Supernatural executive producer Jeremy Carver previews what fans can expect in the back half of season 9. Beware of spoilers ahead.
Carver recently spoke with EW about the show’s return in 2014.
Kevin’s death
According to Carver, the fan favorite prophet really is dead after the shocking mid-season finale. “I know it’s going to hurt,” he says. “With any luck, being Supernatural, there will be a way to perhaps see him sometime down the line, but it’s with a very heavy heart that we see Kevin be murdered.”
As for how Kevin’s death will affect the story moving forward, Carver specifically points to the impact on Dean, who “finds himself, I think, a bit unmoored by this with really no one but himself to blame. And as we know, Dean’s go-to is blaming himself anyway. And the fact that he’s right this time, hits him hard.”
Dean will “do whatever it takes to track down this angel and eject him from Sam. And that’s going to lead him to making alliances that he never thought he’d be forced to make. But he’ll do anything, basically, to try to right what he, I guess, considers one of the biggest mistakes he’s ever made.”
The angel formerly known as Ezekiel
When season 9 picks up “[w]e’ve got Sam who’s being possessed and essentially taken over by Gadreel, an angel who’s done this horrible thing,” Carver says. “And we’re going to reveal that Gadreel is more complex than we even may have presented him now….
“I think we’re going to see Gadreel put through his pieces a bit more by Metatron in terms of going down a dark path.”
The newly angel-fied Castiel
In the mid-season finale, Castiel killed another angel and stole his grace for his own. When the show returns in the new year, Castiel “is going to find himself in this angelic frame more than ever and this might be a little bit of a case of be careful what you wish for,” says Carver.
“Now that he’s an angel again, he’s going to have to find his place in this angelic battle, and it may not be the place he imagined for himself, which is going to confront him with some choices he perhaps never thought he’d have to make. So he’s right back in the fire, as it were.”
Upcoming episodes
There are clearly a lot of mythology-heavy episodes to come in 2014, but Supernatural also has a number of standalone episodes per season. According to Carver, the back half of season 9 will have “a combination of introducing some really really wonderful new characters into the mythology while also seeing a lot more of some of our favorite friends returning in the back half.”
One new character to look forward to will be Tim Omundson’s Cain, whose casting we reported on previously. His presence “will open up a whole new branch of mythology for the show that is going to have significant impact on the rest of the season and throughout the series.”
The show will also answer the question of “where the heck Garth (DJ Qualls) has been this whole time,” as “viewers will remember he sort of went AWOL when put in charge of guarding Kevin back in season 8.” Carver describes the answer as “surprising” and with a lot of hugs.
Also returning will be The Ghostfacers, which we also previously reported. “They will be making a return in what actually is a really fun and pretty emotional episode,” Carver says.
The show will also continue “digging into the men of letter’s lore,” Carver previews. “We’re going to be going even deeper into that and introducing new characters and taking a deeper look at some men of letters characters we’ve even met before.”
Carver also previews the return of “some people we absolutely did not expect to see. And it’s all a result of the events that have happened here in the last season and a half.” Who are these people? “I think we can say these people are beloved, yes. And I think it makes for some pretty strong stuff.”
Supernatural returns with new episodes on Tuesday, January 14 a 9:00 p.m. ET on The CW.
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