Supernatural Season 13 Episode 13
What do you get when you mix the Prince of Darkness, a faith healer, the new King of Hell, and an overworked prophet? A pretty damn good episode of Supernatural, that’s what. As usual, Lucifer handled the one-liners with ease. “What are you gawking at, you never seen the Prince of Darkness before?” he angrily says as he walks through a town nearly defeated. Lucifer’s power level has gotten so low that he starts feeling human needs such as hunger and cold – and he doesn’t like it one bit. He’s not the sort to be humbled by this human experience like our friend Castiel has been in the past. He’s more of a petulant child, demanding he be restored to his former strength. We can’t make him too much of a softie I guess. This episode introduced Daneel Ackles as the faith healer Sister Jo, who just gets more and more interesting as the episode plays out. She’s actually an angel, using her power for her own financial gain, and she doesn’t balk at Lucifer’s visit. In fact, she sees the opportunity to wheel and deal a bit. “I was a so-so angel,” she said to Lucifer “but it turns out I’m an excellent businesswoman.” If there was any question about this character fitting in to this storyline, I think it was answered. British Men of Letters jerk Mr. Ketch makes a reappearance, now somehow working for Asmodeus. I don’t get when that started to happen, as he felt a bit shoe-horned into this storyline. I might be biased though, since I had some small issues with the British Men of Letters saga anyway. He didn’t serve much of a purpose here except to be captured by the boys, be too late to help with the Lucifer confrontation, and to serve as surrogate audience when Asmodeus narrated about the archangel blade. The title “Devil’s Bargain” was certainly apropos, as Lucifer struck a couple a deals. First, with Sister Jo, who turned out to be a bit of an ally for him. Second, with the angels who are so desperate to recoup their numbers. The angels are so vain. They’d do anything, including serving the Devil, to get their wings reinstated. It was a great episode to launch us formally into the second half of the season, as the previous two episodes were more spinoff-centric.
