History Recap / SupernaturalS06E11AppointmentInSamarra

* CompleteImmortality: Death states that nothing lasts forever. Then he corrects himself, saying he himself will.

* ContinuityNod

* InfantImmortality: Dean invokes this, outright refusing to reap a little girl who is dying of a genetic heart defect because it's unfair (which, admittedly, it is). Subverted when this upheaval of the natural order results in the death of other people. Dean then corrects his mistake and kills her, agreeing with her after she dies that the natural order is stupid.

* TapOnTheHead

* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: Death instructs Dean to keep researching the souls, saying that he will understand when he needs to.

* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheShining''. Sam breaks through a door with an ax to get to Bobby, leading Bobby to reply, "Don't say 'Here's Johnny'."

* {{Badass}}: Death agrees to retrieve Sam's soul from Lucifer's Cage, a virtually-impenetrable prison housing two very powerful archangels. He returns within a minute.

* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: Death instructs Dean to keep researching the souls, saying that he will understand when he needs to.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Doctor Robert is Creator/RobertEnglund.

--> Wow. They'll just let any slack-jawed haircut be Death these days.
--->'''--Tessa to Dean'''

Dean lost the bet, but since he learned [[AnAesop an important lesson]], Death still holds up his end of the deal and returns Sam's soul to his body.

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* {{Badass}}: Death agrees to retrieve Sam's soul from Lucifer's Cage, a virtually-impermeable prison that is housing two very powerful archangels. When he does, he returns within a minute.

* DoomMagnet: Anyone who cheats death and disrupts the natural order will cause death and chaos wherever they go. Considering all of the times Sam and Dean came back to life and [[DealWithTheDevil all]] [[CameBackWrong the]] [[SealedEvilInACan trouble]] [[EndOfTheWorld they've caused]] as a result, you can see why Death is tired of the Winchesters.

* OffscreenTeleportation: Bobby knocks Sam out when the latter attacks him. He goes over to the table to get some rope, but when he turns around Sam is gone.

* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: Dean gambles with Death to get Sam's soul back from Lucifer's Cage and return it to his body with a temporary fix to keep the hell memories from killing him [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]]. Death buys him a hot dog and holds up his end of the bargain--even though Dean failed his--because Dean learned something. Death of course continues to impress upon Dean the depths of his insignificance at every opportunity.

* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheShining''. Sam breaks through a door with an ax to get to Bobby, leading Bobby to reply "Don't say 'Here's Johnny'."

* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: Death instructs Dean to keep researching the souls, and says that he will understand when he needs to.

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'''Season 6, Episode 11''':

--->'''-- Tessa to Dean'''

Dean goes to [[TheGrimReaper Death]] to make a deal to bring Sam's soul back. Death agrees, on the condition that Dean put on his ring and do his job for one day, under the guidance of the Reaper Tessa. At first, Dean does well, reaping a robber who got shot while holding up a convenience store and an overweight man who has a heart attack. But when his next victim is a [[LittlestCancerPatient twelve year-old girl with a heart defect,]] he refuses. By upsetting the natural order of things, Dean causes the death of a nurse. Her grief-stricken husband, driving home drunk, nearly crashes into a bus and causes more deaths, but Dean removes the ring in order to stop him. Even though he has already lost the bet, he returns to the hospital and reaps the girl in order to prevent more unnecessary deaths.

Meanwhile, Sam summons Balthazar and asks for his help in preventing Dean from returning his soul. Balthazar gives him a spell that requires the blood of Sam's father figure. So Sam [[AxCrazy attempts to kill Bobby,]] eventually tying him up in his own basement. Sam is just about to slash Bobby's throat when Dean returns and punches him out.

* AccidentalInnuendo: "I have to say, I'm not a fan of your brother, so [[HoYay screwing him would delight me.]]
* AxCrazy: Sam. Bonus points for actually wielding an axe at one point.
* {{Badass}}: Death agrees to retrieve Sam's soul from Lucifer's Cage, a virtually impermeable prison that is then housing two very powerful archangels. When he does, he returns within the minute.

* ChessWithDeath: In exchange for bringing Sam's soul back to his body Dean has to do Death's job for a day. Dean ends up failing the test, but Death returns the soul anyway. Firstly because his real reason for the task was to show Dean what forces he was messing with by constantly resurrecting, and also because Sam and Dean's current investigation suited his purposes. He may have wanted a day off too.

* FlatlinePlotline: Dean has himself temporarily killed by Dr. Robert so he can contact and make a deal with Death. According to the man conducting the procedure he has a 75% success rate.

* InfantImmortality: Dean invokes this, outright refusing to reap a little girl who is dying of a genetic heart defect because it's unfair (which admittedly, it is). It is subverted when this upheaval of the natural order results in the death of other people. Dean then corrects his mistake and kills her, agreeing with her after she dies that the natural order is stupid.

* OffscreenTeleportation: Bobby knocks out Sam when the latter attacks him. He goes over to the table to get some rope, but when he turns around Sam is gone.
* TheOmniscient: This is strongly hinted at with Death, since he somehow already knows without being told that Dean contacted one of his Reapers (Tessa) even though she didn't call out for him, where Dean hid his ring, and the outcome of Dean's day in his shoes while presumably not being there.
* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: Dean gambles with Death to get Sam's soul back from Lucifer's Cage and return it to his body with a temporary fix to keep the hell memories from killing him [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]]. Death buys him a hotdog and holds up his end of the bargain—even though Dean failed his—because Dean learned something. Death of course continues to impress upon Dean the depths of his insignificance at every opportunity.
* SelfMadeOrphan: The spell to keep a soul out of a body requires the killing of a parental figure so it will taint the vessel. Sam then tries to kill Bobby, but is stopped just in time by Dean.

* ScrewDestiny: Dean tries to use his powers as Death to do good by letting a sick girl live in defiance of what Tessa calls 'the Natural Order', the established flow of life and death. Subverted when it causes more collateral damage than Dean had foreseen and he's forced to follow destiny anyway, even if it's unfair.

* AssholeVictim: The robber who holds up a convenience store. Dean makes sure he suffers before reaping him.

* FridgeHorror: What exactly did the doctor do to get his license revoked.

* JustInTime: Dean saves Bobby just as Sam is about too slit his throat.

* ScrewDestiny

Dean goes to [[TheGrimReaper Death]] to make a deal to bring Sam's soul back. Death agrees, on the condition that Dean put on his ring and play Reaper for a day. Dean loses the bet but learns [[AnAesop an important lesson]], and so Death still holds up his end of the deal and returns Sam's soul to his body.

* InfantImmortality: Dean invokes this, outright refusing to reap a little girl who is dying of a genetic heart defect because it's unfair (which admittedly, it is). [[spoiler:It is subverted when this upheaval of the natural order results in the death of other people. Dean then corrects his mistake and kills her, agreeing with her after she dies that the natural order is stupid.]]
* JustInTime: Dean saves Bobby just as Sam

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The robber who holds up a convenience store. Dean makes sure he suffers before reaping him.]]

* {{Hell}}: [[spoiler:Dean taunts the robber after he's dead that this is where he'll go.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:The robber dies from a gunshot wound after he threatens to shoot the owner's kid, and the overweight man dies from a heart attack while he was gorging himself on a pizza.]]

* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheShining''. Sam breaks through a door with an axe to get to Bobby, leading Bobby to reply "Don't say 'Here's Johnny'."

* IAmTheNoun: Dean invokes this when he claims that since he's actually Death (albeit for a day only), he doesn't have to reap everyone. Tessa just replies that he knows damn well that she's referring to the real Grim Reaper.

* TheOmniscient: This is strongly hinted at with Death, since he somehow already knows both where Dean hid his ring and the outcome of Dean's day in his shoes.

* {{Badass}}: Death agrees to retrieve Sam's soul from Lucifer's Cage, a virtually impermeable prison that is currently housing two very powerful archangels. When he does, he returns within the minute.

* SelfMadeOrphan: The spell to keep a soul out of a body requires the killing of a parental figure so it will taint the vessel. Sam then tries to kill Bobby, but is stopped by Dean.

* {{Badass}}: Death agrees to retrieve Sam's soul from Lucifer's Cage, a virtually impermeable prison that is currently housing two very powerful archangels. When he does, he returns without the minute.

* CrazyPrepared -- the trapdoor in front of the closet
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu -- Death seems to like junk food
* FlatlinePlotline
* TheGrimReaper -- Death and Tessa
* HeyItsThatGuy -- Doctor Robert is Creator/RobertEnglund.
* SubbingForSanta -- Death makes Dean wear his ring
* SadisticChoice -- Sam or Adam

* HeyItsThatGuy -- Doctor Robert is Robert Englund.