Originally aired: Thursday May 14, 2009 on the CW.
Writer: Eric Kripke
Director: Eric Kripke
Show Stars: Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester), Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester)
All Guest Stars: Misha Collins (Castiel), Genevieve Cortese (Ruby), Katherine Boecher (Lilith), Kurt Fuller (Zachariah)


The apocalypse is coming, and Sam and Dean prepare for the fight in very different ways. Sam joins Ruby on a final run to kill Lilith, while Castiel and Zachariah tell Dean it's time to play his part in stopping Lucifer.


Source: The CW and TV.com.

I'm around, chatting in the Bones thread on Brendan's board and now going to find dinner...


Back on the first commerical break! If I survive that long...

Carry on my wayward sons!!!!!

PQ~ That Church isn't too far from you. Go help the boys!!! OOPS that was in '72, be kind of hard for you.

OOOH I figured the Angel's eyes would open or they'd put their hands up like the Weeping Angels. Blink from Doctor WHo still makes me quake when I see stone Angels.

Maryland?! AHHHHHH *ducks for cover*

Note to self: Kansas - Carry on my wayward son

ETA: Vin - I find it funny the Apocalypse happens in Maryland. Mom and Dad are going to crack up. I'll just hide in the corner and cry right now. Help later.

sniff!!

Go BOBBY!!! Spell it out!!!!! YOU ARE A BETTER MAN THAN YOU DADDY EVER WAS!!! AMEN!!!

Dang, never eat or drink anything the Fae offer you. Damn, he sounds like the Trickster.

Carry on Wayward Son was extra suitable tonight "...but I flew too high..."


Zachariah is such a hard@ss. Bah. Castiel's going to help, I can tell, he looks really uncomfortable.

Awwww, Dean's call to Sam!!

And oh, Sam, oh Sam!!

Cas better come down on the side of the boys. Next year instead of brother against brother it's the boys, Cas and Bobby running from both angels and demons.

I loved that scene with Bobby I kind of went 'finally!' lol

Random Google note: I am 45-56 mins from where this takes place (yes, I googled). That freaks me out a bit. Also google-ez and this really freaks me out:

The actual St. Mary's Convent is in Upper Marlboro and I pass it going to school alot also? http://ann.stubbornlights.org/stmarys/



Uhm, yes, I now am creeped out a bit - and maybe want to hurl something at my TV (not crying yet tho) I'm too busy googling.

DANG Angels!!! Cas, HELP!!

Crap!!! They did their homework!!

I hope Bobby's safe!


Wheee, called it! The angels WANT the apocalypse, want Lucifer out! Betcha Sam's part is killing Lilith to break the last seal.

And Dean, killing Lucifer?? Argh, hope he's not in residence in Sam at the time!


Aww, poor Dean trying to get to Sam, and Sam starting to feel bad and scared and wants Dean. Oh, boys!!!

Oh man!!! another betrayal! God has left the building!

The name of the nurse? Cindy McLennan--she's the TWOP recapper that did a lot of early eps for Demian when he broke his shoulder!

There is the loop hole. Dean plead allegiance to God, not to God wanttabes.

Damn!!! never trust electronics! Boys!

They did. *nod* I'm happy but weirded out.

Also I figured God had stopped caring back in ITGPSW.

If my TV goes Imma be PISSED.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!




Finally, Castiel!! (I thought he was going to have Dean drink the blood, which, cool, actually)


Oh SamSamSam, you poor thing, Dean didn't say that!! Who changed the phone? I think Ruby!!!


*runs in circles, freaking out*

For a second I thought Cas was gonna give Dean Blood

the Prophet what's his name

Freak!!! Rubi is working for the ANGELS!!! I bet!

****!!! Noooo!!!

I want Ruby dead!!


Aw, Chuck! Best scene when he puts his hand on Castiel's shoulder, and Cas just looks at him and he takes it off.


Homg, Sam was so happy to hear Dean's voice! He needs his brother.


Well, now what?!!

Bye Ruby!!! It IS going to be the boys against Heaven and Hell!!!

PLEASE we've only got 2 minutes. The Boys are together, right???? Next year will ROCK! YAY!! Bobby didn't die! The boys are together!!! Cas and Chuck the Prophet save the world, and Anna I bet

WOW, I was so ready to be gutted. I feel.......releaved???

YYYAAAAAHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The b!tch is deaddeadead!! I. am. so. justified. All year long. I knew it !!!!


*dances*


That said?


Aaaauuughghhh!!!! Sammm!!! Dean!!!! Oh, boys, at least you're together again!!! How much do I love Sam holding Ruby so Dean could kill her.

HOLY JARED PADALECKI ON RITZ CRACKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COME BACK, DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE FOR MONTHS!

Yeah, COME on! Road trip NOW!!

PQVinClarity

we made it thru!!!!

Re roadtrip: I got shotgun


*victory arms* I didn't cry once, I screamed at the end though

I was clapping and dancing around my room at the end!


No crying, but poor Sam just killed me, and Dean was so worried about Sam!

And there was brother-clutching at the end! And they killed Ruby together--yay! \o/

This show knows it's audience so well. They knew we'd do all the work of torturing ourselves before the finale with dread I'm so happy it didn;t go like I'd thought. Next seaspn is so gonna rock!!

OH. MY.

I think I write it with every season's finale...

Have to say, I thought Sam will be Lucifer. Maybe next season? And if not, who will they cast as Lucifer?

Ruby was right. She was awesome. She played Sam, and the finale scene, with her and Lilith pushing him toward the edge... At those seconds, he could go to Dean, or kill Lilith. What does his choice mean as far as the brothers' relationship? How will it play out next season? And with Sam now a demon (a Winchester with black eyes!).

I thought Bobby will die. Didn't happen. The 'family' talk he and Dean had (Dean questioning out loud if Sam was ever his brother!) was great. Ruby's death, while I liked her, was right for the series. She served her purpose.

I like Zachariah. The pop culture references were very cool. Am wondering, thought, where Dean was, or better yet, where was the room they've put him in.

I can't wait for next season!

Surely the rogue Angels {I'm thinking road trip # 2 after getting away from Lucifer will be to go save Anna from the bad Angels} will help Sam detox. I'm not gonna be happy if Lucifer takes Sam over very first thing next season. I want the Boys and team fighting the good fight against Heaven and Hell. I think they are the aces in the God {who has left the buildings } back pocket.

A number of people had predicted much of what is revealed in this episode, so I suppose they should be congratulated for their insight. (Either that, or they read the spoilers.) I was hoping that the story wouldn't take that particular direction, but I suppose that it makes sense within the premise of the series. This is not about angels vs. demons; it's about the Brothers Winchester. And that's the point made throughout the episode, first by Bobby, and then by Dean.

A lot of people are going to object to the characterization of the angels, and the notion that the angels would want to bring about the apocalypse and release Lucifer. Making the angels no better than the demons is a bit dodgy. It's consistent with the characterization of some of the angels, who had little concern for humanity as a whole or the cost of the coming war to the human population, but it still seems a bit too much to have Zachariah tempting Dean with beer, food, and virgins.

Yet I imagine that an angel might fall without realizing that's what they've done, and that it could happen on a fairly widespread basis if that is part of the master plan. It occurred to me when Zachariah said that "God has left the building" that it may only seem that way from his point of view. It may be that God wanted the angels to feel that way, because the resolution to the conflict was always meant to be in the hands of humanity.

Normally, when something so wrong is revealed, it means that it will somehow be circumvented. When Castiel was convinced that Dean was right, and that the "plan" should be rejected and stopped, there was every reason to believe that Dean would arrive in time. That's what made it so crushing that Sam couldn't be stopped. Sammy had no idea that his best intentions were literally going to open the road to Hell.

I'm not sure whether or not all the details of the mythology support the notion that Azazel's plan was to facilitate the rise of Lucifer. This episode implies that the Antichrist Superstar competition was designed to produce the most promising candidate to break the final seal, but wasn't he producing children with demonic blood long before 1972? That didn't quite track for me, even though I love the idea that all of these continuity elements are finally coming together.

It also seems a bit too easy for Ruby to be working for Lilith. I liked it better when she seemed to have an agenda of her own, apart from the plan to release Lucifer. That said, I think her time had come. Ruby served her purpose as the temptation for Sam, drawing him to the dark side. Besides, I don't buy this claim that Sam chose the darkness based on his own choices, however; the demon blood clearly had a drug-like effect, given that he suffered from withdrawal.

I'll give credit to the writers for going much further than I had anticipated. I was sure that Sam would prevent the breaking of the final seal, and then Dean would be forced to bring Sam back from the brink. I never anticipated that Lucifer would actually be released. Frankly, if they are going full out apocalyptic, I don't see how they're going to pull it off well on their current budget. Hopefully the final season of "Supernatural" won't be an example of biting off more than one can chew.

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