Episode
Supernatural: Advanced Thanatology
Overview
While working on a case involving the ghost of a demented doctor, Sam and Dean get assistance from an unexpected source. Castiel finds his way back to the Winchesters.
Details
- Series
- Supernatural
- Season
- Season 13
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2017-11-09
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Advanced Thanatology is Episode 5 in Season 13 of Supernatural. It aired on 2017-11-09. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 4: The Big Empty
When multiple patients of grief counselor Mia Vallens turn up dead, Dean, Sam and Jack investigate the mystery surrounding the murders and, each inadvertently, are forced to deal with unresolved grief of their own.
Episode 6: Tombstone
Castiel is reunited with Jack and together with Sam and Dean, they head to a sleepy old western town to investigate a murder. Dean gets to live out his boyhood fantasy when he comes face to face with a famous, gun-slinging outlaw.
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Episode 10: Wayward Sisters
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