Supernatural wrapped up its twelfth season last calendar week, and information technology was a humdinger. The two-office story 'Who We Are' and 'All Along The Watchtower' saw the destruction of the British Men Of Messages in the United states of america, the birth of Kelly Kline's (Courtney Ford) child with Lucifer (Marker Pellegrino), and Friction match'southward return to the earth. In addition to those massive moments, the season finale too introduced yet another alternate universe to the Supernatural catechism, and came with a body count that was impressively high, even past Supernatural standards.

Virtually shocking of all was the loss of two of the longest-running and best-loved characters in the evidence (other than the Winchester brothers themselves): Castiel (Misha Collins) and Crowley (Mark Sheppard). The angel and the Male monarch of Hell take been with the Winchesters since 2008 and 2009, respectively, and their loss in the same finale is a double-whammy that has fans wondering... could these two really exist dead?

The Trunk Count

It'due south non unusual for a Supernatural season finale to involve the death of a major grapheme, simply this flavor's finale seemed adamant to slaughter everyone in sight.

  • Eileen Leahy: The Irish hunter (played by Shoshannah Stern) was the starting time to die in the season finale, killed past Ketch'south trained Hell Hound.
  • Lady Bevell: Elizabeth Blackmore's portrayal of a buttoned upward fellow member of the British Men of Messages came to an end in the finale, her throat slit past Ketch (David Haydn-Jones) in the Winchester'south bunker.
  • Arthur Ketch: The psychotic British Men of Letters killer has had a complicated human relationship with Mary Winchester (Samantha Smith) this season, and it felt very fitting that she was the one to put a bullet in his brain.
  • The British Men Of Letters: In addition to the death of both Lady Bevell and Arthur Ketch, the remaining British Men of Messages are slaughtered in their headquarters when Sam (Jared Padalecki) leads a cadre of the remaining hunters against them. This effectively ends their attempt to return to US soil. (The battle also takes out a few hunters.)
  • Rowena: Crowley'southward mother, and the only remaining witch powerful enough to put Lucifer back in his cage, Rowena (Ruth Connell) was tortured, killed, and burned by Lucifer on his escape.
  • Crowley: Crowley managed to die TWICE this episode, first when stabbed past Lucifer - although he escaped past taking temporary refuge in a rat. His second, more than lasting demise came as he attempted to accept down Lucifer in the other dimension, made accessible when Kelly's birth opens a rip between worlds. Crowley enters with Sam and Dean (Jensen Ackles), intending to perform a spell to send Friction match back to Hell. The spell requires the sacrifice of a life, and Crowley steps upwardly to endeavour and make it work.
  • Castiel: Everyone's favorite angel has survived an impressive amount over the years, merely finally met his end at the finish of an affections blade. Afterward assertive that he and Crowley finally defeated Match, Castiel steps through the rift between worlds, and is stabbed in the back past Match.
  • Kelly Kline: This was no stupor, but the birth of her child killed Kelly Kline.

In addition to all of the death, the finale ends with Mary punching Lucifer dorsum through the rift into an alternate dimension, and falling in after him simply earlier the rip closes. These two aren't technically dead, but they are definitely not part of the main Supernatural universe right now.

What Happens To Angels (And Demons) When They Dice?

The ii biggest deaths in the finale, Castiel and Crowley, both seem pretty permanent at first glance.

Castiel was stabbed with an angel bract, i of the only weapons in the entire universe that is capable of truly killing an angel (too as several other supernatural beings). And then far in the serial, angels killed with these blades haven't reappeared, so information technology seems that death by angel blade is permanent. What, exactly, happens to angels at death has yet to be revealed, but information technology does seem that their souls can exist recovered, as God was able to resurrect Castiel in the by. Castiel himself has besides survived an angel bract, but only because he was not truly an angel at the time - this time, however, he has no such protection.

Crowley was also killed with an angel blade, which is capable of killing demons and Hell Hounds equally well as angels. Unlike his earlier 'death' in the finale, which involved none of the center-irresolute and colorful light that a true demon decease does, this time it looks like Crowley truly died. The rift likewise closed, which required a decease, so we tin can assume that he actually did die. Like angels, it's non clear what happens to demons later on death - the full general assumption is that they are simply wiped out of being.

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