After the Leviathans left him, he made his way out of the river, naked, and ran into his future wife Daphne. The first trial is to cut out the heart of a nephilim, the child of a human and an angel, which Castiel is forced to kill when the selected target attacks him. 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". In 1901, Ishim convinced Castiel along with a group of other angels that the Seraph Akobel had fathered a Nephilim. In "We Need To Talk About Kevin", Dean escapes Purgatory with the help of the vampire Benny, but Castiel is not with him. Although it has been suggested angels possibly do not possess the ability to truly feel emotion, Castiel frequently exhibits affection towards Dean. Rowena completed it by performing the spell that removed the Mark from Dean. He then witnessed Lucifer stealing Jack's grace to empower himself and worried at the fate of Jack and Sam. This set Castiel off into a fit of rage, stopped only by Dean's insistence that their priority was to free Sam. Sam and Castiel tell Gabriel about the situation with Apocalypse World and ask for his help, but he refuses and leaves. During his travels with the Winchesters, Castiel develops friendship… 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. In "Goodbye Stranger", Castiel has been completely brainwashed by Naomi and has killed thousands of copies of Dean ruthlessly. 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. Castiel is able to send Dean and Sam back in time, but warns them that he has to retrieve them in 24 hours or they'll be stuck in the past forever and tells Bobby to pray for him when the time comes. Castiel witnessed Jack destroy Michael and was amazed that the latter was finally dead as well that Jack regained his powers. However, it would be by Castiel's own hands that Ishim met his end, something Castiel had threatened to do to his other superior Anna, but never did, although while he stated that he did not want to kill Anna unless truly forced to, Castiel showed no remorse for Ishim's death. Hannah later assists Castiel in gathering rogue angels. Seeking to help Dean find a cure for the Mark of Cain, Castiel breaks Metatron out of Heaven and removes his Grace so that the Winchesters can interrogate him. Castiel. Duma appeared to retain no memory of the experience and was surprised to find Castiel in Heaven. During the fight, Castiel becomes convinced Lucifer can stop The Darkness just as he claims, and Castiel consents to possession right before Rowena finishes the spell intended to send Lucifer back to his Cage. 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 /ˌkæstiˈɛl/ (nicknamed "Cass") is a fictional character portrayed by Misha Collins on The CW's American fantasy television series Supernatural. 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. In Heaven, Castiel and Bartholomew were in the same garrison and fought together. Castiel is disenchanted with her regard of their father not caring about them but he did seem to consider them. Jimmy agreed. After ordering Zachariah away, Castiel carves Enochian sigils into Sam and Dean's ribs to hide them from all angels, including Lucifer. Instead, Castiel stays to watch out for Fred for a while, but accepts that he can no longer run from what he has done. Dean introduces Castiel to Mary, describing him as an angel with a harp, which Castiel denies having while she is shocked to see an angel. Although Claire initially resents Castiel's return to her life, she comes to accept him and the Winchesters after they save her from being sold as a prostitute by a man she believed had been helping her. Michael would have killed him had Jack not taken a stance against him and eject him from Rowena. Later on, Rowena formed an alliance with Lucifer, intent on helping the archangel escape his prison. Castiel and Uriel are later assigned with the task of killing the then-human Anna. 163k members in the Supernatural community. After getting a distress call from Samandriel, Naomi summons Castiel to rescue the angel. During The Spear, Castiel acknowledges that Naomi is complicated, but he does believe her that she will do her best to protect the souls of Heaven. 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. In Funeralia, Castiel went to Heaven and warned his remaining siblings about this Michael and described him as being much worse than their version. Though Castiel refuses at first, he returns ready to help not long after. Castiel manifests on Earth through possession of a vessel - in his case Jimmy Novak.On one occasion, Castiel describes his true angelic form as a "multidimensional wavelength of celestial intent" ; on another, he says that his true form is the size of the Chrysler Building in New York, which is 1047 feet (319 m) in height. The experience is rather unpleasant for Jimmy, who feels like he's "being chained to a comet". 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. Castiel distrusts this and handcuffs him, which Lucifer allows. After helping the Winchesters fake their deaths to escape the secret service, Castiel attempts to find Lucifer's child, but is convinced to spare the unborn child by his mother, Kelly, who is certain that the baby will be good. Castiel often had to keep his brother in line. Castiel agrees, and kills him. Hester wanted an explanation, but soon realized - along with Inias - that Castiel had lost his sanity. Their next alliance was assisting God in his plan to re-imprison the Darkness. Castiel readily agreed, given that Sam was already doing the trials for locking up Hell. Michael taunts Castiel and the rest of Team Free Will by telling them, nothing stands in his way now and his monsters are on the prowl awaiting his signal, which he soon gives with a snap of his fingers. Supernatural’s series finale Thursday night signaled the end of an era in more ways than one.Way back in 2005, the show about Sam and Dean Winchester—two brothers … Castiel later discovers Sam and Dean are working with a demon called Meg, whom he refers to as an abomination. Hester proclaimed that Castiel had fallen in every way possible, ever since the day he had rescued Dean from Hell. To prepare for the role, Collins read the Book of Revelation. In "Survival of the Fittest", after finding his garrison wiped out, Castiel has Meg take him to the Winchesters where he explains what he has discovered. Although his torment has driven him insane, he explains that taking on Sam's pain has helped relieve some of his past burdens. 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. The battle ends in Castiel's favor after he manages to trick Raphael and absorb the souls of Purgatory for himself. So when [he is] interacting with human beings, there's a naive curiosity about their behavior. After Amara banished Lucifer from his body in Alpha and Omega, Castiel formally meets his father face to face for the first time as Chuck. Castiel describes himself as "bad luck" and doesn't believe he should be around the Winchesters as a result. In a fit of rage, Hester assaulted Castiel until he bled. Dean urged Castiel to help his brother Sam who was at the hospital, and Daphne permitted him to do this. He returns with fellow angel Uriel at the end of the episode "I Know What You Did Last Summer", seeking to kill Anna Milton, a fallen angel with the ability to "hear" the communications between angels. Castiel heads off alone and rescues Meg who explains what the demons really want. During Exodus, the two took part in saving Arthur Ketch and Charlie and killed angels together. He notices belatedly when God disappears from the room after being teleported by Amara. After Bobby kills a Wraith that attends to gloat, Castiel notes that Mary would've appreciated her hunter's memorial complete with a monster which Bobby agrees with. After escaping Asmodeus and being attacked by Lucifer, https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Castiel%27s_Relationships?oldid=396800. He later tells Sam that things got hairy near the end and that Castiel didn't make it, that he "let go". Having gained access to Heaven's 'back door' after Gadreel sacrifices himself, Castiel defeats Metatron and throws him into Heaven's prison. [29] During their conversation, Gadreel chooses to commit suicide to repent for his sins and to give "Heaven a second chance", as well as free Castiel from the neighboring cell. Afterwards, she lured him to her by killing innocent humans and revealing she had tampered with his memories before and made him do terrible things, which furthered sickened him. The plan works and Sam expels Gadreel. In this time, he earns mockery from his siblings for the seemingly pointless search and becomes severely disenchanted when being led to believe God simply doesn't care about the state of things anymore after the Winchesters spoke to Joshua. Power drunk but well meaning, he quite possibly becomes the greatest threat that the world has ever known. Naomi later comes to Dean. At first, he didn't know who she was until she reveals her name before sending him back to Earth. This plan backfired when his unorthodox methods alienated his most trusted follower, Gadreel, who then sided with Castiel. When Castiel contacts the Winchesters, however, Dean tells him to leave Hael and make his way the Men of Letters bunker where he will be safe from the angels hunting him. During Season 14, Castiel turns to Rowena for a resource at times along with the Winchesters. In Funeralia, Castiel greets Duma and some other angels in an unthreatening manner in Heaven to get their help with finding the still living Gabriel and warning her about the invading Alternate Michael. Shortly after Dean was rescued from Hell, Castiel communicated with Jimmy and promised his family safety in exchange for possession. Eve reveals this to Sam and Dean when they try to hunt her down. Feeling that Metatron was too pathetic to kill, Castiel let him go. The two are joined by Meg, but upon reaching the hospital, find demons surrounding the entrance. Castiel and Daphne lived a relatively peaceful and happy life for months, during which Castiel re-discovered his ability to heal people and Daphne helped with contacting clients. Collins originally read for the part of a demon, as series creator Eric Kripke did not want fans to find out that angels were being introduced to the series. Castiel saves Sam and captures one of the demons, claiming under Naomi's orders that he is searching for the second half of the demon tablet and that the demons are searching for a parchment that will allow them to translate it without a Prophet. Castiel was angry at this sight and even criticized him for trying to take Jack and leave the rest of them to suffer at Michael's hand. They do not see each other again after Changing Channels, but an illusion of Gabriel crafted by Metatron does interact with Castiel in Meta Fiction. Castiel also found himself agreeing that Lucifer couldn't spread evil while trapped in Lucifer's Cage. 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. [25] Despite becoming very arrogant when he becomes the "new God", Castiel still shows his caring side and ultimately returns the souls to Purgatory and shows remorse for his actions, promising to Dean to find a way to redeem himself in Dean's eyes, showing that he cares about how Dean views him. When God did not seem to reply, Castiel appeared to give up. Sam and Dean remain ignorant of Castiel's fate, although Crowley is aware of Castiel's condition, at one point killing another angel to transfer her Grace to Castiel so that Castiel could help Sam cure the now-demonic Dean after he was transformed by the Mark of Cain. Going by the name "Emanuel", Castiel used his powers to heal people, though he didn't know where that ability and his power to see demon's true faces came from. Castiel meets Hannah again in a new vessel when Castiel attempts to break Metatron out of prison. In Absence, Castiel is as devastated by her death as Sam and Dean and travels to Heaven to find her soul for another resurrection. He then leaves as his brother tries to threaten him but Castiel only responds with a taunt which gets praise from Dean. The effects of the sigil send him onto a fishing boat, now completely human. The payback was Rowena's own, brief demise. They later engage at the bunker, with Castiel attacking Michael who effortlessly knocked out Castiel. Later, while Sam and Dean are doing research, Castiel discovers porn on TV; when Dean asks why he was watching porn, he replies, "It was there.". "[42] The character was originally intended for only a six-episode story arc,[43] but his role was rewritten to continue throughout the rest of the season. In "Abandon All Hope...", Castiel helps the Winchesters retrieve the Colt, and joins them on their hunt for Lucifer. Anna was surprised at his change and loyalty to the brothers, even seeming proud of him for this. He helped God up and worried for his well being after he had been wounded by Amara and supported his plan to defeat her and remains mostly by God's side following the battle's failure. In Byzantium, Castiel meets her again when The Shadow invades Heaven to claim the recently deceased Jack and bring him to The Empty. In an attempt to find the angel's current location, Castiel decided to extract the residue of Gadreel's grace from within Sam, but he chose to abandon this task in favor of sparing Sam, as the grace's removal would revert Sam back to his ill-condition prior to the possession. During Galaxy Brain, Castiel was horrified to learn from Billie that God was wiping out most of The Multiverse. After six weeks, the two meet again and she apologize for her words though he acknowledged she was right. Despite years of living as a rogue angel and a family friend of the Winchesters, Castiel does not feel like he truly belongs, similar to Mary, who has lost 33 years of her life and cannot cope with the loss of her husband and the change in her sons. However, he defended God by stating that the latter brought him back to life. She takes with her a birthday gift from Castiel, which is a Grumpy Cat toy. After Castiel wakes up from his catatonic state, he is now depicted as insane with tendencies to ramble about random topics. The Winchesters and Castiel, now working with Rowena and Gabriel, capture Lucifer to use his Archangel grace for the spell, after Gabriel's proves to be insufficient. 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 universe version of Castiel, who never knew the Winchesters and thus never defected from Heaven is called in as an "expert" to interrogate and torture them. To his misfortune, Sam, Dean and Castiel once again stand in his way. During a talk with Dean, Castiel reveals that he now believes that this revival and other resurrections are a punishment that gets worse each time, and that if he dies again, God will continue to bring him back for more punishment. He's been watching human beings from a great distance for the last two thousand years, so angels haven't been on Earth mingling with human beings for the last two thousand years. Castiel: Who I was, what I did, that's not who I am. When Lucifer attempted to kill Sam in The Vessel, Castiel fought back to keep the archangel from hurting his friend, but gave control back so Lucifer could time travel and save Dean. They served together in Heaven in the same garrison, with Anna as his captain before she fell. Forced to work for Castiel, Jimmy assents to possession and becomes Castiel's vessel for months. When demons attack the family, Jimmy pleads to Castiel to help save them. Despite this betrayal, Castiel believed Lucifer's warning of Michael as he saw the fear in his explanation of the latter and didn't hesitate to warn the Winchesters as well. Castiel was shocked and angered to see his brother again, nearly killing him for revenge for his previous deaths but Lucifer who was surprised to see Castiel resurrected, stopped him as he wasn't that weak. Castiel eventually rebels against Heaven and helps the Winchesters by looking for God in order to stop Michael and Lucifer, using Dean's Amulet.