History Recap / SupernaturalS05E10AbandonAllHope

!!Body count
For this episode = [[spoiler:At least 18 humans, at least 9 hellhounds and at least 16 demons.]]

* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead: Jo and Ellen appeared earlier this season (eight episodes ago, to be precise), but before then were absent since Season 2.]]

* [[spoiler:ADeathInTheLimelight: Not so much Ellen, but Jo certainly got her focus of CharacterDevelopment.]]

* DefiantToTheEnd: Cas has been [[spoiler:captured in a ring of holy fire by ''the Devil'']], and still refuses to join him and says he'll oppose Lucifer's plans. Made more effective by the fact that Castiel is clearly terrified the whole time.
* DeusExitMachina: Castiel gets separated from the main group right after they arrive in Carthage, presumably so that he doesn't simply smite all the hellhounds or zap everyone away to safety when they run get into trouble.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Jo dies in [[OutlivingOnesOffspring her mother's arms]]]]
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: Ellen and Jo are dead, the Colt can't kill Lucifer, Lucifer successfully raises Death.]] There's a ''reason'' this episode is called "Abandon All Hope."

* FatalFamilyPhoto: After their party, Cas, Bobby, the Winchesters and the Harvelles take a photograph. [[spoiler: The Harvelles end up dying]].

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Dean shoots Lucifer with the Colt, who falls down and appears dead]]. Dean and Sam looks at each other for ten seconds, with Sam jumping nervously in celebration. [[spoiler:And then Lucifer breathes in and gets back up.]]
* IKnewIt: Spoilers released before the episode revealed that [[spoiler:two characters were going to die, and since it was an episode with Jo and Ellen (who, objectively, had become far less entrenched in the show than, say, Bobby and Castiel), many predicted that they would be the ones killed off]], especially since promos featured [[spoiler:a chalky-skinned and obviously unwell Jo having a tender moment with Dean]].

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: See you on the other side, Harvelles.]]
* [[spoiler:LastKiss: Dean gives a rather platonic, but heartfelt one to Jo when she is dying.]]

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: [[spoiler: Lucifer after being shot in the forehead by the Colt, which would have killed almost any other supernatural being.]]
* MacGyvering: The brothers build a bomb out of whatever they can find in a hardware store.

* [[spoiler:NoSell: Lucifer isn't killed by the Colt, even when shot in the head at point-blank range.]]

* OhCrap: [[spoiler:The kill-anything plot device of the first three seasons fails to work.]]

* {{Psychopomp}}: Carthage is filled with reapers.
* [[spoiler:SenselessSacrifice: Ellen and Jo; while their sacrifices keep the hellhounds from getting to Sam and Dean, the dynamic duo subsequently fail to kill Lucifer, making the Harvelles' deaths all the more tragic.]]
* ShoutOut: Crowley refers to the Winchesters as the ''[[HardyBoys Hardy Boys]]''

* TakeThat: A banking executive makes a DealWithTheDevil to bail out his company and fix its "ridiculous incompetence".
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe: Ellen and Jo sacrifice themselves to take down the hellhounds and buy Sam and Dean time to escape]]
* WHAMLine: "Oh, hello, [[spoiler:Death]]."

* [[spoiler:ADeathInTheLimelight]]

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Jo and Ellen]] appeared earlier this season, but before then were absent since Season 2.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Crowley gives the Winchesters the Colt because he knows Lucifer hates his creations and will exterminate them after humans. He's right

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: Ellen and Jo are dead, the Colt can't kill Lucifer, Lucifer successfully raises Death.]] There's a reason this episode is called Abandon All Hope.
* EnemyMine: Crowley helps the brothers defeat Lucifer.

* FantasticRacism: Lucifer is revealed to hate Demons.
* FatalFamilyPhoto: After their party, Cas, Bobby, the Winchesters and the Harvelles take a photograph. [[Spoiler: The Harvelles end up dying]].
* GrimReaper: [[spoiler: Lucifer summons Death]].

* KilledOffForReal
* LastKiss: [[spoiler:Dean gives a rather platonic, but heartfelt one to Jo when she is dying.]]
* TheLastDance: Fully expecting to die, the Winchesters and the Harvelles have one last party before [[LastStand heading off to Carthage]].

* NeverGetsDrunk: Castiel downs a half dozen shots in a row and calmly says "I think I'm starting to feel something."
* NoSell: [[spoiler: The Colt]]

* OhCrap: The kill-anything plot device of the first three seasons fails to work.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Ellen and Jo sacrifice themselves to take down the hellhounds and buy Sam and Dean time to escape]]
* WHAMLine: [[spoiler:"Hello, Death."]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Jo, in order to break into Crowley's mansion.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Jo dies in her mother's arms]]

** LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard

* FantasticRacism: Lucifer, who hates Demons.

* DefiantToTheEnd: Cass has been [[spoiler:captured in a ring of holy fire by ''the Devil'']], and still refuses to join him and says he'll oppose Lucifer's plans. Made more effective by the fact that Castiel is clearly terrified the whole time.

* NoSell

* PhlebotinumBreakdown: Sorta; it's not that the Colt ''breaks'', exactly, just that it's not strong enough to kill its target.

* PreMortemOneLiner: "You can go straight back to Hell, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you ugly bitch]]!"

* GiveMyRegardsInTheNextWorld: "You can go straight back to Hell, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you ugly bitch]]!"

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Dean shoots Lucifer with the Colt, who falls down and appears dead]]. Dean and Sam looks at each other for ten seconds, with Sam jumping nervously in celebration. [[spoiler:And then Lucifer breaths in and gets back up.]]

* PhlebotinumBreakdown]]: Sorta; it's not that [[spoiler: the Colt ''breaks'', exactly, just that it's not strong enough to kill its target.

* [[spoiler:PhlebotinumBreakdown]]: Sorta; it's not that [[spoiler: the Colt ''breaks'', exactly, just that it's not strong enough to kill its target]].

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

-->'''[[Archangel Lucifer Lucifer]]:''' (after sacrificing numerous demons) "They're just demons."

* HopeSpot: Dean shots Lucifer with the Colt, who falls down and appears dead. Dean and Sam looks at each other for ten seconds, with Sam jumping nervously in celebration. And then Lucifer breaths in and gets back up.

-->'''Lucifer:''' (after sacrificing numerous demons) "They're just demons."

* BackForTheDeath: [[spoiler:Jo and Ellen]] appeared earlier this season, but before then were absent since Season 2.

* BackFortheDeath: [[spoiler:Jo and Ellen]] appeared earlier this season, but before then were absent since Season 2.

* WHAMLine

!Abandon All Hope

* ADeathInTheLimelight
* DefiantToTheEnd: Cas has been captured in a ring of holy fire by ''the Devil'', and still refuses to join him and says he'll oppose Lucifer's plans. Made more effective by the fact that Castiel is clearly terrified the whole time.
* LastKiss: [[spoiler:Dean gives a rather platonic, but heartfelt one to a dying Jo in "Abandon All Hope."]]

* PhlebotinumBreakdown: Sorta; it's not that [[spoiler: the Colt]] ''breaks'', exactly, just that it's not strong enough to kill its target.
* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ellen and Jo in ''Abandon All Hope''; while their sacrifices keep the Hellhounds from getting to Sam and Dean, the dynamic duo subsequently fail to kill Lucifer, making the Harvelles' deaths all the more tragic.]]

* WHAMLine