Supernatural stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles tease what is to come in season 11.
In terms of the brothers’ dynamic in Supernatural season 11, Ackles tells EW that having a pre-Biblical Big Bad to face “puts them back in the car on the same team together, having one target and being unified in that mission.”
Padalecki adds that the Winchesters are “finally accepting the fact that we’re stronger together than apart. And this far into the season, they’re certainly acting on that and I like it, personally.”
As for how Dean’s time with the Mark of Cain will affect his reaction to The Darkness, Ackles says that “there is certainly an imprint.”
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Moreover, Dean isn’t “necessarily drawn to it or affected by it but there’s something that resonates with Dean regarding the Mark because he was afflicted with it for so long that it did leave an impression on him. So now there is that kind of connection that only he can have and he can understand, so that is going to be something that he’s going to find himself faced with and struggle with.”
Ackles also teases that killing Death in the season 10 finale will have consequences. “What does that mean for all the reapers? And what does that mean for that part of the equation? And how is that going to rear its ugly head, which you know it will,” he ponders.
We also heard that Sam will be having visions again in season 11. Padalecki clarifies that this is true of both Sam and Dean: “Sam and Dean are both struggling with the idea that they don’t always know what’s real and what’s not and they’re both having visions of sorts, or they both think they’re having visions.”
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He adds that “Sam’s natural instinct is to back away from it at first because it takes him back to a deep dark place and he doesn’t know what they’re for. … When these visions start, he’s less concerned with what’s happening in the visions and more concerned with why he’s getting them and who’s sending them to him.
“We’ll see Sam doing something we’ve never really seen him do — pray. He doesn’t know who he’s praying to but just asking for some help because he realizes it’s beyond him and it’s beyond Dean.”
Finally, both Ackles and Padalecki seem to be looking forward to episode 4, “Baby,” which will take place entirely from the Impala’s point of view. “I foresee a lot of T-shirt and bumper sticker sayings,” Ackles teases.
“I’ll give you a hint,” Padalecki adds. “I am on my way to shoot a car-wash scene.”
Supernatural season 11 premieres Wednesday, October 7 at 9:00 p.m. ET on The CW.