13.13 Devil's Bargain

Title	Devil's Bargain
Episode #	Season 13, Episode 13
First aired	February 8, 2018
Directed by	Eduardo Sánchez
Written by	Eugenie Ross-Leming Brad Buckner
On IMDB	Devil's Bargain
Outline	The Winchester and Castiel attempt to hunt Lucifer down, who in his weakened state finds unlikely help in a faith healer.
Monster	Asmodeus Lucifer
Timeline	A few days after 13.12 Various & Sundry Villains
Location(s)	Fall River, Massachusetts Monroe City, Missouri Lebanon, Kansas
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Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Castiel
• Lucifer
• Gabriel
• Donatello Redfield
• Arthur Ketch
• Asmodeus
• Dumah
• Sister Jo aka Anael

Definitions

• Alcohol
• Angel Blade
• Angel Radio
• Archangels
• Archangel Blade
• The Bible
• Binding Link
• Cherubs
• Costumes & Disguises
• Evil Colonel Sanders
• Grace
• Heaven
• Heaven's Throne Room
• Impala
• Men of Letters Bunker
• Needham Asylum
• Metatron's Cube
• Prophets
• Spells
• Table of Death
• Tablets
• Teleportation

Music

None

Quotes

Lucifer: What? What are you gawking at? Haven't you ever seen the Prince of Darkness before, pal? Turn around.

Dean: Hey, there he is! Donny, how you doing?
Donatello: Ugh, the usual. Bewildered.

Lucifer: What no 'Eek!' No 'Spare me Dark Master?' No quaking fear?

Sister Jo: Should I quake?

Lucifer: I mean, yeah. Most people sort of do.

Sister Jo: We're not in Heaven. We're on Earth. You may have noticed, around here, good life ain't cheap. After the Fall, all the angels were a mess, desperate for 'housing.' Any vessel would do. And they had no long game. Yeah, that's I, on the other hand, took some care. I listened. A woman was praying for her dying husband. So we made a trade -- his life for her vessel. She was grateful. I realized humans are so desperate for life, they'd do almost anything, pay almost anything. So ca-ching! I was a so-so angel, but turns out, I am an excellent businesswoman.

Dean: All right. I say we take dickbag here back to the Bunker, find out what he knows, and put a bullet in him, burn his bones, and flush the ashes.
Castiel: I like that plan.

Sister Jo: It's always so strange. That final moment when I've lost just enough grace that I'm almost --

Lucifer: Human?
Sister Jo: I feel emotions. Sensations. Things they must feel.

Lucifer: Yeah, I had that experience. I didn't like it. Hunger. Cold. Loneliness. I don't know how they keep going.

Sister Jo: After the Fall, when we lost our wings, I wasn't devastated. I was liberated. I was finally free. But you must know how that feels.
Lucifer: No. No, I always wanted tofit in, please a father I couldn't please. And now I'm gonna be a father. Probably screw it up like he did. Lucifer the great and terrible. I don't know why I said that. Stupid. I mean, it's like pretty soon, I'm not gonna feel anything, you know. I mean the more I do this, the stronger I get, the more me I become. Lucifer Prince of Darkness. King of Lies. I'm back, baby.

Ketch: I know you think I'm a monster --

Dean: Because you are.

Ketch: But even I must draw the line somewhere. And letting Lucifer free upon the Earth? Well, as it turns out, that's my line. Not to mention the whole Michael situation. I know you want to kill me. I know you can't forgive me. But if you think about it, I'm the lesser of Well, at least three evils. All I ask is that you wait to murder me until after I prove useful.

Lucifer: Hey, look, I was here when you, when all of you were born. I saw how the old man did it. I can make angels. Okay? And I'll do it, if...

Dumah: Enough games, Lucifer.

Lucifer: If for my incredible act of generosity, you name me the undisputed and unquestioned ruler of Heaven. Yeah? It's funny. Oh, come on. Let's face it. You don't wanna run the place. Angels were designed to follow, not lead. Don't give me the stink eye. That wasn't my idea. The point is, you need me. And icing on the cake, guys -- how'd you like your wings back?

Asmodeus: Beautiful isn't it?Oh, yes. The only known weapon capable of destroying an archangel -- the archangel blade.

Ketch: You'll forgive me, but my reading of the lore suggests that the [ Door creaks ] blade is only effective if wielded by an archangel.

Asmodeus: Oh, really? Thanks for the news flash. Allow me to make an introduction. Mr. Ketch... Meet the Archangel Gabriel.

Trivia & References

The scene where the two young boys find Castiel and poke him with a stick recalls the movie Stand By Me where a group of young boys find a body in the woods.

Donatello: And so, the spell to open this rift is in the angel tablet?

Sam: Yeah, they -- they are, um on Earth 2, except. Except we don't have the angel tablet anymore.

Earth-Two is an alternate universe found in DC Comics, and was home to the Golden Age superhero versions of the Flash (Jay Garrick) and Green Lantern (Alan Scott).

Donatello: Chicken wings. Heavy lifting like this requires real brain fuel. My analysis of the half-lives of the 33 arsenic isotopes required about, mm 25 buckets.

The half-life of the 33 arsenic isotopes can be found here.

Anael, also known as Haniel, is an archangel from Jewish lore. The name probably derives from Hebrew word for joy - hana'ah.

Asmodeus grabbing the chicken wing and discarding it can be seen as yet another meta reference to fandom's nickname for him: "Evil Colonel Sanders."

Lucifer: Hail to the king, baby.

"Hail to the king, baby" is the catchphrase of Ash Williams of the Evil Dead series, first used in the film Army of Darkness. The phrase would later be adopted by video game character Duke Nukem.

Minutiae

Richard Speight Jr. does not appear until the end credits, presumably to preserve the surprise of Gabriel's return. This has previously been done with re-appearances of Crowley and Bobby Singer.

The backdrop for "Pray with Sister Jo" was previously used in Supernatural: The Musical! featured in 10.05 Fan Fiction. Fans speculated that the musical was now being performed at community theaters.

Lucifer pointing out the inaccuracies and pondering if anyone fact checked the Bible is a callback to 5.06 I Believe the Children Are Our Future, when Castiel reveals that the "Bible gets more wrong than it does right."

The picture Sam shows the homeless man of Lucifer is a blown-up shot of the picture given to Sam by Dr. Hess in 12.22 Who We Are.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 13.13 Devil's Bargain (transcript)

Promotion

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• Inside: Devil's Bargain
• Danneel Ackles on Why ‘Supernatural’ Season 13 Was the Right Time to Guest Star by Variety
• Danneel Ackles on Filming Her First Scene with Dean, Sam, and Castiel by EW