User blog comment:General MGD 109/Shōjō?/@comment-4807493-20120405204712/@comment-4807493-20120405221930

I'm not sure really. Been a while since I've seen seasons 4/5, so I can't remember if it was Mikey or God himself that cast Luci out...

But yeah, Gabriel was hiding, so he really didn't want use blatant angel mojo. I can't remember if he actually came across Raphael at all in the series. O_O;; I'm gonna have to go back and watch it all again. But I agree - If he wanted to get all showy, if he wasn't too busy trying to stay out of it.

It's a shame really. He was so outclassed by Lucifer he knew he'd have to resort to tricks and even that backfired. Would have been interesting seeing him hang out post-near-apocolyptic-showdown, and be part of the faction against Raphael, who wanted to start the whole thing all over again.