One fine Thursday, a writer for Supernatural needed an angel character but didn't know what to name it. So, said writer searched "the angel of Thursday" and lo, Castiel was born!
One of the best episodes of SPN of all time, "Lazarus Rising" refers, of course, to the man Jesus himself raised from the dead, exactly as Dean rises from the grave in episode 1 of this season).
Castiel is my favorite SPN character, and we know we are in for a memorable episode every time he appears. And lucky for us in the audience, the writers recognized a great character when they had one, and Castiel is in every one of SPN's seasons from S4 to the final episode in S15.
Castiel is the prime mover for most of SPN's better episodes, He turns into an amazing and compelling character, and it would be hard to imagine anyone else playing him other than Misha Collins does to near perfection.
Castiel is a type of angel known as a "seraphim" and he has many incredible abilities. Since he is a formless entity, he needs to inhabit a "vessel" (i.e., a human body) every time he chooses to interact with humans. He has the power to teleport himself anywhere on earth in the blink of an eye and he can (and often does) disappear and reappear at will. He is completely immune to every weapon that would kill a mortal human including knives and guns. And not only can he instantly heal a human of any wound or ailment merely by touching them, he can even bring people back from the dead.
And Castiel has the actual ability to time-travel, (although he says it "isn't easy") and can even take humans with him along for the ride. There is very little Castiel can't do and even less he doesn't know, and he has been around since the dawn of time. And he is usually there when needed by Sam and Dean to dispense endless wisdom and knowledge about angels, demon lore, spells and curses, and almost anything pertaining to the supernatural. And this episode is where Castiel makes his first appearance - and what an entrance it is, too!
The writers chose a very dramatic way to reveal its very first angel character and there is no sweetness or light about it. The first indication Dean gets that he is in the cross-hairs of an extremely powerful if not omnipotent entity, is when he suddenly hears a deafening beep that nearly floors him (later we learn that this is Castiel's natural angelic voice, and he is trying to talk to Dean, but his voice is unintelligible by humans).
The next sign we are in the presence of an extremely powerful being happens during a seance when, at Bobby's request, Pamela the psychic demands the entity reveal itself. But after being warned by the entity NOT to do exactly what she is doing, Pamela has her eyes burnt out when it finally appears.
Castiel's reveal takes most of the episode and it is masterfully done. It is notable in being one of the few times Dean is in the presence of something so powerful he is truly humbled by it. But after enduring several angry insults from Dean, the newly manifested Casteil warns him: "You should show me some respect. I pulled you out of Hell and I can throw you back there."
Season 4 has several don't miss episodes and "Lazarus Rising" is just the first of these.
One of the best episodes of SPN of all time, "Lazarus Rising" refers, of course, to the man Jesus himself raised from the dead, exactly as Dean rises from the grave in episode 1 of this season).
Castiel is my favorite SPN character, and we know we are in for a memorable episode every time he appears. And lucky for us in the audience, the writers recognized a great character when they had one, and Castiel is in every one of SPN's seasons from S4 to the final episode in S15.
Castiel is the prime mover for most of SPN's better episodes, He turns into an amazing and compelling character, and it would be hard to imagine anyone else playing him other than Misha Collins does to near perfection.
Castiel is a type of angel known as a "seraphim" and he has many incredible abilities. Since he is a formless entity, he needs to inhabit a "vessel" (i.e., a human body) every time he chooses to interact with humans. He has the power to teleport himself anywhere on earth in the blink of an eye and he can (and often does) disappear and reappear at will. He is completely immune to every weapon that would kill a mortal human including knives and guns. And not only can he instantly heal a human of any wound or ailment merely by touching them, he can even bring people back from the dead.
And Castiel has the actual ability to time-travel, (although he says it "isn't easy") and can even take humans with him along for the ride. There is very little Castiel can't do and even less he doesn't know, and he has been around since the dawn of time. And he is usually there when needed by Sam and Dean to dispense endless wisdom and knowledge about angels, demon lore, spells and curses, and almost anything pertaining to the supernatural. And this episode is where Castiel makes his first appearance - and what an entrance it is, too!
The writers chose a very dramatic way to reveal its very first angel character and there is no sweetness or light about it. The first indication Dean gets that he is in the cross-hairs of an extremely powerful if not omnipotent entity, is when he suddenly hears a deafening beep that nearly floors him (later we learn that this is Castiel's natural angelic voice, and he is trying to talk to Dean, but his voice is unintelligible by humans).
The next sign we are in the presence of an extremely powerful being happens during a seance when, at Bobby's request, Pamela the psychic demands the entity reveal itself. But after being warned by the entity NOT to do exactly what she is doing, Pamela has her eyes burnt out when it finally appears.
Castiel's reveal takes most of the episode and it is masterfully done. It is notable in being one of the few times Dean is in the presence of something so powerful he is truly humbled by it. But after enduring several angry insults from Dean, the newly manifested Casteil warns him: "You should show me some respect. I pulled you out of Hell and I can throw you back there."
Season 4 has several don't miss episodes and "Lazarus Rising" is just the first of these.