Between Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins fanning the flames of the Dean/Castiel shippers sinceSupernaturalconcluded, audiences continue to speculate what the human relationship between the pair means. Between Latin American dubs confirming the romance and The CW playing coy, there are more questions than answers about one of the internet's virtually popular ships and its place in the show'due south canon.

They started on the incorrect foot merely with time, they grew to exist all-time friends. With Ackles developing the prequel, some fans are hoping that this new series might give them something to save the ambiguous note that the serial finale left on.

Season 4 - The First Meeting And The Rebellion

Many are enlightened of the fact that Castiel was originally written to be in a couple of episodes. However, the moment Dean and Castiel meet in that befouled in the flavor iv premiere, the chemical science between Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins is so off the charts that they decided to keep Castiel longer and the balance is history.

Castiel pulled Dean out of Hell and at first, they are at odds with each other. However, soon Castiel begins doubting everything he knew because of Dean, and at the cease of the flavour, he rebels against Heaven for Dean.

Season five - Becoming Close Friends

Afterward rebelling from sky, Castiel starts hanging around with the Winchesters more than because he believes in their crusade. Sam and Dean had a bit of falling out in the last flavour and in this flavour, fans see the after-effects equally the two go on their different ways for a while.

The result is that Dean spends more time with Castiel and they make a bang-up team. Dean even admits that he is happy after a long time because of him. By the end of the flavour, they get extremely close friends.

Flavour vi - The Blind Trust And The Betrayal

Supernatural had a petty trouble finding its footing subsequently Kripke'south divergence and season half dozen had a lot going on. In the end, Castiel was made a villain and information technology turned out that he was lying to Dean and Sam the entire season.

The interesting affair is that when Sam and Bobby are suspecting Cas, Dean is showing blind trust towards the angel. This proves how shut they had go that Dean trusted him blindly even when his every instinct said otherwise. When Cas' betrayal finally comes to calorie-free, their relationship gets distraught.

Season 7 - Time Apart

The beginning of season 7 saw Leviathans taking full control of Castiel and Dean sees Castiel explode in the lake, surmising that Cas is dead. Through the bulk of the season, Dean'south mental health keeps on failing and what happened with Cas is one of the primary reasons.

Cas comes back with his memories wiped and Dean hands him his trenchcoat, which he was conveying with him since he lost Cas. This is a testament to how much Cas ways to Dean that fifty-fifty after all the lies and expose, he still couldn't let him go and hoped to run across him again.

Season 8 - Purgatory And Mind Control

The end of season seven leads Dean and Cas to Purgatory where they remain for a twelvemonth. Dean, again showing loyalty to Cas, does everything in his power to get him out of there. When Cas doesn't come dorsum out of his own volition, Dean blames it on himself.

All the same, when Cas does return, he is in control of Naomi, who ultimately pushes him to kill Dean but Cas breaks abroad at the last moment. His bail with Dean proved to be stronger than an angel's mind-control.

Season 9 - Human Cas

Castiel becomes homo in flavor 9 and it is an extremely difficult time for him only Dean couldn't help him because Sam's life was in danger. He kicks Castiel out onto the streets despite him not wanting to exercise and so.

Nonetheless, Dean comes back to check on him, and even though, Cas is somehow hurt by what Dean did to him, he yet can't push him away completely. Fans become some cute moments betwixt them when Dean drops Cas for his date and gives him some tips. At the end of the season, Cas again has to choose between heaven (this fourth dimension an angel army) and Dean, and to no one'southward surprise, he chooses Dean.

Season 10 - Mark Of Cain

In season 10, Cas spends more time with Sam than with Dean. This should experience odd but it doesn't because Sam and Cas are working together to save Dean. In such scenes, fans can meet that Cas cares about Dean every bit much as Sam does, if not more.

Whereas Cas is seeming more similar a human than an angel, Dean is losing his human being side to the Mark of Cain. By the end of the flavor, Dean beats Cas bloody under the effect of Mark of Cain when Cas tries to finish him but when information technology comes to killing Cas, he tin can't do information technology. This is a running theme for them because they can't seem to kill each other even when they are overtaken by curses or mind command.

Season xi - Casifer

In an attempt to save the Winchesters and the world, Castiel however once again sacrifices himself. Castiel says yes to being possessed past Match in the hope of Lucifer chirapsia Amara. This does non become to plan plainly so, Cas is inappreciably seen equally himself in this season as he remains possessed by Friction match, better known as 'Casifer' in the fandom.

This season showed how much Castiel wishes to exist useful to Dean since he is no more the powerful angel that he used to be. He thinks that Dean volition only want him around if he is useful, which is not true, but in that desperation, he tin can practice annihilation.

Flavor 12 - Family And Death

After the events post-obit season eleven, Castiel is guilt-ridden and he makes apology for that past doing everything he tin can to save the Winchesters. Interestingly, the season starts with Castiel hugging Dean tightly upon seeing him alive and it ends with Dean screaming upon seeing Castiel being killed in front of him.

The season follows the theme of family and how Cas has integrated well into the Winchesters' clan even if he doesn't realize it. Dean shows time and time again this flavour how much he wants Cas to be alive and with him, even if Cas is not as powerful equally he used to exist.

Season thirteen - Grief And Subsequent Reunion

Cas died in the season 12 finale and flavor 13 starts with Dean dealing with the grief of losing Cas. He has become completely hopeless and devastated, and he remains like that until Cas is revived.

The "Tombstone" episode shows how much Dean is happy to take Cas back and he even conveys that to Sam, calling it "a pretty damn large win". The episode dives deep into their relationship as they both dress upwards as cowboys and talk virtually watching movies together.

Flavor 14 - Fatherhood

As Jack officially becomes part of Squad Free Will two.0, flavor 14 ofSupernaturalsees the Winchester brothers and Castiel dealing with fatherhood. However, this isn't all expert for Dean and Cas. Jack accidentally kills Mary and Dean blames Cas for that.

Their relationship becomes immensely strained. When Dean traps Jack in the Ma'lak Box, Cas stands upwardly to him in defense force of his son. Until the end of the season, Dean and Cas are at odds with each other due to Jack, especially when Dean tries to impale Jack.

Season fifteen - Love Confession

The tension that started between Dean and Cas at the end of flavor 14 continues in the final season of the show. Dean refuses to talk to Cas even though they are fighting confronting God. They finally make apology when Cas' life is in danger in Purgatory and Dean reveals how much he is sorry for pushing Cas abroad and how much he needs him.

The flavour centers a lot around their relationship and it all comes to a culmination point when Cas makes the romantic declaration of love earlier sacrificing his life for Dean however again. The entire speech communication is i of the most romantic confessions as Cas makes Dean realize that he is worthy of Cas' honey.

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