. I know it's been hard on you, you know, on your own. Well, you're adapting. I'm proud of you.

CASTIEL: Thank you, Dean. (Sighs) But there's something Ephraim said. The angels — they need help. Can I really sit this out? Shouldn't I be searching for a way to get them home?

DEAN: Me and Sam will take care of the angels. You're human now. It's not your problem anymore.

Castiel gets out of the car, looks in through the window at Dean, and they wave goodbye to each other. Cas walks to the Gas'n'Sip and unlocks the door as Dean starts up the Impala.

Castiel does the coffee, puts the cash drawer in the cash register. Turns on the TV:

TV announcer: It's been weeks since the massive meteor storm, yet Idaho Falls astronomers still have unanswered questions. NASA and Washington are both continuing to study the phenomenon.

Cas switches off the TV and goes to look out the window, moodily.

END.

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• CAPTIONS - Sync & corrections by Saman 22 / www.tvsubtitles.net
• Transcript Edited by User:LQuilter (2013/11/29) from broadcast version, available on Hulu.