As was predicted, we see Lucifer did come back in a bigger way. When the episode begins we see him in the body of a church Archbishop. He doesn’t even try to hide it as he walks down the hallway, inverting crosses as he goes. He had attempted to take the vessel of big CEO prior to that, but the vessel wasn’t strong enough. He gave himself away when switching to the Archbishop by opting not to wear the huge cross always adorned by the vessel. Since as we all know, Lucifer and crosses don’t mix. Luckily for the Winchester’s that was enough to tip them off. Not so lucky for the others at the church, however. By the time the Winchester’s got to the church, a failed exorcism had already been attempted, and there were bodies everywhere. Lucifer is not playing around this time. He’s pissed, and you can tell.
Even I was surprised by the next vessel that Lucifer chose. The very religious President of the United States had agreed to let him in. I don’t think he had a clue who he had agreed to let into his vessel though. The conversation between Lucifer and his vessel proves Lucifer will say anything to get what he wants. He knows the president’s weakness; the need to help others, and uses it. I only wish they had shown the real president’s reaction to Lucifer killing his secret service man. As such a religious person, I’m sure it wasn’t met with approval, if he was aware. But how cliché is it to see the president has a thing going on with one of his staff? He is a widower, so it isn’t adulterous, however, it is still quite overdone. But, the twist comes when she mentions to him the need to move forward in their relationship. She wants to go public, and have a baby. That’s scary. Literally the spawn of Satan himself. And being an angel, it wouldn’t take long to make that happen as we see later in the episode. So as we are digesting this crazy bomb that had been dropped, the Winchester’s were just figuring out, thanks to Crowley, who Lucifer’s newest vessel was. And they seemed just as shocked as I was when they found out.
At this point in the episode I couldn’t believe how far they were taking this mid-season finale. I had no idea about the other bombs yet to be dropped in this episode. So many things came to a head, yet came together so flawlessly… but I digress. We get a bit of comic relief when we finally see Rowena. She finds out her newest fiancé was not what he said he was at all; he was a con man. Mid-fight Crowley shows up, and with a snap of his fingers makes him explode. And as Rowena stands covered in blood, we once again see how twisted their relationship is, as she exclaims how it was the sweetest thing he had ever done for her. It was hard not to chuckle.
The conception of the nephilim finally gets detected by Castiel and now the Winchesters know as much as we do. On their way to get to the president, the aforementioned bomb gets dropped, in a pretty intense way. They get pulled over, by who we don’t know, but it didn’t take long for guns and punches to be drawn. And just when we think it will hit a head, BAM! A mysterious car playing jazz slowly creeps up and a man packing serious heat emerges. As the guys scramble to get out of the way, he lets loose a grenade launcher. He casually makes his way through the debris he caused, still, we have no clue as to this mystery man’s identity. As he addresses Castiel simply by “Angel,” we get the idea he knows more about them then we could imagine. And then, finally his identity is revealed as Arthur Ketch, British Man of Letters. The one sent to clean up their mess has finally stepped in. If only he knew about the nephilim, I don’t think this introduction would have gone as it did. I can’t be sure I trust what Ketch says. He claims he wants to help, seeing as the British know way more than their American counterparts. By giving them the technology to eject a possessing angel from a vessel on trust alone, I’m still not convinced. But hey, at least they got the egg thing right?
Now with the means to do the job, they set their plan into place. Crowley, using his handy dandy teleportation abilities, kidnaps pregnant Kelly. I didn’t see it going well, as she doesn’t seem too concerned when Castiel tried to prove to her that her baby is evil. I mean if an angel had me put my hand on a bible when I was pregnant and the thing went up in flames, I would be freaked the hell out. Even when evil was staring her directly in the face when she confronts Lucifer she still doesn’t seem too worked up. And I must say of all the times I’ve seen this team go up against Lucifer this had to be the most intense showdown. Considering what is at stake, I wasn’t surprised. I mean, all Lucifer ever wanted was to loved. Now he’s going to have a child of his own and their sending him away. I think Lucifer is a whole new level of angry, wherever he is.
And for all of 30 seconds we see a semblance of fear on Kelly. When she realizes her true beloved was still alive after Lucifer’s eviction it seems to subside. I could sense that even before it was revealed to us that she was going to take off. I didn’t however expect to see our boys arrested for the attempted assassination of the president nor see one the guys Ketch had taken down in the streets earlier. What is with that guy? I guess we'll find out sooner or later. I feel so bad for Castiel though. He’s one of my favorites and he always seems to be the one who gets screwed over or messes up unwittingly. The escape of Kelly falls back on him. I see this blowing up in her face. I don’t think it will be possible to birth a nephilim and have things turn out well, as it would be inherently evil. We are being left with so many questions! Are our boys okay? Does Ketch know what has happened to the Winchesters? Will he catch wind of the nephilim? Where exactly does Kelly plan to go? How is Castiel going to explain this? We will have to wait until January 26th to find out, and I’m sure you’re as anxious as I am.
Written by Kaylynn Kasandra. Awkward hippie who enjoys helping people, creating things, reading, sci-fi, fantasy, and Thor. Find more from her at kaylynnkasandra.com and http://www.youtube.com/c/tiedyesmurf