8.07 A Little Slice of Kevin

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Title A Little Slice of Kevin
Episode # Season 8, Episode 7
First aired November 14, 2012
Directed by Charlie Carner
Written by Brad Buckner
Eugenie Ross-Leming
On IMDB A Little Slice of Kevin
Outline Linda and Kevin Tran try to go on the offensive against Crowley, and Dean and Sam are shocked when Castiel appears to have escaped from Purgatory.
Monster Crowley
Demons
Leviathans
Witches
Timeline
Location(s) Whitefish, Montana
Salina, Kansas
Purgatory (flashbacks)
Atlantic, Iowa
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Synopsis

Dean is driving in the Impala when he thinks he sees Castiel walking on the side of the road. He hits the brakes and backs up, but the angel isn’t there. He arrives back at Rufus's cabin, and Sam asks him what's wrong. Dean says he's fine, and Sam tells him about a boy named Aaron Webber going missing from a playground just as a surprise tornado hit. There have been other disappearances that corresponded with freak weather phenomena in the last few weeks, but the victims don't have anything in common. The brothers decide to investigate the possibility that Demons are behind the kidnappings.

Indeed, Crowley is behind the disappearances. He has been torturing Samandriel with an angel blade, making him give up names. When Samandriel tells him that there are no more names because "the next generation isn't born yet," Crowley stops torturing him and goes to speak with the people his demons have kidnapped, among them Aaron.

Meanwhile, Kevin Tran and his mother Linda Tran have been hiding in an abandoned diner set up with demon booby traps, salt lines, and hex bags. Linda tells Kevin that she wants to go on the offensive by building demon-killing bombs. She found a witch named Delta Mendota on Craigslist and hired her to gather the ingredients they need for the spell Kevin used to kill Crowley's demons. Kevin isn't sure they can trust her, but Linda says that Delta doesn't know the actual spell, and she should have everything they need soon.

In Salina, Kansas, Dean and Sam question Ms. Hagar, the last person to see Aaron before the tornado hit. She tells them that she doesn't remember anything between taking Aaron to the bathroom and waking up in a park three blocks away. She doesn't react when Sam starts to mumble an exorcism under his breath; however, she says that it smelled like sulfur when she woke up. They're almost certain that demons have Aaron now, but aren't sure why.

That night as Sam sleeps, Dean reads through the missing persons reports on their laptop. When lightning flashes, he looks up at the window and sees Castiel standing outside, looking in, but in an instant he's gone. Dean goes to the window, and Sam wakes up and asks him what's wrong. Dean tells him that he thought he saw Castiel just now and earlier on the road. He feels terrible that he couldn't pull Castiel out of Purgatory and doesn't understand why Castiel didn't try harder to escape. Sam says that Dean likely has survivors guilt and that he needs to get past it. Dean remembers a moment in Purgatory when Castiel had said that if he couldn't get out, he wanted to thank Dean for everything he'd done. Dean had told him that no one would be left behind.

The next morning, Crowley asks the people he's kidnapped if they can read the God tablet. They're confused and some of them ask Crowley if they're on an alien spaceship. When one of the abductees, Dennis Adams, starts to complain about his rights, Crowley twists his hand in the air and causes Dennis to vomit blood and fall over. One of the women, Krista, nervously tries to read the tablet, but when she starts reciting the Declaration of Independence, Crowley realizes they will be of no help.

Back in Salina, Sam has found another person who went missing during a strange weather phenomenon: Luigi Ponzi in Rome. He's telling Dean about it when Castiel appears in their motel room. Shocked, the brothers ask him how he escaped Purgatory. Castiel says he doesn't know — he just appeared on the side of the road in Illinois and has been trying to reach them since. He's not at full power, though, and he goes to take a shower. Dean remembers the moment they found the way out of Purgatory and he performed the ritual to take Benny's soul into his arm. He and Castiel had been heading for the portal when Leviathans had appeared to attack them. While Castiel is in the bathroom, Dean tells Sam that he's not sure he believes Castiel's story because he remembers every moment of Purgatory, and considering the shape Castiel was in, someone or something must have pulled him out.

Meanwhile, Delta shows up at the Trans' hideout with the ingredients for the demon-killing bombs. After Linda sprays her with holy water, she goes to the bathroom. When she gets back, Linda asks her why she only brought enough stuff to build one bomb. Delta tells them they need to pay her now if they want more, and Linda, angry, tells Kevin to get her purse. Too late, Kevin notices that Delta broke the salt line in front of one of the windows, and Crowley appears in the room with another demon. Delta made a deal with him, and he banishes her by snapping his fingers, tells the other demon to kill Linda, and disappears with Kevin. Linda grabs her water gun and starts soaking the demon with holy water.

Sam tells Dean that there haven't been anymore freak disappearances and lists the names of the seven people who have vanished. Castiel joins in the recitation, and they ask him how he knows who’s gone missing. He tells them that they are all future Prophets. Only one prophet can exist at a time, though, so Chuck must be dead and one of the others will only become the prophet after Kevin dies. Sam and Dean realize that Crowley must be holding the others as "insurance" while he looks for Kevin, and then Sam gets a call from Linda—Crowley has Kevin, and she needs their help.

They drive to a meeting point and, as they wait for Linda, Dean remembers the moment he escaped Purgatory. Leviathans had attacked just as he and Castiel were climbing to the portal, and they beat on Castiel heavily before Dean could decapitate them. They then continued upwards, but Castiel fell behind and Dean, straddling the divide, had tried to pull him through. The last thing he remembers from Purgatory was Castiel calling out his name as his hand slipped free from Dean's grip. Dean shakes free from the memory and tells Castiel that he wants to talk to him outside the Impala. Once out of Sam's earshot, he asks Castiel what happened in Purgatory. He felt like Castiel just gave up and didn't believe that Dean could save them, and he tells Castiel emphatically that he did everything he could—he did not leave him. Confused, Castiel asks Dean if he thinks it was his fault. Before Dean can answer, Linda arrives.

Linda gives Kevin's notes to Sam. They ask her what happened, and she admits to hiring a witch who sold them out to Crowley. Fortunately, she was able to capture the demon Crowley left behind to kill her, and he's in the trunk of her car under a devil's trap. Dean unsheathes the demon-killing knife so he can torture him for Crowley's location. Meanwhile, Crowley is trying to convince Kevin to cooperate with him. He introduces Kevin to the other prophets and tells him that if he dies, he will just be replaced. When Kevin hesitates, Crowley kills Krista, spraying her blood everywhere with the snap of his fingers. He then straps Kevin into the same chair that Samandriel was tortured in and cuts off his left pinky finger. Kevin screams in pain and finally agrees to help Crowley. He starts reading the tablet slowly, but Crowley quickly becomes bored and tells him to get to the big stuff.

Dean and Castiel along with Linda and Sam drive up to an abandoned factory in Atlantic, Iowa. Dean checks with the captive demon that they're in the right place and then kills him. Sam handcuffs Linda to her car's steering wheel so that she won’t get near Crowley, and then heads inside, where the men split up. Alone, Sam surprises four demons with Linda's demon-killing bomb and then finds and helps the remaining six prophets escape. Dean and Castiel go further into the factory, and as Castiel struggles to kill the low-level demons they encounter, Dean realizes that he's still weak from Purgatory.

As Dean and Castiel get closer, Kevin continues reading the tablet. He tells Crowley that there is information on how to kill demons and how to close the gates of hell. There is also a personal note from the writer of the tablet, God's scribe Metatron, saying that after completing this series of tablets he is taking his leave of his master in this world. Just as Crowley is asking Kevin if that means there are tablets other than the Demon and Leviathan tablets, Dean and Castiel find the door that Crowley and Kevin are behind. Dean can't pick the lock, so Castiel zaps inside alone.

Crowley is surprised to see Castiel, and when Castiel pulls out his angel blade, he pulls out his own. Kevin gets out of the way as Crowley and Castiel face off across the tablet. Crowley tells Castiel that he knows he's drained, but Castiel refuses to admit to any weakness. He glows with heavenly light and the shadows of his wings appear on the wall behind him. When Crowley tries to grab the tablet and run, Castiel smashes it and the table it was on. Crowley vanishes with half of the tablet in his hand, and Castiel collapses just as Dean bursts into the room.

Afterwards, Kevin is more determined than ever to close the gates of hell. Sam tells him and Linda that they can stay with Garth in the meantime. While they talk, Dean confronts Castiel about his recklessness going against Crowley alone. Castiel says that Dean is not responsible for everything, and especially not for Castiel being left behind in Purgatory. He touches Dean's forehead to make him relive the moment he escaped Purgatory so that he can see what really happened. Dean didn't lose his grip on Castiel's hand: Castiel pushed him away and told him to go. Castiel wanted to stay in Purgatory to do penance for the terrible things he'd done, and he had planned to stay all along. He finishes by telling Dean that he can't save everyone.

Sam comes over to plan their next steps, and Castiel all of a sudden finds himself in a mostly white room standing in front of a woman at a desk. He asks her where he is, and she says that he's in a part of Heaven not many have seen. She introduces herself as Naomi and tells Castiel that he was rescued from Purgatory by angels so that he could help Sam and Dean and report to her about their activities. Castiel refuses to spy on the Winchesters, but is unable to resist telling her what she wants to know when she asks him. She also tells him that he won't remember their conversations and that no one will notice that he's been gone. In the next instant, he is back standing with Sam and Dean, agreeing to help them look for the other half of the Demon tablet that Crowley holds.

Characters

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Music

  • "We Gotta Get out of This Place" by The Animals
(plays in the beginning when Dean is driving and first sees Cas)

Quotes

Sam: You look like you've... well, I was gonna say "You look like you've seen a ghost," but you'd probably be stoked.
Crowley: No. No. No. And no. That's not what I want to hear. This hurts you more than it hurts me, so I can go on forever. Which, in your case, forever means... well, forever.
Delta: You bet. It was a bitch, but so worth it. Honestly, I am sick of being treated like dirt by those demons. Like, who died and made them boss? Well, probably somebody did. But they could use a serious attitude reduction. Kev, where's the ladies room? Long drive, and, you know...
Dean: Yeah. Yeah, uh, I got to be honest. I-I-I'm thinking, how the hell did you make it out? I mean, I–I was there. I-I-I know that place. I know how we had to scratch and claw and kill and bleed to find that portal and make it through it, and it almost finished me. So, uh... so how exactly are you sitting here with us right now?

Castiel: Dean, everything you just said is completely true. And that's the strange part. I... have no idea. I remember endlessly running and hiding from Leviathan, and then I was on the side of the road in Illinois. And... that was it.
Dean: And that – that was it?
Castiel: Yes... Oh. I'm dirty.

Dean: Yeah well, Purgatory will do that to you.
Dean: You do see something... severely wrong here, right? Sammy, I remember every second of leaving that place. I mean I remember the heat, the stink, the pain, the fear. I have that whole ugly mess right here... and he says he has no idea how he got out? I'm just not buying it.
Castiel: I'm not sure what happened to Chuck, but, um... he must be dead.
Kevin: The next is... "The demonic influence on the collective tapestry of the soul."
Crowley: Blah blah blah. Doesn't anyone ever edit this stuff? So far as a writer, God's a snooze. No fun at parties, I hear.
Kevin: 'So ends the transcription of the sacred word for the defense of mankind. Into the hands of God's children thus passes the compendium of tablets.'

Crowley: Compendium?
Kevin: It's a collection of things, especially one systematically organized.

Crowley: I know what a 'compendium' is, Kevin. What does Metatron mean?
Sam: I called a friend of ours, Garth. He does what we do. Well... in his own way. He'll keep an eye on you guys. No more going off on your own. You get that it was hiring that witch that got you into all this, right? How you holding up, Kev?
Castiel: It's where I belonged. I needed to do penance. After the things I did on earth and in heaven, I didn't deserve to be out. And I saw that clearly when I was there. I... I planned to stay all along. I just didn't know how to tell you. You can't save everyone, my friend... though, you try.

Trivia & References

The episode name is a play on the saying "A little slice of heaven" — which refers to a highly desirable place or person. It was also the title of an '80s Kiwi pop song by Dave Dobbyn.
The disused diner that Kevin and Linda Tran are squatting in is called The Reuben Diner. This could be a reference to the Biblical character of the same name, or the American sandwich of the same name.
Linda Tran: I hired a witch.

Kevin: A witch?
Linda Tran: Off of Craigslist. Her name is Delta Mendota and she is a smart cookie. She's scrappy, reliable, and willing to kill.

Craigslist is an online classifieds website, which deals with jobs, housing, and personals.
Whilst video-chatting with Linda Tran, Delta Mendota has a poster for Nardwuar the Human Serviette, a Canadian journalist and musician on her wall.
Linda Tran: You know the rules. Casual encounters. That means no questions asked.

Kevin: No, Mom, that's another part of Craigslist. How long have you been a witch?

"Casual encounters" was a section on Craigslist used for random sex.
Sam and Dean use the aliases "Agents Roth and Malloy" in reference to David Lee Roth (vocalist) and Mitch Malloy (auditioned, never signed), for Van Halen. The teacher Sam and Dean interrogate is also named Ms. Hagar after Van Halen’s second vocalist, Sammy Hagar.
Dean: Save the Hallmark, okay? Nobody gets left behind.
Hallmark is a reference to Hallmark greeting cards.
"Nobody gets left behind" could be a reference to the 2002 Disney movie Lilo & Stich which has the famous line, "Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."
Woman: Um... We hold this... Um, maybe "these" ...truths to be...
One of the inactive prophets was reciting a line from the Declaration of Independence when falsely attempting to read from the demon tablet.
Benny: O ye of friggin' little faith.
A reference to the Biblical quote from Matthew 8:26 where Jesus and his disciples are on a ship at sea when a storm hits them. They wake Jesus, afraid, and Jesus says, "Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?" before calming the storm.
In Purgatory, Dean, Benny and Castiel make it to the portal out on a mountaintop. According to Dante's Divine Comedy, Purgatory is a giant mountain with multiple levels with the last rung being a mountaintop leading to a portal to Heaven. However, in this case, the portal doesn't go to Heaven but back to Earth.
Crowley: It's all very West Side Story, but let's be logical. You look like hell, and I should know.
West Side Story is a musical based on Romeo and Juliet, about two rival street gangs.

Minutiae

This was the first episode to be directed by Charles Carner who had previously worked with both Jim Michaels and Bob Singer on the 1980s series Midnight Caller.
The reporters for the online articles about missing persons are Terry Ewasiuk and Kara Schwandt, who are art department crew members on Supernatural. "Ewasiuk"'s article also names Shane Storozuk who works as a grip in the film industry—however, it is unknown how he is linked to Supernatural. In "Schwandt"'s article, we find out Aaron's teacher is named after art department assistant Natalie Van Hest. This is actually a mistake since later when questioning her, the Winchesters call her "Mrs. Hagar".
According to the missing child alert, Aaron Webber was 4 years old and last seen on November 22nd, 2012.
Justin Hunt, one of the seven future prophets portrayed by Douglas Newell, previously played the shop owner in 3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas.
When Delta Mendota is video-chatting with Linda Tran, in the background we can see the Zombie Jesus poster that was previously seen in Michael Wheeler and Brian Wilcox's house in 8.04 Bitten. Delta also has a poster of the Canadian band New Town Animals—a poster of theirs was also seen in 8.04 Bitten, and in Scott Carey's room in 2.10 Hunted. The Brigadoon poster is also a re-used prop from a previous episode.
Goof: In the missing child alert online, it states Aaron Webber's age as "4". Later in the episode, his teacher Ms. Hagar says he's 5.
The spell Dean used to "carry" Benny's soul with him out of Purgatory (Latin. Coniuncti sumus, unum sumus) translates to: "We are linked, we are one."
Chuck Shurley is mentioned by the Winchesters whilst discussing prophets after many of the "potentials" are being captured worldwide by Crowley. As there can only be one prophet at any given time, Castiel suggests that Chuck is most likely dead; thus allowing for Kevin Tran becoming one. Following 5.22 Swan Song, there was much debate amongst fans to whether Chuck was in fact God, and whether he had been so all along.
Metatron is named as an archangel in this episode — which makes him the fifth alongside Michael, Lucifer, Gabriel and Raphael that has been named. This is later retconned in 8.21 The Great Escapist, where Metatron reveals he’s not actually an archangel, and is more of a “run-of-the-mill” angel from the secretarial pool.

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