12.13 Family Feud
Title | Family Feud |
Episode # | Season 12, Episode 13 |
First aired | February 23, 2017 |
Directed by | P.J. Pesce |
Written by | Brad Buckner Eugenie Ross-Leming |
On IMDB | Family Feud |
Outline | When bodies begin dropping after visiting a museum, Sam and Dean connect a ghost to the sunken merchant ship that Gavin MacLeod was to be aboard and seek Rowena's help in finding him. Crowley prepares to exact his revenge on an imprisoned Lucifer, while Kelly Kline reappears and finds refuge with a powerful demon. |
Monster | Ghost |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Andover, Massachusetts Lebanon, Kansas Fall River, Massachusetts Des Moines, Iowa |
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Contents
Synopsis
Crowley explains to Lucifer that when Lucifer was exorcised out of the President, Crowley perverted the spell so Lucifer was sent into the repaired and improved body of his old vessel Nick instead of to the Cage. Crowley has bound Lucifer with chains based off of the Cage, but Lucifer is amused and informs Crowley of the survival of his child. Meanwhile, Mary works with Arthur Ketch of the British Men of Letters who suggests she distance herself from her sons as she is at her best on her own. Sam and Dean begin investigating a series of murders committed by a vengeful spirit and realize the ghost came from the ship of Gavin MacLeod, Crowley's son who was time displaced to the present by Abaddon. Gavin realizes that the ghost is that of his fiancé Fiona who smuggled herself aboard the ship and endured rape from the crew before the ship sank off the coast of New England. To save Fiona and her victims, Gavin decides to return to his own time - it is unclear if he and Fiona die or not. However, it is not certain or said if he and Fiona actually do decide to board the ship as they are sent back to the night before the ship sailed, so they could decide not to go, go on another ship or delay their emigration. After sending Gavin back with the help of Rowena, the Winchesters find no signs of Fiona's kills. They are then visited by Mary who admits the truth about working with the British Men of Letters and attempts to convince her sons to work with them. Rowena is confronted by Crowley for helping to send his son back, possibly to die, (but it isn't certain what Gavin and Fiona have chosen to do once back in their time) and she admits it was revenge for forcing her to murder Oskar to remove the Mark of Cain in 10.23 Brother's Keeper. At the same time, Kelly Kline is attacked by two angels but is saved by the Princess of Hell Dagon. Dagon offers to protect Kelly and her unborn son which Lucifer detects and is pleased with.
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Mary Winchester
- Castiel
- Crowley
- Lucifer
- Nick
- Rowena
- Mr. Ketch
- Gavin MacLeod
- Kelly Kline
- Dagon
- Fiona Duncan
- Oskar
Definitions
- Alcohol
- Angel Blade
- Blood Spell
- Costumes & Disguises
- EMF
- Ghost
- Impala
- Magic Fingers
- Men of Letters
- Men of Letters Bunker
- Monsters
- Mr. Ketch's Car
- Nephilim
- Princes of Hell
- Rugaru
- Salt
- Spells
- Table of Death
- Time Travel
- Vessel
- Witches
Music
- "Play with Fire" by The Rolling Stones
- (playing over the closing montage; also played in 6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much)
Quotes
Sam: Mom's hunting again. It's a grind you know that. She's just needs a little time, Dean. That's all.
Sam: I don't know. EMF isn't that surprising in a museum, but they're always filled with ADHD spirits and their tethers, you know.
Crowley: You. need. You? Turns out beneath the whole moron facade, you and your brother are in fact morons! You let Lucifer's love child live.
Sam: About that. We might have exaggerated a little bit.
Mary: I'm sorry. Nothing comes before my family, not with me.
Sam: You, um, what? Mom... we, um, we have a history with them.
Dean: So where does that leave us?
Rowena: It was the right thing. Maybe for Gavin. Certainly for me. It allowed me to watch you suffer the loss of a child.
Crowley: Payback.
Trivia & References
- Referencing the fact that Aztec culture was steeped in the religious practice of human sacrifice.
Sam: It's from a ship, a brigantine. Called The Star, sunk in a storm off the New England coast. Currently on loan from the Maritime Museum from, wait for it -- Andover, Massachusetts.
- A brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel.
- Referencing Bullwinkle from The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show.
- Referencing the famous quote used throughout the Terminator franchise.
- Reference to Rosemary's Baby, about a women who carries the Devil's child.
- Dagon is referencing the idea of nature versus nurture.
Gavin: What?
Dean: Keep Fiona from going Casper in the first place.
- Reference to Casper the Friendly Ghost.
Gavin: Father, I want to do this.
Crowley: What you want is a gym membership. Happy hour at Hooters and Cubs tickets. None of which are available anywhere else but here.
- Play on the phrase "is it soup yet?" asking if something is done, which originated from the 1970's Lipton instant soup commercials.
- Reference to Captain Kirk's catch phrase, "Beam me up, Scotty."