RECAP

Synopsis

When Crowley tries to get to Dean by abducting Lisa and Ben, the Winchesters turn to an unexpected source for help. Meanwhile, Bobby learns of another visitor from Purgatory.

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March 15, 1937, Providence, Rhode Island

A writer is working on a manuscript in his home as a storm rages outside. As he tries to finish it, his study door opens. The writer draws a gun and moves to the door, but doesn’t see anyone outside. He retreats back inside and locks the door, and then pours himself a drink. A figure smashes in through the window and the writer says that he didn’t know. As he falls back in a burst of blood, the blood falls on his manuscript… written by H.P. Lovecraft.

The Present

At Bobby’s house, Sam and Dean go over Samuel’s files, and Bobby confirms that Castiel stole the journal of Moishe Campbell. Fortunately, Bobby kept a copy. Moisha refers to Lovecraft, who wrote about portals that gave access to Purgatory, and something that occurred don March 10, 1937.

Ben Braeden is at home reading while Lisa is in the living room with her new boyfriend, Matt. A demon smashes through the window and grabs Lisa, and another one comes up and breaks Matt’s Ben hears them, locks himself in his room, and calls Dean. Dean tells him to get to the window and jump, and promises that he’ll be there as soon as he can. However, after a few seconds, Crowley picks up the phone and tells Dean he’s abducted Lisa and Ben. He tells Dean that he’s holding Ben and Lisa until Dean and the others back down.

Dean tells Bobby and Sam of Crowley’s threat, and Sam insists on helping him find Lisa and Ben. Dean tells Bobby to continue the research on Lovecraft, and then performs the ritual to summon Balthazar. He’s less than thrilled at being summoned, and already knows that Crowley is alive. However, he doesn’t know that Castiel has made a deal with Castiel. Dean appeals to his decency, but Balthazar leaves. Sam suggests they call Castiel but Dean refuses.

Bobby poses as a journalist meets with a Lovecraft fan with a large collection of the writer’s correspondence. He asks him about what happened to Lovecraft on March 1937, and the collector asks if he’s working with someone else, and describes Castiel. The collector explains that Lovecraft had a dinner party on March 10, a party of worshippers in a demonic cult. They were preparing to open a portal to another dimension, but apparently nothing happened. However, the collector discovers that the letters relating to the party are missing. Bobby realizes that Castile is responsible and quickly leaves. He calls Sam and tells him what he learned, and confirmed that every guest died or disappeared within a year. He’s going to chat with one the son of a maid who worked there, who has been in a mental ward since the night of the party.

Dean is busy torturing demons with the knife when Sam comes in and warns him that his brother is running on the edge of exhaustion. When Sam tries to get him to relax, Dean tells him to back off, insisting that if Ben and Lisa are hurt, it’s all on him. Sam goes outside of the junkyard they’re using as their temporary base and calls to Castiel, asking him to bring back Ben and Lisa. He gets no response and walks away, unaware that Castiel is invisibly watching him.

Castiel goes to confront Crowley, who cheerfully admits that he exploited a loophole in Castiel’s order to avoid hurting Dean and Sam. When Castiel warns him not to hurt Lisa and Ben, Crowley refuses and says that if Castiel breaks their deal, he’ll never find Purgatory. Before he can pursue the matter, Castiel gets a summoning from Balthazar. He meets with his friend, who asks if he’s allied with Crowley and doesn’t believe Castiel’s denial. Castiel explains that working with Crowley is the means to an end, but Balthazar asks if Castiel plans to suck up the power of all the souls to win the civil war in Heaven. Balthazar warns that the energy could destroy Castiel and much of the planet, and Castiel asks if he’s with him or not. After a moment’s hesitation, Balthazar agrees to assist him, and tells him that he learned of Castiel’s plan from Sam and Dean.

At the mental hospital, Bobby meets with the maid’s son, an elderly man who explains that Castiel talked to him earlier. He claims that the spell that night failed and asks if Bobby believes in monsters. Bobby says that he does and that he’ll believe what the man says. The old man says that something invisible came through the portal, and he only knew about it because it possessed his mother, who subsequently disappeared. After that, each guest was murdered. Bobby offers his condolences about the mother, and her son admits that Bobby is the only person who ever has. He then shows Bobby a photo of his mother, Eleanor. Bobby stares at it in shock.

Dean prepares to torture another demon, unaware that he’s broken the Devil’s Trap holding it. The demon blasts Dean back and then grabs his throat, but Castiel arrives to smite him. Dean angrily insists that he didn’t need the angel’s help and asks why he’s there. Castiel insists that he didn’t know about Crowley’s plan, but Dean doesn’t believe him. The angel asks Dean to trust him, insisting that he’s the Winchesters’ friends. He asks if anyone else has ever done so much for Dean, and asks Dean to trust him. Castiel promises that he will find Lisa and Ben, and asks Dean to stand behind him the one time that he’s asking. Dean refuses, pointing out that Castiel is doing the same thing as Crowley, and Castiel departs without a word.

Bobby goes to a cabin with a warded door and meets with Ellie Visyak. He tells her that he knows she’s Eleanor, Lovecraft’s maid, and points out that she lied about her age… by about 900 years. Bobby asks why she’s there and what she’s doing, and Visyak says that she likes it on Earth and has spent the last 75 years trying to keep Purgatory sealed away. Bobby warns her that Castiel is looking for her and he’ll figure out who she really is eventually, so he wants Visyak to tell him how to open the door to Purgatory. She refuses to let Bobby help despite his warnings, saying he’s just a man.

Sam is at Bobby’s, drinking, when Balthazar teleports in and says that they need to talk. They call in Dean, and Balthazar explains that he doesn’t believe that Castiel can handle the energy. Balthazar reveals that he’s found and Lisa and Ben, but Crowley has angel-proofed the building. He teleports them as close as he can and leaves. They kill the patrolling demons and split up to search the place, but demons quickly capture Sam and knock him out, and then go to check on Lisa and Ben. Dean lures them out and disposes of them, and then unties Lisa and Ben. However, the demon inside Lisa reveals itself, threatening to kill Ben with a knife.

She explains that Crowley knew Dean might find them, and then lies and briefly claims that Dean is Ben’s real father. The demon admits that she lied about that, but tells Dean that it can tell what Lisa is thinking, and that she hates Dean and Ben. Dean tells Ben that he’ll be fine, and then throws holy water into Lisa’s face. They struggle and Dean tries to cast an exorcism ritual, but the demon stabs Lisa’s body. She dares Dean to exorcise it, killing Lisa, and Dean hesitates and then finishes the ritual. Lisa collapses and Dean tries to call Sam for help, but Sam is still unconscious. Ben freezes up, so Dean slaps him and tells him to grab a shotgun and the demon-killing knife and cover him while he carries Lisa out. Ben shoots one demon and they find Sam locked up. Sam takes the gun and they get out, and he steals a car and drives for a hospital.

The next day, Dean and Ben sit at Lisa’s beside. Dean apologizes but Ben gets up and leaves. Castiel appears in the room and Dean tells him that Lisa will be dead by midnight. The angel explains that he came for Lisa and heals her with a touch. Castiel insists that he meant it when he said he was sorry, and Dean thanks him. However, he says that it won’t change anything. As Castiel goes, Dean asks him to do one more thing.

Lisa wakes up and finds Ben at her bedside. Dean watches from the door as Ben explains to his mother that they were in a car crash. They have no memory of who Dean is. He claims that he’s the guy who hit them and admits that he lost control for a minute. Dean tells them that he’s happy that they’re okay and their lives can get back to normal. Lisa says that they’re okay and that’s what important, and Dean agrees.

Outside, Sam starts to condemn Dean for wiping Ben and Lisa’s memories, and Dean tells him that he’ll break his nose if he ever mentions them again. After a moment, the brothers drive off.

Visyak leaves her cabin and finds Castiel waiting for her. He grabs her and teleports away.

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GUEST STARS

	Misha Collins	…	Castiel
	Jim Beaver	…	Bobby Singer
	Mark Sheppard	…	Crowley (as Mark A. Sheppard)
	Sebastian Roché	…	Balthazar
	Kim Johnston Ulrich	…	Dr. Eleanor Visyak
	Cindy Sampson	…	Lisa Braeden / Demon
	Nicholas Elia	…	Ben Braeden
	Adam Greydon Reid	…	Judah
	Antony Holland	…	Westborough
	Panou	…	Dr. Matt
	Peter Ciuffa	…	H.P. Lovecraft
	Ian Butcher	…	Demon #1

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TRAILER/CLIPS

Finale Trailer – Extended Finale Trailer – Clip – Preview

MUSIC

Loudest Alarm” by Scars On 45
(what Ben’s listening to on his iPod when Lisa is attacked)

“Smiling Faces Sometimes” by The Undisputed Truth
(plays when Cas confronts Crowley about Lisa and Ben)
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QUOTES

Crowley: God, how long’s it been, Dean? Since my so-called demise, yes?
Dean: Crowley, let them go now. Or I swear…
Crowley: Right, right. You’ll rip me a cornucopia of orifices.

Judah: A-are you working on this with the other guy?
Bobby: Other guy?
Judah: Yeah, uh, you know, trench coat, looks like Columbo, talks like Rain Man?
Bobby: Right. W-we’re… competitors. Rival magazines.

Eleanor: Bobby. You’re just a man. I’m better off protecting myself.

Dean: You ever mention Lisa and Ben to me again and I’ll break your nose.

TRIVIA

The title of the episode, “Let It Bleed,” is also the name of a 1969 Rolling Stones album. This is the fourth episode to be named after a Rolling Stones song or album. The others were 3.15 Time Is on My Side, 5.01 Sympathy for the Devil, and 6.01 Exile on Main St.. The episode was originally titled “The Haunter of the Dark” which is the name of a story by H.P. Lovecraft, the one that he is finishing in the teaser of the episode.
H.P. Lovecraft was an influential horror writer from Providence, Rhode Island, who died in 1937 at the age of 46. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu mythos and the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire.
Before demons break into their house, Ben is reading Cthulhu Tales, a series of comics with stories based in the Cthulhu Mythos. The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe created in the 1920s by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity that Lovecraft created in 1926.

Judah: You know horror? Low brow. But in the ghetto? Fine. But Lovecraft? This guy is literature. He should be be taught in schools. He’s up there with Dickens and Dean R Koontz.

Charles Dickens was the most popular 19th century novelist, whose work is still influential today. Dean Koontz is one of the most popular horror/suspense writers today, although not often studied in literature courses.

Dean: Am I supposed to know who that is?
Bobby: Horror writer. At the Mountains of Madness, The Call of Cthulu?
Dean: [shakes his head] No, I was too busy having sex with women.

The Call of Cthulu probably should have rung a bell with Dean, because it was also the title of an instrumental song (albeit spelled “The Call of Ktulu”) on the Metallica album Ride the Lightning.

Crowley: Don’t worry, I won’t hurt them. Provided you and Jolly Green stand down.

Crowley is referring to Sam as the Jolly Green Giant, a giant who is the mascot for a vegetable company.

Sam’s height earned him another nickname from Crowley in 5.20 The Devil You Know — Moose.

Balthazar: I was drinking ’75 Dom out of a soprano’s navel when you called. That was important.

He is referring to Dom Pérignon wine.

In Judah’s office, there is a poster of H.P. Lovecraft that resembles the famous Barack Obama “Hope” poster from the 2008 presidential campaign.

A bumper sticker on the wall says “My novel and my sanity went to Miskatonic University”.

Miskatonic University is a fictional university that appeared in books by the real H.P. Lovecraft.

Judah: [about Castiel] You know, trenchcoat, looks like Columbo, talks like Rain Main.

He is referring to Lieutenant Columbo from the crime series Columbo and Dustin Hoffman’s autistic character in the 1988 movie Rain Man.

When Bobby is leaving Judah’s office there is a game being played on Judah’s television, that game is Cthulhu Saves the World an independent game made by Zeboyd Games.
Crowley: Call on the bat phone?

A bat phone, in business jargon, is a private telephone number that is handled at a higher priority than a public line. The name derives from Commissioner Gordon’s secure line to the “bat phone” in the Batman television show of 1966–68.

Castiel: I’ll be back.

This is a recurring line said by Arnold Schwarzenegger in several of his movies, most famously in the Terminator. Watch a montage of him saying it here.

This episode and 6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much aired on the same night. This was due to the airing of the two hour series finale of Smallville on May 13th.
In this episode, H.P. Lovecraft was killed on March 15, 1937. According to Moishe’s journal, his full name was Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The manuscript he had completed moments before his death is titled The Haunter of the Dark.
Ben’s room is on the second story of their house.
Dean left a shotgun in Lisa’s closet.
Dean: (to Balthazar) Maybe there is a shred of decency underneath this – this snarky crap.

In 5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight, Death calls Dean snarky.

This is the 6th episode in which Bobby has appeared without a cap.
On Judah’s wall, he has a sign saying “Cultist on board.”
Bobby: [sarcastically] It’s not like an invisible guy could just pop in and steal it, right?

That is exactly what Castiel did.

The tiger painting on Judah’s wall is the same painting Andy had in his van in 2.05 Simon Said.
Crowley: I’d rather ask forgiveness than permission.

A popular joke says “When I was a kid I’d pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way so I stole one and asked for forgiveness.”

The back of the picture of Westborough’s mom reads “Eleanor – 1935”.

Eleanor Visyak originally told Bobby she was from Milwaukee. She is over 900-years-old.

Sam is locked, unconscious, in a room numbered 28.
The writing on the door to Lisa’s hospital ward says “Authorized Medical Personnel Only. Caution.”
The name of the hospital is Oakview Memorial.
There is a poster on the wall for the 2010 movie Altitude. Sera Gamble revealed in the season six companion, that she is friends with members of the production on that film.

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