User blog comment:Rafe Adler/"Damaged Goods" Discussion/@comment-1031724-20190128003350

I guess Lucifer hasn't been revived yet, otherwise Nick wouldn't still be Nick.

Any theories as to why? Is it taking longer for him to fully awaken in the Empty due to being an archangel (hence the initial skeletal form as opposed to when it was Castiel)? Is it taking Cosmic Entity longer to revive him for the same reasons? Or did he keep him from waking up all the way, and this just being a way to wake Cosmic Entity up to lead into the following episode setting up Castiel's imminent final death? Or was it really Cosmic Entity that awakened (though red eyes imply Lucifer).