Supernatural

The thrilling and terrifying journey of the Winchester Brothers continues with the fifth season of "Supernatural" on The CW.

Twenty-six years ago, Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) and DeanWinchester (Jensen Ackles) lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father John (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, "Watchmen") raised them to be soldiers. He taught themabout the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America...and he taught them how to kill it.

Sam and Dean spent their lives on the road, cruising America's highwaysin their 1967 Chevy Impala, battling supernatural threats and searching for the demon that killed their mother. Together with their father, they finally closed in on that demon. Ultimately, theybrought the demon down, but they paid dearly for it. Their father lost his life. And then Sam, too, was killed in the fight. Unable to go on without his brother, Dean made the ultimate sacrifice. Hesummoned a deal-making Crossroads Demon and exchanged his soul for the life of his brother. The deal brought Sam back to life ─ but left Dean with a single year to live. At the end of that year... Dean wasdragged to Hell.

Last season, Dean made a shocking return from the grave ─ raised from Hell by the Angel Castiel (Misha Collins, "24"). Sam and Dean discovered that while in Hell, Dean had beentricked into breaking the First of the Sixty-Six Seals of Lucifer; seals that kept the Devil himself locked in his cage in Hell. Now, a fierce army of Angels was scrambling to keep the powerful demonLilith from breaking the rest and setting Lucifer free. As the year wore on and Seals continued to break, Sam worked with double-agent demon Ruby to become strong enough to kill Lilith-by drinkingincreasing quantities of her blood. Sam's psychic demon-fighting abilities increased, but he also became addicted to the blood, and his relationship with Dean frayed to the breaking point. Ultimately, Sam...