9.7/1012,161 votesLoading...#1 - Swan Song
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2010
The showdown between good and evil is at hand. With the Apocalypse looming, Sam and Dean realize they are out of options and make heart-breaking decisions that will change their lives forever. A beloved character faces death.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: N/A
9.6/1011,426 votesLoading...#2 - Changing Channels
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2009
When Sam and Dean find themselves living their lives on what appear to be TV shows, it makes for a whole new style of reality television and they wonder if the Trickster is to blame. From a sitcom to a soapy hospital drama to a Japanese game show to a crime procedural, each new experience they encounter is more bizarre than the next and they want out. But is the Trickster really the mastermind behind the madness?
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Jeremy Carver
9.6/1011,772 votesLoading...#3 - The French Mistake
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2011
Dean and Sam find themselves in an alternate reality where everyone believes they are two actors named Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, who star in a TV show called Supernatural about two brothers who hunt monsters.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Ben Edlund
9.5/109,200 votesLoading...#4 - ScoobyNatural
Season 13 Episode 16 - Aired 3/29/2018
Sam, Dean and Castiel are transported into the animated world of Scooby Doo where they join forces with the Scooby gang to solve a ghostly mystery.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: James Krieg, Jeremy Adams
9.4/108,183 votesLoading...#5 - All Hell Breaks Loose (2)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2007
After the fight between Jake and Sam, Dean has to make the ultimate sacrifice for his brother. Meanwhile the Yellow-Eyed Demon has his new servant and plans to unleash the hordes of Hell.
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: N/A
9.4/109,852 votesLoading...#6 - Mystery Spot
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 2/14/2008
Dean is killed after looking into a case about the disappearance of a man with Sam. The next morning, Sam is shocked to find Dean alive and is hit with the realization that he is reliving the day before.
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: N/A
9.4/109,318 votesLoading...#7 - Lazarus Rising
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2008
Dean wakes up in his own coffin. How did he return from the dead? What caused the hand-shaped welt on his shoulder? And what happened in the four months he spent in Hell, time he can't remember?
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: Eric Kripke
9.4/109,626 votesLoading...#8 - Fan Fiction
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2014
Sam and Dean investigate a haunting at a theatre.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Robbie Thompson
9.4/107,611 votesLoading...#9 - Baby
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2015
Seen entirely from the point of view of the Impala, Sam and Dean go on a road trip to fight monsters and demons.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Robbie Thompson
9.4/106,828 votesLoading...#10 - Don't Call Me Shurley
Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2016
Amara unleashes a dark fog on a small town, causing everyone to go mad. Dean and Sam realize this is a stronger version of the original black vein virus Amara previously unleashed. They team up with the sheriff to protect the town but their old remedy no longer works. Meanwhile, Chuck returns with an interesting proposal.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Robbie Thompson
9.3/108,204 votesLoading...#11 - What Is and What Should Never Be
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2007
Dean is attacked by a Djinn... and finds himself in a new reality where his mother is still alive and a mysterious woman holds the key to everything.
Director: Eric Kripke
Writer: Eric Kripke, Raelle Tucker
9.3/107,733 votesLoading...#12 - Jus in Bello
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 2/21/2008
FBI Agent Henricksen finally captures Sam and Dean, but is caught in the middle when a horde of demons descends on the small-town jail to eliminate the brothers.
Director: Kim Manners, Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Sera Gamble
9.3/107,014 votesLoading...#13 - Lucifer Rising
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/2009
The brothers prepare to fight the forces of the apocalypse in different camps. While Sam and Ruby hunt down Lilith, Dean joins Castiel and Zachariah to take on Lucifer.
Director: Eric Kripke
Writer: Eric Kripke
9.3/106,232 votesLoading...#14 - Sacrifice
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2013
With Crowley poised to undo all the good they’ve ever done as hunters, Sam and Dean find themselves cornered. But with Kevin's help, the Winchester brothers bound into one last play against The Demon King. Metatron initiates a plan with Castiel to take on Naomi and the bureaucracy of Heaven.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Jeremy Carver
9.3/104,749 votesLoading...#15 - Lebanon
Season 14 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/2019
Sam and Dean look to occult lore for a solution to their latest problem, but instead of a resolution, they find much more than either of them had anticipated.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Andrew Dabb, Meredith Glynn
9.2/108,037 votesLoading...#16 - Devil's Trap
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/2006
When Meg boasts that John is her prisoner, the boys visit a friend of their father's to get information about demonic possessions and ways to trap a demon. It turns out Meg is not what she appears.
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: Eric Kripke
9.2/108,305 votesLoading...#17 - In My Time of Dying
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2006
In the aftermath of the car crash, the surviving Winchesters go to the hospital, where one is stalked by a Reaper while another must consider sacrificing himself to save the others.
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: Eric Kripke
9.2/107,876 votesLoading...#18 - Bad Day at Black Rock
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2007
The Winchesters are called regarding a robbery of their father's storage unit, and track down the robbers to find the item stolen is a cursed rabbit's foot, which provides great luck until lost, and once lost the previous owner dies within a week.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Ben Edlund
9.2/107,317 votesLoading...#19 - No Rest for the Wicked
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 5/15/2008
Sam, Dean, and Bobby hunt down Lilith and fight her and her demons in a final effort to save Dean's life.
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: Eric Kripke
9.2/107,321 votesLoading...#20 - In the Beginning
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/2008
Back to the future, Castiel sends Dean to 1973 Lawrence, Kansas, where he meets a nice young couple named John and Mary Winchester. Dean's parents. And Mary has a secret.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Jeremy Carver
9.2/107,017 votesLoading...
9.2/106,397 votesLoading...#22 - Abandon All Hope...
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/2009
Sam, Dean and Castiel track down the Colt and head off to find Lucifer to send him back to Hell. It’s a hunters’ reunion when the crew joins forces with Bobby, Ellen and Jo for what could be their last night on Earth.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Ben Edlund
9.2/106,003 votesLoading...#23 - Two Minutes to Midnight
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/2010
Crowley tells Bobby he will give him the location of Death, the fourth horseman, in exchange for his soul. Knowing Sam and Dean need that fourth ring to stop the Apocalypse, Bobby reluctantly agrees. Sam and Dean confront Pestilence, but he unleashes a deadly virus upon them, so Castiel must intervene on their behalf. Dean has a meeting with Death to discuss Lucifer, and an unholy alliance is formed at a very high price for Dean.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Sera Gamble
9.2/105,322 votesLoading...#24 - Death's Door
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2011
As Sam and Dean race the clock on a high-stakes mission, Bobby seeks the help of an unlikely old friend to solve one of the most personal cases of his life.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Sera Gamble
9.2/105,719 votesLoading...#25 - Do You Believe in Miracles?
Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/2014
After attacking Gadreel, Dean leaves with Crowley to track down Metatron and kill him. Meanwhile, Gadreel takes Castiel into Heaven to try and break Metatron's connection to the angel tablet, stripping him of his powers.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Jeremy Carver
The Best Episodes of Supernatural
Every episode of Supernatural ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Supernatural!
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Swan Song" is the best rated episode of "Supernatural". It scored 9.7/10 based on 12161 votes. Directed by Robert Singer and written by N/A, it aired on 5/13/2010. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Changing Channels".