5.10 Abandon All Hope...
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Title | Abandon All Hope... |
Episode # | Season 5, Episode 10 |
First aired | November 19, 2009 |
Directed by | Philip Sgriccia |
Written by | teleplay by Ben Edlund |
On IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1532469/ |
Outline | Sam and Dean track down the Colt and go after Lucifer |
Monster | Archangel Lucifer |
Timeline | November, 2009 |
Location(s) | Carthage, Missouri |
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Contents
Synopsis
Castiel finds Crowley, and with Jo's help the brothers enter his house which is protected from Angels by Enochian symbols. To their surprise he shoots his henchmen and gives them the Colt, stating that he wants Lucifer dead because he believes that eventually Lucifer will kill all demons after the humans are dead. Back at Bobby's place, Bobby takes a photo of himself, Sam, Dean, Ellen, Jo and Castiel, as he believes that this might be their last night on earth. When the team arrives in Missouri, Castiel sees Reapers everywhere. He tries to find out why they are there and is captured by Lucifer in a ring of flaming Holy Oil. He tries to convince Castiel to join him. Meg arrives and sends hellhounds after the brothers and the Harvelles, and while trying to help Dean, Jo is severely wounded. While taking shelter in a hardware store, Dean calls Bobby, who tells him the Reapers are in town because they are waiting for their boss to show: Death, one of the Four Horsemen. Realizing she won't recover from this, Jo suggests they build a bomb to blow up the Hellhounds, using her as bait to lure the demonic dogs. Ellen volunteers to stay behind, too, so she can let the Hellhounds in and set off the bomb while Dean and Sam escape. After a tearful goodbye with Dean, Jo dies in Ellen's arms, who then blows up the building, killing herself and the Hellhounds.
The brothers find Lucifer having killed all the women and children in the town as part of the ritual to summon Death, and with all the men possessed by demons. Dean shoots Lucifer with the Colt. However, he recovers instantly and reveals that there are only five beings the Colt can't kill — and he happens to be one of them. Lucifer sacrifices several demons to summon Death, stating that "they're just demons". Meanwhile, Castiel manages to free himself from his trap and takes the brothers to Bobby's. There, Bobby throws the picture showing them all into the fire as if it is a Hunter's Funeral Pyre and together with the brothers, grieves silently over Jo and Ellen's death.
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Castiel
- Bobby
- Ellen
- Jo
- Lucifer
- Meg
- Crowley
- Death (Unseen during his rising)
Definitions
- Colt
- Binding Spell
- Hellhound
- Salt
- Iron
- Holy Oil
- Photo Album
- Hunter's Funeral Pyre
- Enochian
- Reaper
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- Archangel
- Singer Salvage Yard
- William Jasper's Farm
- Detroit
Music
- Santana - Oye cómo va
- Main Ingredient - "Everybody plays a fool"
Quotes
Dean: Going down? Right. Okay, Huggy Bear, just don't lose him.
Crowley: Number one, he's going to wipe us all out anyway. Two, after you leave here, I go on an extended vacation to all points nowhere. And three, how about you don't miss, okay! Morons!
Sam: And thank you again for your continued support.
Jo: Are you giving me the last night on Earth speech?
Dean: What?
Jo: What?
Dean: No... If I was, would that work?
Ellen: Reapers? As in more than one?
Castiel: Yes.
Lucifer: What was that like?
Castiel: Um, slow. Confining.
Jo: Make it later.
Ellen: Somebody's gotta let them in. Like you said, you're not moving. You got me, Jo. And you're right, this is important. But I will not leave you here alone.
Sam: Dean—
Ellen: Get going now, boys.
Dean: Ellen—
Dean: I think I'm good.
Sam: Yeah, me too.
Lucifer: Oh Sam, you don't need that gun here. You know I'd never hurt you. Not really.
Sam: What's that supposed to mean?
Trivia & References
Huggy Bear was the name of the streetwise pimp who acted as an informant for Starksy and Hutch on the 70s TV show.
Possibly a reference to the drinking game between Gimli and Legolas, in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
The Hardy Boys are brothers and amateur detectives in the boys' own adventure children's books. It is also the nickname given to Sam and Dean in the recaps on TWOP.
A quote from It's A Wonderful Life, in which the angel Clarence shows Jimmy Stewart that life is worth living, and then finally gets his wings and goes to heaven.
"Kick it in the ass" was a catchphrases of the late Kim Manners. Samantha Ferris related in her blog how the line came about:
The shout out to Kim Manners was an idea from one of the Camera guys, Brad. He came up to me quietly on the down low before we shot that piece where i say goodbye to Dean and said, "hey, when you turn around to say "don't miss" try one where you say "kick it in the ass" ". The line was just supposed to be "....and Dean, don't miss". We did both. They put both in. It was a bittersweet moment for the cast and crew. Robin the props gal cried......Kim is/was and will always be a very loved and missed man. Especially on that set.
References to three famous historical disasters which resulted in great loss of life: the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, and the destruction of the Roman city of Pompeii after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Reapers gather again in Chicago in 5.21 Two Minutes To Midnight in anticipation of Death's plan to unleash a storm and natural disasters on the city, killing millions.
Dean: You mean like, as in this dude and taxes are the only sure thing?
This is a reference to the story of Noah's Ark and the Biblical deluge, as told in the Book of Genesis.
Minutiae
- Anti-God is anti-American, seen on a giant billboard as Sam and Dean drive into the empty town.
- Jesus Saves, on what appears to be a movie theater billboard when Castiel is looking for the reaper he sees in the window. "Jesus Saves" is also the name of a song by the thrash metal band Slayer.
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Casting call for Crowley
- Casting announcement for Crowley by Chicago Tribune
- Episode Synopsis by spoilertv
- Tweets from Mark Sheppard during filming : here and here.
- Mark Pellegrino on the episode
- Sam Ferris blogs from the set
- Promo pics
- Meg returns
- Promo clip, Second promo clip, Third promo clip, fourth promo clip
- Space Tv Promo
- Sam Ferris on filming the episode