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|imdb= [http://imdb.com/title/tt1032131/ Jus in Bello]
|download= [http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/jus-in-bello/id265096577?i=274802126 iTunes], [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0014I3LNA Amazon.com]
|outline= Sold out by [[Bela]], [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] are trapped with [[Agent Henriksen]] in a county sheriff's office, under siege by a [[demon]] hoardhorde.|motw= [[Demons]]<br>[[Lilith]]
|timeline=
|location= Monument, Colorado
|map= <googlemap lat="39.03412" lon="-104.83017" zoom="9" width="300" height="300" overview="yes" controls="small">
39.07628, -104.859013, Monument, CO, USA
</googlemap>|prevep= 3.11 Mystery Spot|nextep= 3.13 Ghostfacers}}
|Synopsis=
On the trail of [[Bela]] to retrieve the stolen [[Colt]], [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] track her to Monument, Colorado, only to find her motel room empty. Answering the room phone, Dean finds Bela on the other end of the line - already "two states away" and indicating that she's set them up. Moments later, local police storm into the room accompanied by [[Special Agent Victor Henriksen]] - Sam and Dean are taken into custody, and brought to the local sheriff's office.
Henriksen makes sure that the barely-staffed small office is equipped as effectively as possible for the Winchesters, keen to not allow them to escape again. He phones FBI Deputy Director [[Steven Groves]], who insists on sending in a chopper to expedite them. Sam and Dean are placed in a small holding cell and Henriksen comes to speak with them, bantering with Dean before telling them that they will be taken to a maximum security prison in Nevada and kept there until trial, and that this is probably the last time Sam and Dean will see each other ever again.
Groves arrives with the chopper, and insists Henriksen fill out a copious amount of paperwork. He visits Sam and Dean in the holding cell, and reveals that he is in fact possessed when he shoots Dean in the shoulder. Sam fights him off and begins an exorcism, which is cut short when the demon vacates the host. Henriksen and others, alerted by the noise, rush in to discover Groves is dead on the floor - but . They are confused by the lack of blood, and have no choice but to believe that Sam and Dean did not shoot him, though they still do not believe the Winchesters' explanation - that he was possessed.
FBI agent [[Calvin Reidy]] goes outside to find out what's happened to the rest of the officers in the chopper, only to discover that they are all dead - , throats slashed. The chopper explodes, and Reidy is killed by another demon possessing one of the fallen officers.
Panicking, the local sheriff wants to go outside and fight, but Henriksen realizes that they are under siege and convinces them to all stay inside and barricade the doors. All communications with the outside world are down, and soon the electricity goes off alsoas well. All that remain inside are [[Nancy Fitzgerald]] (the secretary), Sheriff [[Melvin Dodd]], the deputy, Henriksen, and Sam and Dean.
Meanwhile, Sam attempts to patch up Dean's bullet wound. Henriksen comes to the cell and confronts them, assuming that the siege is being carried out by their allies, and unwilling to believe otherwise. Shortly after Henriksen leaves, Nancy comes to the cell. Sam manages to convince her to bring them a clean towel to dress Dean's wound; when she hands it over, Sam grabs her wrist and steals the rosary from it.
Later, the sheriff unlocks the cell and comes in - he is keen to get everyone out of the station and to safety. A possessed Henriksen interrupts, though, killing the sheriff. Sam and Dean manage to get a hold of the demon and exorcise Henriksen, using holy water made in the toilet with the aid of Nancy's rosary.
Following the [[exorcism]], Henriksen believes Sam and Dean, and releases them so they can help fight off the demons outside. They put salt barriers up on the doors and windows, and Sam paints [[devil's trap]]s at key entry points. Meanwhile, Nancy patches up Dean's gunshot wound. Dean goes to retrieve more weaponry from the trunk of the [[Impala]], making it back inside again just in time before a hoard horde of demons descends upon the building. Unable to get inside, the demons possess the locals - about thirty of them - and stand around outside the building.
Inside, Dean passes out protective charms that will prevent the others from being possessed. Sam and Dean reveal that they don't need the charms themselves as they both have matching tattoos of it, on the left side of their chests. While they wait and arm up inside, Dean and Henriksen discuss their respective lives and find they have much in common.
[[Ruby]] shows up, able to get in through a salt line damaged unwittingly by the deputy. She tells them that the demons are from [[Lilith]], Sam's demonic rival from "the west," and tries to convince Sam that the solution is a spell she knows that will "vaporize" all [[demons]] within radius - including herself. However the spell requires the sacrifice of a virgin. Nancy volunteers but Dean is vehemently against the plan, convincing Sam instead that they need to just open the doors and fight off the hoard horde themselves. Exasperated, Ruby leaves.
Dean's plan is carried out successfully - Dean, Sam, and Henriksen fight the demons inside while Nancy and the deputy bar the doors behind them again, trapping the demons inside in the building - but not before one demon escapes. An exorcism pre-recorded by Sam then plays over the office's PA, sending the demons back to hell.
In the aftermath, Henriksen promises Sam and Dean that he'll lie about what happened and say they were killed in the initial chopper explosion in order to get the law off their backs. Pleased with the outcome, Sam and Dean leave. Not long after, Lilith arrives at the sheriff's office in the form of a young girl, looking for Sam and Dean. She destroys the building and kills everyone in it - including Nancy and Henriksen. Sam and Dean later find out about it when Ruby turns up at their motel room and tells them to turn on the television, again rebuking them for not behaving appropriately under the ''jus in bello'' - i.e. "laws of war." The episode ends.
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* [[Acting in Unison]]
* [[Anti-Possession Symbol]]
* [[Dean's Amulet]]
* [[Dean's Police Record]]
* [[Demon Smoke]]
* [[Demonology]]
* [[Devil's trap (symbol)|Devil's Trap]]
* [[ExorcismsExorcism]]* [[Fights]]
* [[Holy Water]]
* [[Impala]]
* [[Ruby's Knife]]
* [[Salt]]
* [[Sam & Dean's Arrests]]
* [[Sam's Police Record]]
* [[Spells]]
* [[Table of Death]]
* [[Tattoos]]
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{{TriviaQuote |Text=
'''Henriksen:''' What to have for dinner tonight. (SAM looks at him) Steak or lobster, what the hell, surf and turf. I got a lot to celebrate. I mean, after all, seeing you two in chains...<br>
'''Dean:''' You kinky son of a bitch. We don’t swing that way.<br>
'''Henriksen:''' Now, that’s funny.
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'''Dean:''' It's kind of wild, right? I mean it’s like they’re coming for us. They’ve never done that before. (DEAN smiles) It’s like we got a contract on us. Think it’s because we’re so awesome? I think it’s ‘cause we’re so awesome. (He smiles again, but stops smiling after SAM looks at him, unamused)
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'''Ruby:''' Don’t thank me. Lilith killed everyone. She slaughtered your precious little virgin, plus a half a dozen other people. So after your big speech about humanity and war, turns out your plan? was the one with the body count. Do you know how to run fight a battle? You strike fast and you don’t leave any survivors. So no one can go running to tell the boss. So next time… time... we go with my plan.
}}
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'''Henriksen:''' Look, I get it… you’re Mayberry P.D.
:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayberry Mayberry] Mayberry is the bucolic fictional setting of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andy_Griffith_Show The Andy Griffith Show.]''
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'''Henriksen:''' So work with me here. I’ll get them out your hair and on their way to Supermax and you’ll be home in enough time to watch the Farm Report.
:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermax_prison Supermax] refers to "super-maximum security" prisons.''
:''The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Farm_Report Farm Report] (also known as USFR for short) is a weekly syndicated television program, presented in magazine format, and focusing on agriculture and agribusiness. It is hosted by John Phipps and is based in South Bend, Indiana.''
}}{{TriviaQuote | Text='''Henriksen:''' But guess what? Life sucks, get a helmet. :''"Life sucks, get a helmet" is a quote from [http://enwww.wikipediaimdb.orgcom/wikiname/Supermax_prison Supermaxnm0001459/?ref_=tt_ov_wr Denis Leary's] refers to "super-maximum security" prisons1992 stand up comedy album [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248752/quotes No Cure For Cancer]''
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Sera Gamble notes that they were finishing this script just as the [[WGA Strike|WGA]] went on strike. [https://twitter.com/serathegamble/status/1133887689097326592 source]. Originally this episode was listed as 3x11, but the airing order of the episodes was changed in late January as [[Eric Kripke]] felt it would provide a better end to what was likely to be a truncated season (or possibly series, as they had not yet been picked up for season four) due to the [[WGA Strike]].
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|Sides_Scripts_Transcripts=
* [[3.12 Jus in Bello (transcript)]]
* [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-312-jus-in-bello-casting-sides-for-deputy-amici-13pgs Casting side] for [[Deputy Phil Amici]]
* [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-312-jus-in-bello-casting-sides-for-nancy-10pgs Casting sides] for [[Nancy Fitzgerald]]
* [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-312-jus-in-bello-casting-sides-for-sheriff-dodd-9pgs Casting sides] for [[Sheriff Dodd]]
|Promotion=
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jl_8oIshhA Episode Promo #1: 3.12 Jus in Bello]* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha6dhsPMD8A Episode Promo #2: 3.12 Jus in Bello]* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/28166983@N08/sets/72157618146952254/ Set photosPhotos] from Curly Merly
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==Episode Meta==
*[https://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/22907.html 3.12 Jus in Bello: If That’s How You Win Wars, Then I Don’t Wanna Win] by bardicvoice (February 2008); [https://web.archive.org/web/20190816011142/http://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/22907.html archive link], [https://spn-heavymeta.livejournal.com/144346.html spn-heavymeta]
*Bond, Silvia. 2008. Rocky Mountain Hell: "Jus In Bello" Season 3, Episode 12. ''Pink Raygun'', February 26; [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112136/http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/02/26/supernatural-jus-in-bello/ archive link]
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