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5	'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
6	'''Season 11, Episode 10''':
7	! The Devil In The Details
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9	Writer: Andrew Dabb
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11	Director: Thomas J. Wright
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13	Lucifer tries to get Sam's permission to possess him while Dean and Castiel investigate whether or not the angels successfully smited Amara.
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15	!!Body Count:
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17	For this episode: 2 humans (one of which was a witch) and 1 angel.
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19	For the series so far = At least 1205 humans (of which 14 were witches), 1123 angels, 182 demons, 69 vampires, 52 ghosts, 36 Jefferson Starships, 22 gods, 19 zombies, 12 werewolves, 10 hellhounds, 7 shapeshifters, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 5 djinn, 5 reapers, 4 dogs, 4 ghouls, 4 Leviathan, 3 Khan Worms, 2 Amazons, 2 arachnes, 2 kitsunes, 2 rugarus, 2 Thule, 2 vetalas, 2 zannas, 1 cat, 1 crocotta, Death, 1 deer, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 familiar, 1 lamia, the Mother of All, 1 nachzehrer, 1 okami, 1 phoenix, 1 pishtaco, 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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21	!!Tropes
22	* AudienceSurrogate: Lucifer serves as one when complaining about the various morally-grey or outright stupid actions that Sam and Dean have been taking since Season 8, as well as how codependent their relationship has become.
23	* CurbStompBattle: Amara does this to Castiel when he finds her, but refrains from killing him because she thinks he's too weak and pathetic now to be a threat, and to send a message.
24	* DealWithTheDevil: Lucifer's literal offer to Sam, and he knows it.
25	* FantasticNuke: The massive smite-bomb unleashed by Heaven is like this, according to Castiel. Dean tried to get closer to the epicenter of the blast, but the after-effect sent him into vomiting convulsions, reminiscent of the effects of radioactive fallout after a nuke. Castiel tells him the last time such a blast occurred, it [[Literature/TheBible turned Lot's wife into a pillar of salt]].
26	* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Sam knows this lesson well and applies it when turning down Lucifer.
27	* ForInconveniencePressOne: Crowley's voicemail.
28	-->"Thank you for phoning Crowley, King of Hell. For demon deals, press 1. To report a sighting of that ginger whore Rowena, press 2..."
29	* GodzillaThreshold: Defied by Sam, but played straight with Castiel: after personally seeing Amara shrug off divine wrath itself and kill Ambriel without a thought, he becomes desperate enough that he allows his vessel to become Lucifer's new host.
30	* HashtagForLaughs: When Rowena talks about boosting her power through an alliance with Lucifer, Crowley asks her, "Whatever happened to the super-duper awesome coven, hashtag girlpower?"
31	* HaveYouSeenMyGod: As Lucifer puts it when trying to convince Sam, "God went out for a pack of smokes and never came back."
32	* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: After taking over Castiel's vessel, the first thing Lucifer asks Rowena is if anyone else knows how to seal him again. She replies no. And then he breaks her neck.
33	* HopeSpot: It looks like Rowena re-sealed Lucifer away in time before he could kill the Winchesters and Castiel...until it turns out Castiel agreed to be his new vessel and set him free.
34	* LargeHam: At the episode's end, it's clear that Creator/MishaCollins is thoroughly enjoying imitating Creator/MarkPellegrino's mannerisms as Lucifer and even taking the smarm up a notch.
35	* LastOfHisKind: Lucifer tells Sam that he's the only one who has ever defeated The Darkness. Sam reminds Lucifer that the last battle was won with the combined forces of God and four archangels. God is AWOL, Raphael and Gabriel are dead, and Michael is still trapped in the cage.
36	* LesserOfTwoEvils: Lucifer frames Sam's choice this way when trying to persuade him to become Lu's vessel again. Sam [[DefiedTrope defies]] this in the end and tells Lucifer that he's not a lesser threat than Amara at all, and will go right back to bringing about the Apocalypse he always wanted even if he does defeat the Darkness.
37	* LoopholeAbuse: Lucifer does escape the Cage, but in Castiel's body instead of Sam's. Castiel agrees to it out of sheer desperation after he faces Amara's power.
38	* NeckSnap: Lucifer does this to Rowena after she says she's the only one capable of opening his Cage.
39	* NoSell: It turns out that BoltOfDivineRetribution from the last episode was only enough to stun Amara for a few moments.
40	* PutOnABus: Castiel gets possessed by Lucifer at the end of the episode. Lucifer has remained in control of Cas since, essentially meaning Cas has been removed from the show until/unless Lucifer either leaves or dies in a future episode.
41	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lucifer's central argument to Sam about why he needs to let him in. He claims Sam has become weak from guilt over the time when he let Dean stay in Purgatory, and that the old Sam who defeated Lucifer in Season 5 is long gone. He also claims that Sam is weak because he would sacrifice the world now to save Dean, rather than have the strength to allow him and any other loved ones die to defeat the Darkness.
42	* ShoutOut: When a suspicious Sam asks Lucifer what he plans on doing afterwards if he does succeed in beating the Darkness, the devil responds "[[Series/Lucifer2016 Move to L.A, solve crimes?]]" Earlier, a reaper was seen reading [[ComicBook/TheSandman Death: The Time of Your Life]].
43	* SignificantAnagram: Satan appears in Rowena's dream dressed up as ''Santa''.
44	* SlaveCollar or [[SupernormalBindings Supernormal Bindings]]: Crowley has a "witchcatcher" for Rowena that makes a witch do his bidding if collared. It works.
45	* SoundtrackDissonance: "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" playing over Team Free Will's fight with Lucifer.
46	* TimeForPlanB: Lucifer's plan A is to convince Sam to say yes. Plan B is to beat him senseless until he does.
47	* VillainousBreakdown: After using all his compelling arguments and powers of persuasion on Sam to become his vessel to fight Amara, Lucifer completely loses his shit when Sam still says no. Lu's plan B involves punching Sam until he says "yes," then threatening to kill Dean and Cas.
48	* VomitIndiscretionShot: One symptom of Dean's smiting sickness.
49	* WhamEpisode: Lucifer escapes his cage in Castiel's body, which he trades voluntary.
50	* YouAreWhatYouHate: Crowley asks Rowena why she hates him so much while he has her collared and under his control. She tells him he reminds her of herself when she was weak and pathetic before she became a witch, and that she'd love him if she didn't believe love was a weakness.
51	* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Amara has this reaction to Cas pulling his Angel Blade on her. She points out Heaven just hit her with a FantasticNuke and just barely managed to hurt her.
52	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Telling the Devil you just helped to free that you're the only one who can re-imprison him was not Rowena's smartest move.

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