Supernatural (season 9)

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Supernatural season 9

Promotional poster for season nine.
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 23
Broadcast
Original channel The CW
Original run October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08) – present
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Blu-ray Disc release
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The ninth season of Supernatural, an American paranormal dramatic television series created by Eric Kripke, premiered on October 8, 2013, and is set to contain 23 episodes.[1]

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Episodes

See also: List of Supernatural episodes

In this table, the number in the first column refers to the episode's number within the entire series, whereas the number in the second column indicates the episode's number within this particular season. "U.S. viewers in millions" refers to how many Americans watched the episode live or on the day of broadcast.

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
1731 "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" John ShowalterJeremy CarverOctober 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)4X50522.59[2]
Sam is dying from the events of the previous episodes. He dreams that he's talking with Dean, who is trying to convince him to fight to live, and Bobby, who is trying to convince him to let go and die. Sam decides to follow "Bobby's" advice and meets Death, who has come to reap Sam personally. Castiel, now human, meets an angel, Hael, who is seemingly looking for guidance. She turns out to want to possess him, as the body she is in now is too weak to contain her, and Castiel is forced to kill her. Dean prays to the angels for help; this causes the angels who are angry at Castiel for locking them out of Heaven to come for Dean and attack him. However one angel, Ezekiel, claims to want to help. As he is too weak, he needs to possess Sam so he can heal him from the inside while at the same time healing himself. Dean agrees to this, and Ezekiel takes on Dean's form to talk to Sam in his head, and convinces him to say yes. Ezekiel possesses Sam, and with Dean's agreement he erases Sam's memory of the event and stays hidden in Sam while healing him secretly. 
1742 "Devil May Care" Guy BeeAndrew DabbOctober 15, 2013 (2013-10-15)4X50512.33[3]
Sam and Dean take the captive Crowley to the Men of Letters bunker to try to get the locations of all the demons on Earth from him. Meanwhile, Abaddon is restored to her vessel Josie Sands, and starts a movement to take over Hell. With the help of three demons that take soldiers as vessels, Abaddon captures two hunters and uses them to lure Sam and Dean into a trap. Ezekiel briefly takes control of Sam and kills the three demons, causing Abaddon to flee. Sam continues to be unaware of his possession, as Ezekiel made it look like Dean killed the demons. Kevin searches for a way to reverse Metatron's spell and kill Abaddon. He confronts Crowley, who claims that Linda isn't dead. Kevin tries to leave the bunker to find Linda himself, but Dean convinces him not to go by telling him that he's family and that even if his mother is alive, she is as good as dead. 
1753 "I'm No Angel" Kevin HooksBrad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-LemingOctober 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)4X50532.34[4]
An angel faction led by Bartholomew, a follower of Naomi, uses an internet preacher to encourage devout people to agree to possession. Bartholomew is actively hunting for Castiel, who is homeless and trying to find his way to the bunker. One of Bartholomew's angel followers finds Castiel, but Castiel kills him and gets a tattoo to ward himself. Bartholomew then sends rogue Reapers; one follows and is captured by Sam and Dean. Dean asks Ezekiel for help by having him search for Reapers, eventually tracking down Castiel's location. Castiel meets a woman named April who takes him in and they have sex, but she is one of the Reapers and tortures Castiel for information on Metatron. Sam and Dean arrive, but April kills Castiel before Dean can take her out. Dean asks Ezekiel to resurrect Castiel, then tells Castiel that it was the Reaper who resurrected him. Castiel goes with Sam and Dean to the bunker, but Ezekiel tells Dean that either Castiel must leave or he will, claiming that it's unsafe for Ezekiel since the other angels are still hunting Castiel. Dean tells Castiel he must leave. 
1764 "Slumber Party" Robert SingerRobbie ThompsonOctober 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)4X50542.19[5]
In 1935, Dorothy Baum (Tiio Horn) arrives at the Men of Letters bunker with The Wicked Witch of the West from Oz in hopes of finding a way to kill her. Failing to do so, Dorothy binds herself and the Witch inside a jar. In the present, Sam and Dean discover that the bunker's map table is connected to an ancient computer. They call in Charlie Bradbury in the hopes of hacking the computer, but while they're in the room containing the computer, Dean accidentally releases Dorothy and the Witch. The four work together to stop the Witch's plans; she is after a key that can be used to enter Oz, and Dean knows where it is. The Witch attacks them and Charlie dies protecting Dean. Dean has Ezekiel resurrect Charlie, who figures out that the Oz books were clues from L. Frank Baum, one of the Men of Letters, to Dorothy, who is his daughter, on how to defeat the Witch. Dorothy figures out that the Ruby Slippers can kill the Witch. The Witch possesses Sam and Dean, and Dorothy holds them off, while Charlie goes after the Witch herself and kills her. With the Witch dead, Dorothy returns to Oz to free it from the evil forces, and Charlie goes with her. 
1775 "Dog Dean Afternoon" Tim AndrewEric Charmelo & Nicole SnyderNovember 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)4X50562.15[6]
A taxidermist in Enid, Oklahoma is constricted to death by a man with snake-like traits, and a shelter worker is killed by a man with cat-like traits. Sam and Dean investigate and find the taxidermist's dog, The Colonel, who witnessed both murders. Dean casts a spell that allows him to communicate with animals but causes him to take on dog-like traits. They question The Colonel and various other animals, discovering that a man named Chef Leo is using shamanism to take on the traits of various animals. Chef Leo attacks and mortally wounds Sam, but witnesses Ezekiel's healing and knocks Sam out. Dean, using his dog senses, realizes that Chef Leo has cancer. Chef Leo is taking on the traits of various animals to try to find a cure, and he hopes to eat Sam and take his healing ability. Dean summons the dogs from the shelter who maul Chef Leo to death. Dean takes The Colonel to the animal lovers and then returns to normal. 
1786 "Heaven Can't Wait" Rob SperaRobert BerensNovember 12, 2013 (2013-11-12)4X50572.36[7]
Four people mysteriously combust in Rexford, Idaho, where Castiel is working as a sales associate at a gas station. He calls Dean, who leaves Sam and Kevin at the bunker doing research, to investigate with Castiel. They visit the crime scene of the newest victim, and Castiel recognizes it as the work of a Rit Zein, a class of angel healers who are able to mercy-kill mortally wounded angels. Castiel goes to the house of his boss, Nora, thinking she'd asked him for a date but she'd actually wanted him to babysit her daughter. While there, Castiel is attacked by Ephraim (Ashton Holmes), the Rit Zein, who heard his pain and is there to kill him. Dean arrives in time to throw Castiel an angel sword, which Castiel uses to kill Ephraim. Dean then leaves Castiel to his normal life. At the bunker, Kevin is only able to translate the angel tablet into an obscure form of cuneiform. Sam and Kevin make a deal with Crowley: in exchange for allowing him to call Abaddon, he will translate it for them. Crowley learns that Abaddon is collecting souls early, going back on Crowley's deals and reshaping Hell. Crowley reads the translation for Sam and Kevin, telling them that Metatron's spell is irreversible. Sam informs Dean, who keeps it from Castiel and Sam later catches Crowley injecting himself with Kevin's blood for an unknown reason. 
1797 "Bad Boys" Kevin ParksAdam GlassNovember 19, 2013 (2013-11-19)4X50552.01[8]
Dean gets a call from Sonny, an old friend, who runs a reform school in Hurleyville, New York asking for his help when a man is mysteriously killed at the school. Sam learns that Dean spent two months at the school in 1995 after he got caught stealing food. Instead of it being a hard time for Dean, he enjoyed it and flourished, along the way befriending and falling for a girl named Robin (guest star Erin Karpluk). On the night of a school dance, John returned to collect Dean and, despite Sonny's offer to let him stay permanently, Dean leaves. In the present, Dean meets up with Robin again. Sam and Dean go to the reform school, where they talk with a boy named Timmy and see a drawing of his mother's death. The ghost is Timmy's mother, who has been protecting him but been going insane from being tied to Earth. Timmy's mother tries to kill them, but Dean gets Timmy to be assertive for the first time and tell his mother to leave. Listening to her son, Timmy's mother grows peaceful and finally moves on. Sam and Dean leave, and Robin now understands why Dean left without saying goodbye when they were younger. 
1808 "Rock and a Hard Place" John MacCarthyJenny KleinNovember 26, 2013 (2013-11-26)4X50582.39[9]
Investigating mysterious disappearances in Hartford, South Dakota, Sheriff Jody Mills (guest star Kim Rhodes) calls in Sam and Dean to investigate as there are reports of strange flashes of light and unnatural strength involved. Sam and Dean believe that it is dragons because only virgins are being taken and join a church chastity group. Dean goes home with the group councilor and discovers that she is one of his favorite porn stars and has sex with her. At the same time, Sam and Sheriff Mills discover that the people taken are actually people who have broken their vows of chastity and rush to warn Dean too late. Dean and the councilor, Suzy Lee, are dumped in an old fallout shelter where the rest of the victims are except one who has already been taken away. Dean manages to call Sam, but the call gets cut out quickly, but Sam gets a clue from the sound of a train whistle in the background. Sam and Sheriff Mills are able to figure out where Dean is and that they are dealing with Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth. After forcefully getting the needed virgin blood for the stake that can kill Vesta, they travel to the farm where they confront Vesta. Sheriff Mills kills Vesta, but not before she reveals to Sam that his body is in bad shape. Dean breaks free and the three rescue the surviving victims. Afterwards, Sam questions what Vesta said and Dean considers telling him the truth, but Ezekiel convinces him not to. 
1819 "Holy Terror" Thomas J. WrightBrad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-LemingDecember 3, 2013 (2013-12-03)4X50592.42[10]
A civil war starts between angels working for Bartholomew and angels working for Malachi, an anarchist, both of whom want to rule Heaven which will end in disaster. Sam and Dean initially investigate with Castiel, but Ezekiel makes Dean send Castiel away. Desperate, Castiel prays for help and is met by an angel named Muriel who is neutral in the war. Castiel convinces her to hear him out and she explains what she knows, but he is captured by Malachi and another angel named Theo who were tracking Muriel. Malachi tortures Castiel for information on Metatron, killing Muriel to try to force him to tell him what he knows. He reveals that many angels died in the Fall from Heaven, including Ezekiel. Malachi leaves Castiel alone with Theo who wants to defect to Metatron's side. Castiel tricks Theo into releasing him, then steals his grace, turning him back into an angel and at least partially restoring his powers. After escaping, Castiel calls Dean to warn him about "Ezekiel." At the same time, Metatron meets with "Ezekiel" who is revealed to really be the angel Gadreel who guarded the Garden of Eden until the Serpent got in and was disgraced. He was released by the Fall and Metatron proposes working together to restore Heaven with angels that they like (Metatron having grown bored with his solitary rule of Heaven). Gadreel is initially reluctant, but agrees and is given orders by Metatron to kill someone to prove his allegiance. After learning the truth from Castiel, Dean uses a sigil to knock Gadreel out so that he can tell Sam the truth, but "Sam" knocks him out and reveals himself to really be Gadreel, having altered the sigil so it gave him control rather than Sam. Gadreel kills Kevin and leaves, taking with him the angel and demon tablets, but leaves Dean alive to mourn the loss of Kevin and Sam. 
18210 "Road Trip" Robert SingerAndrew DabbJanuary 14, 2014 (2014-01-14)4X50602.21[11]
While Dean grieves over the loss of Kevin, Gadreel is killing more targets given to him by Metatron. Dean fills Castiel in on Kevin's death and Sam's situation. Castiel informs Dean that they can bypass the angel and talk directly with Sam, who can then cast Gadreel out. They enlist the help of Crowley to find and capture Sam. As they are leaving, a lessor demon informs Abaddon of his whereabouts. One of Gadreel's targets is an old friend named Abner who explains that true happiness is getting what you want most in the world and holding on to it no matter the price. Gadreel kills Abner, but is captured by Dean and Castiel. After torturing Gadreel and trying to reach Sam, Gadreel claims that he has experienced far worse and has all the time in the world to wait until he is rescued. Dean strikes a deal with Crowley and promises to free him if he possesses Sam to wake him up. Crowley possesses Sam and succeeds and helps him cast Gadreel out. After re-possessing his old body Abaddon shows up and Crowley tells Dean, Sam and Castiel to leave through the back door. He talks with Abaddon and claims that he is still alive, kicking and will campaign to win Hell back. He disappears before Abaddon can start an actual fight with him. Dean tells Sam that he is going to hunt Gadreel alone as he is 'poison' and causes too much hurt to those around him. Hurt by Dean's trickery, Sam warns him that Gadreel is not their problem; he refuses to elaborate, instead bidding Dean to go. 
18311 "First Born" John BadhamRobbie ThompsonJanuary 21, 2014 (2014-01-21)4X50612.65[12]
Crowley approaches Dean for help with finding the First Blade, the weapon that the Archangels used to kill the Knights of Hell as it is the only thing that can kill Abaddon. Following clues, Dean and Crowley discover that John Winchester had once worked with a hunter named Tara who spent years searching for the blade. Finding Tara, they cast a locator spell she found that leads them to the biblical Cain (guest star Timothy Omundson), one of the first demons who trained the Knights and slaughtered them. Cain refuses to help and when a bunch of demons show up, he lets them in to fight Dean and Crowley who kill them. Cain reveals he killed Abel to keep him from working with Lucifer and allow him to go to Heaven and that he wants revenge on Abaddon as she murdered his wife. Cain finally reveals that the spell led them to him because the Mark of Cain he possesses is the source of the blade's power and he can transfer it to someone worthy such as Dean. Despite Cain's warnings of a terrible cost, Dean agrees. Cain asks for Dean to come back and kill him after killing Abaddon and sends him and Crowley to safety as an army of demons arrives to kill him. Dean realizes Crowley was using him, but still needs him as the blade is located at the bottom of the ocean and only Crowley can find it. At the same time, Castiel realizes that part of Gadreel's grace is still inside Sam and that they can use it to track the angel. Removing the grace causes Sam to start reverting back into the state he was before Gadreel possessed him, but Sam refuses to let him stop until they get all the grace they need even if it means his death. Realizing that he can't let Sam sacrifice himself and understanding his wish for redemption due to his brief humanity, Castiel stops and finishes healing Sam and eliminating the last of the grace. They try the spell but they didn't get enough grace. Castiel leaves to track Metatron who he believes holds the key to fixing everything. 
18412 "Sharp Teeth" John ShowalterAdam GlassJanuary 28, 2014 (2014-01-28)4X50622.76[13]
After Garth (special guest star DJ Qualls) is hit by a car after mutilating a cow in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, Sam and Dean arrive separately to investigate where their friend has been for months. Claiming to remember nothing, Garth escapes the hospital and Sam and Dean follow him to discover that Garth is married to a werewolf and is now one himself after being bitten six months before on a hunt. Garth insists that he and his pack don't harm humans and peacefully coexist. While Sam is more willing to trust Garth, Dean isn't after his long disappearance and due to his suspicious nature. As everything seems to be fine, Sam and Dean are lured into a trap by the local sheriff who is also a werewolf and are forced to kill him when he attacks. Looking for Garth, Sam finds him and his wife Bess missing and is kidnapped by a few members of the pack while Dean finds out that they worship Fenris and believe that when Ragnarok comes, they will rule over mankind. The wife of the minister plans to murder Garth and Bess and frame Sam and Dean to goad the rest of the pack who is willing to live in peace into action, but Dean arrives and kills the three werewolves running the plot. In the aftermath, Garth offers to return to hunting using his new werewolf powers to help, but Dean tells him to enjoy his new life, having realized that all werewolves aren't so bad. Dean tries to make up with Sam who agrees to return to hunting with Dean, but doesn't fully trust him anymore. 
18513 "The Purge" Phil SgricciaEric Charmelo & Nicole SnyderFebruary 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)4X50632.46[14]
Dean finds a case in Stillwater, Minnesota where a 316 pound man was killed in his car and was 98 pounds afterwards. Thinking witchcraft, Sam and Dean investigate, leading them to weird suction marks on the man and another victim. After finding the same mark on a personal trainer, Sam and Dean go undercover at a nearby health spa where people mysteriously lose a lot of weight very fast. While tasting the spa's pudding, Dean gets drugged by roofies and they realize the spa's owner is a monster after Dean catches her eating refrigerated fat. At the same time Sam and Dean confront the woman, Maritza, her brother Alonzo kills her husband after he confronts him about the murders. Maritza explains she and Alonzo are Pishtaco, a Peruvian parasitic monster that feeds on fat. Maritza set up the spa to harmlessly feed on human fat from her customers without harming anyone, but her brother wasn't content with that and wanted to feed on people until death. Tracking down Alonzo, Sam and Dean kill him and pass it off as a psycho serial killer to the police. Although Dean wants to kill Maritza too, Sam convinces him not to and they send her back to Peru instead. Later, Dean tries to clear the air between him and Sam about what he did to save him, but Sam points out that Dean did it for himself so he wouldn't be alone. When Dean tries to contend that Sam would do the same for him, Sam tells him he wouldn't, leaving Dean stunned. 
18614 "Captives"[15] Jerry WanekRobert BerensFebruary 25, 2014 (2014-02-25)4X5064TBA
Sam and Dean are stunned to discover the Men of Letters’ bunker is haunted. Their investigation leads them to a storage facility where the demons have been keeping a prize possession. Meanwhile, Castiel is captured by Bartholomew. 
18715 "Blade Runners"[16] TBATBAMarch 4, 2014 (2014-03-04)[17]TBA
18816 TBATBAMarch 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)[17]TBA
18917 Misha CollinsTBAMarch 25, 2014 (2014-03-25)[17]TBA

Production

On February 11, 2013, CW president Mark Pedowitz confirmed an early renewal of Supernatural for its ninth season,[18] with the season premiere debuting on Tuesday, October 8, 2013.[1] It is confirmed, as of February 25, 2013 that Misha Collins will be a regular cast member. He will also direct an episode in Season 9,[19] At Comic-Con 2013 Collins confirmed that he'll direct the 17th episode. The series has moved back to Tuesday.[20] A new, unnamed character will be introduced in episode twenty of this season, which will serve as a backdoor pilot for a potential Supernatural spin-off series.[21]

References list

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://tvline.com/2013/07/29/the-cw-premiere-dates-2013-fall-revised/
  2. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (October 9, 2013). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.', 'NCIS' & 'The Voice' Adjusted Up; 'Chicago Fire', 'The Goldbergs' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 9, 2013. 
  3. ↑ Bibel, Sara (October 16, 2013). "Tuesday Final Ratings: NCIS, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, The biggest Loser, Dads & Person of Interest Adjusted Up; 'Chicago Fire' & 'Supernatural Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 16, 2013. 
  4. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (October 23, 2013). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Voice', 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' & 'Supernatural' Adjusted Up; 'NCIS: Los Angeles' & 'The Mindy Project' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 23, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Bibel, Sara (October 30, 2013). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Voice', 'The Originals' & 'Person of Interest' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 30, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (November 6, 2013). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Voice' Adjusted Up; 'Trophy Wife' Adjusted Down + No Adjustment for 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 6, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Bibel, Sara (November 13, 2013). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'NCIS', 'Supernatural' & 'The Mindy Project' Adjusted Up; 'The Biggest Loser' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 13, 2013. 
  8. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (November 20, 2013). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 20, 2013. 
  9. ↑ Bibel, Sara (November 27, 2013). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.', 'The Voice', 'Supernatural' & 'Person of Interest' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 27, 2013. 
  10. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (December 4, 2013). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Biggest Loser' & 'The Voice' Adjusted Up; 'The Originals' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 4, 2013. 
  11. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (January 15, 2014). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Mindy Project' Adjusted Down; No Adjustment for 'Chicago Fire' or 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 15, 2014. 
  12. ↑ Bibel, Sara (January 23, 2014). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Originals' & 'New Girl' Adjusted Up; 'Trophy Wife' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 23, 2014. 
  13. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (January 29, 2014). "Tuesday Final Ratings: No Adjustment for 'Supernatural', 'Dads' or 'The Originals'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 29, 2014. 
  14. ↑ Bibel, Sara (February 5, 2014). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'NCIS', 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' & 'The Originals' Adjusted Up; 'NCIS: Los Angeles', ' The Goldbergs'. 'Supernatural' & 'Trophy Wife' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 6, 2014. 
  15. ↑ "(#4X5064) "Captives"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved February 7, 2014. 
  16. ↑ Villamarin, Jenalyn. "'Supernatural' Season 9 Spoilers: Title Changes for Upcoming Episodes and Synopsis for Episode 10 'Road Trip' Revealed". International Business Times. Retrieved 22 January 2014. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Shows A–Z – supernatural on the cw". The Futon Critic. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  18. ↑ Adly MacKenzie, Carina (February 11, 2013). "'Vampire Diaries' Season 5, 'Supernatural' Season 9, and 'Arrow' Season 2 picked up by The CW". From Inside The Box. Retrieved February 11, 2013. 
  19. ↑ Gelman, Vlada (February 25, 2013). "Supernatural Scoop: Misha Collins to Return as Series Regular for Season 9". Retrieved February 26, 2013. 
  20. ↑ ‘Supernatural’ Moves to Tuesdays for Season 9
  21. ↑ Roots, Kimberly (July 21, 2013). "The CW Developing Supernatural Spin-Off". TV Line. Retrieved July 22, 2013. 
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