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|image= [[File:Dean-S12DeanWinchester.jpgpng|350px]]
|name= Dean Winchester
|actor= [[Jensen Ackles]]<br />[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1821017/ Hunter Brochu] (Young Dean in [[1.01 Pilot|1.01]])<br />[[Ridge Canipe]] (Young Dean in [[1.18 Something Wicked|1.18]] & [[3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas|3.08]])<br />[[Brock Kelly]] (Young Teen Dean in [[4.13 After School Special|4.13]])<br />[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263496/ Chad Everett] (Elderly Dean in [[5.07 The Curious Case of Dean Winchester|5.07]])<br />[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3609345/ Nicolai Guistra] (Young Dean in [[5.22 Swan Song|5.22]] & [[7.10 Death's Door|7.10]])<br />[[Dylan Everett]] (Young Teen Dean in [[9.07 Bad Boys|9.07]], [[10.12 About a Boy|10.12]] & [[11.08 Just My Imagination|11.08]])|dates= January 24, 1979 – May 2, 2008 <br />[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6836099/ Anthony Bolognese] (killed by a Young Dean in [[hellhound12.22 Who We Are|12.22]])<br>September 18, 2008 [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8341039/ Paxton Singleton] (resurrected by Teen Dean in [[Castiel15.16 Drag Me Away (From You)|15.16]]) |dates= January 24, 1979 – June 2014 2021 (killed by a [[Metatronvampire]] / resurrected as a )|location= [[Knight of HellHeaven]])<br>June 2014 – August 3, 2014 (given [[demon cureLawrence, Kansas]] by Sam(formerly)|location= Age 4 – Lawrence, Kansas <br> Present – [[Lebanon, Kansas ]] (HQformerly)
|occupation= [[Hunters|Hunter]]
|episodes= [[:Category:Episodes|All episodes]]<br>(except [[14.01 Stranger in a Strange Land]])
}}
{{Quotation
|title=
|text= Yeah, thatHey. I's revengem not leaving you. ItI'll get m gonna be with you... right here... every day. Every day you 're out of bed in the morning, there and you're li... and you're living and when you get it're fighting, it feels great'cause you... for about five minutesyou always keep fighting. You hear me? I've been ll be thereevery step. I love you so much. My baby brother. Me and Sam – we have had our fair share of fights – more than our share – but no matter how bad it gotOh, we always made it right because we're familyman. Well, I need himdid not think this would be the day. He needs meBut it is. And when everything goes to crapIt is, and that's all you... Man... that've got – familys okay. And I need you might be a-an all-powerful beingto...I need you to promise me. but I think need youto... to... to tell me... that it're human where it countss okay. You simply I need your brotheryou to tell me that it's okay.
|author= Dean Winchester
|source= [[1115.23 Alpha and Omega20 Carry On]]
}}
* Dean has a love of the [[Magic Fingers]] bed relaxation system and memory foam mattresses
* In [[10.03 Soul Survivor]] Sam says "I got your blood type" which could easily mean he got a compatible donor. Dean could accept type O - which is the universal donor and can be given to people with type AB, A, B or O. As John is AB, and whether Mary is A, B, AB or O, Dean could be type A, B or AB.
* In 2016 , Dean killed [[Adolf Hitler]].* In 2017, Dean killed [[Lucifer]].
==Deaths==
* [[Dean]] dies over 100 times as part of [[Gabriel]]'s time loop. Known causes of death include getting shot in the chest, being hit by a car, being crushed by a dresser, choking on a sausage, eating a bad taco, being electrocuted plugging in an electric razor, falling in the shower, and accidentally being bludgeoned by an axe, getting shot with an arrow by Doris, and getting mauled by a dog. After Gabriel ends the time loop, Dean is shot by Cal and remains dead for six months until Gabriel sends Sam back to the Wednesday when he was killed, only without Cal.<ref name="three11">[[3.11 Mystery Spot]]</ref>
* Dean dies when he is torn apart by a [[Hellhound|hellhound]] on May 2nd, 2008, when his crossroads deal expired. Dean is pulled out of [[Hell]] and resurrected by [[Castiel]] on September 18, 2008.<ref name="three16">[[3.16 No Rest for the Wicked]]</ref><ref name="four01">[[4.01 Lazarus Rising]]</ref>
* Dean almost dies when [[Zachariah]] gives him Stage IV Stomach Cancer. Reversed moments later at [[Castiel]]'s order.<ref name="five01">[[5.01 Sympathy for the Devil]]</ref>
* Dean dies when two angry [[hunters]] -- [[Walt and Roy]] -- shoot both him and [[Sam]] for Sam's role in starting the [[Apocalypse]].<ref name="five16">[[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]</ref>
* Dean dies when [[Dr Robert]] injects him with something that kills him, in order to give him time to talk to [[Death]]. He is revived 7 minutes later.<ref name="six11">[[6.11 Appointment in Samarra]]</ref>
* Dean dies after being stabbed in the chest by [[Metatron]] with an [[angel blade]]. Several hours later the [[Mark of Cain]] brings him back as a [[demonKnight of Hell]].<ref name="nine23">[[9.23 Do You Believe in Miracles?]]</ref>
* When Dean thinks Sam is dead, Dean overdoses on barbiturates and dies in order to talk to [[Billie]] the reaper. She tells him that Sam is not dead, and she is there to reap Dean and take him to [[the Empty]]. However, [[Dr. Kessler]] is able to successfully resuscitate him.<ref name="eleven17">[[11.17 Red Meat]]</ref>
*In order to get out of a remote federal prison where they are being held for attempted assassination of the president, Dean and Sam must die. Dean asks [[Billie]] the reaper to let him and Sam die and come back one more time, and then she could take a Winchester for good. Being temporarily dead allows them to be transported to another room, and they sneak out once [[Billie]] brings them back.<ref name="twelve09">[[12.09 First Blood]]</ref>* Dean dies after he injects himself with something that stops his heart in order to speak to the ghosts who are haunting a house. Sam injects him with a syringe full of another substance that is supposed to restart his heart, but it doesn't work. [[Billie]] shows up, and she brings him back, after a conversation in which she reveals that it is not his time to die yet.<ref name="thirteen05">[[13.05 Advanced Thanatology]]</ref>* In a nightmare Sam has, Dean's neck is telekinetically snapped by a Sam who had given into the demon blood.<ref name="fifteen04">[[15.04 Atomic Monsters]]</ref> Like the rest of [[Chuck's Endings]], this is revealed to be an alternate-reality Dean.<ref name="fifteen09">[[15.09 The Trap]]</ref>* In another nightmare that Sam has, Dean tries to kill a [[Lucifer]]-possessed Sam with [[the Colt]] only to fail and have the archangel burn him alive.<ref name="fifteen05">[[15.05 Proverbs 17:3]]</ref> Like the rest of [[Chuck's Endings]], this is revealed to be an alternate-reality Dean.<ref name="fifteen09" />
==Michael's True Vessel==
<blockquote>
'''Gabriel:''' Why do you think you two are the vessels? Think about it. Michael, the big brother, loyal to an absent father. And Lucifer, the little brother, rebellious of daddy's plan. You were born to this, boys. It's your destiny. It was always you. As it is in heaven, so it must be on Earth. One brother has to kill the other.</blockquote>
* Dean consents to being [[Michael]]'s vessel in [[5.18 Point of No Return]]; as Michael begins to appear, Dean reneges and kills [[Zachariah]]. He tells Sam that he changed his mind because he didn't want to let him down. Their half-brother [[Adam Milligan]] is taken as the vessel instead. * In [[13.23 Let the Good Times Roll]] Dean consents to being [[Apocalypse World]] [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]]'s vessel in order to battle Lucifer. He demands that he remain in control, but after Lucifer is killed, Michael reneges on their deal and takes over Dean's body. Michael suppresses Dean, but Dean fights back and Michael leaves him after about a month's time.<ref>[[14.02 Gods and Monsters]]</ref> Before leaving, however, he leaves the "door" to Dean's mind open, which enables him to remotely see what Dean does and provides a way for Michael to later re-occupy Dean's vessel without his consent again.<ref>[[14.09 The Spear]]</ref> This time, he creates an illusion in which Dean is happy ([[Rocky's Bar]]) to stop him from fighting back. Sam and Castiel enter Dean's subconscious, and help him repress and contain Michael within his mind.<ref>[[14.10 Nihilism]]</ref> After being knocked unconscious by the [[gorgon]] [[Noah Ophis]], Michael is able to escape Dean's mind and possess [[Rowena]], but he is exorcised and destroyed by [[Jack Kline]].<ref>[[14.14 Ouroboros]]</ref> *Following the return of the original Michael in [[15.08 Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven]], the archangel shows no further interest in Dean as a vessel and is instead content with using the body of Adam with whom Michael has reached an agreement to share control of said vessel.
==Pre-series==
===March 5th, 1861===
Dean, along with [[Sam]] is transported back in time by [[Castiel]] to Sunrise, Wyoming to kill a phoenix and get its ashes to use against [[Eve]]. Sam retrieves the colt from [[Samuel Colt]] himself, which Dean uses in a showdown with the phoenix. ===November 1943===Dean is sent back in time by [[Lucifer]] to the [[USS Bluefin]] to retrieve a [[Hand of God]], in this case a piece of the original [[Ark of the Covenant]].
===November 1944===
Dean is born.
===19831982-83 (approx.)===
[[The Journal (diary entries)|The Journal]] mentions that prior to Mary's death, Dean played t-ball.
In [[7.10 Death's Door]], [[Bobby]] has a flashback to a sunny afternoon in "89-ish," when he took young Dean to a park. Ten-year-old Dean tells him, "Dad says I'm supposed to practice with the double-barrel," but Bobby insists that he gets to throw a ball around "like a regular snot-nosed little jerk."
In [[8.08 Hunteri Heroici ]], Dean says that [[Fred Jones]] gave him his first beer. "I don't even think I was double digits." So unless Dean is misremembering, this happened around or before the age of 10.
===1991 (approx.)===
Disappointed with [[John]]'s lying and absence, [[Sam]] gives Dean the present intended for his father: the amulet.
[[File:Dean-Sam-1993.png|thumb|right|350px|Dean and [[Sam]] with [[Caitlin Johnson|Caitlin]] and [[Travis Johnson]].]]
===January 1993===
In [[15.16 Drag Me Away (From You)]], Sam and Dean are left at the Rooster Sunrise motel in Wadsworth, Ohio, while John goes on a hunt. During their stay, they meet siblings [[Caitlin Johnson|Caitlin]] and [[Travis Johnson]]. After Travis has an encounter with something supernatural, Sam and Dean try to get in contact with their father through Bobby, who tells them John is out of range for two days. Despite not knowing what they are dealing with, Dean decides to handle the hunt himself, and believes to have killed the creature that is later learned to be [[Baba Yaga]].
===Summer 1994===
In [[5.12 Swap Meat]] we learn that Dean and Sam spent a portion of the summer being looked after by Donna, a maid at the Mayflower motel in Housatonic, Massachusetts, while their father was hunting. On one occasion, John was gone for two weeks. It was the summer before Sam entered sixth grade, and he assigned himself a summer reading list. Dean possibly had a crush on Donna.
[[File:Supernatural-9x07-13.jpg|thumb|left|350px|16-year-old Dean with [[Robin (Bad Boys)|Robin]], during his time at the boys home.]]
===1995===
Dean is 16.
Dean spends two months in 1995 at a boys home after getting caught stealing food, prior to being arrested he mentions to [[Sonny]] that he got his injuries during a [[werewolf]] hunt.<ref name="nine07">[[9.07 Bad Boys]]</ref>
[[File:TeenageDean.jpg|thumb|leftright|350px|Teenage Dean and [[Sam]].]]
===1997===
In summer 1997 [[John]], Dean and [[Sam]] are hunting a [[werewolf]].<ref name="four13">[[4.13 After School Special]]</ref>
===[[:Category:Season 7|Season 7]]===
In [[7.01 Meet the New Boss]], [[Castiel]] spares the hunters, but refuses to heal [[Sam]]. As Castiel travels the world, wreaking havoc in his attempt to right the wrongs he sees, Dean despairs. He sees chance of stopping the [[angel]], and instead resorts to drinking, focusing on the broken [[Impala]], and worrying about Sam. As Castiel's actions become more erratic, Dean does come up with an option: binding [[Death]], as [[Lucifer]] did. Dean, Bobby and Sam succeed in putting a spell on Death, but Castiel undoes it in a moment. Death does agree to assist in reopening [[Purgatory]], but it is up to them to get Castiel to release the [[soul]]s. Dean refuses to pray for Castiel to come, thinking there is no hope. Instead Sam prays, and eventually Castiel appears. Cas tries to apologize to Dean, but Dean is not forgiving. Cas returns the souls, and survives, but is taken over by [[Leviathan]]s, which hung on inside him. In [[7.02 Hello, Cruel World]] the leviathans escape in Castiel's body to a reservoir, and let themselves loose on the world. Castiel disappears beneath the water, and Dean finds [[Castiel's trenchcoattrench coat]] at the shore, and takes it with him.
Dean and [[Bobby]] take a disturbed Sam back to [[Bobby's place]], and confront him about the consequences of losing his wall. Sam admits that he is seeing [[Hallucifer|Lucifer]], and cannot tell if he is out of [[Hell]], or still there. Dean worries about Sam as he leaves to investigate the first of the known Leviathan killings. When he returns to Bobby's house, he finds Sam missing, and tracks him by his phone GPS. Sam's hallucinations manifested as Dean, and led him to a warehouse as part of an imaginary hunt. Tormented by his visions, Sam nearly shoots the real Dean when he arrives. Dean, with as much calm as he can manage, grabs Sam's injured hand, and uses the pain of it and his own experiences in Hell to convince his brother that this is the real world. When they return to the salvage yard, they find Bobby's house destroyed, and no sign of the hunter. Dean calls Bobby's phone, and leaves him a desperate, near suicidal, message, pleading for him to be alive.
Following a meeting with their temporally time-displaced grandfather, [[Henry Winchester]], Dean and Sam take custody of the archive of the [[Men of Letters]], an organization dedicated to recording the supernatural before their destruction in the 1950s. With the archive resources and Kevin's translation of the tablet, Sam sets out to complete the three trials to seal the Gates of Hell, which include killing a [[hellhound]], delivering an innocent soul ([[Bobby]]) from [[Hell]] unto to Heaven, and curing a [[demon]]. However, Dean stops Sam when he learns that the trials will kill him, shortly before renegade angel [[Metatron]] seals off [[Heaven]] using spell to banish all the angels from Heaven and leaving Castiel human.
[[File:DemonDean.png|thumb|right|350px|Dean is revived as a [[demonKnight of Hell]].]]
===[[:Category:Season 9|Season 9]]===
In order to save Sam's life, Dean manages to make contact with a fallen angel who introduces himself as '[[Gadreel|Ezekiel]]', who manages to trick Sam into agreeing to act as his [[Vessel]] while in his coma, allowing Ezekiel to heal Sam's injuries and recharge his own 'batteries' from inside Sam. With Castiel reduced to a human state and on the run from the other angels, Dean orders him to stay away so that Ezekiel can focus his energies on healing Sam while [[Kevin Tran]] studies the [[angel tablet]] to find a means of reversing Metatron's spell. However, things become more dangerous when the fallen angels begin to fight amongst themselves and [[Abaddon]] sets out to take over Hell while the Winchesters hold [[Crowley]] captive.
[[File:Amara_and_dean.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Amara and Dean.]]
They continue to argue about it in [[11.09 O Brother, Where Art Thou?]], when Dean finally agrees to try and find out if it's even theoretically possible to safely talk to Lucifer without opening the cage. When they ask Crowley, he tells them that there might be a way. He captures Rowena and they convince her to help them. Sam stays with Rowena while Dean goes to investigate a massacre at a church. He tells Sam over the phone that he suspects that Amara was behind it. Sam gives Dean updates on the research to find a way to contact Lucifer, and Dean tells Sam not to do anything without him there. As Dean leaves the church, a strange sensation comes over him, and the sounds around him become muffled. He looks around but doesn't see anything, so he goes to a park. Sam calls him and he is about to answer, when the sensation happens again. This time, he turns around to find an adult Amara standing behind him. She touches him on the shoulder, and transports him to a remote wetland. There, she tells him that the things she has been doing has been to get God's attention. She says that she only has a bad reputation because God was afraid that she would make a better creation than his, and that was why she was exiled. Dean asks her what she wants, what her plan is. She replies that she was the beginning, and she will be the end. She will be all that there is. When Dean compares her with God, she says no - he is the Light, and she is the Dark. Dean then tries to stab her, but the knife's blade shatters instead. She tells Dean that she can't be resisted, and moves forward, her hands cradling his face. She opens her mouth as if to suck out his soul, and Dean just watches, once again in a trancelike state. After a few seconds, she either changes her mind, or is unable to consume his soul, and kisses him instead. After the kiss, he pulls back, confused and slightly alarmed. Amara tells him that is the future, that he is the one who set her free, and they are bonded. Dean protests, saying that it was an accident, but Amara insists that it was destiny. He had the Mark of Cain, and she is the original Mark. She tells him that they will be together, that they will become one. A horrified Dean tells her that that is not going to happen. Several angels arrive then, and tell Amara that she must surrender to Heaven. If she resists, every angel will smite her in a single, unified blow. Dean tries to dissuade them, due to the fact that a lot of people would die, but they do not care. Amara kills the angels, and as the skies darken with the impending wrath of the angels, she transports him back to the park, to safety.
In [[11.10 The Devil in the Details]], just after the angels’ smiting attempt, Dean drives back toward the spot where he and Amara had been, to check and see for himself if it had worked. However, when he gets close, he starts to feel ill and is forced to pull over and get out of the car, where he promptly vomits. Castiel finds him, and after a quick examination informs Dean that he has [[smiting sickness]] - he cannot get any closer. If he does, it will only get worse, and he will die. Castiel insists on going alone, as angels are not susceptible to smiting sickness. Dean goes back to the Bunker, but Sam isn’t there. Crowley calls him, and informs him that Sam is in Hell, with Lucifer. He tells Dean to go to a warehouse in Nebraska. Billie lets him inside, and then opens a door to Hell. There, he meets up with Crowley and Rowena. Dean and Crowley put a [[witchcatcher]] around her neck, forcing her to work on the spell to put Lucifer back in the cage. Not long after, Castiel arrives, with a message (“I AM COMING”) carved into his chest by Amara, who survived the smiting. While discussing this, they start to hear the sounds of Lucifer attacking Sam. Dean bolts for the cage, Castiel right behind him. When Lucifer sees them, he snaps his fingers, and they are instantly transported into the cage as well. Castiel lunges at Lucifer with an angel blade as Dean rushes to Sam’s side. The four of them fight until Rowena finally finishes the spell, and Lucifer vanishes in a burst of bright light.
Soon after, in [[11.11 Into the Mystic]], Dean goes back to the Bunker during a case to retrieve gold blades which are needed to kill a [[banshee]]. He is surprised to find Castiel there, going through all the files. Castiel tells Dean he is looking for a spell that can draw Amara out, adding that he had her in his sights and he should have killed her. Dean then admits that he has had two opportunities to try and kill her, but he couldn’t do it. Castiel tells him that he and Amara are connected because of the Mark, but Dean argues that it’s more than that. He admits to feeling a sort of attraction to her. He doesn’t know if he can resist it, and that scares him. Castiel promises Dean that they will figure it out. Later, after they finish the case, Dean mentions to Sam that he thinks there was something a little off about Castiel. Sam doesn’t think it’s anything too serious, but suggests they keep an eye on him.
In [[11.13 Love Hurts]] they head to Ohio to work a case involving a curse that is transmitted by kissing. Once a person is cursed, they are killed by a creature called a [[qareen]], which takes the shape of a person's deepest desire. Dean curses himself to distract the qareen from killing its other victim, and while he and Sam look for the creature’s heart (which is not located in its body), the qareen approaches Dean in the form of Amara. The qareen tells Dean to give in to the love he feels for Amara. She tries to kill him until Sam is finally successful in stabbing its heart. Later, Dean confesses to Sam that the qareen had appeared to him as Amara, and is surprised when Sam isn’t surprised. Sam tells him it isn’t his fault, he never had any choice. Dean then admits that although he wants to kill the Darkness, he can’t. Sam tells Dean that it’s okay.
While researching ways to kill Amara in [[11.14 The Vessel]], they come across what is known as the [[Hand of God]]. It is a piece of the original Ark of the Covenant, touched by God himself. They track it through history to a WWII submarine that went down in 1943, and convince Castiel to time travel with Dean to the submarine to retrieve it. Dean successfully gets on board, but Castiel is unable due to the angel warding on the hull. Dean gets the Hand of God, but right before he gets teleported out and back to 2016, the Hand of God is used by [[Delphine Seydoux]]. When Dean lands back in 2016, he finds out that Castiel has in fact been possessed by Lucifer. When Lucifer takes the Hand of God and realizes that its power has all been used up, he starts to punish them, stopped only by Sam, who uses an [[angel banishing sigil]] to blast him away. Dean vows to hunt Lucifer down and save Cas. They work a few more cases in [[11.15 Beyond the Mat] and [[11.16 Safe House]] when they have no luck finding anything useful that will help them in their fight against Amara, or the search for Lucifer.
In [[11.17 Red Meat]], while hunting werewolves deep in the woods, Sam is shot in the torso. Along with two others, they try to make their way back to where the car is parked, miles away, but Sam’s injury is severe enough that he is slowing them down. They find an empty cabin, and Dean leaves Sam with the two hikers while he looks for sticks to make something to carry Sam back on. When he comes back in, he finds Sam on the floor, all signs indicating that he is dead. Devastated, Dean at first refuses to leave Sam’s side, but ultimately, the pleas of the hikers convince him to help get them to safety. He leaves, promising Sam he’ll be back. The trio find their way to the road, and Dean flags down a Sheriff. He tries to leave and go back to Sam, but the Sheriff won’t let him. Dean punches the sheriff in an attempt to escape, but is tased and brought to the hospital. There, he becomes desperate and decides to talk to a reaper. In order to do so, he downs a handful of barbiturates, overdosing. He collapses on the floor and starts to seize. Dean, in ghost form, watches as the doctors surround his body and attempt to save him. Billie the reaper arrives and refuses to make any deals with him. She tells him that Sam is not dead, but that Dean’s time is up. However, the doctor is able to bring Dean back to life. Soon after, to his great relief, Dean gets a phone call from Sam. Later, Sam asks Dean what he did when he thought he was dead, but Dean avoids answering, saying that he knew he wasn’t dead.
In [[11.18 Hell's Angel]], Crowley calls Dean and tells him that he’s found a Hand of God, and to meet him in St. Louis. Once there, Crowley tells that he possesses the Hand of Joshua, and will give it to them if they expel Lucifer from Castiel’s vessel, and return him to the cage. Dean and Sam tell Crowley they’ll need Rowena to do so, but Crowley tells them that Lucifer snapped her neck. They then argue about whether Lucifer should be dealt with before or after Amara, as he might be useful in defeating her. Crowley quickly gets tired of their arguing and stands firm that he will not give them the Horn of Joshua until Lucifer is back in the cage. Outside, they see the sky is full of lighting and swirling dark clouds. Dean apprehensively says that he thinks it’s Amara. Then, the words “BACK FROM THE DEAD FERGUS” appear on the wall, letting them know Rowena is still alive. They meet up with her in an abandoned church, where they summon Lucifer. When he arrives, they trap him in a ring of holy fire, then use a sigil to bring Castiel out. Dean tries to tell Castiel something, but before he can, Lucifer comes back. When some of the other sigils start failing, Crowley, as a last resort, goes inside Castiel’s vessel to try and talk to Castiel himself. However, it is unsuccessful - Castiel doesn’t want to expel Lucifer. The Holy Fire goes out, and Lucifer is able to get the Horn. He begins to torture Sam and Dean, until Amara comes in. Lucifer uses the Horn against her, but it doesn’t work. Amara is unharmed, and she disappears with him.
In [[11.20 Don't Call Me Shurley]] Sam and Dean become trapped in a police station surrounded by a uncomfortably familiar mysterious fog, which starts to seep in through the building’s vents. Sam accidentally breathes it in and becomes infected. Seeing this, Dean refuses to go on without him, and willingly takes a deep breath of the fog as well. When trying to infect himself doesn’t work, Dean desperately and angrily yells out to God to stop it. Then, Dean notices something glowing in Sam’s pocket. He reaches inside and pulls out the [[samulet]]. Going outside, they see everyone who had died in the street walking around, bewildered and confused, but perfectly fine. They make their way down the street, unsure of what to expect. Then, they see him. They stop, stunned. [[Chuck]] turns around and comes over, saying that they should probably talk. In [[11.21 All in the Family]] Dean refuses, saying that he isn’t going anywhere with him, he doesn’t even know if he is really Chuck. Chuck snaps his fingers and transports them all back to the bunker. [[Kevin Tran]]’s ghost appears from behind Chuck and tells them it’s alright, and to trust Chuck. Chuck sends Kevin’s ghost to Heaven. Dean and Sam watch, flabbergasted, as it finally becomes clear.
Sam is beyond excited to talk to God, who prefers to go by Chuck, but Dean is much more withdrawn, not understanding how Chuck could just have left humanity to deal with everything by itself when he was really needed. Chuck says that he needed to let people find their own way. Being over involved was not helping anyone. Later that night, in the bunker, Dean is on the computer looking for any leads on Amara, when he has a vision of her inside the bunker, telling him that she misses him and that she knows her brother has resurfaced and that he should tell him that Lucifer (and his vessel) aren’t doing so well. The next morning, Sam finds out about another town that experienced the mysterious fog, where thousands of people died, everyone except for one person. They go to the town, where they talk to the survivor, [[Donatello Redfield]], and figure out that he is a prophet. Dean sees another vision of Amara, telling him that she needs to see him. They bring Donatello back to the bunker to see Chuck, then go off to meet Metatron at a bar, who tells them that Chuck has no intention of taking Amara down - he will sacrifice himself. Dean meets Chuck in a park and asks him why he’s giving up. Chuck plans to make a deal with Amara to have himself put in a cage as long as the world is unhurt. He tells Dean that if that doesn’t work, he and Sam will step up - it’s why he saved Dean - Dean is the firewall between the light and the darkness. Dean argues that it’s Chuck who must do it. Back in the Bunker, they agree to let Metatron in on their plan, as his knowledge may be useful. Dean meets up with Amara in a forest, and once again she asks him to join her. However, she quickly realizes that he has betrayed her - this meeting is a diversion to distract her while the others rescue Lucifer. She goes to try and stop them, leaving Dean unharmed.
In [[11.22 We Happy Few]] Sam, Dean, Chuck, and Lucifer, decide to put Amara back in the cage, after talking about how outright killing her would disrupt the balance of darkness and light. To increase their power to do so, they decide to bring in Crowley, Rowena, and more angels. Crowley recruits demons, Lucifer recruits the angels, and Rowena recruits several other witches. They come up with a plan to attack her, weakening her enough so that Chuck can put her back in the cage. At the abandoned power plant where this is all to take place, Dean finds out that the plan involves Sam taking on the [[Mark of Cain]], something he immediately objects to, but his protests are brushed aside. Rowena telepathically lets Amara know where they are, and when Amara arrives at the power plant, the attacks begin, from the witches, demons, angels, and Lucifer. She and Chuck argue, until she admits defeat, and requests that he kill her. However, when she realizes that he is about to imprison her instead of killing her, she fights back with renewed vigor. She rips Lucifer out of Castiel’s vessel and injures Chuck. She tells Dean and Sam that he is dying, then vanishes.
Castiel wakes up a few minutes later in [[11.23 Alpha and Omega]], much to Dean’s relief. Chuck also wakes up, and tells them that Amara was right, he is dying. Outside, they realize that the sun is dying as well. Back at the bunker, Chuck finally agrees to help kill Amara. He says that the darkness can be killed by light. A plan is devised to create a bomb using souls. Sam and Dean head to a haunted asylum to raid the souls of the ghosts there, and when they return, Billie the reaper appears and wants to know what they are doing. When they tell her, she offers to help them by letting them use the souls that are in the Veil. With Billie’s help, Rowena is able to build the bomb. Dean is chosen as the one to bring the bomb to Amara, as he is the one with a personal connection to her. However, Rowena tells him that he will not just be carrying the bomb - he will be the bomb. Resigned, Dean agrees. After he has said his goodbyes, Chuck transports him to Amara. There, Amara knows about the bomb - she knows what Dean is trying to do. Dean tells her that Chuck doesn’t actually want her dead, and to put aside their differences. Amara summons Chuck, they talk, and Amara heals him, which makes the sun shine again. Chuck and Amara are planning to go away together, but before they do so, Amara tells Dean she wants to to give Dean what he needs the most. Later, somewhere in a dark park, Dean hears a woman calling for help. As he rushes over, he sees who it is, and stares at her in shock. It is his mother, [[Mary Winchester]].
===[[:Category:Season 12|Season 12]]===
The season 12 premiere [[12.01 Keep Calm and Carry On]] begins immediately after the events in [[11.23 Alpha and Omega]], with Dean staring in disbelief at what appears to be his mother, [[Mary Winchester]]. Once he establishes she is really his mother, they sit on a park bench and talk until morning. Dean then takes her back to the [[Bunker]] where they discover blood on the floor and no sign of [[Sam]] or [[Castiel]]. Cas returns to the Bunker where Dean introduces him to Mary, and they begin the search for Sam. Cas tells Dean about the woman waiting for them in the bunker so Dean hacks traffic cams and finds the SUV that kidnapped Sam. They track it to the SUV's driver, and then to a vet who treated Sam for a gunshot wound, who gives them the phone number of the woman who kidnapped him - [[Lady Antonia Bevell]]. Dean calls her to let her know they are coming to rescue Sam. Toni sends [[Ms. Watt]] to meet them -- she crashes into the [[Impala]] and fights with Dean and Cas, almost beating them. Mary kills her with Cas' angel blade, then becomes upset over taking a life and her sons becoming hunters. Dean comforts her, saying he believes what he and Sam do has made the world a better place to live.
Dean is working with Castiel to search for Sam in [[12.02 Mamma Mia]], and struggles with the return of his mother Mary. She overhears his conversation with Cas, and Dean tells her he's glad she's back but feels she needs time to adjust. Mary worries that Sam won't be able to forgive her for her deal with [[Azazel]]. Cas calls with a possible location for Sam and texts Dean the address. Mary insists on coming along and Dean argues against it, but loses and Mary joins him. In the car, Mary tells Dean about her time as a hunter, how she was good at it but also realized that all hunters end up dead. Dean tells her about how she died, how it caused John to become obsessed with hunting and raise him and Sam in the life, and how Sam wanted out, but when John went missing, they realized they only had each other. They arrive at the house and join Cas, and while searching the grounds Dean comes across a sigil and disappears. He reappears inside the house where Toni catches him and shoves him into the basement with Sam and threatens to torture him so that Sam will give up information on the American hunters. Mary appears and threatens Toni with a gun, tossing handcuff keys to Dean who releases himself and Sam. Mary and Toni fight but are interrupted by [[Mick Davies]], who apologizes for her behavior and states that the British Men of Letters want to work with them instead.
[[12.03 The Foundry]] begins with [[Mary]] finding a case in Minnesota where people are found dead after reporting hearing a baby crying. [[Sam]] expresses concern over Mary's desire to get back into hunting but [[Dean]] is all for a "family hunting trip". Mary struggles with her lack of knowledge about the technological methods the boys use and the aftereffects of the attack. While salting and burning what they think is the ghost's bones, Sam remains concerned about Mary but Dean still believes she's just "adjusting". They return to the room to find Mary gone and upon discovering she's returned to the house, they return to rescue her but she's been possessed by the actual ghost. The ghost tries to make her kill Dean but she resists it and releases him. Dean keeps the ghost occupied while Sam finds the bones and burns them, which releases Mary and the ghosts of all the children in the house. Back in the Bunker, Dean apologies for taking over her case, but becomes hurt and angry when Mary says she has to leave to have some time by herself.
In [[12.04 American Nightmare]] Dean, still upset about [[Mary]]'s departure, travels with [[Sam]] to Mason City, Iowa, to investigate a person who died while being flayed by an invisible force and displaying signs of stigmata. As they discuss the victim, Olivia, with the priest who witnessed her death, Sam notices Dean is very short with him. They wonder if perhaps it was caused by a rogue angel, so Dean calls [[Cas]] to discuss the case. After hanging up with Cas, Dean texts Mary to check in on her and asks if he should still call her Mom. Sam returns and Dean briefs him on Cas' news -- the gates of Heaven are still closed, so it can't be an angel, and he and [[Crowley]] have teamed up to hunt for Lucifer, who has possessed the "Master of Butt-rock" [[Vince Vincente]]. Dean teases Sam when he defends Vince. They head to the morgue to examine Olivia's body, where Dean is dismissive to the medical examiner, and when Sam calls him out for being cranky, Dean denies it. They question Olivia's former employee and replacement, Beth, who's also a Wiccan, which causes Dean to believe she is responsible, but Sam disagrees. A grocery delivery guy is killed in the same fashion, and Olivia's case files show a connection to the Petersons, a "real Old-Testament type" family. They question the family, and afterward, Sam once again questions Dean about Mary's departure and how he's dealing with it, which Dean again brushes off. Discussing the case, Sam believes the ghost of their dead daughter, [[Magda Peterson]], is responsible. Dean disagrees, believing Beth is the killer and leaves to track her down, leaving Sam at the farm. Dean questions Beth and determines she was not responsible for Olivia's death. He receives a phone call from Sam who tells him Magda is still alive before he is attacked and the phone disconnects. Dean rushes back to the farm in time to save Sam, who was about to be poisoned by the Petersons. Afterward, Dean receives a text from Mary where she apologizes for not getting back to him sooner and says that she will ''always'' be "Mom".
[[12.05 The One You've Been Waiting For]] finds [[Sam]] and Dean in Columbus, Ohio, to investigate a case of two people falling victim to apparent spontaneous combustion. While investigating the shop where the deaths occurred, Dean finds a hidden room full of Nazi paraphernalia. Meanwhile, Sam hacks into the shop's computer and discovers the victims were meeting regarding an antique pocket watch, and that the store owner had a whole business catering to "Nazi nutjobs". He finds out that the pocket watch used to belong to Hitler's inner circle, and the boys presume the [[Thule]] are involved. They call [[Aaron Bass]] to see what the [[Judah Initiative]] knows about any local Thule activity. Aaron tells them they've all come back to Germany regarding a mission called "Das Blut" (The Blood). They ask him about the pocket watch but he doesn't know anything. When news of another spontaneous combustion death pops up, they head to the crime scene -- the apartment of a young woman who managed to escape. They leave the apartment in time to see a cop car driving off, with a woman in the back screaming for help. The follow the cop car to a parking garage where they rescue the woman, [[Ellie]], and tie up her captor for questioning. He is [[Christoph Nauhaus]], the son of [[Commandant Nauhaus]], a ranking officer in the Thule High Command. He explains how the soul of [[Hitler]] is trapped in the pocket watch "like a Horcrux", and the Thule plan to use it to resurrect Hitler, along with Ellie's blood, because she happens to be a direct descendant of Hitler -- "Das Blut". The boys convince Ellie to help them set a trap for the Thule, but while fighting Thule thugs, Ellie jumps out of the window and is captured by Nauhaus and Christoph. The boys head to a diner to research a tracking spell to find her, when Christoph arrives, having overheard their location while escaping execution. Christoph leads them to the location where the resurrection ritual is taking place. Handcuffing Christoph in the Impala, they plan their attack. Dean wants to use the [[Grenade Launcher]] but Sam refuses since they need to be stealthy; he promises Dean he'll be able to use it someday. The boys launch their attack but are captured and brought to the room where Hitler's soul has already been transferred into Nauhaus. Ellie is lying on a gurney, weak from blood loss. she staggers from the gurney, grabbing a gun and shooting one of Nauhaus/Hitler's flunkies. Dean uses the distraction to grab a gun and shoots the other flunkies, then shoots Hitler. They walk back to the Impala with Ellie, and Dean exclaims multiple times "I killed Hitler!". They release Christoph and take Ellie back to her apartment. Dean suggests heading for pie since he deserves it after... killing Hitler!
In [[12.06 Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox]], [[Sam]] and Dean are on their way home from a hunt in Brookings, Idaho, and stop by [[Jody]]'s house in Sioux Falls for a visit. The girls are out of town at a Radiohead concert but Jody invites them in for pizza. Dean, of course, informs Jody that he killed Hitler. While eating, Jody receives a phone call which leaves her obviously upset. The boys ask her what's wrong, and she tells them a friend of hers died -- [[Asa Fox]] -- and they're having a wake tonight with a hunter's funeral the next day. The boys insist on going with her to support her, and also because they've never been to a hunter's gathering before. She tells them they'll have to get cleaned up before they spend five hours in a car together, as the gathering is in Manitoba, Canada.
They arrive and meet Asa's mom [[Lorraine Fox]] and several hunters, amongst them [[Elvis Katz]] and [[Bucky Sims]]. Dean wanders into Asa's office where Sam finds him. Sam talks about how people tell stories about them, and when Dean mentions they're "kinda legendary", Sam says that Asa was too. Dean states that's how it usually goes for hunters, Sam questions it and Dean explains that they're not in the "live till you're 90, die in your sleep" business.
Later, most of the hunters have left and only a handful remain. Bucky begins telling a story about Asa and reveals Jody and Asa had a relationship, when suddenly [[Mary]] arrives. Dean asks where she's been and she tells him she's been using [[John]]'s journal to catch up on what she's missed, and that it was something she had to do on her own. Dean is annoyed, believing she was ignoring his texts and leaves to get some air. Outside, [[Billie]] appears, saying she's just finished reaping a soul from inside the house. Dean runs to the door to find it locked. Billie says the house is on lockdown, so he can't get in and no one inside can hear him. Dean makes a deal with Billie to get him inside, where he finds out Elvis has been possessed by a demon. They fight, but when Dean starts to exorcise it, the demon snaps Elvis's neck and leaves his body. The rest of the group joins him and works to trap the demon, but Dean discovers it has possessed Jody and stops Mary from killing her. The demon gets Bucky to admit to killing Asa as the group, taking turns with the Latin, manages to exorcise it. Afterward, Bucky explains he and Asa were hunting the demon, [[Jael]]. Asa wanted to chase him but didn't have his angel blade, and Bucky when wanted to go back to get it, they fought and Bucky pushed him, accidentally killing him. Dean accused him of stringing Asa up on the tree to try and frame Jael for his death, which Bucky admitted.
The next morning at Asa's hunters funeral, Billie appears to collect on the deal: Mary. She tells Mary she knows she's all alone - Which Dean argues - and offers to take her back to Heaven. Mary turns down the "offer", but when Sam asks if she's coming home, she tells them she needs just a little more time, and Dean offers to buy her breakfast with all the bacon.
[[12.07 Rock Never Dies]] begins with Dean sitting in [[the Bunker]]'s Library playing Words with Friends with [[Mary]]. [[Sam]] accuses him of taking advantage of her lack of technical skills until Mary plays a high point word against him. Sam asks how she's doing and Dean says she's "dealing," when [[Cas]] calls. Dean asks if he's still working with [[Crowley]] - "Unfortunately". Sam asks if there's any news on [[Lucifer]], and Cas tells them to check the news which is flooded with news about [[Vince Vincente]] getting his band "Ladyheart" back together. Dean wonders how Vince can be Lucifer since [[Rowena]] damaged him. Crowley explains it is unlikely a Ladyheart revival is happening without outside influence and tells them to meet them in LA.
As the boys drive to LA, Dean is complaining to Sam about having to go, recalling the last time they were there hunting a vengeful spirit (from [[2.18 Hollywood Babylon]]). He realizes Sam has headphones in and asks him what he's listening to. Sam says it's a history podcast and protests when Dean suggests letting him listen; Dean pulls out the headphones to discover Sam is listening to Ladyheart and teases him about it. Sam protests that it's actually research and makes Dean listen to it.
They meet Cas and Crowley at Vince's hotel. Crowley is certain Lucifer is still possessing Vince and, having acquired the key, suggests searching his room. They discover Vince/Lucifer has been reading rock star biographies as if he's researching how to become famous, and Cas finds a bloody tooth. They hear a woman, [[Roseleen Greenfield]], has been admitted to the hospital after carving "Vince Vincente" onto her chest and they question her, asking if Vince forced her to do it. She claims she did it to make him happy and tries to leave to get to a secret Ladyheart show. To discover where this secret show is, Sam and Dean arrange to meet with Vince's PR person but she refuses to tell them where it is. [[Tommy]] calls Cas after Lucifer kills [[Russell Lemmons]] and lets them know where the show is. Sam and Dean clear the concert-goers from the venue and fight Lucifer, draining him and causing his vessel to disintegrate. Lucifer leaves Vince, killing him.
Outside the club, Dean thanks Cas and Crowley for fighting Lucifer before the show, and while they didn't catch Lucifer they saved the crowd so he's calling it a win. Sam disagrees, saying everyone who died that night, including Vince, is on them because they let Lucifer out and that he threatened to possess someone even bigger. Dean assures Sam they will stop Lucifer because that's what they do.
[[Sam]] and Dean run into [[Castiel]] and [[Crowley]] posing as FBI agents while investigating the death of Wallace Parker in [[12.08 LOTUS]]. Parker, a powerful CEO, was obviously [[Lucifer]]'s latest vessel and wasn't able to hold him, and it's obvious that Lucifer is choosing powerful people to possess. Back at [[the Bunker]], Sam is researching people in power looking for Lucifer's next victim. He notices a picture of the Archbishop of St. Louis with Parker. In the picture he is wearing a large cross, but in a new picture the cross is missing, and Sam discovers that all of his future public appearances have been canceled. They head to the Archdiocese to investigate, where they find everyone has been killed except for one priest who tells them they realized the Archbishop was possessed and tried to exorcise him, which failed. Among the dead is the Archbishop, meaning Lucifer has moved on.
Back at the Bunker, Dean powers down the wards to allow Crowley to report big news on Lucifer. Crowley had received intel that Lucifer's latest vessel is [[President Jefferson Rooney]]. They strategize how to get close enough to the President to exorcise Lucifer from him.
Cas is suddenly overcome by a burst of activity on angel radio, saying a Nephilim has come into being but with much more power used to create it than from a typical angel - Lucifer. Dean comments that he didn't know Lucifer was dating.
On their way to Indianapolis to intercept the President at a fundraiser, Sam, Dean, and Cas are stopped by [[Rick Sanchez]] and the Secret Service, who try to take them into custody. From behind, a black sedan stops and a man exits with a grenade launcher, destroying the government agent's vehicle and knocking them unconscious. The man tells Cas to wipe their memories and introduces himself - Arthur [[Ketch]], British Men of Letters. Dean, of course, doesn't trust him, so Ketch shows them the high-tech weapons he has, including the [[Hyperbolic Pulse Generator]]. Dean borrows the Pulse Generator, saying the BMoL have to trust them first.
Crowley discovers Rooney/Lucifer's secret girlfriend - [[Kelly Kline]] - and teleports her to a hotel room where they convince her that Lucifer has possessed the President and have her call him to arrange a meeting. Rooney/Lucifer arrives and Sam uses the Pulse Generator to pull Lucifer from the President, while [[Rowena]] casts a spell to send him back to the Cage. Rooney collapses and is unharmed but while Sam and Dean attempt to revive him, they are taken into custody by Sanchez and the Secret Service for attempting to assassinate the President.
[[12.09 First Blood]] opens with [[Sam]] and Dean being taken to a "black site" for questioning and imprisonment, and they are placed into separate cells with no windows. When questioned, they say nothing so they are left in isolation, the only contact being meals served through a slot in the door. Dean finds a loose screw in his cot and uses it to mark the passing days.
After about two months, the guard places a meal in Sam's door but he doesn't come to get it. Looking through the slot, he sees Sam unconscious on his cot. The guard opens the door and discovers Sam is dead. They open Dean's cell and finds him dead as well.
In the morgue, Dean suddenly sits up, gasping and coughing. Sam is already up and asks Dean if he's good - "I've been better, but I've been worse." They hear footsteps approaching; Dean gets behind the door and grabs the coroner as he enters. Sam asks him where they are but the coroner doesn't know - he's always blindfolded when he's brought in. Escaping outside, Dean uses the coroner's cell phone to call [[Castiel]]. Sam finds a map in a vehicle parked outside and discovers they're in the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, and they ask Cas to pick them up. Ditching the cell phone, they head off into the forest. [[Rick Sanchez]] discovers they are missing and gathers troops to follow them into the forest.
The troops catch up to Sam and Dean, but they manage to capture one of them, take his rifle, and use his radio to threaten Sanchez - "We're not trapped out here with you, you're trapped out here with us." As darkness descends, Sam and Dean find an abandoned cabin. In the cabin, Dean finds a bear trap, which he places in front of the cabin and covers with leaves. Sam lights a lamp, which draws Sanchez and the troops to the cabin. Sam, hiding under the floorboards, takes down several while outside, Dean takes down a few more. Then Sanchez steps in the bear trap where Dean captures him and Sam joins him. They explain that the President was possessed by Lucifer and they saved his life. Sam and Dean leave Sanchez in the trap, warning him not to come looking for them.
They find the freeway, where [[Mary]] and Cas are waiting for them, explaining they were able to find them with assistance of the BMoL. They leave in Mary's car, which suddenly loses power and stops. [[Billie]] is there, and Dean reveals that in order to escape the black site, Dean made a deal with Billie - they would get to die and come back one more time, but in exchange, at midnight a Winchester must die. Mary volunteers and draws her gun to shoot herself when Cas kills Billie with an angel blade.
In [[12.10 Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets]], [[Sam]] and Dean are in [[the Bunker]] discussing the search for [[Kelly Kline]] and [[Mary]]'s return to hunting. Sam asks Dean if he's talked to [[Castiel]] but Dean is still angry with him for killing [[Billie]], not because Cas cares about them but because of the consequences of killing her. Cas, overhearing, says he will deal with any consequences should they occur, but for now he has to leave to assist an angel friend of his who called for help. Sam offers to go with him and Dean agrees, wishing to prevent Cas from "doing anything else stupid". In the [[Impala]] Cas and Dean are not talking but Sam finally gets Cas to talk about his friend, [[Benjamin]]. They arrive at the location and find Benjamin has been killed. Dean finds an angel blade but Cas says it's not Benjamin's which seems to indicate another angel attacked him. Cas hears a call over angel radio from another angel he served with, [[Ishim]]. They meet at a diner; Cas goes in alone where he also finds [[Mirabel]] there with Ishim.
Dean gets tired of waiting outside for Cas so he joins him and the other angels in the diner, Sam following. Ishim sends Mirabel outside to look for any others.
In the diner, Sam and Dean get annoyed with Ishim taunting Cas. Cas stops them from arguing as it's more important to figure out what happened to Benjamin. Ishim agrees but suggests going to his safehouse and goes outside to get Mirabel. Cas, Dean, and Sam follow Ishim out just in time to find Mirabel dead and Ishim fighting with [[Lily Sunder]]. Cas rushes to help Ishim and recognizes Lily. Dean and Sam draw their guns on her but she blinds them with a spell and gets away.
At Ishim's safe house, Cas explains to Sam and Dean how they know Lily - a long time ago, they were sent to kill an angel and a Nephilim, who was Lily's daughter. She is using some sort of magic to stay alive and exact her revenge. Sam and Dean agree to talk to her since she doesn't want to hurt them. They find her, and Lily explains she wants revenge on Ishim because he was obsessed with her, so when she didn't return his affections, he killed her human daughter, claiming she was a Nephilim. Dean tries to call Cas to confirm but he's not answering, so he returns to the safehouse while Sam stays with Lily.
Back at the safehouse, Cas is greatly weakened by healing Ishim's wound from his fight with Lily. Dean finds him and tells him Lily's daughter was human and that he thinks Ishim is playing them. Ishim returns and when Cas confronts him, Ishim tries to turn Cas against Dean. Dean attacks Ishim, who throws him against the wall, then begins to fight with Cas. Dean draws an angel banishing sigil and threatens to use it, but Ishim tells him that using it would probably kill Cas in his weakened state so Dean stops. Lily and Sam arrive; Sam rushes to Dean and Lily fights Ishim, finally using her power to hold him long enough for Cas to kill him. Cas apologizes to Lily and tells her that if she decides she can't forgive him, he'll be waiting.
Back at the Bunker, Dean tells Cas he's not weak for being their friend and explains that he's not mad about him killing Billie, he's just worried about the consequences. Cas acknowledges his concern but still does not regret doing it even if it costs him his life. Dean then asks him what he's going to do about Kelly and the Nephilim she's carrying. Cas says that while he knows a Nephilim is dangerous, he's not sure he can kill her. Dean asks what they're going to do, and Cas suggests they drink and hope they can find a better way.
[[12.11 Regarding Dean]] finds Dean chasing a man through a forest at night. Catching up to him, he confronts the man but is suddenly blasted by purple light and knocked out. He comes to the next morning in a park, having no idea where he is or how he got there. His phone is broken so he borrows one from a passing jogger and calls [[Sam]], who asks where he's been and where he's at. Dean notices a waffle house and tells Sam to meet him there.
Sam arrives at the restaurant and asks him what happened but Dean has no recollection of the previous night and assumes he blacked out. Sam, upon finding out Dean's phone is broken, says he'll text [[Castiel]] to let him know to contact him instead of Dean in case he gets a lead on [[Kelly Kline]]. Dean does not recognize Kelly's name until Sam reminds him she's carrying [[Lucifer]]'s baby. When Dean tries to get Sam to have some waffles, he tells Dean they have a case to work which he also doesn't recall. As they're leaving, a woman walks up to Dean, obviously recognizing him but he does not remember her, which earns him a slap on the face.
In the morgue, they review the autopsy report and discover one of the items removed from the victim is a hex bag, indicating a witch was involved. Returning to the [[Impala]], Dean first forgets which key to use, then forgets to put it in reverse, and even briefly forgets his name.
Back at the hotel, Dean claims to be okay but Sam wonders if he was hexed and starts quizzing him about the names of items in the room, which Dean falters on. Sam calls Rowena, who upon hearing about Dean's failing memory believes he may have been hit with a memory curse, and the cure requires killing the witch who cast it. Sam and Dean begin to retrace Dean's steps from the previous night in order to find the witch, which leads them to a glyph on a tree and the dead body of the man Dean was chasing the night before. Sam takes a picture of the body and the glyph and they return to the hotel room.
Rowena arrives and recognizes the witch and the glyph. While Sam leaves to confront the witches and retrieve the spell to cure him, and Rowena prepares to cast the spell, Dean looks in the bathroom mirror and tries to recite his and his family's names, but soon forgets even that.
When Sam is captured by the witches, Rowena and a now completely amnesiac Dean leave to rescue him. Dean wakes up alone in the car where Rowena has left notes directing him to grab the gun and witch-killing bullets. He enters the house and uses them to kill the witches. Using the witch's grimoire, Rowena reverses the memory spell and Dean's memory returns.
In the style of Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs", [[12.12 Stuck in the Middle (With You)]] begins with Dean, [[Sam]], [[Mary]], and [[Castiel]] in a diner with another hunter [[Wally]], who has asked for help taking down a demon. During the attack, they discover the demon is more powerful than they were led to believe and has two other demons with him. The demon stabs Cas with a spear while Wally is killed by one of the other demons, and Dean kills a third that was threatening Sam. They call Mary and head to a barn where she has taken a now gravely-injured Cas. When they arrive, she tells them the demon had yellow eyes. Dean goes to Cas to ask him what happened, and Cas tells him about the spear and that he believes it may have been poisoned. Suddenly, [[Crowley]] appears, telling them they're all going to die because they have taken on not just a demon but a [[Prince of Hell]], [[Ramiel]], and that Cas was stabbed by the [[Lance of Michael]] which kills angels slow and painful - and there is no cure. Dean tells Crowley to shut up and help them or leave, and Crowley disappears. Dean asks Cas how he's doing, and Cas pulls aside his shirt, showing the rot from the Lance's wound has spread. He tells them they should go and when Dean protests, Cas tells them they are his family and he loves them, and begs them to not make him spend his last moments watching them die. Dean refuses, saying they don't leave family behind and that they'll stay and fight.
They prepare a trap made out of holy oil. When Ramiel enters the barn, they light the holy oil and demand a cure for Cas, but he says there is no cure. He then accuses them of stealing from him, which Dean denies. Ramiel uses the Lance to blow out the holy fire and fights Sam and Dean. In the fight, Sam takes the Lance from Ramiel and kills him with it. As Cas' condition deteriorates, Crowley appears, grabs the Lance and breaks it in half, releasing the magic and curing Cas. He wonders what Ramiel meant by his accusation, but Dean dismisses it. Picking up the pieces of the Lance, he says "Let's go home."
In [[12.13 Family Feud]], Dean is on the phone with [[Castiel]], who reports no leads in finding [[Kelly Kline]]. [[Sam]] has found another case involving the murder of a teacher at a Des Moines museum and Dean calls [[Mary]] to see if she wants in on it. Mary begs off, saying she's in a hotel in Newark recovering from the last case with [[Ramiel]].
On the way to Des Moines, Sam tells Dean of another teacher murdered in Andover, Massachusetts, under similar circumstances to the one in Des Moines, and that it's too bad Mary didn't want to join. Dean feels there's something off about her but Sam disagrees. In Des Moines, they talk to the museum curator who explains there has been yet another murder. Dean asks if there have been any new exhibits and she takes them to the lab where a new exhibit has been uncrated. Dean checks the EMF meter, which is off the charts, which leads them to believe it's a ghost. One of the exhibits in the lab are artifacts from a sunken ship called The Star, which Dean remembers was the ship [[Gavin MacLeod]] was supposed to die on. Dean calls [[Crowley]] to ask if he knows where Gavin is, but Crowley demands they find [[Kelly Kline]] first. They turn to [[Rowena]] asking for her help, telling her Gavin is her grandson.
They pick up Gavin at the bus terminal and ask him for information on The Star, introduce him to Rowena, and then take him to the museum lab. Gavin looks through the list of artifacts and discovers a locket belonging to his fiance [[Fiona Duncan]] is among the items, and they determine she must be the ghost, tethered to the locket - but when they look for it, the locket is missing. They talk to the curator, who tells them another school group which had recently visited the lab. Sam, Dean, and Gavin head to the school in time to stop another teacher's murder, then have Gavin summon Fiona's ghost. After talking to her, Gavin tells Sam and Dean that she boarded the boat looking for him, where she was abused, and their teacher who was also on the boat said she deserved it, hence her vendetta against teachers. They determine the only way to stop her is to send Gavin back to his time to protect Fiona and prevent her from becoming a vengeful spirit, which Gavin agrees to do. Back in the [[Bunker]], they use [[Henry Winchester]]'s time travel spell to send Gavin back to his time. Checking the news, all of the teachers who were previously murdered are alive. Mary returns and tells the boys she's been working with the British [[Men of Letters]].
===[[:Category:Season 13|Season 13]]===
===[[:Category:Season 14|Season 14]]===
In the Season 14 Premiere [[14.01 Stranger in a Strange Land]], [[Michael (Apocalypse World)]] continues to possess Dean as he travels the world looking for someone/something worth saving for his "better world". Dean reappears at the end of [[14.02 Gods and Monsters]] in the dilapidated church where Michael performed his experiments after [[Sam]], [[Bobby (Apocalypse World)]], and [[Mary]] take down a pack of Michael's augmented werewolves, and has no idea why Michael left.
When Dean returns to the [[Bunker]] in [[14.03 The Scar]], after he teases Sam about his beard, Sam asks if he's okay. Dean says he's good, doesn't know why Michael left, and as for his memory, he can't remember anything that happened while Michael possessed him, that it was "just a blink", and he's just really happy to be home... Then he sees the Map room has been inundated by the AU hunters. A hunter calls Sam "Chief" and Dean is about to tease him about that when Jack and Cas enter, overjoyed to see him. Dean excuses himself to clean up and returns to his room. Angrily whipping off the clothes Michael dressed him in, he turns to a mirror and notices a scar on his upper arm. After showing the scar to Sam and Cas, he asks Cas to look into his memories to see if they can determine what happened. Cas touches his head and sees memories of Michael's questioning and experiments, but when he touches the scar itself, he sees Michael on the ground being stabbed by a double-pronged spear wielded by an unknown hooded figure - the same person and spear that killed [[Kaia]] in the Bad Place. They call Jody to ask if there had been any disturbances at the rift in the boatyard but she hasn't seen anything. However, when Dean describes the scar, Jody knows what they are talking about as she has several beheaded bodies with a similar scar in the morgue. Sam and Dean load up and head to Sioux Falls to investigate.
When they arrive, Jody welcomes Dean back and compliments Sam's beard, much to Dean's chagrin. She points out the crime scene on a map and they head out. They discover a clearing with vampire heads stuck on pikes, probably belonging to the bodies in Jody's morgue, and the clearing looks just like the one Dean saw when Cas touched the scar. Suddenly they are attacked by the hooded figure with the spear. During the fight, the hood comes off, revealing someone that looks just like Kaia, who then turns and runs away with the spear. Dean finds her tracks but Sam stops him and tells him he believes the vamps were hunting her instead and were sent by Michael -- Jody had tested the bodies and they didn't react to dead man's blood. Dean does not care and continues to follow the tracks, which leads them to a cabin. Dean sees [[Dark Kaia]] and knocks her out, but the spear is not in sight. He ties her to a chair and they begin questioning her. She explains her and Kaia were connected and her death was an accident -- she meant to kill [[Claire]]. They ask her why she's here; she looks at Dean and says "because of him". Dean tells her he's not Michael anymore which she acknowledges, saying he's much weaker. Dean tells her she's still scared but she says she's not scared of him, she's scared of Michael's vampires which are hunting her. Jody wants to take her to the station for safety but Dean wants to "break her" so she will tell him where the spear is.
He kicks Kaia's chair against the wall and demands answers. Dark Kaia refuses and accuses him of being no different from Michael -- using threats and violence to get what he wants. She reminds him of the incident from [[13.09 The Bad Place]] where Dean forced her into the [[Impala]] at gunpoint. She tells Dean his anger and impatience come from fear of Michael and tells them about her confrontation with Michael. Michael tried to take the spear from her, knowing it was the one thing that could hurt him, and she stabbed him with it. Michael's vampires arrive and burst into the cabin to take Kaia. Sam, Jody, and Dean try to fight the vampires but they are too strong. Dean shoots the leg out from under Kaia's chair to free her; she runs to get the spear and kills the vampires before disappearing again, spear in hand. In the Impala on the way back to the Bunker, Dean admits to Sam that his time with Michael was not a "blink" and he doesn't remember anything Michael did with his meatsuit because he was drowning, fighting for air the whole time and trying to escape but he was not strong enough. He blames himself for everything Michael has done because he said "Yes".
In a return to the MOTW format, [[14.04 Mint Condition]] opens with Dean in his room watching 'All Saint's Day' and avoiding the mass of AU hunters in the [[Bunker]]. Sam comes to check on him and to tell him of a new case - a comic book store employee beaten up by a Panthro action figure. They head to the store, where Dean nerds out over a life-sized talking 'David Yeager' ([[Hatchet Man]]) figure. Posing as insurance agents, they question the clerk [[Samantha Juarez]] regarding [[Stuart Blake]], the guy who was attacked by the action figure, and she directs them to Stuart's mom's house where he lives in the basement. They question Stuart about the attack and he claims he made it all up, then kicks them out when they attempt to question him further. Stuart's ex-girlfriend is Wiccan so they figure she might have cursed him. While waiting in the [[Impala]] for Stuart and his mom to leave so they can check the house for [[hex bags]], Dean asks [[Sam]] why he doesn't like Halloween, but before he can answer, Stuart's mom leaves and Sam comments that Stuart changed his story because of all the brutal comments on the video. Suddenly Stuart emerges from the house screaming for help and bleeding from multiple cuts. Dean runs inside to investigate and is attacked by a floating chainsaw which barely misses him, embedding in the wall next to his head.
Stuart is in the hospital, his mom at his bedside talking to the boys and thanking them for saving his life. She says she needs to go home to get his favorite pillow but they convince her to stay until he wakes up. They leave the room to discuss the case in the hall, where Dean reveals that he didn't find any hex bags but the EMF was going crazy, so it must be a ghost. Sam suggests Dean stay to keep Stuart's mom from leaving so he can check the house. Stuart's friend [[Dirk Winchell]] arrives to check on Stuart, and he and Dean begin to bond over their love of the 'All Saint's Day' franchise of horror movies. Dean receives a call from Sam; he's calling from the comic book shop where he and Samantha were just attacked by the Hatchet Man figure which has been possessed by the ghost of [[Jordan MacNeel]], the recently deceased owner of the shop. Sam tells his brother that the possessed figure is on his way to the hospital to finish off Stuart. Dean draws a salt circle around Stuart's bed while giving Dirk "the talk", explaining that Jordan is coming to kill Stuart. He tells Dirk to get inside, while he heads out to find Jordan/Hatchet Man. In Stuart's room, the lights begin to flicker and drawers open and shut, causing Dirk to panic and run. Dean finds an ax in a fire box (he starts to break the glass and then realizes he can just open the door to take it). Dirk rounds the corner to find Stuart's mom screaming as she's confronted by the Hatchet Man figure, and he tells Jordan/Hatchet Man that he knows he's there to kill Stuart but he'll have to go through him first. Jordan/Hatchet Man starts coming for him and Dirk runs. He ends up in the morgue and meets Dean, when Jordan/Hatchet Man rises from one of the morgue gurneys. Dean approaches him with the ax and tries to talk him out of attacking, but he pushes the button -- "Time to slice and dice" -- and attacks Dean, who loses his ax in the fight. Just as Jordan is about to strike him with the ax, Dirk stabs Jordan with a knife. Jordan attacks Dirk, and Dean tries to attack Jordan but is captured, and Jordan starts to strangle him. Just then, Sam and Samantha burst in the door telling Dean to get the shop keys -- they belonged to Jordan and it's how he's moving around. Dean fishes them out of Hatchet Man's pocket and tosses them to Sam, who places them in a bowl and sets them on fire, burning Jordan's ghost and saving Dean.
On the drive back, Dean thanks Sam for finding the case and getting him out of his post-Michael funk. Sam tells him he needs to stop hiding in his room, that the things Michael did are not on him. Dean agrees to help out more. He asks Sam again why he hates Halloween and Sam finally tells him about an incident at a Halloween party when he was a kid. Dean tells him he needs to get over it and that next year they're getting matching Halloween costumes ("Rocky and Bullwinkle", "Shaggy and Scooby").
[[14.05 Nightmare Logic]] finds [[Sam]] and Dean heading to Claremore, Oklahoma, after [[Maggie]] misses a check-in while on a hunt, and her body-cam shows she was attacked by a [[ghoul]]. She was following a lead from an online post where some kids were studying and were attacked by what they called a "walker". They enter the crypt where Maggie was attacked but find no blood, meaning she is probably still alive. A gardener finds them in the crypt, and Sam tells him they're from the Historic Preservation Society and asks to speak to the owner. The gardener takes them to the main house where they talk to [[Neil]] who is excited over the prospect of the property being declared a historical site but wonders how many people it takes, as their colleagues have already arrived -- [[Mary]] and [[Bobby (Apocalypse World)]]. Mary takes Sam aside to talk, while Dean and Bobby question Neil, who tells them he's not the owner and escorts them to Mr. Rawlings, who is unconscious and bedridden, and also looks like the ghoul who appeared in Maggie's video. [[Sasha Rawlings]], the daughter, enters the room and the boys question her about her father, but she really doesn't know much because she just came down to take care of his affairs. They start to ask more questions but she asks them to leave. They meet Bobby and Mary by the [[Impala]] where Bobby briefs them on his investigation into the elder Rawlings: he's not a ghoul, and the standard tests ruled out shapeshifter and demon. Bobby then argues with Sam over having sent Maggie on this case by herself before she's ready and says he's not a real leader. Mary stands up for Sam and suggests they split up to look for Maggie. Dean and Bobby split off, and Bobby asks Dean if he thinks he was too hard on Sam. Dean tells him Sam is doing the best he can and working his tail off. They find an old shed and Dean goes in to investigate and finds a body. He turns to look for Bobby, who has disappeared, and is attacked by the "ghoul" who turns into a cloud of dust when Dean stabs it. Bobby reappears and asks him what happened.
Dean returns to the house to find Mary and Sam talking to Sasha, who was attacked by what appeared to be a vampire while investigating noises coming from the attic. Dean tells them he found a dead guy in the shed, and Sam shows him a burned ID card -- he and Mary had found a pile of ID cards in a pile in the woods, partially burned. The ID picture matches the guy Dean found in the shed; something is killing hunters. Mary, alarmed, asks where Bobby is and Dean tells her he went to get something from the truck. She rushes outside to find him. Sam wonders if the dad is like [[Fred Jones]] and is creating the apparitions, but Sasha says her dad has never shown any psychic abilities. Sam goes to investigate the attic while Dean stays with Neil and Sasha. Dean and Sasha talk about her troubles with her dad; she blames him for her mother's suicide. Dean counsels her to "let it go", that he tries to do the same every day. They walk to the room where Neil is attending to Mr. Rawlings. Dean notices bags of blood attached to him and asks Neil if Mr. Rawlings is getting a transfusion. Neil stammers and says his iron is low. Dean, suspicious, asks Sasha to make him a sandwich as a ruse to get her to leave the room, and Dean draws a gun on Neil, realizing he's a [[djinn]]. Dean asks him why he's killing hunters and Neil says it's because he asked him to; he thinks Dean is [[Michael (Apocalypse World)]] and was testing him. Michael made him a deal: kill hunters in exchange for upgraded powers. When Neil realizes Dean is not Michael, he attacks Dean and attempts to read his mind, but sees something that distracts him enough for Dean to escape and hit him with a metal bookend. Before Dean knocks him out, Neil reveals Michael has laid many traps for him and his family. Dean empties a clip into him. Later, Dean removes the IVs from Mr. Rawlings and tells Sasha he'll recover as soon as the djinn's poison leaves his system.
Back at the Bunker, Maggie is welcomed back and Dean tells Sam he was the one that did this, that he saved her and brought her home.
Later, Sam and Dean make calls to all the hunters they know to warn them about Michael's traps and super-charged monsters. Sam reiterates to Dean that none of this is his fault, that Michael used him and they will find him and kill him.
In [[14.06 Optimism]], Dean finds [[Jack]] in the kitchen adding a ton of sugar to his coffee. Dean comments on his sweet tooth and Jack explains that since he lost his [[Grace]], everything tastes different. Dean asks him where [[Sam]] is and Jack says he and [[Charlie Bradbury (Apocalypse World)]] went on a case while Dean was on a run to Bobby and Mary's place. Dean remarks that they just left Jack at the [[Bunker]] all alone, and Jack explains that Sam wanted someone there when Dean got back. Sam is, of course, worried about Dean, who is not surprised. Jack tells him that no one blames him for what happened with Michael but Dean still blames himself. Jack still has a cough and when Dean comments on it, Jack says maybe he's allergic to sitting around doing nothing. Dean asks him what he wants to do, and Jack says he wants to hunt. He's been on hunts with [[Castiel]]. Dean informs him that while Cas says he's doing well, Cas is an insurance policy on those cases and Sam is just trying to keep him safe. He says Sam's a smart guy (cut to Sam in the car with Charlie using a fidget spinner incorrectly and giggling). Jack shows Dean a possible case in McCook, Nebraska, where Winston Mathers was found dead with human bite marks present, and others have gone missing as well. Dean says Sam isn't going to like Jack going on a hunt, but Jack counters that Sam isn't there and that since all hunters have to have partners, Jack could be Dean's on this hunt. Jack says he feels a desperate need to do something since he had the opportunity to kill Michael and didn't. Dean reluctantly agrees and calls Sam to let him know.
Their first stop in McCook is Winston's favorite restaurant (as stated in his obituary), Dick's Red Rooster Diner. There they question the waitress, who gives them attitude until Dean slips her some money, after which she reveals that he was courting [[Harper Sayles]]. They interview several other people about Harper, who all state how sweet and popular she is but also how much bad luck she's had in both love and life. Dean congratulates Jack on finding a case and treats him to some pie. Jack asks Dean about "courting" and Dean says he'll give him "the talk" later, but now they have to find Harper. Jack wonders if maybe she's not human, and Dean says that's what they're going to find out. When Jack asks how, Dean asks him if he's ever read a romance novel.
Cut to the library where Harper works. Dean enters and begins questioning her brusquely and making her uncomfortable. Jack enters and interrupts them by asking for a book about the area's history, and when "bad cop" Dean protests, "good cop" Jack tells him she doesn't appear to want to talk to him and he can't make her without arresting her. Dean tells him to back off, and Jack counters with "No, YOU back off... OLD MAN." Dean visibly reacts to the term (out of his "bad cop" character), claims "This isn't over" and leaves, giving Jack a bit of a dirty look as he does. Harper is impressed and grateful to Jack for intervening and says she has the perfect book for him -- at her apartment. As Dean sits in the [[Impala]], muttering "old man, my ass", he watches as Harper and Jack exit the library and are accosted by another library employee, Miles, who jealously questions her about taking a stranger to her apartment. Harper and Jack leave anyway, and Dean starts to follow Miles, who heads around the back of the library to dump trash. As Dean is rounding the corner he hears a shout and trash cans thrown, but when he gets there he finds Miles lying on the ground, dead.
Dean texts Jack and tells him to call him. Jack excuses himself to use the bathroom and calls him. He explains that Harper passed all the tests so is not a monster, and he's 99% sure she's in love with him. Dean tells him that's not how it works and he's sure she's not in love with him, but Jack counters that if she actually is, he needs to know all about sex, GO. Dean tells him Miles is dead and they have bigger things to worry about, that something is stalking Harper or those around her... and the line goes dead as Dean is attacked. Jack exits the bathroom, where Harper apologizes for being so intense and asks if they should go get coffee... when Dean bursts through the door. He and Jack explain that they're there to save her. Harper asks what they're going to save her from, when something starts bashing at her door, growling. Dean sees a picture of Harper's boyfriend and recognizes him as the thing that attacked him -- her boyfriend [[Vance]] is a zombie. Vance bashes through the door and Dean fights him, allowing Jack and Harper to escape. Suddenly Vance stops fighting Dean, stands with a blank look on his face, and runs out the door. Dean follows him to the library, where Harper has let him in and revealed she is a necromancer who killed Vance to keep him from leaving her for college and turned him into a zombie... and he needs to kill and eat Jack to maintain his body. Dean sneaks in, finds Jack, and tells him that the only way to stop a zombie is to drive them back to their grave and use a silver stake to keep them there. Working together, they trap Vance using silver handcuffs but Harper escapes.
Back in the Bunker, Dean and Jack are discussing the case. Jack asks him if since Vance is back in his grave, he can't hurt anyone, and Dean says the stake through the heart will keep him there. Jack then asks, "So that's... love?" Dean laughs and says that love can actually get crazier than that, and with Harper still out there it might get crazy yet. He then tells Jack he did good, which Jack uses as evidence that he should be able to go on hunts. Dean tells him it's not about being right, that he'll make mistakes but it's how he handles himself after making them and learning from them. Jack responds "and not beating yourself up about them." Dean smiles and agrees, and says he'll talk to Sam when he returns... but Jack starts coughing violently and collapses on the floor bleeding from his nose and mouth while Dean looks on helplessly.
[[14.07 Unhuman Nature]] picks up with Dean and [[Sam]] waiting in the hall outside [[Jack]]'s room while [[Castiel]] attempts to heal him. Cas tells them he did what he could but he doesn't know what's wrong with him. They hear Jack fall from his bed and rush in, finding him on the ground and foaming at the mouth. They rush him to the hospital where the doctors begin to treat him, as Sam, Cas, and Dean look on, worried. The doctor emerges and tells them that all of the tests they've run on Jack have come back negative but his body is in systemic failure and they don't know why; they need to run more tests. Dean, talking to Sam, wonders how many more tests they can run, and Sam believes there isn't anything else the hospital can do for him -- they've never seen anything like Jack and they obviously can't tell them what he really is. Dean suggests taking him home and finding another way to treat him, like calling [[Rowena]], and Sam says he's already called her. They put Cas' trench coat on Jack and, telling the doctors they're going to get a second opinion, they take him back to the [[Bunker]].
After much convincing from Sam, Rowena attempts to cure Jack while Dean, Sam, and Cas wait in the hall. She tells them because he's a [[Nephilim]], his [[Grace]] is what holds his human and angel sides in balance and without it, his cells are destroying themselves. Cas offers his grace but because Jack is part archangel, Cas' grace isn't strong enough. While Rowena is explaining this, Dean's vision begins to blur and the voices echo, but only for a moment. He recovers in time to hear Rowena say Jack's condition will be the end of him.
Dean brings Jack some milk and a sandwich and finds Jack packing; since he's dying, he wants to experience life before it's over, and he doesn't want to waste time arguing since he knows Dean will disagree. Dean asks "Did I say I disagree?".
Dean walks into the Library where Sam, Rowena, and Cas are attempting to find something to help Jack. Cas has found books on archangels but nothing about nephilim. Rowena has talked to "the greatest minds in witchcraft" but they don't have anything either, to which Dean quips "well then they're not the greatest minds, are they?". Sam says he talked to [[Ketch]] who has a line on a shaman, [[Sergei]], but as Sam starts to explain, Dean's vision and hearing begins to blur and echo again briefly. Sam says he has the location of the shaman and Cas offers to go talk to him, as Jack enters the room, packed and ready to go, and tells them they're heading out. Dean tells them they're "taking Baby out for some exercise" as he and Jack leave.
Their first stop is a burger place and as they're leaving, Dean tosses the keys to Jack and tells him he's going to drive. When Jack says he doesn't drive, Dean says "Now you do." Dean patiently teaches Jack how to drive Baby, and as Jack gets more comfortable, turns on the tunes. Dean asks him how he feels and Jack says "It's like I'm you!" to which Dean responds, "No, you're not!" Jack exclaims that it's the best day ever and Dean laughs as Jack speeds down the road.
They stop on the side of the road to eat the burgers, and Dean asks him what he wants to do next, suggesting a nearby bar with little class but high hookup potential, but Jack has a different idea -- fishing. Sitting by a creek, Jack said he wanted to do this because Dean had once said he and his father did the exact same thing and it was one of his happiest memories. Dean claimed he never said that but Jack told him it was the way he said it -- he could tell. He goes on to say that the stuff he'll miss isn't going places like Tahiti or the Taj Mahal, but spending more time with Dean, that it's time together that matters. Dean is visibly choked up, as Jack says "I've had a good life, Dean."
Back at the Bunker, Cas has returned from the shaman with a spell and a portion of archangel grace. Rowena begins to perform the spell as Dean, Sam, and Cas observe. As Jack ingests the grace, Rowena recites the spell. Jack's eyes flare, he stands... then suddenly collapses. While Rowena works on him, Dean laments taking him out but Sam and Cas disagree, saying the trip with Dean made him happy, that he did more for him that either him or Sam. Rowena approaches and Dean asks her what they can do, and Rowena tells them they can watch over him and stay by his side... as he dies.
[[14.08 Byzantium]] picks up immediately afterward, as Dean, [[Sam]], and [[Cas]] stand at [[Jack]]'s bedside. Jack asks them not to be sad, that maybe this is how things are supposed to be. Dean angrily disagrees, saying this isn't a part of some damned plan and stalks out of the room. He paces the hallway and punches the wall. Cas joins him in the hallway to check on him. Dean tells him he can't go back in, but Cas tells him that Jack needs him. Dean goes back in the room but it's too late -- Jack is gone. The three stand in the hallway and talk about next steps. Dean suggests a wake and a bonfire, hunter style; it's what Jack would want. Sam turns quickly and walks away. Cas starts to follow him and Dean stops him, saying he needs space and they're going to give it to him. Dean goes to the kitchen to call [[Mary]] to tell her about Jack but gets her voicemail, so he leaves a message, asking her to call back and that it would be nice to talk to her. He finds Cas and asks him if he's seen Sam. Cas had just watched him leave the [[Bunker]]. In Cas' car on their way to find Sam, Dean asks Cas why he let him leave. Cas says he told him to give Sam space but Dean says he meant there in the Bunker, not actually leaving. They find Sam sitting by the [[Impala]] next to a grove of trees. Dean rushes to him, demanding to know if he made a deal, and Sam, confused, said he was trying to build a pyre but the ax broke while he was cutting down a tree. He is upset because he couldn't even do that for him, that he should have tried harder to save him. Dean tells him that at least he was there for him. Cas says Jack's death doesn't feel right - that Jack shouldn't have been taken before him. Sam asks what they should do, and Dean says "Say goodbye.. tomorrow. Tonight, we get loaded." Back at the Bunker, they drink, talk, laugh, and share memories... and eat nougat candy bars.
Dean wakes the next morning after having passed out on the table, and hears voices from the library. He staggers out where Sam and Cas are talking to [[Lily Sunder]], who has aged significantly after giving up using angel magic. Dean asks what she's doing there and Sam tells him he called her. She knows more about angels than anyone, and he thought maybe she can read [[Donatello]]'s notes from the Angel Tablet. She looks at his notes and unfortunately can't read them, but offers to use her angel magic instead. Since it draws power from the soul, it can be used to save him and keep him alive. Dean disagrees with the plan but Lily explains that it will only use a very small portion of his soul. Dean asks what the point is, Jack is already dead and his soul is gone, but Cas believes that if his soul is in [[Heaven]] he can pull it back to his body long enough for Lily to teach Jack to use her magic to stay alive, but only in trade for their help to get her soul into Heaven. After killing as many angels as she did, she's pretty sure her soul is not welcome there. Sam, Dean, and Cas discuss her offer, and how to get her soul to Heaven. Dean suggests maybe [[Billie]]/[[Death]] or [[Reapers]] could help but Cas says they aren't the ones who weigh souls -- [[Anubis]], the Egyptian Guardian of the Dead, was appointed to the job after God left. Dean and Sam prepare to summon Anubis, but Dean is still against using Jack's soul and doesn't trust Lily. Cas joins them; Dean asks him if he's found Jack's soul but Cas says [[Angel Radio]] is playing a distress signal -- all the gates of Heaven are open and that means bad things are happening. Sam tells him to go and they'll pray for him when they're ready. Lily provides the instructions for her spell while Dean paints the summoning circle. When he's done he apologizes to Lily but wants to know why she stopped using her magic, why she's letting herself die and risk going to [[Hell]]. She explains that when [[Ishim]] took her daughter, she swore she would kill him even if it took her entire soul, but it didn't. She still has a tiny piece left, and her daughter is in Heaven.
Dean and Sam begin the summoning. Anubis appears and recognizes them, saying he's seen their files. Sam says they've never met although they've died -- many times. Anubis says he's a "back of the house" guy, that Death and the Reapers get all the face time. He asks them what they want, and Lily asks him to weigh her soul so she knows where she's going. Anubis reluctantly agrees and produces an abacus with white and black beads. He takes Lily's hand and places it above the abacus, where the beads move back and forth, finally stopping with more black beads than white -- Lily's soul is going to Hell. Sam tells Anubis to change it, but he claims he can't. Dean tells him that he's not going anywhere then, and Sam explains they have bound him in a circle of palm oil. Anubis says he still doesn't have the power, that THEY are the only ones that can decide that, by their actions and decisions in life, and they can try to keep him there or kill him, but that won't change Lily's fate and may affect theirs. Sam breaks the circle and Anubis vanishes.
Sam asks Lily if she'll still do the spell, but she says that wasn't the deal and she has to go. Dean yells at her -- "He's OUR KID!" -- and accuses her of losing so much of her soul that she's not even human anymore. If she was, she wouldn't be able to stand someone else feeling the pain of losing a child as she did. Lily stops, and changes her mind, agreeing to help them. Jack's body is placed on the table in the Library, and Dean prays to Cas to let him know they're ready, as Lily begins the spell. Jack suddenly sits up, Sam hands him the spell and tells him to read it. When he's done, his eyes flare as his soul reenters his body. Dean asks him how he feels. Jack says he feels good and they both hug him. Dean turns to thank Lily, and discovers she has died.
Later in the kitchen, Sam, Dean, Cas, and Jack are having burgers and beer. Dean tells him how glad they are to have him back, and now that they know where [[Michael]] is, things are starting to look up.
It's Christmas Eve in the midseason finale [[14.09 The Spear]], and thanks to [[Garth]] acting as a mole, the boys have a line on [[Michael]]'s location: Hitomi Plaza, a high-rise office building in Kansas City, Missouri. [[Sam]] is concerned over putting Garth in harm's way but Dean reminds him that they're finally a step ahead. [[Ketch]] calls and lets them know he's found the [[Hyperbolic Pulse Generator]] -- the "egg" -- but was attacked and forced to drop it... in the mail. Unfortunately, the post office is closed due to the Christmas Holiday and the package is stuck in Joplin, Missouri. Since the post office is closed, the opportunity exists to break in and pick it up. While discussing this, Garth calls to tell them that Michael sent some of his people find someone at an old recycling plant north of Omaha, to get a weapon -- a spear. Also, he managed to overhear Michael's plan to attack and turn everyone in Kansas City, on Christmas Eve at midnight. With this news, they decide to divide and conquer: Sam and [[Jack]] will go to Joplin to get the egg, and Dean and [[Castiel]] will go to the recycling plant to find [[Kaia's Spear]], then they'll meet in Kansas City before midnight to stop the attack.
Dean and Cas arrive at the recycling plant, and Cas comments on Dean's recent upbeat mood -- even being able to withstand the drive with a broken tape deck. Dean explains that he's fired up after getting Jack back, a no-strings-attached win. Cas reminds him that they have to deal with Michael now, and they're taking a big risk going after the Spear. Dean stops him and reminds him that Michael conned him and trapped him, drowning inside his own body. He didn't understand before what Cas and Sam went through when both were possessed by [[Lucifer]] but now he does, and he'll take it if they can trap him but he won't be truly happy until he's dead, preferably at Dean's own hand. Now that he has the chance to do that, he's good.
They make their way into the recycling building and find remnants of [[Dark Kaia]]'s camp -- a sleeping area and a recently warmed pot -- but no sign of Kaia herself. Cas wonders why Michael's forces are not there since they had a head start, and asks if perhaps they've already captured her, but Dean says there's no sign of a struggle and she wouldn't have gone out without a fight. Dean tries to call Sam but there's no answer; Garth calls to tell him Michael left to back up his forces. Dean tells him those forces are not at the recycling plant and to call him if he hears anything else. They wonder if the recycling plant was a setup when Cas notices Kaia right behind them, the Spear pointed at the back of Dean's head. Kaia asks why they're here and what they want. Dean tells her she knows what they want, and when Kaia questions their ability to take it from her, Dean tells her they weren't planning to take it from her -- they came to ask. Dean turns to face her. Kaia says she will not give the Spear up. Dean moves towards her, causing the Spear to push into his chest, and he tells her that, in that case, she should just kill him. He says that the people he cares about, his family, are in danger from Michael, who tortured both of them. Michael is going to hurt and kill them, along with thousands of people in Kansas City, and the only thing that can stop him is her Spear. Kaia backs the Spear away from Dean's chest while he exhales in relief, and she asks what's in it for her. Cas asks what she wants, and she replies that she wants to go back to the Bad Place -- her home. She escaped there originally to get away from the monsters, but here is no different because Michael's monsters won't stop hunting her. Dean agrees to help her, but she still thinks Jack has his powers and can open the rift, and Dean lies and says he can. Kaia wants assurances but Cas says there aren't any, just as they have no proof she's not hiding something as well, and he still believes that she's hiding something regarding her desperation to return. Kaia explains there are people she is bound to protect in the Bad Place, and hands the Spear to Dean, telling him that if he doesn't return it she will hunt him down and kill him. Dean asks how he's supposed to find her, and she reminds him he did it before -- do it again. Dean's phone rings -- Sam -- and Kaia disappears. He answers the phone, where Sam explains Michael got the drop on them at the post office, destroyed the egg, and kidnapped Jack. Dean asks Sam how he escaped and when Sam says Michael just knocked him out and he doesn't know why he didn't kill him, Dean wonders if Michael is just playing them. Sam says he can't reach Garth and assumes Jack was taken to Kansas City, so he's headed there now. Dean tells Sam they have the Spear and will meet him there. Cas tells Sam not to go in alone and Sam assures them he won't.
Dean and Cas arrive at Hitomi Plaza with the Spear to find that Sam has already rescued Jack from Michael and fought a Michael-controlled Garth, and as they lock Garth (bound and unconscious) in the truck of the [[Impala]], Dean chastises Sam for not waiting for them. Sam explains that he had no choice, and is dismayed that Garth drank Michael's grace, thinking Michael might have used him as an unwitting "double agent" to figure out where they were and get the jump on them. Dean conjectures that if they kill Michael it will cure Garth, and Sam mentions that other hunters are on their way to take care of the city, in case they can't beat Michael in time. Dean brandishes the Spear and claims he wouldn't bet against them and awkwardly attempts to twirl the Spear. Cas heals Jack's injuries from the fight with Garth, and Dean asks Jack about Michael, who tells Dean Michael is upstairs waiting for them. Cas figures that since Michael's monsters are all over the city by now, if he was even the slightest bit concerned about them, he would have sent his monsters to stop them, and Sam reminds them that Michael didn't kill him when he had the chance, so they can assume he wanted them to come there. Cas also reminds them that Michael will surely sense his approach -- so zero element of surprise, right into a trap by a full power archangel. "Impossible odds. Feels like home. Let's do it" Dean says, as Team Free Will 2.0 turn and march towards the battle with Michael.
Michael senses Cas' presence as expected and leaves the room. While he's beating up on Cas, Sam, Dean, and Jack enter. Dean hides in a closet with the Spear and rushes him while he's subduing Sam and Jack. They fight, but Michael overpowers him and Dean loses the Spear but while Michael is gloating, Sam manages to get the Spear back to him and Dean slashes Michael's arm with it, then backs him up against the outer glass. Just as Dean was about to kill him with the Spear, his vision and hearing blur again as Michael's current vessel collapses to the floor. Dean (now Michael) breaks the Spear and turns to face Sam, Jack, and Cas. Dean is locked away and Michael has taken over again.
==Weaponry==
Dean's weapon of choice is a stainless and custom-engraved .45 caliber Colt MK IV Series 80 1911 pistol with ivory grips, which John is also seen using in a flashback. Dean uses a Baikal sawed-off, double barrel, break action shotgun when he needs extra firepower. He has also been seen with a H&K G3SG/1 rifle in [[2.05 Simon Said]]. Other small arms used by Dean include a Taurus PT99, a Beretta 92FS, a Smith and Wesson 5906 9x19mm pistol, a Remington 870 12 gauge shotgun, and an Ithaca 37 12 gauge shotgun. Dean is shown to possess a large machete in [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]], and has used a knife in several episodes. Dean has also wielded a Desert Eagle loaded with wrought iron bullets in [[1.18 Something Wicked]] and Tasers, which he and Sam used in the start of [[1.12 Faith]], when he electrocuted himself. Dean, along with Sam, John, and others, has wielded the Colt, a specially crafted Colt-Patterson model 1836 revolver made by Samuel Colt himself which, with Colt's special bullets, can supposedly kill anything in creation. Lucifer mentions that he is one of five things that the Colt cannot kill, but it is unknown who the other four entities are. It can be presumed that God and Amara would be two of them, seeing as God is the most powerful being in existence and Amara is at or near his level under normal circumstances. Other possibilities for the remaining two are the three other Archangels (Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael) or the Four Horsemen. Dean also frequently uses Ruby's knife, an "ancient demon-killing knife of the Kurds". As with any professional hunter, Dean relies on salt, pure iron, and exorcisms to further combat supernatural forces. When firearms and blades are scarce and Dean is in a dangerous situation, he uses a brawling style of hand-to-hand combat or improvised weapons from the surrounding area. During [[4.16 On the Head of a Pin]], Dean is shown with a number of torture implements, including syringes of holy water, although he does not like to resort to these measure unless he has no other choice. Starting in [[5.18 Point of No Return]], Dean has begun wielding [[angel blade]]s, angelic weapons capable of killing both [[angels]] and [[demons]]. In [[13.02 The Rising Son]], Dean was able to use an angel blade against a demon in a similar manner to a throwing knife. In [[13.23 Let the Good Times Roll]] Dean was able to wield an [[archangel blade]] against [[Lucifer]] and kill him due to Dean being the [[vessel]] of the [[Apocalypse World]] [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] at the time. In [[14.09 The Spear]], Dean wields [[Kaia's Spear]] with great proficiency against Michael and even while just showing off.
==Trivia==
* [[Dean's Hair]]
* [[Dean's Leather Jacket]]
* [[Deanmon]]
* [[Demon!Dean]]
* [[Leviathan!Dean]]
* [[Impala]]
* [[Numerology]]
* [[Winchester (family)]]
==Further Reading==
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/22012-breathtaking-shots-of-supernatural-s-dean-winchester Breathtaking Shots of Supernatural's Dean Winchester] by Nightsky for The Winchester Family Business (June 23, 2020).
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/21777-supernatural-character-regressions-dean Supernatural Character Regressions: Dean] - Photo Poetry/Character Study by Cat Dean for The Winchester Family Business (Nov 1, 2019).
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/19799-in-my-room-a-closer-look-at-dean-s-supernatural-bedroom "In My Room": A Closer Look at Dean's Supernatural Bedroom] by Karen for The Winchester Family Business (March 15, 2016).
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/19691-old-v-new-dean-winchester-part-1-sense-of-self Old v New: Dean Winchester – Part 1: Sense of Self] - Character Study by Elle for The Winchester Family Business (March 1, 2016).
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/16371-the-strength-of-suffering-dean-winchester-and-an-exquisite-angst The Strength of Suffering: Dean Winchester and an Exquisite Angst] - Meta Character Analysis by Bookdal for The Winchester Family Business (Aug 9, 2011).
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/20143-a-deeper-look-at-supernatural-season-eleven-dean-winchester A Deeper Look at Supernatural Season Eleven Dean Winchester] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/19445-a-deeper-look-at-supernatural-season-ten-dean-winchester-part-two A Deeper Look at Supernatural Season Ten Dean Winchester, Part Two] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/19420-a-deeper-look-at-supernatural-season-ten-dean-winchester-part-one A Deeper Look at Supernatural Season Ten Dean Winchester, Part One] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/18677-a-deeper-look-at-supernatural-season-nine-dean-winchester-part-two A Deeper Look at Supernatural Season Nine Dean Winchester, Part Two] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/18669-a-deeper-look-at-supernatural-season-nine-dean-winchester-part-one A Deeper Look at Supernatural Season Nine Dean Winchester, Part One] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/17931-a-deeper-look-at-supernatural-season-eight-dean-winchester-part-two A Deeper Look at Supernatural Season Eight Dean Winchester, Part Two] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/17919-a-deeper-look-at-supernatural-season-eight-dean-winchester-part-one A Deeper Look at Supernatural Season Eight Dean Winchester, Part One] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/17163-a-deeper-look-at-season-7-dean-winchester A Deeper Look at Supernatural Season Seven Dean Winchester] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/16404-a-deeper-look-at-season-six-dean-winchester A Deeper Look at Season Six Dean Winchester] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/9315-a-deeper-look-at-season-five-dean-winchester A Deeper Look At Season Five Dean Winchester] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/2072-a-deeper-look-at-season-four-dean-winchester A Deeper Look At Season Four Dean Winchester] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
* [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/dean-winchester/124-a-deeper-look-at-season-three-dean-winchester A Deeper Look at Season Three Dean Winchester] by Alice Jester for The Winchester Family Business
==Dean in Fandom==
* [[Abaddean]]
* [[Dean/Alastair]]
* [[Dean/Amara]]
* [[Dean/Anna]]
* [[Dean/Carmen]]
