The BEST episodes of Supernatural season 4

Every episode of Supernatural season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Supernatural season 4!

Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons and gods that roam the earth.

Last Updated: 8/26/2024Network: The CWStatus: Ended
Lucifer Rising
star
8.30
3215 votes

#1 - 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.

Directors: Eric Kripke
Writer: Eric Kripke
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Lazarus Rising
star
8.20
3615 votes

#2 - 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?

Directors: Kim Manners
Writer: Eric Kripke
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Heaven and Hell
star
8.11
3293 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: J. Miller Tobin
Writer: Eric Kripke
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Yellow Fever
star
8.08
3406 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
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In the Beginning
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8.08
3300 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Steve Boyum
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On the Head of a Pin
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8.03
3404 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Michael Rohl
Writer: Ben Edlund
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The Monster at the End of this Book
star
7.97
3507 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Michael Rohl
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
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7.91
3216 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: Charles Beeson
Writer: Sera Gamble
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Death Takes a Holiday
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7.86
3389 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: James Conway
Watch Now:Apple TV
Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester
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7.83
3165 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Sera Gamble
Watch Now:Apple TV
Wishful Thinking
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7.82
3157 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Robert Singer
Writer: Ben Edlund
Watch Now:Apple TV
It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester
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7.80
3343 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Charles Beeson
Writer: Julie Siege
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Rapture
star
7.78
3037 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: Charles Beeson
Watch Now:Apple TV
Sex and Violence
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7.74
3380 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.

Directors: Charles Beeson
Watch Now:Apple TV
After School Special
star
7.73
3504 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: Adam Krane
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When the Levee Breaks
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7.72
3170 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Robert Singer
Writer: Sera Gamble
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It's a Terrible Life
star
7.65
3344 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?

Directors: James L. Conway
Writer: Sera Gamble
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Metamorphosis
star
7.59
3035 votes

#18 - 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.

Directors: Kim Manners
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Jump the Shark
star
7.53
3274 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.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
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Criss Angel Is a Douchebag
star
7.47
3302 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Julie Siege
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Family Remains
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7.42
3350 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: Kim Manners
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Monster Movie
star
7.36
3044 votes

#22 - 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.

Directors: Robert Singer
Writer: Ben Edlund
Watch Now:Apple TV