What If... the Trickster never reset the Timeline? (Part 4)

Last time, Team Reset had hit quite a hell of a stumbling block - namely the Apocalypse. Lucifer had risen and, it all once more led to that graveyard outside of Lawrence. This time, rather than Sam, Michael, and Lucifer being stuck in the Cage, it was now Gabriel and Michael in the cage. With Anna atomized and Bobby dead, Dean is now completely on his own... or so it would seem.

Let's see what happens next!

What If... the Trickster never reset the Timeline? (Part 3)

Last time, we ended on a bit of a sour note indeed. With his plan to reset the timeline blocked off by two of his older brothers, Gabriel found himself having to work to prevent the Apocalypse itself.

...he failed. Despite some changes in the timeline everything, as Gabriel of the Prime Timeline might say, inevitably went down the same road. Sam still killed Lilith, which still released Lucifer. The Apocalypse is nigh... and the Devil is rising.

So, what happens next? Well, as of this writing, I still haven't finished Season 4, but don't worry... I'm still going to mercilessly dig into spoilers for the show I haven't yet reviewed.

You have been warned!

What If... the Trickster never reset the Timeline? (Part 2)

Oh, c'mon, you knew we'd be coming back to this one. I basically all but completely guaranteed it eight months ago.

As almost always now - spoilers below the cut for things I may not yet have covered in my Supernatural reviews. You've been warned.

What If... the Trickster never reset the Timeline? (Part 1)

So, back in the Mystery Spot review, I had proposed the theory of what might have happened if the Trickster hadn't reset the timeline at the end of the episode, forcing Sam to live in a world without Dean and with seemingly no way to bring him back. Then, I'd said that it was a question for another day.

A little over a month later, we have now finally reached that day... for the first part of the tale, anyway.

So buckle in... and ponder the question... what if?

By the way, major spoilers for later in the show follow on from this. So, if you haven't watched further in the show than my reviews have gone, turn back now.

Got it? Okay... what if? Let's do this.