8.5/1028 votes#1 - 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
8.3/1014 votes#2 - Lebanon
Season 14 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/2019
Sam and Dean look to occult lore for a solution to their latest problem, but instead of a resolution, they find much more than either of them had anticipated.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Andrew Dabb
8.2/1021 votes#3 - Hunteri Heroici
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/2012
Castiel tells Sam and Dean that he’s decided to become a hunter like them. Sam and Dean aren’t sold on the idea but agree to investigate a case Cas found where a man’s heart literally burst through his chest. The guys discover there has been more than one odd murder in the small town and all of them resemble cartoon deaths.
Director: Paul A. Edwards
Writer: Andrew Dabb
8.2/1018 votes#4 - The Devil in the Details
Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 1/20/2016
Now that he has Sam in the cage with him, Lucifer offers Sam a way out but it comes with a steep price. Dean and Castiel look into the angel smiting that could have killed Amara.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Andrew Dabb
8.1/1021 votes#5 - Road Trip
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/2014
Dean and Castiel make a deal with Crowley to contact Sam's consciousness so he can expel the angel Gadreel from his body. However, Abaddon is hot on their trail and Crowley has plans of his own.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Andrew Dabb
8.0/1022 votes#6 - Dark Side of the Moon
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 4/1/2010
Ambushed by angry hunters, Sam and Dean are shot and killed and sent to Heaven. Castiel warns Dean that Zachariah is looking for them in Heaven so they need to lay low while searching for an angel named Joshua who can help them since he talks directly to God. While searching for Joshua, the brothers run into some old friends and family members.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Andrew Dabb
8.0/1021 votes#7 - Weekend at Bobby's
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2010
After Bobby discovers Crowley has no intentions of returning Bobby's soul, the hunter takes matters into his own hands. He calls on Sam and Dean for help after he unearths one of Crowley's deepest secrets. Meanwhile, Sam and Dean learn what Bobby does all day when they are not around.
Director: Jensen Ackles
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.8/1020 votes#8 - 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
7.8/1016 votes#9 - All Along the Watchtower
Season 12 Episode 23 - Aired 5/18/2017
Lucifer battles Sam, Dean and Castiel for control of his unborn child.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.7/1018 votes#10 - Sam, Interrupted
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/2010
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.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.7/1018 votes#11 - Trial and Error
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/2013
Kevin deciphers the tablet and figures out how to close the gates of Hell. He tells Sam and Dean that according to the tablet one person must face a series of three tests designed by God. The first one – kill a hellhound. Sam and Dean argue over who should complete the trials.
Director: Kevin Parks
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.7/1019 votes#12 - Clip Show
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/2013
Sam and Dean reunite with Castiel. Digging through the Men of Letters' files, they stumble upon an undiscovered film which could be the key to the third trial. Metatron enlists Cass to mull over problems at home. Meanwhile, Crowley digs into Sam and Dean's past.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.7/1019 votes#13 - The Prisoner
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2015
When it comes to the Stynes, Dean decides to take matters into his own hands. Sam tries to come to terms with his decision.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.7/1015 votes#14 - Red Meat
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 3/30/2016
Sam and Dean battle a pair of werewolves who have captured two victims. Just as the brothers are about to win, one of the werewolves shoots Sam. Dean gets his brother and the victims out of the house but learns a pack of werewolves are hot on their tail, hoping to kill them all.
Director: Nina Lopez-Corrado
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.7/1018 votes#15 - First Blood
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 1/26/2017
After being arrested for the attempted assassination of the President of The United States, Sam and Dean must find a way out of an underground, government-run, detention facility in the middle of nowhere. Determined to find her sons, Mary and Castiel seek assistance from an unlikely source.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.7/1016 votes#16 - The Scorpion and the Frog
Season 13 Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/2017
Sam and Dean join the crew of a heist on behalf of a Crossroads Demon who has offered them a spell that can track Nephilim.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.6/1018 votes#17 - 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: Andrew Dabb
7.5/1020 votes#18 - 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
7.5/1016 votes#19 - Unforgiven
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/2011
Sam starts to have flashbacks to a case he worked on with Samuel before he reconnected with Dean. Sam receives a mysterious text with coordinates to a small town, so the brothers decide to investigate. Dean is surprised when the townspeople start telling him some of the things Sam did while he lived there.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.5/1017 votes#20 - 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: Andrew Dabb
7.5/1020 votes#21 - Stairway to Heaven
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2014
After a suicide angel takes out an ice cream shop to kill one enemy angel, Sam and Dean investigate and discover that the target was one of Metatron's angels... and that Castiel may be responsible. Meanwhile, Metatron tries to consolidate his hold over the angel factions with promises that he will restore them to Heaven.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.5/1021 votes#22 - Alpha and Omega
Season 11 Episode 23 - Aired 5/25/2016
God comes to a decision about Amara that has direct repercussions for Sam and Dean.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.5/1015 votes#23 - The Heroes' Journey
Season 15 Episode 10 - Aired 1/23/2020
Sam and Dean hit the road to help an old friend, but it appears that their luck may have finally run out and they are the ones who may be in need of rescue.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Andrew Dabb
7.4/1016 votes#24 - 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: Andrew Dabb
7.4/1018 votes#25 - What's Up, Tiger Mommy?
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2012
Kevin talks Sam and Dean into checking in on his mother. When they arrive, they see that Crowley has surrounded her with demons so they rescue her and take her along on their quest to find the tablet. However, they soon discover Kevin wasn’t kidding when he said his mother was a strong-willed woman after she tries to take on Crowley.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Andrew Dabb
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"Yellow Fever" is the best rated episode written by Andrew Dabb. It scored 8.5/10 based on 28 votes. It was directed by Philip Sgriccia. It aired on 10/23/2008 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Lebanon".