Episode
Supernatural: The Born-Again Identity
Overview
Lucifer drives Sam to the breaking point and Sam ends up in a mental hospital. Desperate to save his brother, Dean calls every hunter he knows for help. One of the hunters gives him the name of a healer who turns out to have a very familiar face.
Details
- Series
- Supernatural
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2012-03-23
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
The Born-Again Identity is Episode 17 in Season 7 of Supernatural. It aired on 2012-03-23. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 16: Out with the Old
After a ballerina is found dead from dancing herself to death, Sam and Dean look into the case and discover the ballet slippers she wore were cursed. When Dean accidentally touches the shoes the power of the curse starts to take hold of him.
Episode 18: Party On, Garth
Dean is surprised when he gets a call from Garth asking for the brothers’ help on a case. Sam and Dean discover they are battling a Shojo, a Japanese creature sent to seek revenge on enemies. The worst part about fighting a Shojo? You can only see it when you’re drunk.
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Episode 20: The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo
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Episode 13: The Slice Girls
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Episode 21: Reading is Fundamental
Meg calls Dean and Sam and tells them Castiel is awake and talking. Meanwhile, a teenager named Kevin gets hit by a bolt of lightning and is turned into a reluctant prophet. Sam and Dean believe Kevin holds the key to defeating the Leviathans but must fight off two Archangels who want him for their own purposes.
Episode 12: Time After Time
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Episode 22: There Will Be Blood
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Still reeling after what happened to Bobby, Dean becomes dangerously obsessed over finding a way to take down Dick Roman. Meanwhile, Sam decides to help a teenage girl look for her father, a hunter who has gone missing. Sam traces his last steps to a truck stop where the help turns out not to be so friendly.
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