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‘Supernatural’ Season 9, Episode 8: ‘Rock and a Hard Place’

Posted byBy ABS Contributor | Published on: | Updated on March 25, 2016 CommentsComments (0)

Rock and a Hard Place

On tonight’s “Supernatural” season 9, episode 8: “Rock and a Hard Place,” Sheriff Mills calls Sam and Dean for help investigating multiple murders in her small town. Discovering all four victims belonged to the same church chastity group, Sam and Dean decide to infiltrate by joining the group themselves. When Dean disappears, Sam and Sheriff Mills realize whatever they are hunting has taken Dean too and team up to rescue him.

“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 lies waiting to be used as the ultimate form of military power.

“Supernatural” season 9, episode 8: “Rock and a Hard Place” airs Nov. 26, 9:00 p.m. ET on The CW. Spoiler video below:

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