Wayward Son

I am also a part of the club that isn't particularly worried by Cas' fate next week since we know he is going to be in episodes 15 and 19 after this. However, while we are on the subject, I am worried about his fate later in the season for several reasons. Firstly, last weeks episode was the first truly Castiel centred episode since season six and now we are suddenly getting another two in the same season. As a Castiel fan, this seems a little too good to be true and an unusual turn of events, and I am worried they're treating us to a large dose of Cas in order to give him a proper goodbye in his final season. Secondly, one of the key themes of Lily Saunders has Regrets is that Dean and Sam are more important to the world than Cas and he is willing to make sacrifices in order to ensure they survive. It can be argued that this is setting the stage for Castiel to sacrifice himself later in the season in order to ensure Sam and Dean stay alive. Thirdly, spoilers have revealed that episode nineteen will "focus on Cas in a way the first two haven't". Unless they're going to make it an episode purely devoted to Cas with Sam and Dean in one or two scenes just I really can't see how they intend to do this other than making it a Death's Door type episode. Also I've never understood the complaints Castiel or any other character are 'overshadowing the brothers'. They're in every single episode. Castiel, Crowley and the other recurring character are in half the seasons episodes at best. So Sam and Dean are still the main focus of the show.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I am sure that Sam will display the appropriate level of worry once he finds out the truth. The expression on his face at the end of the clip certainly conveys his sudden worry. However, even with that in mind the characterisation just didn't feel quite right to me. Even if Sam did think it was simply post prison stress he is the type who would try to get Dean to talk it out with him rather than dismissively tell him to "get it together". I am not trying to accuse Sam of being a bad brother, or anything like that, I just don't think the response is true to his character. Of the two Dean is the one more likely to tell someone to get it together. Not because he doesn't care, but as shown by his behaviour towards Castiel last episode he isn't always the most comfortable with expressing concern for others. Just my two cents and I do hope to be proven wrong once I see the episode as a whole :)

I am going to guess 1.80 and a 0.7! I think fans might tune in for the first non myth arc episode in a while, and the CW seem to have hyped up this episodes memory plot :)

Did he imply that he would grow more powerful? Or that he is currently more powerful? If the latter we have definitely seen no signs of that. Castiel was defeated by the BMoL member and he has shown little displays of power this season. The only thing I can think of is that he seemed to heal Isham a little too well if his comments on feeling better than ever is anything to go by.

I hope this doesn't mean we go from Cas being possessed by Lucifer in season 11 to Cas being possessed by Lucifer's unborn child in season 12. The whole "new iteration" makes me wary :s

I am trying to wait until I have seen the actual episode to judge, but I am worried about the characterisation of Sam in this episode. He seemed far too harsh towards Dean rather than displaying the concern I would have expected of Sam especially when he was struggling to remember which key to use.

Thanks @Demented Daisy :)

I assume this means that his fears this season would be the first without Bobby were unfounded and he's going there to film an episode. Or Is Jim Beaver involved in some other show based in Vancouver?

Hi guys! My name is Tye and I'm a twenty five year old long term fan of supernatural. I love seasons 1-5 and have mixed feelings towards the seasons after that. I have recently returned to fandom after dropping the show from seasons 9-11 due to some issues I had back then. In in terms of the show itself I am a team free will fan. I used to ship Destiel, but these days I'm more neutral when it comes to ships. I suck at introductions so that's all I have to say. Feel free to ask any questions you might have.