Gadreel

Name	Ezekiel
Actor	Tahmoh Penikett (9.01) Jared Padalecki
Dates
Location
Occupation	Angel
Episode(s)	9.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here 9.02 Devil May Care (as Sam) 9.03 I'm No Angel (as Sam) 9.04 Slumber Party (as Sam) 9.05 Dog Dean Afternoon (as Sam) 9.08 Rock and a Hard Place (as Sam)

History

Ezekiel is an angel that was injured when he fell to Earth, after Metatron implemented his revenge to rid Heaven of the angels. Castiel knows him from before this time and refers to him as ä good soldier"

Ezekiel responds to Dean's call for help when Sam is dying after the trials. He tells Dean the only way for him, in his weakened state, to heal Sam, is be using him as a vessel. With Dean's help, he obtains Sam's consent to this, although Dean knows Sam would strongly oppose this course of action. To avoid Sam rejecting Ezekiel, and possibly dying, Dean agrees to keep the possession from Sam.

Ezekiel can at times take over Sam, and act through him and converse with Dean. When he manifests, Sam's eyes glow white. When Ezekiel uses his powers, an image of his broken wings can be seen behind him.

Episodes

9.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here

When Dean prays for any angels in the area for help in saving Sam, Ezekiel, who has taken a vessel and is traveling by bus, comes to help and confronts another angel who is trying to get the location of Castiel out of Dean. Ezekiel has been injured falling to Earth and is no match for the other angel, but Dean kills the angel with his own sword and saves Ezekiel who passes out.

While he's unconscious, Dean traps Ezekiel in a ring of holy fire and demands answers about why he has come. Ezekiel reveals that he has come to help Dean in response to his prayer, but other, less friendly angels are also coming.

Dean releases Ezekiel who goes with him to Sam's hospital room to try to heal him. However, both Ezekiel and Sam are weak and he is unable to heal Sam right away. As he tries, the building shakes and Ezekiel is able to identify it as an angel coming without a vessel. As Sam is unable to leave without dying, Dean puts up angel-warding that keeps other angels out but lets Ezekiel stay and then leaves to confront the two angels that arrive while Ezekiel continues his efforts to heal Sam. Dean manages to banish the other two angels just before they breach the room, but Sam is too weak for Ezekiel to heal even when Dean takes down the warding. Ezekiel offers a solution: if he possesses Sam, his ability to heal his vessel will fix the damage Sam endured from the Trials while also allowing him to heal himself of his own injuries. After Ezekiel shows Dean how close Sam is to giving up, he agrees and Ezekiel enters Sam's mind in Dean's form and gets him to say yes to "Dean's" plan to save him, allowing Ezekiel to take Sam as a vessel.

Ezekiel revealing his damaged wings.

After Ezekiel possesses Sam, he and Dean leave the hospital, leaving Ezekiel's confused vessel behind. Ezekiel and Dean decide to have Ezekiel let Sam remain in control with no knowledge of Ezekiel's presence as if Sam rejects him, in his weakened state Ezekiel could be ejected from his body which would be fatal to Sam. Ezekiel also erases all memory of his near-death experience from Sam before relinquishing control.

9.02 Devil May Care

When Sam is in trouble from three demons and is knocked out, Ezekiel takes control of his body and distracts the demons by displaying his wings before preceding to kill them with Ruby's knife. His presence causes Abaddon to flee, saving Dean. When Dean comes to see what happened, Ezekiel reveals he took control to save Sam who will remember none of what happened and that he used the knife so Dean could explain away the demon deaths. Dean reveals to Ezekiel (who he gives the nickname Zeke) that he feels guilty for all of the deaths that have been caused as he stopped Sam from sealing Hell, but Ezekiel understands that Dean did it out of love for Sam after being in Sam's mind. Ezekiel returns to the place Sam was in when he was knocked out and then returns control to Sam who as Ezekiel promised, has no memory of what happened.

9.03 I'm No Angel

Ezekiel takes control of Sam, assuring Dean that Sam is in fact feeling better and telling him that while its happening slowly, he is healing Sam. Ezekiel warns that a new faction of angels led by Bartholomew is actively taking vessels and searching for Castiel. While Dean appreciates Ezekiel's heads-up, he has him give back control to Sam.

Desperate to find Castiel after learning that rogue reapers are now after him, Dean calls on Ezekiel for help. Ezekiel admonishes him, telling him he can't be in control like that and that he can't sense Castiel as he has warded himself from angels. Dean asks him to use his powers to search for the reapers searching for Castiel and Ezekiel is able to find him that way.

After Castiel is killed by the reaper possessing April Kelly, Ezekiel resurrects him and Dean covers it up by claiming Sam was knocked out and he tricked the reaper into bringing Castiel back before killing her.

At the Bunker, Ezekiel takes control once again to tell Dean that Castiel must leave as he is too dangerous to have around with the angels searching for him. Even with the Bunker's protections, Ezekiel warns that they will not be able to survive a full incursion of angels and that if Castiel doesn't leave, he must leave Sam and flee. As Sam will die if this happens, Dean is forced to tell Castiel to leave.

9.04 Slumber Party

When Charlie Bradbury is killed by the Wicked Witch of the West, Dean asks Ezekiel to resurrect her. Ezekiel tells Dean that he is only barley back to half-strength and using his powers like that weakens him and will force him to stay in Sam longer than either wants. However, Ezekiel relents, telling Dean he can either help with the Witch or bring back Charlie and Dean chooses Charlie. Ezekiel resurrects Charlie and Dean passes it off as both Sam and Charlie getting knocked out by the Witch while he drove her off. Charlie later learns the truth about her resurrection, but agrees to keep it a secret from Sam, preventing him from learning about Ezekiel though he is now suspicious as he heard Dean call out to "Zeke" before Ezekiel took control.

9.05 Dog Dean Afternoon

After Sam receives a severe neck wound from Chef Leo, Ezekiel briefly takes over to heal the wound, and erases Sam's memory of it.

9.08 Rock and a Hard Place

Dean nearly tells Sam the truth, but Ezekiel takes control and insists he is not ready to know and that he Sam is still too badly damaged to survive if Ezekiel is ejected. Ezekiel promises it won't be much longer and returns control to Sam.

Trivia

• Because the second episode of season nine was shot first, Jared had to develop the character of Ezekiel, before Tahmoh Penikett - who plays Ezekiel in 9.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here - was cast.
• The fandom portmanteau to describe Ezekiel when he is possessing Sam is Sazekiel.

Ezekiel in Fandom

@TheAngelEzekiel Ezekiel role play on Twitter