Recap of Supernatural
Season 9, Episode 16
Blade Runners
Directed by Serge Ladouceur.
Air Date: March 18, 2014.
Sam and Dean assist Crowley in the search for the First Blade, which leads them to meet Snooki the crossroads demon and another not-quite-dead Man of Letters, as well as deal with Crowley's addiction to human blood.
Body Count:
For this episode: 6 humans, 1 demon, 2 vampires, 1 shapeshifter.
For the series so far = At least 1090 angels, 1009 humans (of which 8 were witches), 163 demons, 53 vampires, 49 ghosts, 36 Jefferson Starships, 21 gods, 19 zombies, 10 hellhounds, 9 werewolves, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 6 shapeshifters, 5 djinn, 4 dogs, 4 ghouls, 4 Leviathan, 4 reapers, 2 Amazons, 2 arachnes, 2 kitsunes, 2 rugarus, 2 Thule, 2 vetalas, 1 cat, 1 crocotta, 1 deer, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 familiar, 1 Khan worm, 1 lamia, the Mother of All, 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.
Tropes
- Adam Westing: Snooki pokes some goodnatured fun at herself.
- Collector of the Strange: Cuthbert Sinclair lives in a place where he has collected all kinds of supernatural creatures and stuff to form a kind of zoo. He keeps the creatures for his own protection.
- Enemy Mine: The boys with Crowley against Abaddon and Sinclair.
- Honey Trap: Crowley gets close to one of Abaddon's spies, who passes on vital information before he realizes her betrayal and kills her.
- Humanity Ensues: Crowley is addicted to human blood and hence gets human tendencies like
stealing from a vending machine. Dean even calls him a douchier Castiel. Unfortunately, his demonic and Chessmaster tendencies win in the end. - Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Crowley blames the Winchesters for Abaddon's campaign to take control of Hell, as they kept him locked up for months.Crowley: I wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for you two. You shoot me up. You make me a junkie. You keep me stashed away for months while my kingdom falls apart!
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Crowley.
- Unstoppable Rage: Dean, after getting the Mark of Cain and the First Blade, finds it tough to deal with the growing rage inside him, which causes him to behead Sinclair for slicing Sam.
