Season 5



Season Five consists of 22 episodes and was rumored to be the last season, due to Eric Kripke's statements over the years that he had planned for the show to run for only five seasons. Despite this, Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles had contracts for a sixth season, and The CW renewed the series on February 16, 2010.

Season Summary
Immediately after Sam inadvertently frees Lucifer from Hell, he and Dean become targets of both Heaven and Hell. They are threats because they are destined to be the respective vessels of Lucifer and the Archangel Michael who will fight in a foretold match to determine Earth's future. This would result in killing millions of innocent people who would be in the crosshairs. If Dean refuses Michael, Lucifer will eradicate the human race with the Four Horsemen, however Sam saying yes to Lucifer will only accelerate the devil's plans. Additionally Bobby is injured and wheelchair bound. Faced with no other choice, Sam and Dean team up with their angel ally and friend Castiel to search for a means to defeat both Heaven and Hell whilst battling angels, demons and even archangels.

Their journey pushes the Winchesters' relationship to the breaking point as they both learn how they truly feel about each other and at points even consider saying yes to Michael and Lucifer both from distrust in each other and from not seeing any other choice. They also learn that Michael and Lucifer are virtually reflections of themselves and what Sam and Dean potentially could be, only further persuading them when Sam and Dean themselves become distant. The boys' journey also costs many of their friends' lives such as Ellen and Jo while other old friends such as Anna betray them and the Four Horsemen continue to bring Hell to Earth as the brothers seem to think all hope is lost even after some personal encounters with Lucifer and Michael themselves. Meanwhile, Castiel begins a mission to find God Himself even going as far as to face the archangel Raphael to find him, only to find out from the angel Joshua, the angel who talks to God, that God won't help. Additionally, the brothers try to kill Lucifer with the Colt, but it doesn't work.

Eventually, Sam and Dean gain hope from the Trickster, actually revealed to be the archangel Gabriel, (who ran away from Heaven because he got sick of the fighting and wants it to stop) who, after regaining his own faith in humanity, tells them that the Four Horsemen rings are the key to locking Lucifer back in the cage. Sam, Dean, Castiel, Bobby and a crossroads demon named Crowley (the King of the Crossroads), who also restores Bobby's legs in exchange for his soul, all work together to obtain the Horsemen's rings and trap Lucifer. However, Michael instead manages to possess Adam Milligan, the Winchesters' half-brother, while Sam decides to let Lucifer possess him so he can throw himself into the cage as the Devil won't willingly do so.

In the season finale, however, their plan fails and Lucifer fully possess Sam while Michael meets him on the battlefield. As the brothers talk, Lucifer tries to convince Michael to have them both "walk off the chess board", but Michael won't listen and decides to fight Lucifer. Dean, after finding the battlefield with help from Chuck, storms the field with the impala in a desperate attempt to get through to Sam but Lucifer instead brings him to near death as he kills Castiel and Bobby but in the end the Winchesters' love proves stronger than Lucifer's rage and Sam re-takes control, opens the cage door and throws himself, Lucifer, Michael, and Adam into it. A resurrected Castiel then heals Dean, resurrects Bobby and the trio part their separate ways. While Castiel returns to Heaven to possibly try and rule it and Bobby resumes hunting, Dean, on Sam's insistence, goes to Lisa and retires from hunting and begins a new and normal life away from hunting to be with her, that same night however Sam appears outside their house.

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Main

 * Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester (22/22)
 * Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester (22/22)
 * Misha Collins as Castiel (14/22)

Supporting

 * Jim Beaver as Bobby Singer (10/22)
 * Mark Pellegrino and Jared Padalecki as Lucifer (6/22)
 * Kurt Fuller as Zachariah (4/22)
 * Rob Benedict as Chuck Shurley (4/22)
 * Mark A. Sheppard as Crowley (3/22)
 * Matt Cohen and Jake Abel as Michael (2/22)
 * Samantha Ferris as Ellen Harvelle (2/22)
 * Alona Tal as Jo Harvelle (2/22)
 * Richard Speight Jr. ﻿as Gabriel/"Loki" (2/22)
 * Cindy Sampson as Lisa Braeden (2/22)
 * Rachel Miner as Meg (2/22)
 * Emily Perkins as Becky Rosen (2/22)
 * Matt Frewer as Pestilence (2/22)
 * Jake Abel as Adam Milligan (2/22)
 * Julian Richings as Death (1/22)
 * Matt Cohen as John Winchester (1/22)
 * Amy Gumenick as Mary Winchester (1/22)
 * Demore Barnes as Raphael (1/22)

Links

 * http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460681/episodes#season-5
 * http://www.spoilerfix.com/supernatural.php
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_(season_5)