Jimmy Novak
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| Name | Jimmy Novak |
| Actor | Misha Collins |
| Dates | Possessed mid 2008. Currently Deceased, but Castiel is occupying his body, which allows Jimmy's body to move and function. |
| Location | no fixed address |
| Occupation | Sales Provider for AM Radio |
| Episode(s) | 4.20 The Rapture |
Jimmy Novak is married to Amelia Novak, and they have a daughter named Claire. He sold "ad time for AM radio". He is Castiel's vessel.
Jimmy is a devout Christian who is chosen by Castiel to be his vessel. His suitability to be a vessel is "in [his] blood". Jimmy is able to comprehend the angel's real voice, and he hears the angel speak on multiple occasions before his possession. On one occasion, Castiel asks Jimmy to prove his faith by plunging his arm into boiling water. Jimmy is unharmed, and reveals his interactions with Castiel to his wife. She does not believe that he has been contacted by an angel and begs him to get psychiatric help. She gives him an ultimatum: either he receives treatment, or she will take their daughter and leave.
Faced with this situation, Jimmy dresses in a suit and trenchcoat and stands in front of his house. He prays, and Castiel answers. Jimmey agrees to act as a vessel, provided that his family is protected. Castiel descends, possessing him.
Jimmy becomes a vessel around the time that Castiel saves Dean from Hell. Almost a year later, he is released when Castiel is recalled to Heaven for "reindoctrination" after concern from his superiors that he is becoming disobedient and too close to Dean.4.20 The Rapture Sam and Dean find Jimmy in a ruined warehouse after Castiel's forced removal. In conversation, Jimmy reveals that his experience as a vessel was unpleasant, and that he is anxious to go back to his old life. The brothers attempt to prevent Jimmy from returning to his family, on the grounds that demons would be interested in him as a former vessel, but Jimmy escapes their custody. He returns home and tells his wife that he has been in a psychiatric hospital, and his family is all that matters to him.
Demons eventually track Jimmy down at the house, but he and his family are saved by Sam and Dean. Jimmy agrees to be separated from his family, but it is too late: his wife was possessed during the struggle at the house. She orders Jimmy to surrender himself at a warehouse. Before entering, Jimmy yells an angry torrent at the sky, directing it at Castiel. He accuses the angel of breaking the promise to protect his family.
Jimmy, Sam and Dean are captured, and Jimmy is shot by his possessed wife. They are saved by Castiel, who has taken Jimmy's daughter Claire as a vessel. Jimmy, near death, begs to be allowed to act as a vessel again to spare his daughter. Castiel agrees, and re-enters Jimmy.
Jimmy's body is destroyed by Raphael when he kills Castiel at the end of 4.22 Lucifer Rising. What happened to Jimmy at this time is uncertain. When God resurrects Castiel from the dead in 5.01 Sympathy For The Devil, he returns in Jimmy's body. Part of Jimmy's essence is still alive and present in the vessel - Jimmy's taste for red meat affects Castiel during the events of 5.14 My Bloody Valentine. Castiel devours hundreds of burgers when Famine amplifies Jimmy's craving.
Castiel and Jimmy were destroyed a second time in 5.22 Swan Song, when Lucifer causes them to explode in retaliation for Castiel's assault on Michael. God resurrects Castiel from the dead a second time, and he again appears in Jimmy's form. Jimmy's presence in the body has not been established following this second return.
Trivia
- Jimmy Novak's name is a combination of Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, the two lead actors in Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo.
