Jo Harvelle

Jo Harvelle
Supernatural character
Alona Tal as Jo Harvelle
First appearance	"Everybody Loves a Clown"
Last appearance	"Defending Your Life"
Portrayed by	Alona Tal
Information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Hunter Bartender
Family	Ellen Harvelle (mother, deceased) William Anthony Harvelle (father, deceased)
Nationality	American

Joanna Beth "Jo" Harvelle is a fictional character on The CW Television Network's drama/horror television series Supernatural portrayed by Alona Tal. Aspiring to be a hunter of supernatural creatures like her parents, she was introduced in the second season in order to explore a mother-daughter relationship in the hunting world. Jo was originally intended to serve as a love interest for lead character Dean Winchester, but instead turned into a sister-like figure for him. She was ultimately removed from the series by the end of the second season—Kripke admitted the conception of the character was flawed from the beginning—but returned in the fifth and seventh seasons. While critical reaction to Jo was generally positive, many fans disliked the character.

Jo first meets Sam and Dean Winchester in the second season episode "Everybody Loves a Clown". The brothers look for her mother Ellen at Harvelle's Roadhouse—a saloon frequented by hunters of supernatural creatures—after she leaves a voice mail message on the phone of their deceased father, John Winchester. Throughout the second season, Jo appears to have romantic feelings for Dean; though he states that he also has feelings for her, he will not act on them. Wanting to be a hunter like her late father, Bill, to feel connected to him, Jo slips away from the Roadhouse against her mother's wishes to help the brothers on a hunt in "No Exit", but they ultimately have to rescue her from a vengeful spirit. An angry Ellen reveals to her that John's recklessness caused Bill's death, which strains Jo's friendship with Sam and Dean. Jo soon leaves the Roadhouse to live the life of a hunter. When the demon Meg Masters is possessing Sam in "Born Under a Bad Sign", she finds and captures Jo, planning to threaten her life to force Dean to kill his brother. While holding Jo hostage, Meg plays cruel mind games with her by first telling her that Dean doesn't return her feelings for him and then by telling her that John actually killed Bill to "put him out of his misery" after he incurred fatal wounds, despite Bill's pleas to see his wife and daughter one more time. Dean rescues Jo from Meg without harming Sam, but when Jo attempts to join him in capturing Meg, he refuses to allow her to come; he tells Jo he will call her, but as he leaves, she mutters, "No, you won't."