History Recap / SupernaturalS03E16NoRestForTheWicked

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* ImprovisedWeapon: Bobby's CrowningMomentOfAwesome--he makes a lawn sprinkler system spray holy water.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: Poor Dean.

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* AnyoneCanDie: Body count for this episode is four demons, three humans (including Dean), and one dog.

For this episode = 3 demons, 5 humans and 1 dog. This is the second real death of a Winchester brother.

For the series so far = At least 258 humans (of which 3 were witches), 12 demons, 19 ghosts, 10 vampires, 6 changelings, 3 gods, 2 shapeshifters, 2 werewolves, 1 crocotta, 1 djinn, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shtriga, 1 wendigo, 1 zombie, and 1 dog.

* GlamourFailure: Dean can now see a demon-possessed human's real face. Lilith gets around this by possessing Ruby.

* BlondesAreEvil: Lilith, in both the Freemont's daughter and Ruby's meatsuit.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If the guys had listened to Ruby like she said, they might have been able to save Dean.

For the series so far = At least 250 humans (of which 3 were witches), 49 demons, 19 ghosts, 10 vampires, 6 changelings, 3 gods, 2 shapeshifters, 2 werewolves, 1 dog, 1 crocotta, 1 djinn, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shtriga, 1 wendigo, 1 zombie.

For this episode = 4 demons, 3 humans and 1 dog. This is the second real death of a Winchester brother.

* GenreSavvy: Dean knew that Sam wouldn't listen to him about not summoning Ruby, so he prepared a devil's trap beforehand to lure her into and steal her knife. He also finally recognizes that the demons are using his and Sam's love for one another against them and refuses to let Sam risk using [[BadPowersBadPeople his powers and turning evil]] to save him, insisting that they stop beings martyrs for each other.

* CallBack: The ending shot of a bloodied Dean dangling from meathooks and chains in {{Hell}} and how highly reminiscent it is of the victims's fates in ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'',[[note]]Obviously, with waaay less gore -- this IS a CW show, after all[[/note]] is a callback to the part of Dean and Ruby's conversation in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS03E09MalleusMaleficarum Malleus Maleficarum]]" in which Ruby said the movies were pretty accurate in their depiction of Hell.

* CallBack: The ending shot of a bloodied Dean dangling from meathooks and chains in {{Hell}} and how highly reminiscent it is of the victims's fates in ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}''[[note]]Obviously, with waaay less gore -- this IS a CW show, after all[[/note]], is a callback to the part of Dean and Ruby's conversation in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS03E09MalleusMaleficarum Malleus Maleficarum]]" in which Ruby said the movies were pretty accurate in their depiction of Hell.

* ExactWords: "I ''want'' to kill Lilith! That's all!" Technically true...

* WhamLine: "[[BodySurf It's not Ruby, it's Lilith]]!"

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If the guys had listened to Ruby like she said, they might have been able to save Dean. [[spoiler:Though the fourth season's reveal of the truth of Ruby's loyalties, and the time and effort it took to build Sam up to ''barely'' strong enough to kill Lilith in the fourth season, casts this in doubt]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** ''Everything'' that Dean [[spoiler:says in this episode about Ruby is true--she ''is'' working for Lilith, she ''is'' trying to push Sam into giving into his demonic side, and she ''is'' lying to Sam about pretty much everything]].
** The bedtime story Lilith insists on having read to her takes on a lot more significance in the next SeasonFinale.

* ExactWords: [[spoiler:"I ''want'' to kill Lilith! That's all!" Technically true...]]

* IJustKnew
* IWarnedYou

* ManlyTears

* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth

* SeasonFinale

* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch

* WhamEpisode

* WhatNowEnding

'''Season 3, Episode 16''':

The episode begins with Dean waking from a nightmare of being chased by a hellhound. Bobby, as it then seems, has found a way to find Lilith. Sam swears not to let Dean go to hell, but as he's saying it, Dean sees him distorted as the portent of the hellhounds. They meet up with Bobby, who uses his ritual to find Lilith. Dean points out that they don't really have a good way to deal with Lilith, whether they do find her or not.

Sam wants to summon Ruby to borrow her "demon-killing Ginsu." Dean, who still doesn't trust Ruby due to her lying to Sam, vetoes the plan. Sam, however, doesn't listen. Unfortunately, Ruby refuses to give Sam the knife, but she does tell him that there's another way: Sam's long-dormant psychic powers, she claims, will let him kill Lilith. Then Dean makes his entrance, having predicted that Sam would try and summon Ruby for help in spite of his brother's disencouragement. After Dean and Ruby get into a fight, Ruby finds herself trapped in a devil’s trap painted on the ceiling by Dean, who then reveals that he stole her knife. The brothers then take off after Lilith, leaving an enraged Ruby trapped.

Sam doesn't like this new plan, though, somehow not seeing the wisdom of attacking a powerful demon and her retinue armed with a medium-sized knife. Dean convinces him, though, and they're off to New Harmony, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana Indiana]], where Lilith is on "shore leave". Which, as it turns out, means terrorizing and killing her host body's family. But as Sam and Dean try to leave, it seems Bobby was already a step ahead of them, sabotaging the Dodge and refusing to let them run off by themselves and get killed. Along the way, Dean kills a police officer, seemingly without provocation. The cop was a demon, though. It seems Dean can now see demons in their disguises as a consequence of being so close to his contract being called.

They find Lilith and her guards, and also find that Ruby followed them. Unfortunately, the ensuing catfight between Sam, Dean, and Ruby alerts the demons, and the party gets chased into the house with Lilith. A tense search ensues, where they find Lilith asleep...except it's not her anymore; she's already vacated the child.

For this episode = 4 demons, 3 humans and 1 dog.

-->'''Bobby:''' You're piercing the veil, Dean. You're glimpsing the B-Side.

* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: Dean grabs Sam's arm just as he's about to stab the little girl -- Lilith is no longer possessing her.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If the guys had listened to Ruby like she said, they might have been able to save Dean. [[spoiler:Though the fourth season's reveal of the truth of Ruby's loyalties, and the time and effort it took to build Sam up to ''barely'' strong enough to kill Lilith in the fourth season, casts this in doubt.]]

* DreamWalker: It appears that {{hellhound}}s can do this, too. One enters Dean's dreams to turn them into nightmares in the teaser, complete with ImpendingDoomPOV. Later on, its P.O.V. is used again when it reappears in real-life, which suggests that it had indeed been a real hellhound in his dreams.

* ExactWords: [[spoiler: "I ''want'' to kill Lilith! That's all!" Technically true...]]

* GlamourFailure: Dean can now see a demon-possesed human's real face. Lilith gets around this by possessing Ruby.

* HolyHandGrenade: The same one Lilith used in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS03E12JusInBello Jus in Bello]]". Difference is, Sam is completely unaffected by it, much to his (and Lilith's) surprise.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: Lilith backs off, terrified, when she realises she can't kill Sam, then flees her body.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Bobby's CrowningMomentOfAwesome -- he makes a lawn sprinkler system spray holy water.
* InvisibleMonster: The hellhound, though only for Sam and the viewers. On the other hand, Dean and demons ''can'' see it. Bobby explains that they can see it because, like the hellhound, they are damned souls. (He explains it in a... different way.)

* ManipulativeBitch: Ruby owns up to being one. She hadn't told Sam before that the thing she's been promising all-season will save his brother is his PsychicPowers because she knew he [[BadPowersBadPeople wouldn't even consider it]] until he was desperate enough; she ''is'' a demon, after all.

** "Hell, she probably wants you to become her little [[Music/MarilynManson Antichrist superstar]]"

* TakeThat: Bon Jovi rocks! ... on occasion.

* YouDoNOTWantToKnow: Ruby says that Lilith is on "shore leave." When Sam asks what that means, Ruby replies with this trope.

Sam wants to summon Ruby to borrow her "demon-killing Ginsu." Dean, who still doesn’t trust Ruby due to her lying to Sam, vetoes the plan. Sam, however, doesn't listen. Unfortunately, Ruby refuses to give Sam the knife, but she does tell him that there's another way: Sam's long-dormant psychic powers, she claims, will let him kill Lilith. Then Dean makes his entrance, having predicted that Sam would try and summon Ruby for help in spite of his brother's disencouragement. After Dean and Ruby get into a fight, Ruby finds herself trapped in a devil’s trap painted on the ceiling by Dean, who then reveals that he stole her knife. The brothers then take off after Lilith, leaving an enraged Ruby trapped.

Sam doesn't like this new plan, though, somehow not seeing the wisdom of attacking a powerful demon and her retinue armed with a medium-sized knife. Dean convinces him, though, and they're off to Indiana, where Lilith is on "shore leave." Which, as it turns out, means terrorizing and killing her host body's family. But as Sam and Dean try to leave, it seems Bobby was already a step ahead of them, sabotaging the Dodge and refusing to let them run off by themselves and get killed. Along the way, Dean kills a police officer, seemingly without provocation. The cop was a demon, though. It seems Dean can now see demons in their disguises as a consequence of being so close to his contract being called.

They find Lilith and her guards, and also find that Ruby followed them. Unfortunately, the ensuing catfight between Sam, Dean, and Ruby alerts the demons, and the party gets chased into the house with Lilith. A tense search ensues, where they find Lilith asleep... except it's not her anymore; she's already vacated the child.