9.22 Stairway to Heaven
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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 |
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Location(s) | Dixon, Missouri |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
- Angel Lore
- Angel Sword
- Binding Link
- Castiel's Pimpmobile
- Castiel's Trenchcoat
- 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!
Sam: You hold roll call?
Castiel: They like to hear me say their names.
Castiel: They've put their faith in me.
Sam: And maybe that's the problem. I mean, people have been doing messed up crap in the name of faith -- in the name of God -- since forever.
Sam: And maybe that's the problem. I mean, people have been doing messed up crap in the name of faith -- in the name of God -- since forever.
Trivia & References
Stairway to heaven is the most widely know of Led Zeppelin's songs.
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.
Dean: I mean, the Manson girls aren't gonna give us a straight answer with Charlie in the room, so just hang back.
- Charles "Charlie" Manson is a cult leader and mass murderer, whose followers were referred to as the Manson family.
Sam: You got a weird thing going on back there. Those other angels, the way they stare at you, It's like you're part rock star, part L. Ron.
- L.Ron Hubbard was the founder of the Church of Scientology.
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Episode synopsis by ksitetv
- Episode Promo
- CHCH Promo
- Sneak peek
- Promo pics from sweetondean