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8	'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
9	'''Season 9, Episode 6'''
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12	!Heaven Can't Wait
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14	Written by Robert Berens.
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16	Directed by Rob Spera.
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18	Airdate: November 12, 2013.
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20	!!Body Count:
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22	For this episode = 3 humans and 1 angel.
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24	For the series so far = At least 1066 angels, 930 humans (of which 8 were witches), 135 demons, 51 vampires, 48 ghosts, 36 Jefferson Starships, 20 gods, 19 zombies, 10 hellhounds, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 5 djinn, 5 shapeshifters, 5 werewolves, 4 ghouls, 4 Leviathan, 4 reapers, 3 dogs, 2 Amazons, 2 arachnes, 2 kitsunes, 2 rugarus, 2 Thule, 2 vetalas, 1 cat, 1 crocotta, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 familiar, 1 Khan worm, 1 lamia, the Mother of All, 1 okami, 1 phoenix, 1 Purgatory creature, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shojo, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, 1 Titan, 1 wendigo, 1 whore of Babylon, 1 wicked witch, and 1 wraith.
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26	!Tropes:
27	* BabysittingEpisode
28	* BadassBoast: The call between Crowley and Abaddon pretty much amounts to trading these. Abaddon wins.
29	--> '''Abaddon:''' That's right: I'm taking it all down. Brick by brick. The days of Crowley, King of Bureaucrats, are done.
30	* BlatantLies: Castiel's claims that he's [[FallenAngel perfectly normal]] and [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial has a home and a bed]].
31	* BrokenAngel: Ephraim's role as an angel (a Rit Zien) was to [[TheMedic heal those who were injured]] and MercyKill those who couldn't be saved. Despite having lost his wings, he still tries to fulfill his duties and goes about it the wrong way (see DisproportionateRetribution).
32	* ChekhovsGun: Castiel grabs a rose for his "date", then uses it to cut his hand and draw a blood sigil, though he doesn't get to finish.
33	* CallBack: [[Recap/SupernaturalS07E08SeasonSevenTimeForAWedding Crowley really doesn't like it when]] souls are [[EvenEvilHasStandards collected early]].
34	** Dean gives Cas dating tips, ending with a "Go get 'em, tiger." He did a slightly sleazier version back in [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E03FreeToBeYouAndMe "Free to Be You and Me" (S05, E03)]] in the [[DenOfIniquity brothel]] before sending Cas off with the prostitute.
35	* ComedicSociopathy: You know how demons [[BloodMagic need human blood]] to communicate over distances? Crowley's creepy browbeating of Kevin to donate some of his doesn't look so bad when you see that Abaddon just slashed some guy's throat in an alley.
36	* ContinuityNod:
37	** Castiel being a "[[Recap/SupernaturalS08E08HunteriHeroici hunter-in-training]]" and Dean saying he sucked at it.
38	** Crowley [[Recap/SupernaturalS09E02DevilMayCare possibly]] [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E19TaxiDriver killing Kevin's mother]].
39	** Abaddon stands outside Castle Storage as she's talking to Crowley. Castle Storage showed up before in [[Recap/SupernaturalS03E03BadDayAtBlackRock "Bad Day At Black Rock" (S03, E03)]] and [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E01SympathyForTheDevil "Sympathy For The Devil" (S05, E01)]]. John Winchester once rented one of their storage spaces.
40	* DeathByDespair: Ephraim goes after people [[DespairEventHorizon who are in pain]].
41	* DisproportionateRetribution: Ephraim puts people in severe pain out of their misery. Unfortunately, he doesn't quite understand the difference between the pain of a suicidal man and the pain of a teenage girl who just got dumped in front of the whole school.
42	* DrivenToSuicide: The victim in the teaser was about about to commit suicide.
43	* TheFaceless: The villain's face is not shown until he gets to the second victim.
44	* GenreBlind: Cas thought Ephraim was there to kill the baby, not him.
45	* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: Non-romantic variant. Ephraim is surprised that Castiel knows his name, since he was a lower-level angel when they met and Cas was, according to him, a "legend".
46	-->'''Ephraim:''' You remember my name? I was just a nobody when we met, but you--you were a legend.
47	* IdiotBall: Castiel calls Dean right when he, Sam, and Kevin start researching the ancient cuneiform script, yet neither Sam nor Kevin think to ask the [[TimeAbyss millennia-old]] "nerd angel" if he can translate it (Dean can be excused because he's purposely keeping Castiel away from the bunker). This leads them begging to Crowley, who's not really in a helping mood.
48	* JustInTime: Subverted. Dean rushes in to save Cas, but is quickly tossed aside and Castiel kills Ephraim himself, using the angel blade he got from Dean.
49	* LudicrousGibs: Ephraim reduces his victims to a fine PinkMist.
50	* MercyKill: How Ephraim sees his actions. Also part of his [[CombatMedic division]]'s job in Heaven.
51	* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Castiel thinks he is being asked out on a date by his boss, but she's actually asking him to babysit her child so she can go out with ''another'' nice guy.
52	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: At the end of Crowley's conversation with Abaddon, we get ''two'':
53	-->'''Crowley:''' You. Will. Burn.
54	-->'''Abaddon:''' I. Can't. Wait.
55	* ShoutOut:
56	** [[https://twitter.com/robertberens/status/400459076603105281 According to]] [[WordOfGod writer Robert Berens]], baby Tanya is a reference to Alexander Payne's comedy ''Film/CitizenRuth''. [[invoked]]
57	** Castiel sings the theme song to ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'' as a lullaby.
58	** Dean refers to Ephraim as "a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian Dr. Kevorkian]] wannabe."
59	** Crowley nicknames Kevin "[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Short Round]]".
60	* SuddenlyShouting: Crowley, once he finds out Abaddon has been invalidating his deals.
61	* SympathyForTheDevil: Both Sam and Kevin seem to see Crowley in a new light when they hear his conversation with utter psychopath Abaddon.
62	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Inverted into Suspiciously Specific ''Affirmation''. Castiel/"Steve" assures his boss that he has a home and a bed to return to after his shift is over.
63	* ThereIsNoCure: Sam and Kevin approach Crowley for help translating Kevin's findings from the Angel Tablet in the hopes it describes a way to reverse Metatron's spell which has expunged the other angels from Heaven and broken their wings. Crowley finds that the Angel Tablet does indeed describe the spell, and reveals its effects are irreversible.
64	* VillainTeamUp: Kevin asks Sam if he's sure letting Crowley communicate with Abaddon is such a good idea because he thinks this will happen. Sam says he doubts it will since they hate each other so much. Sam's right.
65	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Ephraim really just wants to help.
66	* WhamLine: Metatron's spell cannot be undone.
67	* WhamShot: At the end, Crowley is shown injecting himself with Kevin's blood.

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