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* AteHisGun: Mary tries to do this to avoid being brainwashed by the BMOL, but Ketch stops her.

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* AteHisGun: Mary tries to do this to avoid being brainwashed {{brainwashed}} by the BMOL, but Ketch stops her.



* {{Hellhound}}: Ketch uses a hellhound to kill Eileen and we later find out the hellhound was provided by Crowley.



* IBangedYourMom: Dean and Sam are not happy to find out [[FoeCooties Ketch]] slept with Mary and it was "[[SexGoddess the best sex he ever had]]".



* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The episode is titled about the film ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary''.



* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Ketch leaves Toni behind to die with the Winchesters.

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Ketch leaves Toni behind to die with the Winchesters.Winchesters.
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!There's Something About Mary

Written by: Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming

Directed by: P.J. Pesce

Air date: May 11, 2017
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* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Just before Lucifer [[MindOverMatter tosses Crowley around]].
-->'''Lucifer:''' Eight ball, corner pocket.
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* AnyOneCanDie: Some fans were shipping Sam and Eileen, bolstered by the fact that she was a hunter, a Men of Letters legacy, and had been featured in multiple episodes, so it was disappointing when she was killed in the cold opening like a random extra of the week.
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* ISurrenderSuckers: Finding themselves outnumbered by the BMOL, Sam pretends to surrender, then grabs Toni as a HumanShield, while Dean shoots another mook OffhandBackhand.
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* BriefAccentImitation: Lucifer briefly puts on a posh British accent while taunting Crowley.
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* TakeThat: When Toni is crowing about eliminating the American hunters, she says that they're going to be "repealed and replaced", a term often used by the Republican party to summarize their plan to get rid of Obamacare.

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* TakeThat: When Toni is crowing about eliminating the American hunters, she says that they're going to be "repealed and replaced", a term often used by the Republican party to summarize their plan to get rid of Obamacare.the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare."
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* ThePurge: The Men of Letters are now actively hunting down and eliminating the American hunters.


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* TakeThat: When Toni is crowing about eliminating the American hunters, she says that they're going to be "repealed and replaced", a term often used by the Republican party to summarize their plan to get rid of Obamacare.

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* BluffTheEavesdropper: When Dean finds the bug under the table, he and Sam use it to lure the BMOLs into an ambush.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Mary is brainwashed into being an assassin for the Brits, thanks largely to Lady Antonia.

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* AmbiguousSituation: It's implied but not confirmed that Crowley {{Body Surf}}ed into a nearby rat to avoid being killed by Lucifer.
* AteHisGun: Mary tries to do this to avoid being brainwashed by the BMOL, but Ketch stops her.
* BluffTheEavesdropper: When Dean finds the bug under the table, he and Sam use it to lure the BMOLs BMOL into an ambush.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Mary is brainwashed into being an assassin for the Brits, thanks largely to Lady Antonia.Toni.



* DownerEnding: Mary's lost almost all of her will, AntiVillain Crowley seems to be dead, and Lucifer runs free.

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* DirtyCoward: Crowley gloats about his superiority over Lucifer, only to begin groveling the moment the tables are turned. And when that doesn't work, he quickly makes a run for it.
* DownerEnding: Mary's lost almost all of her will, the brothers are sealed into the bunker, AntiVillain Crowley seems to be dead, and Lucifer runs free.



* {{Hypocrite}}: For all their anti-monster rhetoric, it's revealed that the British Men of Letter have a backroom deal with Crowley.



* ThatWasNotADream: The initial hope that Mary's killing Rick was a bad dream or hallucination is undone by her having a scar on her hand from where he sliced her with a broken bottle.

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* KickTheDog: There was absolutely no reason for Toni to tell Sam and Dean that Mary slept with Ketch, other than it seemed to amuse her.
* ReverseThePolarity: Lucifer's helper manages to do this with the spell giving Crowley control of him, now giving Lucifer control of him.
* ThatWasNotADream: The initial hope that Mary's killing Rick was a bad dream or hallucination is undone by her having a scar on her hand from where he sliced her with a broken bottle.bottle.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Ketch leaves Toni behind to die with the Winchesters.
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The British Men of Letters step up their plan to eliminate the American hunters, something Sam and Dean learn about along with what's happened to their mother. Meanwhile the balance of power between Crowley and Lucifer changes.

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* BluffTheEavesdropper: When Dean finds the bug under the table, he and Sam use it to lure the BMOLs into an ambush.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Mary is brainwashed into being an assassin for the Brits, thanks largely to Lady Antonia.
* CharacterDeath: Eileen Leahy and Crowley, although the latter may have found an escape hatch.
* DownerEnding: Mary's lost almost all of her will, AntiVillain Crowley seems to be dead, and Lucifer runs free.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Crowley starts talking about using Lucifer as a weapon, starting with Dr. Hess. It's then that he finds out Lucifer is the one who controls him now.
* GunsAkimbo: Ketch wields two guns while he's sealing Sam, Dean, and Toni in the bunker.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Dean attempts to get through to Mary when she's holding a gun on him and Sam. It doesn't work, although she shows some disturbance in the car with Ketch.
* ThatWasNotADream: The initial hope that Mary's killing Rick was a bad dream or hallucination is undone by her having a scar on her hand from where he sliced her with a broken bottle.

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