How does bobby get his soul back

Ad — content continues below. Bobby has a demon trapped in the basement and is torturing it to extract information about Crowley. Whilst he is interrogating the demon, Marcy, a friendly neighbour, unexpectedly calls and invites him round for dinner and a movie.

Bobby helps Rufus hide the body and, in turn, Rufus offers to use his contacts to find out more information on Crowley. Rufus contacts Bobby with news of Crowley. After a phone call from Dean, who wanted to confide in Bobby about his concerns over Sam and leaving Lisa and Ben, Bobby delicately puts it to the brothers that he does have his own problems to sort out.

The brothers offer to help in any way they can. The deal is the same. Bobby wants his soul back. Bobby remained a ghost for months, aiding in the fight with the Leviathans where he could, but eventually started turning into a vengeful spirit.

Bobby realizes what Sam is up to, however, and hits him over the head. Unfortunately, Sam vanishes before Bobby can tie him up. Meanwhile, Jack goes to Rowena, seeking a magical way to undo his mistake. He explains that he accidentally killed Mary when he, for a second, wished her to be quiet and gone. Sam is able to use the portal to travel to Hell and back with Bobby, but they end up trapped in Purgatory when Ajay is killed by Crowley.

Sam is able to reassert control over his body, and uses the rings to imprison himself and Michael. With the Apocalypse over, God resurrects Castiel, who in turn brings Bobby back to life. Bobby grew up in an abusive environment. His father, Ed was an alcoholic who constantly yelled at him and his mother.

One day when his father was hitting his mother, Bobby pulled out a rifle and shot Ed. His father's last words stuck with him, "You break everything you touch. Three days before Karen was possessed and was killed, the two had a fight about children and did not talk after. Bobby became a hunter after he had to kill his wife Karen Singer when she was possessed by a demon.

Rufus Turner is the hunter who exorcised the demon and helped cover up Karen's death. It was Rufus who introduced Bobby to the world of the supernatural, and they hunted together for many years until a hunt went wrong in Omaha around Sometime in December , [3] Sam mentions "uncle Bobby," meaning that Bobby met John Winchester and started helping him take care of Sam and Dean some time before Christmas of He took the boys on hunting trips and even played catch with Dean in the park, as well as giving Sam the amulet that he Sam gave to Dean for Christmas.

While seeking Bobby's refuge from Meg and Azazel , Dean mentioned that the last time he and Sam saw Bobby it is unknown when , he Bobby threatened to shoot, or "blast" Sam's and Dean's dad, John , full of rock-salt. Dean added, " You cocked the shotgun and everything " after John dropped Sam and Dean off at Bobby's house for a month without any contact, leaving Bobby to think that John had died. Following an argument with Bobby, Dean ran off to find his father, only to return with an angered John who took his sons and were chased off the property by Bobby who shot at the Impala as they drove off.

All that matters is that you get him back. In Devil's Trap , with John held captive by the demons , the boys turn to Bobby for help. He gives Sam the Key of Solomon. When Meg turns up at his house, they restrain her using a devil's trap symbol painted on the ceiling.

It is Bobby who alerts the boys to the fact that Meg is not a demon herself, but a woman possessed by one. After the demon is exorcised, and Meg dies, Bobby agrees to dispose of her body and call the authorities. Sam has to retrieve the Colt , and John has given Sam a list of herbs to get from Bobby.

Sam is distressed at the wrecked state of the Impala, and Bobby suggests scrapping the car, until he sees that to Sam it embodies the state Dean is in, and to give up on the Impala would be to give up on Dean. He also informs Sam that the items John has requested are not for repelling a demon, but for summoning one.

In Everybody Loves a Clown , Sam and Dean are staying with him as they recover from their wounds, and the death of their father. Dean uses Bobby's tools to repair the Impala. They have been there a week at the beginning of the episode. Bobby lends them a van which makes Dean feel like a "soccer mom" when they drive to meet Ellen at the Roadhouse.

However Bobby is alerted to the demon's presence when it reacts to holy water he has spiked Sam's beer with. Again, the demon is restrained under the devil's trap symbol , but this time the exorcism Dean attempts fails because the demon has bound itself to Sam's body with a brand. The demon is expelled when Bobby burns across the brand with a hot poker.

Bobby is aware Sam killed another hunter, Wandell, while possessed, and advises the boys to leave before other hunters find them. He gives them each a charm to ward off possession. In Tall Tales , unable to make heads or tails of their Springfield hunt and divided by recent conflicts, Sam and Dean turn to Bobby for help. Bobby joins them on the hunt. Listening to their account of the case, he figures out that a Trickster is the culprit, and responsible for fanning hostility between the brothers.

Together they search for Sam, and find the burnt out ruins of the Roadhouse. After Dean receives the vision of Sam's location, it is Bobby who deciphers that the town is Cold Oak. When they arrive there, Bobby pursues Jake Talley after he stabs Sam, but loses him in the woods.

Bobby responds with understanding, and leaves. Out in the middle of his junkyard he confronts Dean, and is upset when he learns Dean only has a year to live. His affection for Dean is clear, when he despairs that Dean doesn't value his own life. When Ellen appears, having escaped the demon attack on the Roadhouse, Bobby makes her drink a shot of holy water to ensure she is not possessed. Bobby is part of the effort to stop the opening of the Devil's Gate in Wyoming, and it is he and Ellen who actually close it.

Bobby tracks down a possible omen in Nebraska, and the boys join him to investigate. They meet Tamara and Isaac , a married hunter couple Bobby knows. While Bobby urges caution, they are attacked by demons and Isaac is killed. Bobby works out that the demons are the Seven Deadly Sins , and with Sam, Dean and Tamara and the intervention of a mysterious girl , the demons are trapped and Bobby exorcises them. In Bad Day at Black Rock , after finding John's lock-up has been broken into, the boys contact Bobby, who confirms that he built the Curse Boxes, one of which has been stolen.

Later, he explains the curse of the Rabbit's Foot and starts researching how to destroy it. During this conversation, he appears to be working on the Colt. After Bela steals the Rabbit's Foot, Bobby identifies her to Dean, and tracks down her address for him. Finally, Bobby provides Sam and Dean with a ritual which destroys the Rabbit's Foot and breaks its curse. After the boys leave for Ohio, he is test firing the Colt, when Ruby appears, and offers to help turn it back into a demon-killing weapon.

Summoned by Sam he arrives to help, only to be struck down by Father Gil. At the end of the episode he reassures Dean that Sam is okay, that nothing has changed since he came back from the dead. In A Very Supernatural Christmas Sam consults with Bobby over the phone, he tells they are not dealing with an "anti-Santa" but with a pagan deity. He later advises them that evergreen stakes will kill the deity. We learn that Bobby's association with the Winchesters goes back to at least In Dream A Little Dream Of Me , Bobby is investigating the death of a doctor who researched sleep disorders when he mysteriously lapses into a coma.

On investigation, Sam and Dean find the culprit is Jeremy Frost , a patient of the doctor who was unable to dream until the doctor gave him African Dream Root. Sam and Dean take some of the herb themselves in order to enter Bobby's dream and rescue him. In the dream they find Bobby having a nightmare about his wife. Before Bobby knew about the world of the supernatural, his wife was possessed, and he had to kill her. Dean manages to convinces Bobby he is only dreaming and he awakes.

Bobby works with the boys and Bela Talbot to track down Jeremy Frost. In Mystery Spot , after Dean dies, seemingly for real, on the Tuesday, Sam becomes obsessed with finding the Trickster, while ruthlessly hunting other evil across the country.

Bobby calls him, worried about him. Finally Sam responds to a call from Bobby that he has found a way to summon the Trickster. Bobby says they need blood for the ritual - fresh blood. While Sam apparently seems willing to go and kill someone, Bobby offers himself as a sacrifice. Sam stabs him with a wooden stake, since this is not Bobby but an illusion of the Trickster. An old hunter acquaintance, Rufus Turner , has called with news that she has been in contact with him.

After giving her location to the boys, they obtain Ruby's Knife and prepare to leave to go after her. Bobby has disabled the Impala, and argues that he must go with him, because "there's more to family than blood", and that they need him.

After Dean kills a demon possessing a police officer, Bobby explains that because Dean is close to going to hell, he can see their true faces. When they arrive at the house where Lilith is, Bobby blesses the water in the sprinkler system, so that when the sprinklers activate they keep the demons in the neighborhood at bay. Bobby is not present during the finale encounter between the boys and Lilith. In Lazarus Rising after being resurrected from Hell , Dean first approaches Bobby, making him the first person to see Dean Winchester alive.

At first, he doesn't believe that it's really him, resulting in a fight between them. They continue until Dean sliced his arm with a silver knife. Even still, Bobby splashed holy water to make sure he wasn't a demon before he believed it was Dean and they embrace. Dean told Bobby of his resurrection before he and Bobby later find Sam who had been off the grid out of grief for the 4 months Dean was dead. Bobby tended to Pamela after her eyes were burned out at trying to see Castiel's true form.

He and Dean later wait for the entity in a barn and meet the angel Castiel. Bobby shoots at him but it has no effect and Bobby is knocked out shortly afterwards by Castiel with a simple touch.

Bobby's unconscious form is tended to by Dean. In Are You There, God? He gives Dean and Sam books for them to research. He finally puts them to rest using a banishing spell. He returns to save the brothers from a seductive siren in Sex and Violence. Bobby is seen briefly in The Rapture , towards the end of the episode. He calls Sam and asks that both Dean and Sam get to his place immediately. Once there, Dean and Bobby trick Sam and lock him up for his own safety inside the panic room.

Now with Sam locked up, detoxing from the demon blood, Bobby gets a call from Rufus Turner about seals breaking. He suggests they let Sam out and use him as a weapon in the on-coming demon war. Dean refuses this. Though Dean does agree to work with the angels, and Bobby calls Dean the angel's bitch. Dean and Bobby soon notice how it's gone quiet downstairs, and rush to the panic room.

There Sam is being flung around by the demon blood's effects, and the two hold him down. Bobby tells Dean they are going to need to tie Sam down, and asks Dean "Are you with me? Dean answers yes, because the demon blood is killing him. Bobby disagrees and says that they are the ones killing Sam.

Dean refuses to give him more blood, and Bobby says Sam will die. Dean replies, "at least he'll die human. When Sam escapes, Bobby catches him, attempts to make Sam turn around. But Sam refuses and knocks Bobby out. Now with Sam gone, Bobby and Dean investigate how Sam got out. Dean leaves to track Sam down and Bobby to watch the police database. After the fight with Sam, Dean heads back to Bobby's. Bobby tries to convince Dean to call Sam, but Dean refuses.

Bobby explodes and tells Dean that family is not only meant to make you happy, but unhappy as well. The conversation stops when Dean is suddenly teleported by the angels to The Green Room. Sam reveals to Bobby that it was he, not Lilith, that was responsible for Lucifer being freed. Bobby becomes angry and tells Sam that, if they survive the Apocalypse , he wants nothing to do with him. Sam leaves, while Bobby and Dean continue research. Bobby is revealed to be possessed by a demon after Dean finds a lead and Bobby almost kills him, before stabbing himself with Ruby's Knife, therefore killing the demon possessing him.

Sam and Dean rush Bobby to the hospital where his wound is repaired. The doctor informs him that he is unlikely to walk again. Bobby tells Sam that it was the demon, not Bobby himself, that said those things to him, and that he's not cutting him out of his life.

Bobby then gets an urgent call from fellow hunter Rufus Turner to immediately get to River Pass, Colorado, as Rufus is under attack by what he says are demons.

Bobby, since he can't walk, sends Dean and Sam to help out. In The Curious Case of Dean Winchester Bobby finds out that a witch is holding poker games with the stakes being years instead of money.

He sees this as a chance to escape his wheelchair and rushes to play, only to lose 25 years. Dean immediately threatens the witch before betting 25 of his own years in the game to restore Bobby, only to lose 25 more. As the hunters work to undo Dean's fate, Bobby admits his personal feelings of uselessness at a time of such urgency, even considering suicide. After experiencing life as an old man, Dean appreciates Bobby's view, but urges him that he is not useless and begs him to not try and kill himself.

In Abandon All Hope With Castiel, they team up with Ellen and Jo Harvelle. Before they leave though, they all gather at Bobby's house to reminiscence and drink beer. Bobby then gets a picture of them all, for they know that not everyone will live. There, Castiel sees many reapers all over, even though no one else can.

He goes to investigate. The Winchesters and Harvelles are then attacked by hellhounds , one of them mortally wounding Jo. They lock themselves inside a hardware store, trying to help Jo.

Dean then reaches Bobby by radio, telling them of their situation. Bobby concludes that the reapers are there because there will be many deaths due to a ritual, which turns out to be true. Sam and Dean try to convince him that he must kill her since she is a zombie , but he tells them to leave or they will have trouble.

As Bobby's wife starts to turn he realizes he must kill her. After he killed her again, every zombie in town starts coming after him. He and Dean fight them off and in the end are saved by Sam and the town sheriff, Jody , who refers to Bobby as the town drunk. Bobby tells the boys that Death sent the dead after him because he supports the Winchesters and is one of the reasons why Sam hasn't said yes to Lucifer yet.

While Dean says he at least got 5 days with his wife, Bobby tells them that only made it a times worse. He and Sam look for another way, while Dean makes comments. Bobby tries to talk Dean into helping and calls him son. Dean retorts by telling Bobby that he isn't his father, visibly hurting Bobby. Bobby soon stands his ground by revealing he has a gun and a single bullet which he reveals he contemplates on using to kill himself but doesn't as he promised Dean that he'd help.

Then Sam and Dean's resurrected half-brother Adam comes into the picture and wants to consent to being Michael's vessel. When Dean escapes, Sam tells Bobby to watch over Adam but the latter slips away after giving his location to Zachariah. He offers to tell Bobby Death's location in exchange for Bobby's soul, which Crowley promises he'll give right back.

Though it happens off-screen, Bobby accepts Crowley catches the deal-sealing-kiss on his iPhone. Bobby with Crowley's encouragement informs the boys of the deal in Two Minutes to Midnight. Also in Two Minutes to Midnight , it is revealed that Crowley restored Bobby's ability to walk, citing a personal addition he made to Bobby's deal on Bobby's behalf when Bobby "really wasted that crossroads deal.

According to Bobby, he celebrated his restored legs by walking up and down stairs all night to make sure it wasn't a dream. He is later told about Dean's meeting with Death and confronts Dean over what he fears more: losing, or losing his brother. In Swan Song , Bobby travels to Detroit after figuring out that Lucifer is there from demonic omens and says goodbye to Sam, telling him not to give up fighting.

After Sam loses the fight, Bobby gives up hope, saying there was little hope he'd succeed, but comes to Stull Cemetery with Castiel and Dean anyway. There, he is splattered in Castiel's blood when Lucifer kills him and he shoots Lucifer twice when he attacks Dean. Lucifer is unaffected and telekinetically snaps Bobby's neck, killing him. After Lucifer is cast back into Hell with Michael by Sam, God resurrects Castiel and the latter uses his newly restored upgraded powers to resurrect Bobby.

Bobby and Dean say goodbye at Bobby's salvage yard and according to Chuck , don't see each other again for a long time.