Supernatural (season 6)

Supernatural Season 6
DVD cover art
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	22
Broadcast
Original channel	The CW
Original run	September 24, 2010 (2010-09-24)[1] – May 20, 2011 (2011-05-20)[2]
Home video release
DVD release date	Region 1: September 13, 2011[3] Region 2: TBA[4] Region 4: TBA[4]
Season chronology
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The sixth season of Supernatural, an American television series is the fifth season to air on The CW television network. The season aired on Fridays at 9:00pm Eastern/8:00pm Central in the United States on The CW and premiered on September 24, 2010.^[1]

Starring

• Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester
• Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester
• Misha Collins as Castiel

Episodes

See also: List of Supernatural episodes

The number in the first column represents the episode's number overall, whereas the number in the second column indicates the episode's number within this particular season (6). "U.S. viewers in millions" refers to how many Americans who watched the episode live or on the day of broadcast.

№	#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
105	1	"Exile on Main St."	Phil Sgriccia	Sera Gamble	September 24, 2010 (2010-09-24)	3X6052	2.90[5]
Dean lives with Lisa and her son Ben, and has given up hunting for a year after Sam jumped into Lucifer's Cage. Mysterious occurrences appear in Dean's neighbourhood and he is forced back into the world of the supernatural. Sam rescues Dean and reveals he escaped from Hell around the time Dean started living with Lisa, and introduces Dean to family members he never even knew existed: the Campbells; his mother's cousins, hunters led by none other than their grandfather Samuel. Dean leaves Lisa and Ben with Bobby so he and Sam can kill the Djinn tormenting the people close to Dean. In the end Dean decides to live with Lisa and Ben, and tells Sam to keep in touch.
106	2	"Two and a Half Men"	John Showalter	Adam Glass	October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01)	3X6053	2.33[6]
Sam investigates a case about missing babies whose parents are being mysteriously murdered. At one of the crime scenes, he discovers a baby that was left behind and calls Dean for help. Reluctant to leave Lisa and Ben, Dean finally agrees to meet Sam and surprises his brother with how parental he has become. The brothers take the baby (revealed to be a shape-shifter) to Samuel, who decides to raise it as a hunter, which infuriates Dean. However, before they can decide the baby's future, a shape-shifter breaks in and kidnaps the baby. The shape-shifter was apparently the father of all shape-shifters (the alpha), and was much stronger than the others. Samuel secretly talks to someone on the phone promising he'll capture the alpha. After losing the baby, Dean returns to Lisa, and tells her that he is not sure whether he should stay to protect her and Ben, or go to make sure nothing happens to them. Lisa tells Dean to leave, but just come back home whenever he can.
107	3	"The Third Man"	Robert Singer	Ben Edlund	October 8, 2010 (2010-10-08)	3X6054	2.16[7]
Sam and Dean call Castiel for help when they investigate a case about several dead police officers who seem to have been killed by the plagues of Egypt. Castiel confirms the staff of Moses was used to kill the cops and tells Sam and Dean that Heaven is in a state of chaos and civil war between angels and God's weapons have been stolen. The three find that the officers were involved in the shooting of a young man, whose brother has the staff, which he got from an angel in exchange for his soul. Castiel deduces that the angel responsible, Balthazar (guest star Sebastian Roché), has split the staff into pieces to be able to buy more souls. When Castiel confronts Balthazar in his residence, Balthazar explains he deserted Heaven and thanks Castiel for creating the current situation. Raphael arrives and Balthazar leaves Castiel to deal with the mess. Before Castiel is killed by Raphael, Balthazar returns and uses what appears to be a white crystal to disintegrate Raphael's host into salt (apparently used on Lot's wife when she looked back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah). Dean uses holy fire to trap Balthazar and force him to return Aaron's soul. Castiel releases Balthazar for repaying his rescue and both angels depart with no explanation to the brothers. Later, Dean questions Sam on his recent actions and thinks something's different with him.
108	4	"Weekend at Bobby's"	Jensen Ackles	Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin	October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15)	3X6051	2.84[8]
Bobby summons Crowley to have him return his soul as part of the deal to end the Apocalypse. However, Crowley reneges on the deal and holds it for a ten year period. Bobby begins to research Crowley's origins and even captures and tortures a Crossroads demon to find Crowley's real name. Throughout the weekend, Bobby provides support for the Winchester brothers and the rest of the hunters, helps fellow hunter Rufus bury a Japanese okami demon (later having to kill it again himself) and contends with an FBI agent trying to find Rufus. Dean tells Bobby about Sam's changes and his problems, but Bobby is distracted by other calls. When Dean scolds Bobby for being selfish and cold for not listening, Bobby snaps and reprimands both brothers, reminding them he also has his own problems and he can't always be there for them. Bobby learns from the Crossroads demon that Crowley's real name is Fergus Macleod and he is now the King of Hell. He then calls up Crowley's long deceased son Gavin for information and summons Crowley to threaten him to return his soul. Crowley refuses until Gavin himself tells his father that he told Bobby everything he could know about him. Crowley is shaken but remains unmoved until Dean and Sam call to reveal that they are at his grave in Scotland, ready to burn his bones. Crowley reluctantly returns Bobby's soul and destroys the contract, and goes to Scotland to pick up his remains. Later, Bobby thanks the brothers for helping him with this, and once again returns to his usual work.
109	5	"Live Free or TwiHard"	Rod Hardy	Brett Matthews	October 22, 2010 (2010-10-22)	3X6056	2.47[9]
Sam and Dean investigate a series of missing girls who all share one thing in common: they are all hardcore Twilight fans. They realize the girls are being preyed upon by vampires in the area and stake out a local bar to find the culprits. Sam allows Dean to be turned into a vampire, knowing that Samuel has a cure. Dean infiltrates the nest and before he can kill the head vampire, the Alpha vampire sends them all telepathic visions of their plans. Dean manages to kill every vampire in the nest, but the worst is yet to come as he drinks the painful cure and remembers that Sam allowed him to be turned into a vampire.
110	6	"You Can't Handle the Truth"	Jan Eliasberg	Story by: David Reed & Eric Charmelo & Nicole Snyder Teleplay by: Eric Charmelo & Nicole Snyder	October 29, 2010 (2010-10-29)	3X6055	2.52[10]
Dean and Sam investigate a series of deaths where the victims had everybody telling them the cruel truth about themselves, leading them to commit suicide. Dean is now wary of his brother ever since he remembers seeing Sam allowing the vampire to attack him. The spell affects Dean and he takes advantage of the situation to question Sam, but Sam says he just froze and is appalled Dean doesn't trust him. As Sam appears to have told the truth, they continue their hunt and discover it is the goddess of truth, Veritas who is invoking the spell. But things don't go as planned as brothers are taken captive by Veritas and she is shocked to see that Sam is unaffected by her spell and he has been lying to Dean all along.
111	7	"Family Matters"	Guy Bee	Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin	November 5, 2010 (2010-11-05)	3X6057	2.46[11]
Dean enlists Castiel's help to find out what's wrong with Sam, who reveals he can't sleep or feel any emotions except for physical pain. Castiel discovers Sam's soul is missing and when he goes elsewhere to investigate, the Winchesters learn that Samuel is going to hunt down the Alpha vampire. After torturing the Alpha vampire, Crowley appears to reveal that Samuel works for him to collect alpha creatures and he is the one who brought Sam back from Hell. Crowley tells them that he calls the shots and they have no choice but to follow his orders. After the demon leaves, Sam wants to kill Samuel for betraying and lying to them but Dean lets him go. Samuel tells them that he only works to capture creatures but has no intention to harm the brothers. While the brothers have no choice but to follow Crowley's orders, Sam assures Dean that Crowley will get his just desserts when they get the chance.
112	8	"All Dogs Go to Heaven"	Phil Sgriccia	Adam Glass	November 12, 2010 (2010-11-12)	3X6058	2.09[12]
Crowley offers the brothers a deal: an alpha in exchange for Sam's soul. He then sends the brothers to investigate a murder that appears to be a werewolf attack. The two brothers arrive at a scene of another murder and learn that the second victim was murdered in the same way as the first. After some research, Sam discovers Cal Garrigan is the common denominator between the killings. They interview Cal and meet his girlfriend Mandy, Mandy's son Aiden and their dog Lucky. The brothers spy on Cal overnight, but see nothing; after they leave, Cal is killed by Lucky. Sam sees the dog Lucky transform into a man and follows him out of the house. There is a chase and Lucky is hit by a van. It turns out the killers are not werewolves but skin-walkers. Sam and Dean trap Lucky at an animal hospital and convince him that it would be better to give up his pack than to risk the family he loves. Lucky tells the two that the skin-walkers plan to infiltrate families as pet dogs and upon given a signal, turn the families into skin-walkers. Dean decides to eliminate the leader of the pack and there is a shootout. All the skin-walker pack except Lucky are killed, but he escapes, wounded. Lucky then goes back to Mandy to thank her for her kindness, but she tells him to leave and never come back.
113	9	"Clap Your Hands If You Believe..."	John Showalter	Ben Edlund	November 19, 2010 (2010-11-19)	3X6059	1.94[13]
The Winchester brothers investigate a series of disappearances in a small town resembling alien abductions. They question the first victim's father, Brennan, a watchmaker who is adamant that his son will never return. Dean is apparently abducted; Sam goes to a UFO gathering to learn more about the abductions. Dean is sent back hours later and is annoyed to find Sam spending the night with a groupie from the gathering instead of searching for him. Continuing their research, Dean begins seeing a strange man only he can see and encounters a Tinkerbell-like fairy radiating an energy sphere. Dean tries to convince Sam of the bizarre events but Sam remains skeptical. Dean checks out Brennan's shop, only to find elves working inside. Sam asks Brennan for the truth and is told that he summoned a leprechaun two months ago. The leprechaun makes him a deal to have his elves build watches and save his shop and reputation, but will take his first-born in exchange. Dean is followed by the strange man and ambushes him, only to mistakenly attack another man and is arrested for assault. Sam and Brennan attempt to undo the spell but Brennan is killed by the leprechaun, who turns out to be a UFO enthusiast (Robert Picardo) seen throughout the episode. He used the faked UFO sightings as cover up for the leprechauns' activities. The leprechaun senses the lack of a soul in Sam and makes an offer to get it back for him, but Sam declines and attacks him. Finally, Sam dumps sugar which dispels the leprechaun's abilities, and reads the spell to send all of them back to where they came from. Later, Dean asks Sam why he did not take the leprechaun's deal, and Sam replies that deals are never a good thing.
114	10	"Caged Heat"	Robert Singer	Brett Matthews & Jenny Klein	December 3, 2010 (2010-12-03)	3X6060	2.15[14]
Sam and Dean are ambushed by Meg the demon and some of her followers loyal to Lucifer, who are running from Crowley. Sam proposes a bargain: Meg will get to kill Crowley, if she can help them eventually recover Sam's soul. Meg agrees, and Sam decides to seek insurance in case of treachery. They try to get assistance from Samuel, who refuses - Crowley has promised to resurrect Sam and Dean's mother. Later, Samuel appears to have a change of heart, and tells the brothers and Castiel about a hidden monster prison Crowley is running, torturing creatures for information on Purgatory. During their preparation to attack the compound, Castiel voices his concern that since Sam's soul was locked with the very bored Michael and Lucifer, the ravages upon Sam's soul would either kill him or render him insane or broken. While attempting to infiltrate the compound, Meg's demons are killed by a hellhound, and Meg fights the creatures to buy the others time. Samuel has betrayed the brothers, forcing Castiel out of the building with a sigil spell and trapping Sam and Dean with Crowley's help. Sam escapes his guards, rescues Dean, then both kill the demon controlling Christian, who found Meg and was torturing her for information. Together, the group tricks Crowley into stepping into a devil's trap, where Crowley states that getting the soul would be impossible, even for him. Crowley frees himself from the trap when Meg attacks him. Castiel reappears with Crowley's remains in tow, and once again Crowley professes that he cannot get Sam's soul back. Castiel immediately sets the bones ablaze, killing Crowley. Meg quickly vanishes, and Castiel leaves to fight a losing war against Raphael. Sam walks away from Dean stating that he doesn't want his soul back, as he is better off without it.
115	11	"Appointment in Samarra"	Mike Rohl	Sera Gamble & Robert Singer	December 10, 2010 (2010-12-10)	3X6061	2.27[15]
Dean meets with and makes a deal with Death: if Dean will take Death's place for an entire day, Death will regain Sam's soul and to 'fix' the tortured parts. Dean tells Bobby and Sam of the plan, which Sam strongly disagrees with, but Dean goes ahead anyway. Dean is accompanied by Tessa to reap various people. Eventually, however, Dean has to reap a 12-year old girl with a heart condition, which he refuses, and the girl begins to make a miraculous recovery. However, due to the change in the 'natural order', others die instead. Failing in the deal, Dean reaps the girl, admitting that though the natural order sucks, it must be adhered to. While Dean is acting as Death, Sam summons the angel Balthazar to learn how to prevent his soul from returning to his body. Balthazar admits that there is a spell, but it requires the "blood of the father" - patricide. Since Sam's father had passed on years ago, a surrogate - Bobby - would be necessary. Sam then attempts to chase down Bobby, who catches on to Sam's attempt to kill him and tries to stop him. Eventually, Sam gains the upper hand, and prepares to kill Bobby, only to be stopped and knocked out by Dean. Unsure of what to do about Sam, Dean is surprised by Death, who has come to reclaim his ring. Dean realizes that Death's game was rigged, and Death brushes off the accusation, revealing that he will still retrieve Sam's soul. Death also hints to Dean that there is some important realization about human souls that he must discover. Death then appears to Sam, soul in tow, and instructs Sam not to scratch at the wall he built around the Hell memories. Death then pushes the soul into a screaming and pained Sam.
116	12	"Like a Virgin"	Phil Sgriccia	Adam Glass	February 4, 2011 (2011-02-04)	3X6062	2.25[16]
After Death placed Sam's damaged soul from Hell into Sam's body, Sam awakens back to his normal state only to have no stable memory of when he was around with no soul. Dean and Sam investigate some disappearances of girls who are virgins only to find that dragons are behind the kidnappings. Bobby sends Dean to Dr. Visyak, a professor in medieval mythology who has had experience in fighting dragons. She tells Dean that in order to kill the dragons, he needs a blade that has been forged in dragon's blood. However, they can use a powerful dragon-killing sword, one of which she has in her basement. Meanwhile Sam is researching where the dragon's hideout is and finds out they are staying in the underground sewers. Sam then begs for Castiel to be in his presence at which point Castiel shows up and tells Sam everything that has happened while he was soulless. Sam and Dean then go into the sewers and find virgin girls locked in a cage. As Sam and Dean are attempting to unlock the cage, they are interrupted by two dragons and have a fight. They manage to kill one of the dragons while the other one escapes. They end up back at Bobby's and Sam apologizes to Dean for everything he has done, saying that Castiel told him everything. Bobby has learned the dragons are trying to open Purgatory to let something "big" walk the planet named the "Mother of All" and that they are reading an "instruction manual" on how to open it. Meanwhile the dragons still have one of the virgins; they work an incantation and shove her into a fiery pit. The virgin then flies out of the pit possessed by the "Mother of All".
117	13	"Unforgiven"	David Barrett	Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin	February 11, 2011 (2011-02-11)	3X6063	1.97[17]
Sam gets a mysterious text message directing him to a small town in Rhode Island where three women have gone missing in the past week. Upon arriving in the town, they discover that Samuel and Sam had been there before, working on a hunt where men had gone missing. However, as time progresses in the town, Sam's memories of his prior visit begin to surface, such as beating a suspicious police officer and having sex with various witnesses (who were now the victims). Sam is even arrested by the officer who he had beaten, and then confronted with the local sheriff's wife, Brenna Dobbs. Sam professes that he has no recollection of what happened, and Brenna frees him from jail. As the investigation continues, Sam realizes that he and Samuel had originally hunted an Arachne in the town, and Sam used Sheriff Dobbs as bait to lure in the creature. Upon finding Dobbs and the other abducted men, Sam successfully killed the Arachne and proceeded to kill the abducted men, as he believed that the men were poisoned and beyond help. It is later shown that the Arachne had not captured the men to feed, but to propagate the species, turning Dobbs and the other victims from a year ago into Arachnes as well, all of whom survived. Dobbs reveals himself by baiting Sam and Dean, and trapping them in webbing. While explaining what happened to him, and that the women he kidnapped have all been turned into Arachnes and scattered everywhere, Dean uses a shard of glass to cut the webbing and attack Dobbs. Brenna frees Sam, who decapitates Dobbs. Sam then tries to apologize to Brenna, but she does not wait to hear him.
118	14	"Mannequin 3: The Reckoning"	Jeannot Szwarc	Eric Charmelo & Nicole Snyder	February 18, 2011 (2011-02-18)	3X6064	2.25[18]
Sam and Dean investigate a strange case where a janitor was killed and no one was around. Another murder takes place in another town, and they suspect a ghost controlled a mannequin to kill them. While investigating, Dean receives a call from Ben telling him Lisa is acting strange and he goes to see what is going on. Sam then discovers that both victims used to work together in a factory, and the janitor resigned after the strange death of a female worker called Rose. After a talk with her sister, Sam saves another guy that worked in the factory from getting killed and explained to him that he and a group of guys accidentally killed her because of a cruel joke they played on her. Sam then leaves and burns the body, thinking the case is solved, although the worker he just saved gets killed that same night. After talking to Lisa, Dean realizes that Lisa has been trying to forget him but he keeps appearing in her life and that she still has feelings for him. Dean then talks to Ben who clearly wants Dean back in their lives. Sam then returns to Isabella, Rose's sister, looking for anything she could still be attached to and discovers Rose gave her a kidney when they were younger so if they cut the kidney out Isabella would die. Dean comes back to see Isabella, but Rose possesses the Impala and tries to kill Dean, who manages to escape, resulting in the Impala crashing and both sisters finally dying. After that, the brothers have a talk about how they got an innocent girl killed to save those guys and if they are actually doing the right thing.
119	15	"The French Mistake"	Charles Beeson	Ben Edlund	February 25, 2011 (2011-02-25)	3X6065	2.18[19]
Balthazar gives Sam a key and sends the brothers to an alternate reality where they are known as Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. Sam and Dean discover that everyone they knew in their reality is an actor in this reality: Castiel is a twitter-addicted nice guy named Misha, and Sam is married to 'Ruby', Genievive Padalecki. Sam and Dean attempt to return to their reality, but are hampered by their alternate lives as actors and the crew of their TV show. One of Raphael's assassins, Virgil, arrives to kill them, but fails; eventually, the brothers beat him. They are then pulled back into their own universe and confronted by Raphael (in a new female vessel). Balthazar and Castiel appear and reveal that the key was a ruse to divert Raphael's attentions from the real transaction: Castiel now owns the weapons of Heaven that Balthazar stole. Frustrated with Castiel, the brothers ask why he did what he did, to which Castiel simply states that he will tell them another time.
120	16	"...And Then There Were None"	Mike Rohl	Brett Matthews	March 4, 2011 (2011-03-04)	3X6066	2.14[20]
Eve, the Mother of All, is now on Earth. She convinces a truck driver to give her a ride, only to then infect him, causing him to kill his wife with a hammer. Dean and Sam partner up with Bobby to track Eve down. Bobby goes to a crime scene only to see Rufus who is also working the job. As the four of them go to a warehouse they find Samuel Campbell with their cousin Gwen also on the trail. Soon they find out that a worm (that Eve spit into the truck driver's ear) inside people's heads is causing the killings and it's now in one of them. Dean gets infected and kills Gwen. As they sit down to think about how to kill this worm, Samuel leaves. Dean and Sam track down Samuel, who then attacks Dean with a concealed weapon; Sam kills Samuel. There is no sign of the worm leaving when Sam shot him, so Rufus and Bobby take off to get some "tools" from the car. As Rufus and Bobby try to open up Samuel's head to get the worm out he wakes up, and a fight breaks out while the brothers watch, locked out of the room. Samuel is electrocuted and the worm escapes him. Just in time Sam and Dean kicks into the room. They all agree to electrocute each other to find out who has the worm. Bobby has it and kills Rufus with a knife. The brothers tie Bobby up and torture him until the worm is flushed out dead, before that the worm tells them a message from Eve, that they were lured to the cannery and that they will all die. Bobby, Sam and Dean bury Rufus; Bobby pours some Johnnie Walker Blue Label into Rufus' grave.
121	17	"My Heart Will Go On"	Phil Sgriccia	Eric Charmelo & Nicole Snyder	April 15, 2011 (2011-04-15)	3X6068	2.26[21]
Sam and Dean try to keep themselves busy by following up a new case where people are dying from bizarre and creative deaths (e.g., being decapitated by a garage door or having a photocopy machine choke a woman with her scarf). They determine there are no spirits or monsters involved, and remain at a loss. Inexplicably, Ellen (very much alive) is Bobby's wife. She traces the family trees of the victims, discovering their ancestors all immigrated to the United States in 1912 on the Titanic, a ship that none of them have ever heard of, which narrowly missed an iceberg on its maiden voyage. Sam finds an old photo and notices the first officer of the ship is none other than Balthazar. When summoned, Balthazar reveals he hated the movie, so he went back in time and saved the ship, which created a chain of reactions that led to Ellen being alive and no one knowing the uninteresting history of the Titanic. The bizarre deaths are being caused by one of the Fates sisters of Greek Mythology, Atropos. Atropos attempts to kill Sam and Dean out of resentment of them escaping death and stopping the Apocalypse, though Castiel saves them. Castiel confronts Atropos and discovers how angry she is that no one takes her seriously anymore and that when she went to Heaven, everyone ignored her because of her failure to kill the 50,000 descendants from the Titanic. Atropos warns him that killing her will cause her sisters to kill them, Sam and Dean included. She tells Castiel (who convinced Balthazar to save the Titanic) that saving the 50,000 souls won't help him when he needs them in his battle against Heaven. She convinces Castiel to restore the timeline, but he ensures the brothers still know about the change.
122	18	"Frontierland"	Guy Bee	Story by: Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin & Jackson Stewart Teleplay by: Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin	April 22, 2011 (2011-04-22)	3X6067	1.90[22]
Bobby discovers that ashes from a phoenix can kill Eve, although he believed they didn't exist. Dean finds Samuel Colt's diary, where he claims to have killed a phoenix in Sunrise, Wyoming in 1861. They call Castiel so that he can send them back in time. Before transporting them through time, Cas explains the risks of sending them so far back and that they will only have 24 hours - longer, and he may not be able to bring them back. In 1861, the brothers witness the hanging of Elias Finch, who informs the judge, the sheriff, and the deputy that they are all going to burn. Sam and Dean learn that Colt is building some railroads 20 miles away from the town. Finch reappears to burn the judge and sheriff to death, and Dean is proclaimed as the new town sheriff. Sam finds Colt, presenting himself as a hunter from the year 2011 and gives his cellphone as proof. He tries to convince Colt to help him kill Elias, who is in fact the phoenix. Meanwhile, one of Castiel's lieutenants, Rachel, confronts Cas about his plan to win the war and then tries to kill him. Cas is seriously injured but manages to kill Rachel, after which he goes to Bobby's house. He tells Bobby he won't be able to bring the brothers back unless he can regain his power by touching a human soul, when Bobby offers up his own. Back in 1861, Dean uses the deputy as bait for Finch, who can't go through the iron bars protecting him. Finch kills him with a gun instead, and starts to chase Dean. Sam has Colt's gun, on loan, and gives it to Dean, who kills Finch with it. Cas brings them back to the present before they are are able to collect the ashes. Thinking everything is lost, a mysterious package from Samuel Colt arrives, containing a letter, Sam's phone, and a jar with the ashes of the phoenix.
123	19	"Mommy Dearest"	John Showalter	Adam Glass	April 29, 2011 (2011-04-29)	3X6069	2.01[23]
Sam, Dean, Bobby and Castiel track Eve to a small town in Oregon. They discover a bar full of dead people, where Eve changed all of the patrons into vampire/wraith/shapeshifter hybrids, which Dean names "Jefferson Starships". Police come and arrest everyone but Dean, who follows them to the police station. Sam notices that they are also hybrids and kill all but one of them. Castiel interrogates the hybrid and finds out Eve is at a diner. In the diner, where everyone else is a hybrid, Eve tells Sam and Dean that Crowley is still alive and is after the power of the souls, not the purgatory and is also torturing her children. She takes the form of Mary to show them what is mother's love. Her plan is to ruin Crowley's plans by sending souls to Purgatory instead of Hell (only monsters go to Purgatory). Dean refuses to deal, and Eve tries to turn him, but he drank whiskey mixed with phoenix ashes earlier, which poisons her. Castiel kills the hybrids and spirits the men away. Sam, Dean and Bobby argue because they are suspicious of Castiel, thinking he let Crowley live. Crowley meets with Cas at the diner, saying he is tired of covering up his messes.
124	20	"The Man Who Would Be King"	Ben Edlund	Ben Edlund	May 6, 2011 (2011-05-06)	3X6070	2.11[24]
The majority of the episode is from Castiel's perspective. He is no longer sure that stopping the Apocalypse was the right choice. Dean lies to Castiel to cover up that they are interrogating a demon to find Crowley. Castiel goes to meet with Crowley who is doing experiments with Eve's corpse. Crowley thinks the Winchesters are distracting Castiel, and tells him to kill them, but Castiel refuses, warning Crowley not to touch the brothers. Cas observes Sam, Dean and Bobby while invisible, then saves them from demons, but a slip lets them know their suspicions are correct. Continuing his monologue, Cas reveals he started the civil war in Heaven, using 50,000 souls from Hell, because Rafael wanted to raise Michael and Lucifer and resume the Apocalypse. The brothers summon Castiel and trap him in a circle of holy fire. Dean asks if Castiel is working with Crowley, and from Castiel's inability to look him in the eyes, Dean knows the answer. Crowley then appears to release Castiel, repeating that the Winchesters are holding him back. Back at Bobby's, Castiel appears to Dean, telling him to understand that he is doing this for him. Dean asks him to trust him and stop what he is doing, because he's like a brother to him, but Castiel says he won't. Dean then says he will do anything to stop him. Castiel asks God for a sign to see if what he is doing is right or wrong, and says that if God doesn't answer him, he will do whatever it takes. There is no sign.
125	21	"Let It Bleed"	John Showalter	Sera Gamble	May 20, 2011 (2011-05-20)	3X6071	2.02[2]
Crowley has Lisa and Ben kidnapped as a warning to Dean not to meddle in his plans. The brothers summon Balthazar for help but to no avail. Their investigation takes them and Bobby to the world of H.P. Lovecraft, who supposedly wrote a manuscript describing Purgatory shortly before his death. They discover that Lovecraft invited guests for a first-hand look into another dimension during a dinner party, where all of them eventually ended up dead or insane. Sam begs Castiel for help, who is enraged that Crowley threatened Dean with his loved ones. Balthazar meets with Castiel; he knows Cas is in league with Crowley, but agrees to help Castiel to the end. Bobby speaks with the sole survivor of the Lovecraft party back in 1937 to know more details, but inadvertently finds out that the old man's mother is Ellie Visyak (who Dean acquired the dragon-slayer sword from back in "Like a Virgin"), who is actually immortal and originated in Purgatory. She explains to Bobby that she fell through the cracks from the opening of dimensions and has been hiding out on Earth ever since. She refuses to tell Bobby how to open the gate to Purgatory or accept his help to protect her. Meanwhile, the brothers get help from Balthazar who teleports them to where Lisa and Ben are held. Dean discovers that Lisa is possessed by a demon who stabs her body to convince Dean to stop the exorcism spell. However, Dean is undeterred and exorcises the demon. He then carries Lisa all the way outside, reunites with Sam and the group heads for hospital. Castiel arrives to heal a dying Lisa. Dean then asks for another favor and Castiel also wipes clean all memories of Dean from them. Later, Ellie prepares to leave her safehouse but Castiel arrives and captures her.
126	22	"The Man Who Knew Too Much"	Robert Singer	Eric Kripke	May 20, 2011 (2011-05-20)	3X6072	2.11[2]
Sam is on the run from police. A bartender helps him investigate his loss of memory. Sam flashes to earlier memories where he is helping Dean and Bobby look for Ellie Visyak, who has been taken by Castiel. They eventually find her but she dies from her wounds while escaping from Crowley. Castiel shows up and fragments Sam's mind when they refuse to stop trying to stop him. In his mind, Sam fights a ruthless copy of himself, eventually winning, and absorbing his memories of the time he was soulless. In the real world, Balthazar betrays Castiel by giving up Crowley's hiding place to Dean and Bobby. Sam travels to Bobby's house in the dream world and meets a third Sam, who consists of the memories when he was in Lucifer's cage. "Tortured" Sam allows Sam to kill him, who then reintegrates into Sam's mind. Back in the real world, Castiel discovers Balthazar's treachery and kills him. Dean and Bobby arrive at Crowley's hideout but are attacked by a cloud of demons. Furious, Castiel tries to kill Crowley but discovers that he cannot. Crowley has realigned with Raphael. Giving up Ellie's Purgatory blood, Castiel escapes, while Crowley recites the spell to open Purgatory with Raphael. Dean and Bobby recover and storm in but are both easily beaten by Raphael. As Crowley finishes the spell, nothing happens. Castiel had switched the jars of Purgatory blood, using the real one to open Purgatory and absorb every soul there. Now all powerful, Castiel destroys Raphael, while Crowley escapes. A recovered Sam arrives and stabs Cas with an angel's sword, but it has no effect. Castiel proclaims himself as the new God of the world, and tells the group to bow down and profess their love unto him their Lord or he shall destroy them.

Production

Theshow's creator Eric Kripke originally planned for the show to last only five seasons, but due to increased ratings from the fourth and fifth seasons,^[25] the CW network renewed the series for a sixth season.^[26] Kripke did not return as showrunner; however, he remains a hands-on executive producer, leaving long-time series writer Sera Gamble to take over the day-to-day production of the show.^[25] Kripke also wrote the season finale.

Gamble has said the sixth season of the show will focus on the brothers' relationship.^[27][28][29] The season will steer towards the format of the early seasons with "lots of meat-and-potatoes closed-ended episodes, and...a season-long story arc to weave in".^[30] According to a press release by the CW, Heaven and Hell are now in "complete disarray", forcing Sam and Dean to reunite to "beat back the rising tide of creatures and demon-spawn" that "roam across a lawless and chaotic landscape".^[1] The season will jump ahead a year to "get some distance between [Sam and Dean], get some personal history for each of them" to allow for "new conflict, new circumstances, new stuff".^[31] The brothers' roles will be reversed, with Dean now hesitant to return to the hunting lifestyle.^[32] The brothers will investigate why monsters have been "acting off-pattern".^[33] The first few episodes will establish the mythology.^[31] An episode spoofing Twilight and other vampire series aired in October, 2010 and examined the "current romantic fascination" with vampires.^[34][35] However, the Twilight fans at the center of the Winchesters' "disparaging" comments were "slightly fictionalized". On this, Gamble noted, "...part of the thing is finding a balance between [showing] a poster from the actual show and having Sam and Dean really speak their minds. We don't want to offend." A fan of the Twilight series, she also commented, "I'm certainly not coming at this from a place of feeling superior to them. I have great respect."^[36] Another episode of the season will consist of an "insane" storyline featuring Tinker Bell.^[37]

Filming for the season began with the Ackles-directed fourth episode, "Weekend at Bobby's", to give the actor enough time for preproduction.^[38] Misha Collins will return as series regular Castiel,^[39] as will Jim Beaver as Bobby Singer.^[40] Mitch Pileggi will make multiple appearances as Sam and Dean's grandfather.^[41] The recurring role of Christian, the maternal cousin of Sam and Dean, was given to Corin Nemec;^[42] he is described as "capable, calm under pressure, and very good at his job".^[41] Kim Rhodes will return as Sheriff Jody Mills,^[43] as will Fredric Lehne as Azazel.^[44]

A two hour season finale was aired on May 20, 2011.^[45]

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External links

• Official website
• List of Supernatural episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• List of Supernatural season 6 episodes at TV.com
• Supernatural at epguides.com