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Unhuman Nature is the 7th episode of Season 14. It aired on November 29, 2018.

Summary[]

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Sam and Castiel track down a Shaman (guest star Dimitri Vantis), who may be able to help a friend. Nick continues to spiral down a dark path as he looks for answers surrounding the deaths of his wife and son. Jack turns to Dean for help enjoying the human experience.

Plot[]

Nick sits in an office talking of hating the feelings he has after doing violent things. He says he accepts that the priest he is speaking with cannot divulge what his neighbor, Arty Nielson, told him in confession. But he tells the priest, who has been crucified and had his throat slit, that he should have helped him find who killed his family, and only brought it on himself. He acknowledges that the priest's suggestion of prayer might be what he needs, before leaving.

At the Bunker, Castiel tries to heal Jack; however, he doesn’t succeed. As he tells Sam and Dean about Jack’s condition, Dean experiences a dizzy spell, but he doesn't let on to the others. Jack has another seizure and Sam, Dean, and Castiel take him to the hospital. While they are trying to get him admitted, Jack collapses once again and is finally taken for treatment.

At a diner, Nick meets with the reporter, Diane Fargo, who worked the story about his family's murder in Pike Creek. When Nick asks her for any information, Diane can only provide him with the name of the beat cop who worked his street -- Frank Kellogg, who works security in Montauk now.

At the hospital, Sam, Dean, and Cas meet with a doctor who reveals that all of Jack's tests came back negative. She says they are unsure what is wrong with him outside of his body going through a complete systemic failure. Realizing they won't get answers at the hospital, they decide to check Jack out to get a "second opinion."

Back at the Bunker, Rowena arrives under the pretense that it is Dean who is sick. Upon finding out it is Lucifer's son who needs help, she is furious and doesn't want anything to do with the situation, but Sam convinces her to have a look at him. Once she meets Jack, his behavior towards her changes her mind. Rowena uses her magic to examine Jack and determines that as a Nephilim, he needs his grace to maintain the balance between his angel and human sides. Without it his system is consuming itself.

Nick seems to be struggling with an internal rage. He sees a woman enter an alley from a club, and struggles whether to leave. Exiting the car, he approaches the women with the intent to kill her, but is able to fight the impulse off and yells at the woman to leave after she invites him to come party with her and her friends in the club.

At the Bunker, Jack packs his bag, having decided that, if he is going to die, he wants to experience more of life first. To his surprise, Dean is supportive and offers to accompany him. On their road trip, Jack and Dean stop to get burgers, and on a whim Dean decides to teach Jack how to drive the Impala. When Dean suggests that they go to a bar that has a high hook-up potential, Jack demurs and suggests they go fishing, something Dean had previously told him was a happy memory he had with his father.

While researching for a cure, Sam speaks to Ketch, who tells him about a shaman named Sergei who was consulted by the British Men of Letters to “solve the unsolvable” in the past. Castiel decides to go to Sergei rather than sit around and do nothing. Castiel meets with the shaman, who reveals to Castiel that he cannot reverse what is happening to Jack, but may be able to stop its progress. He tells him that in exchange for a vial of his grace, he gave Gabriel the powerful cloaking spell which allowed him to hide out in Monte Carlo with porn stars. Sergei gives the grace to Castiel along with a spell to fix Jack. In return he asks for a favor from the Winchesters that he will call in at a later date.

Having traveled to Montauk, Nick locates Frank Kellogg, and when he reminds him of his family, a panicked Frank attempts to close the door on him only for Nick to rush in and restrain him. Nick proceeds to torture Frank for information. Frank finally tells Nick that on the night of his family's murder, Nick’s wife called the police because she thought she heard a prowler outside their home. Frank says that on his way up the path to the front door, he encountered a man named Abraxas, after which he blacked out and woke up in his car, covered in blood. Nick realizes that Abraxas is a demon that Lucifer knew and that Frank was possessed when he committed the murders. Still, unable to ignore that Frank's hands were the ones that murdered his family, Nick bludgeons Frank to death with a hammer.

Following their trip, Dean and Jack return to the Bunker, where they meet Castiel who has a vial Gabriel's grace and the spell. Rowena recites the incantation as Jack consumes Gabriel's grace, but to their dismay, Jack’s condition worsens. Castiel calls Sergei and demands to know what went wrong. Sergei tells him that the spell was an experiment, and that science is trial and error. Angry, Castiel declares his intention of tracking Sergei down if Jack dies because of what he did.

After brutally murdering Frank, Nick realizes that he enjoyed being Lucifer’s vessel, and doesn't want to feel pain or sorrow or consequences any more. He prays to the archangel, which awakens something in the Empty.

Having run out of options, Rowena proclaims that nothing can be done to cure Jack. She tells the boys to stay by his side and watch over him as he dies.

Characters[]

Main Cast[]

Recurring Cast[]

Guest Stars[]

Co-Stars[]

  • Craig March as Frank Kellogg
  • Leanne Khol Young as Diane Fargo
  • Raylene Harewood as Madelyn
  • Dmitiri Vantis as Sergei
  • Linda Ko as Doctor
  • Morgan Brayton as Admitting Nurse
  • Kendra Westwood as Nurse

Featured Supernatural Beings[]

Continuity[]

Trivia[]

  • This episode takes place a few weeks after Gods and Monsters given Nick's comment to Diane Fargo.
  • This is the first episode to feature both a witch and a shaman.
  • While at the hospital, Jack's full name is given as Jack Kline for the first time in the show. However, a last name was only provided when the admitting nurse pressed for one. Furthermore, the Winchesters give Jack's date of birth as May 18, which is his actual date of birth, but the year as 2000 to make it more realistic. Dean briefly fluctuates between 2000 and 1999 before settling on 2000.
  • Rowena reveals that Jack's illness is a result of the loss of his grace and as a result, his human and angel halves are attacking each other.
    • Jack is given some his late uncle's grace to recharge his own. However, his condition only worsens and Rowena states that all that can be done for him is to be there for Jack as he dies.
    • Rowena's change for the better continues to be displayed: when she arrives at the Men of Letters bunker to help, she appears to have come simply because Sam asked for her help and she thought Dean was in trouble. While originally reluctant to help Jack because he is Lucifer's son, after he talks to her and collapses in front of her, Rowena goes "bollocks", the same thing she did when she decided to stay to try to keep the rift to Apocalypse World open and once more tries to help. She appears genuinely sympathetic with Jack's condition and sorrowed by her inability to save him.
  • Jack gets to drive the Impala and Dean teaches him how to drive.
    • This is notable considering how Dean does not usually and has never let or even offered anyone drive it apart from Sam a few times due to his possessive view on it.
  • Dean and Jack's interactions are shown to be of a father-son nature with Jack purposefully choosing an activity that Dean had enjoyed with his own father to make a happy memory. Castiel also refers to Dean losing Jack as losing a son.
  • In this episode, a certain witch Magda is mentioned. She is a second witch in the show to be named Magda. The first was Magda in The Bad Seed. It is assumed that they are two different characters since the later was killed on-screen by a waiter demon.
  • It is revealed in this episode that Frank Kellogg, possessed by a demon named Abraxas, was the one that murdered Nick's family in the Season 5 episode Sympathy for the Devil. Its also revealed that in Gods and Monsters, Arty Nielson revealed that he had seen a cop running out of Nick's house on the night of the murders and was threatened into silence by the police in an apparent cover-up to protect one of their own.
  • Dean appears to be having problems of his own, experiencing dizzy spells, but it is unclear what is causing this.
  • Castiel is seen driving again for the first time since Season 12's All Along the Watchtower. However, he is no longer driving his pimpmobile or his truck but a Ford Fiesta.
  • After Nick prays to Lucifer, he is seemingly awoken in The Empty similar to how Jack awoke Castiel from his slumber. Lucifer is confirmed to be awake in Game Night where Nick tries and fails to resurrect the archangel.

Errors[]

  • Rowena is shown not to know that Jack Kline is Lucifer's son. This contradicts her taunt towards Lucifer about Sam, Dean and Castiel being Jack's fathers instead of him in the Season 13 episode Beat the Devil.
    • However, she may not have known him by face as she showed no signs of recognizing him when he crossed the rift.
    • She may not have realized at first that the Jack they were talking about was Lucifer's son Jack, explaining her confusion.

Deaths[]

International Titles[]

  • Hungarian: Emberfeletti természet (Unhuman Nature)

Gallery[]

Promotional Pictures[]

Behind the Scenes[]

Videos[]

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Supernatural 14x07 Sneak Peek "Unhuman Nature" (HD) Season 14 Episode 7 Sneak Peek

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