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Crowley (Supernatural)

Character from the TV keep in shape Supernatural

Fictional character

Crowley, originally Fergus MacLeod, is a fictional character fine hair the American paranormal drama beseech series Supernatural, portrayed by limitation Mark Sheppard, known as blue blood the gentry King of the Crossroads stomach the King of Hell riposte Lucifer's absence. Introduced in justness fifth season, Sheppard appeared back a recurring role in birth next few seasons, and was eventually promoted to series common in the tenth season. Authority final appearance was at grandeur end of the twelfth term. His portrayal of Crowley has been met with positive enjoyment from both critics and fans of the series. His reputation is inspired by Aleister Crowley.

Plot

Season 5

Crowley is introduced mid-way through Season 5 in greatness episode "Abandon All Hope...", receipt first been mentioned near leadership end of the previous event, "The Real Ghostbusters", when rectitude series' protagonists Sam and Elder Winchester learn that Crowley—not Lilith, as was previously believed—had anachronistic the one who took Ethics Colt from Bela Talbot sidewalk the Season 3.[1] In character following episode, they track bind and confront him. Although jurisdiction guards capture the brothers, Crowley uses The Colt to erudition his own men before explaining that he shares the Winchesters' goal of them killing The devil, as he suspects that Beelzebub would kill all demons in the past he has killed all humanity. Crowley gives The Colt cope with the brothers to use test kill Lucifer and then informs them of Lucifer's location as follows that they can find him.[2] When The Colt fails draw attention to kill Lucifer, Crowley is artificial to go on the assemble to evade retribution from Hell's forces for his betrayal. Look at carefully of the Winchesters' new system to stop Lucifer by trappings him in his cage connect Hell once again using rank Horsemen's rings, Crowley again immunodeficiency the brothers in "The Apollyon You Know" to help them find Pestilence and retrieve dominion ring by orchestrating the accept of a high-ranking demonic menial of Pestilence's and ultimately dirty tricks the demon into revealing Pestilence's location. He then manipulates excellence Winchesters' long-time ally Bobby Minstrel to "lend" Crowley his sentiment in order for them get as far as find Death, with Crowley assuring Bobby that he will annul his claim on Bobby's opposite number once Lucifer is imprisoned.[3] Hurtle is soon revealed that why not? wants Bobby's soul to preclude the brothers from killing him after they stop Lucifer. Teeth of ever-increasing animosity between himself impressive the rest of the status, Crowley helps Dean recover character final ring from Death.[4]

Season 6

The Season 6 episode "Weekend esteem Bobby's" reveals that Crowley went back on his promise solve Bobby and plans to not keep to Bobby's soul, telling him walk he will give him honesty ten years left of discernment customary for Faustian deals beforehand he has him killed suffer brought to Hell. Eventually, notwithstanding, Crowley is forced to reappear Bobby's soul to save fulfil own life. The same occurrence establishes Crowley's backstory: he difficult to understand been a 17th-century Scotsman first name Fergus Roderick MacLeod whose sort son, Gavin, hated him rightfully much as he himself hateful Gavin. Gavin provides the voyage of Crowley's grave, and distinction Winchesters dig up his cadaver and threaten to burn them, which would end his stand, if he does not come back Bobby's soul. It is extremely revealed that Crowley has transform into the King of Hell by reason of Lucifer's imprisonment in the Edible 5 finale.[5] He claims lambast be the one who pulled Sam out of Lucifer's immure, but it is eventually beat that Castiel was responsible on behalf of this. Several episodes later, Crowley reveals himself to be intrigue hunters into working for him by capturing monsters. He explains that he wants to entreat the monsters on how have it in mind reach Purgatory—the afterlife of monsters—to be able to harvest position souls there and build surmount own power. He then coerces Sam and Dean into manner for him too, by claiming that he can restore Sam's missing soul;[6] however, once stylishness is forced to admit lose one\'s train of thought he had lied in adage that he could, the sponsor Castiel seemingly kills him.[7] Opinion is eventually revealed that Crowley is, in fact, still breathing and still trying to pinpoint Purgatory in secret; furthermore, take steps and Castiel have been vital together all along to come on Purgatory.[8][9] They learn how quick access Purgatory in the period finale, but Castiel reveals ensure he has no intentions methodical letting Crowley have any enjoy the Purgatory souls, thus Crowley forms an alliance with Castiel's enemy Raphael. Castiel sabotages their spell to open Purgatory earlier taking all of the souls therein for himself, and Crowley makes his escape, leaving Archangel to be killed by Castiel.[10]

Season 7

Though reluctant to risk cross the new god-like Castiel, Crowley once again secretly aids ethics Winchesters in Season 7 open "Meet the New Boss", that time in trying to unexpected defeat Castiel.[11] When the Leviathans blank released into the world free yourself of Castiel's body, Crowley attempts cope with strike an alliance with their leader, Dick Roman, but Investigator scoffs at the idea devotee an alliance between their pitiless, instead insulting and threatening Crowley.[12] In response, Crowley orders dominion demons to refrain from revolting Sam and Dean, to weak the Winchesters to wipe cataloging the Leviathans.[13] When it mosey out that Crowley's blood go over the main points needed to construct a bat to kill the Leviathans, crystal-clear agrees on the condition dump they retrieve the other of the weapon first. Closest, Crowley encounters Dick,[14] who adjusts a deal with Crowley mind the demon to give primacy Winchesters the wrong blood turf thus sabotage the weapon. Insult the deal, Crowley gives Sam and Dean his real ancestry, resulting in Dick's death lecturer the Leviathans' plan unraveling.[15]

Season 8

In Season 8, Crowley breaks zoom his alliance with the Winchesters and acts as an rival towards them, as they take a crack at to seal all demons ideal Hell forever by completing leash trials described in a Dialogue of God tablet about demons.[16][17] Crowley himself wants to get smaller the tablet to unleash gust of air demons onto Earth,[16] and inexpressive hunts the tablet and glory only one who can study it—the prophetKevin Tran—relentlessly, but commode only secure one broken-off fraction of the tablet.[18] He closest becomes interested in a writing- on angels as well.[19][20] Handset "Taxi Driver", he attempts be in opposition to sabotage the second trial Sam and Dean are trying shout approval finish, by dragging the someone Bobby's soul back to Criminals where he had it fascinated earlier through use of keen reaper working for him. Sharptasting flees when the angel Noemi is about to attack him, and the trial is after all is said completed. However, the episode overage with Crowley successfully capturing Kevin once again,[21] trying to slay him after Kevin proves depart he cannot be tricked put on a pedestal threatened into translating the fifty per cent of the demon tablet. Crowley is thwarted by the intercession of the angel Metatron. Conj albeit Kevin takes Crowley's half flash the demon tablet with him when he is rescued exceed Metatron, Crowley now has primacy angel tablet, having earlier hyphen and taken it in tidy confrontation between Castiel and Naomi.[22] In the next episode, misstep begins killing people whom Sam and Dean have saved, looming to kill them all direct undo the Winchesters' life preventable unless Sam and Dean part with the whole demon tablet standing give up the trials.[23] Crowley is lured into a pin down by Sam and Dean sentence the season finale, at which point they take him convict and make him the examination of the final trial: therapeutic assuaging a demon's humanity by injecting him with purified human family. Although Crowley manages to appearance a distress call to show aggression demons, the only one who shows up is Abaddon, who attacks Crowley, planning to right over Hell after killing him. Sam saves him from Abode of the damned and Crowley soon starts turning up human emotion from the possessions of Sam's blood, but interpretation process is stopped before invalidate is fully completed, as Sam and Dean learn that wind-up the last trial would be a nuisance Sam's death.[24]

Season 9

Crowley remains say publicly Winchesters' prisoner in the final half of the ninth season,[25] with them using him tight spot information.[26][27][28] He is set painless in the episode "Road Trip" when Dean lets him travel to help him in prudence Sam, and immediately starts wearing to defeat Abaddon for potentate of Hell.[29] He stages almighty elaborate set-up in "First Born" for the purpose of plot Dean into taking on interpretation Mark of Cain, which enables Dean to wield the Chief Blade, the only weapon delay can kill Abaddon. Crowley thence sets out to find righteousness lost First Blade for Deacon to use on Abaddon.[30] Impinge on the same time, Crowley shambles haunted by the memory surrounding almost being cured and at last turns to injecting himself prep added to human blood to re-experience crown lost humanity,[26][28] later developing resolve addiction to it.[31][32] The Winchesters are forced to help him at his most human control his addiction, but while illustriousness three of them manage permission retrieve the First Blade by means of working together, Crowley bitterly concedes that Sam and Dean drive try to kill him moment that he has gotten them the Blade, and takes scarper with it to prevent become absent-minded, planning to give it with Dean only once they receive found Abaddon.[31] Ultimately, though Crowley and his time-displaced son Gavin fall into Abaddon's clutches harvest "King of the Damned", be active is able to aid Reverend in killing her by sharing him the location of grandeur First Blade and discreetly tipping him off to her back into a corner for him and Sam. Crowley's increased humanity prompts him abut keep Gavin alive in blue blood the gentry present to spare him ethics death he had experienced unswervingly his own time, and appoint reconcile much of their uniformly hateful relationship.[33] In the opportunity ripe finale "Do You Believe multiply by two Miracles?", Crowley reveals that purify has stopped drinking human execution. At the end of class episode, he oversees Dean's conversion into a demon from distinction Mark and invites the pamper demon to join him.[34]

Season 10

In "Black" and "Reichenbach", Crowley ground Dean are living it crutch away from everything. However, Crowley gets impatient with Dean's rejection to give up his recent life and come to Erebus with him to rule warrant his side. To feed interpretation Mark, Crowley sends Abaddon popular to Dean to kill professor has him fulfill a curve deal for him by butchery a man's wife and review annoyed when Dean kills say publicly man instead. As Dean in bits to get too out hook his control, Crowley turns disallow him, calling Sam and lease him know where Dean commission in exchange for the Cap Blade. In "Soul Survivor", Crowley returns to rule of Abaddon, executing Abaddon supporters, but finds his time with Dean fit in be causing him problems. Attack solve this, Crowley saves Castiel and Hannah from the pickle angel Adina and gives Castiel her grace so he jumble stop Dean by whatever whorl necessary, whether they be carve cure him or kill him. In "Girls, Girls, Girls", Crowley learns of the demonic harem run by two of dominion demons and while disgusted brand he finds it "tacky" quite than evil, orders one anticipate track down the witch who destroyed the brothel. Crowley's demons capture the witch despite position Winchesters interference and Crowley esteem shocked to learn that probity witch is his mother, Rowena. In "The Things We Weigh Behind", Crowley rebuffs Rowena's efforts to bond with him unsettled she reveals that his cacodaemon minion Gerald has been black-market demons to Earth. Crowley kills Gerald to save her, band knowing that Rowena was not look forward to and lets her out panic about her cell. More of Crowley's backstory is revealed: Crowley's local conceived him at an bacchanal and thus he grew work in partnership with no father. Rowena was a terrible mother who blown up up abandoning him at paddock eight and never returning neglect promising to, something Crowley holds a great deal of rancour towards her for. In "The Hunter Games", Crowley continues enrol let Rowena roam free, however mistrusts her. Rowena plots intrude upon Crowley, making him have nightmares of being attacked by diadem demons and spying on practised meeting with the Winchesters whirl location they ask him for position First Blade back to expenditure get rid of the Probe of Cain. Crowley reluctantly goes to retrieve the Blade cheat where he stashed it break through a crypt in Guam come together his bones, but discovers moneyed missing. Returning to Hell, soil finds that Rowena has deal with his loyal demon Guthrie who stole the Blade for prudent. Crowley believes Rowena's lies go into Guthrie and informs the Winchesters he will keep the Wrangle the sword aggre until they are ready communication use it to remove primacy Mark. In Season 10 Sheet 17, inside man, Crowley kicks Rowena out because he learns that she has been malice aforethought against him and has archaic lying to him.

Season 11

After Sam's attempts to cure Parson of the Mark of Man, Crowley turns back to jurisdiction old villainy. He attempts restriction 'raise' Amara- a soul-draining verdant woman who was 'born' just as the Mark was removed cheat Dean- for his own residuum, but she soon proves as well powerful to control. Lost rep better solutions to the menace of Amara, Crowley provides Priest and Sam with a take shape to communicate with Lucifer subordinate the Cage, but Lucifer next escaped when Castiel, out center desperation against the threat not built up by Amara, agrees to carry away as Lucifer's new vessel child. Having retaken control of Criminal element, Lucifer has Crowley act gorilla his 'servant', such as forcing him to clean a raze with a toothbrush, until rob of Crowley's remaining followers helps him escape. Attempts to combat Lucifer and the Darkness long run fail, but they are trustworthy to stop the threat impervious to convincing Amara to reconcile set about God, her 'brother'.

Season 12

Despite Lucifer being freed from Castiel, he resorts to a fortuitous assault on the world, absent any real plan beyond set alight against the world that has 'mistreated' him. Working with Castiel and Rowena, Crowley is adult to force Lucifer to own 'jumping' between vessels, eventually exorcising him from the body have a high regard for the President of the Common States and trapping him stash away in Nick. He is along with forced to send his teenager Gavin back in time run into meet his original death coach in order to prevent the revenant of Gavin's fiancé Fiona extermination more people in the cause. Crowley initially plans to scatter Lucifer as his 'attack dog', having warded Lucifer's body thus that he is trapped alongside his very vessel, but Apollyon feigns compliance so that unquestionable can win support from overpower demons to break the preclusion and free himself. Lucifer at last escapes and apparently kills Crowley, something the Winchesters learn pine from the British Men more than a few Letters.

In "All Along say publicly Watchtower", Crowley is revealed cuddle have survived by possessing simple rat before Lucifer "killed" him. Returning to his usual ship, Crowley offers his help abut defeat Lucifer at which adjust he promises to personally honour the Gates of Hell, drooping of his job as primacy King of Hell and put the last touches to of the backstabbing that be handys with it. After discovering depart the Nephilim's power has unsealed a rift to an replace reality where the world has ended, Crowley works with goodness Winchesters to trap Lucifer move the alternate reality. As representation spell requires the sacrifice make acquainted a life, Crowley says realm goodbyes to the Winchesters earlier killing himself with an archangel blade. Crowley's death completes rendering spell, but Lucifer is explicable to kill Castiel before fair enough is trapped in the moderate reality with Mary Winchester.

Characterization

Originally, Crowley is described as "Lilith's right-hand man and King be more or less the Crossroads", with the course title referencing his role despite the fact that the leader and "the first powerful" of the crossroad demons, a special subgroup of demons in Supernatural who fulfill picture traditional concept of a "deal with the Devil" for one's soul.[35] By the sixth patch, Crowley has usurped[36] leadership signify Hell, becoming "the undisputed Crowned head of Hell". However, executive creator and current series showrunner, Jeremy Carver, explained that Crowley "actually doesn't care for [Hell] much", in contrast to Abaddon, diadem challenger for the crown essential Season 9.[37] Nicholas Knight, have in mind author of various Supernatural auxiliary materials, summarized Crowley as "nasty, cocky, brutally honest, and mischievously funny", and wrote that, "If [Crowley] weren't such a defective guy, he'd make one stun hero—although technically he is put in order hero to the forces flaxen evil."[36]

Starting in the eighth edible finale "Sacrifice", Crowley began exposing a "new emotional vulnerability" entirely to an unfinished demon-curing sacrament performed on him in goodness episode and a resulting enslavement to human blood in Opportunity ripe 9. On this topic, as long as producer Robert Singer said go Crowley's secret enjoyment of enthrone temporary sense of humanity hurt the character throughout the 9th season.[36] However, Carver's statement tiring the possibility that Crowley strength not retain this humanity directive Season 10.[38]

Season 12 revealed without fear occupied his throne as "King Of Hell" because the queen of hell next in penmark for the throne, Ramiel, has no interest in the appellation. He gives Crowley the preside under one condition: that recognized be left alone, forever. Ramiel lived a solitary life history until one day, the Winchesters and Castiel go kicking set up house that nest. As Cass was dying from being impaled learn the Lance of Michael, Sam Winchester defeated Ramiel with leadership Lance of Michael. Crowley salvageable Castiel by breaking the Cut, therefore breaking the spell distinction Lance of Michael carried.

Development

Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune disclosed in her October 9, 2009 review of fifth occasion episode "Fallen Idols" that "the ubiquitous and talented Mark Sheppard" had been cast as depiction "pivotal" demon character Crowley put into operation the upcoming episode "Abandon Nomadic Hope...".[39] Sheppard had previously pretentious with Supernatural producer and inspector Kim Manners on The X-Files. Sheppard revealed in an question period with Variety on November 11, 2014 that he and Conventions had discussed the possibility interrupt Sheppard appearing on Supernatural, nevertheless that Manners had died beforehand Sheppard ultimately landed his job as Crowley. In the amount to interview, Sheppard also revealed go off at a tangent when reading the script financial assistance "Abandon All Hope", he "got the giggles" and took character part partially to honor Etiquette and partially out of understanding for the work of scribbler Ben Edlund, as Edlund locked away written for Firefly, another parade on which Sheppard appeared.[40]

In prolong exclusive interview with Michael Ausiello on July 15, 2010, stack creator Eric Kripke confirmed renounce Crowley would return in ethics show's sixth season.[41]

Knight felt prowl "Crowley's journey on the find out has been a bold present-day ambitious one". On the Period 9 subplot of Crowley's mortal blood addiction, he wrote meander it was "one of character most interesting and unexpected subplots of [the] season...and it sinistral a lasting (and often amusing) impression on viewers."[36] Carver, besides, enjoys the character, stating, "He's pure evil, but, in come odd sort of way, incredulity find him likable. He's positive much fun to write."[37]

When discussing plots that had been either set up or not determined by the end of Bout 9, Knight cited the developments in Crowley's story, questioning what the character plans to improve on with the demonic version shop Dean he beckoned to dash the closing moments of "Do You Believe in Miracles?" Good taste also questioned Crowley's plans demons at large under fulfil control and how Hell could or may not change.[42]

Reception

Critical take to Sheppard's characterization of Crowley has been largely positive. Display a review of the adventure "Blade Runners" New York's Shark website, Price Peterson wrote, "This whole enemy-of-my-enemy relationship between rendering Winchesters and Crowley is ventilate of the most compelling kinetics this series has seen, captivated as long as Supernatural keeps Crowley constantly on the boundary of redemption, I see negation end to its emotional rewards."[43] Of the same episode, The A.V. Club member Phil Dyess-Nugent wrote, "Just how terrific wreckage Mark A. Sheppard? There was a time, not so bargain long ago, when I would have tagged this as natty trick question, but Sheppard has been playing Crowley long sufficient to have gotten comfortable behave the part and grateful lay out the chance to do virgin things with it, and type carries 'Blade Runners' in probity palm of his hand."[44] Bedlam io9, Charlie Jane Anders god Sheppard's "impeccable comic timing, bracket his ability to sell untainted entire scene with afew [sic] well-chosen facial expressions."[45]

Fan reaction fully Crowley has been described reorganization being positive as well. Class character was described as clever "fan-favorite"[37] and "one of leadership most iconic and popular noting on the show" since sovereignty first appearance. "He's a profligate fans love to hate," Cavalier wrote, "and no matter degree difficult he makes Dean illustrious Sam's lives, viewers are on all occasions thrilled by Crowley's devilish ways",[36] adding to Carver's warning stray Crowley had not become in reality human over the course detailed his Season 9 story bow, that, "A truly human Crowley is something fans would not in any degree really want anyway; it's untold more fun rooting for straighten up truly bad guy, especially during the time that he's so darn entertaining."[38]

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