Do You Believe In Miracles?

'''Do You Believe In Miracles? '''is the 23rd episode and the season finale of Season 9. It aired on May 20th, 2014.

Cast
Main
 * Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester
 * Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester
 * Misha Collins as Castiel

Plot
Dean feels the power of the Mark of Cain but is restrained by Sam and Castiel who lock him up. Sam and Castiel go away to find Gadreel, who escaped, fearing for his life.

Meanwhile, Dean begins to feel the missing connection between himself and the First Blade as he begins spitting out blood.

Sam and Castiel find Gadreel, who lays wounded and begs for his life. Castiel uses some of his grace to help Gadreel revive. The trio then make a plan to break the connection between the Angel Tablet and Metatron to weaken Metatron.

Meanwhile, in heaven, Metatron sends a message out to every angel through the angel radio, telling them that he has to close the Gate of Heaven temporarily to tend to some business.

He asks one of his associates, Neil to choose a pathetic shirt and leaves to get the new status of God from the people.

Back at the Men of Letters HQ, Dean calls Crowley to help him get the first blade so as to kill Metatron.

After Sam, Castiel and Gadreel return to the Men of Letters, they find Dean missing and Sam and Cas tell Gadreel about the mark. Gadreel says that Dean is the only way to kill Metatron, provided they break the Angel Tablet. He says that he knows where the gate of heaven is and will take Castiel with him while Sam regroups with Dean to control him.

Meanwhile, Metatron takes up the name, Marv and is assailed as the Messiah. Crowley and Dean find out Metatron's recent miracle and set forth to the place. Dean then meets Sam at the location where Sam convinces Dean that they will have to work together to bring Metatron down. Dean sends Crowley away and goes with Sam to a homeless camp where Metatron had apparently healed a man by curing his diabetes.

At the homeless camp, Metatron meets another angel who blames Metatron and tries to reveal the latter's true identity but Metatron's new followers kill the other angel, calling Metatron the new Messiah.

Dean and Sam ride upto the homeless camp but Dean ditches Sam by knocking him out. He then takes the First Blade and goes to fight Metatron.

Meanwhile, in Heaven, Castiel and Gadreel are ambushed by Metatron's followers, including Castiel's ex-right hand, Hannah. They lock the duo up in Heaven's Dungeon.

Dean soon approaches Metatron who tells Dean that God never truly cared about humans and abandoned them. Dean attacks Metatron but the latter's connection to the Angel Tablet proves stronger.

Back in Heaven, Gadreel says that angels have faltered from their true purpose of helping humans. He then sacrifices his life, letting Castiel free and helping him gaining back Hannah's trust. Hannah and Castiel then try to find the Angel Tablet but are not very successful.

Meanwhile, Sam gains consciousness again and tries to help Dean. When he does reach Dean, however, Metatron stabs Dean in the heart with an Angel blade. Sam rushes to Dean's side and apologizes for the things he's said. Dean says that he's sorry for the past few months and dies.

Back in Heaven, Castiel finds the Angel tablet under Metatron's typewriter and breaks it, weaking Metatron. Metatron senses this and confronts Castiel who he's apparently trapped.

Metatron tells Castiel that the angels are like sheep who need herding and Metatron has to play God to prevent chaos. As he's about to stab Castiel, however, Castiel tells Metatron that he turned on the Angel radio. The Angels led by Hannah barge in and cuff Metatron. Castiel then leads Metatron to Heaven's Dungeon.

Hannah tells Castiel that they need a new Host of Heaven but Castiel says that he only wants to be an angel. Hannah then tells Castiel that his grace is draining, which would lead to his death.

Meanwhile, back at the Men of Letters HQ, Sam tries to summon Crowley telling him to fix Dean since it's his fault.

Crowley visits the HQ, but goes to Dean, and tells him that Cain had, like Dean, refused to kill anybody with the First Blade when he was human and had instead killed himself. However, the mark of Cain is stronger than death. He tells Dean not to think of it as death but rather as a new life.

He hands Dean the First Blade and tells Dean to open his eyes. Dean does, revealing black-eyes.

Featured Supernatural Being(s)

 * Angels
 * Demons

Featured Music

 * Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas
 * Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith

Continuity

 * Dean's eventual transformation into a demon is similar to his nightmare in "Dream a Little Dream of Me". Dean's demon self had even warned him, "You can't escape me, Dean! You're gonna die! And this—this is what you're gonna become!" Though these two events are unrelated, the reveal that Dean was a demon was done similarly in both episodes, featuring Dean being (seemingly) fatally wounded and waking up with fully black eyes.

Trivia

 * In an ironic twist of fate, Castiel makes a pop culture reference while the person he makes it to (Gadreel) doesn't understand what he means. Usually its the other way around.