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The Best Episodes of Supernatural Season 4

Every episode of Supernatural Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Supernatural Season 4!

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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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Lazarus Rising" is the best rated episode of "Supernatural" season 4. It scored 9.4/10 based on 9227 votes. Directed by Kim Manners and written by Eric Kripke, it aired on 9/18/2008. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester".

  • Lazarus Rising
    9.4/109,227 votes

    #1 - 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

  • Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester
    8.5/105,900 votes

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

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2008

    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.

    Director: Philip Sgriccia

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Beginning
    9.2/107,242 votes

    #3 - 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

  • Metamorphosis
    8.0/105,123 votes

    #4 - Metamorphosis

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/2008

    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.

    Director: Kim Manners, Robert Singer

    Writer: Ben Edlund, Cathryn Humphris

  • Monster Movie
    8.4/106,610 votes

    #5 - Monster Movie

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/2008

    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.

    Director: Steve Boyum, Robert Singer

    Writer: Ben Edlund, Jeremy Carver

  • Yellow Fever
    9.1/107,727 votes

    #6 - Yellow Fever

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/2008

    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.

    Director: Philip Sgriccia

    Writer: Andrew Dabb, Daniel Loflin

  • It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester
    8.4/105,642 votes

    #7 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/2008

    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.

    Director: Charles Beeson

    Writer: Julie Siege

  • Wishful Thinking
    8.6/105,509 votes

    #8 - Wishful Thinking

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/2008

    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.

    Director: Robert Singer

    Writer: N/A

  • I Know What You Did Last Summer
    8.6/105,723 votes

    #9 - I Know What You Did Last Summer

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/2008

    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.

    Director: Charles Beeson

    Writer: Sera Gamble

  • Heaven and Hell
    8.8/106,151 votes

    #10 - Heaven and Hell

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/2008

    "I'll Kill her gentle." 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.

    Director: J. Miller Tobin

    Writer: N/A

  • Family Remains
    7.9/105,188 votes

    #11 - Family Remains

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2009

    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.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Jeremy Carver

  • Criss Angel Is a Douchebag
    7.9/105,067 votes

    #12 - Criss Angel Is a Douchebag

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/2009

    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.

    Director: Robert Singer

    Writer: Julie Siege

  • After School Special
    8.6/106,037 votes

    #13 - After School Special

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2009

    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.

    Director: Adam Kane

    Writer: Andrew Dabb, Daniel Loflin

  • Sex and Violence
    8.3/105,334 votes

    #14 - Sex and Violence

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2009

    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.

    Director: Charles Beeson

    Writer: Cathryn Humphris

  • Death Takes a Holiday
    8.6/105,590 votes

    #15 - Death Takes a Holiday

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/12/2009

    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.

    Director: Steve Boyum, James L. Conway

    Writer: Jeremy Carver

  • On the Head of a Pin
    9.1/106,386 votes

    #16 - On the Head of a Pin

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/19/2009

    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.

    Director: Mike Rohl

    Writer: Ben Edlund

  • It's a Terrible Life
    8.6/105,893 votes

    #17 - It's a Terrible Life

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/2009

    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?

    Director: James L. Conway

    Writer: Sera Gamble

  • The Monster at the End of this Book
    9.2/106,953 votes

    #18 - The Monster at the End of this Book

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/2009

    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.

    Director: Mike Rohl

    Writer: N/A

  • Jump the Shark
    8.2/104,837 votes

    #19 - Jump the Shark

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/23/2009

    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.

    Director: Philip Sgriccia

    Writer: Andrew Dabb, Daniel Loflin

  • The Rapture
    8.7/105,666 votes

    #20 - The Rapture

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/2009

    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.

    Director: Charles Beeson

    Writer: Jeremy Carver

  • When the Levee Breaks
    8.5/105,357 votes

    #21 - When the Levee Breaks

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/2009

    Dean and Bobby have something frightening locked in Bobby's panic room: Sam, contaminated by demon blood. But as the apocalypse draws nearer, Bobby wants to free Sam to battle on their side.

    Director: Robert Singer

    Writer: Sera Gamble

  • Lucifer Rising
    9.3/106,940 votes

    #22 - 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