Wow. This scene gets even sadder, when you realize, that Gabriel does the whole thing acutally just because he wants Sam to prepare what it feels like to loose a beloved brother and accept the loss, because he went through the same by loosing Lucifer. Just wow.
roll14tideroll Uhh no, in Changing Channels he was pretty mad when these 2 started the Apocalypse but because they’ve started it, he just wanted to say yes so the Apocalypse can just be get done with
@n.k.nguyen4255 Yeeaaahh no, in changing channels he mentions that he and the angels all figured it was going to end with Sam and Dean from the beginning.
I laughed so hard because- dude tried to kill you, you get your revenge, he does puppy eyes- and. Thats it?! Thats ALL it took?!?! 😂😂😂😂😂 Gabriel must be smitten!
I love how during the six-month montage, we see Sam as this cold, vengeful killing machine ruthlessly hunting the Trickster…but as soon as he meets him in person, he just breaks down and begs to get his brother back.
so, the last scene becomes so much more meaningful when you know gabriel's past. because, gabe wanted to teach sam a lesson. but when sam broke down, and just begged for his brother to come back, gabriel stopped. for gabriel is an archangel who would give anything to have his big brother back. because gabriel remembered who he felt when lucifer ended up in the cage, and lesson or not, he didnt want that feeling for anyone, much less caused by his own hands
I love how Gabriel, despite his reluctance, gave into Sam's pleas. I also love how this wasn't just about getting back at them for trying to kill him before; that he actually cares about what happens to them, and how it impacts them. Oh Gabe, you'd never let on you had a heart, would you? Not until later, at any rate. :P
Look into Gabriel's eyes when he's talking to Sam. You can see the compassion and pain in his eyes, he is truly truly to help Sam. He doesn't want him to have to go through what he went through when Lucifer was banished. As much as Gabriel tries to hide it he truly does care.
Kevin Zhang The people he kills are not innocent people. Besides that you can't really expect an angel let alone an Archangel to not have done those kinds of things on the orders of God at some point. It's not the same type of moral right or wrong question for them as it is for humans. That Gabriel actually cares if they've done something wrong is kind of unexpected for a really old being.
2 years late but plus, he was doing it to disguise him as the trickster. I mean, wouldn’t it be suspicious if the trickster suddenly stop doing tricks?
I mean, it's partly that, but probably also because Gabriel, being an archangel even though he left Heaven, likely knew that Heaven and Hell were both planning to start the apocalypse, and that they'd be using Sam and Dean to do it.
Sam has always been the more compassionate one, the one who took a person aside and kindly tried to interrogate them. Its painful to see him so cold and ruthless.
Seven years ago, late at night, I was channel surfing. I flicked to the CW, watched the last couple minutes of Smallville, and let the next show fade in while I did my homework. I saw it was a show I vaguely remembered seeing two years prior...just a single episode and nothing monumental, but hey I could stand to watch it. This was what waited for me. I had no idea the significance of Dean's deaths. I didn't know about the deal he made to bring Sam back. I didn't have the whole picture, but it was funny with just the right amount of serious for me to start considering investing in the show. Picking it up to read the back at Best Buy. Then finally finding the time to tune in less than a year later, to an episode that finished getting me hooked: In the Beginning from Season 4. But this is the episode I credit now for so many things. For fostering friendships and strengthening my bonds with my own family. For giving me a goofy thing to look forward every Thursday and a big grin on my face. This episode holds a very special place in my heart and what an important episode it was too. We didn't even know how big this episode was back then. Thank you for sharing this. The final scenes, the ones that made me fall for Sam with Jared's superb acting here.
I only started watching because I heard that Misha Collins got mugged. I didn't know who he was so I watched the first episode of season 1 not realising he wasn't in it til season 4. it took me four seasons to realise Misha wasn't in it til season 4 but I didn't care because seasons 1-3 were so damn good.
Trickster (secretly Archangel Gabriel, one of the strongest beings in existence): "Sometimes, you just gotta let people go." Sam, knowing his brother is doomed to Hell for him: "... He's my _brother."_ Gabriel, remembering _his_ brothers Michael and Lucifer fighting, having to leave Heaven to escape it and would give anything to have them be loving friendly brothers again: "... Yup... and like it or not... _this is what life's gonna be like without him."_
After the revelation that this Loki is Gabriel in season 5 and so on, this scene has more meaning to it. Gabe just giving Sam a lesson to learn to let go and be prepared of his brother soon to be demise. And he is giving up his trick here? Maybe it reminds him about his brothers, Michael and Lucifer. They were once loved each other until Lucifer turned to evil after the Mark and everything. Maybe Gabe sees Sam and Dean just like as his brother. Because they too are his brother's true vessels.
I love Gabriel. some people hate him for what he put Sam through but I think he was right to do that to Sam. Gabriel and lucifer are my favourite characters from the show because they are both so like me as a person so yeah my favourite characters...
So the last time Dean dies in this episode, he stays dead for 6-months, and since he's already sold his soul at this point, doesn't that mean that Dean spent 6-months in Hell during that time? It was, of course, reversed when Gabriel undid everything, but still. Strange to think that Dean spent 6-months in Hell but he doesn't remember it because in the end it didn't technically happen . . .
Gabriel probably had a tight leash on Dean's soul to ensure he wouldn't actually end up in hell, since he must have known it would trigger the apocalypse.
after rewatching!I really don't know to think Gabriel is still a villain and I suppose to hate him,or just looking at the pain in his voice😢and thinking about seasons later and realizing,he wasn't joking here at all!
Except none of them were innocent and he killed them for not getting basic lessons they should've known earlier (i.e. a guy arrogantly denouncing wormholes is punished by getting yeeted into one... also note that Gabriel never said he killed him).
In retrospect they were foreshadowing how Sam did get when Dean died before Ruby showed up. A hot mess, depressed, probably not sleeping and a bit crazed
The way sam act after dean die in this episode is literally the best way sam should act after Dean's death, becomes the best hunter he can be, the only time they did it right. The others times is trash, Sam stops being a hunter after he lost dean, I mean, really? Such a dumb thing to do, instead of continue saving the world, he prefers just let it die? After fighting to save it for the most part of his life. That's not the sam that Dean raised.
Everyones saying that Gabriel was the one trying to teach Sam to let Dean go but, if you think about it, Gabriel possessed the Trickster after this. This was purely the Trickster's (Loki's) work.
No, this was still Gabriel. He went into ‘witness protection’ centuries ago. Gabriel was Loki for years before this. But Loki is still a separate entity. And this isn’t him.
Totally different world, one that is fucked up even more than ours because aside bad people there are literal monsters, demons, etc. A hunters life is shown to mostly be rather lonely and bloody so to want the one person who is sharing that path and always been there not to die especially by a trick isn't really all that unhealthy in that context. Now the selling of the souls shows an unhealthy willingness to let go and move forward but overall their relationship isn't all that unhealthy compared to some the other bad choices made by them and other characters as well. Besides in the end it turns out God was just writing their tale for essentially his amusement/story so blame Chuck!
@@jdrago9998 Not saying I don't blame Chuck, but still. When one dies, the other is desperate to bring them back (even if it means dying) or the simple fact that their personal relationship is terrible (Sam never stood his ground against Dean enough and Dean was a self righteous hypocrite who acted like Sam's boss. Despite all that, neither could let go of the other). They have a very unhealthy codependency on one another
I imagine chuck and his arc angle are the only one aware all this happened beside Sam and gabe If anything I think chuck “helped” Gabriel with this bumbling up his power on this Matter
Gabriel was trying to show Sam that going around in circles sacrificing themselves for each other has consequences. The worst was what Sam did and unleashed to save Dean from the mark.
I have a question as a newbie Supernatural fan who just watched this episode. How "real" is the whole scenario after Dean's death on Wednesday? Like the trickster is doing this all to teach Sam to let Dean go, I get that, and once he does bring Dean back it means those past six months never happened, but when those six months were happening, was that all a scenario created by the trickster to prove a point to Sam, as in: this is what will happen to you if you don't let go of Dean, or is the idea that this is what actually happens to Sam (until the trickster reverses it)? Was Sam really just casually going to go out and spill someone's guts to summon the trickster? Or had he already figured out it wasn't Bobby (since the real Bobby wouldn't just be like, "yeah, we need a gallon of blood, no biggie")?
Sabella Shepard Wait, where was this confirmation that Gabriel was the one to actually create it and not Metatron. Though that does make sense I thought it was still left ambiguously.
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Wow. This scene gets even sadder, when you realize, that Gabriel does the whole thing acutally just because he wants Sam to prepare what it feels like to loose a beloved brother and accept the loss, because he went through the same by loosing Lucifer. Just wow.
0NotSoFar0 at this point he was still on the apocalypse plan so he was preparing Sam to forget about dean and say yes to Lucifer and fight him
roll14tideroll Uhh no, in Changing Channels he was pretty mad when these 2 started the Apocalypse but because they’ve started it, he just wanted to say yes so the Apocalypse can just be get done with
@n.k.nguyen4255 Yeeaaahh no, in changing channels he mentions that he and the angels all figured it was going to end with Sam and Dean from the beginning.
Sam: *puppy eyes*
Gabriel: Don't you dare! I'm really trying to teach you something here!
Sam: *puppy eyes intensifies*
Gabriel: FINE I DON'T CARE
I laughed so hard because- dude tried to kill you, you get your revenge, he does puppy eyes- and. Thats it?! Thats ALL it took?!?! 😂😂😂😂😂 Gabriel must be smitten!
I love how during the six-month montage, we see Sam as this cold, vengeful killing machine ruthlessly hunting the Trickster…but as soon as he meets him in person, he just breaks down and begs to get his brother back.
The puppy eyes, combined with the heartbroken voice-I would have totally caved too.
Nobody can resist Sam Winchester's Puppy Eyes of Doom.
so, the last scene becomes so much more meaningful when you know gabriel's past. because, gabe wanted to teach sam a lesson. but when sam broke down, and just begged for his brother to come back, gabriel stopped. for gabriel is an archangel who would give anything to have his big brother back. because gabriel remembered who he felt when lucifer ended up in the cage, and lesson or not, he didnt want that feeling for anyone, much less caused by his own hands
I love how Gabriel, despite his reluctance, gave into Sam's pleas. I also love how this wasn't just about getting back at them for trying to kill him before; that he actually cares about what happens to them, and how it impacts them.
Oh Gabe, you'd never let on you had a heart, would you? Not until later, at any rate. :P
7 seasons later Sam's still ignoring Gabe's lesson.
Nitzky 89 7 years later and Gabriel was being tortured and drained by Asmodeous
9 years later and well…
He finally listened to him in the last episode of supernatural.
Look into Gabriel's eyes when he's talking to Sam. You can see the compassion and pain in his eyes, he is truly truly to help Sam. He doesn't want him to have to go through what he went through when Lucifer was banished. As much as Gabriel tries to hide it he truly does care.
not to mention he killed innocent people for fun. Lol.
Kevin Zhang The people he kills are not innocent people. Besides that you can't really expect an angel let alone an Archangel to not have done those kinds of things on the orders of God at some point. It's not the same type of moral right or wrong question for them as it is for humans. That Gabriel actually cares if they've done something wrong is kind of unexpected for a really old being.
2 years late but
plus, he was doing it to disguise him as the trickster. I mean, wouldn’t it be suspicious if the trickster suddenly stop doing tricks?
I mean, it's partly that, but probably also because Gabriel, being an archangel even though he left Heaven, likely knew that Heaven and Hell were both planning to start the apocalypse, and that they'd be using Sam and Dean to do it.
Seeing Sam so broken up made me cry
I have to laugh at the puppy eyes Sam gives him. So cute.
I love Gabriel so funny
Sam has always been the more compassionate one, the one who took a person aside and kindly tried to interrogate them.
Its painful to see him so cold and ruthless.
Seven years ago, late at night, I was channel surfing. I flicked to the CW, watched the last couple minutes of Smallville, and let the next show fade in while I did my homework. I saw it was a show I vaguely remembered seeing two years prior...just a single episode and nothing monumental, but hey I could stand to watch it.
This was what waited for me. I had no idea the significance of Dean's deaths. I didn't know about the deal he made to bring Sam back. I didn't have the whole picture, but it was funny with just the right amount of serious for me to start considering investing in the show. Picking it up to read the back at Best Buy. Then finally finding the time to tune in less than a year later, to an episode that finished getting me hooked: In the Beginning from Season 4.
But this is the episode I credit now for so many things. For fostering friendships and strengthening my bonds with my own family. For giving me a goofy thing to look forward every Thursday and a big grin on my face. This episode holds a very special place in my heart and what an important episode it was too. We didn't even know how big this episode was back then.
Thank you for sharing this. The final scenes, the ones that made me fall for Sam with Jared's superb acting here.
Huh. *wipes tear* I found Supernatural through an AMV or MEP or something of that nature, but your way works too. *sniff*
I only started watching because I heard that Misha Collins got mugged. I didn't know who he was so I watched the first episode of season 1 not realising he wasn't in it til season 4. it took me four seasons to realise Misha wasn't in it til season 4 but I didn't care because seasons 1-3 were so damn good.
Nobody gives a fuck
Trickster (secretly Archangel Gabriel, one of the strongest beings in existence): "Sometimes, you just gotta let people go."
Sam, knowing his brother is doomed to Hell for him: "... He's my _brother."_
Gabriel, remembering _his_ brothers Michael and Lucifer fighting, having to leave Heaven to escape it and would give anything to have them be loving friendly brothers again: "... Yup... and like it or not... _this is what life's gonna be like without him."_
An absolutely adorable brick wall with very persuasive eyes
Yes!
Deans reaction at 0:45 makes me laugh every time :)
After the revelation that this Loki is Gabriel in season 5 and so on, this scene has more meaning to it. Gabe just giving Sam a lesson to learn to let go and be prepared of his brother soon to be demise. And he is giving up his trick here? Maybe it reminds him about his brothers, Michael and Lucifer. They were once loved each other until Lucifer turned to evil after the Mark and everything. Maybe Gabe sees Sam and Dean just like as his brother. Because they too are his brother's true vessels.
he always seems like hes having the time of his life in this role lol
I love Gabriel. some people hate him for what he put Sam through but I think he was right to do that to Sam. Gabriel and lucifer are my favourite characters from the show because they are both so like me as a person so yeah my favourite characters...
So the last time Dean dies in this episode, he stays dead for 6-months, and since he's already sold his soul at this point, doesn't that mean that Dean spent 6-months in Hell during that time? It was, of course, reversed when Gabriel undid everything, but still. Strange to think that Dean spent 6-months in Hell but he doesn't remember it because in the end it didn't technically happen . . .
Aria Faline that's what I'm confused about unless that was a trick as well?
@@wolfgirl657 Gabe can make pocket dimensions and speed up time in there or something.
Gabriel probably had a tight leash on Dean's soul to ensure he wouldn't actually end up in hell, since he must have known it would trigger the apocalypse.
Gabriel trying to prevent the apocalypse before it starts by teaching Sam that he shouldn't go to 'any length [demon blood] to save Dean.'
So much foreshadowing in early Supernatural
after rewatching!I really don't know to think Gabriel is still a villain and I suppose to hate him,or just looking at the pain in his voice😢and thinking about seasons later and realizing,he wasn't joking here at all!
I love Gabriel
I prefer poison
Gabriel; such pretty eyes
Ooh, new thought: Trickster vs Rumplestiltskin (Once Upon a Time).
This makes alot more sense now.......damn.
In the end, Gabriel was right, Sam wasn't able to save Dean.
Ok but Dean's face at 0:45 🤣
Are we ignoring the fact that Gabriel killed people for fun who 'ask for it' and was indistinguishable from a monster...lol
Same goes for meg, catch etc.
Except none of them were innocent and he killed them for not getting basic lessons they should've known earlier (i.e. a guy arrogantly denouncing wormholes is punished by getting yeeted into one... also note that Gabriel never said he killed him).
this was one of my fav eps
Is it because of the plot scene or is it because we get to meet Gabriel earlier than the other angels on the show?
In retrospect they were foreshadowing how Sam did get when Dean died before Ruby showed up. A hot mess, depressed, probably not sleeping and a bit crazed
The way sam act after dean die in this episode is literally the best way sam should act after Dean's death, becomes the best hunter he can be, the only time they did it right. The others times is trash, Sam stops being a hunter after he lost dean, I mean, really? Such a dumb thing to do, instead of continue saving the world, he prefers just let it die? After fighting to save it for the most part of his life. That's not the sam that Dean raised.
Holy Full Metal Jacket! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
At this time we still think this is the Norse trickster god Loki, and not Gabriel the archangel. These were seeds for the next season.
3:41 sam be like not wanting dean dies : please...i still want this show running for few seasons...lol
Everyones saying that Gabriel was the one trying to teach Sam to let Dean go but, if you think about it, Gabriel possessed the Trickster after this. This was purely the Trickster's (Loki's) work.
No, this was still Gabriel. He went into ‘witness protection’ centuries ago. Gabriel was Loki for years before this. But Loki is still a separate entity. And this isn’t him.
@@gretep
Oh ok. Nevermind then. I thought he became Gabriel sometime after this episode
He's still my favorite
Sad thing is this shows just how unhealthy the relationship between Sam and Dean truly is
Totally different world, one that is fucked up even more than ours because aside bad people there are literal monsters, demons, etc.
A hunters life is shown to mostly be rather lonely and bloody so to want the one person who is sharing that path and always been there not to die especially by a trick isn't really all that unhealthy in that context. Now the selling of the souls shows an unhealthy willingness to let go and move forward but overall their relationship isn't all that unhealthy compared to some the other bad choices made by them and other characters as well. Besides in the end it turns out God was just writing their tale for essentially his amusement/story so blame Chuck!
@@jdrago9998 Not saying I don't blame Chuck, but still. When one dies, the other is desperate to bring them back (even if it means dying) or the simple fact that their personal relationship is terrible (Sam never stood his ground against Dean enough and Dean was a self righteous hypocrite who acted like Sam's boss. Despite all that, neither could let go of the other). They have a very unhealthy codependency on one another
I imagine chuck and his arc angle are the only one aware all this happened beside Sam and gabe
If anything I think chuck “helped” Gabriel with this bumbling up his power on this Matter
hhhhhh I MISS HIM
totally agree!!!
Whether he has a point or not, he's still a son of a -----.
Line?
@@kritipatwardhan374 I'm censuring myself
Bitch? Actually as can be seen in s14, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Coral Roper But let’s be real, Gabriel is the nicest archangel, probably the only archangel that the Winchester can trust, also he died for them
He was making a point about his and how what they wanted didn’t matter it’s the reason Gabriel abandoned his title as a angle and became Loki
Gabriel was trying to show Sam that going around in circles sacrificing themselves for each other has consequences. The worst was what Sam did and unleashed to save Dean from the mark.
Didn't sam reword this speech to Dean in series 9?
Something on similar lines yes
Sabriel RISE
Trickster versus Q (Star Trek: TNG). Who wins?
Coral Roper Oooo good question!! Both like to meddle, both sarcastic...they might team up with each other...imagine the chaos then!!
Oh man...The Enterprise and the Winchesters have a hard enough time dealing with each of them separately...
I would absolutely love seeing the two team up. Nothing in the universe would be safe from their jokes and sarcasm
Except Lucifer (sorry, I had to say it)
...This show just keeps getting weirder and weirder
I have a question as a newbie Supernatural fan who just watched this episode. How "real" is the whole scenario after Dean's death on Wednesday? Like the trickster is doing this all to teach Sam to let Dean go, I get that, and once he does bring Dean back it means those past six months never happened, but when those six months were happening, was that all a scenario created by the trickster to prove a point to Sam, as in: this is what will happen to you if you don't let go of Dean, or is the idea that this is what actually happens to Sam (until the trickster reverses it)? Was Sam really just casually going to go out and spill someone's guts to summon the trickster? Or had he already figured out it wasn't Bobby (since the real Bobby wouldn't just be like, "yeah, we need a gallon of blood, no biggie")?
Sabella Shepard Wait, where was this confirmation that Gabriel was the one to actually create it and not Metatron. Though that does make sense I thought it was still left ambiguously.
gabe has a point
like woah
I like the original sound too. (Hungarian dub is not good either).
ps: Gabriel FTW :D
He kinda looks like Paul Rudd
You guys do realize that is an actual trickster and not Gabriel, right. They just have the same actor, that doesn't make them the same character.
@wolfaesthetic negative what?
@wolfaesthetic ok.
Uh. It is Gabriel?
@Toni Rogers Specifically, he pretended to be Loki. This is not Loki. It's some random trickster.
He's still Gabriel, just has Loki powers so they could both hide from their families
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