History Recap / SupernaturalS09E03ImNoAngel

Cas uses [[CharacterNameAlias Clarence]], Meg's AffectionateNickname for him, as his alias.

* CallBack: Cas uses [[CharacterNameAlias Clarence]], Meg's AffectionateNickname for him, as his alias.

* WeHaveReserves: Bartholomew describes the death of Buddy's followers who can not contain an angel's Grace as a small price to pay.

-->'''Dean:''' '[to Sam]'' Sam, you [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E23TheSacrifice went through the trials]]. ''[Sam scoffs]'' Okay, that put a big strain on you. I just think it's better if you took it easy, you know, and didn't act like you were--

'''Season 9, Episode 03''':

'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of Series/{{Supernatural}}'''\\

-->'''Castiel:''' There really is a lot to being human, isn’t there?
-->'''Dean:''' It ain’t all just burritos and strippers, my friend.

Sam and Dean are concerned that Castiel has not yet made it to the the Men of Letters' bunker in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Kansas Lebanon, Kansas,]] and try to find him. Castiel struggles with his humanity and the hostility of the angels as he travels from [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Emory Park]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa Iowa,]] to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette,_Indiana Lafayette, Indiana,]] and then to UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit Michigan.]]

[[PreviouslyOn The Road So Far]] plays. THEN scenes show [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E22ClipShow killing the Nephilim and the cupid's bow]] as Castiel says, [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E23TheSacrifice "I'm trying to fix Heaven. Metatron is trying to fix Heaven." Naomi responds, "Metatron isn't trying to fix anything. He's trying to break it" as we scenes of her death, the angels falling, and the theft of Castiel's Grace.]] Dean explains, [[Recap/SupernaturalS09E01IThinkImGonnaLikeItHere "That means you're human. Cas, listen to me. There are angels out there, okay? And they're looking for you, and they're pissed." Hael attacks Castiel, and after she vows "Until their last breath, they will seek revenge on the angel that did this, who destroyed Heaven", Castiel kills her.]] Meg watches Castiel smite a demon and snarks, [[SupernaturalS07E17TheBornAgainIdentity "That was beautiful, Clarence."]] Dean reveals, [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E12Faith "We're dealing with a Reaper."]] Bobby's Reaper shouts, [[Recap/SupernaturalS07E10DeathsDoor "I can find you anywhere!"]] Dean admits, [[Recap/SupernaturalS09E01IThinkImGonnaLikeItHere "Sammy's hurt--he's hurt real bad." Then Dean prays, "This one goes out to any angel with their ears on. This is Dean Winchester, and I need your help." Ezekiel says, "There is a chance I can fix your brother from the inside." Ezekiel in Sam's body says, "Sam can eject me at any time. And if Sam does eject me, he will die." Dean answers, "Then we keep it a secret for now."]]

[[PreviouslyOn The Road So Far]] plays. THEN scenes show [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E22ClipShow killing the Nephilim and the cupid's bow]] as Castiel says, [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E23TheSacrifice "I'm trying to fix Heaven. Metatron is trying to fix Heaven." Naomi responds, "Metatron isn't trying to fix anything. He's trying to break it" as we scenes of her death, the angels falling, and the theft of Castiel's grace.]] Dean explains, [[Recap/SupernaturalS09E01IThinkImGonnaLikeItHere "That means you're human. Cas, listen to me. There are angels out there, okay? And they're looking for you, and they're pissed." Hael attacks Castiel, and after she vows "Until their last breath, they will seek revenge on the angel that did this, who destroyed Heaven", Castiel kills her.]] Meg watches Castiel smite a demon and snarks, [[SupernaturalS07E17TheBornAgainIdentity "That was beautiful, Clarence."]] Dean reveals, [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E12Faith "We're dealing with a reaper."]] Bobby's reaper shouts, [[Recap/SupernaturalS07E10DeathsDoor "I can find you anywhere!"]] Dean admits, [[Recap/SupernaturalS09E01IThinkImGonnaLikeItHere "Sammy's hurt - he's hurt real bad." Then Dean prays, "This one goes out to any angel with their ears on. This is Dean Winchester, and I need your help." Ezekiel says, "There is a chance I can fix your brother from the inside." Ezekiel in Sam's body says, "Sam can eject me at any time. And if Sam does eject me, he will die." Dean answers, "Then we keep it a secret for now."]]

A pharmacist takes a break at work, pulling out his mobile phone to watch [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Reverend Buddy Boyle]] preach about this being the most sacred of times. Another man on a sidewalk is watching the same program on his mobile phone. We then cut to the studio where ''Goin' For Glory Hour'' is being filmed as Reverend Buddy Boyle is encouraging his followers to welcome the angels and to fill themselves up with the angels' grace. After the director says they are clear, a man in a grey suit praises Buddy on his sermon. Buddy addresses the man as [[Characters/SupernaturalAngels Bartholomew]] and says the compliment means a lot as it is coming from an emissary of [[Characters/SupernaturalGods God]] and an actual angel. Bartholomew tells Buddy that God has personally assured him that God is very pleased with Buddy's work and God is preparing a special reward for Buddy. One of Buddy's followers interrupts them to declare that she wants to give herself to an angel. When she says she is certain, a white light enters the room and then her mouth. Within a few seconds, she starts jerking, blood flows from her eyes and nose, one eyeball pops out of the orbit, and then she explodes, spraying blood and tissue across the room. Buddy, who is covered with blood from head to toe, is at first upset. However, Bartholomew, while brushing blood off his suit with a handkerchief, explains that not all who are willing are designed to contain heaven's grace. Buddy accepts this and compares it to the lamb of the sacrifice.

!Tropes appearing in this episode:

-->'''Dean:''' [[HowDareYouDieOnMe Never do that again!]]
-->'''Castiel:''' …all right.

* BadassInANiceSuit: The two angels who attacks the priests in the teaser and Bartholomew have recovered enough from the fall to dress their vessels in well fitted suits, looking more like the heavenly host we are used to seeing in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.

* BeingHumanSucks: Essentially the theme of this episode. Between the season premiere and now, Castiel has had to learn to deal with hunger, cold, sleep and humans' thoroughly inconvenient need to empty their bladders from time to time. Having to constantly stay on the run from angels who want his head on a pike doesn't help.
* TheBigBoard: They once again use the world map in the War Room of the bunker as a table on which to eat.

-->'''Dean:''' Let's see. There's Cas, who I told to haul ass here. That was days ago. He's still out there. Um, there's you.

* BlatantLies: Bartholomew tells Rev. Boyle that God has personally assured him of a reward for helping to create Heaven on Earth. As anyone who watched Season 5 would remember, God has been MIA since long before the show's beginning.
* BloodstainedGlassWindows: The light of an angel's grace pours through the two stained glass windows beside Reverend Boyle's desk, and when the young woman is unable to contain this grace, her blood and bits of tissue splatter across the room and the stained glass windows.

** Castiel is wearing the [[LimitedWardrobe same clothes]] he stole from the laundromat in [[Recap/SupernaturalS09E01IThinkImGonnaLikeItHere "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" (S09, Ep01)]].
** Dean assumes the Angels organizing to get vessels and find Castiel are lead by [[Characters/SupernaturalAngels Naomi]], but Ezekiel says he has not heard that name.

** Which puts Cas's fatal-hookup tally at 1 for 1. For now, his penis is officially more lethal than ''[[CartwrightCurse Sam's]]''.

* CrucifiedHeroShot: As the angel's grace enters the young woman, she spread her arms out and throws her head backwards.
* CrystalBall: Bartholomew is not only holding the VillainBall this episode, but during Reverend Boyle's sermon he is playing with a small crystal sphere, which the Reverend seems to use as paperweight.
* DeadlyNosebleed: Along with the TearsOfBlood before the woman explodes.
* DramaticIrony: Castiel being told by April that he looks like he's "been to hell and back". {{Subverted}}, as she already knows this.

-->'''Dean to Sam:''' Sam, you [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E23TheSacrifice went through the trials]]. [Sam scoffs.] Okay, that put a big strain on you. I just think it's better if you took it easy, you know, and didn't act like you were -
-->'''Ezekiel after taking over Sam's body:''' [[DramaticDeadpan Possessed by an angel]]?

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The two priests are impaled by railings on a fence in the cemetery with their bodies left dangling in the air.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: After patching up the slash on Cas's arm, April massages his shoulder to work out the knots. Cas confesses he's new to hunger, cold and loneliness, to which April responds he's not alone and kisses him on the cheek, then on the mouth. [[SexyDiscretionShot The camera pans up]] from their increasingly passionate kiss to the rain on the window behind them, romantic flute music plays… and Maurice howls in pain at the same moment.

* MaleGaze: The camera focuses on a woman's boobs for a few seconds in slow motion. So does Castiel — who looks a bit shocked immediately afterwards. It's another bit of humanity he's not used to.

* PopGoesTheHuman: This occurs when there is too much grace in a young woman who is not meant to be an angelic vessel. In addition, the cops in Longmont, Colorado, said Gloria Lewellen Jacobson died as "if the girl was blasted from the inside out".

-->'''Sam confused:''' Why do you think they're organizing?
-->'''Dean:''' [pause] [[MetaphoricallyTrue It makes sense.]]

* SharingABody: Ezekiel takes over when he wants to talk to Dean or acts to [resurrect Castiel, but the rest of the time Sam is in control of his body. Sam is unaware of this, but Dean has trouble adjusting.
-->'''Dean after Sam continues the conversation from the point prior to Ezekiel taking control:''' I'm gonna get whiplash.

* ShirtlessScene: Castiel gets ''three'' (and a half, if you count the tattoo parlour). [[{{Fanservice}} Tumblr was most pleased.]]
** It also led to a [[https://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/392783313355563008 sarcastically]] [[https://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/392785016649838593 furious]] Misha Collins leading a faux boycott on the ground of shaming the CW for promoting such smut.

-->'''Ezekiel in Sam's body:''' You see, Dean, I can be useful.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: The priests at St. Anne's Cathedral are expecting Monsignor Cassidy for dinner and mass, but the older priest says the Monsignor "can be a pain" and wants "everybody on their toes".
* TitledAfterTheSong: The song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWNKHi2joJE "I'm No Angel"]] by [[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Gregg Allman]].

-->'''Castiel:''' I've done a lot of foolish, unwise things… I'm no angel.

* WeHaveReserves: Bartholomew describes the death of Buddy's followers who can not contain an angel's grace as a small price to pay.

* YouLookFamiliar: [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1152538/?ref_=tt_cl_t4 Artine Brown]] who plays Maurice also plays a night watchman in [[Recap/SupernaturalS04E22LuciferRising "Lucifer Rising" (S04, Ep22)]].

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!Non-trope items:
* [[Fridge/SupernaturalS09E03ImNoAngel Fridge Items.]]
* [[YMMV/SupernaturalS09E03ImNoAngel Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV) items.]]
* [[Trivia/SupernaturalS09E03ImNoAngel Trivia items.]]

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* AngerBornOfWorry: Dean's visibly distraught after [[spoiler:seeing Cas get fatally stabbed, then Ezekiel resurrecting him]]. His first reaction resembles someone comforting a severely ill or injured child, then he straightens up and glares.

* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted. [[spoiler:Sam and Dean burst into April's apartment as Castiel tries to talk her out of killing him. Neither strategy works: the moment April sees the Winchesters, she rams Cas's angel blade into his stomach, right up to the hilt.]]

* ColdBloodedTorture: The two priests get tortured for information about Cas and Cas gets tortured for information about Metatron's spell. [[spoiler:All three are killed.]]

* [[spoiler:DeathBySex: Both Castiel and April, though only one of them stays dead.]]
** [[spoiler: Which puts Cas's fatal-hookup tally at 1 for 1. For now, his penis is officially more lethal than ''[[CartwrightCurse Sam's]]''.]]

* [[spoiler:DeathIsCheap: Castiel is brought back to life by Ezekiel.]]
* DramaticIrony: Castiel being told by April that he looks like he's "been to hell and back". [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}, as she already knows this.]]

* [[spoiler:HoneyTrap[=/=]LoveInterestTraitor: April does this to Cas, though he doesn't understand why she had to sleep with him to gain his trust.]]

* SharingABody: Ezekiel takes over when he wants to talk to Dean or acts to [[spoiler: resurrect Castiel]], but the rest of the time Sam is in control of his body. Sam is unaware of this, but Dean has trouble adjusting.

* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Bartholomew does like to be called "Bart". He initially corrects Buddy, but lets it go after one of Buddy's followers explodes.

* SaintlyChurch: St. Anne's Cathedral has a homeless shelter and work program to help the community. A sign in the Emory Park Shelter says, "ATTENTION NO VIOLENCE IN THE SHELTER. [[UnacceptableTargets Racism, Sexism, Homophobia & Transphobia]] are forms of violence."

* IconicOutfit: In the opening scene, Sam is wearing his [[http://hells-half-acre.livejournal.com/189403.html dark coat,]] [[http://hells-half-acre.livejournal.com/204866.html blue/grey plaid shirt,]] and jeans, while Dean is wearing a black t-shirt and the gray bathrobe with initials embroidered on the pocket, which he found in the bunker.

* EyeScream: The two murdered priests had their eyes scorched out with TearsOfBlood. The woman who attempted to be an angel's vessel develops TearsOfBlood before her eye pop out of her orbits, and the rest of her body explodes.

* PopGoesTheHuman: This occurs when there is too much grace in a young woman who is not meant to be an angelic vessel.

* HollywoodHacking: Sam searches the Longmont Police Database with no difficulty. A box says "Firewall bypassed" in the command shell, and he has homicide report which is typed and signed and appears to have been scanned in.

A pharmacist takes a break at work, pulling out his mobile phone to watch [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Reverend Buddy Boyle]] preach about this being the most sacred of times. Another man on a sidewalk is watching the same program on his mobile phone. We then cut to the studio where ''Goin' For Glory Hour'' is being filmed as Reverend Buddy Boyle is encouraging his followers to welcome the angels and to fill themselves up with the angels' grace. After the director says they are clear, a man in a grey suit praises Buddy on his sermon. Buddy addresses the man as [[Characters/SupernaturalAngels Bartholomew]] and says the compliment means a lot as it is coming from an emissary of [[Characters/SupernaturalGods God]] and an actual angel. Bartholomew tells Buddy that God has personally assured him that God is very pleased with Buddy's work and God is preparing a special reward for Buddy. One of Buddy's followers interrupts them to declare that she wants to give herself to an angel. When she says she is certain, a white light enters the room and then her mouth. Within a few seconds, she starts jerking, blood flows from her eyes and nose, her eyeballs pop out of the orbit, and then she explodes, spraying blood and tissue across the room. Buddy, who is covered with blood from head to toe, is at first upset. However, Bartholomew, while brushing blood off his suit with a handkerchief, explains that not all who are willing are designed to contain heaven's grace. Buddy accepts this and compares it to the lamb of the sacrifice.

A pharmacist takes a break at work, pulling out his mobile phone to watch [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Reverend Buddy Boyle]] preach about this being the most sacred of times. Another man on a sidewalk is watching the same program on his mobile phone. We then cut to the studio where ''Goin' For Glory Hour'' is being filmed as Reverend Buddy Boyle is encouraging his followers to welcome the angels and to fill themselves up with the angels' grace. After the director says they are clear, a man in a grey suit praises Buddy on his sermon. Buddy addresses the man as [[Characters/SupernaturalAngels Bartholomew]] and says the compliment means a lot as it is coming from an emissary of [[Characters/SupernaturalGods God]] and an actual angel. Bartholomew tells Buddy that God has personally assured him that God is very pleased with Buddy's work and God is preparing a special reward for Buddy. One of Buddy's followers interrupts them to declare that she wants to give herself to an angel. When she says she is certain, a white light enters the room and then her mouth. Within a few seconds, she starts jerking, blood flows from her eyes and nose, her eyeballs pop out of the orbit, and then she explodes, spraying blood and tissue across the room. Buddy, who is covered with blood from head to toe, is at first upset. However, while brushing blood off his suit with a handkerchief, Bartholomew explains that not all who are willing are designed to contain heaven's grace. Buddy accepts this and compares it to the lamb of the sacrifice.

A pharmacist takes a break at work, pulling out his mobile phone to watch [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Reverend Buddy Boyle]] preach about this being the most sacred of times. Another man on a sidewalk is watching the same program on his mobile phone. We then cut to the studio where ''Goin' For Glory Hour'' is being filmed as Reverend Buddy Boyle is encouraging his followers to welcome the angels and to fill themselves up with the angels' grace. After the director says they are clear, a man in a grey suit praises Buddy on his sermon. Buddy addresses the man as [[Characters/SupernaturalAngels Bartholomew]] and says the compliment means a lot as it is coming from an emissary of [[Characters/SupernaturalGods God]] and an actual angel. Bartholomew tells Buddy that God has personally assured him that God is very pleased with Buddy's work and God is preparing a special reward for Buddy. One of Buddy's followers interrupts them to declare that she wants to give herself to an angel. When she says she is certain, a white light enters the room and then her mouth. Within a few seconds, she starts jerking, blood flows from her eyes and nose, her eyeballs pop out of the orbit, and then she explodes, spraying blood and tissue across the room. Buddy is at first upset, but when Bartholomew explains that not all who are willing are designed to contain heaven's grace, Buddy accepts this and compares it to the lamb of the sacrifice.

-->'''Reverend Buddy Boyle:''' Well, between you and me, it's practically reward enough being one of the few humans of all time to get actual orders from an angel.

A pharmacist takes a break at work, pulling out his mobile phone to watch [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Reverend Buddy Boyle]] preach about this being the most sacred of times. Another man on a sidewalk is watching the same program on his mobile phone. We then cut to the studio where ''Goin' For Glory Hour'' is being filmed as Reverend Buddy Boyle is encouraging his followers to welcome the angels and to fill themselves up with the angels' grace. After the director says they are clear, a man in a grey suit praises Buddy on his sermon. Buddy addresses the man as [[Characters/SupernaturalAngels Bartholomew]] and says the compliment means a lot as it is coming from an emissary of [[Characters/SupernaturalGods God]] and an actual angel. Bartholomew tells Buddy that God has personally assured him that God is very pleased with Buddy's work and God is preparing a special reward for Buddy.

* GoryDiscretionShot: The blood and bits of tissue which splatted across the room when the young woman explodes.

* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Bartholomew does not go by "Bart".

A pharmacist takes a break at work, pulling out his mobile phone to watch [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Reverend Buddy Boyle]] preach about this being the most sacred of times. Another man on a sidewalk is watching the same program on his mobile phone. We then cut to the studio where ''Goin' For Glory Hour'' is being filmed as Reverend Buddy Boyle is encouraging his followers to welcome the angels and to fill themselves up with the angels' grace. After the director says they are clear, a man in a grey suit praises Buddy on his sermon. Buddy addresses the man as [[Characters/SupernaturalAngels Bartholomew]] and says the compliment means a lot as it is coming from an emissary of God and an actual angel. Bartholomew tells Buddy that God has personally assured him that God is very pleased with Buddy's work and God is preparing a special reward for Buddy.

* EyeScream: The two murdered priests had their eyes scorched out with TearsOfBlood.

* BloodstainedGlassWindows:

* GodGuise: Bartholomew presents himself as an emissary of God.

* ChristianityIsCatholic:

* MeaningfulName: The angel Bartholmew claims to be spreading the word of god and is convincing people to allow the angels to possess their bodies. In RealLife, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle Batholomew]] was described as one of Jesus' apostles who spread his teachings. One tradition states Batholomew was martyred by being flayed alive, which is often depicted in art by showing a knife or even showing the apostle holding his own skin.