Some time later, Castiel appears to Dean in a dream asking to meet him in the real world, because he has something important to tell him. But before the Winchesters can arrive at the address, Castiel has been forcibly taken back to heaven, leaving his vessel, Jimmy Novak, in his place.
Jimmy escapes the Winchesters to return to his family. He's caught in a confrontation between demons and the Winchesters and near death when Cas reappears, this time using Jimmy's daughter Claire as a vessel. Jimmy begs for Cas to take him back as a vessel instead, wanting to protect his daughter. He obliges.
When Dean finally gets a chance to ask Cas what he wanted to tell him, he says that he learned his lesson after being taken back to Heaven. He doesn't serve man or Dean, only Heaven. They've really brainwashed him out of any of the doubts or slowly growing emotions he was cultivating up to that point.
In 4x21, Dean discovers that Sam has been drinking demon blood, and calls on Cas, asking him if Sam is capable of killing Lilith. Castiel says yes, but reiterates that the angels believe Dean should accept the role of stopping the apocalypse, not Sam. Dean finally agrees and swears loyalty to God and the angels, for Sam's sake.
Acting on Heaven's orders, Castiel sneaks back into Bobby's house and uses his powers to release Sam from the panic room where he was detoxing. Anna confronts him about his actions, and he basically blows the whistle on her, leaving her to be taken captive by other angels.
Later, Zachariah and Castiel hold Dean captive in the Green Room-- a place where angels can control reality and hold living humans until they want to set them out on some task. Dean pleads with Cas, first for him to let him out so he can see Sam, and then to help him stop the apocalypse. Cas refuses both. Or so it seems. He leaves, but then returns abruptly, forcing Dean against a wall and signaling for him to remain quiet. He draws a sigil on the wall and as soon as Zachariah returns, pushes his hand against the sigil to banish Zachariah away. Cas then explains that he will take Dean to stop him from killing Lilith-- because her death is the final seal. They visit Chuck, who tells them where Sam and Liltith are. An archangel comes to Chuck's "rescue", and Cas sends Dean directly to the convent while trying to hold the archangel off.
Season 5 begins with Sam and Dean revisiting Chuck, who has the special privilege of being the one to inform them that the archangel killed Castiel, making him explode like "a water balloon of chunky soup."
Zachariah manages to lure the Winchesters to their father's old storage unit in Buffalo under the pretense that the archangel Michael's sword is there. Only… surprise, Dean is Michael's sword. As in, his vessel. Dean refuses to say yes to Michael, even with Zachariah torturing both him and Sam. Cas appears out of nowhere, taking on and decimating Zachariah's angel posse with his sweet angel killing sword. After scaring the shit out of Zachariah to make him leave, Cas explains that Lucifer wants a vessel too, so they need to be on their guard. He even does them a favor and burns some Enochian sigils into their ribs, to help them stay off the radar of any angels. When the Winchesters ask him how he's still alive, he admits that he doesn't know and vanishes.
When they next see him, it's in the hospital room where Bobby had been being treated. He explains his situation to them further-- he has basically rebelled against Heaven, cutting him off to a grand majority of his angel powers. Cas then explains that his plan to stop Lucifer is to find God and get him to intervene, demanding that Dean give him the amulet he's had since … forever, claiming that it will burn hot in the presence of God. At first Dean refuses, mocking him, which pisses Cas off immeasurably after all the shit he's done for the Winchesters. Dean finally gives in, with the addendum that Cas better not lose it.
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Some time later, Castiel appears to Dean in a dream asking to meet him in the real world, because he has something important to tell him. But before the Winchesters can arrive at the address, Castiel has been forcibly taken back to heaven, leaving his vessel, Jimmy Novak, in his place.
Jimmy escapes the Winchesters to return to his family. He's caught in a confrontation between demons and the Winchesters and near death when Cas reappears, this time using Jimmy's daughter Claire as a vessel. Jimmy begs for Cas to take him back as a vessel instead, wanting to protect his daughter. He obliges.
When Dean finally gets a chance to ask Cas what he wanted to tell him, he says that he learned his lesson after being taken back to Heaven. He doesn't serve man or Dean, only Heaven. They've really brainwashed him out of any of the doubts or slowly growing emotions he was cultivating up to that point.
In 4x21, Dean discovers that Sam has been drinking demon blood, and calls on Cas, asking him if Sam is capable of killing Lilith. Castiel says yes, but reiterates that the angels believe Dean should accept the role of stopping the apocalypse, not Sam. Dean finally agrees and swears loyalty to God and the angels, for Sam's sake.
Acting on Heaven's orders, Castiel sneaks back into Bobby's house and uses his powers to release Sam from the panic room where he was detoxing. Anna confronts him about his actions, and he basically blows the whistle on her, leaving her to be taken captive by other angels.
Later, Zachariah and Castiel hold Dean captive in the Green Room-- a place where angels can control reality and hold living humans until they want to set them out on some task. Dean pleads with Cas, first for him to let him out so he can see Sam, and then to help him stop the apocalypse. Cas refuses both. Or so it seems. He leaves, but then returns abruptly, forcing Dean against a wall and signaling for him to remain quiet. He draws a sigil on the wall and as soon as Zachariah returns, pushes his hand against the sigil to banish Zachariah away. Cas then explains that he will take Dean to stop him from killing Lilith-- because her death is the final seal. They visit Chuck, who tells them where Sam and Liltith are. An archangel comes to Chuck's "rescue", and Cas sends Dean directly to the convent while trying to hold the archangel off.
Season 5 begins with Sam and Dean revisiting Chuck, who has the special privilege of being the one to inform them that the archangel killed Castiel, making him explode like "a water balloon of chunky soup."
Zachariah manages to lure the Winchesters to their father's old storage unit in Buffalo under the pretense that the archangel Michael's sword is there. Only… surprise, Dean is Michael's sword. As in, his vessel. Dean refuses to say yes to Michael, even with Zachariah torturing both him and Sam. Cas appears out of nowhere, taking on and decimating Zachariah's angel posse with his sweet angel killing sword. After scaring the shit out of Zachariah to make him leave, Cas explains that Lucifer wants a vessel too, so they need to be on their guard. He even does them a favor and burns some Enochian sigils into their ribs, to help them stay off the radar of any angels. When the Winchesters ask him how he's still alive, he admits that he doesn't know and vanishes.
When they next see him, it's in the hospital room where Bobby had been being treated. He explains his situation to them further-- he has basically rebelled against Heaven, cutting him off to a grand majority of his angel powers. Cas then explains that his plan to stop Lucifer is to find God and get him to intervene, demanding that Dean give him the amulet he's had since … forever, claiming that it will burn hot in the presence of God. At first Dean refuses, mocking him, which pisses Cas off immeasurably after all the shit he's done for the Winchesters. Dean finally gives in, with the addendum that Cas better not lose it.