TMC
04-26-2022, 09:11 PM
https://www.looper.com/842185/the-biggest-mistake-dean-ever-made-on-supernatural/
Dean unlocked the first seal of the Apocalypse by torturing other souls in Hell
The Apocalypse in "Supernatural" is a cataclysmic battle between Heaven and Hell that begins once Lucifer is released from The Cage in which he is kept prisoner. In order to release Lucifer, the 66 Seals of The Cage must be broken, each requiring a different condition to be met. The first Seal requires that a righteous man spill blood in Hell, and it is Dean who breaks it.
Near the end of Season 2, Sam is killed. Dean is distraught, and in the season finale, "All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2," he makes a deal with a crossroads demon (Ona Grauer) to bring Sam back. The demon agrees on the condition that Dean will die in one year. Sure enough, in the Season 3 finale set a year after his deal, Lilith (Katie Cassidy) unleashes a hellhound on Dean which kills him and drags him into Hell. After 30 years of being tortured, Dean finally agrees to torture other souls in exchange for a reprieve. As he tells Sam, "I started ripping them apart. I lost count of how many souls." Unbeknownst to Dean, torturing those souls unlocks the first seal on Lucifer's cage, beginning the sequence of events leading to the Apocalypse.
Making things worse is the fact that before Dean was sent down there, John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) was tortured in Hell for 100 years and never gave in. Compared to his father, Dean's resolve was easy to break, and the price he paid for his sins was the death of thousands and the near destruction of the world. Committing such heinous violence also burdened Dean with immense guilt. Out of all his mistakes on "Supernatural," none were so obviously ethically impermissible as torturing fallen souls, and none had a more calamitous outcome.
Dean unlocked the first seal of the Apocalypse by torturing other souls in Hell
The Apocalypse in "Supernatural" is a cataclysmic battle between Heaven and Hell that begins once Lucifer is released from The Cage in which he is kept prisoner. In order to release Lucifer, the 66 Seals of The Cage must be broken, each requiring a different condition to be met. The first Seal requires that a righteous man spill blood in Hell, and it is Dean who breaks it.
Near the end of Season 2, Sam is killed. Dean is distraught, and in the season finale, "All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2," he makes a deal with a crossroads demon (Ona Grauer) to bring Sam back. The demon agrees on the condition that Dean will die in one year. Sure enough, in the Season 3 finale set a year after his deal, Lilith (Katie Cassidy) unleashes a hellhound on Dean which kills him and drags him into Hell. After 30 years of being tortured, Dean finally agrees to torture other souls in exchange for a reprieve. As he tells Sam, "I started ripping them apart. I lost count of how many souls." Unbeknownst to Dean, torturing those souls unlocks the first seal on Lucifer's cage, beginning the sequence of events leading to the Apocalypse.
Making things worse is the fact that before Dean was sent down there, John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) was tortured in Hell for 100 years and never gave in. Compared to his father, Dean's resolve was easy to break, and the price he paid for his sins was the death of thousands and the near destruction of the world. Committing such heinous violence also burdened Dean with immense guilt. Out of all his mistakes on "Supernatural," none were so obviously ethically impermissible as torturing fallen souls, and none had a more calamitous outcome.