{"id":1228,"date":"2012-10-08T17:57:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T00:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2022-04-03T12:04:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T19:04:59","slug":"supernatural-we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-or-raiders-of-the-lost-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/?p=1228","title":{"rendered":"Supernatural: &#8220;We Need To Talk About Kevin&#8221; or &#8220;Raiders of the Lost Tablet&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8\" title=\"Supernatural Banner - Click to learn more at the CW Network!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Supernatural-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"Supernatural Banner - Click to learn more at the CW Network!\" width=\"640\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Supernatural-Banner.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Supernatural-Banner-256x72.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Welcome back! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit and learn more about Supernatural at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supernatural<\/a> &#8220;Hellatus&#8221; is finally over!<\/span><\/span><a title=\"Click to visit and learn more about Supernatural at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50 alignright\" title=\"CW Network Banner - Click to learn more about Supernatural!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/CW-Network-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"CW Network Banner - Click to learn more about Supernatural!\" width=\"253\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u00a0 &#8220;Supernatural returns with an all-new episode this Wednesday, October 10th. The official description for &#8220;What&#8217;s Up, Tiger Mommy?&#8221;, we include the promotional trailer via YouTube courtesy of the <a title=\"Click to visit and learn more about Supernatural at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CW Network&#8217;s<\/a> website :<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">&#8220;MRS. TRAN JOINS SAM AND DEAN ON THE ROAD \u2014 Kevin (guest starring <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Osric Chau on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OsricChau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osric Chau<\/a>) talks Sam (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Jared Padalecki on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JarPad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jared Padalecki<\/a>) and Dean (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Jensen Ackles!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0010075\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jensen Ackles<\/a>) into checking in on his mother (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Lauren Tom on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaurenTom9000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren Tom<\/a>). When they arrive, they see that evil Crowley (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Mark Sheppard on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mark_Sheppard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Sheppard<\/a>) has surrounded her with demons so they rescue her and take her along on their quest to find the tablet.&#8221; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">&#8220;However, they soon discover Kevin wasn&#8217;t kidding when he said his mother was a strong-willed woman after she tries to take on Crowley. <a title=\"Click to learn more about John Showalter!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0795288\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Showalter<\/a> directed the episode written by <a title=\"Click to learn more about Andrew Dabb!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1877263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Dabb<\/a> &amp; <a title=\"Click to learn more about Daniel Loflin!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0517418\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Loflin<\/a>.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pLzdMcU6RkU?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Season eight of &#8220;<a title=\"Click to visit and learn more about Supernatural at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supernatura<\/a>l&#8221; did arrive, and lo \u2013 the fandom did rejoice. For their long period of shipping drought known as &#8220;Hellatus&#8221; hath been ended, and the Winchester brothers (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Jared Padalecki on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JarPad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jared Padalecki<\/a> and <a title=\"Click to learn more about Jensen Ackles!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0010075\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jensen Ackles<\/a>) once again roameth the back roads of America looking for monsters to choppeth into tiny bits, in Thy mercy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> It has felt like an eternity since the finale of season seven in May, and the fandom has been on pins and needles, anxiously awaiting October third and the promise of a new era. Show runner <a title=\"Click to learn more about Sera Gamble!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1571148\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sera Gamble<\/a> stepped down and was replaced by <a title=\"Click to learn more about Jeremy Carver!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1912955\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremy Carver<\/a>, a former SPN writer who had been overseeing the <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Syfy Channel at their official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syfy Channel&#8217;s<\/a> American take of the BBC hit &#8220;<a title=\"Click to learn more about Being Human at Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/beinghuman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Being Human<\/a>&#8220;. Carver has stated that he is a fan of the fallen angel Castiel (played by <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Misha Collins on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MishaCollins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Misha Collins<\/a>), something that delighted many fans \u2013 including myself.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-536\" title=\"Supernatural S7x12 - Dapper Dean\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/7x12_12-Dapper-Dean-e1349652370801.png\" alt=\"Supernatural S7x12 - Dapper Dean\" width=\"641\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Why? Last season was nearly Cas-free, and (in my opinion) the show seemed a little less lustrous because of it. Although the seventh year had several shining episodes where the angel was not present (&#8220;Time After Time&#8221;, &#8220;Repo Man&#8221;, and &#8220;Death&#8217;s Door&#8221; were all brilliant), the knowledge that Castiel might never come back weighed heavily on the hearts of all Minions (the title bestowed on all of Collins&#8217; fans).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> A little background might be in order. At the end of season six, Castiel unwisely cracked open Purgatory (the final destination of all slain monsters) and absorbed innumerable souls in order to gain enough strength to win a heavenly civil war against the archangel Raphael. However, the power went to his head, and he declared himself the new God (an incarnation that fans dubbed &#8220;Godstiel&#8221;). But the souls inside proved too strong, and Cas was taken over by the nefarious Leviathans; they took his vessel to the public water supply, where it erupted and dissolved, unleashing the ancient Biblical baddies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1235\" title=\"Supernatural S7x22 - Castiel\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-53.png\" alt=\"Supernatural S7x22 - Castiel\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-53.png 399w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-53-256x141.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-53-320x177.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> The Winchesters mourned their fallen comrade, along with the fandom at large, but they had to battle on against the tide of flesh-eating monsters Castiel had inadvertently set free. Led by the dastardly Dick Roman (<a title=\"Click to learn more about James Patrick Stuart!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0835722\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Patrick Stuart<\/a>, almost always wearing a Cheshire-cat-who-ate-all-the-canaries grin), the Leviathans proved formidable foes, vulnerable only to the chemical borax and decapitation \u2013 provided the head was kept away from the body.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Finally, hope emerged at the darkest of hours. The mystical wall that held back Sam&#8217;s memories of the time he spent in Hell had been shattered by Castiel at the end of season six (as a way to distract Dean from stopping his Purgatory ritual). Sam grew steadily worse as season seven progressed, finally ending up in a mental hospital, tormented by ongoing hallucinations of Lucifer (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Mark Pellegrino on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mark_pellegrino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Pellegrino<\/a>). Desperate for help, Dean found a healer named Emmanuel \u2013 who turned out to be none other than Castiel with amnesia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1237\" title=\"Red-eye Cas\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-54-400x237.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-54-256x151.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-54-320x189.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Once his memory was restored, Cas healed Sam by taking the Hell madness into himself. Needless to say, this altered his countenance drastically, and it took much convincing to get him to assist the brothers and their devious ally (and old foe) Meg the demon (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Rachel Miner!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001540\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Miner<\/a>) in their quest to finish off Dick Roman. (A way to off the critters for good was discovered by the prophet Kevin Tran, played by <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Osric Chau on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OsricChau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osric Chau<\/a>, reading from an ancient encoded tablet called the Word of God.) But in the end, they were victorious \u2013 sort of.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1238\" title=\"Ganking Dick Roman\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-56-400x222.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-56-400x222.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-56-256x142.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-56-320x177.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-56.png 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Dean and Castiel worked together to kill off Dick, but they were standing too close when he exploded; the shockwave carried the Hunter and the angel down into the wild woods of Purgatory. The season ended with Cas inexplicably vanishing, leaving Dean alone amid a pack of advancing monsters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/embed.html?eid=kf9-hzx9v3hextgkkeusua\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We Need To Talk About Kevin:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Enter season eight, one year later.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> A camping couple in 100-Mile Wilderness, Maine, is rudely awakened by an intensely bright light and a filthy, bloodied Dean. Four days afterwards, Dean has hitched a ride to Clayton, Louisiana, where he digs up an old skeleton \u2013 his left arm clearly causing him distress the whole while.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1241\" title=\"08x01 Blood ritual\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-60-400x249.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-60-400x249.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-60-256x159.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-60-320x199.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-60.png 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> <em> &#8220;Hold on, you bastard,&#8221; <\/em> he mutters as his left forearm starts to glow and writhe. He slices his own skin and bleeds illuminated blood onto the bones, chanting an incantation. The process is obviously quite painful, but it has the desired effect : bringing his Purgatory buddy back to life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Vampire Benny (played by <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Ty Olsson on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TyOlsson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ty Olsson<\/a>, who also portrayed a vampire named Eli in season two \u2013 the casting has sparked speculation as to whether this is another prime example of the patented &#8220;<a title=\"Click to visit and learn more about Supernatural at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supernatural<\/a>&#8221; guest-star recycle or whether Benny actually IS Eli) formed a bond with Dean in Purgatory and his soul somehow hitched a ride under the Hunter&#8217;s skin. Olsson has given Benny a creepy southern drawl that reminds me of Stephen Moyer&#8217;s Bill in &#8220;True Blood&#8221;, and he manages to pull it off without it feeling like SPN decided to snake a little inspiration from the HBO hit.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> The two part ways amicably \u2013 after Dean warns Benny, <em> &#8220;Keep your nose clean.&#8221; <\/em> They even share an embrace before heading off into the world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1243 alignleft\" title=\"08x01 Benny and fangs\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-61-400x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-61-400x232.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-61-256x148.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-61-320x185.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-61.png 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Meanwhile, in Kermit, Texas, Sam departs a comfy house, sadly leaving behind a beautiful girl and a friendly dog and travels to the brothers&#8217; old hideout in Whitefish, Montana&#8230;although it is unclear as of yet what caused the migration. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Dean is awaiting him in the cabin, where he subjects his younger brother to the standard tests to make sure he is not a demon (holy water), a Leviathan (borax), or a shifter (cutting with a silver blade). Dean also proves his human status (against Sam&#8217;s protestations that he cease and desist), after which the boys share a reunion hug.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1244 alignright\" title=\"08x01 Reunion hug\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-62-400x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-62-400x232.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-62-256x148.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-62-320x185.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-62.png 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Dean explains where he spent the previous year : <em> &#8220;Well, I guess standing to close to exploding Dick sends your ass straight to Purgatory.&#8221; <\/em> When pressed for details about how he escaped, Dean keeps his answer vague&#8230;and the vagueness continues when Sam asks about Castiel. <em> &#8220;Yeah&#8230;Cas didn&#8217;t make it &#8230; Something happened to him down there. Things got pretty hairy towards the end and he&#8230;just let go.&#8221; <\/em> He admits to not actually seeing Cas die, only remarking, <em> &#8220;I saw enough.&#8221; <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Dean is highly unpleased to learn that Sam stopped hunting after his departure; he chides his brother for quitting <em> &#8220;the family business&#8221; <\/em>, but Sam answers,<em> &#8220;Nothing says &#8216;family&#8217; quite like the whole family being dead.&#8221; <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> <em> &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t dead,&#8221; <\/em> Dean growls, <em> &#8220;in fact, I was knee-deep in God&#8217;s armpit, killing monsters \u2013 which I THOUGHT is what we actually do.&#8221; <\/em> His disappointment grows when he discovers that Sam did not even try to find out where he had gone. Instead, Sam fixed up the Impala and set out to find a &#8220;normal&#8221;, monster-free life. <em> &#8220;Good&#8230;that&#8217;s good. No, we always told each other NOT to look for each other. &#8230; Course, we always ignored that because of our deep, abiding love for each other, but not this time \u2013 right, Sammy?&#8221; <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1246 alignleft\" title=\"08x01 Phone messages\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-63-400x221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-63-400x221.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-63-256x141.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-63-320x177.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-63.png 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Things get worse when Dean digs out Sam&#8217;s ditched cell phones and discovers a series of months-old messages from Kevin, who was last seen in the clutches of Hell&#8217;s reigning king, Crowley (fan favorite <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Mark Sheppard on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mark_Sheppard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Sheppard<\/a>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Somehow Kevin escaped Crowley&#8217;s goons and tried contacting the Winchesters for help, only to find himself ignored over and over. <em> &#8220;He was our responsibility, and you couldn&#8217;t answer the damned phone,&#8221;<\/em> Dean snarls.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Sam tracks Kevin&#8217;s last message to Centerville, Michigan, where his high school girlfriend Channing (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Lissa Neptuno!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3796805\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lissa Neptuno<\/a>) is now attending college. Feeling guilty about leaving Kevin hung out to dry, Sam suggests that they go track him down.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Once outside, Sam tosses the keys to the Impala back to Dean, a move that parallels a subtle action from the first episode of season four, &#8220;Lazarus Rising&#8221; (when Dean was pulled out of Hell after forty years downstairs). Dean says that the car smells like dog, which Sam firmly denies. They stop at a motel for the evening, and the sight of two boys playing with toy guns sends Dean into a Purgatory flashback.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> In fact, there are many flashbacks in this episode (brilliant penned by <a title=\"Click to learn more about Jeremy Carver!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1912955\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremy Carver<\/a> and directed by SPN executive producer <a title=\"Click to learn more about Robert Singer!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0802033\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Singer<\/a>), and we have been told that this &#8220;Lost&#8221;-style narrative device might be around for a while. This first blast to the past shows us Dean chasing down a vampire in old-fashioned clothing before pinning him to a tree. <em> &#8220;Where&#8217;s the angel?&#8221; <\/em> he demanded, and was not pleased when the vamp protested ignorance, beheading him with a hand-made axe that the creature dropped. Dean was then attacked by a second vampire, only to be saved by Benny.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1247 alignright\" title=\"08x01 Dean and vamp\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-65-400x227.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-65-400x227.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-65-256x145.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-65-320x181.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-65.png 509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Back in the present, Dean again expresses his displeasure in Sam&#8217;s decision to leave hunting, and then finds out there was also a girl involved. But Sam cryptically states, <em> &#8220;Yeah, there was a girl \u2013 and then there wasn&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/em> To deflect, he asks Dean for more about Purgatory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> <em> &#8220;It was bloody&#8230;messy&#8230;thirty-one flavors of bottom-dwelling nasties,&#8221; <\/em> Dean answers. <em>&#8220;Hell, most days felt like three-hundred-and-sixty degree combat. But there was somethin&#8217; about being there \u2013 it felt pure.&#8221;<\/em> In another Purgatory flashback, Dean recalls the first time he spoke with Benny, who offered him a way out \u2013 something he called a <em> &#8220;human portal&#8221;<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Purgatory was designed to hold monsters, not humans, so Dean has a chance to leave, and Benny will gladly show him the way&#8230;provided he gets to hitch a ride. Dean agreed, but wanted to find Castiel first, to Benny&#8217;s annoyance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1249\" title=\"08x01 Dean and Benny\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-66-400x238.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-66-400x238.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-66-256x152.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-66-320x190.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-66.png 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Sam and Dean find Channing, who proclaims she has not seen Kevin in a year. So the next question arises \u2013 why had he gone to Michigan? Sam suggests they ask around to see if anyone has spotted him. <em> &#8220;Sure,&#8221; <\/em> scoffs Dean, <em> &#8220;Asian kid, about yay high, at a university? THAT should be easy&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1250 alignleft\" title=\"Demon Channing\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-68-400x262.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-68-400x262.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-68-256x168.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-68-320x210.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-68.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Unfortunately for Channing \u2013 and even more unfortunately for her innocent roommate \u2013 the prophet&#8217;s former girlfriend is possessed and uses her buddy&#8217;s blood to contact Crowley using a magical goblet (a staple that has been around since season one).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> The sight of a passing dog sends Sam into a flashback as he recalls meeting the girl he spoke about earlier : veterinarian and Emmy Rossum lookalike Amelia (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Liane Balaban on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LianeBalaban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liane Balaban<\/a>), who helped him when he ran into aforementioned pooch. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Back in the present, he provides Dean with information about Kevin \u2013 he HAD been in Michigan but left without seeing Channing, and Sam was able to track down his current whereabouts to Fairfield, Iowa, where the prophet has been squatting in an old church.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1251\" title=\"08x01 Amelia and Sam\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-69-400x230.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-69-400x230.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-69-256x147.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-69-320x184.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-69.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Kevin greets the Winchesters with a borax shower. <em> &#8220;What the hell happened to you guys?&#8221; <\/em> he demands. <em>&#8220;Cliff notes?&#8221; <\/em> answers Dean. <em> &#8220;I went to Purgatory, Sam hit a dog.&#8221; <\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1252 alignleft\" title=\"08x01 Kevin and squirt gun\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-70-400x253.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-70-400x253.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-70-256x162.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-70-320x202.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-70.png 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Kevin has tricked out the church with devil&#8217;s traps and wardings, much to the brothers&#8217; surprise. He tells about what happened to him after Crowley took him \u2013 he was forced to read another Word of God that might have been entitled &#8220;Everything You Wanted To Know About Demons But Were Afraid To Ask&#8221;. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The tablet laid out a ritual to open a hellgate in Wisconsin, and Kevin cleverly told Crowley he would perform the spell. But instead, he did another enchantment \u2013 one that killed the demons guarding him and left the King of Hell in a field, surrounded by goats. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1253 alignright\" title=\"08x01 Kevin killing demons\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-71-400x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-71-400x212.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-71-256x136.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-71-320x170.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-71.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> And a wise choice it was indeed, since opening a hellgate means big trouble. A devil&#8217;s gate was opened at the end of season two, and it led to all sorts of problems for the Winchesters. But Kevin&#8217;s quick thinking spared the world, for now. He stashed the tablet away, but not before reading something else \u2013 how to shut the hellgates. All of them. And banishing demons back to Hell. Forever. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Dean is enthused by this nugget of intel, though Sam is concerned about Kevin&#8217;s safety. He apologizes to the young prophet, who has been trying to take his life changes in stride. But Sam tries to assure him that, should Hell be sealed up for good, maybe things can get back to normal. <em> &#8220;I guess I just don&#8217;t see how I get from here to there,&#8221; <\/em> Kevin muses sadly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Their departure is interrupted by a quake that cracks the devil&#8217;s traps \u2013 always a bad sign. Two of Crowley&#8217;s henchmen enter, and are quickly slain by the brothers, with some help from the fast-thinking Kevin and his newly-learned tricks. (Chau is starting to show promise \u2013 his Kevin is not longer just a flustered and somewhat whiny plot device, but a full-fledged sexy Hunter-in-training, a character I look forward to seeing more on my screen.) But finding themselves face to face with Crowley and Channing gives them pause.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1254 alignleft\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-72-400x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-72-400x232.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-72-256x148.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-72-320x186.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-72.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Kevin bargains for Channing&#8217;s freedom, especially after Crowley allows him to speak to his old friend to try and explain her current situation. <em> &#8220;There&#8217;s a demon in you, and you&#8217;re going to your safety school,&#8221; <\/em> he says, and from Channing&#8217;s reaction, it is unclear which revelation she finds more disturbing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Kevin goes to grab his things, but takes too long for Crowley&#8217;s taste. When he decides to investigate, Kevin douses him and Channing with buckets of holy water before fleeing with the Winchesters. As they drive off, Crowley instructs his companion to <em> &#8220;find another meatsuit&#8221;<\/em>; after the black smoke has left Channing&#8217;s body, he locks eyes with the passing Kevin and cruelly snaps the girl&#8217;s neck.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1255\" title=\"08x01Crowley kills Channing\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-73-400x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-73-400x250.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-73-256x160.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-73-320x200.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> After driving all night, Dean receives what he declares a wrong number on his cell phone before he tries to offer Kevin some comfort. Unfortunately, it sounds more like a foxhole pep talk, something Sam notes with dismay.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Dean exits the car and redials his phone \u2013 it turns out the &#8220;wrong number&#8221; was actually Benny, who is (creepily) stalking a funeral. Dean advises that they ought to stay out of contact for a while, something which seems to annoy Benny. <em> &#8220;I think you had it right, bud &#8230; Purgatory WAS pure. I&#8217;m kinda wishin&#8217; I had appreciated it more, y&#8217;know? Like YOU.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/supernatural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1256\" title=\"08x01 Benny at the funeral\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-74-400x210.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-74-400x210.png 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-74-256x134.png 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-74-320x168.png 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/spn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Picture-74.png 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> What does the future hold for this newly formed odd couple? What was Castiel&#8217;s fate? Can the gates of Hell truly be sealed? Season eight promises to answer all these questions and more. Buckle up, Ackleholics, Moosekateers, and Minions! If this episode is setting the precedent, then the bar is high. Onward! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Thanks for reading! Feel free to click on my picture and follow me on twitter at <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Carrie on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/babserella2778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">babserella2778<\/a>. 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Supernatural &#8220;Hellatus&#8221; is finally over! \u00a0 &#8220;Supernatural returns with an all-new episode this Wednesday, October 10th. The official description for &#8220;What&#8217;s Up, Tiger Mommy?&#8221;, we include the promotional trailer via YouTube courtesy of the CW Network&#8217;s website : &#8220;MRS. 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