Summary
Sam and Dean end up in a seemingly one-star motel at the side of the road, but it turns out to be a five-star hotel with staff who are a little too friendly for the brothers liking. They soon discover strange things happen at the hotel and guests are disappearing one at a time. They are soon trapped by the staff, who turn out to be a group of gods, including Kali, Ganesh, Mercury, Zao Shen, Baron Samedi, Odin, and Baldur, and who want to use them as bargaining chips to stop the Apocalypse. Dean and Sam are soon joined by Gabriel under his Loki persona, who is willing to help them out. While he distracts Kali, Dean and Sam try to free the other trapped guests, however Kali is on to Gabriel and steals his sword and kills him. The brothers make a deal; release the guests and they will help the gods kill Lucifer. The gods reluctantly agree and Dean leads the hostages outside and stumbles upon a very much alive Gabriel, who explains the sword was a fake. He tells Dean he can't kill Lucifer because he's his brother, and Dean goes back inside the hotel. Lucifer arrives and kills all the gods but Kali. Gabriel shows up to help the brothers and sends them away. As he faces Lucifer for the first time in centuries, Gabriel tells him he's not loyal to him or Michael, but to humans, because despite their flaws, they're always willing to try harder and forgive. As Gabriel makes his move, Lucifer is onto him and kills him. Outside, Dean and Sam watch a movie Gabriel gave to them, in which the Archangel explains to them that they can't kill Lucifer, but they can trap him back in Hell. All they need are the four rings that belong to the Horsemen to do this. As Dean and Sam set out to find them, Pestilence is revealed to be on Earth.
Major Characters
Minor Characters
- Mercury (Roman God)
- Kali (Hindu Goddess)
- Ganesh (Hindu God)
- Baldur (Norse God)
- Odin (Norse God)
- Baron Samedi (Haitian God)
- Zao Shen (Chinese God)
Trivia
- Gabriel says to Kali that they should leave Earth and "check out Pandora", this might be a reference to James Cameron's movie Avatar, which is set on a planet called Pandora.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Matt Frewer as Pestilence.
Quotes
- Dean: Motel Hell
- Gabriel: I'm here to talk about the elephant in the room. [Ganesh gets up, offended] Not you, the Apocalypse.
- Gabriel: Lucy, I'm home.
- Gabriel: Daddy was mean to me so I'm gonna break all his toys