User blog comment:Kajune/Why did Lucifer come back?/@comment-79.115.78.139-20160226155056/@comment-95.112.164.249-20160226162725

Yes, this isn't convenient. Maybe the archangels mostly helped God by for example distracting the Darkness, working more in the background while only God confronted her directly. From what Lucifer said, it's clear now that he would not survive a direct confrontation with Amara. Aside from that, it's should have been impossible to banish Lucifer with a spell or keep him out of the submarine with sigils. I can partly understand why Crowley was able to escape - I think Lucifer just forgot to negotiate Crowley's power. As soon as he realized this he quickly looked behind the table to check if Crowley was still there. He had also to much trouble controlling Sam, Dean and Castiel. Back in season 5 Gabriel easily overpowered Sam and Dean and in season 10 Dean had no problem beating Castiel up. Lucifer should have been able to pin them against the wall with a simple hand gesture - including Castiel.