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Two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester,  witness their mother's paranormal death as children and grow up trained  to fight by a distraught father who wants nothing more then to hunt  down the thing that killed his wife. Sam escapes to college to start a  new, normal life, but gets pulled back in after Dean shows up on his  doorstep to tell him their father is missing.

Following clues from an  eerie phone message from him, the boys travel to a small town and  encounter a vengeful spirit called the "Woman in White" who then starts  to haunt Sam.

Pilot

Sam and Dean follow the coordinates  left in their father's journal and land in the middle of the woods where  they investigate the disappearance of several campers. The two brothers  soon learn they are dealing with a Wendigo, a creature made famous in  Native America legends. A Wendigo is a former human whose cannibalism  has transformed him into a creature with superhuman strength and speed  that feasts on human flesh.

Wendigo

Sam and Dean investigate a series of  mysterious drownings written off as suicides. They discover the spirit  is an angry little boy with the power to travel through water who is  taking revenge on certain town inhabitants for a dark secret buried long  ago. Dean forms a bond with a young boy who seems to have the power of  premonition.

Dead in the Water

On TransNational flight 2485, a man possessed by the spirit of the  Phantom Traveler causes the plane to crash, leaving only five survivors  left alive. Sam and Dean must exorcise  the angry spirit before it attacks the survivors. The brothers realize  the only way to do that is to take the battle to the skies.

Phantom Traveler

In suburban Nebraska, a group of partying high school teens jokingly  dare their friend Charlie to look into  the mirror and repeat "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary," not  knowing this will unleash a series of mysterious murders. Sam and Dean realize that Bloody Mary has the  power to travel through all reflective surfaces when she is hunting a  victim. Worried that teens are accidentally summoning Bloody Mary, Sam  and Dean race to destroy the violent spirit before she can kill again.

Bloody Mary

Sam and Dean come to the aid of Sam's  old college buddy after he is accused of a murder he swears he didn't  commit. The brothers discover a shapeshifter is adopting the likenesses  of others and murdering people. The brothers' race to stop the  shapeshifter takes a terrifying turn when he shifts into the likeness of  Dean.

Skin

The infamous "Hook Man," a vengeful spirit who kills his victims with a shiny hook that serves as his hand, terrorizes a small college town in Iowa. Sam and Dean learn that all the victims are connected to the daughter of a local minister and race to find and destroy the Hook Man's bones before he comes for them.

Hook Man

After a construction worker is killed by insects burrowing into his  brain, Sam and Dean investigate the  town's history and find that the new housing development is being built  on sacred Indian land. The Indians put a curse on the land after their  reservation had been ravished and destroyed. Sam and Dean must find a  way to survive and kill the deadly swarm of bees, locusts, spiders and  beetles.

Bugs

Sam is haunted by a vision of a woman trapped in his  childhood house and convinces a reluctant Dean that they  need to go home. Upon arrival, they meet the woman in Sam's premonition  and she reveals that the house is haunted. Looking into their personal  history, the brothers discover their father had visited a psychic after their mother's  death and they turn to the same woman for answers of their own.  Together they discover a malevolent poltergeist has inhabited the house  and set out to exorcise it, but are blindsided when another unseen  spirit steps in.

Home

Sam and Dean investigate an abandoned  sanitarium and discover that when the hospital was open, the patients  held a revolt against the cruel and unusual punishments inflicted by the  head doctor. While the brothers search the premises for four lost  college students, the tortured spirits cause them to go insane, turning  Dean against Sam.

Asylum

Sam and Dean finally make contact with their father,  but he tells them to stop looking for him and sends them on another  ghost-hunting job. Frustrated with their father's evasiveness, Sam sets  out alone to find him while Dean stays back to obey his father. Dean  investigates a small town in Indiana where couples have gone missing the  same day each year and discovers the farmers are sacrificing them to a  Pagan God who takes the form of a scarecrow.

Scarecrow

While battling a demon, Dean is electrocuted, resulting  in permanent damage to his heart and leaving him with only a couple of  months to live. A despondent Sam searches desperately  for a way to save his brother and believes he may have found an answer  through a preacher who claims to heal the incurable. However, Dean and  Sam discover that the preacher is getting help from the Grim Reaper who  is trading one life for another he feels is less worthy.

Faith

Dean is contacted by his first love Cassie, an African-America girl, who asks him to come to  Mississippi to investigate a string of racially motivated murders. Each  murder is linked to a mysterious truck that seems to have no driver and  leave no tracks. Sam is stunned to see this new side  of his brother as Dean struggles to come to grips with the residual  feelings he has for Cassie.

Route 666

Sam has a premonition in which a man is killed, but  the murder is made to look like a suicide. Sam convinces Dean that they must investigate the case, but the two are puzzled  when they fail to find anything that indicates that the death was  supernatural in nature. That is, until they find out that Max, the reclusive son of the first victim, has been using his  recently acquired power of telekinesis to kill the family members that  once abused him. Sam also discovers Max's mother was killed by the same  fiery demon that took his own mom.

Nightmare

Sam and Dean head to Minnesota where a  young boy witnesses a man vanish into thin  air. Upon searching for clues, Sam is abducted by what he assumes is a  supernatural being, and Dean is left to search frantically for his  brother. However, both are stunned when they realize the kidnappers are  human, and using the captives as human prey for a twisted hunting  expedition.

The Benders

Sam has a reunion with a girl he once met, Meg, but it turns out that she is using the brothers to lure their father John to his doom.

Shadow

Sam and Dean investigate the case of a maniacal ghost inhabiting a long abandoned Texas farmhouse known as "Hell House." They believe the ghost is the spirit of a deceased Depression-era farmer who killed his family, but they soon realize it is something far more powerful.

Hell House

Sam and Dean battle a Shtriga, a witch that sneaks into childrens' bedrooms and sucks the lives out of them. Dean must relive his childhood when he remembers that he encountered the Shtriga years ago.

Something Wicked

The Winchesters must deal with a dangerous spirit bound to an old family portrait that brings misfortune and death to anyone who buys it.

Provenance

To obtain a mystic gun capable of destroying the demon that killed their mother, Sam and Dean must team up with their father John and face off against vampires.

Dead Man's Blood

John has realized where the demon will strike next and the Winchesters head there to stop the next killing. But Meg begins killing John's friends and demands the Colt or she'll keep going until everyone John knows is dead.

Salvation

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.

Devil's Trap

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.

In My Time of Dying

After the events at the hospital, the brothers have no idea where the demon that killed their mother is hiding. While biding their time trying to come up with an idea, they investigate murders committed by a killer clown.

Everybody Loves a Clown

Sam and Dean encounter a vampire hunter whose obsession may get them all killed.

Bloodlust

Dean and Sam investigate the death of a young college student who died in a car accident, but whose grave is now surrounded by a circle of dead plants.

Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things

Sam and Dean meet Andy Gallagher, a slacker with psychic powers of persuasion. Once the brothers learn that Andy’s family was visited by the Demon, Sam wonders if he could be one of the special children.

Simon Said

Sam and Dean investigate the slayings of blonde women and find that the ghost of the first known serial killer in US history is responsible. Jo disobeys Ellen's wishes and follows them along, and is captured by the ghost.

No Exit

Sam and Dean investigate the murder of a lawyer and his wife, who claimed to have seen a ghost before they were killed. However, local authorities arrest the Winchesters after looking into their past.

The Usual Suspects

Dean calls a demon to make a deal to save a man named Evan Hudson, in exchange for himself. While making the deal, the demon confronts Dean’s worst nightmare about their dad.

Crossroad Blues

Sam has a vision of Dean shooting a defenseless man, and they go to the town of River Grove, where they find the townspeople have been possessed by a virus that makes them violent.

Croatoan

Sam meets a woman who shares his ability to have visions, and she warns him that she has seen the future... where he dies in an explosion.

Hunted

Sam and Dean investigate an Connecticut inn run by a single mother where mysterious deaths are taking place. They find evidence of Hoodoo, and try to figure out who is causing the chaos.

Playthings

The Winchesters investigate a series of crimes where robbers with no criminal past commit suicide after the hold-ups.

Nightshifter

An angel causes people to cheerfully go out to murder, and when the Winchesters investigate one of them falls under its sway.

Houses of the Holy

Sam contacts Dean after being missing for a week. When they reunite, Dean finds Sam covered in blood and with no recollection of what happened.

Born Under a Bad Sign

The Winchester brothers seek the help of their family friend Bobby while investigating a series of unexplained happenings on a local college campus.

Tall Tales

A fatal automobile accident from 1992 leaves an angry apparition haunting a remote stretch of highway, and Sam and Dean try to lay it to rest.

Roadkill

Sam and Dean investigate a brutal death and discover that the killer is a lycanthrope: a werewolf.

Heart

Sam and Dean discover that a group of ghosts are attempting to shut down production of a movie that they feel is mocking them.

Hollywood Babylon

Sam and Dean allow themselves to be arrested in order to investigate a series of murders inside a penitentiary. However things get complicated when FBI agent Henricksen shows up to take over their case.

Folsom Prison Blues

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.

What Is and What Should Never Be

Sam and other "special children" are abducted by the Yellow-Eyed Demon and taken to a ghost town, where the ultimate battle must start.

All Hell Breaks Loose (1)

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.

All Hell Breaks Loose (2)

Seven demons, based on the Seven Deadly Sins, are released into the world and the brothers must combat them with the aid of a married Hunter couple.

The Magnificent Seven

Sam & Dean track down changelings that are pursuing mothers and their children. A boy they protect bears a strange resemblance to Dean, which at first makes Dean uncomfortable because he once had a one-night stand with the boy's mother Lisa.

The Kids Are Alright

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.

Bad Day at Black Rock

The brothers investigate the death of a man who committed suicide in a church. However, Sam is forced to team up with an unexpected ally when Dean disappears with a female demon who is interested in him personally.

Sin City

A young girl trapped in a coma by her wicked stepmother sets off a series of murders based on the fairy tales her father reads her. Meanwhile, Sam tries to get Dean out of his deal.

Bedtime Stories

Bela gets in the way yet again as Sam and Dean are investigating multiple victims who drowned even though they were nowhere near water.  Sam and Dean make the creepy discovery that the victims all saw a ghost ship right before dying.  They tell Bela to stay away, but she's not so willing to leave, as someone's paying her a lot to solve the same case Sam and Dean are investigating.

Red Sky at Morning

The brothers capture a female vampire named Lucy who has no idea how she became one, which leads them to Dixon, a male vampire who is a little too giving. Gordon returns with a vengeance leaving Sam in danger.

Fresh Blood

In this Christmas-themed episode, Sam and Dean follow the trail of a creature that abducts its victims by using their chimneys. Dean would like to celebrate Christmas like they used to when they were children, but Sam isn't exactly feeling the Christmas spirit.

A Very Supernatural Christmas

The seemingly harmless practices of a group of neighborhood witches goes bad when one of them kills a woman. Ruby offers her assistance... but she has a few secrets of her own.

Malleus Maleficarum

Dean interrogates a college student after the death of Dr. Greggs. Bobby, Sam and Dean all discover the truth behind the fatal death when they all get locked in a nightmare of their own.

Dream a Little Dream of Me

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.

Mystery Spot

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.

Jus in Bello

In a change of pace, Sam and Dean decide to star in a violent, profane reality show named Ghostfacers. The show takes them to the haunted Morton Mansion, and they soon realize they're in over their heads.

Ghostfacers!

Sam and Dean search for a Crocotta that uses the phone and computer as a means to communicate with people. Its goal is to get people to commit suicide and take their soul. Dean gets some news from an unlikely source about a demon holding the contract to his soul.

Long-Distance Call

Sam and Dean discover a doctor who, back in 1816, became obsessed with finding the secret of eternal life by taking people's vital organs. Meanwhile, Bobby finds Bela and Dean leaves Sam to confront her.

Time Is on My Side

Sam, Dean, and Bobby hunt down Lilith and fight her and her demons in a final effort to save Dean's life.

No Rest for the Wicked

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?

Lazarus Rising

After Dean's encounter with Castiel, Dean, Sam and Bobby brush up on their biblical lore when they're attacked by the vengeful spirits of people from the Winchesters' past. They're warned it's a sign that someone is trying to break seals which will bring on the apocalypse.

Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester

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.

In the Beginning

Dark powers. Dean fears Sam is using his paranormal gifts in conflict with God's plan. And an ordinary guy in an ordinary town gets a major case of the munchies. It starts with steak - and moves to human flesh.

Metamorphosis

In a black-and-white world reminiscent of classic horror flicks, the brothers tangle with a vampire, a werewolf and a mummy who are thinning the crowds at a quaint Oktoberfest.

Monster Movie

Hell beckons again when Dean is stricken with a mysterious illness that frightens its sufferers to death. Sam and Dean scramble to find the cause of the disease in time to save Dean from sure death.

Yellow Fever

Chomping candy, bobbing for apples. Halloween is such fun. Until gruesome deaths signify another seal is being broken. To stop it, Castiel and another angel plan a mass annihilation of the town.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

Want to score a hot girlfriend, win the lottery or have your favorite teddy bear come to life? Then plunk a coin in a small town's wishing well and stand back. One problem: The wishes come true with a twist.

Wishful Thinking

What happened to Sam during the months Dean was dead? During the search for a girl named Anna Milton, who has a mysterious connection to angels, Sam reveals the astonishing events of the summer.

I Know What You Did Last Summer

The angels want Anna dead, so Sam and Dean go on the run with the frightened girl, determined to discover the secret that has set the furies of Heaven on her.

Heaven and Hell

Dad, Mom, two kids and a dog. An all-American family doesn't stand a ghost of a chance against the bloodthirsty force that turns their new home-sweet-home into a haunted house.

Family Remains

Aging magician The Incredible Jay performs the dangerous Table of Death trick and emerges unscathed. Jay cheated the Grim Reaper, but one of his rivals didn't. He checked out while Jay was doing his act.

Criss Angel Is a Douchebag

Fast times at Truman High. Murder brings Sam and Dean back to one of their old high schools, where they investigate possible demonic possession and take a few trips down memory lane.

After School Special

In a small town in Iowa, three loving husbands kill their wives. Turns out these guys believe in spreading their love around: Each is spending plenty of the family income on strippers at a nearby nudie bar.

Sex and Violence

Reapers take a break from work, and that means no one can die. But the escorts to the next world aren't off getting some R&R, unless you call being held hostage by a demon restful and relaxing.

Death Takes a Holiday

Can torture be God's work? After seven angels are mysteriously murdered, Castiel and Uriel demand that Dean use the agony-inducing skills he learned in Hell to extract information from Alastair.

On the Head of a Pin

At Sandover Bridge & Iron Inc., Dean is Dean Smith, the buttoned-down director of Sales & Marketing. Sam is Sam Wesson, a cubicle-dwelling tech support guy. What the heck is going on? Or is it what the Hell?

It's a Terrible Life

Familiar plot. Familiar characters. Sam and Dean come across a series of graphic novels called "Supernatural" featuring two demon-hunting brothers named Sam and Dean.

The Monster at the End of this Book

Meet the Winchester boys: Dean, Sam and... Adam. The Winchesters discover they have a younger half-brother, whose mother vanishes just as a long-dormant grave robber renews his ghoulish career.

Jump the Shark

The body Castiel walks around in isn't his. Instead, it belongs to a regular guy named Jimmy who wants his body - and his life - back. He gets the body. But the life may be a different story.

The Rapture

Dean and Bobby have something frightening locked in Bobby's panic room: Sam, who is corrupted by demon blood. With the apocalypse drawing nearer, Bobby wants to free Sam to fight on their side.

When the Levee Breaks

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.

Lucifer Rising

Sam, Dean, and Bobby must deal with the aftermath of the Devil's escape from Hell, and receive startling news from the Prophet Chuck.

Sympathy for the Devil

Hunter Rufus Turner calls in Bobby, Sam, and Dean to deal with a demon infestation in his town, but they soon discover the truth is much more horrifying. Meanwhile, Castiel goes to seek the only entity that can defeat Lucifer.

Good God, Y'All!

Sam decides to stop hunting but has a hard time after he receives a surprise visit. Dean and Castiel try to find the Archangel Raphael in their bid to stop the Apocalypse.

Free to Be You and Me

Dean refuses Sam's efforts to help him battle the Devil, and then wakes up to find himself five years in the future, in a wasteland where Lucifer has begun his endgame by unleashing a virus that transforms humans into zombies.

The End

Sam and Dean head to a small town where people are murdered by famous dead icons. However the brothers come to a dead end when two teenagers reveal they saw Paris Hilton kidnap their friend.

Fallen Idols

Sam and Dean investigate a series of odd murders that strangely resemble fairytales and urban legends. The brothers track down an 11-year-old boy named Jesse and realize that whatever Jesse believes is coming true. Castiel tells Sam and Dean that Jesse is a serious threat and needs to be eliminated.

I Believe the Children Are Our Future

Sam and Dean discover a witch is running a high-stakes poker game where the currency is life years vs. money. Bobby sees the game as a chance to get out of the wheelchair and bets 25 years, but loses. As Bobby begins to age rapidly, Dean steps in to save him but also ends up turning into an old man, leaving Sam holding the bag for their survival.

The Curious Case of Dean Winchester

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?

Changing Channels

Super fan Becky uses Chuck’s phone to trick Sam and Dean into attending a Supernatural fan convention, complete with fans dressed up as Sam and Dean. One of the activities is a live action role playing game, but things quickly turn sour after a real ghost appears on the scene.

The Real Ghostbusters

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.

Abandon All Hope...

A former hunter named Martin, who is currently institutionalized, calls Sam and Dean for help investigating a case in the mental hospital. The brothers get themselves admitted as patients to check out the mysterious monster that is attacking the patients, but their incarceration pushes both to the breaking point as they unleash their inner demons against each other.

Sam, Interrupted

Gary, a teenage nerd, conjures up a body-switching spell and changes bodies with Sam. Thrilled by his new handsome and built body, Gary (now Sam) investigates a case with Dean and takes advantage of his good looks and age by hitting on women and getting drunk.  Meanwhile, Sam is stuck in Gary's teenage body, dealing with intrusive parents and high school.

Swap Meat

The angels send Anna back in time to kill John and Mary Winchester before they can conceive Sam knowing that if Sam was never born then Lucifer won't be able to use him as his vessel.  Castiel sends Sam and Dean back to 1978 so they can stop Anna, and the two brothers are reunited with their parents.  Mary recognizes Dean as a hunter since he visited her in the past once before but tries to keep the truth from John.

The Song Remains the Same

Castiel helps Sam and Dean hunt down Cupid on Valentine's Day after townspeople start to kill each other for love. However, after Cupid tells them he's innocent, they discover Famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, has arrived in town.

My Bloody Valentine

Sam and Dean investigate Bobby's home town where the dead are rising from the grave but instead of attacking humans, they are happily reuniting with their families. The brothers turn to Bobby for help but he tells them not to worry about it and to leave town. Suspicious, Dean investigates and comes face to face with Bobby's dead wife, who has no memory of what happened to her. Once the zombies start turning evil, the boys tell Bobby he has to kill his wife but he refuses.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Ambushed by angry hunters, Sam and Dean are shot and killed. When they wake up in heaven, Castiel tells them that they need to find an angel named Joshua, who talks directly with God. But he also has a warning, Zachariah is searching for them.

Dark Side of the Moon

Sam and Dean are outnumbered by demons, but are saved at the last minute by Rob and his townspeople, who are aware of the Apocalypse, and have been training to fight and kill demons. The small town is very religious and Sam and Dean meet Pastor Gideon, who introduces them to his daughter Leah, whom he claims is a prophet. Leah tells the townspeople they must obey her orders if they want a spot in Heaven but when she starts turning the townspeople against each other in the name of the Lord, the brothers realize they must kill her.

99 Problems

Dean begins to think the only way to stop Lucifer is to say yes to Michael, but the angels decide they don't need him anymore. Dean, Sam, and Castiel are horrified at the angels' new game plan and take on Zachariah to prevent an all out war on Earth. Meanwhile, a familiar face returns.

The Best Seasons of Supernatural

The Best Seasons of Supernatural

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