The BEST episodes of Supernatural season 7

Every episode of Supernatural season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Supernatural season 7!

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
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The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo
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8.13
3665 votes

#1 - 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.

Directors: John MacCarthy
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Death's Door
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8.01
3849 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Robert Singer
Writer: Sera Gamble
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There Will Be Blood
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7.98
3687 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: Guy Bee
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The Born-Again Identity
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7.97
3755 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Robert Singer
Writer: Sera Gamble
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Survival of the Fittest
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7.96
3723 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Robert Singer
Writer: Sera Gamble
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Of Grave Importance
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7.94
3713 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Tim Andrew
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Reading is Fundamental
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7.94
3764 votes

#7 - 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 lightening 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.

Directors: Ben Edlund
Writer: Ben Edlund
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Party On, Garth
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7.93
3579 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Adam Glass
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Hello, Cruel World
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7.90
3843 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Guy Bee
Writer: Ben Edlund
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Time After Time
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7.90
3554 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
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Meet the New Boss
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7.88
4065 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Sera Gamble
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How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters
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7.84
3795 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Guy Bee
Writer: Ben Edlund
Slash Fiction
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7.81
3679 votes

#13 - 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.

Adventures in Babysitting
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7.73
3602 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Adam Glass
Repo Man
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7.72
3439 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.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Ben Edlund
Out With the Old
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7.64
3637 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.

The Slice Girls
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7.64
3629 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: Jerry Wanek
Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie
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7.64
3661 votes

#18 - 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.

Directors: Michael Rohl
The Girl Next Door
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7.63
3730 votes

#19 - 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.

Directors: Jensen Ackles
Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!
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7.63
3694 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: Tim Andrew
The Mentalists
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7.55
3527 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: Mike Rohl
Defending Your Life
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7.54
3627 votes

#22 - 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.

Directors: Robert Singer
Writer: Adam Glass
Shut Up, Dr. Phil
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7.49
3648 votes

#23 - 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.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia