moments after the rapture.
Dean tells them what he learned: It wasn’t Billie; it was Chuck.
“He saved me,” Dean tells them, explaining what happened with the Empty.
As Dean says, “Brings a whole new meaning to the term ‘sudden death.'”
While Dean grabs himself a beer, Sam’s ready to throw in the towel.
They tried to rewrite Chuck’s ending and the whole world paid the price.
Now, there’s quite literally no one left to save.
Their only option at this point is to meet up with Chuck and throw in the towel.
They’re giving up.
But Chuck’s not interested.
Eternal shame, suffering, and loneliness?
“That’s deep,” Chuck says.
“That’s sophisticated.”
So, he leaves.
The boys follow Jack’s feeling to a church, and that’s where they find Michael!
And yes, it’s just Michael now, Adam was taken by Chuck’s rapture.
The problem is that not even Michael can read Death’s book.
That night, Sam and Dean sit down to chat about how screwed they are when Castiel calls Dean.
He says he’s hurt and at the front door and asks them to let him in.
EXCEPT IT’S LUCIFER!
They’re a team!
Or so he says.
To prove his usefulness, he presents them with Betty, a reaper.
But, this is Lucifer, so there’s a catch.
Turns out it was Chuck who brought Lucifer back, and he wants the book.
And here’s where we finally get the Michael-Lucifer showdown we never got in “Swan Song.”
Although, it’s admittedly not a huge fight.
Long story short, when Lucifer gets distracted by Jack, Michael uses the archangel blade on him.
And here’s what I’ll say about that: I love that they revisited the Michael-Lucifer showdown.
My only wish is that there’d been more build-up and the story had more time to play out.
(Let’s be honest, Sam’s in heaven with all these books.)
By the time he’s done, he claims there’s a spell that can kill Chuck.
Cut to the guys putting together the spell only for Chuck himself to show up.
It seems Michael is still desperate to be the favorite son, so he tipped dad off.
“I’m canceling your show,” he tells them.
So, he starts pummeling Sam and Dean, breaking their bones, punching them over and over.
The boys refuse to stay down until finally, they start smiling.
Chuck asks why they’re smiling and Sam says, “Because you lose.”
Jack then snaps HIS fingers and instantly heals Sam and Dean.
Their real plan was to use Jack.
Remember last week when he killed a plant?
Well, he sucked the life out of it.
It seems ever since he blew up, he’s become a sort of power vacuum.
So when Michael and Lucifer were fighting in the bunker?
Jack was absorbing their power.
And when God was beating up Sam and Dean?
Now, Jack has absorbed all of Chuck’s power.
Chuck admits that this is why “you’re my favorites.”
For the first time, Chuck has no idea what happens next, and you know what?
Dying at the hands of the Winchesters sounds pretty glorious.
And that’s exactly why they’re not going to kill him.
For no one to remember him.
And with that, they leave Chuck behind and test out Jack’s new skills.
Jack is able to repopulate the earth, down to the dog from the gas station.
But he’s not returning to the bunker with Sam and Dean.
Jack then waves goodbye and disappears.
They’re finally free.
All in all, I’m happy with this episode, and I’m happy with Chuck’s conclusion.
Let us sit with Castiel’s death, let us sit with the rapture.
Let Michael and Lucifer play a bigger role.
And now we have one more week to go and I truly don’t know what to expect.
