Nate’s Episode Review – Supernatural 13.17 “The Thing”

Then:  A small grate in a door slides back.  Ketch and Asmodeus peer in at Gabriel.  We see glimpses of Mary in Alt World as well as a reminder that an archangel is needed to create a spell to get into that world.  We see Dean and Ketch step through the rift and Sam watching…

Then:  multiple scenes of Gabriel as himself, in “Changing Channels”, in the hotel facing Lucifer, as Asmodeus’ prisoner, frying Asmodeus.  There’s a quick shot of Sam, as Lucifer’s vessel, fighting to keep him contained, and a quick reminder of the danger in the Rift World, ending with Dean’s explosive anger and frustration that ended last…