Line #56 Recap/SupernaturalS05E19HammerOfTheGods


1	[floatboxright:
2	Previous: Recap/SupernaturalS05E18PointOfNoReturn\
3	Next: Recap/SupernaturalS05E20TheDevilYouKnow]
4
5	'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
6	'''Season 5, Episode 19'''
7
8	!Hammer of The Gods
9
10	->'''Lucifer:''' They are broken, flawed abortions!
11	->'''Gabriel:''' Damn right, they're flawed. But a lot of them try. To do better, to forgive. And you should see the Spearmint Rhino. I've been riding the pine a long time now, but I'm in the game now, and I'm not on your side, or Michael's. I'm on theirs.
12
13	Written by Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin.
14
15	Directed by Rick Bota.
16
17	Air Date: April 22, 2010.
18
19	The Winchesters take refuge in a motel that's way too swanky for its surroundings; turns out that the motel is a trap created by various gods (that's right, ''plural'') who want to stop the Apocalypse by using Sam and Dean as bait.
20
21	!!Body count
22	For this episode = 2 humans, 9 gods, and 1 archangel.
23
24	For the series so far = At least 387 humans (of which 6 were witches), 61 demons, 33 ghosts, 19 zombies, 13 gods, 11 vampires, 10 angels, 9 hellhounds, 6 changelings, 3 shapeshifters, 2 ghouls, 2 werewolves, 2 dogs, 1 crocotta, 1 djinn, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 reaper, 1 rugaru, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, 1 wendigo, 1 whore of Babylon, and 1 wraith.
25
26	!Tropes
27	------------
28	* ADeathInTheLimelight[=/=]BackForTheDead: Gabriel gets killed by Lucifer.
29	%%* {{Ahem}}
30	* AlwaysABiggerFish: Sam and Dean(and even Gabriel) are at the mercy of the pagan gods most of the episode. [[CurbstompBattle Enter Lucifer]].
31	* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world--hardly on the same level of global relevance as Baldur. Kali and Ganesh should be doing just fine on the worshipers front. (Also, Kali is really more of a sword-wielding goddess than a fireball-flinging one.)
32	** Also the pagan gods' [[ImAHumanitarian dietary habits]] are at odds with their cultural background. The show also largely glosses over the fact neopaganism and Voudoun still have practitioners.
33	* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Pestilence is a haggard looking man who sniffles and sneezes everywhere, leaves a trail of mucus, is followed by flies, and drives a rusted, pea-green pinto.
34	%%* BarSlide
35	* BigBad: The pagan deities who hold Sam, Dean, and Gabriel hostage in the hotel. They quickly get [[AlwaysABiggerFish upstaged and replaced]] by [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].
36	* BloodMagic: Used to trap Sam, Dean, and Gabriel in the hotel.
37	* ChekhovsGun: The Horsemen's rings are the keys to Lucifer's Cage.
38	%%* CrazyPrepared
39	* CurbStompBattle: Lucifer effortlessly kills the gods.
40	* CurbStompCushion: While still clearly outmatched Kali manages to at least put up a fight against Lucifer.
41	* DeathOfTheOldGods: The gods are pissed that they've lost their power and that the world is being destroyed by the Judeo-Christian Apocalypse. And then Lucifer shows up....
42	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Kali tries using fire on Lucifer, who'd spent centuries ''in hell''! Obviously it's a total NoSell.
43	* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Sam cringes at Dean's deliberately disrespectful speech to the pagan gods. It actually works, because Kali starts taking him seriously.
44	* DivineDate: Turns out Gabriel and Kali have...history.
45	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Kali's speech to Gabriel on the arrogance of 'Westerners' who think the whole world revolves around them.
46	* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Which lines up perfectly with Lucifer's NeverMyFault personality.
47	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Gabriel dies buying Sam and Dean time to escape.
48	* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: How Gabriel addresses the Apocalypse. [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Ganesh]] gets offended.
49	-->'''Gabriel:''' Not ''[[ThatCameOutWrong you]]''. The Apocalypse.
50	* EnemyMine: Invoked by Dean as well as the pagan gods.
51	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Lucifer seems genuinely distraught at having to kill Gabriel. Kali, too, is upset over his betrayal.
52	* FakeAdvertisement: Ghostfacers!
53	%%* FallingChandelierOfDoom
54	* FinalSpeech: Gabriel gives one via ''porno'' to tell the Winchesters how to get Lucifer back into the Cage.
55	* FlashStep: Mercury grabs samples of the Winchesters' blood, with them only noticing the cuts afterward.
56	%%* FliesEqualsEvil
57	* FragileSpeedster: Mercury. He's the fastest God but seemingly the weakest.
58	* GlamourFailure: PlayedForLaughs when Dean walks past an open hotel room containing an elephant...WTF? He walks back to look again and has an indignant fat black man close the door on him--the fat man turns out to be the Hindu god Ganesh, whose natural form is an elephant.
59	%% * GodCouple: Kali and Baldur.
60	%% * GoryDiscretionShot
61	* GottaCatchThemAll: Turns out the way to stop Lucifer is to gather the four rings of the Horsemen, and they've got two already. Getting the others should be easy for our heroes, right?
62	%%* HellHotel
63	* HumansAreSpecial / HumansAreFlawed: Gabriel gives a great one.
64	-->'''Lucifer:''' So you're willing to die for a pile of cockroaches. Why?\
65	'''Gabriel:''' Because Dad was right. They ''are'' better than us.\
66	'''Lucifer:''' They are broken. Flawed! Abortions!\
67	'''Gabriel:''' Damn right they're flawed. But a lot of them try. To do better, to forgive. ''[beat]'' And you should see the Spearmint Rhino!
68	* IceQueen: Kali curtly turns down Dean before he even has a chance to start his chatting-up routine.
69	* ImAHumanitarian: The security guard [[VictimOfTheWeek killed in the teaser]] is chopped up and served as dinner. The other hotel guests are LockedInAFreezer until they're needed for appetizers.
70	* IncomingHam: Gabriel. "Can't we all just GET ALONG?"
71	%%* InnSecurity
72	%%* JerkassGods
73	* KarmicDeath: Gabriel is killed when Lucifer sees through his tricks. [[WroteTheBook Which Lucifer taught him]].
74	* KarmaHoudini: Kali is still alive at the end of the episode even after all the horrible things she's done.
75	* KilledOffForReal: Gabriel courtesy of Lucifer.
76	* KillTheGod: Lucifer kills seven of them, including ones from Myth/NorseMythology (Odin and Baldur), Myth/HinduMythology (Ganesh), Myth/ClassicalMythology (Mercury), Myth/EgyptianMythology (Isis) and UsefulNotes/{{Voudoun}} (Baron Samedi). The SoleSurvivor is Kali, from Hindu Mythology. Loki ''would'' count, but he's actually Gabriel, and therefore an archangel.
77	* MightMakesRight
78	-->'''Baldur:''' [[OneTrueFaith You think you own the planet]]. What gives you the ''right?''
79	-->''[charges at Lucifer, who rams a hand through his chest and out his back]''
80	-->'''Lucifer:''' No one ''gives'' us the right. We ''take'' it.
81	%% * MacGuffin
82	%% * NewOldFlame: Kali and Gabriel.
83	%% * NoIAmBehindYou
84	* NoSell: Kali [[KillItWithFire shoots fire]] at Lucifer. When it fades, he's standing exactly where he was before, smiling. Not even his clothing is damaged.
85	* OhCrap:
86	** For Sam:
87	--->'''Sam:''' We are so, so screwed.
88	** And later for Mercury.
89	--->'''Lucifer:''' Checking in.
90	* ParentalFavoritism: The Apocalypse is revealed to be just a giant temper tantrum that [[PsychopathicManchild Lucifer]] is throwing because he's angry that Daddy loved humans more.
91	-->'''Gabriel:''' Boo hoo! Daddy was mean to me, so I'm gonna smash up all his toys.
92	-->'''Lucifer:''' Watch your tone.
93	-->'''Gabriel:''' Play the victim all you want. But you and me? We know the truth. Dad loved you best. More than Michael, more than me. Then he brought the new baby home and you couldn't handle it. So this is all just one big temper tantrum. Time to grow up.
94	* PlagueMaster: Pestilence, who makes his entrance into the series by walking into a convenience store and spewing snot everywhere.
95	%%* PornStache
96	* {{Pun}}: Gabriel re: Kali. "The chick was all hands."
97	* PunchCatch: Lucifer to Baron Samedi.
98	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Kali wears a red dress and a black skirt. And underneath, a black bra and panties. [[HotGod Rrrraw]]!
99	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gabriel gives a brilliant one to his brother, Lucifer. Lucifer himself gives a rather impressive one to Mercury.
100	* RevealingContinuityLapse: Early in the episode, Dean suddenly has a cut on his face that he didn't have before. It turns out that Mercury took a sample of his blood without him or the viewer noticing.
101	* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Mercury.
102	* ShoutOut:
103	** The whole episode is one to Neil Gaiman's ''Literature/{{American Gods}}''.
104	** To ''Literature/{{Babar}}'' and the [[WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} Legion Of Doom]].
105	** "[[Series/ILoveLucy Luci, I'm home]]."
106	* ShutUpHannibal: Aside from his impressive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, Gabriel also has this:
107	-->'''Lucifer:''' [[NeverMyFault Brother, don't make me do this]].
108	-->'''Gabriel:''' No one ''makes us'' do anything.
109	%%* SomethingAboutARose
110	* SomethingElseAlsoRises: "So this is me, standing up." ''[grabs porn girl]'' "This is me lying down."
111	* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: The DVD Gabriel leaves for the Winchesters.
112	-->'''Sam:''' What the hell's going on?
113	-->'''Gabriel:''' ''[AsideGlance]'' Sam, Dean, you're probably wondering what the hell's going on.
114	* VideoWill: Gabriel gives this to Sam and Dean… in the form of a porno.
115	* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The meeting is an attempt to get the pagans working together against a common threat. Thanks to Mercury's treachery, they get trounced by Lucifer before they have a chance to do so.
116	* WhatEverHappenedToTheMouse: Kali was never seen or mentioned again after being put into the brother's car.
117	* WithDueRespect: Mercury to Kali. Cue BloodFromTheMouth.
118	* TheWorfEffect: The hotel is filled with such A-listers as Kali, Ganesh, Baron Samedi, Odin, Baldur, Mercury, and Loki!Gabriel. By the time Lucifer shows up, he doesn't even need to ''touch'' most of them to kill them.

Context Recap / SupernaturalS05E19HammerOfTheGods