Sam killed the possessed Samuel, and as Rufus and Bobby prepared to cut open his skull to look for the Khan worm, they discussed an unfortunate hunt in Omaha. Mick tells them that they can track Claire as he slipped a tracking device into her coat. Benny promises to see Dean on the other side before dying of his injuries, Dean being killed a short time later by Sam for trying to stop him. The Winchesters decide to give Kate a chance and do not hunt her down. At the same time, vampire hunter Gordon Walker attacks in hopes of killing Sam and is caught by Dixon who changes Gordon into a vampire. Gerald offers to do it for Crowley if Crowley can't bring himself to do it, mentioning how he once killed his own mother. As a Prince of Hell, Ramiel is one of the oldest and most powerful demons to ever live and a retired demonic general. In "The Prisoner", following her death, Sam and Dean cremate Charlie in hunter's tradition and Dean decides to slaughter the Stynes in revenge, telling Sam to stop the work on the Book. This motivates Lucifer to break free and enter the rift. As The Bad Place is destroyed, Dark Kaia chooses to remain and die with her world as the Winchesters and Kaia escape through the rift. While on a visit to Jody, Mary's children Sam and Dean learned of Asa's death and decided to accompany Jody to his funeral. Demons in the series are generally portrayed as cruel and sadistic, often taking pleasure in causing humans pain. When Dean tries to kill Arthur again, he flees and is later seen being employed by the Prince of Hell Asmodeus who is preparing to procure Jack for the Alternate Michael's invasion. Rufus Turner is the hunter who helped Bobby Singer when his wife, Karen Singer, was possessed by a demon. Though Belphegor claims he only needs Castiel as backup, Castiel remains suspicious of his motives, especially upon discovering that the crook is in a chest sealed in Enochian which only Castiel can read. In season 7's "There Will Be Blood," the Winchesters come into conflict with vampires once again while going after the Alpha Vampire for his blood. However, after the Winchesters left, he was killed by Lilith. After Samuel betrayed the Winchesters when they attempted to kill Crowley, claiming that Mary was the only family that mattered to him, Dean vows to kill his grandfather the next time they meet. The Winchesters quickly saw through "Jody's" strange behavior and Jael revealed himself. to which Castiel replies that he is not her father, and begins to walk away, as she watches him leave. Billie eventually rescues Jack from the Empty after Sam returns Chuck's Death book, angering the Shadow who was causing Jack intense pain at the time. Tasha refused to follow Kate's way of thinking and instead began building her own pack that hunts people. After Dark Kaia escapes again, Jody is left worried about how to explain the situation to Claire who was in love with Kaia and still seeks revenge upon her killer. When it turns out the hotel is actually haunted, he is forced to occupy the guests and the hotel staff while the Winchesters and a pair of cosplayers destroy the ghosts. Both kinds of djinn, the regular djinn and the bastard offshoot can be killed by a silver knife dipped in lamb's blood. He smashes Sam's laptop, gives him a new one, and demands $5000 for it. Disguised as a delivery person, Claire single-handedly kills all three werewolves, rescues the girl and returns her to her mother. The Winchesters rescue a young couple, Corbin and Michelle and are unaware the Corbin has been bitten. Aretha Franklin 12 12 8 12 12 8 . Inspirations for these types of demons came from numerous sources, such as the devil-on-your-shoulder concept used in the episode "Sin City". Unlike Azazel, Ramiel has long-since lost interest in Lucifer's plans and separated himself from Hell, joined by Dagon and Asmodeus. Impressed, the Alpha Vampire calls Sam a "clever, clever boy" before Sam shoots him through the head with the Colt. Unharmed and more annoyed than anything, Raul snaps Tiana's neck in retaliation and takes to wearing an eyepatch to cover up his missing eye. I need you to tell me it's OK. Look at me. Later, Cole with Dean and Sam work together to help his friend, Kit, after the latter's wife, Jemma, reported his weird actions. The Bearded Demon, portrayed by Mackenzie Murdock, is an unnamed demon who has a recurring role in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth seasons. Ennis is saved when Dean kills Maurice and explains to Ennis what he was. After Abaddon knocks out Henry and threatens to possess him, Josie volunteers to act as Abaddon's vessel to spare Henry. I admit that it came out of nowhere for me because of the camera angles. Elkins' murder draws the attention of the Winchesters and their father who was a friend of Elkins and had never told his sons about vampires as he had believed the species to be extinct. He poses as Mick again later in a text message to check that they are in fact gone. Meg is able to withstand his torture, retaliating with taunts about his technique. As a result, a pureblood werewolf named Justin, driven insane by loneliness after his peaceful pack was killed, turns a girl named Hayden Foster to be his mate, murdering her brother at the same time. Sam and Dean choose to let the two men leave, agreeing that a hunter who gets their revenge and actually decides to leave the life deserves to have that chance. Claire is possessed by Castiel when her parents, Dean, and Sam Winchester, are held captive by demons, her mother having been possessed so that the demons could watch Jimmy and determine his unique qualities as a vessel. In the finale, the boys die, but for the first time, they don't fight death. As Sam and Castiel try to treat the traumatized Gabriel, Asmodeus uses his powers to seek Gabriel out, eventually locating him in the Winchester's bunker. The group uncovers that it is a weapon created by the Men of Letters that can trap and destroy monsters and locate it in the secret tomb that Samuel had opened. While Charlie is successful, she finds out the truth about Dick Roman and the Leviathans from his files and later teams up with the Winchesters to erase the drive. The Shadow forms a smile on its face and appears to laugh at the confused Jack before Billie appears to tell Jack that they need to talk. She fights the poltergeist haunting the house and forces both spirits to leave. Ellen described him as a skilled hunter in the sense that Hannibal Lecter is a good psychiatrist, being good at his job but dangerous to everyone else around him. After Kip's death, Sam proclaims to the other demons present that there will be no more Kings of Hell and anyone who wishes to try for the position will have to go through him. Dean relied on his brother for so much, always hiding his deepest feelings with his snark and goofy goodness. However, she sides with Samuel at the end of the episode when she holds the Winchesters at gunpoint, and follows him even when it is revealed that he has been working for Crowley. Rufus is Jewish. Dean and Castiel later go to Kevin for help in preparing more demon bombs to rescue the angel Samandriel. Unlike other demons, however, he is capable of summoning monsters, such as ghosts, zombies, etc. Upon finding out that Kit is possessed by a Khan Worm, Cole is concerned that the Winchesters would try to kill him like they did with countless others, including his father. Mr. Wyatt takes an interest in Sam after reading his precocious written assignment about hunting werewolves, which was supposed to be nonfiction. Rick Stevens, the former lead singer of Tower of Power, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Dagon disappears with Kelly and reveals to the woman that the pregnancy will ultimately be fatal to her. Now elderly as she has stopped using the magic that prolonged her life, Lily can't read the tablet notes but offers a way to save Jack using her Enochian magic which will allow Jack's own soul to sustain him. Like Ramiel and Dagon, Asmodeus is stated to have left Hell a long time ago, having lost interest in Lucifer's plans in favor of his "hobbies." Fortunately, there was no longer any evidence of a crime because the Okami was gone. The being is at first amused by his appearance until Jack explodes, engulfing them both. Start your day off right, with a Dayspring Coffee Kip attempts to make a deal with Sam to work with him instead of against him, but Sam sees through Kip's faade to his true cruel nature. Ardat later poses as Arthur using his phone to trick Dean into revealing where the Winchesters are and what they are up to. Late in season seven, the characters find a tablet containing the "Word of God" that reveals a Leviathan can be killed by using "a bone of a righteous mortal washed in the blood of the three fallen." In "Family Feud," Sam mentions that Henry had previously used the spell when the Winchesters prepare to use it to return Gavin to his own time. Sam apologizes for not being able to save Nick or his victims, who will haunt Nick for the rest of his life. They are also, as series creator Eric Kripke deemed them, "erudite and sophisticated". Due to his proficiency with spells, Magnus made himself immortal, looking forever to be in his 30s despite being much older. Josie first appears in season 8's "As Time Goes By" on the night of her final initiation into the Men of Letters. Nick frees Abraxas who offers him answers in exchange for Nick murdering Mary. The two believe that Claire won't survive if she learns that they had a chance to save Kaia and failed to save her and Castiel convinces Jody to remain behind so that Claire doesn't lose her too. Leviathans' weaknesses include magic, borax, and decapitation, though none of these are lethal. While investigating the case, Dean recognizes the rig Neil is using to drain the home owner's blood as the same he was hooked up to by a djinn in "What Is and What Should Never Be" and confronts Neil who reveals that he was left as a trap for hunters by Michael while he was possessing Dean, resulting in Neil mistaking Dean for Michael when he arrived. God gives Metatron several insights into His actions, confirming He resurrected Castiel several times to aid the Winchesters and revealing he "turned off" Dean's amulet's ability to detect him. Having been promised by Michael that he will be reunited with his mother in Heaven, a desperate Kevin refuses to be talked down and activates a sigil burned into his chest that effectively turns Kevin into a suicide bomb. Donna notices Dean's strange behavior and realizes that something is wrong. Crowley accepts Ramiel's terms and presents him with two gifts: the Lance of Michael, a weapon designed by the archangel Michael to kill Lucifer slowly and the Colt, the legendary gun that had once been used to kill Ramiel's brother Azazel. Recognizing his "father's" weakened state, Asmodeus announces an intention to keep power for himself in Hell and imprisons Lucifer and Castiel. When Edgar insults Eve, the Alpha attacks him, throwing Borax in his face, but Edgar overpowers him. After Dean leaves, Kevin demon-proofs Garth's houseboat even more, but Crowley shows up and reveals he killed Kevin's mother and got his location from her smartphone. In season 8's "Man's Best Friend With Benefits," the Winchesters succeed in using a witch-killing spell learned from Bobby Singer in season 7's "Shut Up, Doctor Phil," to kill a hostile witch, albeit with the help of a distraction from a friendly witch's familiar. Following the destruction of the Men of Letters, Magnus' creation had caused at least four deaths and Sam and Dean set out to disarm it and get the codex. Gordon focuses on eliminating the supernatural simply because it isn't human, where the Winchesters are more willing to tolerate supernatural entities that are not actively killing humans. Benny agrees, telling Dean he feels he no longer fits in on Earth. She was born in 1954 to Samuel and Deanna Campbell, who were hunters, and she was raised into a life of hunting. During the celebrations, Sam thanks Rowena for keeping the rift open long enough for everyone to escape, and she admits that she could not have kept it open any longer. She quickly becomes a friend and even a surrogate little sister to the Winchesters. The cult, led by Garth's mother-in-law, kidnaps Sam, Garth and Garth's wife Bess to murder Garth and Bess and frame the murders on Sam to spur the rest of the pack to join them. from Refinery 29: Does [9], The writers originally intended for demons to not rely on human hosts, but rather exist "halfway between spirits and corporeal creatures. Colt also designed the locked door that keeps the portal to Hell known as the Devil's Gate from opening. In "Keep Calm and Carry On," Jervis and another demon work for Lucifer cleaning up his burned out vessels, followed, unknown to them, by Crowley. After Jack takes Castiel out of the Empty, the amused Shadow simply comments that it will see him soon. After several of his vampires die after feeding on infected humans, the Alpha flees to his retreat at an old monastery where Sam and Dean track him down. They shared the bottle, and Rufus gave Dean the files on Bela, which contained many interesting details on her.