History Awesome / Supernatural

* The four doing a PowerWalk as "Ode to Joy" blasts on the soundtrack.

** And Sam's plan to get rid of it, also being a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* Sam got one in the very first episode. "I'm taking you home!"

--> '''Dean''': Bring it on baby, I taste good!

---> '''Dean''': HEY! [Shoots the Wendigo in the chest, burning it to death.]

* Dean and Sam leaping headfirst into the haunted lake to save Lucas. And when Dean surfaces with Lucas in his arms.

* Dean [[spoiler:killing Bloody Mary by holding a mirror up and letting Mary's own power turn on her]].

* [[spoiler:The return of Mary Winchester as a ghost.]] She sacrifices herself to destroy the poltergeist threatening Sam and Dean, and verbally bitch-slaps it with a "You get out of my house. And let go of [[spoiler:my son]]" before bursting into flame.

* Sam stopping the Reverend's wife and freeing the Reaper from her command. Just in time to save Dean.

* Sam [[spoiler:moving a cabinet with his mind to get out of the closet he's been stuck in]].

* Sam and Dean turning the Daevas on [[spoiler:Meg]].

* Sam fighting the ghost of [[spoiler:Melanie Merchant]] with nothing but a fire poker.

* [[spoiler:John]], Sam, and Dean taking down a group of vampires together. And [[spoiler:John]] decapitating one of them.

* [[spoiler:John firing the Colt at the head vampire Luther, and the moment when Luther dies and proves that the Colt really can kill anything.]]

* [[CrazyPrepared John's whole plan]] to risk his neck to trick the demons, just so his boys would have a [[WorldOfPun shot]] at killing Azazel. [[spoiler:It failed, but it was still pretty awesome.]]
-->'''Meg:''' [[spoiler:Holy water]], John?! That's ''real cute''.
-->'''John:''' (''grins, as if to say "Thanks"'')

* Dean gets another one during the brothers' face-off against Azazel[[spoiler:!John]] in the cottage. Azazel has both Sam and Dean incapacitated and held against the wall, talks about being able to kill the brothers about "a hundred times," begins to gleefully taunt Dean about how his family doesn't need him and how Sam is [[ParentalFavoritism John's favorite]]... Dean's reaction? He looks at Azazel with utter disgust and contempt, and [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu insults him]].
-->'''Dean:''' (''smirks with contempt'') I bet you're real proud of [[spoiler:your kids]] too, huh? Oh, wait, I forgot. I wasted them.
* Right before the truck crashes into their car (which is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome all by itself), there's an utterly beautiful Sam-really-does-adore-Dean moment. John is bitching at him for not being able to shoot (thereby killing Azazel and [[spoiler:John himself]]) and saying that killing Azazel comes before everything, including family. Sam takes a quick glance at Dean (who is in the backseat and barely even alive) and says "No, sir. Not before everything." ''Aww!''

* John [[spoiler:making a deal with Azazel]], making that sacrifice knowing what the demon will demand just to save Dean.
* There is a [=CMoA=] in this episode that actually requires you to have knowledge of Seasons 4 and 5, and have read the WordOfGod confirmation about the particular scene. When [[spoiler:Azazel questions John on what he knows about his plans, John replies that he has figured it all out. The awesome is that he really means ''everything''; John figured out everything that was coming in the next three seasons of the show. Man was a genius.]]

* [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Lenore]] resisting the temptation of Sam's blood through sheer force of will.

* Jo deserves a mention for her badassery in this episode. No, she didn't jump in and save the day single-handed, since she's only a beginner here. Once she got [[spoiler:captured by Holmes and trapped in an underground dungeon-type place]], she started to sob, put a hand over her mouth, and visibly pulled herself back together out of her determination to get out of this situation and finish the case. [[spoiler:She also stabs Holmes in the hand with a pure-iron knife and willingly goes back in as bait, moments after being saved.]] Admit it; Jo had balls even as a newbie!
* Sam and Dean earn their share of awesome by [[spoiler:salting a circle around an iron-barred chamber with Holmes inside]], then [[spoiler:sealing the hole into the sewer with concrete]], [[AndIMustScream trapping him down there "until Hell freezes over."]]

* Dean [[spoiler:tricking the Crossroads Demon into a Devil's Trap and then forcing her into giving up her contract on Evan Hudson for her freedom]].

* Sam first refusing to die in the bomb trap, and then getting [[spoiler:Gordon captured...by the police]]. Never has something so P.C. been so awesome.

* Sam and Dean [[spoiler:escaping the bank by knocking out two SWAT officers and taking their uniforms]].

* Dean stopping an AttemptedRape and the moment when the rapist dies by [[spoiler:being impaled by a piece of rebar that falls from a truck]], in Dean's words "If I hadn't seen the way he died, I wouldn't have believed it."

* Bobby brings himself and [[spoiler:Meg!Sam]] some beers. [[spoiler:Meg!Sam]] drinks his beer, only to [[spoiler:start coughing. Turns out Bobby put some holy water in Meg!Sam's beer. Bobby tops it off with "Never try to con a con man," followed by a punch to Meg!Sam.]]

* Everything that the Trickster does from the [[spoiler:slow-dancing alien to the sewer alligators, especially summoning Leatherface to fight Bobby and Sam while Dean gets his ass kicked by two lingerie-clad beauties]]. But the real Crowning Moment is [[spoiler:his fooling the Winchesters into thinking they've killed him. The first monster to outsmart the Winchesters.]]
* Bobby cutting through the arguments and childish BS to get Sam and Dean back on the right path.

* Dean fighting off three killer ghosts armed with nothing but a rock-salt shotgun and [[spoiler:a camera-phone]]. He really was one hell of a PA.

* [[spoiler:John ''walking out of hell'' and ripping Azazel out of his vessel long enough for Dean to finish the fight. Complete with no dialogue, an "[[SoProudOfYou I'm-proud-of-you-boys]]" look, and an [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascent]] to {{Heaven}}.]]
* Dean [[spoiler:shooting Azazel and the absolutely floored look on Yellow Eyes's face as he realizes he is doomed.]] Afterwards, it's like a chapter in the boys' lives is over. They did it!

* Dean trapping [[spoiler:Envy]] in the Impala's trunk with a Devil's Trap and the big "NOOOO!" that the demon lets out when he sees the trap.
* ''All'' of how the hunters deal with the [[spoiler:SevenDeadlySins]], [[BigDamnHeroes but especially Ruby slitting throats and taking names]]. Who is she?
-->'''Ruby:''' (''to Sam'') I'm the girl who just saved your ass.

* Dean and Sam's fight with [[spoiler:the Mother Changeling, ending with them setting her on fire with a homemade flamethrower]].

* Sam killing [[spoiler:"A super Vamped-out Gordon" with razor-wire.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_1Frvm2EY Yes. With Razor-wire.]] It has to be seen to be believed.

* Dean and Sam killing [[spoiler:the Carrigans with evergreen stakes taken from a Christmas tree]].

* Elizabeth, after watching [[spoiler:Demon!Tammi kill Renee and almost kill the Winchesters]], helps distract and kill the demon even though she spent most of the episode terrified of witchcraft. [[spoiler:It costs her her life, but it was still heroic and brave.]]

* Dean fighting [[spoiler:Dream!Dean]] and winning.

* When [[spoiler:Dean dies and the day doesn't reset]], Sam goes full-on [[Franchise/TheTerminator Terminator]], showing zero emotion and becoming a ruthlessly efficient hunter and borderline DeathSeeker. From the few calls we hear from Bobby during the montage, he was hellishly effective during that intervening period. Pity it was all reset.

* [[spoiler:The mass exorcism over the P.A. system]]. Pity it ended up being for nothing... Though it wasn't a ''complete'' loss. [[spoiler:They ''did'' send over two dozen demons back to Hell.]]

-->'''Lilith:''' (''flatly'') Lilith. (''[[spoiler:blasts the entire station into rubble before Nancy and Henriksen can do much else besides realize they're doomed]]'')

* Corbett's [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice to stop Freeman Daggett]].

* This episode had the boys [[spoiler:singing to Music/BonJovi's "Dead or Alive" in the Impala]]. Definitely awesome.
* Bobby saying "[[spoiler:Family doesn't end with blood!]]" Yeah!

* Dean vs. Ruby in Bobby's basement. Who wins? [[spoiler:Ruby ''does'' beat the crap out of Dean (in an awesome way, so, props to her) but Dean tricks her into a devil's trap and steals her knife, to boot. And Dean's supposed to be the DumbMuscle, right? Uh-huh.]] Their parting exchange (with Ruby losing her shit and Dean coolly shutting her down) takes the cake in terms of sheer badassery, especially keeping in mind how terrified Dean is of going to Hell.

* Bobby pouring holy water into the neighborhood's water supply, resulting in [[spoiler:anti-demon lawn sprinklers]].

* On a re-watch, the absolute terror of the demon-possessed waitress becomes a [=CMoA=] for the [[spoiler:angels]] in general. A demon, one of the most terrifying things in the ''Supernatural'' verse, is crying and shaking in complete and utter terror at the knowledge that [[spoiler:the Host of Heaven]] is getting involved:

* [[spoiler:Castiel's]] entrance. "I'm the one that gripped you tight and raised you from perdition."
** And then the bit with [[spoiler:the wings?]] Yes. Completely badass.
* Dean's, after learning that [[spoiler:Castiel is a freaking Angel of the Lord]], first response is to call him out for hurting the psychic Pamela.
* Sam showing how he spent his summer. [[spoiler:Learning to exorcise demons with his mind.]]

* Castiel's response to Dean getting pissy about [[spoiler:the angels]] not helping out basically can be summed up as telling Dean to put on his big girl panties. His actual words? "You should show me some respect. I dragged you out of Hell; I can throw you back in." Dean doesn't seem so eager to argue right after that.

* Dean convincing [[spoiler:Young!John]] to buy the Impala rather than a minivan. As Dean says:

-->'''Dean''': Oh, okay. (''punches him in the face'')
-->(''The Shifter hisses and attacks Dean'')

* Dean telling {{God}}'s little Power Rangers that [[spoiler:if they want to smite a town, they'll have to kill him with it]].

* Samhain should also get props for his fight. When Lilith first found out her demon death ray didn't work on Sam, she ran for her life; Samhain punched Sam in the face. Samhain is the only demon to go up against a juiced-up Sam and [[spoiler:still be alive at the end of the season]].

* Sam revealing what he'd wish for if given the chance. "Lilith's head on a plate. Bloody."

-->'''Dean''': (''looks at Sam, who nods as if to say "your move"'') Sorry, get your own. Try J-Date.
* Dean being thoroughly prepared to [[spoiler:return to Hell]], knowing exactly what that means, in order to protect Anna. He calls Uriel's bluff so thoroughly, the angel takes a minute to marvel "You're just crazy enough to go, aren't you?"

* The first fight between angels and demons in the show. Uriel utterly annihilating two demons like gnats, and Alistair nearly exorcising Castiel until Dean smashes a lead pipe into his face. And, of course, Anna [[spoiler:getting her grace back]] and what Dean says afterwards:

-->'''Dean''': Oh, it looks over to me, junkless.

* Brian Carter killing the Girl in the Wall with a shovel. He really protected his family.
* Dean fighting the [[spoiler:Boy]] in the Wall unarmed for the most part.

* [[spoiler:Charlie's]] "It's magic." And the fact that he very nearly killed Sam and Dean.

* Bobby as FBI Agent Keyser, giving a verbal beatdown over the phone to Agent Nick Monroe, while making lunch and wearing a "Kiss the Cook" apron. And all the phones on his wall, FBI and CDC among others.
* Bobby killing [[spoiler:the siren. He calmly walks into frame, blocks an axe-swing from Possessed!Dean, stabs Possessed!Dean in the shoulder to get some Possessed!Blood and, calmly as a baseball, tosses the knife between the siren's shoulderblades.]]

* [[spoiler:Castiel coming to the rescue and capturing Alistair.]]

* Dean revealing to Alistair that he dreamed of one thing and one thing only, each and every single day of the [[spoiler:forty years]] he spent in Hell: The moment he would get to torture Alistair. And as Dean starts getting his gear you can see, it's subtle, that Alistair is unnerved and worried.
* Alistair revealing that [[spoiler:he tortured John for over a century, and John did not crack. One hundred years, that's thirty-six thousand five-hundred days, and nearly every second of that John would have been suffering unimaginable pain, and he didn't crack.]]

** And later, she comes back to [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes kill Uriel while he's in the middle of beating the crap out of Cass,]] and leans in to hiss in his ear]]:
--->'''[[spoiler:Uriel]]:''' There is ''no will!'' No ''wrath!'' ... No ''God''.

* [[spoiler:Sammy vs Alastair. "I'm stronger than that now. Now I can kill." BADASS.]]

* The fact that even [[spoiler:without their memories of who they are, the memories of their skills]], their gear, their experience and everything that makes them who they are, Sam and Dean are still badass hunters and always will be.

* "I am [[spoiler:the prophet]] Chuck!" It's unbelievable how such a simple line can be delivered in such an awesome way.

* Sam trying to stab Lilith [[spoiler:[[ItMakesSenseInContext during their makeout session]].]]

* Dean beating [[spoiler:Ghoul!Adam]] to death with a table ornament and blowing off [[spoiler:Ghoul!Claire's]] head with one shot, and for the latter only a second after being told by Sam what they actually were.

* Sam tackling a demon and [[spoiler:going vampire on it. Both Dean and Castiel were horrified, but still it was badass]].

* Dean ''punched an angel in the face''. [[spoiler:...and nearly broke his hand because it was like punching a brick wall (or, considering the noise it made, maybe more like [[BadassLongcoat solid brass]]).]] What makes it even better is that he then proceeds to [[spoiler:guilt-trip Castiel into turning against the other angels and helping him try and stop the Apocalypse]].
* ''Castiel''. He [[spoiler:breaks Dean out of room where the angels are holding him until Sam can unleash Lucifer. He cuts open his own arm and starts drawing an anti-angel seal on the wall of the room, and when Zachariah whooshes in to stop him, he slams his hand against the seal and Zachariah is banished. After getting Dean away, he teleports them both to Chuck's place so they can figure out where Sam is. The Archangels figure out what's going on and start coming to stop Castiel and Dean. Castiel yells at Dean to get to Sam, saying, "I'll hold them off. I'll hold all of them off!" while whooshing Dean off to Maryland. He's standing up against what he himself has described as one of the most vicious and powerful creatures in all of Creation. To stop the Apocalypse. Which his superiors WANT.]]
* Despite being viewed with a near-unheard of amount of vitriol by most fans, it is undeniable that [[TheScrappy Ruby]] got a major SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in the finale. [[spoiler:She reveals to Sam that she had been playing him all along and was, in fact, a bad guy. Over the past two seasons, she managed to convince Sam that she was a "good" demon that was just trying to help him, when she really just wanted him to break the last seal to free Lucifer. And, because she is awesome, she got it done]]. In fact, this moment is arguably [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] as Ruby crows "Even you have to admit, I'm-I'm ''awesome''!" to Sam.
* There is an argument to be made that the fact that [[spoiler:Heaven AND Hell]] have been playing the ''entire Winchester family'' like a cheap whistle for almost forty years is pretty awesome.
* Sam and Dean [[spoiler:FINALLY ganking Ruby. Sam grabs her from behind and holds her in place while Dean stabs her with her own knife.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Ruby]]''': You're too late.

* Bobby [[spoiler:fighting off the demon possessing him just long enough to stab himself in the gut with the demon-killing knife. Also chewing out the hospital attendant afterwards.]]
* Dean's line "I learned this from my friend Cas." Then BAM! [[spoiler:Blood sigil!]]
* Also, everything that [[spoiler:Castiel]] did in his short scene in that episode.

* Sam killing two "demons" in the grocery store. Even when hungering for [[spoiler:demon blood]], he still kicks ass.
* Dean and Sam taking out [[spoiler:War by cutting off his "secret decoder ring." His horrified scream makes it more awesome. Turns out you can beat War]].

* Castiel's line to get [[spoiler:the ArchangelRaphael]] to come for him was downright badass.
-->'''Castiel''': I'm here, [[spoiler:Raphael]]. Come and get me, you little bastard.
** And his last line to [[spoiler:Raphael]] also counts.

* Sam spitting out the [[spoiler:demon blood]] that someone had forced down his throat. Despite the fact he had just admitted at the end of the previous episode that he was still craving for it. And then he proceeds to kick some ass. Awesome.

* Dean Winchester, spook hunter with a GED and a give-em-hell attitude, comes face-to-face with Lucifer, currently [[spoiler:possessing Dean's brother]] and in the midst of bringing about a biblical apocalypse, who proceeds to tell Dean the story of how he defied God and was cast out of Heaven. Dean's response to ''the Devil himself''?

* Sam killing [[spoiler:Leshii in the form of Creator/ParisHilton]] with an axe.

* The [[spoiler:Anti-Christ]] Jessie turning [[spoiler:Castiel into an action figure]] and exorcising a demon just by saying "Get out of her." Also the fact that, according to Cas, it was possible for him to be much more powerful, [[spoiler:"With a word, this 'child' will destroy the Host of Heaven!"]]

* Dean calling out [[spoiler:ArchangelGabriel AKA The Trickster]] on being too scared to stand up to his family. Just a huge TakeThat to the whole idea of the Apocalypse. No, it's not fate, it's not divine retribution; it's just two brothers throwing a tantrum.

* Castiel [[spoiler:pretending to kiss Meg, but then using her as a bridge to escape the burning ring of holy fire]]. Note that this is ''after'' he stands face-to-face with Lucifer himself and tells him that he's not going to take Sam as his vessel because Castiel won't let him. Cas, a depowered, fallen angel, basically [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu flipped off the Devil]].
* Crowley [[spoiler:being the one demon to realize that Lucifer disdains them and helping Sam and Dean]]. And him calling them "At best, functioning morons."
* Ellen, after a hellhound gets close enough for her to feel its breath, she [[spoiler:just smiles and says, "You can go straight back to Hell, you ugly bitch!" She then proceeds to blow them all up]].
* Jo is basically a walking, talking can of whup-ass here: She helps Sam and Dean break into Crowley's mansion while kicking demon ass, laughs and turns Dean down when he tries to use her for "last-night-on-Earth" sex, guns down a hellhound to save him, and flat-out ''orders'' the other, more experienced hunters--including her mom and old crush--to [[spoiler:stop screwing around by pretending she can still be saved. Instead, she makes them build her a bomb and run away so she can blow herself and the dogs up, so they can kill Lucifer.]]
* Dean [[spoiler:telling the Devil to "Suck it" and then shooting him point blank in the face with the Colt]]. The sheer badass-quota of that might take a minute or two to sink in properly.

* Dean [[spoiler:snapping the Wraith's hand-spike and finishing her off with a silver knife]]. Even whacked out of his mind, Dean is someone for monsters to be afraid of.

* Dean and [[spoiler:Teen Warlock Gary]] exorcising a demon by each speaking part of an exorcism, and the other seamlessly picking it up. And one for Gary by correcting Dean on the correct word at the end.

* At the beginning of the episode, Castiel calmly dismantling [[spoiler:Anna]]'s lies until she admits the truth, then equally calmly telling her he'll kill her if she tries to kill Sam. Do ''not'' try to hurt the Winchesters. It doesn't matter what kind of past he has with you, it doesn't even matter if hurting the Winchesters could save the world--''if you mess with his charges, he will kill you without blinking''.
* [[spoiler:Anna]] is the friggin' [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator]] here. She tries to lure Sam and Dean to her. Castiel won't let her. Fine. She goes back in time to wipe them from existence by killing their parents, [[WorfHadTheFlu even though it weakens her and she's already low on power from being cut-off by Heaven]]. John fights back and hits her with a crowbar; she throws him across the room. Dean tries to kill her with an angel-killing sword; she nonchalantly blocks him and throws him out a window. The only one who can keep up with her for any real length of time? [[spoiler:Mary]], who picks up Dean's sword and goes after [[spoiler:Anna]] with a vengeance, even though [[spoiler:[[PregnantBadass she's pregnant]]]]. The ensuing battle is awesome on both sides. [[spoiler:Sam gets the last word in by blasting Anna away with the angel-banishing sigil [[HoistByHisOwnPetard SHE taught them]].]] That oughta fill the Winchesters's badass quota for the day.
* [[spoiler:[[ArchangelMichael Michael]]]] [[KillItWithFire burning]] [[spoiler:Anna]] to ashes. Sending [[spoiler:Uriel]] away with just [[spoiler:''a snap of his fingers'']]. Awesome.

* [[spoiler:Even though he had to go back to the demon blood to do it]], Sam [[spoiler:[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeats Famine]] after the latter eats four demons, by nuking them in Famine's stomach as they're digesting]]. Later on, we find out that [[spoiler:Famine is technically still alive, but Sam made him a sniveling wreck, "curled up fetal position on the floor"]].

* Dean and Bobby surviving the [[spoiler:zombie onslaught]] with only two shotguns very low on ammo.
* Sam and [[spoiler:Sheriff Mills]] wiping out at least ten-to-twelve [[spoiler:zombies in a fusillade of shots]].
* Bobby refuses to allow the brothers to [[spoiler:kill his wife]], saying that he can handle it if it comes to that. It sounds like foreshadowing that he won't be able to, but he does.
** [[spoiler:Karen Singer]] also deserves some credit. Not only is she the only [[spoiler:zombie]] we see that doesn't succumb to the desire to eat flesh, but she manages to hold on long enough to deliver [[spoiler:Death]]'s message to Bobby.

* [[spoiler:Ash hacking Heaven for shit and giggles and just because he can]] is the most badass thing in the series and more than deserves to be motioned. Especially when taken in consideration that he constantly does this under the nose of [[spoiler:Zachariah and the rest of the garrison]], it just gets better and better. Bonus points because virtually everyone else that has heard the [[spoiler:angels speak at full volume has been doubled up in pain, and Ash didn't even flinch]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Ash:''']] It's nice to finally have an application, a practical application, for [[BadassBookworm string theory]].
* Joshua getting Zachariah to stand down and run away just by casually mentioning that [[spoiler:God is coming back one day and "You know how he is with that whole Wrath thing."]]

* The fight between the civilians-turned-hunters and the demons. Using nothing but salt rounds, holy water in pesticide sprayers, a [[spoiler:fake]] Enochian exorcism, and Ruby's knife, the group kills or exorcises roughly a dozen demons in the time it normally takes Sam and Dean to take out one or two. One of the better moments is when Sam stabs one demon with Ruby's knife, falling back onto a pile of bodies, then flings the knife into the chest of another demon that's passing by Dean (who at the moment is out of ammo), letting Dean retrieve the knife and stab ''another'' demon.
* Dean stabbing [[spoiler:the Whore of Babylon]] and telling her as she dies, "Don't be so sure. Whore."

* Castiel has to defeat four angels. The first one, he can take out with the knife, but then there are three angels surrounding him. What does he do? [[spoiler:He rips his shirt open, and slams his hand against his chest that was cut to shreds because he'd cut the angel-banning sigil into it.]]
** Also, his NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of [[spoiler:Dean after he leaves to say yes to Michael]] earlier warrants a mention.
--->'''Castiel''': [[spoiler:I REBELLED FOR THIS?! So that you could surrender to them?! I gave everything for you, and this is what you give to me?!]]
* Dean gets one, too, when he [[spoiler:kills Zachariah]]. Before, he also told him that his condition for saying "yes" was that [[ArchangelMichael Michael]] had to roast him. And when [[SmugSnake Zachariah]] can't even conceive of this, even though it's clear that Michael would fry him in a heartbeat if he had to, and tells Dean that he is nothing, Dean's response is just this:
--> '''Dean''': Well, maybe not. But I AM! (''[[spoiler:stabs Zachariah in the chin and up through the skull with an angel blade and Zachariah bursts into light and dies, [[StaringDownCthulhu with Dean staring into his eyes the entire time]]'')

* Kali [[spoiler:toasting Lucifer. Explosively.]] Didn't do much, but it was still rather impressive.
* The whole episode was basically defined SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome via Gabriel, including being the first person to visibly break Lucifer and wipe the smile off his face when he stands up to Lucifer, [[spoiler:with [[RedemptionEqualsDeath tragic]] results]].

* Lucifer [[spoiler:ripping apart several ''gods'' with about as much effort as it takes to swat a fly]]. Also:
-->'''Lucifer:''' [[spoiler:Nobody gives us the right. ''We take it''.]]
* Dean standing up to a room full of Gods, threatening them and attempting to take charge of the proceedings (to reiterate; a room completely FULL of GODS) was incredibly impressive. Made even more awesome just because of the fact that he looked like he was about to shit his pants in fear the entire time, not to mention Sam looking at him in total HORROR as he attempts to shrink into his chair (which is an impressive feat for a guy who's 6'5). But the true proof of Dean's incredibly badassery is the fact that it ACTUALLY WORKS.
-->'''Dean:''' Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up. Now on any other given day, I'd be doing my damndest to kill you, you filthy murdering chimps. But hey, desperate times. So although I'd like nothing better than to slit your throats, you dicks, I'm going to help you. I'm going to help you ice the Devil. And then we can all get back to ganking each other, like normal. You want Lucifer, well, dude's not in the Yellow Pages. But me and Sam, we can get him here.

* When we first met Crowley, he gave us the feeling that he was awesome. This episode confirms it, especially his BigDamnHeroes, involving [[spoiler:his very own hellhound. Which is about the size of a large lion.]]

-->'''Crowley:''' Not ''that'' one. I brought my own. (''pats the invisible beast which, judging by his hand, is roughly to his shoulder'') Mine's bigger. '''SIC 'IM BOY!'''
* The ending where Sam [[spoiler:finally gets his chance for revenge on Brady, the demon that started the whole damn thing by butchering Sam's girlfriend]]. The demon is trapped in a back alley with salt, Sam with the demon-killing knife at the ready:

* Death. That particular Horseman is simply the personification of SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. Especially his entrance featuring Jen Titus's haunting rendition of "O Death" as he walks down a busy Chicago street. A man on his cell phone bumps into him, and it looks like Death wouldn't have minded that, except the man rudely tells him to watch it. Death brushes his bumped arm, casts a cold look back at the man, and ''the sorry bastard kicks the bucket right on the sidewalk''. All in awesome slo-mo. His next scene in the restaurant just cements his status as pure, unleaded CreepyAwesome, as his mere presence and his polite invitation to share his pizza is able to terrify Dean Winchester, the man who has happily, snarkily and verbosely mouthed off to monsters, ghosts, demons, angels, Archangels, gods, and Satan by this point, into treating him with '''utter''' respect and reverence.
* Have to give some respect to Dean, too. [[spoiler:Sitting at the same table than the personification of death itself and not running away is somewhat more impressive than hunting a wendigo]]. Once he realizes Death knows he's there, he's clearly ''shitting his pants'', but keeps going regardless.
* Castiel deserves a mention for [[spoiler:showing up in the nick of time only to be mocked by Pestilence with "Not a speck of angel in you." And then? Then, Castiel jumps up, throws out the one-liner "Maybe just a speck" and cuts off his finger, winning them the ring they need]]. Badass indeed.
* Sam running into Niveus Pharmaceuticals again and again, pulling out civilian after civilian and fighting off a horde of [[spoiler:Croatoan zombies]] at the same time.
* Castiel [[spoiler:shooting a Croatoan zombie in the head and saving Sam]].

* Dean [[spoiler:slotting "Rock of Ages" by Def-freakin'-Leppard into the Metallicar's tape deck, then rolling up to the confrontation between Satan and Michael. "I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?" Then Castiel Molotovs Michael with holy fire to give Dean time for a chat. Then Bobby fires at Satan in Sam's body, despite ''knowing'' it won't do a thing. And then there's Sam taking back his body from Lucifer and tossing himself ''and'' Michael into Lucifer's prison. Nice job, all.]] Everything about this fight was awesome, the perfect final confrontation in the Apocalypse.
* Dean still refusing to give up, even when [[spoiler:Lucifer has taken over Sam and the end of the world is imminent]].
* Sam [[spoiler:sealing Lucifer in the Cage is one of the most heroic actions ever seen/read when one thinks about it. He is walking into an eternity of pain and suffering that will never ever end; even in Hell, the torment will end when you transform into a demon and begin inflicting suffering rather than taking it. But in the Cage, Sam's soul will never transform and he will be tortured for all eternity with no possibility of escape (as far as he knows) and if time moves as slow in the Cage as it does in Hell, he will suffer ten years of pain for every month that passes, [[FateWorseThanDeath forever]]. And he still walks in there without hesitating. Sam sacrifices himself and condemns himself for eternity to save the world from the Apocalypse. HeroicSacrifice times 1,000,000]].
* The framing story revealing [[spoiler:the origins and importance of the Impala. She is the most important object in Creation, even more so than the Colt, and was the key to defeating Lucifer. And the line that proves that she is just as badass as Sam and Dean]]:
-->[[spoiler:'''Chuck/Narration''': The Devil doesn't know or care what kind of car the boys drive. (''implies in his voice that Lucifer should care very much'')]]

-->'''Chuck/Narration''': So what's it all add up to? Well, it's hard to say. But me, I'd say it was a test. For Sam and Dean. And I think they did alright. Up against good, evil, angels, devils, destiny, and God Himself. They made their own choice. They chose family. And well, isn't that kinda the whole point?
* The revelation that [[spoiler:Chuck is God. All along he has been helping Team Free Will, the side he wanted to win. Castiel was right when he said that God helped them a lot more than they realized]].

* Dean point blank telling the [[spoiler:Alpha Shifter, the very first one ever,]] to go to Hell rather than hand over Bobby John. [[spoiler:It doesn't work but he tried.]]
* The [[spoiler:Alpha Shifter showing right away that he is more dangerous than any other monster the boys have faced yet]].

* Castiel gets some more moments when he fights off some of [[spoiler:Raphael's followers]], but the best is definitely when he throws his blade across the room and nails one of the angels directly in the chest. ''That'' was awesome.
* Why no mention of Balthazar? He only disintegrates the [[spoiler:ArchangelRaphael's]] vessel with Lot's salt. (With the hilarious one-liner "Hey, look at my junk!") And this is after he told Castiel he wouldn't help him in his [[spoiler:Heavenly Civil War]].

* Sam and Dean [[spoiler:capturing Balthazar and Sam threatening to deep fry his wings "extra crispy."]]

* Bobby shoving the [[spoiler:Okami into a woodchipper]]. Anyone who says Bobby is not badass is a liar.
-->'''Rufus''': Oh, okie dokie. [[spoiler:Woodchipper]]. That pretty much trumps...everything.
** For that matter, the way he managed to [[spoiler:OutGambit Crowley]] and get his soul back.

* Bobby capturing and interrogating a Crossroads Demon, and then [[spoiler:burning her bones and killing her. "Sorry, gave it my best effort." Badass.]]

* Dean using his [[spoiler:vampire abilities]] to slaughter an entire nest of vampires in and not once losing his head.

* Sam and Dean killing [[spoiler:Veritas]] after escaping her dungeon.
* YMMV on it, but Dean's epic [[spoiler:beatdown of Sam for his actions in the previous episode.]].

* The [[spoiler:Alpha Vampire nearly wiping out the Campbell Clan, and just being more menacing than any other monster on the show so far]].
* TheReveal of [[spoiler:Crowley and how he has been playing the Winchesters and the Campbells like a cheap fiddle the entire season thus far]].

* Dean's first instinct when being [[spoiler:"abducted by aliens" is to pull a knife and pistol and yell "COME ON!"]]
* Dean [[spoiler:locking the Tinkerbell in the microwave and "pizza-rolling" her]].
* Sam fighting [[spoiler:the Leprechaun and making him count the spilled salt]]. Especially when he answers the offer with a shotgun blast.

* Meg waiting for a pack of hellhounds to break through the doors, then fighting them all by herself with Castiel's sword. And ''wins''. No other character has achieved this, before or since; for three seasons you could only set up wards to hold off a hellhound, Crowley had to get his own, bigger hellhound to take care of just one because he knew that even he couldn't defeat it himself, a whole cluster of hunters armed with the Colt barely escaped with their lives (with one hunter ending up mortally wounded, and another also dying as a result), and it took Sam and Dean's combined efforts to kill just one (even then, both almost got killed). Meg took on and killed God knows how many on her own. And then she's captured and tortured in an absolutely horrific, disgusting, undoubtedly agonizing way, and the whole time (having been a disciple of ''Alastair's''), she mocks her torturer and his lack of technique, without breaking. And then ''laughs at him'' because [[spoiler:[[OhCrap "Dean Winchester is right behind you"]]]].
* Sam's escape plan. Trapped in a room waiting for demons to walk through the door any second, what does he do? [[spoiler:Bite his hand and paint a Devil's trap on the ceiling with his blood.]] Robo-Sam went as epic as he could go in this episode.

* Castiel frying [[MagnificentBastard Crowley]] before the latter can even finish a sentence. Remember, this is ''Crowley'', who defied Lucifer and succeeded beautifully in making the Winchesters his puppets, and Castiel erases him from existence without blinking an eye. (Though it gets a bit less awesome in hindsight, as we discover in "Mommy Dearest" that [[spoiler:not only is Crowley still alive, but Castiel is ''working with him''. Which means they ''faked that whole thing''.]] Which is awesome in its own way.)

* Dean [[spoiler:punching out Robo-Sam and saving Bobby]].
* Bobby [[spoiler:seeing the double-cross by Robo-Sam coming and punching him before he can. "Might have been born at night, boy, but it wasn't last night." And then when he is trapped in the closet, he reveals that there is a trapdoor under Sam's feet. Makes you wonder how many other secrets Bobby's House has.]]
* Death [[spoiler:going alone into Lucifer's Cage, a cage powerful enough to keep two pissed-off Archangels trapped forever, and retrieving Sam's soul from said pissed-off Archangels which is something that both Crowley, the King of Hell and Castiel, a powerful Seraph, considered to be suicide. Death is only gone for as long as it takes Dean to get from Bobby's kitchen to the Panic Room, and his suit isn't even mussed]].

* The fight with the [[spoiler:dragons. Dean's epic rejoinder that he got the Dragon-Killing Sword at "Comic-Con" and Sam taking the sword and beating off both dragons with it before killing one]].
* Dean going 21st century on [[spoiler:the Sword in the Stone problem. It worked...kind of]].

* Sam and Dean killing [[spoiler:Arachne!Roy and avenging the women he turned]].

* Sam giving a DeathGlare and an ArmorPiercingQuestion to one of the jerks who [[spoiler:played a part in Rose Brown's 'accidental' death]].

* [[spoiler:Alternate!Kripke]] not going down after getting shot TWICE. The third shot offed him.
** And there's of course the biggest badass in the entire episode: The one producer who casually avoided a bullet by leaning backwards and went off stage.
* The whole episode, the writers really outdid themselves on this one. When you've actually [[MindScrew put your main characters in an alternate dimension where they're their actors filming the show that they're in]], complete with hundreds of [[TakeThat Take Thats]] from everything from the show structure and {{Angst}} content, to the ratings, right down to the lighting guy and the director arguing about a fade to black, you just have to throw up your hands and give them a round of applause. Well done, you've officially completely and utterly fucked over the FourthWall into non-Euclidian geometry.

* The Khan Worm telling Dean and Sam that they've [[spoiler:pissed off the Mother of All Monsters]].

* Fate verbally bitch-slaps Castiel about [[spoiler:[[WhatTheHellHero letting Balthazar alter history in order to create new souls for the civil war in Heaven]]]]. And then she blackmails Cas into [[spoiler:changing history back]] by threatening Sam and Dean.
* Balthazar bears mention in this one too just because, since it's him, you could ''believe'' for a moment that he really [[spoiler:changed time over [[Film/Titanic1997 a movie]] and that titular song]].

* Samuel. Freaking. Colt. The man ''[[GadgeteerGenius worked out how to use Sam's cellphone]]'' and then ''[[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome sent the phoenix's ashes to him one hundred and fifty years later!]]]]'' And not to mention [[spoiler:gun down two demons before they can even react with the Colt]].
* Dean's showdown with [[spoiler:the phoenix, Elias Finch. Shooting him with the Colt at high noon, and Dean just blowing the smoke from his gun and holstering it. He got to have a real Old West Showdown. Awesome]].

* How Dean deals with [[spoiler:Eve (aka the Mother of ''All freakin' monsters''). She bites him in order to turn him into one of her hybrid monsters, only to discover that Dean had previously ingested some phoenix ash ([[AchillesHeel the one thing that can hurt her]]) and that by tasting his blood, she's ingested it. Cue gory death]].

* The boys and Bobby trapping [[spoiler:Castiel]].

* And another near the end of the episode in the form of Crowley's VillainousRescue. The boys and Bobby have [[spoiler:Castiel]] trapped in the holy fire, when the lights start flickering, and they look outside to a ''huge'' cloud of demon smoke heading towards them. They run for it, leaving [[spoiler:Castiel]] behind; a few minutes later, after the smoke has surrounded the shack they were in, Crowley calmly enters through the door and sets [[spoiler:Castiel]] free. Then, just before leaving, he gives a brief HannibalLecture:
-->'''Crowley''': You know the difference between you and me? I ''know'' what I am. What are you, [[spoiler:Castiel]]? What are you willing to do?
* Possibly one of the most badass Moments Of Awesome of the entire show is Crowley's response to [[spoiler:Castiel]] telling him "Don't worry about the Winchesters."

** This is without a doubt proof that Sam and Dean Winchester, despite being human and much, much less powerful than everything that they hunt, are some of the most dangerous beings in Creation. They've brought down the demons that rule Hell, Alpha monsters that are 10,000 years old and the creator of everything that has fangs and claws, Archangels that can annihilate demons just by their presence, [[spoiler:the freaking Old Ones that 'could not be killed']], and even {{Satan}} himself. They are not enemies that you want to be facing because, no matter what, they have beaten bigger things than you.

* Sam defeating [[spoiler:Soulless!Sam in his MIND, proving that he is the '''better''' hunter]]. And after that, he [[spoiler:breaks out of his comatose state and makes it to the final battle at the observatory on sheer adrenaline and on foot, despite suffering through the same Hell flashbacks that floored him in 6x13/14, and stabs Castiel in the back when it's clear he isn't going to stand down]].
* You know what? Even with what happens at the end of the episode to [[spoiler:[[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope Castiel]], he did it. He accomplished everything he set out to do, he stopped Raphael and made sure the Apocalypse didn't start again, he outplayed Crowley and ensure the demon would get none of the power he was after, he figured out how to open Purgatory and absorbed ALL the souls and didn't explode (again) as feared. And he did all of completely alone. Granted him being alone was partially his fault and he does [[AGodAmI snap]] at the end of it all, but everything that betrayed or abandoned him was worried about (monsters getting out, him helping Crowley take over Hell, exploding) didn't happen.]] It makes all of his declarations that he had it all under control all the more heartbreaking because the fact that he did leads to him losing it.
** What makes the moment so awesome was seeing [[spoiler:Raphael]] of all people have a OhCrap moment and nearly begs [[spoiler:Castiel]] for mercy, only to be epically denied. What makes it even sweeter is that [[spoiler:Castiel kills Raphael the same way that Raphael and Lucifer killed him. How you ask? By blowing him up like a meat-filled water balloon with a snap of his fingers]].

* Castiel's [[spoiler:behavior as a god]] was a dangerous slippery slope that you knew was going to start out as a brutal, but quasi-understandable attack against people who genuinely suck, before descending to complete madness. But before he ''really'' went off the deep end [[spoiler:he took out the leader of a faux version of the Westboro Baptist Church (while stating that he did not pass judgement on sexual orientation) and the leaders of the entire Ku Klux Klan]]. Even a very pissed off Dean had to give him props for that one.
* The entire confrontation between [[spoiler:Death and Godstiel. Death just commands this scene; Sam, Dean and Bobby are sitting on the sideline and not even daring to say a word as the two most powerful beings in Creation go at it verbally. Castiel makes some decent points, but it's Death that really gets the awesome here; he calls out Cas for making even more problems than he is 'solving,' for allowing the Leviathans to get a foothold on Earth, and for taking on things that he as a "stupid little soldier" can't possibly understand. And of course, Death's reason for helping the boys deal with Godstiel? Sheer spite.]]
** After it's all over, Death tells the Winchesters that if they '''ever''' try to bind him again, they'll be dead before they finish. In other words, he could have stopped them if he wanted, but he didn't [[spoiler:just so he could spite Godstiel]].
* The return of [[spoiler:Lucifer. Viewers will go "WOAH!!!" when they see Sam close the locker only to see Satan staring him in the face. And one for Lucifer as well, the idea that all of Season 6 could have been a hallucination in Sam's head was a real MindScrew, obviously we knew that wasn't true but the way he tells it, it just might have been possible]].
* [[spoiler:Leviathan!Castiel tossing Dean and Bobby around like ragdolls. And that menacing SlasherSmile at the end.]]

* Dean's speech to a [[spoiler:hallucinating]] Sam.

* Bobby blasting the [[spoiler:Leviathan Dr. Gaines, and then calmly falling back when he sees that it doesn't work]].
* Sam and Dean vs Edgar. [[spoiler:Just like a woodchipper, dropping a car beats everything. At least you'd think so...]]
** A villanious one here as well for Edgar who [[spoiler:hurt Sam and Dean so badly that they had to call for an ambulance. They've never been that hurt before...]]

* Dean's new rule. [[spoiler:You steal his baby, you get punched.]] Though it gets [[DudeNotFunny a lot less awesome]] when [[FridgeHorror remembering]] that Sam [[spoiler:has just recovered from major head trauma metted out by a Leviathan with a pipe, and Dean is hitting him in the face hard enough to knock him flat to the ground]].

* Sam [[spoiler:neutralizing Osiris before he can nab another victim]].

* Sam and Dean [[spoiler:giving marriage counselling to the Starks, two very powerful and pissed-off witches. While being chucked around the room and Dean getting a swarm of killer bees buzzing around his head. If anyone knows how to deal with a troubled relationship, it's the Winchesters.]]

* Dean vs [[spoiler:Leviathan!Sam and Leviathan!Dean. Seeing Dean cutting off his own head was a meta-moment as well.]]
* Bobby [[spoiler:cutting off the Leviathan!Chet's head, both times]].
* [[spoiler:Dick Roman, the head Leviathan, gives a verbal beatdown to Crowley after he tried making a deal with him. He basically bitch-slapped someone who is in control of Hell, and Crowley couldn't do a thing about it because the Leviathans were among the Old Ones.]]

* [[spoiler:Ellen's message from beyond. She really was a mother to the boys, in what time she had. Also the fact that one of the few real psychics in that town isn't hocking it for fame or pissed that nobody wants the real thing.]]

* Dean's threat to [[spoiler:Guy the Crossroads Demon]].
-->[[spoiler: '''Guy''']]: Dean Winchester. This is really thrilling. May I have your autograph?

* [[spoiler:Crowley]] appearing and actually agreeing with the Winchesters. And his [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speech]] to [[spoiler:Guy]] about why [[spoiler:Crossroad Demons don't go back on their word]].

* Sam and Dean bursting into the [[spoiler:Leviathan HQ]] armed with only two pressure sprayers filled with Borax. And the fact that it actually works!
* Bobby [[spoiler:shooting Dick Roman in the back and ripping a Leviathan's face off with the sharp end of a crowbar]].
* Dick Roman gets one [[spoiler:for the fact that the Borax, which makes even [[TheDragon Edgar]] break down from the pain, doesn't even seem to faze him, and that his face was nearly burnt off and he just kept talking like it was just a papercut]].

* Bobby gets several [[spoiler:(which is quite impressive for a man in a coma); first, he manages to trap the Reaper chasing him in one of his memories; second, he delivers an epic ShutUpHannibal to the memory of his abusive father; third and final, he manages to temporarily wake up from his coma--''with the bullet still in his brain''--long enough to pass on some vital information to Sam and Dean. The last one turns out to be a DyingMomentOfAwesome]].

* Dean gets one as well when he faces down [[SmugSnake Dick Roman]], who [[spoiler:shot Bobby]], in the parking lot, just DARING him to face him one-on-one right then and there in front of the crowd. And Dick backs down.

-->'''Dick Roman''': Maybe you should go check on that friend of yours. He can't be feeling too frisky right about now. [[spoiler:I'm a very good shot.]]

-->'''Dick Roman''': (''laughs'') That's some conviction. You'd really crush it on the motivational circuit.

* Dean taking down [[spoiler:one of the Vetala sisters and the fact that had Krissy not run in and gotten herself taken hostage, he would have killed the other one. It worked out, but just barely]].

* Dean meeting [[spoiler:Eliot Ness and pretty much everything that follows. His new G-Man outfit and haircut, getting to carry a machine gun from Ness's arsenal, figuring out how to get back to the future courtesy of the movie of the same name, Dean and Ness fighting Chronos, and Ness calling Dean an "Untouchable."]]
* Sam killing [[spoiler:Chronos. And Chronos's final moments and words.]]

* Sam fighting the Killer Clowns and Dean stopping [[spoiler:Howard by using the his own fear magic against him]].

* [[spoiler:Hallucifer getting into Sam's head. And all it took was a single "Shut up!"]]
* Dean [[spoiler:shooting Jeremy before he can kill Nora's son. And the Jeffrey!Demon telling him "He'll be back you know. Back in black."]]

* Dean and Sam vs [[spoiler:Joyce and George. Especially Sam cutting off Joyce's head with a broadsword from an antique shop.]]

* [[spoiler:Castiel]]'s epic HesBack moment. He takes down the squad of demons guarding the hospital where Sam is currently interred, then proceeds to save Sam by killing the demon torturing him via electro-shock therapy, followed by [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice healing Sam's mind by absorbing the insanity into himself]]]]. And up until now he was amnesiac, with his initial assault on the demons being a leap of faith based on what Dean told him? Even without his memories, [[spoiler:Castiel]] proves he's a badass.
* Sam in the entire episode. He's [[spoiler:dying from Hallucifer's torments, he can barely hold it together and he can't even be sure that everything he is seeing is real, and he's likely starving to death since Halluficer won't let him eat]]. And what does he spend the episode doing? Helping a poor girl who is being haunted by her brother's ghost. Both a crowning moment of awesome and heartwarming.
* [[spoiler:Meg's ShesBack]]. Saving Dean from a pair of demons and getting herself a place in Team Free Will for the duration.

* [[spoiler:Ghost!Bobby helping Dean during the fight with the Shojo and his reveal at the end.]]

* [[spoiler:Ghost!Bobby learning how to use his ghost power. He can kill werewolves, fix a pinto, bake cornbread, and now he gets zen.]]

* Sam and Dean [[spoiler:swapping out the suitcase containing Dick's precious cargo with a bomb made of borax]]. [[BigBad Dick]] is so shocked at having been outwitted that he just stares blankly [[spoiler:as it ticks down and eventually explodes in his face]].
* The Winchesters breaking into Dick's headquarters with a magnificent jump and barrel roll through (cracked) glass walls, splashing borax in the leviathans' faces, and fleeing with [[DistressedDamsel Charlie]] in their arms as [[spoiler:Ghost!Bobby]] flings an increasingly-pissed Dick around and pins him down so that he can't catch them. To sum it up, this episode was not kind to Dick, and it was ''glorious''.

* [[spoiler:Meg]] killing the crazed angel Hester. "Someone had to do it."

* The [[spoiler:Alpha Vampire vs Edgar. And Sam and Dean coming to the rescue and finally avenging their loss against Edgar at the season's start]].
* Sam and Dean [[spoiler:refusing to leave without the Alpha Vampire's second blood slave. It's too late for the girl Emily but the little boy wasn't lost yet, and they made sure he wouldn't be]].

* [[spoiler:The Impala's]] triumphant return. After spending most of the season locked up in storage, we see it peeling down the road to smash into the [=SucraCorp=] parking lot, knocking aside security guards before crashing into the sign in front of the building. All to the tune of "Born to Be Wild." Awesome.

-->'''Dean''': Oh, you don't think this'll work, do you? You trust [[spoiler:that demon?]]

-->'''Dean''': No. But he is. (''Dick looks at [[spoiler:Castiel]]. It is subtle but his smug smile slowly fades as he realizes [[spoiler:Castiel]] can tell who he is.'') See, here's the thing when dealing with [[spoiler:Crowley]]--he will always find a way to bone you.
* How Dean and [[spoiler:Castiel]] take down Dick Roman: [[spoiler:Dick knows about the God weapon designed to kill him, so they distract him with a fake one before Cas grabs him from behind and Dean stabs him through the neck with the real one. Dick explodes.]]
** Also, Dick [[spoiler:smiles at them before he blows up. Not because he lost, but because he has the last laugh. Dean and Cas are sent to Purgatory, likely due to his death. Not bad of an exit for a season's BigBad]].
* Crowley proving yet again that he's the series' resident MagnificentBastard, by [[PlayingBothSides playing the Winchesters and Leviathans against each other]] and ensuring that he's the only winner this season. By the time everything's done with, [[spoiler:Dick's dead, leaving the Leviathans leaderless and disoriented; Dean and Cas have been sent to Purgatory; Meg and Kevin are his prisoners; and Sam is now alone and powerless]].

* Crowley gets another notch on his MagnificentBastard belt at the end of the episode: [[spoiler:He buys off Plutus' dragon, getting his help in possessing Kevin's mother so that he can use her to get the Word. Then, when the dragon stabs Plutus through the back, Crowley rips the weapon out of his chest and throws it across the room to kill another mook. Then he manages to get to his own body and [[TheBadGuyWins run off with the tablet]], giving Kevin a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about the Winchesters while on the way out.]]

* Dean stabbing [[spoiler:Benny's former girlfriend]] from behind with his Purgatory axe, then ripping it free and taking her head off. ''After'' taking out the entire nest of vampires virtually single-handedly. And this time he isn't a vampire, he's just a normal human. Or as normal as a human can be after a year in Purgatory.

* [[spoiler:Castiel]] is back and still kicking ass. When he confronts Crowley for Kevin and the tablet, Crowley assumes that he's too weak to actually threaten him. [[spoiler:Cas responds by glowing with divine light, complete with the shadow wings [[ContinuityNod showing up again]]. He then brings his hand down on Crowley's as he tries to grab the tablet, shattering it and letting Crowley escape with only half. And it turns out, he really ''was'' bluffing about his power levels.]]

* Dean vs [[spoiler:Dr. Mahoney.]] X marks the spot.

* Charlie destroying the book and freeing Gilda, and Dean defeating [[spoiler: Boltar the Furious]].

* How they deal with Abaddon. After setting up a [[spoiler:fake]] HostageForMacguffin situation, [[spoiler:Henry lets himself be stabbed by Abaddon in order to be close enough to shoot her in the head with a bullet that had a devil's trap carved into it. Abaddon is left trapped and immobilized in her body, allowing Dean to cut her head off, promising to [[AndIMustScream cut her into pieces and bury each one separately]].]]

* The opening scenes where the Golem [[spoiler:rips through a camp of Nazis like they were paper]].

-->'''Sam''': I am smart, and so are you. You're not a grunt, Dean. You're a genius -- when it comes to lore, to -- you're the best damn hunter I have ever seen -- better than me, better than dad. I believe in you, Dean. So, please -- please believe in me, too.

* The [[spoiler:Witch-Killing Spell finally working, and how awesome it looks]].

* Sam guesses that [[spoiler:Artemis and Prometheus]] were romantically involved given maybe three basic unconnected clues. Not only does he [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu taunt her]] but he [[spoiler:''talks a goddess into killing her father to save Prometheus'']].
* After [[spoiler:Artemis]] shoots [[spoiler:Zeus]] with her immortal-killing arrow, [[spoiler:Zeus]] just manages to evade it by using [[spoiler:Prometheus]] as a human shield...so [[spoiler:Prometheus]] shoves the arrow even further into his own body until it comes out the other end and shoves it right into [[spoiler:Zeus]]'s chest.

* [[spoiler:Meg's last stand against Crowley. And the fact that she died as a hero and part of Team Free Will.]]
* Castiel [[spoiler:breaking free of Naomi's control and keeping the angel tablet from her]].

* The [[spoiler:Dead Man's Blood Bullets. Dean and Sam really should have asked how to make those.]]
* Dean teaching Krissy and the others that "There's more to hunting than just killing." And that he [[spoiler:saved the final vampire victim and turned her back to human]].

* Sam breaks [[spoiler:Bobby out of Hell and takes out a few demons doing so]].
* Benny [[spoiler:allows Dean to kill him]] so he can save Sam [[spoiler:and Bobby from Purgatory]].

* Dean not even hesitating [[spoiler:to take some African Dream Root and enter Charlie's dream to save her]].
* Sam [[spoiler:taking out the younger Djinn despite being so weak he could barely hit the target on a shooting range]].

* Kevin essentially telling Crowley to a) go screw himself and b) that he can kill him but he can't break him. Actually, let's just go ahead and call this one Kevin's Awesome Episode, because [[MagnificentBastard he]] [[CrazyPrepared deserves it]]. Bonus points because he's figured out Crowley's game simply because the kid is just that smart. Two years ago, the guy was nothing more than an above-average high school student, and now he basically gave a giant middle finger to the ''freaking king of Hell''. He knows he can't get out, he knows he's going to die, but when Crowley walks in and confronts him he looks more confident and more healthy than he has all season. He even got what he thought was a good last meal out of it.

* Sam calling out [[spoiler:Metatron]] for his unwillingness to get involved, and the entire angel race for being worse than the demons because they should be better and they are not:
-->'''Sam''': You know what? (''{{beat}}'') Pull the frigging trigger.
-->'''[[spoiler: Metatron]]''': What?

-->''[Sam grabs the end of [[spoiler:Metatron's]] rifle and points it at himself.]''

* A villainous one. As Crowley is [[spoiler:killing Sarah through the Hex Bag]], he gives this speech to Dean and Sam. It's both awesome and chillingly nightmare fuel:

* This episode is all villainous [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Awesome Moments]]. Crowley playing Sam and Dean over the entire episode and [[spoiler:Abaddon escaping and putting herself back together after the boys dig her up]].

* A meta one: After viewing the ending of "Clip Show," learning that [[spoiler:Sam and Dean are going to use '''him''' for the Third Trial[[note]]Curing a demon.[[/note]]]] in this episode is ''remarkably'' satisfying. Especially Dean punching him and Crowley's [[spoiler:slowly dawning horror when he realizes what they are going to do]].

** Made even better? [[spoiler:Crowley was originally trying to force Dean and Sam to stop completing the Trials ''altogether''. HoistByHisOwnPetard, anyone?]]
* Sam [[spoiler:lighting Abaddon on fire with some holy oil and a match]]:
-->'''Sam''': Hey! Love the suit. [[spoiler:[[KillItWithFire Tosses a match and watches Abaddon combust.]]]]
* Another meta one for the season's cliffhanger; the cinematography when the [[spoiler:angels begin to fall]] is [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome nothing short of]] ''[[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome stunning]]''.
* Let's give Metatron a massive round of applause for [[spoiler:being one hell of a MagnificentBastard and outmaneuvering ''everyone'' in the cast. The man essentially ''brought down Heaven completely''. How many demons or many others have tried to deal such as blow to the Heavenly Host? And unlike Lucifer, the Leviathans or Eve, Metatron wasn't uber-strong. He was just a ''very'' smart guy. We repeat, what was Heaven's undoing? A smart man with nothing to lose and a vendetta.]] Epic.

* After [[spoiler:nearly shutting the gates of Hell]], Sam's stuck in a coma. While dreaming, he encounters [[spoiler:Death, who admits to wanting to come personally. Death, who up until now has insisted he believes humans are insignificant, goes so far as to praise Sam (presumably for almost succeeding at closing the gates of Hell).]]
* Ezekiel's entrance. He saves Dean's life and proves that there are angels that care about humanity. [[spoiler:Though it becomes less awesome after [[DeadPersonImpersonation "Ezekiel"]] turns out to be another lying prick.]]

* Another Abaddon moment: Being the only demon thus far smart enough to utilize [[spoiler:modern military gear and weaponry]]. The Winchesters don't have to fight demons; they have to fight demon [[spoiler:snipers with bulletproof vests, so the devil's trap bullets don't work this time]]. What makes Abaddon scary isn't just that she's hugely powerful, but that she's also smart and she learns.

* Dean taking on the [[spoiler:Rogue Reaper April]] to save Castiel.

* Charlie [[spoiler:killing the Wicked Witch by stabbing her in the face with the heel of one of the red shoes]].

* Dean using his [[spoiler:dog howl to call on an entire pack of dogs to kill Chef Leo]]:
-->'''[[spoiler: Chef Leo]]''': Sorry. Wolf trumps dog.

* Castiel killing [[spoiler:the Rit Zien Ephraim]] while just being a human/hunter-in-training.

-->'''Crowley:''' (''beaten, realizing he's already lost'') Your way will backfire. You. Will. Burn.

* Jody Mills [[spoiler:killing Vesta after being impaled by a piece of rebar. She killed a god with a gaping hole in her side]].

* When Castiel is being tortured, he manipulates Theo into setting him free by pretending that he can put him in contact with Metatron. When the other angel's guard is down, [[spoiler:Castiel slashes his throat and steals his grace to get his powers back]]. When Malachi returns to the torture warehouse later, it's shown that [[spoiler:Castiel single-handedly slaughtered every single angel in there in order to escape]]. Doubles as NightmareFuel, but pretty awesome nonetheless.

* Sam [[spoiler:expelling Gadreel from his head with nothing but sheer willpower]].

-->'''Abaddon''': Well, then, let's settle it. You and me. Right here. Winner takes the crown.

* Dean single-handedly takes on, fights, and kills [[spoiler:three demons]], proving that he's still sharp from Purgatory. Defeating one is too much for most people. How awesome this fight is cannot really be described; it has to be seen.

-->'''Crowley''': You're good... (''jumps up and stabs him in the side with an angel sword'') ...but I'm Crowley!
* And of course [[spoiler:Cain, the Father of Murder]]. Clearly impressive in many aspects, he gets his greatest moment at the end, where he single-handedly slaughters a whole army of demons.
* The fact that ''Crowley'' is visibly terrified just by [[spoiler:Cain's]] mere presence is pretty awesome.

** And then [[spoiler:sparing Bartholomew, who tried to murder him and has tortured many angels to death for simply not wanting to fight, because someone has to draw the line, and then executing Bartholomew when he tries to backstab Cas despite Cas's magnanimous gesture to him. And of course several angels telling Castiel that they wish to follow him at the end]].
* [[spoiler:Mrs. Tran]] killing the demon Del and getting her revenge for the year of hell she went through. And that Sam said that she is "much worse than Crowley."

* One for Crowley as he [[spoiler:realizes Sam and Dean are about to kill him and double-crosses them. They should have known better than to try and play Crowley, because as he said earlier]]:

* [[spoiler:Henry Winchester and Josie Sands]] coming to the rescue, and what Sister Julia says about that:
-->'''Sister Julia''': I was so scared. I prayed and prayed, but God didn't answer my prayers. [[spoiler:Henry and Josie did.]]

* The claims that Metatron is the new God seem like an InformedAttribute without much to back it up. [[spoiler:Then he blows out the ring of angel fire he's in, curb-stomps the Winchesters, and wipes away angel warding like it's drawn out of smoke, and he could probably qualify for a close second. It's just the smug, happy-go-lucky way he does all of this. He's in a situation that's screwed ''Archangels'', and he's having ''fun''.]]

* The possibility that [[spoiler:Gabriel may still be alive. The Trickster may still be out there.]]
** WordOfGod has confirmed that [[spoiler:Gabriel is still alive. You really can't take the trick out of the Trickster!]]

* Dean overpowering a vampire, obviously an effect of the [[spoiler:Mark of Cain]]. And of course:

* He might have been a psychopath, but Irv was probably the most badass hunter in the show after Dean, Sam and John. [[spoiler:Taking out an entire bar filled with werewolves, vampires, djinn, vetalas, ghouls, and shapeshifters on his own with only a silver wolverine claw. Pity he had to die; he probably could have killed every monster in Chicago.]]

* [[spoiler:Dean vs Abaddon. Every. Single. Part. From Dean fighting his way through Abaddon's telekinesis, tapping into his inner Jedi to get back the First Blade, stabbing Abaddon and lifting her into the air with strength alone, and then going insane on her corpse.]]
* [[spoiler:Crowley talking a {{Hellhound}} down. Over the phone. Calling it "Juliet."]]
* [[spoiler:Castiel taking on three to four angel assassins and winning.]]

* Castiel and Gadreel [[spoiler:pulling a "[[Franchise/StarWars Wookiee]]" starring Castiel as Chewbacca and Gadreel as Han Solo]].
* Gadreel's [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice giving Castiel a chance to stop Metatron once and for all. Cas was right, he did redeem himself]].
* Castiel [[spoiler:stopping Metatron once and for all with the old "The Mic is On" trick. And his willingness to imprison Metatron rather than kill him]].
* The unnamed angel who stood up to Metatron, calling him out for being a power-seeking coward and refusing to stand by and watch him [[spoiler:beguile humanity into worshipping him. He died but it was awesome that at least one angel saw through Metatron's act without Castiel or anyone else telling him the truth]].
* Dean vs Metatron. [[spoiler:He did pretty well considering his opponent was the New God.]]
* Sam barging his way to Dean's side through a crowd of [[spoiler:Metatron's new followers who might well have attacked him]].
* The ending. One name: [[spoiler:Demon!Dean]].
** He's also been going by [[spoiler:Deanmon]].
* A meta moment for Crowley. [[spoiler:As soon as he saw that Dean had no interest in a double-bacon cheeseburger, his favorite food of all, Crowley knew he was ready to become Demon!Dean. Demons don't need to eat, and that Dean didn't was the final proof. And for withholding the final truth about Cain, that dying turned him into a demon and it would do the same to Dean, a guy who dies on a regular basis. And on top of all that: He never once lied to Dean.]]

* The antagonists' TortureTechnician attacks Dean, Castiel and [[spoiler:Mary]], and takes down both Dean and Cas, before [[spoiler:Mary runs her through with Cas' angel blade.]]
* Sam's refusal to reveal information on American hunters to Toni, [[spoiler:and for withstanding physical torture to a degree that Toni's aforementioned TortureTechnician states "No human can take that much pain and not break."]] When that fails [[spoiler:and Toni turns to MindManipulation torture, Sam sees through it quickly but plays along and pretends to slit his throat, ambushing Toni when she attempts to stop him. She gets away, but Sam rattled her bad and it shows.]]

* Crowley [[spoiler:refusing to take any crap from the two Mook Demons he tracks across the episode, killing them both the instant they get disrespectful and bring up his time as "Lucifer's dog".]]

* Dean and Sam are being tortured by Toni when [[spoiler:Mary shows up, aiming a gun and telling Toni "Get away from my boys."]]

* Rowena manages to [[spoiler:banish ''Lucifer'' to the bottom of the ocean]].

* [[spoiler:Magda owning her powers, standing up to and overpowering her abusive, fundamentalist mother. And then choosing ''not'' to kill her.]]

* [[spoiler:Dean ''killing [[StupidJetpackHitler Hitler]]''.]]
-->'''Dean''': [[spoiler:''Heil'' [[VerbThis this]].]]

* Lucifer is back. [[spoiler:In his Cage. Though it may seem that Lucifer has some contingency plans.]]

* The fact that they finally explained why Azazel is different from other demons after ''ten years'' of fan speculation. The answer? [[spoiler:He's a Prince of Hell, the first generation of demons Lucifer created after Lilith, and he was third-in-command of Hell overall after those two.]] Awesome.
* When the gang meets Ramiel, one of the afore-spoiled [[spoiler:Princes of Hell]], he doesn't disappoint. He shrugs off demon-trapping bullets and demon-killing knife and uses the Spear of Michael (yes, ArchangelMichael) to mortally wound Castiel. If he was less about cackling, ''he would kill them all''.

-->'''Ketch''': (''{{beat}}'') We're sorry.

* The gambit Sam executes to [[spoiler:take down the Alpha Vampire]]: [[spoiler:He pretends to sell out Davies to the Alpha Vamp, prompting Davies to "attack" him, but it turns out Davies secretly slipped Sam a bullet for the Colt so Sam could load it and ultimately put it into the Alpha's skull]]. Well played, Sam Winchester.
** Davies also deserves some credit for [[spoiler:picking up on Sam's gambit and acting accordingly, since they wouldn't have had any time to plan for it]].

* [[spoiler:Lucifer]] gets free from his chains and prepares to smite Crowley. THEN [[spoiler:Crowley shuts off Luci's power with [[BadassFingerSnap a snap of his fingers]] and proceeds to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown deal serious damage to the fallen archangel]], explaining every molecule of his human vessel contains the same spells that kept him in his Cage. Crowley, you MagnificentBastard.]]

* Dean and Sam [[spoiler:luring the British Men of Letters into an ambush, getting the drop on the men, and taking Toni captive]].
* [[spoiler:Dean stopping the Impala in the middle of the road so he can try to go ape-shit on [[{{Jerkass}} Lady Toni]] for mentioning that Mary and Ketch had sex. Too bad Sam stopped him.]]
* [[spoiler:Lucifer finally gets free owing to ReverseThePolarity and exacts revenge on Crowley in the most badass (and hilarious) way possible.]]
** [[spoiler:And the implication that Crowley possessed a rat right before Lucifer dealt the "killing" blow.]]
* [[spoiler:Dean and Sam return to the Bunker to find Ketch and his men waiting for them. Ketch demands the brothers surrender, but the Winchesters quickly turn the tables long enough to put up one hell of a fight. It's just a shame things go to hell just as fast once a brainwashed Mary enters.]]

* [[spoiler:Dean FINALLY gets to use his grenade launcher to blast out of the sealed Bunker]].
* Jodi managing to take down and restrain [[spoiler:a brainwashed Mary]] with an assist from Alex.

* Dean vs. Ketch in the Bunker. [[spoiler:And Mary shooting Ketch in the head.]]

* [[spoiler:Bobby's]] [[TheCameo cameo]] in the [[spoiler:AlternateUniverse]].
* Dean unloading a full clip of angel-killing bullets into [[spoiler:Lucifer]]. [[NoSell It doesn't work]], but that doesn't make it any less awesome.
* Dean, Sam and [[spoiler:Crowley's plan to trap Lucifer in the AlternateUniverse, topped off with Crowley, of all people, pulling a HeroicSacrifice in order for the sealing spell to work]].
* [[spoiler:Mary's HeroicSacrifice. She dons a pair of Enochian brass knuckles and proceeds to punch Lucifer back through the dimensional tear, falling in along with him.]]
** [[spoiler:What makes this more awesome, and possibly more tearjerking, is that, all the way back in Season 2, John climbed out of Hell to save the brothers; now Mary falls into a hellish dimension to save her sons. The Winchesters are truly a BadassFamily.]]

* [[spoiler: Jack]] being unaffected by an angel blade.

-->Asmodeus: "There's a new sheriff in town."
* [[spoiler: Jack]] turning on Asmodeus when he realizes he's been manipulated, with Asmodeus gets the hell out of Dodge [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere as fast as possible.]]
* Lucifer killing [[spoiler:an entire squad of Michael's angels with nothing more than [[BadassFingerSnap a snap of his fingers]].]]
* [[spoiler: Parallel!Michael's entrance, establishing himself as someone of a higher tier than Lucifer. How? He ''already killed'' that universe's Lucifer. And subsequently taking Lucifer and Mary captive.]]

* [[spoiler: Missouri Moseley]] [[TheBusCameBack returning after twelve seasons]], and receives one hell of a [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]].
* [[spoiler: Jack]] reaching out into the Empty and resurrecting [[spoiler: Castiel]].

* Jack saving Sam, and FINALLY earns [[spoiler: Dean's respect]].
* [[spoiler: Castiel]] being the first being to awaken in [[GeniusLoci the Empty]], and then overpowering it, causing the Empty to send him back to Earth.

* TheReveal that [[spoiler: Billie is the new Death. Complete with an even more menacing version of Death's Scythe. And she proceeds to let Dean return to the land of the living, having gained a new perspective on the cosmic workings of the universe.]]
* [[spoiler: Castiel's HesBack]] moment.

* [[spoiler: Dean considering Jack to be an official member of Team Free Will.]]

* A villainous one for [[spoiler: Parallel!Michael, for scaring ''Lucifer'', the latter of whom thinks that Michael is a monster.]]
* Lucifer escaping the alternate universe, after he was [[spoiler: depleted of his Grace]].
* [[spoiler: Arthur Ketch's return]], and being able to fool the Winchesters for a short while that he was his twin brother.
* Asmodeus [[spoiler: capturing Lucifer and Castiel, and joining forces with Ketch when he learns of the threat of Parallel!Michael.]]

* Alice burning Barthamus', the current [[spoiler: King of the Crossroads,]] bones.

* Jack's response to the Angels who want to take "home" to Heaven, [[FamilyOfChoice is that he's already home.]]
* [[spoiler: Dean's response to Jack calling him, Sam, and Castiel his family. "Damn right we are." Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}. And Jack mentioning that Lucifer means nothing to him.]]
* The reveal that Jack was trying to find a way to the Apocalypse world in order to rescue [[spoiler: Mary]].
* [[spoiler: Jack and Kaia opening a doorway to an alternate world manages to ''incinerate'' half a dozen angels.]]
* [[spoiler: The footprint found in The Bad Place. We don't know what it belongs to, but something ''enormous''.]]
* [[spoiler: Jack making it into the Apocalypse world, awakening right next to Mary.]]

* This episode is one big CMOA for Jody, Donna, Claire, Alex, Patience, and Kaia. The women of ''Supernatural'' finally take center-stage and bring with it a moment of awesome moments, from Donna opening her pickup truck to reveal a bunch of monster-killing weapons, to Claire killing three werewolves in the opening scene, to Claire and Kaia rescuing Sam and Dean from The Bad Place, [[spoiler: even if Kaia didn't make it]], and Jody, Donna, Patience, and Alex fighting off a bunch of monsters from The Bad Place.
* We finally get a glimpse of the giant monster whose footprint we saw in the last episode. [[spoiler: It seems to be ''Supernatural'''s answer to Film/KingKong.]]

* TheReveal that [[spoiler:the hooded being is The Bad Place's counterpart of Kaia]].

* Not even [[spoiler: immolation at the hands of the Devil himself]] is able to stop [[spoiler: Rowena's resurrection]]. The witch is back, indeed.
* Castiel [[spoiler:stabbing Lucifer]]. After the latter's incessant insults, casual cruelty, and downright nagging Cas to [[spoiler:give up his angelic grace to him]], it's ''immensely'' satisfying.

* After many years of hearing the pleas of the fans, the writers have finally brought back [[spoiler:Gabriel]], for what seems like to be for real.

* [[spoiler:TheReveal that Gabriel outwitted Lucifer way back in Season 5, confirming at least one fan theory.]]
* [[spoiler:[[TheDogBitesBack Gabriel fully recovering and completely obliterating his tormentor Asmodeus]]]].

* Just to add up to [[spoiler: Gabriel's survival]] in this season, we have [[spoiler: Naomi, seen as a disposable ArcVillain whose role we assumed ended after season 8, suddenly turning up alive to have a chat with Castiel.]] And unlike [[spoiler: Gabriel's trick, Naomi in this case did sustain heavy injuries from Metatron's attack, but she still managed to evade everyone's attention. It took her five years, but she came out better [[HeelFaceTurn in more ways than one]].]]
* Billie's response to Rowena's demand [[spoiler: to resurrect Crowley]] is a firm reminder that she does ''not'' do blackmail. She challenges Rowena to follow up her vow to kill Sam, knowing that she does not have the will to do it. Then Rowena throws all the magic she has at Billie in desperation. She doesn't even ''flinch''. And just to show that she has been able to maintain her calm in light of these events, Billie ends the confrontation by [[DontFearTheReaper comforting Rowena]]. Rowena proceeds to undergo a full HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler: Truly another reason not to mess up with Death.]]
** Made even better when you realize that Crowley is a demon, so [[spoiler: he was sent to the Empty upon his death. Billie is using her wits to discourage Rowena from her pursuit, as she doesn't actually have the authority to resurrect Crowley. Yet she still succeeds]].

* The rescue mission to evacuate the Resistance members into the main universe. All of them, including Bobby and Charlie, are able to escape the Apocalypse World. [[spoiler: Though it comes at the cost of Gabriel's life.]]

* Jack easily subduing [[spoiler:Michael]] and thus saving Team Free Will. [[spoiler:Michael]] is left greatly weakened, with TearsOfBlood.
* [[spoiler: Dean's BigDamnHeroes moment. Cue the most badass wing-spread in the show since Castiel's entrance in Season 4, courtesy of Alt!Michael.]]
* Dean, [[spoiler:while Michael is possessing him and he remains in control of his body]], taking on Lucifer. [[spoiler:And he FINALLY kills the bastard. Dean Winchester '''kills''' the Devil.]]
* [[spoiler: Michael [[TheBadGuyWins winning]] is a villainous one. He manages to wipe out his greatest competition (Lucifer), gain his one true vessel (Dean Winchester), and escapes, elevating him to official MagnificentBastard status]].

[[AC:14x1 - Stranger in a Strange Land]]

* Another meta one for the season's cliffhanger; the cinematography when the [[spoiler:angels begin to fall]] is [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome nothing short of]] ''[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome stunning]]''.

* Gabriel and Rowena's ambush on Lucifer. Especially notable as Lucifer was [[DrowningMySorrows drowning his sorrows]] and did not expect a reunion from two people he tried to kill. The two manage to drug and capture the Devil like it was nothing. And all of this set to [[AwesomeMusic "Cat's in the Cradle"]].

* Dean and Sam fighting Wayne and Grossman with the Rabbit's Foot influencing the fight. First a CrowningMomentofFunny and then a CrowningMomentofAwesome.

* Dean's first reaping as Death. During an attempted armed robbery, the cashier takes out a gun and shoots the robber. Dean takes his life (but not without taking the time to watch him writhe in agony for a bit), and when his spirit asks "Why?", he immediately replies "Because you're a dick. Enjoy the ride down." Also a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* This episode is all villainous [[MomentOfAwesome Awesome Moments]]. Crowley playing Sam and Dean over the entire episode and [[spoiler:Abaddon escaping and putting herself back together after the boys dig her up]].

** Crosses over with a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The entire episode. Shot from the Impalas perspective. It's awesome - for the cast and the viewers.

* [[spoiler: Dean's response to Jack calling him, Sam, and Castiel his family. "Damn right we are." Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. And Jack mentioning that Lucifer means nothing to him.]]

* The fact that Rowena is actually [[spoiler:Crowley's MOTHER!!]] An awesome plot twist.

* Dean, about to [[spoiler:kill Sam with Death's Scythe]], tells his brother to close his eyes, and then swings the Scythe and [[spoiler:puts it right into Death's heart!!! '''DEAN WINCHESTER JUST KILLED DEATH!!!''' IS there anybody who by this point does not think that Dean Winchester is one of the most badass characters in the entirety of fiction?? It's even more poignant when you remember that, in all Creation, Death was the one being Dean truly feared; feared to the degree that in Death's presence, he's stammering and respectful. But as soon as little Sammy was threatened by the Horseman, [[BigBrotherInstinct all bets were off]]. Angel, demon, god, devil, or death, it doesn't matter who you are or what kind of power you possess; you threaten Sam, ''Dean kills you''.]]

* Dean, [[spoiler:while Michael is possessing him and he remains in control of his body]], taking on Lucifer. [[spoiler:And he FINALLY kills the bastard. Repeat: Dean Winchester '''kills''' the Devil.]]

* Dean vs [[spoiler:Castiel at the end of the episode is an awesome scene for both characters. Castiel's unwillingness to abandon Dean to an eternity as a monster, an eternity that he as the only other immortal in their group will be forced to watch, and Dean responding by kicking the angel's ass across the room and then almost killing him. Dean Winchester actually beat a Seraph of the Lord in a fight. Also a TearJerker.]]

* Dean vs [[spoiler:Cole, Round 2. Dean doesn't dominate Cole like he did in their first fight, but he still kicks Cole's ass. Best moment had to be when he slams Cole through the front windshield of a parked car.]] And then afterwards [[spoiler:Dean manages to talk Cole out of his vengeance and the hunter's life and sends him back home to his wife and children]].

* YMMV on it, but Dean's epic [[spoiler:beatdown of Sam for his actions in the previous episode. Any doubts about whose the better fighter go right out the window]].

* Dean vs Sam. The two brothers fight once again, and this time neither is holding anything back. Even with the Mark of Cain powering Dean, Sam still manages to hold his own for far longer than anyone would expect, even Castiel didn't manage to last as long as the younger Winchester does, but eventually Dean takes control of the fight and puts Sam down with a series of crippling blows.

* The entire ending scene. It provides a believable (and certainly complex) reason for him not doing ''quite'' as much as he should have to try and save Dean, and just when you think they're going to wimp out and have him leave her alone, they have him shoot her in the head.

* The entire ending scene. Evil/Cold/Badass!Sam is incredibly hot, it provides a believable (and certainly complex) reason for him not doing ''quite'' as much as he should have to try and save Dean, and just when you think they're going to wimp out and have him leave her alone, they have him shoot her in the head. Repeat, SAINT!SAMMY SHOT THE CROSSROADS DEMON IN THE HEAD! AWESOME!

*** And to give Amara herself credit, [[spoiler: she immediately realizes Rowena's lured her into a trap, turns the coven's power back on them (knocking out Rowena and killing the others), manages to keep going after everything else (including the above mentioned stabbing), and when she realizes that God's trying to reseal her, manages to find the strength to kill Lucifer and mortally wound God.]]

* TheReveal that [[spoiler: the hooded being was The Bad Place's counterpart of Kaia.]]

* Castiel [[spoiler:stabbing Lucifer]]. After the latter's incessant insults, casual cruelty and downright nagging Cas to [[spoiler:give up his angelic grace to him]], it's ''immensely'' satisfying.

* After many years of hearing the pleas of the fans, the writers have finally brought back [[spoiler: Gabriel]], for what seems like to be for real.

* Scooby getting the honor of trapping the real Phantom.