Episode 4.20 The Rapture

Poor Jimmy Novak. And poor Sam. And poor Dean. And poor Amelia and Claire. And honestly, poor Cas. Poor dude just got heaven-tortured into a mental reboot. All those "doorways to doubt" have been slammed shut, and his compassion for humanity has been erased. (don't worry, he'll get that back eventually)

As for Sam, his whole bleak secret gets exposed in the worst way possible (driven into withdrawal by Ruby deliberately ignoring his pleas for a refill, and then pushed into a situation where he had a whole demon *right there* to drain, and innocents' lives on the line to save). And then he gets shoved into detox.

And Dean has to witness it all. He's been worried for Sam all year and the tower of lies has collapsed, just when he's also lost the helpful Heavenly ally he'd just been winning over to his side. He hasn't even got anyone to turn to for help with Sam now. Well, he's got Bobby, but Bobby is also flying by the seat of his pants and has no concrete idea how to help Sam.

Amelia and Claire have had their lives upended all around, too. They'll never be able to unsee what they've seen, they've lost Jimmy forever, and even the stability they'd gained after Jimmy left the first time is shattered. Amelia will become desperate to get her husband back at all cost, and Claire will become embittered toward the angel that possessed her for a hot minute, stole her father, and then abandoned them (and especially leaving her abandoned when her mother disappears).

Marching toward the season finale, everyone's about to go up in flames.

Links for this week!

The Superwiki page for this episode

My tag for this episode

I lied, have some rewatch notes from June 2019

Destiel in two screenshots

The McShane Network Outline of the entire episode (9 pages)

CW promo video

SpaceTV promo video (better than the cw one)

Extended CW promo (last 40 seconds of the cold open)

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