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: Daniel Loflin
8.0/1022 votes#2 - 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: Daniel Loflin
8.0/1021 votes#3 - 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: Daniel Loflin
7.8/1020 votes#4 - 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
7.7/1018 votes#5 - 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: Daniel Loflin
7.6/1018 votes#6 - 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
7.5/1020 votes#7 - 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
7.5/1017 votes#8 - 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
7.5/1016 votes#9 - 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: Daniel Loflin
7.4/1016 votes#10 - 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
7.4/1019 votes#11 - Citizen Fang
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2012
Sam asks a hunter named Martin to keep an eye on Benny without telling Dean. However, when Martin tells Sam there was a vampire kill and he thinks Benny is responsible, Dean defends his friend. When Martin decides to take things into his own hands, things get messy and Dean is forced to make a very hard decision.
Director: Nick Copus
Writer: Daniel Loflin
7.4/1018 votes#12 - 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: Daniel Loflin
7.3/1018 votes#13 - Family Matters
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2010
Dean becomes suspicious of Samuel's motives, but Sam isn't sold on the idea that their grandfather is doing anything wrong. The brothers go along on a hunt with Samuel and the other Campbells, but things go terribly awry.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Daniel Loflin
7.3/1017 votes#14 - 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
7.2/1025 votes#15 - I Believe the Children Are Our Future
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/2009
Sam and Dean investigate a series of odd murders that strangely resemble fairytales and urban legends. The brothers track down an 11-year-old boy named Jesse and realize that whatever Jesse believes is coming true. Castiel tells Sam and Dean that Jesse is a serious threat and needs to be eliminated.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Daniel Loflin
7.0/1017 votes#16 - Remember the Titans
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/2013
Sam and Dean are stumped when they investigate a possible zombie case where an amnesiac man dies and then revives himself once a day. After the guy is attacked by the goddess Artemis, Sam and Dean realize he’s not a zombie but instead a God, more specifically, Prometheus.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Daniel Loflin
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"Yellow Fever" is the best rated episode written by Daniel Loflin. It scored 8.5/10 based on 28 votes. It was directed by Philip Sgriccia. It aired on 10/23/2008 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Dark Side of the Moon".