Afterwards, in "Hunteri Heroici", Castiel cuts off his ability to listen into the other angels and decides to become a full-time hunter to avoid facing the other angels about what he has done. After escaping, Castiel informs the Winchesters of Michael's invasion and when asked about Mary, he could only tell them she was while holding back some of the details of her status but the brothers see through it and become determine to save her. They served together in Heaven in the same garrison, with Anna as his captain before she fell. Following this, Castiel attempts to leave Hael behind but is captured by her instead whereby she reveals her plans to possess him. Castiel then goes to Heaven to ask for help with Gabriel and the Apocalypse World Michael situation, where he is surprised to meet an alive Naomi. However, he was worried when seeing Dean's memories of Michael possessing him. Both Castiel and Rowena showed dislike in each other almost instantly and Castiel was pleased at the idea that they would kill her when it was over. Castiel seeks to undo his mistake of freeing Lucifer by capturing him, while Mary seeks to find a means to adapt in this strange new world by being on her own. Castiel has also been working with the demon, consuming Purgatory's souls to gain power. In a flashback during the episode, Castiel and Mary finish up a vampire hunt together shortly after her resurrection and discuss her sons. Castiel ignores Raphael's pleas by smiling at his fear and kills Raphael in a similar manner he himself was killed two years prior, obtaining his revenge. This was the last time to two ever saw each other. Before taking his grace, Metatron told Castiel to live a human life by starting a family and when he dies tell him of his human life. While the plan does work, the cruel sacrifice of his own followers drives Gadreel to acknowledge his own mistake. Castiel and Dean tell Michael of the situation, who is willing to help them defeat Lucifer, but cannot fight him due to the damage to his vessel. He then leaves as his brother tries to threaten him but Castiel only responds with a taunt which gets praise from Dean. Castiel tells the demon that Lucifer mostly just leaves him alone. Castiel also spends the episode one step ahead of Bobby investigating H.P. After escaping Asmodeus and being attacked by Lucifer, https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Castiel%27s_Relationships?oldid=396800. Later, he carves a banishing sigil into his own chest and activates it in the presence of multiple angels in order to clear the way for Sam and Dean to attack Zachariah and save Adam. When Gadreel proves resistant to their efforts to expel him, Dean tries to have Castiel possess Sam to let him know of the situation but he can't without Sam's permission, and furthermore has no way to gain it due to Sam’s mind being kept under by Gadreel. Cas and Dean figure out that an empathy-free Sam is missing his soul. This is all of Castiel's minor relationships from throughout the series. The battle ends in God's defeat and when Lucifer attempts to rescue God from Amara's clutches, but is knocked aside and ripped from his vessel. Jack's moral corruption escalates to the point where he kills Mary on impulse; Castiel attempts to retrieve her soul, but decides to leave her in Heaven after he confirms that Mary has reunited with John in the afterlife. The revelation of Ishim's true nature certainly damaged any positive opinion Castiel ever had of Ishim. Unfortunately, Jimmy's fate was sealed from the moment Castiel first spoke to him, as his status as an angel vessel drew demons to his family, leading to the possession of his wife and neighbors, and an attempt on his life. He picks up the angel tablet which completely severs Naomi's connection to and control over him. This led Castiel into confrontation with his older brother, and in a fit of despair, he consented to possession. Castiel then angrily confronted Naomi over her actions on him such as stealing his memories, threatening to tear him apart, making him repeatedly act out Dean's murder and killing many, many people in front of him. When demons attack the family, Jimmy pleads to Castiel to help save them. The character of Castiel is purely queer as he develops sexual feelings for both Dean Winchester and the demon, Meg Masters at the same time. Castiel, realizing there is no other way to safely know the true ingredients for the spell, forcibly extracts the spell from Donatello's mind, leaving him brain-dead and on life support. In turn, Rowena pointed Castiel to a book that contained the spell she thought that he would need. There, they find them dead, having been killed by demons, and Castiel promises to look into Crowley's possible survival to find out for sure if he's dead or not. He is uncertain as to how he was resurrected, but alludes to Zachariah it may have been God's doing. Aside from Ishim's position as Castiel's superior in both power and rank, it is not clear what their relationship actually was like. Castiel visibly disapproved of this mindset and by Michael's callous desire to kill God as well as end the world on a whim. When Alicia Banes calls for help on a werewolf case, Castiel fails to complete it, so Mary takes over and finishes it. In an attempt to gain his trust, presumably because she knows Castiel is one of his weak spots, she lies to Dean about Castiel and claims that he misinterpreted everything she has done and is still insane. Out of Castiel's three lovers, Meg and April, Daphne is the only one with whom Castiel had a successful relationship, as Meg was killed approximately a year later and April was a reaper tasked with killing him. Sam and Dean Winchester were trained by their father to hunt the creatures of the supernatural. While the Winchesters search for other ingredients, Castiel searches for fruit of the Tree of Life in Syria. In "Goodbye Stranger", Castiel has been completely brainwashed by Naomi and has killed thousands of copies of Dean ruthlessly. In a fit of rage, Hester assaulted Castiel until he bled. Castiel comments to the Winchesters that he finds it amazing that he does not know what he is going to do next, and teleports away after giving them his blood. As an angel, experiencing Castiel's true form will result in blindness, deafness, or even death, as the appearance of his natural visage is so overwhelming that it is capable of burning human or demon eyes from their sockets (as seen in Lazarus Rising), as he said to Dean, \"My true form. Castiel soon awoke to find Michael injured by Jack and was somewhat relieved to see him defeated. Alongside Dean and Sam, Castiel listens to Lucifer's declaration that he will destroy God's toys while making the three of them watch, since he finds the act of slaughtering to be "fun". Dean refuses to remain idle, and continually requests to be able to see Sam, which is denied. Dean subsequently returns and banishes Lucifer, vowing to find a way to free Castiel from his control. During Let the Good Times Roll, Castiel recalled his brother's death after Michael appeared in the world and tried to attack him, despite knowing what power Michael holds. Castiel, for the most part, was Uriel's superior, and stopped Uriel from hurting Sam and Dean many times. Later on, Castiel approaches Gadreel and urges him to realize that he is making the same mistake again by following Metatron, but Gadreel refuses to listen, since he cannot surrender his honor. In Exodus, Castiel was sad to hear from Sam and Dean that Gabriel was killed by this Michael, which likely caused him to resent Michael even more, but he took pleasure in the fact that Michael was trapped due to Gabriel's last actions. Metatron revealed that she was God's sister. Critics and fans have responded highly favorably to the character. He is saved by Dean, and they in turn are rescued when Anna regains her powers. When Lucifer returns- Crowley faked banishing Lucifer when in reality he attempted to trap Lucifer in his old vessel and control him- the Winchesters are able to trap Lucifer in an alternate universe where the apocalypse took place as Dean and Sam were never born, but Lucifer kills Crowley and Castiel and takes Mary to the other world with him. When Naomi departs after accompanying Castiel back to Earth, he promises to restore Heaven with Gabriel's help and goes so far as to share a nod with his sister. Lucifer remains mostly in control afterwards, though he does not seem to prevent Castiel from discovering what is going on outside, as Castiel becomes aware of God's return and God's plan to defeat The Darkness. So when [he is] interacting with human beings, there's a naive curiosity about their behavior. Although his torment has driven him insane, he explains that taking on Sam's pain has helped relieve some of his past burdens. Sam and Dean track down someone who knows the location of one of Lucifer's Crypts where the angel tablet is and in ensuing scuffle, Sam ends up in trouble. Castiel then sees his brother as a loose end, and decides to lure Balthazar to a location under the guise of talks before stabbing him to death with an angel blade. Despite his desire to stop his brother, he was dead-set against the idea of Dean letting Michael possess him as he recognizes that even if Lucifer were to be defeated, Michael would just take over Dean and begin a reign of terror. Having lost his connection to Heaven in the fifth season, Castiel's humanization seems to have quickened by the episode "Free to Be You and Me", as he appears extremely anxious while in a whorehouse, is visibly distraught when asking Dean for help, and refers to the Archangel Raphael as "my little bitch". When Castiel discovered that Sam's soul was still stuck in the Cage, he is the first and so far the only person to assume that Michael took part in torturing Sam before his soul was retrieved. For the majority of Castiel's early life, Castiel was led to believe that every order given out was from God. Castiel was mortified, but he had, prior to being captured, turned on the radio. Claire was briefly reunited with her father when Castiel was forcibly removed from his vessel, as shown in The Rapture. Instead, Castiel stays to watch out for Fred for a while, but accepts that he can no longer run from what he has done. After Lucifer is finally defeated, Castiel continues to hunt down Kelly and the child out of fear that the child will wreak havoc. After losing his memory, Castiel is more human than ever, but still displays some of his emotionless side. However, when Sam and Dean go to meet him, they instead find Jimmy, Castiel's vessel, who claims to have little memory of his life as a vessel. Daphne took this encounter as a word from God and took care of Castiel, now named "Emmanuel", and soon married him. With this, Michael became disillusioned with God enough to aid Castiel and the Winchesters. Castiel was relieved to see Dean released from his possession in The Scar. Hester and Inias are two angels from Castiel's garrison who appeared in Reading Is Fundamental, with the intention on getting their hands on the newly-designated prophet, Kevin Tran. Collins feels this is because interactions with Sam and Dean have made the angel "uncertain" and "more fragile". Meanwhile, the Winchesters, Jack and Castiel are informed of the capture of their allies and work to free them. [11] He remains on Earth hunting for God, although acquires a cell phone so that the Winchesters can call for his aid when dealing with particularly challenging cases, such as their discovery of the Antichrist or their latest confrontation with the Trickster (who is revealed to be the lost archangel Gabriel). Castiel offers to pretend to be Gadreel's prisoner, but once they arrive in Heaven, the angels lock them up, not fooled by their guise. Ishim seemed to prefer Castiel's female vessel and in 1901, he appeared to trust Castiel as well. In Moriah, God appears to Castiel and he is shocked to see his father again before he learns that God did hear his prayer. She convinces Sam, Dean and Castiel to join her by saying that she simply needs help killing this powerful demon. Castiel is disgusted by this and intends to stop Lucifer anyway he can. [2] Initially, the character demonstrates complete devotion to God and little emotion. While held captive by Asmodeus, Castiel and Lucifer develop an exasperated banter with Castiel often chastising Lucifer over his useless threats and Lucifer attempting to get Castiel to give up some of his grace to restore Lucifer's powers. Castiel's faith was utterly shattered and he bitterly stated that Chuck lied just as every writer but this was the least of his concerns, as God decided to destroy everything to punish everyone for their defiance of him. The Reaper tortures Castiel and kills him when the Winchesters show up to rescue him. Castiel witnessed Jack destroy Michael and was amazed that the latter was finally dead as well that Jack regained his powers. Despite knowing Sam never could, he helps them. By that point, Castiel was suffering from a deep sense of self-loathing, having just survived manipulation by Naomi, lost the angel tablet to Crowley and made Dean angry at him, Castiel's greatest desire was to atone for his sins, and Metatron offered him a solution: complete the three trials that would lock up Heaven, so the angels would no longer cause problems on Earth. Castiel also prepared to fight the undead God set upon him and his friends. God eventually returns to offer the Winchesters help against Jack's corrupted state, but when the Winchesters realize that God is manipulating the situation to suit his own narrative aspirations, they reject his plans, prompting God to release all the spirits and monsters the Winchesters have previously defeated from Hell. [17] In the fifth-season finale, "Swan Song", Castiel loses faith after Sam fails to overpower Lucifer when he possesses him and suggests they get drunk and wait for the end to come. Despite Hannah's pleas, Gadreel sets a bomb off on his chest and destroys part of the prison, freeing Castiel and convincing Hannah on who is the real enemy. During Beat the Devil, while they journey through Apocalypse World Castiel told Gabriel about Heaven's state and if he ever will return. Before Raphael is able to get his revenge against Castiel, Balthazar destroys Raphael's vessel and sends him back to Heaven. However, instead of capitulating, this proved to be the last straw for Castiel who instantly killed Duma with his angel blade, ending her reign of terror and ensuring the safety of John and Mary. Despite not getting her mother back, Claire finally accepts Castiel, and before departing to go live with Jody, she hugs him goodbye. Having gained access to Heaven's 'back door' after Gadreel sacrifices himself, Castiel defeats Metatron and throws him into Heaven's prison. However, after she ordered him to kill Dean to get the Angel tablet, Dean got through to him and the tablet's powers severed her control. While posing as Ezekiel, Gadreel resurrected Castiel after he had been killed by the rogue reaper April Kelly though he later told Dean to get Castiel away to hide his identity and protect himself (and by extension Sam). Castiel refuses to listen and is subsequently left in the circle while Meg stays to watch over him so that he doesn't manage to free himself. Rowena then is able to open up a rift to Apocalypse World and Castiel then travels with Dean, Sam and Gabriel into the rift to find Mary and Jack. After Balthazar rescues him from Raphael, Castiel sets him free from a ring of holy fire which enables him to escape the Winchesters. The alternate Castiel wonders about the other Castiel's allegiance to humans, and tell him that they are the same. Anna eventually returns to Earth and the two meet again in The Song Remains the Same, she resents Castiel for turning her in shown by taunting him over his search for their father. Once the brothers encounter the string of odd deaths Fate takes this opportunity to eliminate them due to their part of undoing the destined Apocalypse. He is also now less distant from Sam and Dean and more appreciative of human things such as television. Castiel cherishes humble people who appreciate the simple joys in life. However, he believes the writers have found "the line", allowing for the jokes to be "more subtle" and "a little more believable". This defiance causes the Cosmic Entity to resurrect him and send him back to Earth, where he is overjoyed to be alive again. Castiel often had to keep his brother in line. After the Leviathans left him, he made his way out of the river, naked, and ran into his future wife Daphne. Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons and gods that roam the earth. He demonstrates his new power by killing Raphael with a simple snap of his fingers. They later engage at the bunker, with Castiel attacking Michael who effortlessly knocked out Castiel. Hannah later assists Castiel in gathering rogue angels. Duma appeared to retain no memory of the experience and was surprised to find Castiel in Heaven. With Heaven in chaos, Metatron (the Scribe of God, recently rediscovered) convinces Castiel that they must seal the gates of Heaven to force the angels together to make peace. After finding the tree, Castiel fought and killed most of the Djnn clan that was guarding the tree and bargained with the survivors, possibly leaving Castiel married to their queen. Castiel later discovers Sam and Dean are working with a demon called Meg, whom he refers to as an abomination. Castiel typically displays very little emotion and always exhibits an extremely somber disposition. He was essentially guarding Rowena while watching over Charlie. The mission fails when Anna gets her grace back and escapes them. An Angel of the Lord, he first appears in the fourth season, and is used to introduce the theme of Christian theology to the series. Supernatural’s most compelling moments usually focused on intense relationships between men, whether it was Sam and Dean and their father, or Dean and Castiel. In The Scar, Castiel goes so far as to call Rowena for magic help to save Laura when his own powers proved to be insufficient. Gadreel helped Castiel get into Heaven where the latter intended to locate the angel tablet and destroy it, thus stripping Metatron of his power source. [6] In the following episode, "Heaven and Hell", Anna uses an ancient Enochian sigil to send the angels away, though they manage to track them down later. Uriel admits he and certain other angels are now working together to free Lucifer, having grown weary of never hearing from God and jealous of His favoritism for humanity. After Castiel rescues Dean from Hell, he realizes he cannot communicate with the human unless he obtains a vessel. With his meeting, Castiel is one of the seven angels (the archangels, Metatron and Gadreel) to see God. She and the surviving angels must stay in Heaven in order to keep it running, although his news about an archangel, Gabriel, being alive gives them hope as his power could help keep Heaven running. The next time Castiel sees her, he tells her he still has orders to destroy her, but she knows that he won't. During this time, the orders he is getting from Heaven of questionable morality and the influence of Anna cause him to start to have doubts about Heaven's plans. However, Castiel later returns – still in Jimmy Novak's body – in the fifth-season premiere, "Sympathy for the Devil", killing two fellow angels in order to save Sam and Dean. They meet again and he watches Dean refuse to follow out God's order but is horrified to watch him kill Jack. Castiel insulted his brother and tossed a molotov cocktail made of holy oil at Michael for his manipulations of the angels, causing him great pain and forcing him to vanish from the field. Metatron then orders Gadreel to force some of Castiel's angels into becoming explosives and using them to kill Metatron's own men, in order to make Metatron look like the victim. Despite this, Lucifer does know of Castiel and sees him as a brother. After Dean kills Eve, Castiel's powers return and he kills all of her monsters with a blast of white light before transporting the group to the home of the uncle of two young boys who were turned into monsters. Dean defeated the demon who was threatening Daphne and was reunited with Castiel, though Castiel had no clue who he was. Dean assist him on this task and when they track him, Castiel traps Raphael demanding answers but gets none. After Sam and Dean avert the Apocalypse, Castiel is resurrected once more by God, now more powerful than ever as a seraphim. While Castiel searched Metatron's office, Metatron arrived and captured him, and proceeded to gloat about having murdered Dean, the human Castiel so dearly loved. After Michael went about roaming the earth, Castiel searched for him and tried to save Dean in Stranger in a Strange Land. Anna saves Castiel's life during the fight with Uriel by killing the rogue angel. He became nicer, more loving and less selfish. After Dean realized "Ezekiel" was a traitor and needed to be removed from Sam's body, he had Crowley crack into the angel's factory settings, causing Gadreel to reveal his true name. Despite his defeat of Metatron and access to Heaven having been restored, Castiel continues to face challenges on a personal and large scale, as some angels prefer to remain on Earth and his stolen Grace continues to consume him. They were probably close, as Castiel states "we have history together". How Castiel was treated while used as a vessel is unclear. Castiel does not alter Jimmy's appearance, simply adding a deep voice as the only indicator that the two are not the same person. Castiel: Who I was, what I did, that's not who I am. Hester, the new leader of the garrison, was furious with Castel over the genocide of Raphael's followers, which cost Heaven thousands of angels. When Naomi learned that Castiel has teamed up with Metatron. Girl catches boyfriend saying he wants a new girlfriend for Christmas on … Metatron also believed that Castiel was nevertheless God's favorite angel as he brought that up to him but God's tone and facial reaction implies that he is somewhat disappointed in Castiel for his actions. Castiel readily agreed, given that Sam was already doing the trials for locking up Hell. After delivering a "big, scary speech", Castiel had vanished. When they meet again, which is after Castiel himself rebelled against Heaven, Lucifer traps him in a ring of Holy Oil. When Mary chooses to work for the British Men of Letters, she is given the task of stealing The Colt from Ramiel. Castiel was later horrified to see Lucifer in Apocalypse World after the latter resurrected Sam and coerced him into bringing him to Jack. He also likes indulging in the occasional kink, so cast away those angel wings and get ready for some heat! Once there, Castiel expresses regret at having to kill Anna. [7] Castiel later becomes suspicious of Uriel and confronts him in "On the Head of a Pin". This enraged Lucifer, who responded by smiting the angel. Castiel gathered various ingredients, but by the time Kevin Tran found out that said ingredients weren't listed on the angel tablet, Castiel was already one ingredient away from what Metatron needed for his master plan. After traveling through the world and finding the human camp, they meet with Mary who Castiel is happy to see as she surprised to see him and takes them to see Jack. Castiel met Michael face to face when he arrived at Stull Cemetery to prevent Michael from fighting his brother Lucifer. Castiel attempts to attack him though he effortlessly overcomes his attacks before savagely beating him. It is unknown how close the two brothers were back in Heaven, but Gabriel is the only one of the four archangels never to make an attempt on Castiel's life, or have a reason to. Another alliance was formed in an effort to lock up Lucifer, to whom Rowena no longer held any loyalties, and whose freedom Castiel blamed on himself. In Bring 'em Back Alive, after Dean returned from Apocalypse World Castiel asked him where Jack and Mary were and was relieved that Michael doesn't have them. The Spanish dub of the Supernatural scene seeing Castiel declare his love for Dean has the latter reciprocating the feelings. Inias tried to stop her, insisting that there were few angels left, only to be knocked aside. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. In response, the show's creators expanded his role in the series, upgrading him to a main cast member in the fifth and sixth seasons. The brothers met ten years later, Castiel prayed to Michael for them to talk about things. During the celebrations back at the Bunker, the Winchesters inform Castiel that Gabriel died a noble death helping them all escape. The payback was Rowena's own, brief demise. For a time after their reunion, Ishim seemed to care for Castiel still, despite the latter's involvement in the Fall of the Angels, which damaged Ishim's wings. Castiel refused to help him bond with Jack and becomes worried when Jack decides to talk to Lucifer and hear him out while a smug Lucifer works at building a relationship with his son. Michael taunting Sam, Dean, and Castiel while in Dean's mind. Dean urged Castiel to help his brother Sam who was at the hospital, and Daphne permitted him to do this. This effectively eliminated any desire to trap God as Sam allowed God to destroy the spell but Castiel remains determined to find a way to defeat God. In Funeralia, Castiel went to Heaven and warned his remaining siblings about this Michael and described him as being much worse than their version. Castiel continues to assist the Winchesters, such as trapping psychic Chip Harrington in his own mind when Chip's psychic powers force an entire town to remain stuck in the 1950s. Gabriel then regains his confidence and incinerates Asmodeus. Bartholomew also offers Castiel the resources to track down Metatron, which nearly convinced Castiel. Although Lucifer is apparently killed in the later confrontation with Amara, Castiel is healed and returned to control of his body, he also meets his creator for the first time. The two sides agree to make a trade. It was during this time that Castiel learned that God was absent and everything he knew about Heaven was a lie. In Exodus, Castiel was still shocked to see Jack but has Lucifer submit to Supernatural Handcuffs, he escorts him through camp. Rather than fighting Castiel, Duma tried sway him to her cause since Jack was creating more angels to fuel Heaven.