
Prophet and Loss
Episode 12 Season 14
airdate: January 31, 2019
directed by Thomas J. Wright
written by Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming
Dean is determined to carry out his suicide mission in order to permanently trap archangel Michael inside his own body and thus protect the world from Michael's destruction. Sam has to take one last impassioned shot at talking Dean down. On the way, they help unravel a mystery of why the next prophet in line after Donatello has become a serial killer and we also learn that Nick may not be seeking revenge for his murdered family as much as he's seeking contact with Lucifer again. |











(Most important one first):
- SAM: 'SORRY.' HOW SORRY ARE YOU? SORRY THAT YOU FIGHT TO KEEP DONATELLO ALIVE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOU, YOU JUST THROW IN THE TOWEL? OR ARE YOU SORRY THAT, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, OUR ENTIRE LIVES, AFTER I'VE LOOKED UP TO YOU, AFTER I'VE LEARNED FROM YOU. I - I'VE COPIED YOU, I FOLLOWED YOU TO HELL AND BACK. ARE YOU SORRY THAT ALL OF THAT - IT - IT -IT MEANS NOTHING NOW?
DEAN: WHO'S SAYING THAT?
SAM: YOU ARE. WHEN YOU TELL ME I HAVE TO KILL YOU. WHEN YOU'RE TELLING ME I HAVE TO THROW AWAY EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR. THROW AWAY FAITH, THROW AWAY FAMILY. WE'RE THE GUYS THAT SAVED THE WORLD. WE DON'T JUST CHECK OUT OF IT!
DEAN: SAM, I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING! I GOT ONE CARD LEFT TO PLAY AND I HAVE TO PLAY IT.
SAM: YOU HAVE ONE CARD TODAY. BUT WE'LL FIND ANOTHER TOMORROW. BUT IF YOU QUIT ON US TODAY, THERE WON'T BE A TOMORROW! YOU TELL ME YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. I DON'T EITHER, DEAN. NOT YET. BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW...IT'S WRONG! IT'S QUITTING! I MEAN - LOOK WHAT JUST HAPPENED. DONATELLO NEVER QUIT FIGHTING. SO WE COULD HELP HIM BECAUSE HE NEVER GAVE UP. I BELIEVE IN US, DEAN. I BELIEVE IN US. WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE IN US TOO?
DEAN: OKAY, SAM, LET'S GO HOME. MAYBE BILLIE'S WRONG. MAYBE. BUT I DO BELIEVE IN ALL OF US AND I'LL KEEP BELIEVING UNTIL I CAN'T. UNTIL THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER WAY. BUT WHEN THAT DAY COMES - IF THAT DAY COMES - SAM, YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT IS - THE END. AND YOU HAVE TO PROMISE ME THAT YOU'LL DO THEN WHAT YOU CAN'T DO NOW AND THAT'S LET ME GO AND PUT ME IN THAT BOX. (looks at Cas) YOU TOO. NOW YOU HEARD ME. LET'S GO HOME. (to Sam) DON'T HIT ME AGAIN, OKAY?
- SAM: TOMORROW MORNING, BACK ON TRACK. NO REST FOR THE SELF-DESTRUCTIVE.
- NICK: HE (Lucifer) LEFT ME, BUT CHANGED ME.
- SAM: IF WE DON'T FIND SOME WAY, DEAN'S GONE.
- SAM: DEAN, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME. THE ONLY ONE.
- DEAN: I DIDN'T ALWAYS LOOK OUT FOR YOU THE WAY I SHOULD HAVE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I HAD MY OWN STUFF. IN
ORDER TO KEEP THE PEACE, I TOOK HIS SIDE QUITE A BIT. SOMETIMES WHEN I WAS AWAY, YOU KNOW IT WASN'T
BECAUSE I JUST RAN OUT, RIGHT? DAD WOULD, HE WOULD SEND ME AWAY WHEN I REALLY PISSED HIM OFF. I THINK YOU KNEW THAT.
- DEAN: ONE LAST CASE FOR THE WINCHESTER BOYS.
- DEAN: YOU'RE NOT CHOSEN, PAL, YOU'RE JUST A PSYCHO.
- DOCTOR: SOMETIMES LETTING GO IS THE RIGHT CHOICE.
DEAN: TELL ME ABOUT IT.
- CAS: I CAN FIX HIM.
DEAN: WAIT, HOW, I THOUGHT HE WAS TOO FAR GONE.
CAS: DEAN, IF THERE'S A SPARK, A HOPE, I HAVE TO TRY. YOU TAUGHT ME THAT.

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Mark Pelligrino
(Nick) |
Nick Hunnings
(Tony Alvarez) |
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Keith Szarabajka
(Donatello) |
Jacie Dotin
(Sarah; late wife of Nick) |
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Cassandra Ebner
(special mention for the actress who played the drowning woman; the first victim of Tony Alvarez; and did an AMAZING job) |
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Name: Tony Alvarez |
Species: Human/future prophet |
Motivation: Following God's word but gets God's word confused and ends up as a serial kill. |
Fate: Commits suicide using Dean's handgun. |
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Name: Ma'Lak box |
Species: Inanimate objext |
Motivation: Keep Dean Winchester and archangel Michael buried alive at the bottom of the ocean forever |
Fate: Stored at the bunker for possible later use. Creepy as hell. |
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It could be argued that Nick is also a "Baddie of the Week" because he quite possibly killed the deputy guarding him in the hospital and he's "bad" in that we now know for sure that his current quest is not justice or revenge for his murdered family, but, instead, to be reunited with Lucifer.
Damaged Goods