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‘Supernatural’ Season 8 Episode 21: “The Great Escapist”

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On tonight’s Supernatural season 8, episode 21 “The Great Escapist,” when Sam and Dean receive a distressing video message from Kevin Tran (guest star Osric Chau), they set about trying to uncover the Third Trial. The boys make a discovery that sends them to a casino in Colorado, to find a mysterious recluse (guest star Curtis Armstrong) who may be able to fill in the holes in Kevin’s research. Meanwhile, Crowley is on a winning streak. Castiel tries to elude Naomi and the angels hunting him. Robert Duncan McNeill directed the episode, written by Ben Edlund.

Supernatural follows Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers bound by tragedy and blood to the one thing that runs through both their veins – hunting monsters. This past season, Dean and Sam faced insurmountable obstacles: Sam returned from Hell without his soul, and Dean risked everything to get it back for him. The power struggle between good and evil raged on, with the new King of Hell, Crowley, ultimately emerging as their adversary. Shockingly, Crowley had made a secret deal with Sam and Dean’s closest friend, the angel Castiel, who is now a desperate freedom fighter on the losing side of a post-Apocalyptic civil war in Heaven; together, the uneasy allies sought to open a door to Purgatory, where a great untapped well of souls lie waiting to be used as the ultimate form of military power.

The series stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki as Dean and Sam Winchester. The two brothers tour the country searching for their missing father and battling evil spirits along the way.

Supernatural season 8, episode 21, “The Great Escapist” will air May 1, 9:00pm est on The CW. Spoiler video below:

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