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'''Season 3, Episode 4:'''

!Sin City

->'''Casey:''' Kind of funny, don't you think? You and me sitting here like a couple of regular folk.
->'''Dean:''' Yeah, it's hilarious. You know, in that apocalyptic sort of way.

Written by Robert Singer and Jeremy Carver.

Directed by Charles Beeson.

Airdate: October 25, 2007.

Sam and Dean investigate a once-reputable town, [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Elizabethville]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio Ohio]], whose citizens have turned to drinking and gambling. They search for demonic activity, but find out that this time it's the humans who are corrupt.

!!Body count
For this episode = 4 humans and 2 demons.

For the series so far = At least 218 humans, 15 ghosts, 7 demons, 6 changelings, 5 vampires, 2 shapeshifters, 2 werewolves, 1 djinn, 1 god, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shtriga, 1 wendigo, and 1 zombie.

!Tropes
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* AntiAntiChrist: Sam. Turns out he was supposed to lead the demon army after Azazel (the Yellow-Eyed Demon) bought it.
* ArchangelLucifer: {{Satan}}'s real identity is revealed to be this. Casey is insulted by Dean's concept of her God as the Devil, and describes him as more an example of this trope.
* BatmanGambit: Dean pulls off a nice one. He finds Richie's body, draws a devil's trap in the ground, and pretends to be lured into a trap with Casey. It only fails and actually traps him as well because Dean didn't expect her to be so powerful.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: There are three demons in this episode, and all three have black eyes.
* CallBack: Dean tells Bobby about the Yellow-Eyed Demon's insinuation that Sam CameBackWrong, and asks if Bobby thinks that Sam seems [[NotHimself different]], showing that Dean is beginning to worry that Yellow Eyes wasn't just saying that to screw with him.
* ChekhovsGun: Literally, with the Colt making a reappearance.
* ContinuityNod: Like the Yellow-Eyed Demon, the demon in Casey says the Apocalypse would be the beginning, not the end.
* CreepyBasement: Casey kills hunters in hers.
* DarkIsNotEvil:
** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] with Casey, but ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. The demon Dean gets trapped with claims she just wants to carry out her life the same as anyone, she has some [[HumansAreBastards valid points about the human race]], and she truly seems to [[MoralityPet like Dean]]... but, then again, she could be lying. Even if she's not, despite how likable she seems when she is having a heart-to-heart with Dean, Casey still lured Richie into her lair so she could terrorize and kill him without provocation, had tried to do the same to Dean before she got trapped, and reveals that she has manipulated the townspeople into damning themselves to {{Hell}} to get in a bit of subtle EvilGloating.
** There is still an element of this trope being played straight in the form of the rebel demon Ruby.
** Additionally, Casey is quite insistent that [[ArchangelLucifer Lucifer]] is far from the {{Satan}}ic figure Dean and the rest of humanity think he is.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Dean gets caught flat-footed by Casey when she is lounging on the floor in a sensual manner.
* DrivenToSuicide: A distraught man shoots himself in church in the episode teaser.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The demon couple genuinely love each other.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Casey is disgusted by how badly humans and God have messed up so far, listing off genocide and war as two of their creations and saying that over the past century, humans have "racked up a body count" that surprised ''even demons''.
* EvilPowerVacuum: According to Casey, with Yellow Eye's death and Sam having rejected his role as Hell's General the demon army that came through the Gate are now leaderless and there is infighting going on to decide who will come out on top.
* FallenAngel:
** The ArchangelLucifer, this universe's incarnation of {{Satan}}, was cast down from Heaven by God after refusing to bow to humanity.
** Ruby refers to herself as this.
* FamedInStory: The Winchesters (especially Sam) are revealed to be "famous" even among demons who've been trapped in {{Hell}} for centuries.[[note]]Not [[Creator/LindsayLohan Lohan]]-famous, though.[[/note]]
* FantasticRacism: Casey believes that humans are inferior to angels as well as to demons, because she sees them as much too weak and easily led astray. For this reason, she believes that her kind will eventually win out.
* FemmeFatale [=/=] TheVamp:
** Casey.
** Ruby gets in on the act in the ending scene.
* {{Foil}}:
** Richie to Dean. Both are hedonistic, Casanova-type hunters. Richie isn't as well trained as Dean, however, and takes the job much less seriously. In short, Richie is Dean without his [[HiddenDepths hidden depths]].
** Casey to Ruby.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In the beginning, a nun is placing Bibles in the pews when [[{{Sting}} ominous music plays]]. She turns around to see the priest. The audience thinks it's only a CatScare, especially when a man kills himself shortly after, but then we find out that the priest is possessed.
** The confirmation that Lucifer exists is one for the existence of angels, whose existences are revealed next season, as Lucifer is a fallen archangel.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The demons Casey and Ruby are presented as possibly being more benevolent than the rest of their kin. Casey is a subversion, but how Ruby will turn out remains to be seen thus far in the series.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Ruby calls herself a little FallenAngel on Sam's shoulder. While it's probably just a joke, it could be an indication that she will be neither a wholly right and good ally nor a purely bad influence but instead the morally gray character she has been built up as for the past few episodes.
* HaveYouSeenMyGod: Casey insinuates that God is missing.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Casey attempts to convince Dean of this.
* KnightTemplar: Casey comes off as this because of her beliefs, particularly on demons versus humans. Assuming that she was sincere, it is possible that there are other demons out there with the same beliefs, turning demons into a race of {{Knight Templar}}s. She refers to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Apocalypse]] as, "It's our turn now, and we're gonna do it right this time."
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname:
** The demon couple are referred to by their hosts' names outside of the series. [[InUniverse Inside it]], too, as Sam will [[Recap/SupernaturalS03E09MalleusMaleficarum later]] mention the female demon by Casey's name.
** Discussed with the reveal of Yellow Eye's true name as Azazel. As Casey points out the rest of the demon host didn't just refer to him by Yellow Eyes.
* LadyInRed: Casey's top, which is a bold, rich red.
* MoralityPet: Although Casey is a villain, she comes to genuinely like Dean through their conversation together and tries to save him from her lover.
* NeckSnap: Casey reaches out and breaks Richie's neck with her bare hands after she flashes her [[BlackEyesOfEvil demon eyes]] and he pulls out a knife.
* NoNameGiven: Casey and Father Gil are not the names of the demons, but rather the names of the people the demons are possessing. The demons' own names go unrevealed (as do many one-off demons). However, this is finally subverted with the Yellow-Eyed Demon; Casey discloses that his true name was Azazel.
* {{Satan}}: Here named [[ArchangelLucifer Lucifer]]. He does not appear in the episode, but Casey discusses him with Dean. She reveals that he is the God of demons and that they have not been able to find him in Hell or Earth, but that they still believe that he will one day return.
* ShoutOut: To Music/JimmyBuffett:
-->'''Sam:''' Two months ago, we open up the devil's gate, all of a sudden this town turns into Margaritaville?
* SinisterMinister: Father Gil is possessed by a demon.
* TakeThat: Casey tells Dean that Dick Cheney "has a parking spot reserved for him" in Hell.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch:
-->'''Dean:''' What are you laughing at bitch, you're still trapped.
-->'''Casey:''' So are you...bitch.
* TogetherInDeath: After Sam shoots and kills Father Gil and Casey both with the Colt, the camera lingers on a shot of their corpses lying beside each other, almost holding hands.
* UnholyMatrimony: Casey and Father Gil. They have been in love for centuries. Not that it makes them any less cruel to people they ''don't'' care about.
* VillainsNeverLie: Although Casey admits that some demons do lie, she suggest that some do not because they are "true believers" in Lucifer and won't lie out of religious faith in him. Her dialogue seems to imply that she is including herself as one of these non-lying demons.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Dean doesn't exactly take being liked by a demon as a compliment.