Armageddon is coming, and they have to find a way to kill the devil.
But luck, it seemed was on their side. The Colt, apparently, was not destroyed and a demon believing that it was in his best interest for Lucifer to go, since if he has such contempt for me, how highly can he possibly value demons, gave it to the boys without much of a fight. Finally armed with a way they could kill him, and possible thus stop the Apocalypse, Dean (Jensen Ackles), Sam (Jared Padalecki), Castiel (Misha Collins), Ellen (Samantha Ferris), and Jo (Alona Tal) set off to find Satan.
They arrived in Carthage, where a bloody battle took place during the Civil War; the city appears deserted, but Castiel can see hundreds of Reapers, waiting for something. It was totally creepy. He went off to try to determine what they were doing there, while the rest searched the town for people. Finally they found Meg (Rachel Miner), and about half-a-dozen Hell Hounds. People tell me that there is nothing to fear from dogs, people say that cats are far more violent, but I will point out that they are called Hell Hounds, not Hell Kitties.
It was unclear what effect the Colt was having on the Hounds, since they are invisible. It was clear the effect they had on our heroes as the blood pouring out of Jo's gut was quite obvious. The four managed to retreat to a hardware store, where convenient salt lay waiting to be poured across all access points, but that did not change Jo's condition. She was going to die, and there was no way to stop it.
I'm actually really glad that Sam and Dean have they destinies they have. I realize they have both died enough times as to make them not invulnerable, but their inability to stay dead now has a little more weight behind it than just because it would not be the show it is without both brothers. When supernatural forces like Fate and Destiny are working on you, just try to do something they don't want you to - like die - it won't take.
Jo, knowing she was dying, made a plan. She would stay and blow the store, armed with claymores set to launch salt and iron in all directions, while the others went to the field where the battle took place. Ellen decided to stay with her daughter, a move which proved necessary as Jo bled out before it was time to blow the mines. I was glad of this, because if Ellen had simply died because she could not live without Jo...well, it's not a very Hunter thing to do when the end of the world is coming and we are going to need all hands on deck. As it was, their deaths were beautiful sacrifices, and I'm getting choked up just thinking about it again.
Now we come to the end, where Dean and Sam have to stop Lucifer before he releases Death, the horseman, to gallop across the world. The scene was so brilliant. Sam, cleverly, distracted Lucifer in conversation about whether or not they could trade bodies. Dean snuck up behind him, and as soon as he was in position, with no hesitation, he pulled the trigger and shot Lucifer in the head. Simple, clean, perfect.
It as the moment he pulled the trigger that I remembered that Lucifer would not die. Unlike all his demon henchmen, Lucifer was not actually a creature from Hell. He was an angel, and like Castiel, shooting him with the Colt was going to have absolutely no effect, except perhaps some mild discomfort.
And we went on hiatus knowing the devil yet lived, and Death was coming.
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