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* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Cas as usual, even when he thinks he's human.



* EasilyForgiven: {{Averted}} Dean admits he finds it hard to put Cas hurting Sam behind him like he normally would. Cas finds it hard to forgive himself, even when Dean is willing if he just cures Sam. On top of that, absorbing Sam's memories and going insane [[spoiler: is just the first in a series of traumas Cas must endure to earn forgiveness from Dean and himself.]]

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* EasilyForgiven: {{Averted}} {{Averted}}; Dean admits he finds it hard to put Cas hurting Sam behind him like he normally would. Cas finds it hard to forgive himself, even when Dean is willing if he just cures Sam. On top of that, absorbing Sam's memories and going insane [[spoiler: is just the first in a series of traumas Cas must endure to earn forgiveness from Dean and himself.]]


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* SarcasmBlind: Cas as usual, even when he thinks he's human.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to Daphne, Castiel's 'wife'?

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to Daphne, Castiel's 'wife'?'wife'?
** Marin becomes non-existent, once her dead brother is dealt with.
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* FindTheCure: Since Sam's scar became ineffective, his hallucinations are causing him to slowly die from sleep deprivation, and there's nothing that hospitals can do due to the spiritual nature of Sam's Cage match scars, which leaves Dean scrambling to find a way to save Sam. Cass is able to save Sam by moving the damage in Sam's mind into his own.
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* BandageBabe: Marin.
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Cas, as usual.

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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint: Cas, as usual.
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* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Emmanuel has no memory of being Castiel and the dark actions of his past. In his tabula rasa state, he's kind, empathetic, and caring. When his memory is restored, he's overwhelmed with guilt.
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* BreakTheCutie:
** Lucifer is doing this to Sam, and it is working.
** Marin's brother is doing this to her.
** Dean does this to Emmanuel, who is innocent and happy until Dean causes him to remember his true identity.
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* EasilyForgiven: Averted; Dean admits he finds it hard to put Cas hurting Sam behind him like he normally would. Cas finds it hard to forgive himself, even when Dean is willing if he just cures Sam.

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* EasilyForgiven: Averted; {{Averted}} Dean admits he finds it hard to put Cas hurting Sam behind him like he normally would. Cas finds it hard to forgive himself, even when Dean is willing if he just cures Sam. On top of that, absorbing Sam's memories and going insane [[spoiler: is just the first in a series of traumas Cas must endure to earn forgiveness from Dean and himself.]]
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* NakedOnRevival: Daphne found Castiel by the river, sans his clothes.
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Emmanuel!Cas unties a worried Daphne and thanks Dean while expressing shock that a demon walked the earth. Dean is surprised and tells him that “whack loads” of demons walk the earth. Daphne, who realizes her husband saw the demon’s true face, explains to Dean that he has very special gifts. Dean stares at Emmanuel!Cas and tells him that his brother needs help. In the car, Dean questions Emmanuel!Cas about Daphne. Emmanuel says that she cared for him after finding him unclothed and confused by the river with no memory. Dean asks if he wonders if he was a “bad guy” before, but Emmanuel!Cas says he doesn’t feel like one.

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Emmanuel!Cas unties a worried Daphne and thanks Dean while expressing shock that a demon walked the earth. Dean is surprised and tells him that “whack loads” of demons walk the earth. Daphne, who realizes her husband saw the demon’s true face, explains to Dean that he has [[AngelUnaware very special gifts.gifts]]. Dean stares at Emmanuel!Cas and tells him that his brother needs help. In the car, Dean questions Emmanuel!Cas about Daphne. Emmanuel says that she cared for him after finding him unclothed and confused by the river with no memory. Dean asks if he wonders if he was a “bad guy” before, but Emmanuel!Cas says he doesn’t feel like one.
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* AngelUnaware: Emmanuel obviously knows something is different about himself, but he has no idea he's an angel.
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Meanwhile, Dean, Emmanuel!Cas and Meg arrive to find all the people in the parking lot of the mental hospital are demons. Meg wants to jog Emmanuel!Cas’s memory, but Dean is worried he’ll snap. Emmanuel!Cas overhears them and realizes they know him and assures them they’ll be fine. Meg bluntly tells him he’s an angel and that’s a species and he can smite all the demons. Emmanuel!Cas realizes that he’s the Cas that Dean mentioned but still has no memory. He walks to the demons and smites all of them, causing his memory to return. Cas remembers what he did to Sam and tries to leave, but Dean stops him.

Cas is horrified by the actions he can’t fix and says he deserved to die. He asks Dean why he walked out of the river, and Dean says to fix it. Dean retrieves Cas’s trenchcoat from the truck of the car and gives it to him.

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Meanwhile, Dean, Emmanuel!Cas and Meg arrive to find all the people in the parking lot of the mental hospital are demons. Meg wants to jog Emmanuel!Cas’s memory, but Dean is worried he’ll snap. Emmanuel!Cas overhears them and realizes they know him and assures them they’ll he will be fine. Meg bluntly tells him he’s an angel and that’s a species and he can smite all the demons. Emmanuel!Cas realizes that he’s the Cas that Dean mentioned but still has no memory. He walks to the demons and smites all of them, causing his memory to return. Cas remembers what he did to Sam and tries to leave, but Dean stops him.

Cas is horrified by the actions he can’t fix and says he deserved to die. He asks Dean why he walked out of the river, and Dean says to ''to fix it. it''. Dean retrieves Cas’s trenchcoat from the truck trunk of the car and gives it to him.



* MustMakeAmends

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* MustMakeAmendsMustMakeAmends: Cas begins to make amends by smiting the demons and taking on Sam's hell memories.

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When Sam's coping skills stop working, Lucifer drives him to the brink, forcing Sam into a mental hospital. Fearing for his brother's life, Dean takes matters into his own hands, calling upon every hunter he knows. He receives the name of a healer from one hunter, only to find a familiar face waiting for him.

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When Sam's coping skills stop working, A hallucinating Sam wanders an industrial area and gets a knock-out drug from a dealer since he’s been up for five days. He does get some sleep, but he awakens to Lucifer drives singing and taunting him about his impending death by insomnia. An addled Sam gets hit by a car.

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to see a doctor who explains that Sam in the brink, forcing psych ward. The doctor tells a worried Dean that he has never seen anything like Sam’s inability to sleep. Sam is still seeing Lucifer when Dean comes in and says he’s looking at all options, including faith healers. Sam replies that Cas warned them this would happen when his soul was restored, but Dean is not deterred.

Dean makes phone calls searching for a cure while Lucifer taunts Sam by reading the DSM and also pretending to be Sam’s doctor. Sam tries to eat a sandwich and hallucinates maggots. Dean finally reaches a hunter who tells Dean about a faith healer named Emmanuel who is the real deal and that you can reach him through his wife Daphne.

At Daphne's house, a man answers the door but when Dean sees Daphne tied up he realizes the man is a demon. The demon says that Crowley will want Emmanuel. Dean kills the demon, who falls down the stairs at the feet of the real Emmanuel, who looks just like [[NotQuiteDead Castiel]]. Emmanuel!Cas asks "what was that?".

Emmanuel!Cas unties a worried Daphne and thanks Dean while expressing shock that a demon walked the earth. Dean is surprised and tells him that “whack loads” of demons walk the earth. Daphne, who realizes her husband saw the demon’s true face, explains to Dean that he has very special gifts. Dean stares at Emmanuel!Cas and tells him that his brother needs help. In the car, Dean questions Emmanuel!Cas about Daphne. Emmanuel says that she cared for him after finding him unclothed and confused by the river with no memory. Dean asks if he wonders if he was a “bad guy” before, but Emmanuel!Cas says he doesn’t feel like one.

Meannwhile, Sam wakes up to be taunted by Lucifer some more. Sam asks an orderly about Marin, a bandaged girl who gave him a candy bar and the orderly says she didn’t get there by an accident. Marin brings another candy bar to Sam. They talk and Sam figures out that she’s being haunted by the angry spirit of her dead brother, who set the fire that burned her.

Emmanuel!Cas questions Dean about Sam’s condition. Dean reveals he blames a friend named Cas who betrayed him for Sam’s condition and the situation couldn’t be messier. Emmanuel!Cas consoles him. Dean leaves him in the car and goes
into a mental hospital. Fearing for his brother's life, convenience store, where he is attacked by demons. He’s assisted by Meg, who is on the run from Crowley and wants to know why Castiel is alive and in Dean’s car. Meg offers an EnemyMine situation, to which Dean takes matters into his own hands, calling upon every hunter reluctantly agrees. Emmanuel!Cas recognizes a [[ShipTease flirty Meg]] is a demon, but Dean vouches for her.

Sam apologizes for upsetting Marin, and
he knows. He receives the name of a healer from one hunter, says he believes her and can help her. Marin says she only hears her brother doesn’t see him. Sam questions her and figures out the brother’s ghost is bound by blond on her bracelet. They work together to burn the bracelet and set her brother’s spirit free. Sam collapses and his doctor talks to him about surgical solutions to help him sleep.

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to find all the people in the parking lot of the mental hospital are demons. Meg wants to jog Emmanuel!Cas’s memory, but Dean is worried he’ll snap. Emmanuel!Cas overhears them and realizes they know him and assures them they’ll be fine. Meg bluntly tells him he’s an angel and that’s a familiar face waiting for him.
species and he can smite all the demons. Emmanuel!Cas realizes that he’s the Cas that Dean mentioned but still has no memory. He walks to the demons and smites all of them, causing his memory to return. Cas remembers what he did to Sam and tries to leave, but Dean stops him.

Cas is horrified by the actions he can’t fix and says he deserved to die. He asks Dean why he walked out of the river, and Dean says to fix it. Dean retrieves Cas’s trenchcoat from the truck of the car and gives it to him.

Meanwhile, a demon starts electro-shock therapy as torture on Sam. Cas arrives and smites the demon. He attempts to heal Sam’s wall, but it doesn’t work and Sam still sees Lucifer. Cas tells Dean that Sam’s wall is crushed. Cas then apologizes to Sam again and absorbs all his memories from hell. Sam becomes lucid, but a terrified Cas starts to see Lucifer.

The brothers leave, discussing the fact that they are leaving a catatonic Cas at the mental hospital and whether or not to trust Meg. Meg is hired as a nurse at the mental hospital.
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* TheInsomniac: Due to his constant hallucinations, Sam hasn't slept in days. Hallucifer intends to keep this up until he just drops dead.

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* TheInsomniac: Due to his constant hallucinations, Sam hasn't slept in days. Hallucifer intends to keep this up until he just simply drops dead.

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* TheInsomniac[=/=]TheSleepless: Due to his constant hallucinations, Sam hasn't slept in days.

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* TheInsomniac[=/=]TheSleepless: TheInsomniac: Due to his constant hallucinations, Sam hasn't slept in days.days. Hallucifer intends to keep this up until he just drops dead.
-->"Hey, Sam! What's the longest a normal human being has ever gone without sleep? 11 days. [[IJustWantToBeNormal Hey, you always wanted to be normal, Sam!]] If you are, you'll be dead in a week!
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* AwesomeMusic: The instrumental intro of "Turn Into Earth" by The Yardbirds plays during Castiel's HesBack moment.

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* TheAtoner: Cass, after he gets his memory back.

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* TheAtoner: Cass, after he gets his memory back. Dean suggests that may be why he's still alive, too.



* BittersweetEnding: Cas is back and cures Sam but at the cost of Castiel's sanity.

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* BittersweetEnding: Cas is back and cures Sam but at the cost of Castiel's own sanity.



** Hopefully not "Nurse Masters", the name Meg chooses when enrolling as Castiel's nurse.

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** Hopefully But not "Nurse Masters", the name Meg chooses when enrolling as Castiel's nurse.nurse. It's based on her name back in the first season, Meg Masters.
* MessianicArchetype: Castiel was baptized in a river[[note]]Jesus by John the Baptist in the River Jordan[[/note]], spent a year walking the Earth[[note]]The Synoptic Gospels give Jesus a 1-year ministry, Passover to Passover; John makes it at least 3 years[[/note]] under the name Emanuel[[note]]Matthew 1:23 - The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means 'God is with us.'[[/note]], then sacrifices himself to save an innocent. Just so you don't miss it all, look at the title of the episode.
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* TheAtoner: Cass, after he gets his memory back.


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** Likewise, Amnesiac!Castiel is compelled to walk the Earth healing people.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even while being driven to insanity and death, Sam still does his job and helps another inmate with her angry ghost.

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