Castiel’s Presence in Supernatural Table of Contents

This post is the table of contents for a series describing Castiel’s screentime in the show Supernatural. You can find links to and descriptions of all six parts below.

Part 1: Summary of Seasons 1-10

This section lists the number of episodes Castiel is in and how much screentime he has in each season and in seasons 4-10 all together. It also includes his average screentime in an episode (both per season and all together) and his longest and shortest episode screentimes.

The graphs in this section are a pie chart and a bar graph showing how many episodes in seasons 1-10 feature Castiel. There is also a line graph comparing Castiel’s and Misha Collins’ screentime across the seasons and two pie charts, one for Castiel and one for Misha Collins, dividing his screentime between seasons.

Part 2: Breakdown of Episodes

This section lists all of the episodes in seasons 1-10 and states whether Castiel appears in the episode, whether he doesn’t appear but is mentioned by the other characters, or whether he is completely absent. Episodes in which he appears also include his screentime for that episode, and ones in which he is mentioned include a quotation referencing him.

The graphs in this section are ten pie charts, one for each season, showing how many episodes per season feature Castiel.

Part 3: Castiel’s Episodes by Writer

This section lists all of the writers for Supernatural who have written an episode featuring Castiel. Their episodes featuring Cas are named along with his screentime for those episodes. The section also includes each writer’s total screentime for Cas, his average screentime in one of his or her episodes, and the percentage of Castiel’s episodes and screentime that each writer contributed.

The graphs in this section are five pie charts and two bar graphs. The first pie chart divides Castiel’s episodes between the writers, while the second two show Castiel’s and Misha Collins’ screentime divided between the writers. The last two pie charts and the bar graphs concern the Carver Era (seasons 8-10): they show which writers in seasons 8-10 have included Cas in their episodes.

Part 4: Ranking of Castiel’s Episodes in Seasons 4-10 by Screentime

This section lists all of the episodes featuring Castiel in order of his screentime from most to least. A second list does the same for Misha Collins. The lists are color-coded by season and also include the median screentime.

The graphs in this section are two scatterplots, one for Castiel and one for Misha Collins, that show the range of episode screentimes per season. There are also two bar graphs, again one for Castiel and one for Misha Collins, that divide the screentime into two-minute intervals and place each episode in an interval.

Part 5: Ranking of Seasons 4-10 in Various Ways Regarding Cas’ Presence

This section ranks the seasons in various ways using the information from Part 1: Summary of Seasons 1-10. The seasons are ranked by total screentime for Castiel, average screentime in an episode, longest and shortest screentime, and by the number of episodes in which he appears.

The graphs in this section are a pie chart and a bar graph showing how many episodes in seasons 4-10 feature Castiel.

Part 6: Acknowledgements and Notes

This section explains how I calculated the data that appears in the other sections.

There are no graphs in this section.