8.9/105,335 votes#1 - Meet the New Boss
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2011
Castiel doesn't kill Sam, Dean and Bobby but warns them not to interfere in his business. Assuming his new role as God, Castiel sets out to right some of the wrongs in the world. Dean decides they should bind Death and order him to stop Castiel, but the former angel is one step ahead of them, leaving Dean to face a very angry Death. Meanwhile Sam struggles to deal with the broken wall in his head.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Sera Gamble
8.3/104,172 votes#2 - Hello, Cruel World
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2011
The broken wall in Sam's head causes him to have hallucinations, and he has difficulty discerning what's real and what's not. Bobby worries that Dean is beginning to stumble under the weight of fighting and keeping an eye on Sam.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Ben Edlund
8.0/104,239 votes#3 - The Girl Next Door
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2011
Dean is furious after Sam disappears to follow a lead on a case with clues that are identical to a case Sam solved as a kid. The demon turns out to be Amy, who has been killing low-life thugs and taking their brains for dinner - the same demon Sam found as a kid.
Director: Jensen Ackles
Writer: Daniel Loflin, Andrew Dabb
7.8/104,007 votes#4 - Defending Your Life
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2011
Sam and Dean investigate a string of gruesome murders and discover the Egyptian god Osiris is behind the deaths. The vengeful god is putting people on trial for their past mistakes and killing them if found guilty. Osiris hones in on Dean’s guilt and decides he’s the next to stand trial. Sam steps in as Dean’s lawyer, but both brothers are unprepared when Osiris calls an unexpected witness Jo.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Adam Glass
8.0/104,337 votes#5 - Shut Up, Dr. Phil
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2011
Sam and Dean meet Maggie Stark, a witch who has unleashed her wrath on a small town, resulting in numerous deaths. Sam and Dean track down her husband, Donald, to see if he can help. Donald tells the brothers that Maggie is mad at him for having an affair and is taking it out on the townspeople.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming
8.5/104,254 votes#6 - Slash Fiction
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2011
Sam and Dean are once again on the FBI’s “Most Wanted” list when two Leviathans clone the brothers and go on a killing spree. The subject of a nationwide manhunt, Sam and Dean need to drop off the grid so Bobby sends them to Frank Deveraux, a quirky surveillance expert, for help. Meanwhile, Bobby continues to search for a way to kill the Levianthans, or at least slow them down, so the real Winchesters can stop their evil doppelgangers.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Robbie Thompson
7.8/103,858 votes#7 - The Mentalists
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2011
Sam and Dean investigate the gruesome murders of resident mediums in Lily Dale, the most “psychic” town in America. They discover that an angry spirit is killing off the psychics one by one, but in a town full of people who claim to be summoning spirits, they have a little trouble identifying the medium controlling the ghost.
Director: Mike Rohl
Writer: Ben Acker, Ben Blacker
7.8/104,277 votes#8 - Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2011
While on a hunt, Sam runs into someone from his past and a confrontation ensues. Meanwhile, Dean reluctantly teams up with a quirky, laid-back hunter named Garth, when he finds himself in a situation that he just cannot explain.
Director: Tim Andrew
Writer: Daniel Loflin, Andrew Dabb
8.3/103,940 votes#9 - How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2011
Sam, Dean, and Bobby become actual hunters, in the true sense of the word, when they set up camp in a New Jersey state park to track a creature that has been attacking people in the woods. The townsfolk claim it is the real Jersey Devil. Meanwhile, Dean is beyond thrilled to find a Biggerson’s restaurant in town, but is devastated when he discovers the restaurant’s special sandwich seems to be making people crazy.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Ben Edlund
9.2/105,322 votes#10 - 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
7.9/104,015 votes#11 - Adventures in Babysitting
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2012
Still reeling after what happened to Bobby, Dean becomes dangerously obsessed over finding a way to take down Dick Roman. Meanwhile, Sam decides to help a teenage girl look for her father, a hunter who has gone missing. Sam traces his last steps to a truck stop where the help turns out not to be so friendly.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Adam Glass
8.8/104,723 votes#12 - Time After Time
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2012
Sam and Dean tangle with the God of Time, who sends Dean back to 1944, where he is immediately arrested by none other than the one and only Eliot Ness. While trying to figure out how to retrieve his brother, Sam is surprised by the reappearance of an old friend.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Robbie Thompson
8.0/104,033 votes#13 - The Slice Girls
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/2012
Sam and Dean investigate a case where the victims' hands and feet have been severed and each have been branded with a strange symbol. While Sam does some research at a local university, Dean heads to one of his favorite places to investigate - the town bar. Dean strikes up a conversation with a local named Lydia, and the two go back to her place. Sam discovers the symbol on the bodies is a sign of Amazon warriors.
Director: Jerry Wanek
Writer: Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming
8.0/104,107 votes#14 - Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2012
Sam and Dean investigate strange happenings in a town where childhood fears are coming to life. To Sam's horror his childhood fear of clowns manifests in a very violent and traumatic way which in turn leads to Dean's childhood fear, losing his brother.
Director: Mike Rohl
Writer: Daniel Loflin, Andrew Dabb
8.1/103,896 votes#15 - Repo Man
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/2012
Four years ago, Sam and Dean helped a woman named Nora exorcise a demon that was systematically killing women in a small town. They managed to save a postal worker, Jeffrey, while vanquishing the demon, but now it seems the black-eyed monster has reared his ugly head and returned for a second helping. The brothers visit Jeffrey, who has been locked in a psych ward since the incident, to see if he can remember any of the demon’s plans while he was possessed.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Ben Edlund
8.0/103,854 votes#16 - Out With the Old
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/16/2012
After a ballerina is found dead from dancing herself to death, Sam and Dean look into the case and discover the ballet slippers she wore were cursed. When Dean accidentally touches the shoes the power of the curse starts to take hold of him.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Jenny Klein, Robert Singer
8.9/104,866 votes#17 - The Born-Again Identity
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 3/23/2012
Lucifer drives Sam to the breaking point and Sam ends up in a mental hospital. Desperate to save his brother, Dean calls every hunter he knows for help. One of the hunters gives him the name of a healer who turns out to have a very familiar face.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Sera Gamble
8.4/104,053 votes#18 - Party On, Garth
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/2012
Dean is surprised when he gets a call from Garth asking for the brothers’ help on a case. Sam and Dean discover they are battling a Shojo, a Japanese creature sent to seek revenge on enemies. The worst part about fighting a Shojo? You can only see it when you’re drunk.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Adam Glass
8.4/103,931 votes#19 - Of Grave Importance
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/20/2012
Sam and Dean get a call from Annie Hawkins, an old hunter friend, asking for help on a case. When they arrive in town, they find out Annie has disappeared. They trace her last whereabouts to an old abandoned house that is haunted by a powerful ghost.
Director: Tim Andrew
Writer: Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming
9.1/104,948 votes#20 - The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/2012
Dick Roman acquires Frank's hard drive that contains sensitive information about the Winchesters and gives it to an unsuspecting brilliant hacker named Charlie telling her she has 3 days to crack the encryptionl or she is fired. Sam and Dean are tipped off that Dick has the hard drive and race to get to Charlie before she breaks the code. Meanwhile, Bobby tries to help the brothers, but his rage towards Dick for killing him starts to get in the way.
Director: John MacCarthy
Writer: Robbie Thompson
8.5/104,055 votes#21 - Reading is Fundamental
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/2012
Meg calls Dean and Sam and tells them Castiel is awake and talking. Meanwhile, a teenager named Kevin gets hit by a bolt of lightning and is turned into a reluctant prophet. Sam and Dean believe Kevin holds the key to defeating the Leviathans but must fight off two Archangels who want him for their own purposes.
Director: Ben Edlund
Writer: Ben Edlund
8.4/103,779 votes#22 - There Will Be Blood
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2012
In order to defeat Dick Roman and the Leviathans, Sam and Dean must locate three key items. Castiel helps with one but for the last objects, the Winchesters must face two of their strongest opponents - an Alpha and Crowley. Meanwhile, Bobby tries out a new ghost trick that ends up being very dangerous.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Daniel Loflin, Andrew Dabb
8.7/104,728 votes#23 - Survival of the Fittest
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 5/18/2012
Dean and Sam prepare for battle with Dick Roman. Dick's in the final phase of his plan and the Winchesters must team up with Castiel, Bobby, Meg and Kevin, the prophet, to stop him. However, Dick is one of the smartest enemies they've ever faced so it's a mind game to see who can keep the upper hand.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Sera Gamble
The Best Episodes of Supernatural Season 7
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Season 7 Ratings Summary
"Meet the New Boss" is the best rated episode of "Supernatural" season 7. It scored 8.9/10 based on 5335 votes. Directed by Philip Sgriccia and written by Sera Gamble, it aired on 9/23/2011. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Hello, Cruel World".