The last episode of The CW's "Supernatural" season 12 showed Mary Winchester (Samantha Smith) returning to her boys and attending the funeral of a fellow hunter named Asa Fox. But with a houseful of hunters mourning his loss, a reaper picks them off one by one.
According to the episode recap of Den of Geek, the episode was a standalone but it could well chart the direction of Mary's decision for her future. In recent episodes, Mary chose to walk away from a life of hunting and in doing do, also left her boys.
But the parallels of Asa's life to the Winchester lifestyle, as well as her parallels with Asa's mother, could hopefully spark the interest that could bring her closer to Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles).
During the episode, Mary was offered a chance by the reaper to go back to heaven but while she swould have taken up the offer without blinking an eye before, it may seem that this time, she harbored second thoughts and declined for the meantime, telling the reaper that she will go back when she is good and ready.
Meanwhile, the next episode of "Supernatural" season 12 — entitled "Rock Never Dies" — will bring the Winchesters back on the trail of Lucifer, who has taken over a new vessel.
"Lucifer (Rick Springfield) realizes that as rock star Vince Vincente, he can get his fans to do whatever he wants. Thrilled with this power, Lucifer arranges to play a secret VIP concert in order to kill all of them. Sam, Dean and Castiel (Misha Collins) enter the underbelly of the music industry to try to stop him," read the synopsis posted on SpoilerTV.
Expected to join the party are the unlikely tandem of Castiel (Misha Collins) and Crowley (Sam Sheppard), who both have a vendetta against the former favorite son of God.
The show has taken a two week break for the meantime before it returns on Thursday, Dec. 1.
