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5'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
6'''Season 13, Episode 23:'''
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8!Let The Good Times Roll
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10Written by: Andrew Dabb
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12Directed by: Robert Singer
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14Air date: May 17th, 2018
15
16The Winchesters have their final showdown with Lucifer as he and Michael return from Apocalypse World.
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18!!Tropes
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20* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Lucifer responds to Jack telling him that Sam told ''him'' that Lucifer had been killed by Michael with, "Sam is a big fat liar, and he's a bad person, and he's freakishly tall."
21* AssholeVictim: No one's going to miss Lucifer.
22* TheBadGuyWins: Michael goes back on his deal with Dean, keeping his body and now being free to do whatever he wants.
23* BookEnds: The season began with Jack's eyes glowing, and it ends with a shot of Michael's GlowingEyesOfDoom.
24* BroughtDownToNormal: Jack has most, if not all of his grace sucked out by Lucifer.
25* CameBackWrong: Lucifer warns that Maggie might be a little off if he resurrects her, although it's more likely he just didn't want her back because she might be able to ID him as her killer.
26* ContinuitySnarl: UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump is mentioned to be President, despite us meeting a completely different President last season.
27* DeathIsCheap: Lucifer resurrects Maggie at Jack's request, despite his initial reluctance because she might [[CameBackWrong come back wrong]]. It's later revealed that this is actually because ''he's'' the one who killed her.
28* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Thanks to Michael's power, Dean finally manages to kill Lucifer for good.
29* EvilFeelsGood: Lucifer's description of Maggie's murder under the effect of Jack's [[TruthSerum truth spell]]:
30-->'''Lucifer:''' ''[grinning]'' I crushed her skull with my bare hands, and it was warm and wet, and I liked it.
31* GodzillaThreshold: Dean is willing to let Michael possess him, something he spent all of Season 5 trying to avoid, in order to defeat Lucifer for good.
32* AGodAmI: Lucifer initially planned for him and Jack to become "better gods" than his Father, but when that option goes out the window because Jack discovers the immoral things that Lucifer has done and lied about, he takes Jack's grace by force and plans to destroy the universe to remake it in his image.
33* GrandTheftMe: Despite Dean exacting a promise of a "one-time deal" where he remains in the driver's seat, Michael takes complete control over Dean's body after they dispatch Lucifer.
34* IAmTheNoun: Dean, while possessed by Michael, tries to beat up the supercharged Lucifer, who starts mopping the floor with him and mocks him thusly:
35-->'''Lucifer:''' I'm not just powerful now. I am power.
36* KarmicDeath: While Dean/Michael is the one to land the killing blow on Lucifer, it only happens because Sam, Lucifer's perfect vessel whom he once tortured in the Cage, manages to toss the archangel blade to him.
37* KilledOffForReal: Just like Crowley in the [[Recap/SupernaturalS12E23AllAlongTheWatchtower previous season finale]], Lucifer bites the dust for good this time.
38* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the recap portion of the episode, a clip plays of Rowena telling Sam she's bored and asking if there's any music. It's at that point that "Carry On Wayward Son" starts playing.
39* LesserOfTwoEvils: AU Michael, despite being a KnightTemplar obsessed with purging all sin, ultimately turns out to be the better option compared to Lucifer, who becomes a straight-up OmnicidalManiac after Jack rejects him.
40* LetsYouAndHimFight: Lucifer attempts to get Jack to kill Sam, or vice versa, with the threat that he'll kill both and destroy the universe otherwise.
41* MovingTheGoalposts: Michael, who decides to possess Dean full-time after killing Lucifer.
42* OffingTheOffspring: Lucifer takes Jack's grace, then forces him and Sam to either kill the other or he'll kill both of them.
43* PreAsskickingOneLiner:
44--> '''Dean:''' "Well it turns out [[ArchangelMichael he]] and I have something in common: [[EnemyMine we both want]] to gut [[{{Satan}} your]] ass".
45* RedemptionRejection: Jack uses his power to compel Lucifer to admit he killed a human and enjoyed it, after Lucifer nearly convinced him that he'd changed for the better. Lucifer follows this confession up with a [[VillainousBreakdown tantrum of biblical proportions]] and steals almost all of Jack's grace.
46* SadisticChoice: Lucifer abducts Jack and Sam and tells them that if one doesn't kill the other, he'll kill them both. Jack tries to TakeAThirdOption by committing HeroicSuicide instead, but Dean/Michael's intervention prevents that.
47* ScienceFantasy: Lucifer muses that in his new universe, "fire-breathing dragons" and "sassy, talking robots" will be included. Amusingly, the former already exist in the world of ''Supernatural'', but they were [[WereDragon shapeshifters who only appeared in their human forms]].
48* ShootingSuperman: When Sam and Dean first see Michael, they try shooting him, with the bullets bouncing off of him harmlessly.
49* TheScream: Lucifer does a rather impressive rage-driven scream and accompanying GameFace during his VillainousBreakdown. It overwhelms everyone in the room except Jack, including Castiel.
50* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Team Free Will attacks a small pack of werewolves whom Castiel overhears talking about the Kardashian family. Dean considers himself "a Khloe man", then subsequently one of the werewolves makes the exact same comment right before they burst in.
51* TakeThat:
52** Bobby isn't impressed to hear that "[[Film/TheShapeOfWater a movie where the girl hooks up with a fish]]" won Best Picture, nor that "[[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump that damned fool]] from ''Series/TheApprentice'' is President".
53** A group of werewolves are also overheard discussing, then agreeing, that "[[Series/KeepingUpWithTheKardashians Kylie Jenner]] isn't good mother material".
54* TruthSerum: Jack uses his powers to force Lucifer to tell the truth, revealing that he bashed in Maggie's skull when she spotted him skulking outside the bunker.
55* TheUnreveal: It's not explained what the werewolves at the dock in the beginning of the episode were up to that warranted the Winchesters killing them. The only thing they're shown doing is sitting around debating the comparative merits of members of the Kardashian family.
56* VillainousBreakdown: Lucifer completely loses his mind when Jack rejects him.
57* WhamEpisode: Lucifer is killed, while Dean is left possessed by Michael.
58* WrittenInAbsence: Rowena and Charlie are mentioned to be on a road trip, and Arthur Ketch is off doing "Ketch things".

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