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Sep 18, 2008 · Lazarus Rising: Directed by Kim Manners. With Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Genevieve Padalecki. Sam tries to move on without his brother and becomes hardened and more reckless in the way he hunts.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Kim Manners
- 2008-09-18
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Lazarus Rising is the season premiere of Season 4. It aired on September 18th, 2008.
It's four months later and Dean wakes in a pine box. He's been freed from Hell. He has a joyful reunion with Sam and Bobby (Jim Beaver), but it isn't long before the three wonder what exactly pulled Dean from Hell and what it will want in return.
The episode starts with flashes of Dean's eyes with terrified screaming in the background. The next scene has harsh breathing, and then a lighter is lit. Dean is in a pine box. He calls for help, but his throat is dry from no use and his voice is raspy and quiet. He looks around as best as he can and finally breaks the top of the coffin. He digs himself out and emerges in a field. All the trees have fallen, radiating out from his grave.
He walks until he finds an empty gas station, where he eagerly drinks some water. He also examines himself for signs of the hellhound attack, but finds that he has completely healed with no trace of the attack. While examining himself, he finds a raised, red handprint on his shoulder. It appears to be burned into his skin and he does not seem to recognize where it came from.
Dean grabs some more water, protein bars and a copy of Busty Asian Beauties. As he prepares to leave, a TV and radio switch on. Thinking it is a demon, Dean starts to pour salt along the windows, but he is soon crippled by a piercing sound that shatters all the glass in the building. Then, as quickly as it started, the sound stops.
Dean tries to call Sam from a pay phone, but his number is out of service. He calls Bobby and identifies himself, but Bobby immediately hangs up. He tries again and Bobby threatens to kill him if he calls again. Frustrated, he looks around and eyes an old car. He hot-wires it and takes off.
When Bobby finds Dean on his doorstep, he assumes he is either a shapeshifter or a revenant and tries to kill him with a silver knife. After a tussle, Dean wrestles the knife away and proves his identity by cutting himself with it. Bobby is amazed and embraces him. Bobby then checks once more to see whether Dean is possessed by throwing holy water to his face. After there is no demonic reaction, he relents: "Sorry, can't be too careful." He finally believes that it's Dean, resurrected from Hell.
Dean asks where Sam is. Bobby tells him that he hasn't talked to him in months. Dean admonishes Bobby for not looking after Sam; Bobby fires back that he tried to, but that they both have had a really hard time since Dean died. He took off and doesn't return phone calls; he has tried to find Sam but couldn't because he doesn't want to be found. Bobby says he hasn't seen Sam since they had to bury Dean. Dean asks why they didn't burn his body, as is ritual for hunters, and Bobby says that Sam was dead set against it. Sam insisted Dean would need his body because he was going to find a way to bring his brother back. Dean concedes that he is glad Sam won that argument and confesses that he would have done the same thing. But he is worried.
Main Cast
•Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester •Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester
•Angels (Castiel)
•Demons (Ruby, Waitress Demon)
•Hellhounds (flashback only)
•Primordial Entity (God, mentioned only)
•Revenant (mentioned only)
•Shapeshifters (mentioned only)
•Dean was dead from Season 3's finale, until now.
•Four months have passed since the end of No Rest For The Wicked.
•Ruby has acquired a new meat suit.
•At one point Dean jokingly refers to himself as the "smarter brother." While this is meant to be in jest, the later episode Metamorphosis reveals Sam feels Dean behaves condescendingly towards him because the latter deems the former to not be wise.
•Antagonist: Castiel and Demons
•This episode marks the first appearance of Castiel. He later becomes a main character on the show in seasons 5-6 and 9-15.
•Busty Asian Beauties makes another appearance, this time on the magazine rack at the gas station Dean raids.
•This is the first appearance of Ruby, as played by Genevieve Cortese. Genevieve would later become Jared Padalecki's real life wife.
•One of the talismans and symbols that Bobby draws to try and trap Castiel is Jacob Karns' talisman from Hook Man.
•Sam exorcises a demon with his "abilities" for the first time in this episode.
•Demons
•Demonic Vessels
•Vessel of the Waitress Demon
•Dean Winchester (mentioned only)
•Dean uses the silver knife to cut his arm to prove to Bobby that he is not a Shape Shifter or a Revenant, however just a minute or 2 later when Dean shows Bobby the Handprint on his shoulder the cut has vanished.
"Lazarus Rising" is the fourth season premiere of the CW television series Supernatural. The episode originally aired on September 18, 2008, and was written by series creator Eric Kripke and directed by executive producer Kim Manners. The episode is set four months after Dean goes to hell in No Rest for the Wicked at the end of season 3.
Apr 20, 2024 · Lazarus Rising Episode # Season 4, Episode 1 First aired: September 18, 2008 Directed by: Kim Manners: Written by: Eric Kripke: On IMDB: Lazarus Rising: Outline: Dean returns from Hell. The question is how - and why? Monster: Castiel Demons: Timeline: September 18th - 20th, 2008 Location(s) Pontiac, Illinois Sioux Falls, South Dakota ...
Apr 19, 2024 · TV-14. Action. Adventure. Drama. Horror. Sci-Fi. Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods...
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Sep 17, 2008 · "Lazarus Rising" refers to the passage in John 11 where Lazarus, friend of Jesus, was dead and buried, and Jesus called him out of his tomb and back into the world. Lazarus was dead four days;...
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Sep 18, 2008 · Season 4, Episode 1: Lazarus Rising. Dean: Why'd you do it? Castiel: Because God commanded it. Because we have work for you. Written by Eric Kripke. Directed by Kim Manners. Air Date: September 18, 2008. Hellish screams are heard before Dean wakes up in his coffin.
