And we jump right in with Dabb’s quote of the day: “Don’t give me
that meant to be crap.” Oh, Dean Bean
“What happens next?” Jack asks. Sam LIES and tells him he doesn’t
know but man oh man hello all three of these dudes are experts on
death
Oh NOOOOOOOOOO Dean didn’t get to say goodbye and neither did we.
(Boris: I’m not ready yet!)
Oh lord Sam’s about to do something stupid
Yessss, Cas and Dean are driving in Cas’s car. They find Sam sitting in
the road. A crossroad’s deal??? Oh, Sam says he was trying to build a
pyre. (Sam, that’s green wood – it ain’t gonna burn fast.)
Cas tells them that Jack’s death doesn’t feel natural – especially
since he was taken before Cas (Boris: technically not true – you
were recently dead my friend around the hour of Jack’s birth.)
AAAAWWW they’re eating nougat and drinking to mourn Jack – god DAMN IT
(Boris: God damn it.)
Um. Is Jack in Heaven hunting with all his dads? I AM ON BOARD
Heaven begins to glitch…and Jack quickly finds his door and leaves.
(Natasha: he clearly read the manual)
Black GOO starts to chase Jack down the hall. Oh. Crap
Wow, old Lily Sunder was cast really well. She’s here to read Kevin’s
angel tablet translations. Interesting
Whoa, Lily suggests using Jack’s soul to power his resurrection.
Daaaamn. Lily’s bartering her help for a spot in Heaven.
So…it’s a heist / resurrection episode?
Oh, Anubis decides who goes to Heaven or Hell – not Reapers. I like this. Added layers to Heaven the stretch beyond the usual
“You can do that? You can summon a god?” “Done it before”
HOLY SHIT Jack goes to meet Kelly. HELP US WE’RE DYING OF EMOTION. She
finds out he died and I…am getting some tears here. I thought I was
ready. I was not.
Cas returns to the bunker, very worried, to report that all of Heaven’s gates are
open – even the ones closed by Metatron – and Heaven’s broadcasting a distress signal
Dean makes Lily tell him what she gets out of the deal. She has a sliver of soul left and she’s going to use it to get
up to her daughter in Heaven
Cas talks to Duma who gives Cas some super nebulous information about
the black goo that attacked. Cas and Duma head off to look for Jack
Naomi sweeps into Jack’s Heaven with the answer. The Shadow – the
thing that rules the Empty is causing trouble. OH YES I’m so glad The Empty has come into
play at last. I KNEW it had to come back
“The Empty considers Jack his property” since he’s part angel. Jack has to be given up
to the Empty for the attack on Heaven to stop
Meanwhile the Brothers Winchester and Lily prepare the spell, totally
unaware of all the shit that’s going down. Anubis pops in.
“Pushing pencils, damning souls. Tough work.” Anubis likes Dean,
I think. He must have seen him an awful lot, right?
Your choices determine your fate – Anubis tells them. Oooo nice
Cas and Duma find their way to Kelly’s Heaven. Jack’s ready to
defend his mom ❤
Jack and Cas hug and share a reunion. DAMN IT. EXPERIENCING. FEELINGS
Cas wants to resurrect Jack so that the Empty gives up and leaves. Kelly looks
like she’s ready to stab a bitch at the thought of taking some of
Jack’s soul to do it, though
Duma walks in and…OOOPS she’s the Shadow
Sam and Dean confront Lily about her sudden unwillingness to help the
Winchesters bring Jack back and appeal to her maternal feelings of loss
Better hurry because the Shadow is kicking Cas’s ass. They pray to
Cas at last – they’re ready to do the spell
Cas tells the Shadow to take him instead of Jack. DAMN IT
(Boris: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo)
AND our jaws just dropped. The Shadow will make Cas suffer. When he’s
at his happiest…that’s when the Empty will take Cas away. HELP US THIS IS HORRIBLE AND AMAZING
Cas tells Jack not to tell the Winchesters, because of course
God, Kelly. You continue to just slice right into my heart with your heartfelt goodbyes
The commercials are so cheery but we’re still going HOLY SHIT. CAS! I
mean, our brains immediately think about love confessions and
expressions of belonging and home and then DONE. I don’t even want to be pulled out
of this pit to think about anything else
Okay guys. This whole time we’re rooting for Cas to find
self-actualization and happiness and now we don’t want that anymore
because it means Cas goes away. This is fucking brilliant. I love it AND hate it (but mostly love it)
(Dudes…Did Lily just use the last piece of her soul to save Jack?)
OH LOOK Lily gave up her soul to save Jack and gets into Heaven. Oh
damn it. Now I actually am crying (Side note: I hope we see Anubis again. I like him.)
Dudes. This episode completely made me forget about Michael. Like, I
had to struggle to try to remember who the big bad of this season was
because I kept thinking about the Shadow and what’s coming
Jack’s wearing Dean’s robe and eating a burger while his dads all
look on. Team. Free. Will. ❤
God, this is like the best, angsty fan-fic I AM READY
Boris: I am not ready
Since Jack served as Cas’s alarm clock that woke him up in the empty, which then woke up the Empty… I don’t know if Cas is really the entity’s real target here. I think tormenting Cas for a while, which in turn is also tormenting Jack as the Keeper Of This Terrible Secret, is just part of the Empty.. or THE SHADOW’s goals.
Umm let’s not miss the bigger picture here that this bargain Cas made? It’s essentially a guarantee of canon Destiel.
A list of things that make Cas happy:
-Dean
-Sam
-Jack
-helping people
Soooo the empty could of yanked him out of the bunker kitchen in that last minute of the episode… so it MUST BE SOMETHING ELSE that tops out Castiel’s happy meter!!!!
He even got redemption from Naomi, and direct credit for saving Heaven, which had always been his other main barrier to happiness… hmmmm what does that leave…
Clearly he just hasn’t found the right car yet.
OH HECK. He had the lil blue thing last week, and now he’s got a big Ram truck… WITH DEAN CONTENT TO RIDE SHOTGUN… hmmmmmmmmmm *gasps* mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm