9.4/109,318 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
8.5/105,970 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
9.2/107,321 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
8.0/105,191 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: Robert Singer, Kim Manners
Writer: Ben Edlund, Cathryn Humphris
8.4/106,688 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: Robert Singer, Steve Boyum
Writer: Ben Edlund, Jeremy Carver
9.1/107,811 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: Daniel Loflin, Andrew Dabb
8.4/105,706 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
8.6/105,574 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
8.6/105,778 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
8.8/106,213 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
7.9/105,249 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
7.9/105,124 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
8.6/106,106 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: Daniel Loflin, Andrew Dabb
8.3/105,395 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
8.6/105,645 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
9.1/106,454 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
8.6/105,958 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
9.2/107,017 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
8.2/104,892 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: Daniel Loflin, Andrew Dabb
8.7/105,721 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
8.5/105,412 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
9.3/107,014 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
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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 9318 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".