5.19 Hammer of the Gods
Title | Hammer of the Gods |
Episode # | Season 5, Episode 19 |
First aired | April 22, 2010 |
Directed by | Rick Bota |
Written by | Teleplay: Andrew Dabb Daniel Loflin Story: David Reed |
On IMDB | Hammer of the Gods |
Outline | A group of gods plot to stop the Apocalypse. |
Monster | Gods Lucifer |
Timeline | 2010 |
Location(s) | Muncie, Indiana |
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Contents
Synopsis
A storm forces the boys off the highway, and they check into the The Elysian Fields Hotel - an unusually plush four star establishment. As they are opening their room, they see an amorous couple enter the room next to them. Shortly after there is a commotion from the room, but when the boys enter, the couple is gone.
The manager at the front desk is evasive, and Sam decides to keep tabs on him, while Dean uses his EMF to see if there is any supernatural activity. As he passes one room he sees an elephant picking up a towel, but when he returns it is simply a man in a towel.
Investigating the hotel kitchen, they find a soup full of eyeballs, and then a number of people locked in the cool room. As they try to free the guests, Zao Shen and Baron Samedi capture them.
In a conference room, gods from many religions are gathered. Baldur sets some ground rules for their behavior, and he and Kali outline how they have gathered everyone together to address the fact that the Judeo-Christain Apocalypse as started by Lucifer threatens the Earth. They have captured Sam and Dean, who they know are vessels, to use as bargaining chips.
Gabriel turns up at the meeting - the gods know him as Loki, the Trickster and don't realize he is an archangel.
Gabriel explains to Sam and Dean he is there to save them, and that he once had a relationship with Kali, and doesn't want her or the other gods killed. Gabriel tells Sam and Dean that Kali has bound Sam and Dean to her with a blood spell. He goes to her room, pretending to be romantic in an attempt to retrieve the boys' blood, but she realizes his ruse and draws his blood, binding Gabriel to her.
In front of the other gods, Kali reveals that she has discovered that Gabriel is an archangel, and she uses what she thinks is an angel sword to kill him. Sam and Dean then agree they will help the gods call Lucifer, if the humans they are holding can be freed.
While Dean is seeing the people to safety, he finds Gabriel hiding in the Impala - the blade Kali found was a fake. He tells Dean to get their blood from Kali so they can escape. However Dean suspects he cares for the other gods, but Gabriel is unable or unwilling to use his blade to kill Lucifer.
Lucifer arrives and kills all of the gods, and is about to kill Kali when Gabriel intervenes. He tells Lucifer that he has no legitimate grievance, he is merely jealous that humanity replaced him in God's affections. Gabriel says he is not on Lucifer's side, or Michael's, but that he has come to agree with God: that humanity is better than them. Gabriel then tries to kill Lucifer with the angel sword, but Lucifer turns it on him and kills Gabriel.
After their escape, Sam and Dean play a Casa Erotica DVD Gabriel gave Dean. In it Gabriel tells them they may be able to re-imprison Lucifer, and that the keys to his cage are the rings of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse of which they already have those of War and Famine.
A final scene shows the arrival of a very sickly Pestilence, accompanied by a swarm of flies.
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Gabriel
- Lucifer
- Kali
- Baldur
- Ganesh
- Odin
- Zao Shen
- Mercury
- Baron Samedi
- Pestilence
Definitions
- Angel Sword
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- Casa Erotica
- Pie
- Pestilence's Car
- Horsemen's Rings
- Lucifer's Cage
- Elysian Fields Hotel
Music
- "Women's Wear" by Daniel May (MasterSource)
- (plays as Sam & Dean arrive at the Elysian Fields Hotel)
- "You Know You Know (I Love You)" by The Bachelors
- plays while Sam and Dean check out the buffet
- "My Fantasy" by Steve Jeffries (CPM / Carlin)
- (plays over the Casa Erotic 13 DVD)
Quotes
Zao Shen: [sighs] Here we go...
Odin: Oh yeah? And why is that? Because your beliefs are so much more realistic? The whole world's getting carried around on the back of a giant turtle? Ha! Give me a break!
Zao Shen: Don't mock my world turtle.
Odin: What are you gonna do about it?
Zao Shen: I'm gonna send you packing to Valhalla!
Odin: You watch your mouth when you talk to me, boy!
Zao Shen: Boy? I'm older than you.
Dean: Really, Sam?
Sam: You got a better idea, Dean?
Sam: Are you out of your mind?
Gabriel:You think I'd give Kali my real sword? That thing can kill me.
Dean: Then what do they have in there?
Sam: Sort of. I just need you to squeegee some stuff from my ribs and he'll come running.
Lucifer: What did you say to me?
Gabriel: Look at yourself... Boo hoo, Daddy was mean to me, so I'm gonna smash up all his toys.
Lucifer: Watch your tone.
Sam: Oh, is that all?
Trivia & References
- Norman Bates was the creepy serial killing owner of the Bates Motel in the Hitchcock movie Psycho.
- Babar is the main character in an eponymous series of books - about elephants. Babar was also mentioned in 5.11 Sam, Interrupted.
- Shriners International, formerly known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, is an appendant body to Freemasonry.
- Baldur: Why are you here?
- Gabriel: To talk about the elephant in the room. [Ganesh looks upset and begins to get out of his chair] Not you!
- Motel Hell is a 1980 comedy horror spoof which sent up movies like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. In the movie a brother and sister capture people at their motel and use them to produce smoked meat.
- In the movie The Bodyguard Kevin Costner plays the bodyguard to Whitney Houston's character.
- In Indian mythology, Kali is depicted as having multiple arms, ranging from 4 to 10 depending on which portrayal.
- Kotex makes feminine hygiene products, including pads with "wings" to help keep them in place.
- In Indian mythology, Kali is a destroyer.
- The Legion of Doom is a group of supervillains who are the nemeses of the Super Friends, created by DC Comics.
- Jonestown was the name of a community in the forest in Guyana run by cult leader Jim Jones, where he lived with approximately 1,000 followers. In 1978, Jones ordered his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking Flavor Aid laced with cyanide (often misidentified as Kool Aid), resulting in the deaths of more than 900 people. This incident is the origin for the phrase "drinking the Kool Aid," which is a metaphor for accepting an order, argument, philosophy, or belief without question (and a recurring theme and issue in Supernatural, although this specific expression has never been used in an episode as of this writing.)
- Pandora was the home of the Na'vi in James Cameron's 2009 movie Avatar
Pandora is also the name of an inner satellite, or moon, of Saturn.
Marble may also be referencing the end of the movie Men in Black [1] when the earth is revealed to be a marble.- This line is a quote from the movie Army of Darkness aka Evil Dead III. The line is used by Ash (Bruce Campbell) when explaining to peasants about his rifle after being sent back in time to the Dark Ages to retrieve the Necronomicon. It's a classic, really.
- The greeting of Ricky Ricardo when he got home from work in the 1950s sitcom series I Love Lucy. In fandom, Lucifer is sometimes referred to as "Lucy" or "Luci."
- The Spearmint Rhino is a franchise of upmarket strip clubs.
- Continuing the long-running joke about references to pie in the show, as well as foreshadowing danger.
- This line is reminiscent to a scene from the movie City Slickers, and is an old gag used in countless other movies and TV shows. It is a running joke on the crime procedural NCIS, where the charter of Gibbs often approaches without warning while other characters are talking about him. In Pantomime audience participation often takes the form of calling out "He's behind you!"
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Title and casting call from SpoilerTV
- Special Guest Star
- Name Change
- Interview with guest star
- Fan video from shooting location
- Episode synopsis from SpoilerTV
- CW Promo
- Episode Sneak Peak
- Promo Pics
- Space TV promo clip
- Interview with Richard Speight
- Interview with Adam Croasdell - Baldur