All Along the Watchtower

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Series

Supernatural

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May 18, 2017

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All Along the Watchtower is the 23rd and final episode of Season 12. It aired on May 18, 2017, immediately after Who We Are. ^[1]

Summary

Lucifer battles Sam, Dean and Castiel for control of his unborn child.

Plot

TBA.

Cast

Starring

Guest Starring

Special Appearance By

Jim Beaver as Bobby Singer

Featured Supernatural Beings

Archangel (Lucifer)
Crossroad Demon (Crowley)
Knight of Hell (Abaddon; mentioned only)
Nephilim (Jack)
Seraph (Castiel)
Witch (Rowena; mentioned only)

Continuity

Five months have passed since Jack was conceived in LOTUS.
Castiel reunites with Sam and Dean, after being separated in The Future.

Trivia

The title of the episode is a reference to the 1965 song of the same name by Bob Dylan.
This is the second part of the two-part season finale. Who We Are being the first part.
- This is also the first episode since LOTUS to air at the 9PM timeslot.
This episode marks Mark Pellegrino's 20th appearance as Lucifer.
This is the first episode since Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell to feature all the main characters.
This is the first time Lucifer appears in the season finale since season 5 episode, Swan Song.
- This is also the first time an Archangel appears in a season finale since season 6 episode, The Man Who Knew Too Much (Raphael).
This is the first season finale since season 10 to not feature Rowena.
This is the second season finale to feature Mary, after season 11's Alpha and Omega.
Two main characters have been killed on this episode.
- Crowley sacrificed himself to close the rift that separates the reality to the alternate world that Jack opened.
- Castiel was killed by Lucifer.
Kelly has named her son with Lucifer "Jack".
Crowley has revealed that he doesn't want to be the King of Hell anymore.
Castiel has revealed that the future Jack made him see in The Future was a "paradise".
In the alternate world that Jack opened;
- Team Free Will never stopped The Apocalypse.
- Bobby Singer is alive but he doesn't remember Sam and Dean.
- John Winchester and Mary Winchester were never married.
  - Sam and Dean were never born.
- There are angel killing bullets.

Gallery

Promotional Pictures

Behind the Scenes

Videos

12x23_"All_Along_the_Watchtower"_Promo_(HD)_Season_Finale — 12x23 "All Along the Watchtower" Promo (HD) Season Finale

References

↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/supernatural/listings

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Episodes

Season 1

Pilot • Wendigo • Dead In The Water • Phantom Traveler • Bloody Mary • Skin • Hook Man • Bugs • Home • Asylum • Scarecrow • Faith • Route 666 • Nightmare • The Benders • Shadow • Hell House • Something Wicked • Provenance • Dead Man's Blood • Salvation • Devil's Trap

Season 2

In My Time of Dying • Everybody Loves a Clown • Bloodlust • Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things • Simon Said • No Exit • The Usual Suspects • Crossroad Blues • Croatoan • Hunted • Playthings • Nightshifter • Houses of the Holy • Born Under A Bad Sign • Tall Tales • Roadkill • Heart • Hollywood Babylon • Folsom Prison Blues • What Is And What Should Never Be • All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 1 • All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 2

Season 3

The Magnificent Seven • The Kids Are Alright • Bad Day at Black Rock • Sin City • Bedtime Stories • Red Sky at Morning • Fresh Blood • A Very Supernatural Christmas • Malleus Maleficarum • Dream a Little Dream of Me • Mystery Spot • Jus In Bello • Ghostfacers • Long-Distance Call • Time Is On My Side • No Rest for the Wicked

Season 4

Lazarus Rising • Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester • In The Beginning • Metamorphosis • Monster Movie • Yellow Fever • It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester • Wishful Thinking • I Know What You Did Last Summer • Heaven and Hell • Family Remains • Criss Angel Is A Douchebag • After School Special • Sex & Violence • Death Takes A Holiday • On The Head Of A Pin • It's A Terrible Life • The Monster at the End of This Book • Jump the Shark • The Rapture • When the Levee Breaks • Lucifer Rising

Season 5

Sympathy for the Devil • Good God, Y'all • Free To Be You and Me • The End • Fallen Idol • I Believe the Children Are Our Future • The Curious Case of Dean Winchester • Changing Channels • The Real Ghostbusters • Abandon All Hope • Sam, Interrupted • Swap Meat • The Song Remains the Same • My Bloody Valentine • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid • Dark Side of the Moon • 99 Problems • Point of No Return • Hammer of the Gods • The Devil You Know • Two Minutes to Midnight • Swan Song

Season 6

Exile on Main Street • Two and a Half Men • The Third Man • Weekend at Bobby's • Live Free or Twihard • You Can't Handle The Truth • Family Matters • All Dogs Go To Heaven • Clap Your Hands If You Believe • Caged Heat • Appointment In Samarra • Like A Virgin • Unforgiven • Mannequin 3: The Reckoning • The French Mistake • ...And Then There Were None • My Heart Will Go On • Frontierland • Mommy Dearest • The Man Who Would Be King • Let It Bleed • The Man Who Knew Too Much

Season 7

Meet the New Boss • Hello, Cruel World • The Girl Next Door • Defending Your Life • Shut Up, Dr. Phil • Slash Fiction • The Mentalists • Season Seven, Time for a Wedding! • How To Win Friends And Influence Monsters • Death's Door • Adventures in Babysitting • Time After Time • The Slice Girls • Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie • Repo Man • Out With The Old • The Born-Again Identity • Party On, Garth • Of Grave Importance • The Girl With The Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo • Reading Is Fundamental • There Will Be Blood • Survival of the Fittest

Season 8

We Need To Talk About Kevin • What's Up, Tiger Mommy? • Heartache • Bitten • Blood Brother • Southern Comfort • A Little Slice of Kevin • Hunteri Heroici • Citizen Fang • Torn and Frayed • LARP and the Real Girl • As Time Goes By • Everybody Hates Hitler • Trial and Error • Man's Best Friend With Benefits • Remember the Titans • Goodbye Stranger • Freaks and Geeks • Taxi Driver • Pac-Man Fever • The Great Escapist • Clip Show • Sacrifice

Season 9

I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here • Devil May Care • I'm No Angel • Slumber Party • Dog Dean Afternoon • Heaven Can't Wait • Bad Boys • Rock and a Hard Place • Holy Terror • Road Trip • First Born • Sharp Teeth • The Purge • Captives • Thinman • Blade Runners • Mother's Little Helper • Meta Fiction • Alex Annie Alexis Ann • Bloodlines • King of the Damned • Stairway to Heaven • Do You Believe In Miracles?

Season 10

Black • Reichenbach • Soul Survivor • Paper Moon • Fan Fiction • Ask Jeeves • Girls, Girls, Girls • Hibbing 911 • The Things We Left Behind • The Hunter Games • There's No Place Like Home • About a Boy • Halt & Catch Fire • The Executioner's Song • The Things They Carried • Paint it Black • Inside Man • Book of the Damned • The Werther Project • Angel Heart • Dark Dynasty • The Prisoner • Brother's Keeper

Season 11

Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire • Form and Void • The Bad Seed • Baby • Thin Lizzie • Our Little World • Plush • Just My Imagination • O Brother, Where Art Thou? • The Devil in the Details • Into the Mystic • Don't You Forget About Me • Love Hurts • The Vessel • Beyond the Mat • Safe House • Red Meat • Hell's Angel • The Chitters • Don't Call Me Shurley • All in the Family • We Happy Few • Alpha and Omega

Season 12

Keep Calm and Carry On • Mamma Mia • The Foundry • American Nightmare • The One You've Been Waiting For • Celebrating The Life Of Asa Fox • Rock Never Dies • LOTUS • First Blood • Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets • Regarding Dean • Stuck in the Middle (With You) • Family Feud • The Raid • Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell • Ladies Drink Free • The British Invasion • The Memory Remains • The Future • Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes • There's Something About Mary • Who We Are • All Along the Watchtower

Season 13

Lost & Found • The Rising Son • Patience • The Big Empty • Advanced Thanatology • Tombstone • War of the Worlds • The Scorpion and The Frog • The Bad Place • Wayward Sisters • Breakdown • Various & Sundry Villains • Devil's Bargain • Good Intentions • A Most Holy Man • Scoobynatural • The Thing • Bring 'em Back Alive • Funeralia • Unfinished Business • Beat the Devil • Exodus • Let the Good Times Roll

Season 14

Stranger in a Strange Land • Gods and Monsters • The Scar • Mint Condition • Nightmare Logic • Optimism • Unhuman Nature • Byzantium • The Spear • Nihilism • Damaged Goods • Prophet and Loss • Lebanon • Ouroboros • Peace of Mind • Don't Go In The Woods • Game Night• Absence • Jack in the Box • Moriah

Season 15

Back and to the Future • Raising Hell • The Rupture • Atomic Monsters • Proverbs 17:3 • Golden Time • Last Call • Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven • The Trap • The Heroes' Journey • The Gamblers • Galaxy Brain • Destiny's Child • Last Holiday • Gimme Shelter • Drag Me Away (From You) • Unity • Despair • Inherit the Earth • Carry On

Ghostfacers

Meet The Facers • The Grand Showcase • The Big Break • CSI:Maggie • Dead Time • Finishing The Job • The Comeback • Cutting Room Floor • Shattered • Why We Fight • The Ghostfacers Meet Castiel

Specials

A Very Special Supernatural Special • Supernatural: The Long Road Home

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-==Characters==
+==Cast==
-===Main Cast===
+===Starring===
 *[[Jared Padalecki]] as [[Sam Winchester]]
 *[[Jensen Ackles]] as [[Dean Winchester]]
+*[[Mark Sheppard|Mark A. Sheppard]] as [[Crowley]]
 *[[Mark Pellegrino]] as [[Lucifer]]
-*[[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Crowley]]
 *[[Misha Collins]] as [[Castiel]]
-===Recurring Cast===
+===Guest Starring===
-====Guest Stars====
 *[[Samantha Smith]] as [[Mary Winchester]]
 *[[Courtney Ford]] as [[Kelly Kline]]
+*Alexander Calvert as [[Lucifer's son|Jack]]
+===Special Appearance By===
 *[[Jim Beaver]] as [[Bobby Singer]]

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