Yellow_Fever_(Supernatural)

<i>Supernatural</i> season 4

Supernatural season 4

Season of television series


The fourth season of Supernatural, an American dark fantasy television series created by Eric Kripke, premiered September 18, 2008, and concluded on May 14, 2009, on The CW.

Quick Facts Supernatural, Starring ...

This season focuses on brothers Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) encountering angels for the first time in their lives as hunters of the supernatural; this marks the introduction of eventual series regular, the angel Castiel (Misha Collins). The angels intervene to rescue Dean from Hell and bring him back to life after he became trapped there in the third season finale "No Rest for the Wicked". They explain that they have arrived on Earth for the first time in thousands of years in order to prevent the demons from freeing the fallen angel Lucifer from Hell, as Lucifer would then cause the Apocalypse. The demons are led by the Winchesters' enemy, and Dean's murderer, Lilith. However, it becomes increasingly clear that something is wrong with Heaven and that the angels have their own agendas. Despite an initially happy reunion, tension grows between Sam and Dean because Dean fears Sam's growing demonic powers and distrusts Sam's returning demonic ally Ruby (Genevieve Cortese).

Cast

Starring

Guest stars

Episodes

In this table, the number in the first column refers to the episode's number within the entire series, whereas the number in the second column indicates the episode's number within that particular season. "U.S. viewers in millions" refers to how many Americans watched the episode live or on the day of broadcast.

More information No. overall, No. in season ...

Production

The mythology was expanded even more in the fourth season with the introduction of angels. While Kripke originally did not want angels to be featured in the series,[23] he changed his mind when he realized that he needed them in order to have a "cosmic battle" with the many demons.[24] With this concept added into the series' mythology, the writers came to view the show as being "about two greasers and a muscle car, but the canvas that they're on are demons and angels and battles and the apocalypse..."[24] While it was originally intended for the fourth season to feature an "all-out demon war", budget cuts forced the writers to change their plans, making it "smaller, more contained, underground, more guerrilla-style". Kripke feels this ended up benefiting the series, believing the brothers-centric episodes to be more interesting than the "epic" ones of the third season. Thus, the war was depicted in the writers' "scruffy, angsty, Supernatural way" while focusing more on the characters.[25] The writing staff felt that the fourth season's mythology had been the best since the first season.[26]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating for Supernatural's fourth season, with an average rating of 8.7/10 based on 8 reviews.[27] The season received critical acclaim and is widely regarded as one of the show's best seasons.[28][29][30]


References

  1. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. September 23, 2008. Archived from the original on May 30, 2009. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  2. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. September 30, 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  3. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. October 7, 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  4. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. October 14, 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  5. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. October 21, 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  6. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. October 28, 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  7. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. November 4, 2008. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  8. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. November 11, 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  9. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. November 18, 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  10. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  11. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. January 21, 2009. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  12. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. January 27, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  13. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. February 3, 2009. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  14. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. February 10, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  15. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. March 17, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  16. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. March 24, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  17. Seidman, Robert (March 31, 2009). "Top CW Primetime Shows, March 23–29, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  18. "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. April 7, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  19. Seidman, Robert (May 2, 2009). "Top CW Primetime Shows, April 20–26, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
  20. Seidman, Robert (May 6, 2009). "Top CW Primetime Shows, April 27 - May 3, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 5, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  21. Seidman, Robert (May 12, 2009). "Top CW Primetime Shows, May 4–10, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  22. Seidman, Robert (May 19, 2009). "Top CW Primetime Shows, May 11–17, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 5, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
  23. Williams, Don (December 3, 2007). "'Supernatural' Creator Nixes Divine Intervention". BuddyTV. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  24. "Interview: Eric Kripke from Supernatural". Fanbolt. July 31, 2009. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  25. Williams, Don (April 22, 2008). "'Supernatural' Season 4 Faces Budget Cuts". BuddyTV. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  26. Keller, Richard (July 29, 2008). "The Supernatural Panel - Comic-Con Report". AOL TV. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  27. "Supernatural: Season 4 (2008-2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  28. Julians, Joe (June 7, 2018). "Every season of Supernatural, ranked". Digital Spy. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  29. Miller, Staci (March 1, 2019). "Every Season Of Supernatural, Ranked". Screen Rant. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  30. Hatchett, Keisha (February 13, 2020). "Every Season of Supernatural, Ranked". TV Guide. Retrieved November 8, 2020.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Yellow_Fever_(Supernatural), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.