Question: what episode of supernatural does crowley first appear in
Answer: Crowley is introduced in mid-way through Season 5 in the episode `` Abandon All Hope ... '' , having first been mentioned near the end of the previous episode , `` The Real Ghostbusters '' , when series protagonists Sam and Dean Winchester learn that Crowley -- not Lilith , as was previously believed -- had been the one who took The Colt from Bela Talbot in the Season 3 .