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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!

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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 soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Supernatural Season 4 Episode 1 - Lazarus Rising
    9.4/10(11621 votes)

    #1 - Lazarus Rising

    S4:E1

    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

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  2. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 2 - Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester
    8.5/10(6575 votes)

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

    S4:E2

    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:Unknown

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  3. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 3 - In the Beginning
    9.2/10(8054 votes)

    #3 - In the Beginning

    S4:E3

    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

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  4. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 4 - Metamorphosis
    7.9/10(5757 votes)

    #4 - Metamorphosis

    S4:E4

    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.

    Directors:Kim Manners, Robert Singer
    Writers:Ben Edlund, Cathryn Humphris

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  5. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 5 - Monster Movie
    8.4/10(7358 votes)

    #5 - Monster Movie

    S4:E5

    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.

    Directors:Steve Boyum, Robert Singer
    Writers:Ben Edlund, Jeremy Carver

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  6. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 6 - Yellow Fever
    9.1/10(8587 votes)

    #6 - Yellow Fever

    S4:E6

    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
    Writers:Daniel Loflin, Andrew Dabb

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  7. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 7 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester
    8.4/10(6277 votes)

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

    S4:E7

    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

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  8. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 8 - Wishful Thinking
    8.6/10(6162 votes)

    #8 - Wishful Thinking

    S4:E8

    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:Unknown

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  9. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 9 - I Know What You Did Last Summer
    8.6/10(6364 votes)

    #9 - I Know What You Did Last Summer

    S4:E9

    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

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  10. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 10 - Heaven and Hell
    8.8/10(6818 votes)

    #10 - Heaven and Hell

    S4:E10

    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:Unknown

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  11. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 11 - Family Remains
    7.9/10(5796 votes)

    #11 - Family Remains

    S4:E11

    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

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  12. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 12 - Criss Angel Is a Douchebag
    7.8/10(5661 votes)

    #12 - Criss Angel Is a Douchebag

    S4:E12

    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

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  13. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 13 - After School Special
    8.6/10(6699 votes)

    #13 - After School Special

    S4:E13

    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
    Writers:Daniel Loflin, Andrew Dabb

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  14. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 14 - Sex and Violence
    8.3/10(5925 votes)

    #14 - Sex and Violence

    S4:E14

    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

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  15. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 15 - Death Takes a Holiday
    8.6/10(6183 votes)

    #15 - Death Takes a Holiday

    S4:E15

    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.

    Directors:Steve Boyum, James L. Conway
    Writer:Jeremy Carver

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  16. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 16 - On the Head of a Pin
    9.1/10(7089 votes)

    #16 - On the Head of a Pin

    S4:E16

    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

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  17. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 17 - It's a Terrible Life
    8.6/10(6539 votes)

    #17 - It's a Terrible Life

    S4:E17

    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

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  18. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 18 - The Monster at the End of this Book
    9.2/10(7664 votes)

    #18 - The Monster at the End of this Book

    S4:E18

    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:Unknown

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  19. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 19 - Jump the Shark
    8.2/10(5403 votes)

    #19 - Jump the Shark

    S4:E19

    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
    Writers:Daniel Loflin, Andrew Dabb

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  20. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 20 - The Rapture
    8.7/10(6258 votes)

    #20 - The Rapture

    S4:E20

    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

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  21. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 21 - When the Levee Breaks
    8.5/10(5931 votes)

    #21 - When the Levee Breaks

    S4:E21

    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.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Sera Gamble

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  22. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 22 - Lucifer Rising
    9.3/10(7687 votes)

    #22 - Lucifer Rising

    S4:E22

    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

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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 11621 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".