The BEST episodes of Supernatural season 6

Every episode of Supernatural season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Supernatural season 6!

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: 3/4/2024Network: The CWStatus: Ended
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The French Mistake
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8.00
4368 votes

#1 - The French Mistake

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2011

Dean and Sam find themselves in an alternate reality where everyone believes they are two actors named Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, who star in a TV show called Supernatural about two brothers who hunt monsters.

Directors: Charles Beeson
Writer: Ben Edlund
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Weekend at Bobby's
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7.98
3811 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Jensen Ackles
Writer: Andrew Dabb
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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7.98
3162 votes

#3 - The Man Who Knew Too Much

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2011

The wall comes down in Sam’s head and all hell breaks loose. Dean and Bobby are, for once, at a total loss on how to help him and are forced to stand by and do nothing while Sam breaks. The battle for heaven comes to a head.

Directors: Robert Singer
Writer: Eric Kripke
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Frontierland
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7.98
3600 votes

#4 - Frontierland

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/22/2011

While searching for a way to defeat Eve, Dean stumbles upon Samuel Colt’s journal in the Campbell library. Realizing Samuel might have the answer to their problems, Sam and Dean ask Castiel to send them back in time so they can meet the man himself. While Sam is a bit reluctant to time travel, Dean is beside himself with excitement to return to the Wild, Wild West.

Directors: Guy Norman Bee
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Appointment in Samarra
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7.88
4126 votes

#5 - Appointment in Samarra

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2010

Dean seeks out Death to help get Sam's soul back. Death tells Dean he will help Sam if Dean will agree to act as Death for 24 hours. Meanwhile, Sam decides he doesn't want his soul back and asks Balthazar for a protective spell to keep his soul out of his body. Balthazar tells Sam he needs the blood of his father for the spell to work and since John Winchester is dead, Sam decides Bobby is the next best thing.

Directors: Michael Rohl
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Mommy Dearest
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7.88
4016 votes

#6 - Mommy Dearest

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/2011

Sam, Dean, Bobby and Castiel track Eve to a small town in Oregon. The guys discover the townspeople have been converted to demons, but surprisingly, they all appear to be dying. When they finally do meet Eve, she decides to torture the brothers by bringing back their mother.

Writer: Adam Glass
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The Man Who Would Be King
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7.81
3767 votes

#7 - The Man Who Would Be King

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/2011

Castiel tells Sam, Dean and Bobby about the war in Heaven and how he and Raphael became enemies. Bobby believes Castiel is hiding something, but Dean refuses to believe it.

Directors: Ben Edlund
Writer: Ben Edlund
Watch Now:Apple TV
Let It Bleed
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7.79
3569 votes

#8 - Let It Bleed

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/20/2011

A demon kidnaps Ben and Lisa to get to Dean. Sam and Dean are forced to join with an unlikely ally to free them.

Directors: Sera Gamble
Watch Now:Apple TV
Caged Heat
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7.76
3983 votes

#9 - Caged Heat

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2010

Meg kidnaps Sam and Dean and tries to force them to tell her where Crowley is hiding. Sam makes her a deal - they will help her find Crowley if she promises to torture him for information about how to get Sam's soul back. Castiel joins the fight but finds it difficult to work with Meg.

Directors: Robert Singer
Watch Now:Apple TV
You Can't Handle the Truth
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7.75
3780 votes

#10 - You Can't Handle the Truth

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2010

Sam and Dean investigate a series of suicides and discover the victims were being told brutal truths that drove them crazy. They find out someone is invoking the Goddess of Truth, Veritas, forcing people to be cruelly honest against their will and Dean is the next victim. Dean is forced to tell Sam the truth about how he feels about his return from Hell.

Directors: Jan Eliasberg
Watch Now:Apple TV
...And Then There Were None
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7.73
3975 votes

#11 - ...And Then There Were None

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2011

Eve, the Mother of All, unleashes a new monster upon the world: a black worm-slug that can enter the brain and force people to kill. Sam and Dean join forces with Bobby and Rufus and track it to a cannery, only to discover that Gwen and Samuel are also there looking for the monster... and none of them know who the monster is inside.

Directors: Michael Rohl
Watch Now:Apple TV
Like A Virgin
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7.73
4013 votes

#12 - Like A Virgin

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/4/2011

Dean and Bobby anxiously wait for Sam to wake up to see if Death was able to restore his soul without causing Sam to lose his mind. Meanwhile, Dean and Bobby investigate a disappearance of virgins and discover dragons are behind the kidnappings. Bobby sends Dean to a doctor who owns the only weapon in the world that can slay a dragon, but Dean must prove himself worthy enough to take it

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Adam Glass
Watch Now:Apple TV
Unforgiven
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7.62
3900 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: David Barrett
Watch Now:Apple TV
Clap Your Hands If You Believe...
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7.58
4054 votes

#14 - Clap Your Hands If You Believe...

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2010

While Sam and Dean are investigating a UFO sighting, Dean is abducted from a crop circle. However, when he awakens, he discovers he isn't dealing with aliens, but fairies! Unfortunately, only Dean can see the fairy that keeps attacking him which makes tracing and stopping them difficult. The brothers become even more perplexed when Sam's investigation leads them to a world full of elves, gnomes and a leprechaun.

Writer: Ben Edlund
Watch Now:Apple TV
Live Free or Twihard
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7.56
3810 votes

#15 - Live Free or Twihard

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2010

After a group of young girls go missing Sam and Dean realize that a group of vampires have taken up residence in the small town. After a fight with two of the blood-suckers, Dean is bitten and turns into a vampire. Samuel tells Dean he can change him back but he’d have to get the blood of the vampire who turned him. Dean infiltrates the nest and runs into the Alpha...

Directors: Rod Hardy
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The Third Man
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7.56
3855 votes

#16 - The Third Man

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2010

Sam and Dean call Castiel for help when they investigate a case about several dead police officers who seem to have been killed by the plagues of Egypt. Castiel confirms the staff of Moses was used to kill the cops and tells Sam and Dean that Heaven is in a state of chaos and God's weapons have been stolen. The three head off to find the thief and come face to face with an old enemy.

Directors: Robert Singer
Writer: Ben Edlund
Watch Now:Apple TV
Family Matters
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7.56
4136 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: Guy Bee
Watch Now:Apple TV
My Heart Will Go On
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7.55
3863 votes

#18 - My Heart Will Go On

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/15/2011

After Balthazar changes history and keeps the Titanic from sinking, Fate intervenes and begins killing those that would have died on the ship. Castiel tells Sam and Dean that Fate is very upset with the two of them and the only way they can stay alive is to kill her.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
Watch Now:Apple TV
All Dogs Go to Heaven
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7.52
3932 votes

#19 - All Dogs Go to Heaven

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2010

Dean and Sam investigate what seems to be a werewolf killing but turns out to be a skinwalker posing as a family dog who is taking revenge on his owner’s enemies.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Adam Glass
Watch Now:Apple TV
Mannequin 3: The Reckoning
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7.50
3706 votes

#20 - Mannequin 3: The Reckoning

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/2011

Ben calls Dean and tells him Lisa is in trouble. Dean leaves Sam to investigate a case alone and rushes home to rescue Lisa, however, he’s not prepared for what meets him at the door. Meanwhile, Sam discovers the men that were murdered were all a part of a cruel practical joke played on a female co-worker who went missing.

Directors: Jeannot Szwarc
Watch Now:Apple TV
Two and a Half Men
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7.47
4091 votes

#21 - Two and a Half Men

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2010

Sam investigates a case about missing babies whose parents are being murdered. At one of the crime scenes, he discovers a baby that was left behind and calls Dean for help. Reluctant to leave Lisa and Ben, Dean finally agrees to meet Sam and surprises his brother with how parental he has become. The brothers take the baby to Samuel, who decides to raise it as a hunter, which infuriates Dean. However, before they can decide the baby's future, a shape-shifter breaks in and attempts to kidnap the baby.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Exile on Main Street
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7.35
4295 votes

#22 - Exile on Main Street

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2010

Sam is mysteriously released from Hell and seeks out his brother, trying to have a normal life. Together the brothers must join forces with their maternal grandfather, Samuel, and begin the fight anew.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Sera Gamble
Watch Now:Apple TV