Next → The first season of, an American television series created by, premiered on September 13, 2005, and concluded on May 4, 2006 after 22 episodes. It focuses on brothers and as they track down their father,, who is on the trail of who killed and. During their travels, they use their father's journal to help them carry on the family business—saving people and hunting supernatural creatures. And star as Sam and Dean, with recurring as their father, John, and as the demonic. This is the only season to air on, with all subsequent seasons airing on, a joint venture of The WB and UPN.

The first sixteen episodes of the season aired on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm in the United States, after which the series was rescheduled to Thursdays. Overall, the season averaged about 3.81 million American viewers. The season gained many award nominations, among them two for work done on the. While some critics did not like the mostly anthology-like format, others praised the show for the emotional moments and noted the brotherly chemistry between the lead actors. The season was, airing in the United Kingdom on, in Canada on, and in Australia on. The first season was released on DVD as a six-disc box set on September 5, 2006, by in.

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Although the season was split into two separate releases in, the complete set was released on October 2, 2006, and in on October 2, 2007. The episodes are also available through such as 's, Microsoft's, and 's on-demand TV service. This section's plot summaries may be. Please by removing unnecessary details and making them more concise. (February 2017) () In this table, the number in the first column refers to the episode's number within the entire series, whereas the number in the second column indicates the episode's number within this particular season.

Viewers in millions' refers to how many Americans watched the episode live or on the day of broadcast. In season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod. Viewers (millions) 1 1 ' September 13, 2005 ( 2005-09-13) 475285 5.69 As children, (Padalecki) and 's (Ackles) mother () died a violent and unexplainable death, which in turn led their father, (), to teach them hunting skills in search of the creature that took her life. Years later, while attending, Sam is forced back into the paranormal world by Dean, who has come to tell him that their father is missing.

The two travel to, to find him, but their search is put on hold when they discover that a ghostly ()—the spirit of a woman who drowned her children and then killed herself—has been taking male victims. They investigate, but Dean is arrested for impersonating a federal agent. However, he manages to escape custody, and saves his brother from the. The Woman in White is finally put to rest after the brothers force her to confront the spirits of her children.

Sam later returns home but discovers his girlfriend () pinned to the ceiling. He is then forced to watch as she is killed in the same supernatural manner as his mother was. Jessica's death prompts him to return to the life of hunting with Dean. 2 2 'Wendigo' David Nutter Story by: Ron Milbauer & Terri Hughes Burton Teleplay by: Eric Kripke September 20, 2005 ( 2005-09-20) 2T6901 5.01 After having no luck in the investigation of Jessica's death, the brothers follow instructions found in their father's journal and head to Blackwater Ridge,. Posing as park rangers, they help a young woman named Haley () and her younger brother Ben () search for their lost older brother Tommy (Graham Wardle), who disappeared while on a camping trip.

Sam and Dean soon realize that he was taken by a that has terrorized the woods since 1936. While searching, Haley and Dean are kidnapped by the creature, but Sam and Ben are able to track them to a mine. After Dean, Haley, and Tommy are freed, they kill the wendigo with a flare gun. 3 3 'Dead in the Water' & September 27, 2005 ( 2005-09-27) 2T6903 5.01 Taking a break from the search for their father, Sam and Dean head to Lake Manitoc in for a possible case. Three drownings have occurred there within a year, with the dead bodies mysteriously disappearing in the lake. The brothers soon come to believe that an avenging spirit of a young boy haunts the lake, and learn that the local sheriff () and the father of the latest victim accidentally caused his death when they were children. Out for revenge, the spirit targets the sheriff's daughter Andrea () and mute grandson Lucas (Nico McEown).

It eventually pulls Lucas into the lake, so the sheriff gives himself over to the spirit, saving his grandson. 4 4 'Phantom Traveler' October 4, 2005 ( 2005-10-04) 2T6904 5.40 The brothers are asked by a man whom Dean and his father had previously rescued to investigate the mysterious crash of a commercial airplane that left only seven survivors, with signs pointing to a -possessed passenger causing the accident. When they realize that the demon is now eliminating the survivors one by one, Dean is forced to face his fear of flying by following its next target () aboard an airliner. He and Sam manage to get the demon into the galley on-board, but it flees its host during the exorcism. Despite this, they continue the ritual, sending the demon back to Hell. Afterwards they get a surprise when the man who called them revealed he got their phone number from their father's voicemail. Though John doesn't answer when they call, they get their first indication that he's alive as his phone has been down since his disappearance.

5 5 'Bloody Mary' Story by: Eric Kripke Teleplay by: Ron Milbauer & Terri Hughes Burton October 11, 2005 ( 2005-10-11) 2T6905 5.50 When a man is killed—his eyeballs having exploded—after his daughter chants 'Bloody Mary' three times in front of a mirror, Sam and Dean head to, to investigate. They learn that () is the ghost of a young woman who was murdered after her eyes were cut out, and her spirit trapped within the mirror that she died in front of.

With the mirror now for sale in an antique store in the town, Bloody Mary has begun to target those nearby who secretly feel guilt over another's death. The brothers must find a way to stop her after a young girl () inadvertently becomes her next target. They track down the original mirror and then smash it, but this only releases Bloody Mary.

However, Dean forces her to see her own reflection, and her guilt over her own secrets causes her to destroy herself. 6 6 'Skin' October 18, 2005 ( 2005-10-18) 2T6906 5.00 After Zach (Aleks Holtz), a college friend of Sam's, is arrested for murdering his girlfriend, the brothers head to, to investigate. Zach's sister Becky () claims that he was with her at the time of the murder, although security footage places him at the scene of the crime. After a similar murder occurs, they realize that the real culprit is a being with abilities. The shapeshifter then captures the two, and plans to use Dean's form to kill Becky.

The brothers escape and alert the police. Becky is saved, but the police believe Dean to be her attacker. As Dean later searches through the shape-shifter's lair, Sam visits Becky to make sure that she knows what they are dealing with. However, she reveals herself to be the shape-shifter and knocks Sam unconscious before morphing back into Dean. After the real Dean finds the real Becky tied up in the lair, he confronts the shape-shifter and shoots it dead while still in his form causing the police to declare Dean dead and end the manhunt for him. 7 7 'Hook Man' John Shiban October 25, 2005 ( 2005-10-25) 2T6902 5.08 Sam and Dean head to to investigate the brutal death of a college student, and the victim's girlfriend Lori () says that the attacker was invisible.

More attacks occur, with the victims seemingly connected to the girl. The brothers believe that the killer is the, and research indicates that it is the vengeful spirit of Jacob Karns, a preacher who murdered 13 prostitutes in 1862 with the hook that replaced his lost hand and was later put to death for his crimes. Despite the man being buried in an unmarked grave, Dean manages to locate it and burn his bones, but it has no effect. To stop the spirit, they must destroy the hook, which was reforged into an unknown object by the church after Karns' death. In order to be sure, they burn everything silver in the church, but it doesn't stop the Hook Man.

Lori and the brothers are confronted by the Hook Man. As they fight him, Sam realizes that Lori's —given to her by her father—is made of silver, and the spirit vanishes once it is burned. 8 8 'Bugs' Kim Manners Rachel Nave & Bill Coakley November 8, 2005 ( 2005-11-08) 2T6907 4.47 After a construction worker for a new housing development dies in a sinkhole, his brain dissolving within minutes, the brothers head to Oasis Plains,, to investigate.

There they learn of mysterious, bug-related deaths in the town. After doing research, they discover that a Native American tribe used to live in the area, but its members were murdered by cavalrymen, with the tribe's chief placing a on the land as he died. Sam and Dean determine that the curse will reach its climax that night, and race to warn the family living there as swarms of insects attack. They are able to fight off the bugs and survive through the night, and the insects leave at sunrise. The site is shut down temporarily as the boys discovered an unmarked Native American grave and the developer, whose family they saved from the bugs, decides to make sure it remains shut down. 9 9 'Home' Eric Kripke November 15, 2005 ( 2005-11-15) 2T6908 4.21 Sam has nightmares of a family being attacked by a supernatural entity in his and Dean's childhood home, prompting the brothers to return to, to investigate. They enlist the help of their father's psychic friend, Missouri Mosley (), to rid the house of a.

Though Missouri claims to have purified the house, Sam does not believe it was successful, so the brothers watch over the house. When the poltergeist returns, Sam's premonition starts to come true. The brothers rush in to rescue the family, but they themselves are saved by the spirit of their mother, who sacrifices herself to stop the poltergeist. Unknown to them, their father is at Missouri's house and though he dearly wants to see his children, he informs her that he can't until he knows the truth about something.

10 10 'Asylum' Richard Hatem November 22, 2005 ( 2005-11-22) 2T6909 5.38 Sam and Dean receive a tip from their father, and travel to, to investigate the haunted Roosevelt Asylum, where criminally insane patients rioted in 1964. One of the riot's victims was the chief psychiatrist (Norman Armour). The spirits there try to communicate rather than attack, leading the brothers to discover that the psychiatrist had been conducting cruel experiments on his patients like (it was implied that he was also practicing it due to diagrams in the background and the belief at the time it could relieve cranial pressure) and others in order to test his theory that provoking extreme anger would be therapeutic for them. The ghost of the doctor then confronts Sam, causing him to lose his sanity and try to kill his brother. Dean manages to subdue Sam and burn the doctor's corpse, stopping the spirit and returning Sam to normal. In the end, Sam answers Dean's cellphone to find their father calling them.

11 11 'Scarecrow' Kim Manners Story by: Teleplay by: John Shiban January 10, 2006 ( 2006-01-10) 2T6911 4.23 John calls Sam and Dean, telling them he is hunting the thing that killed their mother and it is a. However, instead of letting them help, he tells them to investigate the disappearances of young couples in rural Burkitsville,, Sam reveals to Dean that he would rather track down their father, prompting the two to angrily separate. As Sam meets a fellow hitchhiker named (), Dean starts the investigation and saves a traveling couple from a living scarecrow. Dean calls Sam about the creature, and discovers that a is being summoned in the form of a scarecrow to protect the town in exchange for annual sacrifices, with a sacred tree in the town giving it power. Because the couple intended for the ritual escaped, the townspeople choose Dean and Emily () —a girl who lives in town with her aunt and uncle— to be the new sacrifices. However, Sam returns and rescues them, and the scarecrow instead takes Emily's aunt and uncle as its victims.

The next morning, Emily and the brothers burn the sacred tree, and then leave town. Meanwhile, Meg hitches a ride on the highway, but slits the driver's throat, collecting his blood into a goblet and using it to communicate with an unknown being whom she calls father.

12 12 'Faith' Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker January 17, 2006 ( 2006-01-17) 2T6910 3.86 While battling a, Dean gets electrocuted and his heart is damaged. Doctors give him only a few weeks to live. Sam searches for a way to save him and believes he may have found an answer in a (). At the congregation, Dean is chosen, and is cured of his condition. However, he and Sam soon learn that an openly gay teacher died of a heart attack at the same moment that Dean was healed. Further research reveals that deaths occurred in unison with other healings, prompting the brothers to believe that the preacher is using black magic to control a; healing people in exchange for the lives of those he deems immoral. However, they eventually discover that his wife () is behind everything, and rush to destroy the altar used to control the Reaper.

The preacher begins to 'heal' Layla (), a young woman with a brain tumor, and the Reaper then goes after Dean. Sam destroys the altar, and the freed Reaper takes the wife's life, though the young woman is not healed. She later tells Dean that she has made peace with her coming death, and Dean promises to pray for her.

13 13 'Route 666' Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming January 31, 2006 ( 2006-01-31) 2T6912 5.82 Dean is contacted by his first love, Cassie (), who asks him to come to to investigate a string of racially motivated murders, one of which was her father. Each murder is linked to a mysterious truck that seems to have no driver and leave no tracks. The brothers eventually discover that Cassie's mother (), a white woman, left her boyfriend, Cyrus, for Cassie's African-American father.

Cyrus tried to kill him out of anger, but he gained the upper hand and ended up beating Cyrus to death, dumping Cyrus' body and truck in a nearby swamp. The boys assume that Cyrus' spirit has returned and is out for revenge against everyone connected to his death. They attempt to put Cyrus to rest by burning his remains in rusted out truck in the swamp. However, the ghostly truck appears and attempts to run Dean down, and they realize that Cyrus' evil personality had infected the truck, and led it to take on a life of its own. The brothers end up defeating it by having Dean lead it in a chase and tricking it into driving onto the hallowed ground of an old, burned down church causing the hallowed ground to destroy it. Throughout the episode, Dean struggles to come to grips with his residual feelings for Cassie.

14 14 'Nightmare' Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker February 7, 2006 ( 2006-02-07) 2T6913 4.27 Sam has a of a man being killed in, but the murder is made to look like a suicide. They talk to the victim's son Max () and fail to find anything supernatural, but warn Max's uncle to be careful. When he, too, dies a mysterious death, Sam and Dean believe the family to be cursed. However, their investigation reveals that Max was regularly beaten by his father and uncle as a child. Sam then has another vision of Max using abilities to kill his stepmother, angry at her for not having stopped the abuse.

The brothers stop Max, and Sam learns from him that, when he was a baby, his mother also died in the same manner as theirs. When Max's anger suddenly resurfaces, he locks Sam in the closet.

Sam receives another premonition, showing Max killing Dean. Trying to escape, Sam manages to telekinetically free himself and talks Max out of killing them. A distraught Max then takes his own life.

15 15 'The Benders' Peter Ellis John Shiban February 14, 2006 ( 2006-02-14) 2T6914 3.96 Sam and Dean head to, where a young boy witnesses a man disappear. While investigating, Sam is also abducted. Dean pretends to be a police officer in search of his brother, and teams up with Deputy Kathleen Hudak (). Although she soon learns Dean's true identity, she allows him to continue investigating with her, as her own brother went missing in the same manner three years before. Despite this, she does not trust him, and handcuffs him to her car when they find the kidnappers' property. Kathleen is soon captured, and learns that the culprits are a human family who hunt and kill people for sport.

Dean frees himself and goes after her, but is also captured. However, this distracts the family long enough for Sam and Kathleen to break out from their cages, and the three of them subdue their captors. When Kathleen is later alone with the father, he taunts her about her brother's death, and she shoots him, planning to tell the police that he tried to escape.

She then allows the brothers to leave before more police and the FBI arrive to take the surviving Benders into custody. 16 16 'Shadow' Kim Manners Eric Kripke February 28, 2006 ( 2006-02-28) 2T6915 4.22 While investigating an animalistic death in, the brothers find a symbol of blood, which Dean later learns is connected to a creature known as a. They later run into Meg Masters, and Sam's suspicions of her lead him to discover that she was behind the murder. They confront her, but she reveals that it is all part of a trap set to capture their father.

Sam and Dean manage to turn the daevae against her, and she is thrown out of a window several stories to the ground below. When they return to their motel room, they find their father waiting for them, but Meg returns and once again sends the daevae after them. Sam dispels the daevae with lighting flares long enough for them to escape.

John then once again leaves his sons, feeling that they are vulnerable when all together. 17 17 'Hell House' March 30, 2006 ( 2006-03-30) 2T6916 3.76 As a prank, teens spread the word that a local house is haunted by the ghost of Mordechai Murdoch, a man who reportedly killed his six daughters during the 1930s, and it ends up listed on the website Hell Hound's Lair.

When it soon appears that the house actually is haunted, the brothers head to, to investigate, and run into paranormal investigators ( and ), owners of the website. Although their research shows no truth in the legend, the brothers nevertheless encounter the spirit, but it is different from what the legend describes. When Sam and Dean realize that the Mordechai's origins on Hell Hound's Lair has also changed, they theorize that the spirit is actually a brought on by a Tibetan spirit sigil painted by the teens as a joke, with the beliefs of the website's visitors causing the story to become reality.

The brothers trick Ed and Harry into posting a vulnerability for Mordechai onto their website, and later return to the house to kill him. However, Ed and Harry are also there, and reveal that the website's server crashed. With the Tulpa unaffected, Dean decides to burn the house down to stop the entity. 18 18 'Something Wicked' Whitney Ransick April 6, 2006 ( 2006-04-06) 2T6917 3.67 On a tip from their father, Sam and Dean head to, to investigate a case in which children have fallen into comas. They soon discover that the creature responsible is a known as a, which is stealing life force from the kids. Dean reveals to Sam that their father had previously attempted to kill the creature when they were young, and that Dean's recklessness almost cost Sam his life and allowed the shtriga to escape.

As the shtriga can only be killed while feeding, Sam and Dean convince the son of the motel owner, whose brother was a victim, to help them lay a trap. Though the trap fails and Sam is nearly killed, Dean is able to kill the shtriga in the end. The children's life force returns to them with the shtriga's death and they recover though Dean bemoans the loss of innocence of the boy who helped them. 19 19 'Provenance' Phil Sgriccia David Ehrman April 13, 2006 ( 2006-04-13) 2T6918 3.62 After a young couple is found brutally murdered in within a locked house, the brothers investigate, and learn from their father's journal that similar deaths have occurred in the area over the past few decades. All of the couple's belongings were taken to an auction house, so they check to see if a may have attached itself to an object. After asking (), the daughter of the auction house's owner out on a date, Sam is able to get copies of the of the items.

Dean discovers that a painted portrait from 1910 of the Isaiah Merchant family had belonged to all of the other murder victims, and that Merchant had killed his entire family and then. Realizing that the painting is haunted, the brothers burn it, but it later repairs itself. Dean tracks down Merchant's body and cremates it, but when Sam and Sarah attempt to destroy the painting again, the ghost of Merchant's daughter emerges from it, having been the true killer all along. Dean finds an antique doll with the girl's hair in the mausoleum, and the ghost disappears after he burns it. Afterward, the painting is finally destroyed and the brothers leave town, but not before Sam kisses Sarah goodbye. 20 20 'Dead Man's Blood' & John Shiban April 20, 2006 ( 2006-04-20) 2T6919 3.99 When an old hunter is targeted by a group of vampires, he tries to attack them with an old, but is killed before he can fire a shot.

Returning to the nest, the vampire Kate (Anne Openshaw) gives the Colt to her mate, the leader Luther (). When Dean recognizes the murdered hunter's name in the newspaper, he and Sam head to, and discover a letter addressed to their father, who suddenly returns. The letter reveals to him that the gun is mystical and capable of killing anything. Realizing that they can use it to finally kill Azazel, the demon responsible for their mother's death, the Winchesters capture Kate and attempt to trade her to Luther in exchange for the gun. John makes the trade while Sam and Dean rescue the vampires victims, under orders to leave afterwards. During the negotiation, Luther attacks John, and the brothers intervene, killing most of the remaining vampires.

John retrieves the gun, and the legend of the Colt is proven to be true as he shoots Luther dead. Kate and another female vampire flee and John finally accepts that the Winchesters are stronger as a family and invites Sam and Dean to join him in hunting Azazel. 21 21 'Salvation' Robert Singer Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker April 27, 2006 ( 2006-04-27) 2T6920 3.26 As Meg begins to target the Winchesters' friends in order to force them to hand over the Colt, John reveals to his sons the research on Azazel that he has accumulated over the years. Signs point to Salvation,, as the location of the demon's next target, so the trio heads there to investigate.

After Sam has a premonition, he is able to identify the next victim. Before they can formulate a plan, Meg calls and threatens to kill more of their friends unless they hand over the gun.

John concedes to her demand, but tries to deliver a fake one, and is captured. Meanwhile, Sam and Dean are able to save the family from Azazel, but he escapes as Sam tries to kill him At the end of the episode, Sam and Dean learn of their father's capture when they call him and Meg answers the phone instead. 22 22 ' Kim Manners Eric Kripke May 4, 2006 ( 2006-05-04) 2T6921 3.99 After learning that their father has been captured, the brothers go to family friend and fellow hunter () for help. However, Meg tracks them down, but is caught underneath a mystical symbol known as a 'devil's trap', which renders her immobilized and powerless.

The brothers proceed to exorcise the demon though they know it will kill the real Meg due to her injuries sustained in Chicago. Before the real Meg dies, she offers a clue to John's whereabouts. Sam and Dean head to, and rescue their father. However, Azazel soon reveals himself to be possessing John, and attacks them. As Azazel tortures Dean, John is able to temporarily gain control, and begs Sam to use the Colt to kill Azazel. Not able to bring himself to kill his father, Sam instead shoots him in the leg, and Azazel flees. On the way to the hospital, the three are then crashed into by a large semi-truck with a demonically possessed driver.

Production [ ] Writing [ ] The first season's mythology mainly follows Sam and Dean's search for their missing father. Series creator summarized this storyline as merely 'find Dad', which he deemed 'simple', 'emotional', and 'clean'. However, he found the self-enclosed episodes—independent stories which attain closure at the end of each episode and add little to the overarching storylines—to be 'hit and miss'. Because the first ten episodes consist of self-enclosed stories, the series mythology does not begin until the eleventh episode, 'Scarecrow'.

This episode introduces the demon Meg Masters, which executive producer felt was 'desperately needed'. Though uncertain at exactly what direction to take the character, the writers intended Meg to be an for the Winchesters throughout her story arc. The series mythology further expands with the addition of the demon-killing handgun near the season's end, lending to the 'modern American Western' theme the producers were going for. “ You can't just hold up a cross and expect a vampire to cower away—that's not real.

Everything that people know classically about vampires is wrong, so that just gave us an opportunity to plant our own flag and create our own creature. ” — Kripke on Supernatural's divergence from classical folklore. Although the for the Winchesters were often based on urban legends, the writers tried to put their own spin on the stories for each of the episodes. For example, Kripke combined the well-known urban legend of the with the Mexican legend of to give the spirit more motivation and characterization in the pilot.

The episode 'Hook Man', however, borrowed three or four elements from the numerous variations of the. The figure is an escaped mental patient in the traditional myth, but the writers decided for the purposes of the show to make him the ghost of a hook-handed killer. They also added a poltergeist element by having him attached to the conflicting emotions of the guest star—she wears a cross made from his melted hook. Rather than focus on modern interpretations, Kripke and co-executive producer John Shiban decided that Supernatural 's vampires would stem more from the original legends.

The vampires were given retractable fangs—these were inspired by the rowed teeth of sharks—as well as no aversion to sunlight or the crucifix. Kripke personally added the fact that vampires would become weak if given the blood of a dead man. Other aspects grew out of basic concepts or ideas.

For the episode 'Skin', writer Shiban felt that the shapeshifting villain had to change into one of the lead characters. The character chosen was Dean, and the writers decided not to clear his name of attempted murder at the end of the episode. Though they at first feared that having one of the main characters be a wanted man would later ruin the show, the writers eventually felt it was 'a great layer to add', opening up new potential storylines and characters.

Dean's reputation is addressed again in 'The Benders', and catches up to him in the second and third seasons. Another element that would influence future episodes came about in 'Hook Man' when writers Milbauer and Burton realized that shotguns shoot salt, a weakness for spirits.

Kripke deemed it the 'perfect combination of occult element', as it brought together a 'folkloric repellent of evil' with the 'blue-collar aspect of shotguns'. The episode 'Asylum' later established iron as another weapon against ghosts. 'Faith', on the other hand, stemmed from the question of whether it truly was wrong to heal good people of their illnesses at the cost of the lives of strangers. Kripke noted, '[Layla's] really a great girl and she deserves to live, and some stranger you don't even know will die.

And maybe that's worth it.' Were not in the original script of the episode, but were added later to give the writers a chance to create 'scary' sequences and to explain the faith healer's ability. Because the writers found the traditional look of the Reaper—hooded and carrying a sickle—to be cheesy, they ultimately made him appear as 'the most shriveled old man you could ever imagine'. “ When you think about it, so many monsters are akin to natural phenomena—it's about survival and existence. But it's not as diabolical and twisted as a human being can get. ” — Shiban on the human villains of 'The Benders'.

Although the villain of the episode 'Hell House' has supernatural origins, the basis of the story came from a situation writer Trey Callaway had as a child; he and his friends created a fake murder scene in an abandoned barn and then convinced their friends that killings occurred there. The children would often go there to scare each other, with one girl running away and breaking her leg after believing that she saw an attacking ghost. The human antagonists of 'The Benders', however, were completely devoid of supernatural elements.

Shiban made this decision not only to surprise the audience, but also to have the Winchesters face something they had never encountered before. For 'Nightmare', Tucker tried to write the character Max as sympathetic, and thus had difficulties in deciding how to end the episode.

The writers eventually decided to have him kill himself to prevent him from doing more harm. Starting off on the series, Kripke excluded vampires due to their affiliation to. He wanted Supernatural to have its own identity, but became more comfortable with it over time. The writers intended for the vampire-episode 'Dead Man's Blood' to be a self-enclosed episode, but Kripke's introduction of the Colt tied it to the final two episodes of the season. This addition pleased the writers of the penultimate episode 'Salvation' because the Colt gave the brothers a way to fight Meg and also provided a reason for her to kill the Winchesters' friends.

Gamble and Tucker crafted the latter storyline because they felt Kripke would only allow their inclusion if they died. When the writers could not come up with something for the Winchesters to be doing while Meg is on the loose, they split the episode into two stories; John would go after Meg while the brothers protect another family from Azazel. Tucker felt that this opened 'all this emotional stuff with the guys', as well as 'brought back all the themes of the show and tied the season up into a nice big bow'. Similarly, Kripke believed that the revelation of John being possessed by Azazel in 'Devil's Trap' had to be, as it completed the two main storylines of the season—finding their father and tracking down the demon—at the same time, but had them find both characters in one body. Influences by popular culture [ ] While supernatural and urban legends inspired many episodes, some storyline aspects were influenced by popular culture.

The inspiration for the wendigo's appearance in 'Wendigo' came from the creature featured in the music video for the song '. Human features were added to the design due the wendigo's human origins, and the creature was given the ability to mimic human voices to create a 'creepy effect'. However, Kripke was not pleased with the final appearance of the wendigo, deeming him as 's tall, gangly cousin'. Because of this, the creature is not seen throughout most of the episode. For shapeshifting scenes in the episode 'Skin', Kripke chose to base the transformation on that of, using prosthetics and makeup rather than. 's influenced the titular villain in 'Bloody Mary', though Kripke felt that she ended up looking too similar to the character due to her grisly appearance and the use of to create a time-manipulation effect. Visual effects supervisor Ivan Hayden, on the other hand, believes it was more of an homage.

Filming [ ] Though the pilot was shot in Los Angeles, principal filming for the rest of the season took place in Vancouver,. Local sites often served as shooting locations, with much of 'Dead in the Water' taking place at and the climax of 'Wendigo' occurring in a mine.

Likewise, functioned as a mental institution in 'Asylum'. Though production has sometimes recycled sets from other television series—'The Benders' made use of a previously-built Western town, while the warehouse-loft set of 'Shadow' originated from the series —most episodes usually require the construction of new sets due to the constant change of setting. The production team, however, created reusable standing sets in the form of the motel rooms frequented by the Winchesters. Each episode presents a different theme to disguise the motel-room set's repeated use, with different colors, bedspreads, and curtains being used.

The episode 'Provenance', for instance, displayed a disco-themed motel room. Music [ ] The mostly synthesized orchestral score of the season was composed by and. The pair try to base the music on the visuals of each episode, with about a third of each episode's score being newly written for the supernatural legend. For example, off-angle shots in 'Dead in the Water' are accompanied by repetitive and discordant notes. As well, spoken words such as 'water' and 'die' are followed by a lower pitch because Lennertz felt it created a 'gurgly' water sound. An electric cello and helped to create a big emotional tone in the episode 'Home', with Lennertz feeling that the final cue 'became a very cinematic musical moment'. To fit in with the episode's ambiance in 'Asylum', Gruska made the music very subtle; Lennertz felt that it was 'creepy-crawly' like 'a snake sneaking along the ground'.

Conversely, Lennertz matched the theme of traveling evangelists in 'Faith' by using a small 76-key piano that was damaged and slightly out of tune. He attached small items such as coins and paper clips to the keys to create a rattling noise, making the piano seem 'old and crappy'.

Lennertz then played 'bluesy gospel music' during the sermon scenes involving the Reapers. Because he felt that there was also a 'snake-oil salesman vibe' to the episode, he included an Armenian due to its association with. The score of 'Hell House', on the other hand, had a much lighter tone to coincide with the episode's humor.

For example, music for the scenes involving the 'professional' ghost hunters used to slightly mimic the theme. “ When it's with the boys, we're melodic. But when it's scary, we're full-on!

It's that the mentality let's [us] really beat people up a little bit and really make it scary. It gives you a yin-yang kind of thing. ” — Lennertz on the contrasting music of the series. However, recurring characters often have certain musical themes attached to them. For the pilot episode, Lennertz used a piano solo with discordant notes and reverberations to create a 'really nasty'-sounding echo effect for the scenes involving Mary and Jessica's deaths at the hands of the demon Azazel. Lennertz returns to this in 'Nightmare', including it when Sam realizes the connection he shares with the demon and Max.

The episode 'Dead in the Water' was the first to use what Kripke feels is the 'Winchester emotion', which involves sorrowful and reverberating piano notes on top of. It plays when the brothers make connections with other characters. As well, there are variants of a guitar line used as the 'humorous brothers' theme' in many episodes, including 'Pilot' and 'Hell House', when the brothers are having fun. With Gruska writing Meg Masters' theme for 'Scarecrow', Lennertz reused the music in 'Shadow' but 'took the scary up a notch' to imply to the viewers that she is both 'more important and more devilish' than the other creatures in the episode. For the penultimate episode 'Salvation', Lennertz incorporated musical elements used throughout the season.

In addition to the score, the series makes use of rock songs, with most being selected from Kripke's private collection. Among the many bands featured in the first season are,,,, and. Rock songs are also usually featured in 'The Road So Far' montages at the beginning of select episodes that recap previous events. This was first done with the episode ', in which the entire season was recapped to ' ', with the subsequent episode—the season finale—using 's 'Fight the Good Fight'. While it was intended for the vengeful spirit's attack to be done with physical special effects in 'Dead in the Water', was found to be more practical.

To depict the supernatural aspects of the show, the series makes use of visual, special, and make-up effects, as well as stuntwork. While various companies were contracted for the Los Angeles-based production of the pilot episode, subsequent episodes being filmed in Vancouver required a new crew to be hired. The company Entity FX performed the visual effects for the pilot episode, with Ivan Hayden taking over as visual effects supervisor for the rest of the season. The crew was required to design all of the external airplane shots in 'Phantom Traveler' from scratch using (CGI). As well, they created a time-manipulation effect for the titular villain in 'Bloody Mary'. Randy Shymkiw acted as special effects supervisor, and the department found the episode 'Asylum' to be quite a challenge because one scene has the vengeful spirit collapse into dust. They made casts of the character's torso and hands, and had to find the perfect mixture in order to have the casts remain solid but disintegrate when needed.

The visual and special effects departments often overlap, such as in Mary Winchester's death scene in the pilot episode. Because the character is pinned to the ceiling and burned to death, actress Samantha Smith was required to lie on a floor with two propane pipes spouting fire approximately five feet away from her on either side.

For the actual burning of the character, a body was ignited on a fake ceiling. When the burning of the titular creature in the episode 'Wendigo' was not sufficient using special effects, a wire-frame mannequin wrapped in steel wool was then burned, with the scene being composited into the original footage to draw out the wendigo's death. To make it appear that the Hook Man is invisible as he scrapes his hook along the wall for one of the scenes in 'Hook Man', a wire was placed inside plaster walls and then pulled out; the wire later was digitally removed in post-production. In the episode 'Bugs', the cast had to be sealed in a small area with hundreds of bees, and were stung despite wearing special costumes with cuffs sewn into their sleeves and pants.

However, the bees did not show up well on camera, so most of them that appear in the final version were added with CGI. In addition to the digital effects, the series also features stuntwork.

Lou Bollo took over as stunt coordinator after the pilot episode, and big scenes often involved the actors, though stunt doubles were used for certain moments. For the final lake scene in 'Dead in the Water', in which Dean must save a boy after he is pulled underwater by a vengeful spirit, Jensen Ackles had to hold onto the young actor as they were pulled down ten feet into the water by divers. The actor portraying the vengeful spirit had to wear a under his costume due to the extended period of time he was required to spend in the lake. Ackles and Jared Padalecki performed most of the fight scene featured in 'Skin', and only took four hours to learn the fight choreography. However, stunt doubles were brought in for the scenes in which they are thrown into bookshelves and through a coffee table. For the episode 'Shadow', rather than filming at the exterior location for the scene of Meg Masters being thrown out of a window to the street below, it was decided to not depict the impact, instead having the Winchesters look down at her body after the landing.

Thus, filming of it was allowed to take place in the studio using a body double. Throughout filming, various scenes make use of all three effects departments. For scenes involving the floating, fiery spirit of Mary Winchester in 'Home', a small and slim stuntman wearing a fire suit was lit on fire and raised into the air on wires. For the spirit's transition into Mary's normal form, Smith stood in front of a black background with wind blowing onto her, and the two scenes were later combined in post-production.

Many aspects went into filming the crash scene in the season finale 'Devil's Trap'. For the interior scenes used in the first moments of the Impala being hit,, Padalecki, and Ackles were required to sit in the car, which was in front of a. A sheet of placed very close to the passenger-side window protected the actors as the window was shattered, and at the same time, cannons beneath the frame blew out pieces of rubber glass to give the appearance that the window exploded onto them.

For scenes of the actual crash, the car and truck were cabled together by a, and driven toward one another. The intention was for a cannon to launch the Impala into the air at the collision point, causing the car to then as the truck drives away.

However, the car became stuck in the truck's bumper, forcing the cannon to fail and the truck to go out of control. The truck began to, but the stuntman driving it saved it from flipping. The mistake ended up being beneficial for the scene, as Kripke and director Manners found it to look 'pretty real'. Reception [ ] After the first four episodes of Supernatural aired in 2005, the WB decided to pick up the series for a full season of 22 episodes. During those first episodes, the series was ranked third in males aged 18–34 and 12–34. It also posted an increase of 73% in males aged 18–49 from the year before, although it only gained 4% in total viewers, and retained 91% of viewers from its lead-in,.

Supernatural's first season averaged about 3.81 million American viewers. According to Special Forces Soldier Master Sergeant Kevin Wise at a 2007 Supernatural convention, the DVDs most requested by personnel in and were the first two seasons of the series. On Metacritic, the season scored 59 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. The website reported a 69% approval rating with an average rating of 6.8/10 based on 13 reviews.

The website's consensus reads, 'Despite some too-hip dialogue and familiar thematic elements, Supernatural's vigilante brothers manage to stir up some legitimate scares.' Of gave the first season a B, saying the show 'comes off as weekly installments of a horror movie series', but that 'Adding to the show's cred are the '67 Chevy the boys rumble around in and their kick-ass soundtrack'.

Tom Gliatto of ranked the show at number five on his list of the Best TV Shows of 2005. Peter Schorn of IGN gave the season a score of 7 out of 10. While he found the self-enclosed episodes to be 'passably entertaining', he enjoyed the story arcs introduced later in the season. Schorn also deemed the 'stormy relationship between Sam and his father' to be 'compelling', and noted that the lead stars have 'good chemistry together'.

Rick Porter of felt that while the season had its 'share of emotional moments', it also '[scared] the pants off' of viewers 'surprisingly well'. He also believed that it did a good job at balancing mythology episodes with self-enclosed ones, comparing it to the early seasons of. However, Eric Neigher of highly criticized the self-enclosed episodes for being 'almost totally linear, without any B- or C-stories', and felt that the episodes were mainly 'watered-down rehashes of classic weird fiction or popular urban legends'. Work on the pilot episode garnered two nominations in, composer Christopher Lennertz being nominated in the category of ' and the sound editors receiving a nomination for 'Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series'. The pilot episode also brought in a nomination for a in the category of 'Best Sound Editing in Television: Short Form – Sound Effects and Foley', with work on the episode 'Salvation' gaining the same nomination in 2007. Additionally, the season was nominated for a in the category of 'Best Network Television Series'. For the, the series was nominated for 'TV – Choice Breakout Show' and Jensen Ackles for 'TV – Choice Breakout Star'.

Home media release [ ] The first season of Supernatural was released as a six-disc Region 1 DVD box set on September 5, 2006, three weeks before the premiere of the second season. The cover art incorporated a stylized shot of the Winchester brothers in front of their car. Including all 22 episodes of the first season, the set also featured DVD extras such as episode commentaries, deleted scenes, bloopers, featurettes, and a DVD-ROM sneak-peek at the second season. The season was ranked No. 14 in DVD sales for its week of release, and slipped to No. 28 the following week, with cumulative sales during those two weeks coming to 150,376 sets for $5,264,942. The set was later packaged with the first season of as a 'Season One Starter Pack', which was released on September 18, 2007. For Region 2, the season was split into two parts, being released on May 22, 2006, and August 21, 2006; the complete set was released on October 2, 2006.

The season was also released in Region 4 on September 6, 2006, though the special features were removed. A 'Special Collector's Edition' was later released on October 2, 2007, with the extras restored. The first season was released on Region A on June 15, 2010, including new special features–'The Devil's Road Map', an interactive guide featuring interviews about every episode and a panel discussion featuring the cast and crew. References [ ].

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This section's plot summaries may be. Please by removing unnecessary details and making them more concise. (February 2017) () In this table, the number in the first column refers to the episode's number within the entire series, whereas the number in the second column indicates the episode's number within this particular season. Viewers in millions' refers to how many Americans watched the episode live or on the day of broadcast. In season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod. Viewers (millions) 196 1 ' October 7, 2014 ( 2014-10-07) 4X5802 2.50 In the six weeks that have passed since the ending of the, the now-demonic () has been living it up with his new friend ()—partying at bars, singing bad, and sleeping with a waitress. Meanwhile, (), oblivious to Dean's state, has been searching desperately for his missing brother.

He eventually finds out the truth from Crowley after investigating the death of an loyalist whom Crowley had purposefully sent to his death by attacking Dean. Crowley confesses that he has been sending Abaddon loyalists after Dean to sate Dean's bloodlust. Sam tracks Dean and Crowley to, but gets ambushed by an unknown man (Travis Aaron Wade) who is also looking for Dean.

Dean gets a call from the man, who demands that Dean trade himself for Sam's life. However, Dean doesn't care about his brother anymore, refuses the deal, and hangs up, leaving Sam in the kidnapper's hands. Elsewhere, a dying () is approached by Hannah (), one of his followers in the previous season, for help tracking down Daniel and Adina (), two rogue angels who refuse to return to the restored Heaven, instead wanting the freedom that life on Earth gives them. While Castiel is understanding towards the couple, Hannah is not, and a fight ensues that results in Castiel having to kill Daniel to save Hannah. Afterward, Hannah reveals that she doesn't like the idea of angels taking on human values, as she fears it would lead to chaos. Castiel, however, thinks it's a good idea. 197 2 ' October 14, 2014 ( 2014-10-14) 4X5803 2.13 Sam's kidnapper reveals that his name is Cole and the reason he's hunting Dean down is because Dean killed his father twelve years ago.

He tries to torture Sam for Dean's location, but Sam escapes after warning Cole that Dean is a monster. It is later revealed that Cole has let him escape, and follows him to Dean. Meanwhile, Crowley and Dean have a falling out after Dean refuses to follow Crowley's orders and embarrasses him in front of his demon subjects. Realizing that the situation has gotten out of his control, Crowley contacts Sam with Dean's whereabouts to have Sam handle his brother. Sam offers to help Dean become human again, but Dean is uninterested, having found a kind of liberty in being a demon and in not caring anymore.

Cole then ambushes the brothers and takes Dean on in a fight, but is easily defeated. Dean leaves him alive so that he will have to live with the shame of having been unable to avenge his father. Sam seizes the opportunity to capture the distracted Dean.

In return for Crowley's help, Sam gives him the First Blade. Cole, having learned about Dean's demonic nature, starts researching the supernatural, still determined to take revenge on Dean.

Elsewhere, Hannah goes to visit () in his prison, in the hopes of making a deal to save Castiel's life, but Castiel manages to stop her, insisting that she respect his choice not to save himself through evil means. 198 3 ' Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming October 21, 2014 ( 2014-10-21) 4X5801 2.08 Castiel and Hannah continue their journey towards the bunker with Castiel growing weaker all the time.

At a gas station, they are attacked by a vengeful Adina and a weakened Castiel is left near-death. Before Adina can kill the two angels, Crowley, having problems with ruling Hell due to his time with Dean, kills Adina and steals her grace. Crowley gives a reluctant Castiel Adina's grace, restoring him to full strength. In return, Crowley asks Castiel to deal with Dean. Having captured Dean, Sam begins the process of curing him using the ritual they discovered a year and a half before. As the ritual goes on, Dean taunts Sam over his desperate attempts to find him, including tricking a man into selling his soul so he could interrogate a crossroads demon.

Unknown to Sam, the ritual makes Dean human enough that he is able to escape and he stalks Sam throughout the bunker. However, Castiel finally arrives and subdues Dean. They are able to successfully complete the ritual and Dean is returned to being human, but retains the Mark of Cain. Castiel suggests that a guilty-feeling Dean take some time off as things are quiet, however, in, a mysterious red-haired woman () sits in a hotel room under two men staked to the ceiling.

199 4 'Paper Moon' October 28, 2014 ( 2014-10-28) 4X5804 1.93 Following Dean becoming human again, he and Sam have taken a break from hunting, until they find what seems to be a werewolf case in Durham,. Investigating, they find Kate, the werewolf they let go two years previously, and believe her to be the killer. As they prepare to kill her, they get a call that there is another murder that Kate couldn't have committed, meaning there is another werewolf responsible. Sam and Dean trace Kate's last call and discover that the real killer is Kate's sister Tasha, whom Kate had turned, in order to keep her from dying of fatal injuries from a. Unlike Kate, Tasha has embraced her monstrous instincts and started killing. Dean tricks Kate into leading them to her sister, but Tasha reveals that she now has a 'pack' consisting of two men she has turned, and has the boys captured. She offers Kate to join the pack as well if Kate kills Sam and Dean, but Kate refuses and, realizing that the sister she knew is lost to her, kills her before making her escape.

Sam and Dean kill the two remaining werewolves. At the end of the episode, Dean accepts that he's not ready to get back into hunting yet, but feels he has to as he wants to do good after doing so much bad as a demon. 200 5 'Fan Fiction' Robbie Thompson November 11, 2014 ( 2014-11-11) 4X5805 2.17 Still fixed on going out on hunts, Dean insists that he and Sam look into the disappearance of a teacher in.

They are shocked to discover that the school the teacher had been planning to shut down is based on the books that they'd discovered in the which had been written about their lives by former. When a student also disappears after she, too, quit with plans to shut down the musical, Sam and Dean eventually realize that the goddess is behind this as she wants the musical to be completed, at which point she will eat the writer, Marie.

When trying to catch Calliope before she can get Marie, Sam gets captured by her while Dean must battle a scarecrow creation of hers. With the help of the student and the teacher Calliope had kidnapped, Sam kills her, causing her and her scarecrow to explode, the latter being witnessed by the audience, who believe that it was and applaud the musical. Marie gives Dean a prop version of his old amulet—a symbol of his brotherhood with Sam, Dean had thrown it away in the when he lost faith in Sam—which Dean ends up hanging on the Impala's mirror. After the brothers leave, Marie is greeted by Chuck () who congratulates her on the musical. 201 6 'Ask Jeeves' John MacCarthy Eric Carmelo & Nicole Snyder November 18, 2014 ( 2014-11-18) 4X5806 2.54 Finding Bobby's old cellphone in the Impala, Dean discovers he has inherited something from a rich heiress in and he and Sam decide to claim it as his next of kin. However, they get caught up in a murder mystery when what appears to be the ghosts of the heiress and her long-dead husband start murdering people. Things get complicated when they discover they aren't dealing with ghosts, but a shape-shifter.

After a cop is murdered, Sam and Dean become the prime suspects and are locked up while the maid, Olivia, reveals herself to be the shape-shifter. She explains she is the heiress' illegitimate daughter from an affair with a shape-shifter. Her real father tried to claim her but was killed by Bobby who agreed to spare Olivia in exchange for her being locked up for everyone's safety. Bobby was to take care of Olivia if anything happened to her mother. After the death of her mother, her butler, the only other one to know the truth, released Olivia out of pity and gave her a job as a maid. However, she is disgusted with her family's greed and wants them dead.

Sam and Dean manage to break free and Sam and Olivia engage in a deadly game of cat and mouse which ends when Dean shoots her dead while she's distracted. However, possibly under the influence of the Mark of Cain, Dean unloads several more rounds into her body, worrying Sam. The family agrees to keep the Winchesters' presence a secret and Sam and Dean find out that Bobby only inherited the key to the attic where Olivia was locked up. 202 7 'Girls, Girls, Girls' Robert Singer Robert Berens November 25, 2014 ( 2014-11-25) 4X5807 2.30 After Dean discovers his date from a dating app is helping demons make deals, Sam and Dean investigate a demonic brothel.

Before they can get there, the witch Rowena gets there first and kills Raoul, the demon in charge and recruits the hookers as her apprentices. She explains that she was thrown out of the Grand Coven a long time ago and now wants to regain her power.

Sam and Dean track her to a fancy hotel, but have to face Crowley's demons and one of the girls after Crowley catches up before they can. Dean captures Rowena, but is confronted by Cole who forces Dean to let her go.

Dean defeats Cole but instead of killing him, tells him the truth about what happened: Cole's father was an unknown type of monster Dean had been hunting who had been eating. Cole is reluctant to accept the truth, but Dean convinces him to let go of his vendetta and return to his family. At the same time, Castiel and Hannah continue to track down rogue angels but are found by the husband of Hannah's vessel, Caroline. Hannah decides to return to Heaven so Caroline can return to her family and Castiel brings her home and looks up his own vessel. While Rowena escaped Sam and Dean, demons working for Crowley catch her and he is shocked to see her, as Rowena is his mother. 203 8 'Hibbing 911' Story by: Jenny Klein & Phil Sgriccia Teleplay by: Jenny Klein December 2, 2014 ( 2014-12-02) 4X5808 2.33 Sheriff Jody Mills () goes to a sheriff's retreat in where she meets Sheriff Donna Hanscum (from 'The Purge') who is overeager and friendly.

However, bodies start appearing with everything eaten and Jody calls in Sam and Dean while investigating herself with help from a clueless Donna. Donna finds out the truth after finding local sheriff, Len, standing over another cop with vampire fangs out. Sam and Dean learn that Len has been hiding evidence of the strange murders and are forced to tell Donna the truth. With Donna's help, the Winchesters track Len to a farmhouse where they are captured by a group of vampires led by Star. Star explains that Len used to be their leader who taught them to consume everything, not just blood before growing a conscience and working to protect humans instead of hurting them.

After Len refuses to kill the hunters, Star kills him, but Dean manages to break free and kill two of the three vampires. Donna breaks free as well and kills Star when she tries to harm Jody. Afterwards, Jody offers to teach Donna about hunting while Dean tells Sam that for once it felt like the Mark of Cain wasn't fueling his actions, that he was himself for the first time in awhile.

204 9 'The Things We Left Behind' Andrew Dabb December 9, 2014 ( 2014-12-09) 4X5809 2.62 Feeling guilty about what he did to his vessel and his family, Castiel tracks down Claire Novak in a group home in. He breaks her out, but she runs off, so he calls in Sam and Dean to help locate her. They find her trying to rob a convenience store to help the man she lives with, Randy, pay off his debts to a. After blaming Castiel for everything that's happened to her, Claire runs off to Randy, who sells her to the loan shark to settle his debts. Castiel rescues her, but under the influence of the Mark of Cain, Dean slaughters Randy, the loan shark, and all his men, something he previously had a nightmare about. At the same time, Rowena attempts to reach out to Crowley, failing until she turns him against one of his own men and Crowley kills him to save her. 205 10 'The Hunter Games' Eugenie Ross-Leming & Brad Buckner January 20, 2015 ( 2015-01-20) 4X5811 2.42 Needing to get the off of Dean, Castiel has Metatron brought down from Heaven so that he and the Winchesters can question him, seeing Metatron's knowledge as their only hope.

Metatron agrees to tell them and tells them that they need the First Blade which Crowley has hidden. Sam and Dean meet with Crowley who reluctantly agrees to retrieve the Blade from a crypt in, but later tells them that he will only give it to them once they have the rest of the spell. Dean demands Metatron give them the rest, but he states that he will want something for each bit of information and there is a lot.

Metatron taunts Dean into attacking him, causing him to fall further and further under the Mark's influence. Dean comes close to killing Metatron, but is stopped by Sam and Castiel who takes Metatron back to Heaven rather than risk his life. However, Metatron leaves a possible clue for them to mull over: 'the river ends at the source.'

Sam suggests that part of beating the Mark's power involves Dean actually fighting it like did rather than embracing it. At the same time, Rowena plots against Crowley, using a spell to induce a nightmare and spy on Crowley's meeting with the Winchesters. Rowena sends a demon named Gothrey to get the First Blade then kills him, but when Crowley walks in on her, she twists the situation to her advantage, making him suspicious of the Winchesters and causing him not to give them the Blade. During this time, Castiel tries to help the daughter of his vessel, Claire Novak, but she refuses his help and meets up with a couple who suggest she kill Dean since he was responsible for the deaths of both her fathers. Claire lures Dean into a trap, but ultimately can't go through with it and warns him of the attack.

Dean defeats the couple, but rather than give into the Mark's rage, lets them go. Castiel later finds Claire who has decided to find a new life away from him, but promises to keep in touch. 206 11 'There's No Place Like Home' Phil Sgriccia Robbie Thompson January 27, 2015 ( 2015-01-27) 4X5810 2.06 While looking for clues on how to remove the Mark of Cain, Sam finds a video of Charlie Bradbury () beating a. Believing that Charlie may be working a case as this was not the only person she attacked, Sam and Dean investigate and discover that the DA was involved in a cover-up of the deaths of Charlie's parents in a drunk driving accident. Tracing a woman involved, they find a dark Charlie who flees after slashing the Impala's tire and beating up Dean. To their surprise, another Charlie shows up and explains that in order to win the war in Oz, she made a deal with the to split herself into her good and dark sides.

Killing Dark Charlie will kill her and she can't return to Oz to ask the Wizard for help as Dark Charlie broke the Key to Oz. Sam and Charlie investigate the Key for a way to fix it while Dean tries to protect Russell Wellington (), the man who killed Charlie's parents. However, Dark Charlie tricks Dean and kills him anyway. She then leaves with the Impala to find Sam and Charlie who discover a former Man of Letters named Clive Dylan who could help them.

Clive helps them summon the Wizard who is his dark side so they can force the Wizard to reverse the split. While Sam and Charlie confront the Wizard, Dean fights Dark Charlie and brutally beats her. In order to stop the Wizard, Charlie kills Clive which kills the Wizard too. Sam stops Dean from killing Dark Charlie and they are able to reverse the split. In the aftermath, Charlie is unable to return to Oz and so dedicates herself to helping get rid of the Mark of Cain, forgiving Dean for his actions. However, he refuses to forgive himself. 207 12 'About a Boy' Serge Ladouceur Adam Glass February 3, 2015 ( 2015-02-03) 4X5812 2.21 Dean locks himself in the Bunker for a week researching the Mark of Cain until Sam convinces him to investigate a case in where a man disappeared in a flash of light.

While at the bar looking for clues, Dean meets a woman named Tina who he spends the day talking to. When she leaves, he notices a man following her and Tina disappears in a flash of light as well. When Dean investigates, the man uses a hex bag on Dean and he finds himself locked in a cell and at the age of fourteen () with a teenage Tina in the cell next to him. With the help of Tina, Dean escapes and returns to a stunned Sam who has determined that they are dealing with a witch after finding at the bar where Dean disappeared. Sam and Dean return to the witch's house where they find Tina gone and capture the man who reveals himself to be Hansel of (). Hansel explains that Hansel and Gretel was a true story, only the story had a happy ending, while in reality he was forced to help the witch Katja () eat children for centuries and eat Gretel's heart when they tried to escape. Hansel tells them how to reverse the spell and offers his help in stopping Katja.

However, when Sam and Dean try to kill her as she prepares to eat Tina, Hansel reveals himself as evil and disarms them. They are stunned when Katja reveals that she has been sent by the Grand Coven to stop Rowena, but fight her and Hansel before they can learn anymore. They lose, but Dean manages to get Hansel's hex bag and reverse the spell on himself. Returned to his usual self, Dean quickly kills Hansel and cooks Katja in her own oven. Afterwards, they are unable to revert Tina to normal as the hex bag burned with Katja. However, when the brothers offer to recreate the spell for her, Tina refuses, as she sees this as a second chance since she has so far had a bad life. After dropping Tina off at the bus station, Sam and Dean contemplate the information about the Grand Coven and the return of the Mark, which had disappeared when Dean was a teenager.

208 13 'Halt & Catch Fire' Eric Charmelo & Nicole Snyder February 10, 2015 ( 2015-02-10) 4X5813 1.98 Sam and Dean investigate a case in where a truck mysteriously drove itself off a bridge, killing its driver, Billy. Believing it to be the ghost of Billy's dead brother, Sam and Dean salt and burn the truck, but soon afterwards, a girl named Julie is strangled by her own computer cord after getting threatening messages on the Internet.

Following the clues in the message leads them to a man named Andrew Silver who died in a, but they are unable to put him to rest as he was and doesn't seem to be attached to anything. After a boy named Kyle is killed, they confront his friend Delilah who reveals that the four were involved in the accident where they caused the crash and didn't try to save Andrew after his car was set on fire by electrical wires. Sam and Dean realize that Andrew is after revenge and is in the Internet, having used the power wires to access a nearby tower when he was killed.

Dean protects Delilah from Andrew while Sam talks to his wife, Corey, who admits she knew he was there and didn't want to let him go. When Dean is unable to stop Andrew or convince him to move on, Corey speaks to him through and convinces Andrew to let go of his revenge and be at peace. Afterwards, Delilah visits Corey to tell her what really happened to her husband. Meanwhile, Dean decides that while he won't give up fighting the Mark of Cain, but he won't continue looking for a cure. 209 14 'The Executioner's Song' Phil Sgriccia Robert Berens February 17, 2015 ( 2015-02-17) 4X5814 2.09 Sam and Dean learn that Cain has kidnapped a serial killer named Tommy Tolliver while at the same time, Castiel discovers a graveyard full of Cain's victims. Cain confronts Castiel, revealing that he has fallen back under the influence of the and is now slaughtering his descendants, thinking his bloodline is tainted. In order to stop Cain, Dean calls upon Crowley to give him the First Blade, lying to him that Cain wants Crowley dead.

As a result, Crowley blows off his mother Rowena's wish to kill a witch of the Grand Coven to help the Winchesters. Working together, the four trap Cain in a devil's trap, a mythical symbol that binds his powers, when he arrives to kill his next victim, a twelve-year-old boy. Dean confronts Cain alone who tells him there is no cure for the Mark of Cain and its just better to give into its power. Dean and Cain fight, but Dean loses as he holds back in fear of losing his humanity. However, Dean eventually manages to get the upper hand and asks if Cain will give up killing again. Upon Cain's declaration that he won't, Dean kills him, devastated by the fact that there seems to be no way out for him. Despite his fears, Dean manages to keep control of himself, but gives Castiel the First Blade instead of Crowley as he promised, shocking Crowley with his lies.

Rowena later tells Crowley that he's not a king anymore and is nothing but the Winchesters' lap dog. While Sam expresses the belief that if Dean could kill Cain himself without losing his humanity there is still hope for him, he privately tells Castiel that Dean's in trouble. 210 15 'The Things They Carried' John Badham Jenny Klein March 18, 2015 ( 2015-03-18) 4X5815 1.73 Dean finds a case in where a man named Rick drains a woman of blood and later commits suicide. Suspecting it to be a or a pagan god, Sam and Dean check it out and find out that a friend of the killer, Kit, is displaying the same symptoms. While investigating, they run into Cole Trenton, the man who had tried to kill Dean who is a friend of Kit and was looking into his actions himself.

Reluctantly, the Winchesters and Cole team up together to try to find Kit who displays an unnatural thirst, draining multiple water bottles and killing a man and drinking his blood. Using his contacts, Cole is able to learn that Kit and Rick were recently involved in a rescue mission in where the man they rescued attacked them and was killed. Cole tracks Kit to a cabin where Kit attacks and infects Cole with a khan worm (from season 6's 'And Then There Were None') before running off. Sam and Dean realize that the rescued soldier on Kit and Rick's last mission must have infected them and Sam sets out to track down Kit while Dean tries to save Cole.

When doesn't work, Dean and Cole realize that might and turn the cabin into a. Eventually the worm comes out and Dean kills it, however, Sam is unable to save Kit and kills him in self-defense. Cole returns to his family with a new understanding of what Sam and Dean do and what happened to his father while Sam feels immense guilt for his inability to save Kit. 211 16 'Paint It Black' John Showalter Brad Bucker & Eugenie Ross-Leming March 25, 2015 ( 2015-03-25) 4X5816 1.70 Sam and Dean investigate a case in where three men were horribly killed in two weeks, two by suicide and one by his wife murdering him. However, the wife had no memory of the murder so they believe it to be a case of ghost possession as there is no sign of a demon and it doesn't fit the way they do things. The only connection they can find between the victims is they all went to confession so Dean visits confession in hopes of drawing the ghost out. In the process, he admits that while he's always felt he'd die hunting, he feels that time is approaching and he's not ready for it.

Its revealed that the ghost is that of a nun named Isabella who in 1520 fell in love with an artist named Piero who didn't love her back so she was sent to a by her family to deal with her grief. Another nun, Sister Mathias who has been talking with Isabella, overhears Sam and Dean talking about what's been happening and reads Isabella's journal to learn that she killed Piero after finding him in bed with another woman. She alerts Sam and Dean and Dean orders Sam to burn the journal, believing Isabella to be tied to it as she was burned at the stake as a witch due to the horrific nature of her crime. While Dean tries to fight off Isabella possessing Sister Mathias, Sam reads the journal and learns that Isabella's blood and part of her finger were used to create the painting Piero made of her. Sam salts and burns the painting, destroying Isabella.

Later, Sam tells Dean that he truly believes that there is a cure for the Mark of Cain and they need to keep searching, but Dean is unenthusiastic about it. At the same time, Crowley captures Olivette High Priestess of the Grand Coven for Rowena to make her case to in order to practice magic freely once more.

Olivette reveals that the Grand Coven was devastated by the Men of Letters and is actually very weak now. She explains that the Men of Letters plundered the Coven's spells and potions and hid them in bunkers across the world and the only known surviving Men of Letters are Sam and Dean. This causes Rowena, who turns Olivette into a, to use Crowley's relationship with Sam and Dean in hopes of getting at the plunder. 212 17 'Inside Man' Rashaad Ernesto Green Andrew Dabb April 1, 2015 ( 2015-04-01) 4X5817 1.70 After Dean has a nightmare of all the carnage he has caused under the Mark's influence, Sam searches out a cure on his own with the help of Castiel while lying to Dean about what he is doing. Knowing the only one with possible knowledge of a cure is Metatron, Sam and Castiel attempt to get him from Heaven, but are barred from entering by Hannah (Lee Majdoub) as Metatron is too dangerous to be let loose. Desperate, Sam and Castiel enlist the help of a psychic to contact () in Heaven to break Metatron out. Bobby is able to get Castiel in and Metatron out, but is last seen being approached by Hannah and several other angels to be punished for his actions.

On Earth, Castiel removes Metatron's grace, making him human and under threat of death, Metatron admits he actually is unaware of a cure for the Mark and lied before. To stop Sam from killing him, Metatron admits that there is some of Castiel's grace left and offers to lead him to it in exchange for his life. Reluctantly, Castiel agrees and drives off with Metatron to find it. At the same time, Dean cools off in a bar, hustling pool where Rowena attempts to kill him with three men under her control and a spell. Dean is able to beat the men and the Mark makes him immune to the spell, but he lets her go to save the men's lives. Rowena tries to trick Crowley into killing Dean for her, revealing that the Mark is just an ancient curse, but Dean and Crowley talk instead and Dean helps Crowley realize just how little Rowena means to him and he kicks her out.

Sam and Dean later lie to each other about what they did and Sam reads a note from Bobby telling him to keep looking and stop lying to each other. 213 18 'Book of the Damned' Robbie Thompson April 15, 2015 ( 2015-04-15) 4X5818 1.76 Charlie contacts Sam and Dean, having found the Book of the Damned. However, she is tracked by Jacob Styne, who is determined to find the book as well, claiming that it belongs to his family. Sam and Dean meet with Charlie and try to translate the book which calls out to Dean to be used.

Dean learns from the Men of Letters files that the man and his family are the Styne family, a family who used the book to commit evil acts until it was taken from them a century before. After an encounter with Jacob, Dean orders Sam to burn the book as its evil and dangerous. Sam appears to burn the book during a fight with Jacob and his family are killed, but warn that other Stynes will never stop until they retrieve the book. It's later revealed that Sam kept the book intact because it is the only chance of removing the Mark of Cain, no matter the consequences. At the same time, Castiel and Metatron search for Castiel's grace, coming under attack by an angry Cupid along the way. Searching for the grace inside a library, Metatron incapacitates Castiel with a spell and takes the demon tablet, what he had really come searching for.

However, Castiel manages to recover his grace and is restored to full power though his wings are still broken. Sam and Castiel do not tell Dean that Metatron is on the loose with the tablet. After celebrating Castiel's full return with Dean and Charlie, Sam meets with Rowena, believing her to be the only one capable of translating the book. 214 19 'The Werther Project' Robert Berens April 22, 2015 ( 2015-04-22) 4X5819 1.63 Sam meets with Rowena in hopes of translating the Book of the Damned. Rowena agrees in exchange for Sam and reveals that she can't actually read the book, only a dead witch named Nadia could. However, Nadia left behind a decrypting codex, which the Men of Letters took when they killed her. Sam begins a search for the codex and discovers Magnus () had hidden it within the Werther Box, a vault that caused whoever tried to open it to kill themselves.

Sam tracks the box to, where he is joined by Dean after attempting to leave him behind. After being barred by Suzie (a woman whose family died in the 70's after she tried to open the box herself), Sam sneaks into the house with Dean's help and tries to disarm the system with a spell.

However, he is unsuccessful and unleashes a spell that traps Sam, Dean, and Suzie in hallucinations which try to get them to kill themselves. Suzie does, while Sam is saved by Rowena, whom he teams up with to disarm the box. Sam learns that the only way is for a Man of Letters to spill all of their blood onto the box, which he starts to do to save Dean. At the same time, Dean hallucinates that he is in Purgatory with his old friend Benny () who encourages him to kill himself to keep Sam and Castiel from having to do it later.

Dean nearly does, but he knows the Mark won't allow him to kill himself and also, he sees through the illusion as the real Benny would never want him to do it, so he kills 'Benny', freeing himself from the spell. It is revealed that Sam had been hallucinating Rowena's presence as Dean stops Sam from killing himself and sheds his own blood into the box, breaking the spell and opening it.

Sam and Dean get the codex and Dean destroys the box to be sure it's no longer a threat. Sam takes the codex to the real Rowena, but chains her to make sure she only uses the book to get rid of the Mark of Cain. 215 20 'Angel Heart' Robbie Thompson April 29, 2015 ( 2015-04-29) 4X5820 1.74 While searching for her mother in, Claire is knocked unconscious and Castiel calls Sam and Dean in to help. After Claire explains what she's trying to do, the Winchesters and Castiel decide to help her look.

While Sam helps Claire hack her mother's credit card information, Dean and Castiel interrogate Ronnie Cartwright, the man who knocked her out who according to Amelia's diary, was the last person to see her. After Dean gets rough, Ronnie admits he sent Amelia to a named Peter Holloway who had healed his eyesight.

However, he'd quit after seeing that Holloway was up to no good, cutting the people sent to him. After they leave, Ronnie calls Holloway who blinds him once again and kills him.

Using this information, Sam is able to track Holloway to a farm house, but leaves Dean and Claire behind due to the Mark of Cain's effects on Dean getting worse. Castiel finds Amelia who is trapped in a dream life where she has reunited with Jimmy and wakes her, but she is extremely weak and he is unable to heal her. Sam is captured by Holloway at the same time that Dean and Claire realize he is one of the, a group of angels that prey upon humans. Holloway, revealing himself as, tells Sam that he's been hiding on Earth from the other angels by feeding on human souls since the beginning, seeing both angels and humans as beneath him. Afterwards, Dean, Sam, Castiel and Claire come to Amelia's rescue, but are unable to defeat Tamiel. Amelia sacrifices herself to save Claire, who then kills Tamiel with his own sword in revenge.

Amelia is reunited with her husband Jimmy in while the Winchesters decide to send Claire to Jody until she can get on her feet. Claire finally forgives Dean and Castiel for their roles in her father's death and Dean leaves her with a lore book as a gift as he realizes she is intending to become a hunter.

216 21 'Dark Dynasty' Robert Singer Eugenie Ross-Leming & Brad Buckner May 6, 2015 ( 2015-05-06) 4X5823 1.45 Wanting to get the Book of the Damned back, Monroe Styne sends his son, Eldon, to track down Sam and Dean to find it. Eldon and another family member ambush Dean, but he manages to kill the other family member and capture Eldon. Eldon explains to Dean that the Styne family has existed for thousands of years and harvest organs they transplant into themselves to make them superhuman. The Stynes cause and take advantage of various disasters in history to make a profit including 's rise to power and the.

The family is worldwide and was formerly known by the name Frankenstein before discovered their secrets and wrote a book about it. After Eldon reveals that the Book of the Damned can't be destroyed, Dean goes to confront Sam and Eldon escapes by ripping off his own arm. At the same time, Crowley searches for his missing mother with help from Olivette, and Sam, Rowena, Castiel, and Charlie work on decoding the Book. After having too much of Rowena, Charlie leaves to have peace and quiet and comes under attack by Eldon shortly after she finally breaks the code. Sam and Dean, who has finally learned the truth, tell her to give Eldon what he wants, but she destroys her computer instead of letting Eldon get her notes.

Shortly afterwards, Sam and Dean find her dead, murdered by Eldon. Unknown to them, however, as her last act, Charlie emailed her notes on how to break the code to them so they could finish her work. 217 22 'The Prisoner' Thomas J.

Wright Andrew Dabb May 13, 2015 ( 2015-05-13) 4X5821 1.75 Devastated by Charlie's death, Sam and Dean cremate her body. Dean decides to slaughter the Styne family in revenge for her murder, and the guilt-ridden Sam at first gives into Dean's order for him to cease work on finding a cure for the Mark from the Book of the Damned. After noticing Charlie's email when telling Castiel of her death, however, he decides to continue and shows the email to Rowena. Rowena can now decipher the Book's secrets, but will only do so once Sam kills Crowley; thus, Sam lures Crowley into a trap and tries to kill him. Crowley survives but, embittered by Sam's betrayal and rejection of his attempts to be good, re-embraces his evil, now planning to kill Rowena for arranging for his death.

Meanwhile, Dean tracks the Stynes to, where he is arrested by the corrupt police before forcing the sheriff to tell him where to find the Stynes. Dean is captured when attacking their mansion and they prepare to dissect him, but he escapes and brutally slaughters the assembled family members. When he returns to the bunker, he finds the last three Stynes robbing it, and kills all three despite the youngest Styne's pleas for mercy. Castiel remonstrates with Dean, but Dean beats him savagely and comes close to killing him with an angel blade. Before leaving, he warns Castiel that he will kill him and Sam if he should see them again.

218 23 ' Phil Sgriccia Jeremy Carver May 20, 2015 ( 2015-05-20) 4X5822 1.73 Dean continues to hunt, but the Mark affects him to the point that he gets another hunter killed. Realizing he's gone too far, Dean summons Death () to kill him before he hurts anyone else. Death explains that the Mark is the lock on the prison of an ancient evil called the Darkness and if the Mark is removed without being passed on, the Darkness will be released. He agrees to transport Dean far away in exchange for him killing Sam so Sam won't try to rescue him. Dean calls Sam and explains that he feels that they are evil and ridding the world of both of them is for the greater good. Sam eventually agrees, but reminds Dean of how good he is and his love for his family. At the last moment, instead of killing Sam, Dean turns Death's scythe on its owner, seemingly killing Death instead.

At the same time, Rowena agrees to remove the Mark from Dean's arm in exchange for her freedom and Castiel calls on Crowley to get the necessary ingredients. One of these proves to be a young man who Rowena cares deeply about and she has to sacrifice for the spell. Unaware of the consequences, Rowena casts the spell and the Mark is removed, but she escapes, casting a spell on Castiel that causes him to attack Crowley. With the Mark gone, the Darkness is released into the world and washes over the Impala as the Winchesters desperately try to escape it.

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