Episodes 01

“The Magnificent Seven”

Bobby Singer informs the brothers about a supernatural sighting in Nebraska, which turns out to be demonic manifestations of the Seven Deadly Sins. While investigating, they meet Isaac and Tamara, a husband and wife team of hunters. Isaac and Tamara trail one of the demons to a bar where all the patrons are demonically possessed. Isaac dies after being forced to drink drain cleaner. Bobby and the Winchesters crash their car into the building, kidnap Envy, and drive away with Tamara. Later that night, the other Sins track them down. During the scuffle, a mysterious blonde named Ruby saves Sam and kills three demons before departing. The rest of the Sins are exorcised.

Episodes 02

“The Kids Are Alright”

Dean reads about a death in Cicero, Indiana, where a man was pushed onto a power saw. Upon arrival in town, Dean goes to visit former lover Lisa Braeden. Ruby visits Sam at a diner and informs him that something happened to all of his mother’s friends. Dean calls Sam and reveals that four other “accidents” occurred in Lisa’s neighborhood. As Dean helps Ben deal with bullies, Sam investigates one of the accidents and notices the victim’s child is behaving oddly. A mark on the mother’s neck also catches his attention. Sam suspects that child is a changeling. The brothers discover the mother changeling is using a vacant house as her base. Inside, they find several children, including Ben, in cages. They kill the mother changeling and all the others explode in flames upon her death. The real children are returned and Dean explains everything to Lisa.

Episodes 03

“Bad Day at Black Rock”

Kubrick visits fellow hunter Gordon Walker in prison, and is told that Sam must die due to his inhuman nature. Elsewhere, the brothers retrieve a rabbit’s foot stolen from one of their father’s storage rooms, only to lose it again shortly thereafter. Bobby informs them that the foot is cursed. Anyone who touches it is granted good luck but will die within a week if the foot is lost. The brothers discover the thieves were hired by a woman named Bela Talbot, who steals supernatural items for profit. Dean retrieves the foot from Bela’s flat in Queens. Kubrick tracks Sam down and prepares to kill him, but Dean rescues him. Bela demands the foot, and Dean tricks her into a curse, forcing her to allow the foot’s destruction.

Episodes 04

“Sin City”

Omens and two unusual deaths lead the brothers to Elizabethville, Ohio, a once-sleepy town that has been turned into a haven for gamblers and drinkers. A hunter named Richie takes them to a local bar to investigate its owner. A fight breaks out and the bartender, Casey, uses the distraction to lure Richie away and kill him. Dean locates the demonically possessed Casey and begins an exorcism, but Casey destroys the book and telekinetically causes the basement entrance to cave in. Casey reveals that her world is in disarray following the demon Azazel’s death and Sam’s failure to replace him as leader. With the help of local priest Father Gil, Sam finds them just as Bobby arrives. Father Gil, also possessed, breaks into the basement and frees his lover Casey. Despite her pleas, Father Gil sets his sights onto Dean. Sam intervenes and kills both demons with the Colt.

Episodes 05

“Bedtime Stories”

In Maple Springs, New York, the vengeful spirit of a young girl causes a series of violent incidents which strangely resemble fairy tales. The girl, Callie, has been in a coma for years and her father, Dr. Garrison, has been reading her fairy tales. Sam and Dean believe that she was poisoned by her stepmother as in Snow White and she has been bringing fairy tales to life in an attempt to draw attention to the crime. A bruised up old woman is brought into the hospital and says her granddaughter has been kidnapped as in Little Red Riding Hood. Sam explains the situation to Dr. Garrison, who cannot believe that his wife would do such a thing. Callie’s spirit appears and confirms Sam’s claims. Callie dies and her spirit moves on, freeing the kidnapper from her control. Later that night, Sam visits the Crossroads Demon. She refuses to reveal the name of the demon who can free Dean from his pact and Sam kills her.

Episodes 06

“Red Sky at Morning”

In Sea Pines, Massachusetts, a woman sees a ghost ship in the harbor and mysteriously drowns in her shower later that night. Sam and Dean question the woman’s aunt Gertrude, who knows about the ghost ship and asks them if they are working with “Alex.” Alex turns out to be Bela. More deaths occur that night, and the brothers realize that the ship is a death omen linked to the spirit of a sailor hanged for treason. The sailor’s hand was crafted into a Hand of Glory. Bela suggests that they destroy it to stop the ghost ship. Using tickets provided by Gertrude, the trio attends a lavish function at the local Maritime Museum, where Bela steals the hand, then sneaks away to sell it to a client, which was her goal all along. Bela then sees the ghost ship and turns to the Winchesters for help. The three of them conduct a summoning ritual at the sailor’s grave. The vengeful spirit is confronted by the captain who ordered his death and both disappear.

Episodes 07

“Fresh Blood”

Sam and Dean interrogate the vampire Lucy and learn that another vampire named Dixon transformed her by spiking her drink with his own blood at a club in Albany, New York. The brothers locate and confront Dixon, but are interrupted by Gordon and Kubrick. Sam and Dean escape, but Dixon kidnaps and turns Gordon. When the brothers arrive at Dixon’s hideout, they discover that the vampiric Gordon has escaped. Gordon returns to Kubrick, but kills him in self-defense. Gordon later calls Sam and Dean, threatening to kill a young woman if they do not meet him. They head to the location and find the woman, but Gordon uses a rollerdoor to separate the brothers. The woman is revealed to be a vampire turned by Gordon. While Dean is forced to shoot her with the Colt, Sam decapitates Gordon with a razor wire. The brothers later stop on the side of the road to check a rattling noise made by the Impala, and Dean begins teaching Sam how to repair the car since his time is running out.

Episodes 08

“A Very Supernatural Christmas”

When a being dressed as Santa Claus begins killing people after dragging them up the chimney, the Winchesters head to Ypsilanti, Michigan to investigate. Sam notices that over both victims’ fireplaces are the same wreaths made of meadowsweet, an herb often used in pagan rituals to lure gods to a human sacrifice. The brothers track down the makers of the wreaths, a pair of pagan gods posing as the apparently perfect Edward and Madge Carrigan. Knowing that the gods can be killed by evergreen wood, they stab the gods to death with branches of the Christmas tree.

Throughout the episode, the brothers debate celebrating Christmas after having skipped the tradition for years. Dean wants to celebrate because it will be his last chance, while Sam does not for the same reason. As the episode ends, Sam decorates their motel room with Christmas paraphernalia.

Episodes 09

“Malleus Maleficarum”

Sam and Dean investigate a series of witchcraft-related deaths in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and believe that the neighborhood book club is actually a coven. Ruby shows up and warns them that a powerful force is controlling the witches and the force will likely target Sam. When Dean is magically attacked, Sam goes after the book club witches with the Colt. The three women deny targeting Dean and claim that they have only used witchcraft for personal gain. Ruby saves Dean from the spell and Sam realizes that Tammi, who has not benefited from the coven, is the demon Ruby warned him about. When Dean and Ruby show up, Tammi incapacitates Dean and reveals that Ruby sold her soul to Tammi centuries before. Dean kills Tammi with Ruby’s knife. Later that night, Ruby admits to Dean that she cannot save him from his deal. She confirms that all demons were once humans, but have had their humanity stripped away in Hell, a fate that Dean too will ultimately suffer. Ruby requests Dean’s help in preparing Sam for the future.

Episodes 10

“Dream a Little Dream of Me”

As Sam confronts Dean about the latter’s apparent lack of concern over his own fate, he is interrupted by a call from a hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania explaining that Bobby has mysteriously fallen into a coma. The brothers discover Bobby has been drugged with a plant known as “African Dream Root,” which allows a person to enter and manipulate others’ dreams. Sam and Dean acquire the dream root from Bela and rescue Bobby. While under the influence of the root, the brothers are then forced to confront their own inner demons. Upon awakening, they find that Bela has stolen the Colt from them. As the brothers prepare to leave to hunt her down, Dean admits that he does not want to die.

Episodes 11

“Mystery Spot”

Sam awakens in his motel room Tuesday morning to Asia’s “Heat of the Moment” playing on the radio and finds Dean already up and getting dressed. During breakfast, they discuss the disappearance of a man at the Mystery Spot in Broward County, Florida. That night, they break into the attraction, but are confronted by the owner, who kills Dean with his shotgun. The next morning, Sam finds he and Dean are trapped in a time loop started by the Trickster: a demi-god who enjoys playing fatal pranks. Over the next 100 Tuesdays, Dean keeps getting killed in various ways despite Sam’s attempts to circumvent it. Sam forces the Trickster to break the time loop and the next day, Dean is gunned down in an attempted mugging. With the time loop broken, Dean remains dead and Sam becomes a lone hunter in his search for the Trickster. When they finally meet again, Sam begs the Trickster to bring Dean back to life. The Trickster restores the timeline to Wednesday with both Dean and Sam intact.

Episodes 12

“Jus in Bello”

Bela gets Sam and Dean arrested. While they await extradition at the sheriff’s station, they fight off law enforcement personnel who have been possessed by demons. As the boys fortify the station with salt, a horde of demons take control of the local population and surround the station. Ruby warns them that the demons are now following Lilith, a powerful new leader who wants Sam dead. Ruby proposes a spell to kill the demons, but Dean declines the offer because it involves sacrificing both herself and the virgin secretary Nancy Fitzgerald. Instead, they allow the demons inside and play a recording an exorcism through the public address system. Shortly after the brothers leave, Lilith enters the station disguised as a little girl and destroys the building in a blast of white energy. Ruby gives Sam and Dean hex bags to hide themselves from demons.

Episodes 13

“Ghostfacers”

Sam and Dean investigate the haunted Morton House in Appleton, Wisconsin, and interrupt the filming of a reality show called Ghostfacers. According to legend, the spirit of Freeman Daggett returns every leap year to bring more victims to the house. The Winchesters join forces with supernatural enthusiasts Harry Spangler and Ed Zeddmore and their crew to put Daggett’s spirit to rest. Before departing the next day, Sam and Dean wipe all of the Ghostfacers footage with an electromagnet.

Episodes 14

“Long Distance Call”

After repeatedly getting phone calls from a mysterious woman, a man shoots himself in the head. Phone company technician Stewie Meyers reveals the same number has called ten houses over a two-week period. Visits to some of the homes reveal that people have been receiving calls from dead loved ones. Dean receives a call from his father, who claims that the demon holding his contract is in town and later gives him the location. Sam deduces they are facing a crocotta, which has been convincing people to kill themselves so it can devour their souls. He discovers phone company manager Clark Adams is in fact the crocotta. Adams calls another man, pretending to be his dead daughter and claiming that her killer is at the house Dean is waiting in. As Sam manages to kill the crocotta, the man attacks Dean but is overpowered. Dean convinces the man that he is not his daughter’s killer.

Episodes 15

“Time Is on My Side”

While on a case in Erie, Pennsylvania, Sam and Dean find out about a local doctor, Dr. Benton, who abandoned his work in 1816 to follow his obsession of finding the key to eternal life. During surgery, Benton would drug people and harvest their internal organs to replace his own. Sam wants to use Benton’s research to find a way to extend Dean’s life. Sam rescues a woman from the still-living Benton, stealing his research journal in the process. Benton’s survival methods are purely scientific and are thus of no use to saving Dean. Doc Benton kidnaps Sam and tries to harvest his eyes, but Dean stops him. The brothers bury Dr. Benton alive.

In a subplot, Bela has made a demonic pact and she tries to shoot Sam with the Colt in hopes of getting out of it. She reveals that Lilith holds all of the deals; if Dean kills her, he may be able to break his.

Episodes 16

“No Rest for the Wicked”

With only 30 hours left until Dean’s contract ends, Bobby tracks Lilith to New Harmony, Indiana. Ruby claims that Lilith has her guard down and Sam’s dormant psychic abilities can easily kill her. The trio find that Lilith is possessing a young girl and terrorizing her family. At the girl’s home, Sam finds her sleeping and prepares to strike, but Dean reveals that Lilith is no longer inside her. As midnight approaches, Dean realizes that Lilith has taken over Ruby’s host. Claiming to have sent Ruby “far, far away”, Lilith pins the brothers down as her hellhound mauls Dean to death. Lilith then blasts Sam with white energy from her hand. Horrified to see that it has no effect, she flees her host before Sam can retaliate. A devastated Sam cradles Dean, whose soul is shown in Hell, hanging from a vast landscape of chains and meat hooks.