9.22 Stairway to Heaven

Title	Stairway to Heaven
Episode #	Season 9, Episode 22
First aired	May 13, 2014
Directed by	Guy Bee
Written by	Andrew Dabb
On IMDB	Stairway to Heaven
Outline
Monster
Timeline
Location(s)	Dixon, Missouri
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Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Castiel
• Gadreel
• Metatron
• Tessa
• Hannah

Definitions

• Angel Lore
• Angel Sword
• Binding Link
• Castiel's Pimpmobile
• Enochian
• The First Blade
• Grace
• Holy Oil
• Mark of Cain
• Reaper

Music

• "Cheek to Cheek" by Fred Astaire

(plays when Castiel and Sam enter the door to Heaven)

Quotes

Dean: Nice reflexes. Better hair.

Metatron: I mean, sure, he's cute. And Castiel has this simple...charm. He's like a mentally deficient puppy. but I'm lovable. And funny. I made God laugh -- twice!

Trivia & References

Stairway to heaven is the most widely know of Led Zeppelin's songs.

* Livetweets fromt he cast and crew during the broadcast

Sam refers to going up against Gadreel and Metatron as "the big boss fights". This is a term used in video gaming referring to the climactic battle between the player and a large, hard to beat enemy.

Castiel gives Sam and Dean's FBI aliases as "Agents Spears and Aguilera" referring to pop stars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Castiel explains that "I've noticed your aliases are usually the names of popular musicians." Which is of course correct, although Sma adn Dea always choose names of classic rock musicians!

Gadreel: I told you, we had our shot with operation Lee Harvey, and we took it.
: Lee Harvey is a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald , the man who shot John Kennedy.

Metatron is first seen trying on a trenchcoat similar to Castiel's Trenchcoat.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 9.22 Stairway to Heaven (transcript)

Promotion

• Episode synopsis by ksitetv
• Episode Promo
• CHCH Promo
• Sneak peek
• Promo pics from sweetondean