Not a happy chapter for anyone.

Episode Nineteen – Jump the Shark

Ella was alone again that night. In fact, she got to his place before he did, as he had stayed in a bit later at the precinct to help order some paperwork. At least ordering it was slightly better than actually filling it out. On the other hand, the Detective refused to allow him to sort it in fun ways.

"Hey! You're a bit late."

He grinned. "Paperwork is boring and the Detective made me sort it out for her. I don't need more paperwork than what I already have for the club. It's a nightmare."

She laughed at that and patted his spot on the sofa. He sat down and picked up the remote he was happy to see she had not taken away from him.

"So, Jump the Shark? As if the show hadn't done that last episode."

Ella rolled her eyes. "It's definitely jumped the shark. This is the show that should die but keeps on going and for some odd reason I still love it...? I still don't understand why. Some of the middle seasons are not so great, but it definitely picks up again around season 11 for me."

He grinned and shrugged. "It's a long way until then. So, let's see how it goes too far tonight." He pushed the play button and got comfortable.

He paused it soon enough to stare at the screen. "Oh, look. There's the shark right now! This Adam kid is another kid of John's? He had a kid and disappeared for weeks or months at a time to have this kid and didn't tell his other sons? Have I mentioned my hatred for John? I hate John more than Dean. And there's not a thing about Dean I like. That says something, I think."

Ella nodded. "I so should have made popcorn for this one. Not my favourite episode mind you, but the look on your face is entertainment enough. Yep, Adam, the forgotten son. Who, by the away, is still forgotten."

He blinked and frowned in confusion. "Huh?"

She grinned at him. "Spoilers, Lucifer. And huge ones at that."

He pouted, but understood that was one thing she was not going to give him. He turned back to the screen and turned it on, ready to get his John hate on for this episode.

He stopped the show again when Adam said that John had been around for his birthday's after he turned 12 and they officially met. They may not have officially knew each other well, but John seemed to care more for this kid that he had completely by accident to a stranger than the two he had waiting in a hotel for him in whatever dad forsaken town they were left in. He put the remote down carefully and flexed his hands so he didn't accidentally do something stupid, like shatter the plastic.

"Oh, this pisses me off so much..."

Ella patted his arm. "Don't worry, it pisses me off too. I hate John as well."

He relaxed slightly at hearing that, because he was never sure with Ella whether they were on the same page or not when it came to characters. She did love Dean, after all.

"Why would John do that to his kids he had with his wife, that he wanted? I don't... I am so glad I can't have kids right now. I would hate to become a father just to turn out anything like mine."

Ella rubbed at his arm to calm him down a bit. The soothing up and down of the movement actually managed to do it's job enough for him to sigh, take a deep breath or three, settle down and pick up the remote again without feeling like he wanted to murder a fictional character.

He reluctantly pushed play. He liked this kid so far, but he wasn't sure if he liked this episode.

He scrunched up his nose at what he assumed to be the remains of the mum. "Eww, mum became dinner."

Ella grinned. "Yep, yum."

He snorted at that.

He paused it shortly after the finding of what was left of mum to rub at his face. "I want Adam to stick with Sam and Dean to go his own way. Can the show become the Sam and Adam show instead? They're the good ones. I don't like Dean."

Ella sighed loudly behind him. "Yeah, I know. You hate Dean's attitude. Personally, I think you hate him just because you're too much like him."

He shrugged. "I do have a lot in common with Dean. And in case it wasn't plainly obvious, I kind of have a lot of self loathing going on. And it's Sam I relate too anyway. Just because I am like Dean, doesn't mean he's the one I relate to. There's a difference."

She blinked at that. "Huh. Okay, I get that. Kind of like on Star Trek. I related more to Spock than the other characters, but Bones was my favourite and the one I like."

He nodded. "Okay, moving on." He pushed play just to get the annoyance at Ella to pass. He didn't like being annoyed at her. She was his best friend.

He stopped it seconds later to smile brightly at the screen. "Yes! See? Big brother Sam teaching his young kid brother to look after himself against creatures out to kill him. Sam is the good one."

Ella rolled her eyes and punched his shoulder. "Shut up and turn it back on."

He grinned wider and did as she asked.

He paused it quickly when the lights in the motel room went out. "Oh, shit. I am so glad Sam taught Adam about the gun, because they're about to put that sucker to the test. Not that he's had any practices actually firing the thing, but..."

"Better armed than not? Yeah, for the Winchester family, including Adam, that is so a good motto to live by."

He nodded. "Yep. And Dean wanted to leave the kid alone. Hah, Adam would be dead with that attitude."

Ella sighed. "Yep, dead..."

He frowned and pushed play, wanting to find out what happens.

He paused it again when Dean wanted to talk to Sam after Sam told Adam he needed to cut all ties to his old life if he was to become a hunter and live the lonely life they do. He took a deep breath. "Dean is going to be pissed off at Sam for giving Adam basically the same talk he gave Sam himself three years ago, isn't he?"

Ella frowned. "Honestly? I don't remember. Probably, but I don't know."

He sighed. "And you find that fine? Not at all hypocritical. Dean can dish it out and dish it out but he cannot for the life of him allow Sam to do anything without his say so."

Ella sighed. "It's not always like that..."

"Ella, I've watched almost four full seasons of this show. So far it's getting worse, not better. Yeah, it's always been like that. No wonder he resents Sam so much."

Ella glared at him. "Dean doesn't resent Sam."

"Yes, he does. Because of Sam he had to give up his own childhood because their dad decided to abandon them to go kill things and chase a demon and have sex with all females in his path he saves. One of which he got pregnant. Like father, like son."

"But Dean would never abandon Sam."

"No, he'd abandon the world to burn instead of letting him go."

Ella blinked and looked at the screen, because she obviously knew he had a damn point. He pushed play before they started yelling at one another. Ugh, he hated episodes that made him fight with Ella.

He refused to pause it again after the talk after Dean said John said those things, when Dean said them to Sam too when he found out Sam was keeping his Harvard connections. He balled up his hands and let them go again, just to keep from stopping himself from saying that shit out loud.

He did pause it when it turned out that the Adam in the house with Sam wasn't actually Adam but the creature that killed him in his form. "Oh, no! I liked Adam! He was a good guy. Damn it. I wanted him to take over Dean's place as brother to Sam..."

Ella patted him on the shoulder. "This is Supernatural. Don't get attached to characters that aren't Sam and Dean. They tend to die."

"No, not Bobby or Castiel!"

Ella rolled her eyes. "Dude, I'll tell you something real close here. Bobby has been in the show every season. And Castiel every season but the first three. That doesn't mean they get out of things alive. And yeah, as you have clearly seen from the show, that also includes the Winchesters. Your faves are going to die, Lucifer."

He pouted. "Why am I watching this show again?"

She grinned. "Because I dared you to and you couldn't pass up a bet."

He moaned and rubbed at his face. "That is, unfortunately, very true."

He pushed play again to see how this episode ended.

He paused it again once Sam was free and Dean walked away from him. "Wow, your bro is bleeding out in front of you and you put some table mats around his wrists and tell him to put pressure on it?! Sam more than likely couldn't. Not only had he lost a lot of blood and is clearly dizzy, but his wrists were cut in several places deeply. Which means that it probably cut muscle as well. He likely couldn't hold the damn things in place! Uuuuugh, I hate Dean and his damned attitude towards anyone not himself."

Ella frowned before shrugging. "That always bothered me too. I mean the shoddy way the show deals with injuries. I don't think Dean did that on purpose."

Lucifer rolled his eyes. "Oh, he did it on purpose."

Ella sighed and shook her head. "Just finish the rest of the episode. I want to go home."

He frowned and nodded, pushing the play button. He had done it now. He had actually achieved running her off with his hatred of her favourite character. At least she likes Sam.

He didn't stop it again until the episode ended, and then he turnedit off as fast as possible. "Why does Dean say Sam is more like John, when it is Dean that emulates everything John did?"

Ella hit him hard in the shoulder. If the Detective had been around that one would have actually hurt him.

"I wish you'd shut up about Dean!"

He sighed. "I can't help it. I really don't like him. He pushes every single damn button I have. Also, going by his philosophy just said, every single person who dies by a monster is dying like a hunter and should be getting the right kind of funeral for it. Which is stupid."

Ella blinked, before nodded her head. "Okay, that one I will give you. That was a stupid thing for him to say. And I'm going now before we start actually fighting."

He sighed long and low. "Yeah, that's probably a good idea. And I'm sorry I can't stand your fave. I just...I can't. And we will be butting heads over them the entire way through."

Ella grimaced at that one. "Trust me, it gets worse. In some parts of season 5 and 10 I will actually be there right alongside you because he can do and say some pretty awful things to Sam."

He frowned. "Only sometimes? He's been doing it since episode 1."

She got up and left without a word.

He got up and left too, via the balcony. He needed to clear his head and let off some steam without hurting anyone and flying was a great stress reliever.

Note - I don't get Adam having a hunter funeral because he died by a monster. Or because he's a son of a Winchester. He wasn't a hunter and had already been buried. By ghoul as food storage, if not fully buried.

Headcanon - Lucifer is infertile since the Fall. I will stick to this even if he gets every woman he has sex with from now on pregnant. He will always be infertile to me and I am sticking to it and going AU if it otherwise changes.

Headcanon - Both Lucifer and Ella will have Charlie as their favourite character. Spoilers :P