Well, here it is! The episode everyone has been waiting for. I hope you all enjoy it. It's like 3500+ words.

Episode 30 - Changing Channels

He was excited. He had slept little the night before, he had changed from hopeful to exciting and happy tunes both last night and for the first set he had played that night.

And now he and Ella were once again sitting on his couch with the menu up and waiting for him to push start to get the episode going.

"So, I am guessing from the way you hyped this it is a trickster episode? I can't see you hyping anything else up for me."

Ella grinned and nodded at him. "Oh yeah, Trickster episode. You have no idea how long I have kept this quiet from you. This is one of the things you just don't spoil for people."

That intrigued him. "Ooh, sounds interesting. Okay, let's get this show started."

Ella giggled at that and he had no idea why. He shrugged his shoulders, grabbed the remote where it was on the coffee table in front of him and pushed the button to start it up.

He let out a happy sound of excitement at just the then part of the episode, showing lots of the Trickster and getting him all excited for more. Oh yes, he was definitely going to enjoy this.

He paused it almost immediately after the Then stopped to go on to the Now when the first thing that happened was a voice over guy stating that Supernatural was filmed in front of a live studio audience. "Wow. Okay, I know this is a Trickster episode and my first thought is to still go huh to that. This is slightly meta. Not as much as The Monster At The End Of This Book was, of course but still. The Trickster has put them on live television?"

Ella giggled and bumped his shoulder before leaning into him. "He does a bit more than that, naturally. Come on you'll never get through this episode in time for your next set if you pause it every five seconds."

He sighed, because he did have only a two hour break, but that was plenty of time. The longest an episode took so far was an hour and a half. No more than that. Plenty of time for his next set and some schmoozing with the patrons downstairs.

He pushed play anyway, because he truly wanted to see where this one was going already.

He laughed at the first available opportunity, at the sight of inside the fridge. "Oh, Dad, look at all that fake tv product placement. Smeat, Ella. Smeat."

She giggled back but didn't say anything, instead just pointing to the screen, where Dean was looking at the biggest sandwich Lucifer had ever seen.

He didn't laugh at Dean's "I'm gonna need a bigger mouth", but he did when Sam said it back without even having heard what Dean had said. Sometimes these two boys thought so much alike, it hurt.

He paused it again as soon as the intro started, as the normal splash screen with the show's title flashing by was gone, and in its place was an actual televised title sequence done in the style of what his first thought was Full House.

"Oh. Oh holy father in Heaven, this is the best intro ever."

Ella laughed at his side. "There are some real good ones in there, scattered through the normal splash screen.

He nodded at that, remembering the last one being Monster Movie. That was great and done all in black and white. He loved when this show got creative with how it introduced it.

He pushed play to actually watch the opening credits.

He paused it after it was finished to sigh and grin. "And that was awesome."

Ella nodded and pointed. "On."

He rolled his eyes but did as he was bid and pushed play.

He snorted at the sheriff saying that a bear would follow someone, smash through their door and follow them to their bedroom if pissed off enough. It was just the tone of voice he used that made it funny. He had no idea if a bear would actually do that. He didn't know any bears personally.

He outright laughed at Dean's questions while he interviewed Cathy, the wife of the guy who got his head ripped off by The Incredible Hulk Ferrigno style.

He didn't catch what it was Sam said at all before Dean asked which version of the Hulk it had been though. He didn't want to pause it to ask though. Especially since it just sounded like mumbled grumping from Sam.

He paused it again after Sam convinced Dean that they should talk to the Trickster and get him as an ally because of how powerful he was and only then if it didn't work try to kill him. He grinned. "Oooh, I like where this is going. Yes, ally with the Trickster. I like this plan. Yes, Dean, go along with it."

Ella smiled at him. "Oh, Dean does go along with it. Until both of them want to kill him of course."

"Hah! Of course. He is the Trickster. Dean has a grudge against him after all the times he was killed and Sam...well, Sam will just want to end the madness. They'd both also be spitting mad I bet."

Ella laughed at that. "Oh yeah, the Trickster majorly pisses them off. And they do the...well, watch and see yourself. Spoilers, dude. You almost made me spoiler you."

He poked his tongue out at her, as he wasn't actually trying anything, before turning back to the screen and pushing play again.

He paused it again shortly after they reached the paper mill when Dean opened the trunk and started to pass Sam a bloody stake and torch. "Wait. Did they use their own blood, or the blood of one of the Rudolph's?"

Ella frowned and shrugged. "I have no idea, but they are victims of him as well, so they could have saved time and used their own."

He nodded at that and pushed play again. It was the thing that made the most sense. But did that power of the victim's blood wear off at any time? It had been a while since Mystery Spot after all.

He paused it again once they entered the building and Dean opened the door they entered from only to find a storage cupboard with a pair making out. "Wait...is that Doctor Sexy M.D?"

Ella snorted, before bursting into giggles. "Yep," she said once she calmed down. "It is definitely Doctor Sexy."

He grinned at that and turned it back on, because this was getting really good. And then he remembered the name of the episode. He grinned wider.

He paused it again once Dean got done with his introduction of some of the characters and grinned every time one of them was introduced as Sexy and something else. "Yeah, Dean is so not a casual fan of this show."

"Yep, it sure is. By the way, all the things in this are ripped off from something."

"The titles reminded me of Full House, which is weird, because it looked nothing like Full House."

"The font dude, it's the font. I had the same thought."

He nodded at that one, glad to not be alone in thinking that. "Okay. Well, this has gotten so good so fast." He pushed play before Ella could answer that one with anything and got the show running again.

He paused it a few seconds later to stare at the screen. "Oh. Oh, Dean. Your massive crush on Doctor Sexy is showing. And people think he's straight? He is a bi boy if I have ever seen one."

Ella squeed in her seat and latched onto his arm. "I know right?! Look at him. He can't even keep eye contact with him and he's looking all cute and shy and awkward. My baby has a crush."

Lucifer laughed at that one. "If only he was always like this? He might be likeable to me then."

Ella nodded. "I wish, but no, the show just deems fit to bait instead of actually do anything with it."

Lucifer sighed and nodded, before turning back to the screen. "That's a shame. he could actually be a pretty decent role model for bi people otherwise."

Ella nodded. "Yeah..."

Lucifer pushed play again, just to get the suddenly awkward talk about sexuality on tv finished with.

He may have done a bit of squeeing himself when the Trickster showed himself as Doctor Sexy and did his Helllooo Trickster line. Just a tiny bit. Okay, he was a fan. He wasn't going to deny that. It was written all over his face clear as Dean's crush on Doctor Sexy was.

He paused it again once the Trickster had left. "Okay, this episode just became tons more interesting. So he trapped them in tv land of his own making and they have to act their way out, haha! This is so entertaining!"

"Yeah, it's one of my favourite episodes."

He nodded. "Yeah, I think it is already one of mine too."

He was about to push play again when a thought hit him and he grinned. "Also, I like how he blames both of them for the apocalypse and not just Sam. That is such a refreshing change."

Ella nodded at his side. "It does make a change."

He smiled and this time did turn the program back on, as he was really into it now and he wanted to see what next thing the Trickster put them in.

He paused it again when they got the view from Dean on the operating table, which looked more like a massage table than anything else. He cocked his head to the side and frowned. "Okay, silly question, but it is kind of bugging me now. Do all the Doctors in this show wear tennis shoes? Like Doctor Sexy's not shoes? Because is that in the show or in the Trickster's mind? I am so confused..."

Ella hit his shoulder. "You're right that is a stupid question and I can't believe you paused to ask it."

He frowned. "What? It's a legitimate question."

Ella sighed loudly and shook her head. "Well the answer is I don't know and I don't care. Turn it back on. The fun parts are next."

Raising an eyebrow a that, he turned it back on just to see what these fun parts actually are.

He laughed when the doctors and nurses didn't go and get what Sam needed to do the operation on Dean's back until after he had said stat. That was...well, it was silly but the way it was done was hilariously silly.

He blinked at the sudden transition to a Japanese game show called Nutcracker. And when he saw the things Sam and Dean were trapped on he shifted in his seat, understanding the game. "Aaaaahh, I don't like this game show. It hurts just hearing about it."

Ella giggled at his side. "Oh yeah. And the questions they asked are in Japanese and neither of them understand the language. Bobby does though. Too bad there's no call a friend option."

He winced. "Owww. And yeah, that's a shame."

He actually dropped the remote when Sam missed his time and got hit right where it hurts most just to cover himself in phantom pain. Chloe had accidentally caught him there one day while he was snooping around her house looking for things to cook her for a surprise breakfast in bed.

Ella laughed and picked up the remote, pausing it for him.

"Oh, shit that hurts just looking at it. Why? Did it just repeat several times? Why?!"

"Probably because women find that shit hilarious and it hurts the hell out of men and so they play it for sympathy and laughs."

"Doesn't that hurt women as well" he asked back, in amazement at her answer.

"Well, yeah, but not the way it does boys. Our parts are more inside, but we're still sensitive down there."

He relaxed at that, knowing it would also hurt her.

He winced in thought. "Well, I guess there won't be any little Sam's running around. That must have done some damage."

Ella shrugged. "Maybe. Not like either of these two boys wants to become a father. At least not while the world is going to Hell."

Lucifer nodded his agreement to that, before taking the remote from Ella and starting the show up again.

He snorted at the game show host calling Castiel a pretty boy angel. "Aww, everyone sees Cassie as a pretty boy."

Ella giggled again at his side, but given the episode and the silly things it was making him say, he really didn't mind the sound. In fact he kind of cherished it. "He's the little Angel Who Could."

Lucifer snorted at that in amusement, before paying attention to what was going on.

He winced at the question Dean was asked, and that Dean didn't understand it at all. "Oh dad, he's going to answer yes even though he didn't understand the question, isn't he?"

Ella shushed him.

He whined when it turned out he was right. "Yep, you're right, those questions do hurt."

She nodded at him. "Now shush, the most hilarious thing is about to happen."

He paused it the moment Sam said he had genital herpes to laugh. He didn't calm down for at least a minute, because Ella was right. That was the most hilarious thing to happen. Sam being the main actor in a genital herpes cream ad.

Ella was laughing right along with him which was good. For once, he actually leaned on her instead of the other way around. "Oh. Oh wow, you were right, Ella. That was hilarious."

"Dude, it isn't even over yet. You paused it half way through the commercial."

He nodded. "Yeah, I know but I can't concentrate on what is being said and done when I am too busy laughing my arse off."

"Hey, don't laugh your ass off. It's a nice ass."

"Of course it is. I was made perfect."

She punched him softly on the shoulder again. "Show off. Now push play. You're running out of time."

He looked at a clock and raised his eyebrows. "Wow you're right. It's been over an hour."

"Yes, set remember?"

He sighed and nodded. "Yeah yeah, I remember."

He pushed play to get it back up and running, as he was running out of time. But this was just too good to not comment on. He hoped his audience didn't mind the show starting a little late, because he had a hint he would be here over time.

He blinked at the commercial ending and the show going back to the start again with the Full House type show. After a commercial. And the voice over guy saying now back to Supernatural. "Oh man, this show is just brilliant sometimes," he muttered to himself before paying attention to what was going on.

He paused it after the Trickster crashed the set to get rid of Castiel and blamed them for the Apocalypse again and wanting them to end the world. "Umm, okay. This doesn't seem...right."

"What doesn't?"

"How does he know of all this? Of Sam getting Lucifer out of his box, and Dean starting all of it in Hell by breaking the first seal? He just blamed them both for starting the apocalypse again but separately this time for their different roles. And why does he want the world to end?"

"Well, considering the Trickster is, shock gasp horror, Loki, he's a bit chaotic and into ending the world when he is just done with everything."

Lucifer nodded at that. "AH, so he is Loki then? I thought he was but didn't know. And yeah, Ragnarok is his thing. Okay, I take it back, it makes sense."

Ella grinned at him in a somewhat cheeky way and nodded. "Yeeep."

He had a feeling that while she hadn't lied, because he would be able to tell if she had, she also hadn't told him the truth. Why, he didn't know, but he would soon find out. Taking a deep breath of sudden worry, he pushed play again.

He laughed at the absolute silliness that was happening during the beginning of the procedural cop show and agreed 100% with Dean.

He grinned at every single one of the absolutely awful puns too. What could he say, he enjoyed a good bad pun.

He paused it again after the guy was stabbed by Dean with the stake. "Whoa wait, wouldn't he now be the main suspect of the murder? He just stabbed a guy right in front of a stab victim at an active crime scene surrounded by police."

"No money shoved down his throat. Doesn't match the M.O."

He nodded at that. "Hmm, true."

He pushed play again, suddenly feeling like his life had become a procedural cop show.

He laughed hard again at Sam being turned into the Impala. "Oh, he's KITT. How cute is that! Hahaha."

Ella nudged his side and grinned. "Shh, watching now."

He nodded and continued to watch Car Sam interacting with Dean. The show was taking on Knight Rider. There were some great tv shows here getting spoofed.

He snorted in amusement again at Sam saying Dean in his trunk was uncomfortable.

He paused it as they put a ring of holy fire around the Trickster and he sucked in his breath hard. "Oh no. He's an angel?!"

"Oh, he's also a Trickster. He just so happens to be an angel as well."

"How does that even work?!"

"Dunno. Trickster code?"

Lucifer rolled his eyes at that one and pushed play. He was seriously running out of time and this show had just thrown him a massive curveball. "What angel?"

"Watch."

"What angel?!"

"You'll find out in a minute. I am not spoiling you."

He growled lowly to himself and pushed play, promising himself he wouldn't pause it again for the rest of the episode.

He did snort in humour at Dean's Pulled the holy water out of Sam's ass line, because it was in the trunk of the Impala when Sam was the Impala and that was hilarious to him.

He let out a moan of he didn't know what right in that moment at finding out the angel was actually Gabriel, his little brother and absolute joy of Heaven. he had become a Trickster, playing practical jokes and dealing out justice to those who do bad things and get away with it. Poetic justice. "Oh Gabriel."

Stupid thing was, if Gabriel ever decided to quit Heaven, he could actually see him doing this exact same thing.

He didn't pause it, but he did blink when Dean hit the sprinkler system to get the water going. Over an oil fire. "Well, that part about deep frying an archangel seems apt. What a douche."

Ella hit him and held her fingers to her lips just in time for him to hear they both wished they were in a tv show again and the episode ended.

He blinked and set the remote down. He felt a weird numbness inside him and he didn't know what to do with himself. He felt like he should cancel the set coming up soon and just mope, because he was sure that he was seconds off crying and he didn't understand why.

"Lucifer you okay?"

"He's Gabriel. My little brother. And he left because he couldn't stand the fighting going on any longer between fictional Michael and me."

Ella nodded and rubbed at his back a bit. "Yeah. Gabriel really gets it rough in this show. And he's one of my favourites, as you already know."

He sighed. "He's one of my favourites too. Him and Raph are great as brothers. Raph is always gentle and caring because he is not a fighter but a healer. The depiction of him in this show is so backwards I didn't say anything in fear of ranting on forever. But Gabriel. Gabriel is joy and children and justice. I can see him doing something just like this if this had ever happened, and that just...that hurts."

Ella hummed at him quietly. "You are seeing what might have happened if the way people think of you is how you truly were and you don't like it and it hurts and you don't like it."

He shook his head. "I don't know what to think. And my next set is pre-set in songs, thankfully, because otherwise I'd be playing all the heartbreaking songs I could squeeze in an hour."

Ella got up and pulled on his arm to get him to his feet as well. "Come on. May as well go downstairs s now and go mingle for what time you have left before playing. Go have fun and try to take your mind off it. I'll stay with you."

He nodded at that, glad for the company and they both exited is flat without another word.

He hoped next episode didn't land on another down note, because he was truly hoping to keep with the laughs.

Note - Gabriel, Charlie and Bobby are my favourites. Does it show? :P

Note - I have a thing for tricksters. I was bound to love the Loki of this show when played by Gabriel simply because he is Loki. Yeah. It says something that I liked Loki Loki too XD

Headcanon - Dean SO has a crush on Doctor Sexy.

Headcanon - Lucifer so had a crush on the Trickster and then found out he was his brother :P He will never admit it to anyone, ever.