Opening Thoughts: This episode aired weeks ago, so I don't remember what my thoughts were initially...
Whoa, why are we flashing back to Lilith? And Death? Oh right, Lucifer.
And we're starting four years ago, in Idaho. A woman gets out of her car and walks up to a little shack, where Sam answers the door. She wants to see a real live demon, who she apparently helped the boys track down. Seems like this demon has a thing for Wiccans, killing them that is.
The woman leaves, and the demon taunts Sam and Dean about Lilith. Then he releases the person he's possessing - a guy named Jeffrey. Jeffrey begs Sam to stop the demon, and begs Dean (who's holding a knife) not to hurt him. But before they can exorcise the demon, the boys want to torture information about other demons out of him. Jeffrey says go for it. He even says please. The demon takes control again. Dean starts in with the holy water and a silver knife; Sam joins the fun with his fists. They're looking for Lilith's lieutenants. Finally, the demon coughs up a name - Marek, who's in New Orleans. Dean finally exorcises the demon out of Jeffrey.
Jeffrey comes to in the back of the Impala. He's in shock (not surprisingly); Dean's driving him to the hospital. They arrive, and Dean warns him against saying anything about demons before letting Jeffrey stagger into the ER alone.
Present Day: Sam and Dean walk into a motel room in the same town. Dean gets a classified call from Frank. Oh look, Luci's back. And Dean's still obsessed with Dick Roman, who Frank can't find. The boys go over their latest case, which sounds very familiar. Dean wants to focus on the Leviathans, but Sam says this case is unfinished business.
The boys are sleeping when their police scanner wakes them up. They suit up (haha) and head to the crime scene. Dean muses about whether they'll run into Leviathans dressed as cops one day. A detective from four years ago recognizes them and fills them in. That's a lovely forked tongue you have there, Lucifer, please keep it in your mouth. Sam finds sulfur at the scene - definitely a demon.
They go to visit the Wiccan from earlier to make sure she's okay. She's painted a Devil's Trap on the floor of her business to protect herself. She's also translating demon banishments. She mentions that Sam and Dean's numbers aren't working. Well yeah, they sort of had to drop off the grid. She asks if they've found Jeffrey yet, thinking the demon will possess him again.
Cut to what looks like a support group. And there's Jeffrey. He's getting a dog, how cute. Actually, Jeffrey's kind of cute too, in a dorky sort of way. He picks up his dog from the shelter. It's a cute little mutt, wearing a "cone of shame" (which Jeffrey actually says, much to my amusement). He hears a noise in an alley, goes to investigate, and gets grabbed by Sam and Dean.
Understandably, Jeffrey totally freaks out. After all, Sam did have a knife to his throat. They head back to Jeffrey's place, Lucifer included. God he's obnoxious. Dean tells Jeffrey "his" demon is back. Jeffrey is not happy about this. He wants to know the name of the last woman who was killed, because he knows the rest. This is surprisingly useful. According to Jeffrey, the demon said it was his job to kill the women.
Jeffrey's landlord/supervisor/shrink(?) knocks on the door. While Jeffrey talks to him, Sam and Dean decide they have to help Jeffrey. Sam goes to find the next woman, and Dean stays with Jeffrey. Lucifer tags along with Sam, and continues to be completely and utterly annoying. Sam does his best to ignore Luci, which isn't all that great.
Jeffrey details his injuries to Dean and the problems that followed. He had some kind of psychotic break at some point, and was institutionalized after talking about his possession. Dean says he's had friends in that position (Martin). Also, Jeffrey tells Dean the demon had a "special" place he went to. That's super useful!
At the library, Lucifer makes Sam hallucinate about everyone getting headdesked to death until Sam presses down on the scar on his hand, which only keeps Luci away for a few seconds. "C'mon Sam, I'm bored" he pleads like a petulant child.
Dean and Jeffrey go to the demon's hidey hole, or close to it.
Sam catches the librarian having sex in the stacks. Weird much?
Jeffrey leads Dean to the room the demon lived in. There are all sorts of sigils drawn on the windows. Sidenote: taking Jeffrey
to the demon doesn't seem like the most brilliant idea in the world. Moving right along. Dean finds a guy chained to a chair. The guy starts to freak out, and somebody stabs Dean in the neck with a syringe. Oh gee, this was a trap? I'm shocked...(sarcasm)
This episode is half-over already? Wow they go fast these days...
Back in the library, Lucifer keeps bugging Sam. Sam leaves a voicemail for Dean. And now, Lucifer's actually sort of helping. Wait, what? Okay. He points out that the demon is using tranquilizers on the women. Sam tries Dean again, but he's not answering. Lucifer plays worst case scenario "big brother's probably dead" which earns him a response: "Shut up". Sam frantically searches Jeffrey's place for Dean, and Lucifer offers to help them with the demon. He finds a spell, which Lucifer reveals to be a summoning spell. Great, Sam's actually talking to Lucifer now...
He goes back to the Wiccan store, where the shop owner clocks him. Sam disarms her and presses her for details. She breaks down, saying he has her son. Sam demands to know why she'd bring back a demon. But wait, the demon doesn't have her son - Jeffrey does!
At the shifty warehouse, Jeffrey reveals that he liked being possessed, actually he
loved it. He says the demon freed him. Dean makes a great
Psycho reference, by the way. It turns out the list was all Jeffrey's idea; he wanted to kill those women. And now he has Ruby's knife...brilliant. He's pissed at Dean for sending the demon back to Hell.
The shop owner gives Sam the details on why she agreed to help Jeffrey summon the demon. Oh hell, she's got his ear in a box! I thought it looked like the kid was missing something. She also reveals that she was supposed to lead Sam and Dean to Jeffrey, so Jeffrey could use Dean's blood in the summoning. Oh shit. Sam gets a little scary and orders her to track Dean and the kid down. Then Lucifer destroys all dramatic tension by saying "You're giving me the chills" with a totally straight face.
Jeffrey monologues for a while, as nearly all villains do when they have the good guy tied up. He rambles on about how he was depressed and suicidal after the demon left. Seriously, what is wrong with this guy? He's a sociopath. And he wants his demon back. Jeffrey leaves for a moment, to kill his dog! Sick son of a bitch! He starts the ritual, which somebody needs to stop right fucking now. The building shakes a little, but it seems that nothing happens. That is, until the other guy comes to - with black eyes.
The demon bypasses Dean to give Jeffrey a hug and...dance with him a little...This is strange. The demon says he's done with Jeffrey, which doesn't go over too well. Apparently this demon just wants to find pre-demons before they go to Hell. Then Sam shows up and a fight breaks out. And the Wiccan lady is there too. Oh shit, Dean shot Jeffrey! The Wiccan lady exorcises the demon, much more efficiently than Sam and Dean usually do...hmm. There's definitely something to be said about a mother fighting for her kids. Now how do they explain the missing ear to the ER doctors?
The boys go back to their hotel. Dean is, understandably, wiped out. Also, sleepy Dean is adorable! Lucifer pops up again, preventing Sam from getting any sleep. Sam tries to get rid of him, but now he can't. That's just peachy. Lucifer conjures up some fire and acts like a crazy person. This is so bad it's not even funny...
Final Thoughts: Okay, Jeffrey totally had me fooled for a little bit. That was just weird. And Sam's totally going insane now. Bad. Very bad.
Next Time: CAS IS BACK! CAS IS BAAAAAAACK!!!!! Also, looks like Sam's in a bad way.
