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|actor= [[Matthew Cohen]] ([[5.13 The Song Remains the Same|5.13]])<br>[[Jake Abel]] ([[5.22 Swan Song|5.22]], [[15.08 Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven|15.08]], [[15.19 Inherit the Earth|15.19]])|dates= Pre-creation – 2020 (killed by [[Chuck]])

|episodes= [[5.13 The Song Remains the Same]]<br>[[5.22 Swan Song]]<br>[[15.08 Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven]]<br>[[15.19 Inherit the Earth]]

Over time, Dean's resolve weakened, and just as he prepared to give his consent, the angels resurrected his half-brother, [[Adam Milligan]], for the purpose of fulfilling the task of being Michael's [[vessel]]. This was soon revealed to be a ploy to make Dean give inhis consent, but when Dean killed Zachariah, after Michael had been called down from Heaven , it forced Michael to take over Adam's body. After Lucifer gains control over Sam's vessel, Michael meets him in [[Stull Cemetery]] to fight, but they get interrupted by Dean. Castiel manages to banish Michael using a holy fire molotov coctail, giving Dean the time he needed to reach out to Sam and convince him to fight back. Sam manages to take back control of his vessel and use the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse#The_Rings|Horsemen's Rings]] to open the Cage, but when Michael intervenes, the archangel is pulled into the Cage along with Sam, Lucifer, and Adam, stopping the Apocalypse.

Though Michael originally didn't take the opportunity to escape when God opened the door to Lucifer's Cage,<ref name="fifteen01" /> he later escapes from the Cage and Hell, still in the body of Adam Milligan. It's revealed that [[Chuck]] and Lucifer were lying about his mental state as he retains his sanity after a decade in the Cage. Now sharing control with his vessel, Michael is left directionless with his brothers dead and God gone as far as he was aware. Having learned from the [[Tablets#Demon Tablet|demon tablet]] that Michael might know something that could help them beat God, the Winchesters and Castiel seek out the archangel's help. Disillusioned by everything he learns, Michael provides the spell to trap God, but refuses to stay and help further.<ref name="fifteen08">[[15.08 Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven]]</ref> After God wipes out all life on Earth aside from the Winchesters and [[Jack]], Michael returns and agrees to help against his father. However, Michael is angered by the [[resurrection]] of [[Lucifer]] by God with Lucifer claiming that he is their Father's new favorite. Though Michael finally gets the chance to kill his brother, the archangel reverts back into being the Good Son and betrays the Winchesters in an attempt to become God's Favorite once again. Angered by Michael's earlier betrayal, God obliterates the archangel, but both are unaware that the Winchesters anticipated Michael's betrayal and used him to lure God into a trap.<ref name="fifteen19">[[15.19 Inherit the Earth]]</ref>

Due to his time in the Cage alone with [[Adam Milligan]], Michael has developed a unique relationship with his [[vessel]] for an angel. Whereas most angels and archangels in particular only view and use their vessels as tools to manifest on Earth and don't appear to think of them as anything more than that, Michael has begun actively engaging with Adam, even on Earth. Having reached an agreement with each other in the Cage where all they had was each other, Michael is willing to share control with Adam. Michael states an intention to use Adam as a guide in the changed world where they are both adrift, having been gone for so long that neither Adam nor Michael truly know what to do with themselves anymore. Michael appears to have become protective over his vessel, angry at Dean for abandoning Adam in the Cage while letting Lucifer go free and Michael and Adam even appear to have become friends. Notably, Adam is able to argue with Michael fearlessly who responds back with more sincerity than he showed with anyone else, even opening up to Adam about his fears that doubting God would mean Michael betraying everything he has been and believed in.<ref name="fifteen08" /> Michael is visibly upset when reporting Adam's death to the Winchesters.<ref name="fifteen19" />

* Super strength – It is presumed like [[Lucifer]], he can over-power pagan gods and lesser [[angel]]s with little or no effort. Even while restrained by the [[Angel Cuffsangel cuffs]], Michael was able to effortlessly overpower and strangle Castiel.<ref name="fifteen08" />

** Terakinesis – Michael's mere presence in his true form can cause the earth to shake.<ref name="five18">[[5.18 Point of No Return]]</ref> When distressed by the revelation of God's betrayal, Michael caused the bunker Bunker to shake, even while bound by the [[Angel Cuffsangel cuffs]].<ref name="fifteen08" />* [[Teleportation]] – Michael can teleport himself and groups of people, and is capable of banishing angels with a snap of his fingers.<ref name="five13" /> After his escape from Hell, Michael was able to bounce all over the globe in a matter of seconds before settling on in Cairo.<ref name="fifteen08" />

Michael first manifests when [[Sam]], Dean and Castiel have traveled back to 1978 to stop [[Anna Milton]] from killing [[John]] and [[Mary Winchester]] in order to prevent Sam’s birth, and thus his use as Lucifer’s vesseland preventing the Apocalypse from starting. Michael comes to John while Anna is attacking, and John consents when Michael says he can stop Anna from killing Mary. Michael incinerates Anna with a touch, and banishes [[Uriel]] back to [[Heaven]], and sends Mary to sleep. Alone with Dean, Michael explains that while Dean is his true vessel, he's not his only vessel as he can use others from Dean's bloodline. Michael He also tells Dean his view need of the [[Apocalypse]]and having a final battle. Michael tells him that his relationship with Lucifer mirrored Dean's relationship with Sam, and the need while he doesn't want to kill his brother, he will because he believes it to have be justice. Michael believes that he is a final battlegood son who has to do what his father tells him to do because he believes it to be an absolute in any situation.

Before departingWhile Dean tries to counter him because of his experiences with his family, Michael insists that everything he is doing isn't random. He says everything happened from John and Mary's birth, their union, and conceiving Sam and Dean is all part of a pre-ordained, including plan playing itself out perfectly and he knew from the beginning that the need for Dean to serve as a vesselstory will end when he kills Lucifer. He Michael says that Dean has no choice, that "free will is an illusion," and that is why he will eventually receive his consent, though he won't leave Dean in a catatonic state when he's done using him as a vessel. He plans to erase Mary and John's memories of meeting Sam and Dean, under the pretense of giving Mary the life she wants. While Dean protests against it because of her death in 1983, Michael says that Dean knew that Mary's death was inevitable whether she knows the truth or not. He then heals Sam, and returns the brothers him to the present. He removes all memories of says he'll see Dean soon before sending him back to the events of the day from future. After erasing John and Mary 's memories, he dispossesses John and Johnreturns to Heaven.

Meanwhile, seeing no other way to defeat Lucifer and save the planet, Dean is prepared to consent to becoming Michael's vessel when it is discovered that his half-brother [[Adam Milligan]] has been resurrected. The They told Adam that he was chosen to be Michael's vessel. While Dean is doubtful about this new revelation, Castiel says that Adam is both a member of the Winchester bloodline and Sam's brother, a possible imperfect replacement for Dean. Zachariah manages to convince Adam to take him to become Michael's vessel. However, Zachariah reveals that Michael planned to have Adam revived and trapped in the [[angelGreen Room]]s hold to lure Dean into the open and force him to give his consent to the archangel. Zachariah holds Adam as bait, and Sam and Dean attempt make their way to Van Nuys, California to rescue himsave their half-brother. After Castiel dispatches the angels, Dean makes his way to Adam, but Zachariah tortures appears and starts torturing him and Sam and Adam in front of Dean. With no other choice, and Dean tells Zachariah he will consent on one conditionconsents to become Michael's vessel. Zachariah utters an incantation that summons Michael to their location. However, Dean kills says he will offer his consent on the conditions that he ensures the safety of his family and Michael promises to destroy Zachariah, believing that the angel is now expendable in the archangel's eyes. While he is distracted by Dean's threats, he impales Zachariah 's head with an [[his angel blade]], killing him. Sam and Dean manage to escape before Michael descends, but Adam is trapped inside the room and vanishes with Michael. Adam is technically a vesselThe Green Room vanishes as well, if only a temporary one, for Michael, being of the Winchester bloodlineleaving Dean to see an old office in its place.