In these 12 stills from the second episode of Supernatural‘s eighth season, “What’s Up, Tiger Mommy?” we get our first glimpse of Dean and Castiel in Purgatory.

The images from BuddyTV also give us our first glimpse of Benny, the vampire who helped Dean escape from Purgatory, and Kevin’s mother. The familiar faces of Sam, Crowley, and Kevin also appear.

We reported earlier on the synopsis of this episode:

MRS. TRAN JOINS SAM AND DEAN ON THE ROAD — Kevin (guest star Osric Chau) talks Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) into checking in on his mother (guest star Lauren Tom). When they arrive, they see that Crowley (guest star Mark Sheppard) has surrounded her with demons so they rescue her and take her along on their quest to find the tablet. However, they soon discover Kevin wasn’t kidding when he said his mother was a strong-willed woman after she tries to take on Crowley. John Showalter directed the episode written by Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin (#803).

Season 8 will explore the brothers’ year apart through flashbacks over the course of the season while in the present they, along with teenage prophet Kevin, seek to use the Word of God to seal the gates of Hell forever. However, the King of Hell and his demonic minions aren’t going to make it easy for them.

What do you think of the new images? Are you looking forward to finding out how Dean spent his year in Purgatory?

Looking for more season 8?

Yesterday we got our first clip from the season premiere, showing the Winchesters’ reunion after a year apart.

We also have a promo for the season and stills from the season premiere, “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”

Supernatural season 8 premieres on Wednesday, October 3 at 9 p.m. ET.