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The Best Episodes of Supernatural

Every episode of Supernatural ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Supernatural!

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When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Supernatural Season 5 Episode 22 - Swan Song
    9.2/10(15129 votes)

    #1 - Swan Song

    S5:E22

    The showdown between good and evil is at hand. With the Apocalypse looming, Sam and Dean realize they are out of options and make heart-breaking decisions that will change their lives forever. A beloved character faces death.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Supernatural Season 5 Episode 8 - Changing Channels
    9.0/10(13892 votes)

    #2 - Changing Channels

    S5:E8

    When Sam and Dean find themselves living their lives on what appear to be TV shows, it makes for a whole new style of reality television and they wonder if the Trickster is to blame. From a sitcom to a soapy hospital drama to a Japanese game show to a crime procedural, each new experience they encounter is more bizarre than the next and they want out. But is the Trickster really the mastermind behind the madness?

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Jeremy Carver

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  3. Supernatural Season 13 Episode 16 - ScoobyNatural
    9.0/10(10409 votes)

    #3 - ScoobyNatural

    S13:E16

    Sam, Dean and Castiel are transported into the animated world of Scooby Doo where they join forces with the Scooby gang to solve a ghostly mystery.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writers:Jeremy Adams, Jim Krieg

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  4. Supernatural Season 6 Episode 15 - The French Mistake
    8.9/10(13162 votes)

    #4 - The French Mistake

    S6:E15

    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.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Ben Edlund

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  5. Supernatural Season 3 Episode 11 - Mystery Spot
    8.8/10(11497 votes)

    #5 - Mystery Spot

    S3:E11

    Dean is killed after looking into a case about the disappearance of a man with Sam. The next morning, Sam is shocked to find Dean alive and is hit with the realization that he is reliving the day before.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Supernatural Season 3 Episode 16 - No Rest for the Wicked
    8.8/10(8357 votes)

    #6 - No Rest for the Wicked

    S3:E16

    Sam, Dean, and Bobby hunt down Lilith and fight her and her demons in a final effort to save Dean's life.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Eric Kripke

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  7. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 1 - Lazarus Rising
    8.8/10(12324 votes)

    #7 - Lazarus Rising

    S4:E1

    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?

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Eric Kripke

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  8. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 18 - The Monster at the End of this Book
    8.8/10(7974 votes)

    #8 - The Monster at the End of this Book

    S4:E18

    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.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 22 - Lucifer Rising
    8.8/10(8010 votes)

    #9 - Lucifer Rising

    S4:E22

    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.

    Director:Eric Kripke
    Writer:Eric Kripke

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  10. Supernatural Season 2 Episode 21 - All Hell Breaks Loose (1)
    8.7/10(8241 votes)

    #10 - All Hell Breaks Loose (1)

    S2:E21

    Sam and other "special children" are abducted by the Yellow-Eyed Demon and taken to a ghost town, where the ultimate battle must start.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Sera Gamble

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  11. Supernatural Season 2 Episode 22 - All Hell Breaks Loose (2)
    8.7/10(9518 votes)

    #11 - All Hell Breaks Loose (2)

    S2:E22

    After the fight between Jake and Sam, Dean has to make the ultimate sacrifice for his brother. Meanwhile the Yellow-Eyed Demon has his new servant and plans to unleash the hordes of Hell.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Supernatural Season 3 Episode 3 - Bad Day at Black Rock
    8.7/10(9057 votes)

    #12 - Bad Day at Black Rock

    S3:E3

    The Winchesters are called regarding a robbery of their father's storage unit, and track down the robbers to find the item stolen is a cursed rabbit's foot, which provides great luck until lost, and once lost the previous owner dies within a week.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Ben Edlund

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  13. Supernatural Season 3 Episode 12 - Jus in Bello
    8.7/10(8902 votes)

    #13 - Jus in Bello

    S3:E12

    FBI Agent Henricksen finally captures Sam and Dean, but is caught in the middle when a horde of demons descends on the small-town jail to eliminate the brothers.

    Directors:Kim Manners, Philip Sgriccia
    Writer:Sera Gamble

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  14. Supernatural Season 10 Episode 5 - Fan Fiction
    8.7/10(10637 votes)

    #14 - Fan Fiction

    S10:E5

    Sam and Dean investigate a haunting at a theatre.

    Director:Philip Sgriccia
    Writer:Robbie Thompson

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  15. Supernatural Season 2 Episode 1 - In My Time of Dying
    8.6/10(9762 votes)

    #15 - In My Time of Dying

    S2:E1

    In the aftermath of the car crash, the surviving Winchesters go to the hospital, where one is stalked by a Reaper while another must consider sacrificing himself to save the others.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Eric Kripke

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  16. Supernatural Season 2 Episode 12 - Nightshifter
    8.6/10(8120 votes)

    #16 - Nightshifter

    S2:E12

    The Winchesters investigate a series of crimes where robbers with no criminal past commit suicide after the hold-ups.

    Director:Philip Sgriccia
    Writer:Ben Edlund

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  17. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 6 - Yellow Fever
    8.6/10(8957 votes)

    #17 - Yellow Fever

    S4:E6

    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
    Writers:Daniel Loflin, Andrew Dabb

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  18. Supernatural Season 4 Episode 16 - On the Head of a Pin
    8.6/10(7381 votes)

    #18 - On the Head of a Pin

    S4:E16

    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.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:Ben Edlund

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  19. Supernatural Season 5 Episode 1 - Sympathy for the Devil
    8.6/10(6418 votes)

    #19 - Sympathy for the Devil

    S5:E1

    Sam, Dean, and Bobby must deal with the aftermath of the Devil's escape from Hell, and receive startling news from the Prophet Chuck.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Eric Kripke

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  20. Supernatural Season 5 Episode 4 - The End
    8.6/10(7256 votes)

    #20 - The End

    S5:E4

    Dean refuses Sam's efforts to help him battle the Devil, and then wakes up to find himself five years in the future, in a wasteland where Lucifer has begun his endgame by unleashing a virus that transforms humans into zombies.

    Director:Steve Boyum
    Writer:Ben Edlund

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  21. Supernatural Season 5 Episode 21 - Two Minutes to Midnight
    8.6/10(6905 votes)

    #21 - Two Minutes to Midnight

    S5:E21

    Crowley tells Bobby he will give him the location of Death, the fourth horseman, in exchange for his soul. Knowing Sam and Dean need that fourth ring to stop the Apocalypse, Bobby reluctantly agrees. Sam and Dean confront Pestilence, but he unleashes a deadly virus upon them, so Castiel must intervene on their behalf. Dean has a meeting with Death to discuss Lucifer, and an unholy alliance is formed at a very high price for Dean.

    Director:Philip Sgriccia
    Writer:Sera Gamble

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  22. Supernatural Season 6 Episode 11 - Appointment in Samarra
    8.6/10(5497 votes)

    #22 - Appointment in Samarra

    S6:E11

    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.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writers:Sera Gamble, Robert Singer

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  23. Supernatural Season 6 Episode 18 - Frontierland
    8.6/10(5910 votes)

    #23 - Frontierland

    S6:E18

    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.

    Director:Guy Norman Bee
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Supernatural Season 1 Episode 22 - Devil's Trap
    8.5/10(9521 votes)

    #24 - Devil's Trap

    S1:E22

    When Meg boasts that John is her prisoner, the boys visit a friend of their father's to get information about demonic possessions and ways to trap a demon. It turns out Meg is not what she appears.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Eric Kripke

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  25. Supernatural Season 2 Episode 20 - What Is and What Should Never Be
    8.5/10(9483 votes)

    #25 - What Is and What Should Never Be

    S2:E20

    Dean is attacked by a Djinn... and finds himself in a new reality where his mother is still alive and a mysterious woman holds the key to everything.

    Director:Eric Kripke
    Writers:Eric Kripke, Raelle Tucker

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Best Episodes Summary

"Swan Song" is the best rated episode of "Supernatural". It scored 9.2/10 based on 15129 votes. Directed by Robert Singer and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/13/2010. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Changing Channels".