15.09 The Trap
Title | The Trap |
Episode # | Season 15, Episode 9 |
First aired | January 16, 2020 |
Directed by | Robert Singer |
Written by | Robert Berens |
On IMDB | The Trap |
Outline | Chuck attempts to sever his connection to Sam. Meanwhile, Dean and Castiel journey to Purgatory to find the final ingredient needed to trap God. |
Monster | God Leviathans |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Milford, Nebraska Lebanon, Kansas Purgatory |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Castiel
- Jack Kline
- Chuck Shurley / God
- Sheriff Jody Mills
- Eileen Leahy
- Billie / Death
- Bobby Singer (Apocalypse World)
Definitions
- Alcohol
- Alternate Universe
- Angel Trap
- Angel Blade
- Borax
- Chuck's Endings
- Dead Man's Blood
- The Empty
- The Equalizer
- God's Pocket Watch
- Healing
- Hugs
- Impala
- Leviathan
- Leviathan Blossom
- Ma'lak Box
- Men of Letters Bunker
- Monsters
- Prayer
- Purgatory
- Resurrection
- Rowena's Apartment
- Rowena's Spellbooks
- Sam/Eileen
- Sammy
- Season 15 Callbacks
- Son of a Bitch
- Specialty Bullets
- Spells
- Table of Death
- Telekinesis
- Unconscious
- Vampires
Music
- "Hard Times in the Land of Plenty" by Omar & the Howlers
- (plays during "The Road So Far" recap of events)
Quotes
Dean: Chuck, you dick.
Dean: What?
Dean: Well, it's a little embarrassing saying it loud, but we're looking for a flower.
Dean: I know you're sorry, Cas. About Bel, about Mom.
Castiel: I was talking about Jack. I already apologized to you. You just refused to hear it.
Dean: Sorry I brought it up. Maybe if you didn't just up and leave us.
Dean: Ever since what? We lost pretty much everyone we've ever cared about? Ever since the Mark made Cas go crazy? Ever since I had to bury him in a Ma'lak box? Ever since then? Yeah. You know why? 'Cause the monsters they're everywhere. Everywhere! What we do it's not even Hunting anymore. It's whack-a-mole. We don't even save people. Every friend we've ever had is either dead, or they got wise and they packed it in.
Sam: Jody's still fighting, and Bobby...
Chuck: Oh yeah? Why not?
Dean: Because you are holding out. For your big finish. Yeah we know about your galaxy-brained idea. How you think this story is going to go. Sam got a little look into your draft folder.
Chuck: Sam's visions? They weren't drafts - they were memories. My memories. Other Sams and other Deans, in other worlds. But guess what? Just like you they didn't think they'd do it either. But they did. And you will too.
Dean: No. Not this Sam. And not this Dean. So go back to Earth-2 and play with your other toys, because we will never give you the ending you want.
Dean: Well, that's good enough for me.
Castiel: Well, Chuck's gone, but...
Dean: He'll be back.
Sam: If we can't kill Him or trap Him...
Trivia & References
- "Come On Eileen" was a #1 single in 1983 by the English group Dexys Midnight Runners.
- Chuck is referring to when he opened Hell at the end of 14.20 Moriah. A piñata is a decorated container filled with small gifts or candy that is smashed as part of celebrations in Mexico.
- "Boomstick" is the nickname of Ash William's shotgun in the Evil Dead horror franchise.
Dean: We lost, brother. We lost. I'm done.
- "Butch and Sundance" refers to Old West outlaws Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid, who were killed after being corned by the Bolivian army. In the past, Jared and Jensen had referred to their preferred ending for Sam and Dean as going out like Butch and Sundance.
- Promethean refers to being rebellious and is a reference to Prometheus a trickster god of the ancient Greeks, who was known as a champion of humanity and who defied the other gods to give fire to mortals. Prometheus previously appeared in 8.16 Remember the Titans.
- "Galaxy Brain" is a term from a meme that originated in 2017. The term is generally used an an insult to someone who believes they have an intelligent opinion on something, which others think is ridiculous.
- Earth-2 is an alternate version of Earth in the DC Universe. Sam also called Apocalypse World this in 13.13 Devil's Bargain while explaining the situation to Donatello Redfield. In this context, it's unclear if Dean was referring to Apocalypse World or just making a DC reference.
Minutiae
- April 17, 2020 11:42:00 PM
Sam, Eileen, Dean, and Cas are having a relaxed evening in the bunker, when Jody rings to tell them Claire was killed when they were hunting vampires and there turned out to be more than expected.
- January 6th, 2021 9:09:18 PM
Sam and Dean are in the Impala, having just fought a pack of werewolves and failing to save any of the victims. The mention that Cas is gone. The scenery that they drive by, possibly buildings from the shapes, appear to be on fire.
- November 3, 2021 11:42:36 AM
Sam and Dean have returned from a vampire hunt, and Sam is keen to head out again. Dean is feeling hopeless - there are just too many monsters and they aren't even saving people anymore. They mention that after Cas took on the Mark of Cain as part of the plot to cage Chuck he had to be locked in the Ma'lak Box, and Eileen, Donna, and the other wayward girls are dead. Of their friends, only Jody and Bobby are still hunting and Dean suspects they both have a death wish, along with Sam.
- November 3, 2021 12:36:38 PM
Sam tells Dean he is heading out on the hunt and Dean resignedly follows him. When they return at an unknown point later, something has gone wrong and Chuck comments that Dean should've followed his gut.
- December 9, 2022 3:11:38 AM
Cas: Eve.
Leviathan: Killing her alphas, swallowing her Leviathan. Bringing you to her should earn us a nice reward.
- Eve was the mother of all monsters who rose from Purgatory, when Castiel and Crowley were hunting down Alphas to try and find a way to Purgatory in order to plunder it of souls. Dean killed her using phoenix ashes. Eve's connection to the Leviathan was only vaguely hinted at in 7.22 There Will Be Blood, when the Alpha Vampire referred to his kind coming from the Leviathan, which Edgar retorted with "barely" before referring to Eve as "a pathetic mutt. Hardly one of us" and calling her a "whore."