Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox

"Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox" is the sixth episode of the paranormal drama television series Supernaturals season 12, and the 247th overall. The episode was written by Steve Yockey and directed by John Badham. It was first broadcast on November 17, 2016, on The CW. In the episode, Sam, Dean, Mary and Sheriff Mills go a hunter's wake when he dies but find another hunter is murdered. They soon find that they are dealing with a demon wanting revenge on the hunter after an exorcism decades ago. The episode received positive reviews, with critics praising the plot. Plot In 1980, Emerson, Manitoba, a young boy named Asa Fox is saved from a werewolf by Mary (Samantha Smith) and inspired by the meeting, he becomes a legendary hunter after he grows up, before being killed in 2016. Learning of Asa's death, many hunters go to his wake, including Sam (Jared Padalecki), Dean (Jensen Ackles), Mary, and Sheriff Jody Mills (Kim Rhodes), who had been in a relationship with Asa. Things are awkward between the Winchesters before one of the hunters is found murdered. They soon realize that they are dealing with * Jael, a demon who has had a grudge against Asa since Asa exorcised him in 1997. Jael locks Dean out of the house and everyone else in, but Dean is able to get in with help from the reaper Billie (Lisa Berry) in exchange for owing her one. Jael kills another hunter before possessing Jody and revealing that he did not kill Asa as believed; rather, Asa was accidentally killed by his best friend Bucky while hunting Jael, and Bucky framed Jael to protect himself. While Jael is distracted with Bucky, the hunters manage to exorcise him from Jody. They promise to spread the true story of Asa's death, disgracing Bucky. The next morning, the three dead hunters are burned while Billie arrives to try and collect on her deal with Dean by reaping Mary, who she claims will never feel like she belongs in the world after her resurrection. Mary refuses and though she decides not to return to the Bunker yet, she agrees to go out for breakfast with her children.