Jensen Ackles has directed two Supernatural episodes to date, and in season 8 he’ll try it out again!

Supernatural producer Jim Michaels responded to a fan tweet which asked if Jensen Ackles would be directing the 150th episode (8×01), and revealed that it will in fact be the third episode of the season.

Ackles’ two other directorial credits on the show are 6×04 “Weekend at Bobby’s” and 7×03 “The Girl Next Door.” The two episodes purposefully focused on other characters to allow Ackles to focus on directing, and it’s therefore likely that this episode will primarily show Sam’s side of the story. This will be especially convenient if Dean and Castiel are still stuck in Purgatory at this point.

Thanks to SpoilerTV for finding the tweet!