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The Spear is the 9th episode and the mid-season finale of Season 14. It aired on December 13, 2018.

Summary[]

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Sam and Dean enlist the help of their pal Garth (guest star DJ Qualls) to gain inside information on what Michael may be planning. The brothers split up to each go after weapons that can aid in their fight against the Archangel, but this may be a fight our heroes cannot win.

Plot[]

The episode starts out with Michael, in a new female vessel, recruiting werewolves for his monster army. One of the werewolves is revealed to be Garth, who Michael appears to know. Garth questions his familiarity with him, with Michael replying that he saw Garth while possessing Dean. Michael expresses doubt in his trustworthiness due to his friendship with Dean. Garth assures him that he is joining Michael to be on the "winning side" of the war for his wife and child.

Arthur contacts the Winchesters, Castiel and Jack

Arthur contacts the Winchesters, Castiel and Jack via Skype

Garth is later revealed to be a spy for Sam and Dean and is relaying all the information he hears to Sam via phone calls. After a call, Castiel tells Sam and Dean that Ketch is face timing them, and Ketch tells them he was able to get the exorcizing-egg but had to put it in the mail after being cornered by monsters. The scene moves back to Garth, showing that he is forced to drink blood mixed with Michael's grace, which gives him extra strength and makes him immune to silver. He overhears Michael planning an attack.

While Dean and Cass head to an abandoned recycling facility to find Dark Kaia so they can lobby to use her spear, Sam and Jack go to retrieve the egg from the mailing facility where it is being held. They manage to retrieve the egg, but are then ambushed by Michael and two of his soldiers. Sam is knocked unconscious, Jack is kidnapped, and Michael destroys the egg. At the recycling facility, Dean and Cass manage to convince Dark Kaia to lend them her spear. Dean gets a call from Sam who tells him about Michael's ambush and what happened to Jack and the egg.

Sam arrives at the building where Michael is headquartered before Dean and Cass, so he decides to go in and rescue Jack alone. He kills many of the monsters, including a fleeing Melanie, until he finds Jack. He also reunites with Garth, but has to knock him unconscious after he is controlled by Michael and made to attempt to kill Sam and Jack. Dean and Cass arrive, and they set off to kill Michael, knowing they no longer have the advantage of surprise due to Michael being able to sense Castiel.

Michael repossesses Dean

Michael takes control of Dean again.

Dean manages to get the upper hand on Michael, but Michael possesses Dean once again and breaks the spear. Michael reveals he left a "backdoor" open in order to repossess Dean, and only left so he could crush Dean's spirit and make Dean less resistant the next time he possessed him. The episode ends with Michael snapping his fingers, presumably to signal his monster army to start the attack on Kansas City.

Characters[]

Main Cast[]

Recurring Cast[]

Special Guest Stars[]

Guest Stars[]

Co-Stars[]

  • Andrea Drepaul as Melanie
  • Felisha Terrell as Alternate Michael
  • Alex Rose as Brett
  • Rohan Campbell as Packmate
  • Ted Cole as Partygoer

Featured Supernatural Beings[]

Featured Music[]

  • Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee

Continuity[]

Trivia[]

  • The episode was watched by 1.43 million viewers and got a 0.4 rating.
    • This is the show's least watched mid-season finale.
  • This is the tenth mid-season finale to feature all main characters of the current season with Asylum, Croatoan, Heaven and Hell, Abandon All Hope..., Death's Door, Citizen Fang, Holy Terror, The Things We Left Behind, and LOTUS being the first nine.
  • This is the second mid-season finale to be written by Robert Berens with The Bad Place being the first one.
  • This is the first time Garth meets Jack.
  • As of this episode, Alternate Michael is the second Archangel in the series to use a female vessel with Raphael being the first one.
  • It is confirmed Michael used his own grace to enhance his monsters.
  • It is revealed in this episode that Garth Fitzgerald IV has a daughter.
  • Garth becomes a grace-enhanced werewolf in this episode.
  • Dean Winchester once again becomes Alternate Michael's vessel in this episode. Michael reveals that he left Dean on purpose to break his spirit and "left the door open a crack" in his mind, so that he could return without Dean saying "yes" again.
  • The dizzy spells that Dean has been experiencing are revealed to have been caused by Alternate Michael having "left the door open a crack" in his mind so that he could return at will.
  • Alternate Kaia reveals that she opened the rift from The Bad Place using magic from her own world. However, that magic doesn't work in the Main Universe and she can't repeat the process to go home.
  • This is the first time Jack interacts with Arthur Ketch.
  • Oddity: During the preparation to "foil" Apocalypse/Alternate Michael´s plan to turn an entire City into enhanced Werewolf's at once Sam says "then we can put him back into the Cage" which is odd since the Main Michael is suppose to be in there right now, therefore the Apocalypse version of Michael wouldn't be "put back" since he never got in there in the first place

International Titles[]

  • Hungarian: A lándzsa (The Spear)

Gallery[]

Promotional Pictures[]

Behind the Scenes[]

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Videos[]

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Supernatural 14x09 Sneak Peek "The Spear" (HD) Season 14 Episode 9 Sneak Peek Mid-Season Finale

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