Top Twenty Episodes of Supernatural (Part Two)

Welcome to part two of the Supernatural top twenty list. I would like to once again point out that this was a very difficult list for me to put together, there were loads of other episodes that I wanted to put in this top twenty, but unfortunately I had to edge them out. These included 'Phantom Traveler' and 'Devil's Trap'. But I hope that the ones that I've picked to be the top ten, you'd at least somewhat agree with. But anyway, here they are, part two of my list and the top ten episodes of Supernatural.

10. Houses of the Holy (2.13)

Dean and Sam investigate claims that an angel is telling them to go out and murder people. While it appears that the victims are innocent, it is revealed that they do in fact have darker sides; one has a corpse buried in his basement and another is a pedophile. Sam then receives a vision and is told to kill a person who hasn't committed a crime. Yet.

It eventually turns out that it isn't an angel, but rather the spirit of a priest, Father Thomas Gregory (David Monahan), and it's basically this but that gets me hooked, line and sinker. Basically the emotion generated from Sam and Father Reynolds (Denis Arndt) trying to persuade Father Gregory that he's not an angel and is in fact dead, was wonderfully well done.

Then there's what Dean was doing. Throughout the whole episode he debunks angel mythology, but he gives chase on the guy Sam was told to kill. Finding he was about to rape and beat his girlfriend, Dean rescues the girl and chases the guy all over town, before, in true Final Destination style, the guy is killed in a horrific accident. This manages to unnerve Dean, saying it was like judgment from God, since Dean stopped Sam on Gregory's command, and yet he still dies. Though it does raise a question; how did Father Gregory know what he was planning to do?

9. Simon Said (2.05)

Sam is continuing to have precognitive dreams, which leads him to a place where people are committing the strangest killings and suicides. It is revealed that there's a special child, like Sam, with the power of mind control. However his evil relative is also in town.

You'll see a few of these, but again, I liked the the emotional side to the story, where Andy (Gabriel Tigerman) meets his long lost brother Ansem (Andrew Gallagher) and, ultimately, has to kill him to save the girl he loves; the girl he now loses because she's afraid of what he can do. He loses his brother and his romantic interest in one swoop.

Then there's the humor, mainly surrounding Dean, when Andy uses his power to make Dean do whatever. Dean nonchalantly giving Andy the Impala and then telling Andy what they actually do when Sam tried to tell him a lie was fantastic.

8. Criss Angel is a Douchebag (4.12)

Sam and Dean investigate the death of a man who was stabbed fourteen times in multiple places.w

I love magic. That's the main reason why I love this episode. The illusions and, well, general magic fascinated me. I generally love all sorts of magic. Dynamo is a brilliant magician/illusionist, you should check him out when you have the chance.

This episode also has a sympathetic mark. Jay (Barry Botswick) decides that he must kill Charlie (John Rubinstein/Michael Weston), but the third member of their friendship abandons Jay, leaving Jay alone and depressed again; Jay was depressed before and was trying to do fatal tricks in order to kill himself.

It's emotional and it has one of my favourite subjects, what's not to love?

7. Jus in Bello (3.12)

Have you ever heard of 'Assault on Precinct 13'? Where a small police station is under siege from a street gang? Yeah? Well this is the Supernatural version, where Dean, Sam, Special Agent Henrikson (Charles Malik Whifield), and others try to fight back against an army of demons Hellbent om killing the Winchester's.

Firstly, Henrikson is back. Absolutely brilliant. His chemistry with both Sam and Dean is terrific. Secondly, the plot is fantastic with demons; with demons at the front door you can't tell who is and who isn't a demon. Then the assault on the precinct was perfectly pulled off. The episode also marks the first appearance of Lilith, who basically takes away the happy ending we were waiting for.

6. The Rapture (4.20)

The angel Castiel (Misha Collins) has been recalled to Heaven, leaving his vessel behind, which means the actual person, Jimmy, has come back and wants to return to his normal life.

This episode delves into the history of Castiel's vessel, which was a risky yet well paid gamble. We see how Jimmy went from being a Christian into becoming one of Heaven's main angels. It also shows how much his family mean to him when Castiel returns and claims Jimmy's daughter as his vessel. I would not want to be Jimmy though. He gets blown up more times than a balloon (And we don't know if he survives or not).

5. Croatoan (2.09)

A fair while ago, the populace of one of the first colonies, Roanoke Colony, disappeared without a trace, except for one word; croatoan. While investigating one of Sam's visions in Rivergrove, Oregon, they find the same word carved on a telegraph pole.

The town then reaches its sell-by-date. Except for a handfull of people everything is going to Hell as the townsfolk succumb to the Croatoan virus and become...demon hybrids of sorts. The disease spreads via blood, and it doesn't show up for four hours, so when someone is suspected to be infected, the situation becomes very volatile.

That's what makes this episode so intriguing and captivating, the idea that no-one is who they say they are, how the group of survivors disintegrate from within.

4. Roadkill (2.16)

This is a special episode. A couple are driving on a highway, but a man appearing in the middle of the road causes them to crash. The wife Molly (Tricia Helfer) finds herself alone in the car and tries to find her husband, coming across the guy in the road Jonah Greely (Winston Rekert) who is a ghost. She flees and, coincidentally finds Dean and Sam.

I love this episode simply because of the heartwenching twist ending. After Sam burns Greely's bones, Molly believes her husband is dead. The Winchester's tell her he's alive and taker her to him, at his home, with his second wife. Greely wasn't the only ghost on the highway, Molly is also dead.

The revelation that Molly is dead and has to move on to be at peace is one of the saddest moments in TV history, if not TV AND film. I think I need to update my top fifteen saddest moments next Valentine's Day. The whole episode as a whole was great, don't get me wrong, but it's the ending that truly makes this episode.

3. Dead in the Water (1.03)

Sam and Dean learn that a very experienced swimmer has drowned and the body was never recovered. Upon investigating they learn that there were more unexplained drownings and an unusual drowning...in the kitchen sink.

This is one of your standard revenge stories, though the ghost behind it is a kid who just wants to inflict the same pain that his mother suffered. The episode has a fantastic story which keeps you guessing, as well as seeing a different aspect to Dean's character.

2. Ghostfacers (3.13)

Let's face it, Ed Zeddmore (A. J. Buckley) and Harry Spangler (Travis Wester)  make this episode, the actors are truly spectacular and they are probably the funniest characters/moments in this episode.

That being said the entire episode is essentially a spoof of one of those ghost hunting television shows, with one example being that both Dean and Sam swear a lot more in the Ghostfacers pilot, with the swear words beeped out. Actually, they keep the Ghostfacers pilot and the Supernatural show separate, as the normal Supernatural opening credits don't appear until the Ghostfacers pilot finishes.

Following the Ghostfacers crew actually breathes a new lease of life into the show, and it's a brilliant episode.

1. Hammer of the Gods (5.19)

That's right, this episode is my favourite. Sam and Dean take shelter at a random five star motel in the middle of a freak storm. It then turns out it's a trap set up by (Pagan) Gods, who plan to hold the Winchester's hostage to either Heaven or Hell.

I believe this is the first time that the show actually references other God's from different religions, and Lucifer kills them all with ease. I said it before, but I can't see the other religions getting behind this. Then again that's why I love it, the show took a huge risk and, in my opinion, it paid off.

The great Gabriel (Richard Speight Jr.) returns in this episode, originally to help free Dean and Sam from the Pagan Gods, though when his brother Lucifer arrives Gabriel hightails it, before returning (Persuaded by Dean) to stand up to his brother. Lucifer then kills Gabriel, an act which you can see he regrets doing.

This episode stands out a lot for me, mainly because of Lucifer killing all the other Gods and Gabriel, but mainly because it was such a brilliant episode. The Pagan Gods interacting with each other was superb, Dean and Sam trying to escape was great, the episode still had its sense of humor (Such as Dean walking pass the elephant in the room) and yet still retained the fact that it was the end of the world as we know it.




And there's my top twenty Supernatural episodes, sorry if it feels rushed I was in a hurry to get this out. I may edit this at a later date, but I hope for the time being you can get the gist of it. Heck, you do know which episodes I think are the best, so there's my mission done.

Coming up next, my one hundredth post!

Runner ups: Phantom Traveler (1.04), Asylum (1.10), Route 666 (1.13), Hell House (1.17), Provenance (1.19), Playthings (2.11), Nightshifter (2.12), Bedtime Stories (3.05), Yellow Fever (4.06), Swan Song (5.22)