One Supernatural Episode Turned Its Worst Female Character Into Its Best

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Supernatural’s female characters have often been criticized for dying before they could fully develop as characters, but one character introduced in Supernatural season 2 proved Supernatural could turn its worst female characters into strong allies for Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles). Jo Harvelle (Alona Tall) proved that women on Supernatural could be more than just tragic victims or romantic love interests for Sam and Dean Winchester. One episode was able to turn Jo Harvelle from an unremarkable side character to one of the strongest people the Winchesters ever met in Supernatural.

Jo Harvelle is introduced in Supernatural season 2, episode 2, “Everybody Loves A Clown.” She is the daughter of Ellen (Samantha Ferris) and William Harvelle, the latter of whom was a hunter who worked with John Winchester. William has long since died and left Ellen and Jo to run The Roadhouse, a bar for hunters. In Supernatural season 2, episode 6, “No Exit,” Jo Harvelle instigated a hunt for a supernatural spirit, revealed to be H.H. Holmes. Determined to be a hunter, Jo ran away from Ellen to capture a spirit that had been killing young blonde women in a Philadelphia apartment building. Jo, Sam, and Dean eventually find and defeat the spirit, but then Jo abandons Sam, Dean, and Ellen after discovering John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) was on the hunt that got her father killed.

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Supernatural season 2, episode 6, “No Exit,” was a turning point for Jo’s character that diverted her from a potential love interest “girl-next-door” archetype into an independent fighter. The book Supernatural: The Official Companion: Season 3 by Nicholas Knight