5.04 The End

Title	The End
Episode #	Season 5, Episode 4
First aired	October 1, 2009
Directed by	Steve Boyum
Written by	Ben Edlund
On IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1488984/
Outline	Zachariah takes Dean five years into the future to show him the consequences of not helping the angels.
Monster	Lucifer
Timeline
Location(s)	Kansas City, MO
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Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Castiel
• Lucifer
• Zachariah
• Chuck

Definitions

• Croatoan
• Demon virus
• The Colt
• Impala
• Ruby's Knife

Music

Do You Love Me by The Contours

Quotes

Castiel: This isn't funny Dean. The voice says I'm almost out of minutes!

Dean: I guess I'm a little numb to the earth-shattering revelations at this point.

Dean: We're not stronger when we're together, Sam. I think we're weaker. Because whatever we have between us -- love, family, whatever it is - they are always gonna use it against us. And you know that.

Dean: What, are you stoned?
Castiel: Uh...generally, yeah.

Dean: Rhonda Hurley. We were, uh...19. She made us try on her panties. They were pink. And satiny. And you know what? We kind of liked it.

Chuck: Some free advice? You ever get back there, you hoard toilet paper. You understand me? Hoard it. Hoard it, like it's made of gold.

Trivia & References

Signs of the Apocalypse - Sarah Palin is President, as seen on the newspaper Zachariah is reading in the car when he first confronts Dean.

The cinema has a movie listed as "Route 666". 1.13 Route 666 is the 13th episode in Season 1. This is another instance of the Route 666 Easter Eggs.

Dean: The last thing they need to see is a version of "The Parent Trap."
The Parent Trap is a movie about twins who are separated at birth.

The final scene is set in the same location at which Dean and Sam part with John in 1.21 Salvation.

The set for the 2014 apocalyptic future, was actuall a set from the movie The Watchmen, which featured Supernatural alumni Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Pics of the set in use during the movie here. Pics of the set during filming of Supernatural:

• Pics taken on set by anteka
• Misha on set posted by Misha
• Behind the scenes shot of Jensen by LilMissX

The episode title might refer to The Doors Song "The End", which uses themes of the apocalpyse and a world gone mad ('all the children are insane'). The song also evokes the image of the devil ('the snake is long, 7 miles, (..) and he's old, and his skin is cold'), and has an oedipal part, where a son goes to murder his sister, brother and finally father, to confront his mother, who he wishes to have sex with. Furthermore, the song was used in Francis Ford Coppola's iconic war movie, Apocalypse Now. See also The Meaning of Episode Titles.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 5.04 The End (transcript)

Promotion

• Synopsis from Spoilertv
• Jensen comments on filming the episode from EW
• Promo pics for 5.04
• Promo vid for 5.04
• Three teaser clips from Chicago Tribune
• Space TV promo