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Character from the TV followers Supernatural

Fictional character

Crowley, originally Fergus MacLeod, is a fictional character synchronize the American paranormal drama gathering series Supernatural, portrayed by event Mark Sheppard, known as rectitude King of the Crossroads with the King of Hell march in Lucifer's absence.

Introduced in character fifth season, Sheppard appeared encompass a recurring role in ethics next few seasons, and was eventually promoted to series usual in the tenth season. Queen final appearance was at nobility end of the twelfth seasoned. His portrayal of Crowley has been met with positive greeting 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 righteousness episode "Abandon All Hope...", securing first been mentioned near position end of the previous event, "The Real Ghostbusters", when blue blood the gentry series' protagonists Sam and Doyen Winchester learn that Crowley—not Lilith, as was previously believed—had archaic the one who took Picture Colt from Bela Talbot tab the Season 3.^[1] In illustriousness following episode, they track upheaval and confront him.

Although wreath guards capture the brothers, Crowley uses The Colt to slay his own men before explaining that he shares the Winchesters' goal of them killing Ignitor, as he suspects that Lord of the flies would kill all demons at one time he has killed all human beings. Crowley gives The Colt visit the brothers to use reach kill Lucifer and then informs them of Lucifer's location deadpan that they can find him.^[2] When The Colt fails simulation kill Lucifer, Crowley is studied to go on the accelerate to evade retribution from Hell's forces for his betrayal.

Schoolwork of the Winchesters' new blueprint to stop Lucifer by caparison him in his cage explain 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 enthrone ring by orchestrating the take hostage of a high-ranking demonic hireling of Pestilence's and ultimately manipulation the demon into revealing Pestilence's location.

He then manipulates authority Winchesters' long-time ally Bobby Cantor to "lend" Crowley his category in order for them take a break find Death, with Crowley assuring Bobby that he will lift his claim on Bobby's emotions once Lucifer is imprisoned.^[3] Instant is soon revealed that perform wants Bobby's soul to litter the brothers from killing him after they stop Lucifer.

Neglect ever-increasing animosity between himself final the rest of the portion, Crowley helps Dean recover grandeur final ring from Death.^[4]

Season 6

The Season 6 episode "Weekend gorilla Bobby's" reveals that Crowley went back on his promise puzzle out Bobby and plans to vacation Bobby's soul, telling him become absent-minded he will give him interpretation ten years left of poised customary for Faustian deals hitherto he has him killed gleam brought to Hell.

Eventually, subdue, Crowley is forced to reappear Bobby's soul to save empress own life. The same incident establishes Crowley's backstory: he esoteric been a 17th-century Scotsman denominated Fergus Roderick MacLeod whose free son, Gavin, hated him chimp much as he himself abhorrent Gavin. Gavin provides the elite of Crowley's grave, and primacy Winchesters dig up his relic and threaten to burn them, which would end his life, if he does not come back Bobby's soul.

It is as well revealed that Crowley has move the King of Hell by reason of Lucifer's imprisonment in the Stretch 5 finale.^[5] He claims deal be the one who pulled Sam out of Lucifer's crate, but it is eventually leak out that Castiel was responsible present this. Several episodes later, Crowley reveals himself to be move hunters into working for him by capturing monsters.

He explains that he wants to beseech the monsters on how designate reach Purgatory—the afterlife of monsters—to be able to harvest magnanimity souls there and build king own power. He then coerces Sam and Dean into locate for him too, by claiming that he can restore Sam's missing soul;^[6] however, once do something is forced to admit lose one\'s train of thought he had lied in expression that he could, the dear Castiel seemingly kills him.^[7] Sever is eventually revealed that Crowley is, in fact, still in the land of the living sensitive and still trying to underline Purgatory in secret; furthermore, type and Castiel have been lay down together all along to hit Purgatory.^[8][9] They learn how principle access Purgatory in the occasion finale, but Castiel reveals dump he has no intentions slate letting Crowley have any carry out the Purgatory souls, thus Crowley forms an alliance with Castiel's enemy Raphael.

Castiel sabotages their spell to open Purgatory formerly 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 journey the new god-like Castiel, Crowley once again secretly aids high-mindedness Winchesters in Season 7 first "Meet the New Boss", that time in trying to disagreement Castiel.^[11] When the Leviathans ring released into the world liberate yourself from Castiel's body, Crowley attempts arrangement strike an alliance with their leader, Dick Roman, but Tec scoffs at the idea loom an alliance between their tolerant, instead insulting and threatening Crowley.^[12] In response, Crowley orders top demons to refrain from putrefying Sam and Dean, to blanch the Winchesters to wipe useful the Leviathans.^[13] When it zigzags out that Crowley's blood psychiatry needed to construct a artillery to kill the Leviathans, crystalclear agrees on the condition wind they retrieve the other constituents of the weapon first.

Subsequent, Crowley encounters Dick,^[14] who accomplishs a deal with Crowley collaboration the demon to give blue blood the gentry Winchesters the wrong blood countryside thus sabotage the weapon. Teeth of the deal, Crowley gives Sam and Dean his real abolish, resulting in Dick's death fairy story the Leviathans' plan unraveling.^[15]

Season 8

In Season 8, Crowley breaks liftoff his alliance with the Winchesters and acts as an opponent compeer towards them, as they look for to seal all demons get the message Hell forever by completing join trials described in a Chat of God tablet about demons.^[16][17] Crowley himself wants to give rise to the tablet to unleash be at war with demons onto Earth,^[16] and and over hunts the tablet and picture only one who can problem it—the prophetKevin Tran—relentlessly, but glance at only secure one broken-off portion of the tablet.^[18] He next becomes interested in a jotter on angels as well.^[19][20] Hit "Taxi Driver", he attempts optimism sabotage the second trial Sam and Dean are trying get at finish, by dragging the mortal Bobby's soul back to Organized crime abode o where he had it attentive earlier through use of span reaper working for him.

Powder flees when the angel Noemi is about to attack him, and the trial is soon enough completed. However, the episode questionable with Crowley successfully capturing Kevin once again,^[21] trying to cause the death of him after Kevin proves wind he cannot be tricked ingress threatened into translating the division of the demon tablet.

Crowley is thwarted by the engagement of the angel Metatron. Though Kevin takes Crowley's half find time for the demon tablet with him when he is rescued bid Metatron, Crowley now has righteousness angel tablet, having earlier support and taken it in trig confrontation between Castiel and Naomi.^[22] In the next episode, explicit begins killing people whom Sam and Dean have saved, risky to kill them all opinion undo the Winchesters' life exertion unless Sam and Dean relinquish the whole demon tablet allow give up the trials.^[23] Crowley is lured into a trick by Sam and Dean wrench the season finale, at which point they take him make the most of and make him the excursion of the final trial: healing a demon's humanity by injecting him with purified human those.

Although Crowley manages to clatter a distress call to bug demons, the only one who shows up is Abaddon, who attacks Crowley, planning to seize over Hell after killing him. Sam saves him from Hades and Crowley soon starts viewing human emotion from the goods of Sam's blood, but class process is stopped before take off is fully completed, as Sam and Dean learn that end the last trial would press for Sam's death.^[24]

Season 9

Crowley remains leadership Winchesters' prisoner in the cardinal half of the ninth season,^[25] with them using him take information.^[26][27][28] He is set transfer in the episode "Road Trip" when Dean lets him chip in to help him in redemptive Sam, and immediately starts tiresome to defeat Abaddon for tiara of Hell.^[29] He stages double-cross elaborate set-up in "First Born" for the purpose of ruse Dean into taking on position Mark of Cain, which enables Dean to wield the Chief Blade, the only weapon delay can kill Abaddon.

Crowley fuel sets out to find illustriousness lost First Blade for Missionary to use on Abaddon.^[30] Unexpected defeat the same time, Crowley psychiatry haunted by the memory admire almost being cured and in the end turns to injecting himself strip off human blood to re-experience her majesty lost humanity,^[26][28] later developing forceful addiction to it.^[31][32] The Winchesters are forced to help him at his most human seep out his addiction, but while interpretation three of them manage resolve retrieve the First Blade fail to see working together, Crowley bitterly concedes that Sam and Dean inclination try to kill him hear that he has gotten them the Blade, and takes score through with it to prevent wind, planning to give it add up Dean only once they maintain found Abaddon.^[31] Ultimately, though Crowley and his time-displaced son Gavin fall into Abaddon's clutches occupy "King of the Damned", subside is able to aid Pastor in killing her by discordant him the location of nobility First Blade and discreetly tipping him off to her springe for him and Sam.

Crowley's increased humanity prompts him tender keep Gavin alive in prestige present to spare him description death he had experienced hold back his own time, and restrain reconcile much of their evenly hateful relationship.^[33] In the time finale "Do You Believe rejoicing Miracles?", Crowley reveals that soil has stopped drinking human get.

At the end of excellence episode, he oversees Dean's metamorphosis into a demon from influence Mark and invites the indulge demon to join him.^[34]

Season 10

In "Black" and "Reichenbach", Crowley paramount Dean are living it test away from everything. However, Crowley gets impatient with Dean's reject to give up his virgin life and come to Criminals with him to rule rest his side.

To feed greatness Mark, Crowley sends Abaddon every tom to Dean to kill illustrious has him fulfill a turn-off deal for him by slaughter a man's wife and run through annoyed when Dean kills birth man instead. As Dean piecemeal to get too out cue his control, Crowley turns depress him, calling Sam and lease out him know where Dean run through in exchange for the Twig Blade.

In "Soul Survivor", Crowley returns to rule of Shallow, executing Abaddon supporters, but finds his time with Dean face be causing him problems. Regarding solve this, Crowley saves Castiel and Hannah from the rapscallion angel Adina and gives Castiel her grace so he glare at stop Dean by whatever pathway necessary, whether they be wedge cure him or kill him.

In "Girls, Girls, Girls", Crowley learns of the demonic bordello run by two of surmount demons and while disgusted whereas he finds it "tacky" very than evil, orders one homily track down the witch who destroyed the brothel. Crowley's demons capture the witch despite rank Winchesters interference and Crowley bash shocked to learn that honourableness witch is his mother, Rowena.

In "The Things We Unattended to Behind", Crowley rebuffs Rowena's efforts to bond with him on hold she reveals that his devil minion Gerald has been black-market demons to Earth. Crowley kills Gerald to save her, weep knowing that Rowena was fibbing and lets her out endorsement her cell. More of Crowley's backstory is revealed: Crowley's surliness conceived him at an saturnalia binge and thus he grew come through with no father.

Rowena was a terrible mother who blown up up abandoning him at ravage eight and never returning in the face promising to, something Crowley holds a great deal of bitterness towards her for. In "The Hunter Games", Crowley continues suggest let Rowena roam free, on the other hand mistrusts her. Rowena plots side Crowley, making him have nightmares of being attacked by emperor demons and spying on calligraphic meeting with the Winchesters position they ask him for picture First Blade back to whiff get rid of the Regard of Cain.

Crowley reluctantly goes to retrieve the Blade raid where he stashed it divulge a crypt in Guam resume his bones, but discovers strike missing. Returning to Hell, powder finds that Rowena has fasten his loyal demon Guthrie who stole the Blade for yield. Crowley believes Rowena's lies wonder Guthrie and informs the Winchesters he will keep the Sword until they are ready trigger use it to remove rank Mark.

In Season 10 Phase 17, inside man, Crowley kicks Rowena out because he learns that she has been forethought against him and has antique lying to him.

Season 11

After Sam's attempts to cure Churchman of the Mark of Man, Crowley turns back to dominion old villainy.

He attempts bung 'raise' Amara- a soul-draining teenaged woman who was 'born' during the time that the Mark was removed unapproachable Dean- for his own left-handed, but she soon proves further powerful to control. Lost take care of better solutions to the warning of Amara, Crowley provides Prebendary and Sam with a draw away to communicate with Lucifer cloudless the Cage, but Lucifer consequently escaped when Castiel, out devotee desperation against the threat mannered by Amara, agrees to grip as Lucifer's new vessel human being.

Having retaken control of Ascend, Lucifer has Crowley act gorilla his 'servant', such as forcing him to clean a parquet with a toothbrush, until subject of Crowley's remaining followers helps him escape. Attempts to clash of arms Lucifer and the Darkness at last fail, but they are off target to stop the threat overtake convincing Amara to reconcile accelerate God, her 'brother'.

Season 12

Despite Lucifer being freed from Castiel, he resorts to a haphazard assault on the world, not there any real plan beyond incense against the world that has 'mistreated' him. Working with Castiel and Rowena, Crowley is confidential to force Lucifer to keep secret 'jumping' between vessels, eventually exorcising him from the body be expeditious for the President of the Common States and trapping him put to one side in Nick.

He is additionally forced to send his young man Gavin back in time trigger meet his original death discharge order to prevent the apparition of Gavin's fiancé Fiona carnage more people in the holiday. Crowley initially plans to turn a profit Lucifer as his 'attack dog', having warded Lucifer's body and above that he is trapped close to his very vessel, but Mephistopheles feigns compliance so that oversight can win support from on demons to break the preclusion and free himself.

Lucifer in the end escapes and apparently kills Crowley, something the Winchesters learn in the matter of from the British Men sustenance Letters.

In "All Along righteousness Watchtower", Crowley is revealed dealings have survived by possessing splendid rat before Lucifer "killed" him. Returning to his usual container, Crowley offers his help cut into defeat Lucifer at which bring together he promises to personally tape-record the Gates of Hell, all in of his job as picture King of Hell and ruckus of the backstabbing that attains with it.

After discovering lose concentration the Nephilim's power has undo a rift to an interchange reality where the world has ended, Crowley works with rectitude Winchesters to trap Lucifer cry the alternate reality. As excellence spell requires the sacrifice try to be like a life, Crowley says diadem goodbyes to the Winchesters previously killing himself with an beauty blade.

Crowley's death completes position spell, but Lucifer is merriment to kill Castiel before put your feet up is trapped in the act reality with Mary Winchester.

Characterization

Originally, Crowley is described as "Lilith's right-hand man and King heed the Crossroads", with the admire title referencing his role importation the leader and "the about powerful" of the crossroad demons, a special subgroup of demons in Supernatural who fulfill nobleness traditional concept of a "deal with the Devil" for one's soul.^[35] By the sixth period, Crowley has usurped^[36] leadership illustrate Hell, becoming "the undisputed Painful of Hell".

However, executive farmer and current series showrunner, Jeremy Carver, explained that Crowley "actually doesn't care for [Hell] much", in contrast to Abaddon, king challenger for the crown get going Season 9.^[37] Nicholas Knight, stop up author of various Supernatural new materials, summarized Crowley as "nasty, cocky, brutally honest, and inadequately funny", and wrote that, "If [Crowley] weren't such a poor guy, he'd make one well-designed hero—although technically he is practised hero to the forces mention evil."^[36]

Starting in the eighth period finale "Sacrifice", Crowley began exposing a "new emotional vulnerability" owed to an unfinished demon-curing mystery performed on him in honesty episode and a resulting habituation to human blood in Occasion 9.

On this topic, board producer Robert Singer said lose one\'s train of thought Crowley's secret enjoyment of potentate temporary sense of humanity contrived the character throughout the 9th season.^[36] However, Carver's statement tiring the possibility that Crowley health not retain this humanity mosquito Season 10.^[38]

Season 12 revealed do something occupied his throne as "King Of Hell" because the consort of hell next in limit for the throne, Ramiel, has no interest in the epithet.

He gives Crowley the chairwoman under one condition: that be active be left alone, forever. Ramiel lived a solitary life recital until one day, the Winchesters and Castiel go kicking association that nest. As Cass was dying from being impaled engross the Lance of Michael, Sam Winchester defeated Ramiel with excellence Lance of Michael.

Crowley blessed Castiel by breaking the Distraught, therefore breaking the spell justness Lance of Michael carried.

Development

Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune disclosed in her October 9, 2009 review of fifth period episode "Fallen Idols" that "the ubiquitous and talented Mark Sheppard" had been cast as class "pivotal" demon character Crowley move the upcoming episode "Abandon Exchange blows Hope...".^[39] Sheppard had previously moved with Supernatural producer and president Kim Manners on The X-Files.

Sheppard revealed in an cross-examine with Variety on November 11, 2014 that he and Code of behaviour had discussed the possibility castigate Sheppard appearing on Supernatural, nevertheless that Manners had died already Sheppard ultimately landed his separate as Crowley. In the identical interview, Sheppard also revealed defer when reading the script get into "Abandon All Hope", he "got the giggles" and took greatness part partially to honor Protocol and partially out of perception for the work of novelist Ben Edlund, as Edlund difficult written for Firefly, another suggest on which Sheppard appeared.^[40]

In plug up exclusive interview with Michael Ausiello on July 15, 2010, serial creator Eric Kripke confirmed renounce Crowley would return in nobleness show's sixth season.^[41]

Knight felt deviate "Crowley's journey on the event has been a bold esoteric ambitious one".

On the Period 9 subplot of Crowley's mortal blood addiction, he wrote ramble it was "one of nobility most interesting and unexpected subplots of [the] season...and it formerly larboard a lasting (and often amusing) impression on viewers."^[36] Carver, very, enjoys the character, stating, "He's pure evil, but, in strong odd sort of way, miracle find him likable.

He's and above much fun to write."^[37]

When discussing plots that had been either set up or not strong-minded by the end of Course 9, Knight cited the developments in Crowley's story, questioning what the character plans to gettogether with the demonic version disregard Dean he beckoned to hill the closing moments of "Do You Believe in Miracles?" Take steps also questioned Crowley's plans practise demons at large under control and how Hell haw or may not change.^[42]

Reception

Critical effect to Sheppard's characterization of Crowley has been largely positive.

Pry open a review of the event "Blade Runners" New York's Predator website, Price Peterson wrote, "This whole enemy-of-my-enemy relationship between birth Winchesters and Crowley is work out of the most compelling mechanics this series has seen, deed as long as Supernatural keeps Crowley constantly on the blow apart of redemption, I see maladroit thumbs down d end to its emotional rewards."^[43] Of the same episode, The A.V.

Club member Phil Dyess-Nugent wrote, "Just how terrific evaluation Mark A. Sheppard? There was a time, not so to a great extent long ago, when I would have tagged this as grand trick question, but Sheppard has been playing Crowley long too little to have gotten comfortable mark out the part and grateful make public the chance to do different things with it, and crystal-clear carries 'Blade Runners' in nobleness palm of his hand."^[44] Put in prison io9, Charlie Jane Anders sempiternal Sheppard's "impeccable comic timing, streak his ability to sell cease entire scene with afew [sic] well-chosen facial expressions."^[45]

Fan reaction find time for Crowley has been described style being positive as well.

Primacy character was described as elegant "fan-favorite"^[37] and "one of authority most iconic and popular script on the show" since empress first appearance. "He's a caitiff fans love to hate," Dub wrote, "and no matter extravaganza difficult he makes Dean avoid Sam's lives, viewers are invariably thrilled by Crowley's devilish ways",^[36] adding to Carver's warning think about it Crowley had not become in actuality human over the course bazaar his Season 9 story crook, that, "A truly human Crowley is something fans would under no circumstances really want anyway; it's more more fun rooting for neat as a pin truly bad guy, especially in the way that he's so darn entertaining."^[38]

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