Episode Report Card Tippi Blevins: C+ | 74 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Deviled Red Herring
By Tippi Blevins | Season 8 | Episode 23 | Aired on 05.15.2013
Sheriff Jody pops into the ladies' room to give herself a pep talk. "Oh, this is crazy," she whispers. Sniffling, she looks at herself in the mirror and dabs away the last of her tears. "I'm crazy," she goes on. She digs through her purse for her lipstick. "He's attractive, though, right?" she asks. She thinks about it for a moment, then answers, "He's hot." He also played the "shared loss" card to get into your pants, lady! Or, rather, to pretend to get into your pants. For, as we see in cutaways, he's at the table with his witchy goods, working a witchy spell to finish off Jody, and not in the sexy way. She finds the tiny hex bag in her purse and barely has a moment to give it a curious look before she begins to choke and cough up blood. At the same time, Crowley gets a call from the Winchersters. (His ringtone? "Baby Got Back," in case you were wondering.) "You have less than one minute before a very dear, attractive and slightly tipsy friend of yours snuffs it," he answers without greeting. "Call it off, Crowley," Dean demands. He says he and Sam want to make a deal. He agrees to hand over the Demon Tablet and stop the trials, on one condition (well, two if you count the not-killing-Jody thing): He wants Crowley to give him the Angel Tablet. "First, I need to hear two little words," Crowley says, fingertips poised to snuff out Sheriff Jody's candle. (Figuratively and literally.) Those words: "I surrender." Dean scowls and looks like he's about to throw up. Before he can say the words, this season's flaming title card flames onto the screen for the last time.
The Winchesters drive up alongside a lovely wooded lake, where Kevin Tran is waiting for them. He's digging up something under a pretty fabulous vintage-looking billboard that employs a cartoon devil to advertise an extra-spicy chili. "You hid the Demon Tablet underneath the devil?" Dean asks, just in case we didn't get the joke. "I was delirious," Kevin says in his defense. He holds both halves of the tablet together until they glow and meld into one. "You're sure this is gonna work?" he asks. "What choice do we have?" Sam asks by way of answering. Dean gives Kevin the key to the Lair O' Letters, like, finally! and tells him to lay low. As the Winchesters head back to the Impala, Kevin calls out to them. "You're doing the right thing." Given their track record, they're almost certainly not doing the right thing, but it's nice of Kevin to say.
Castiel and Metatron are hanging out at a bus stop for some reason. "What was He like?" Castiel asks. Metatron looks up from the book he's reading. "Who?" he asks, having not heard the capitalization in Castiel's choice of pronoun. Castiel just looks at him because, duh, who else would he be talking about? Metatron gets his drift. "God? Pretty much like you'd expect," he says. "Larger than life, gruff, a bit of a sexist." Castiel looks disappointed, so Metatron hurries to add, "But fair! Eminently fair!" Castiel still looks sad, even by usual Castiel standards. Metatron assures him that he did the right thing by killing the Nephilim. Besides, it's time to move on to the next trial, which be taking place at Doc Marley's Cocktails across the street. Metatron nods toward a man who's just entering and says his name is Dwight. "I've been listening in on Angel Radio -- Cupid frequency, actually. He is the next on their list." Metatron tries to explain what Dwight is in for, using a series of colorful (if dated) euphemisms, but Castiel remains shockingly innocent. "He's slotted to be dinged by Cupid's arrow in the next 24 hours," Metatron says. They have to retrieve Cupid's bow as the next trial, and promises Castiel that no killing will be involved this time.