At the San Diego Comic-Con, Supernatural stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki along with Jeremy Carver share some intriguing spoilers about season 8!

Speaking to E! Online, Ackles discusses Dean’s state of mind at the beginning of the season:

Dean has now come out of purgatory with a sense of clarity. He understands that this is his job in life, this is what he does. He just went face-to-face with all the things that he battles up top and he understands that there is a reason, a purpose, to what he does in his life and this is what it is. It’s behind the wheel of that car, sitting next to his brother cruising down the road. In fact, I think I even say that in this episode that I’m directing right now.

However, Ackles also reveals that Sam might not be as ready to return to the hunting life, saying that Dean needs to reel him back in, “getting him to understand that this is what we do and this is what we’re best at. This is our destiny.”

Padalecki previews Sam’s new love interest Amelia, saying:

[She’s] a lost soul and also just gone through a loss of her own. There’s something special about her, and the fact that they’re kind of kindred souls going through a loss alongside each other, and could be there for each other when it was easy and when it was hard, really helped him fall for this girl.

Finally, new showrunner Jeremy Carver discusses how this season is different from the past seven. He says:

For the first time in a long time, the boys are gonna come together united on a quest of sorts and it feels like number one, they’re playing offense for the first time as opposed to just reacting to something in the universe as it were […] It’s the difference of how you relate to your brother when you’re 22 and how you relate to your brother when you’re 30.

Read the full interview at E! Online.