With the apocalypse now over, Gamble and the others say that the show will be returning to its roots, with more focus on monster-of-the-week type episodes, but still with a season-long arc. Season 6 picks up a year after the events of the fifth season finale. Read on to find out what we want to see in the sixth season, as well as a few spoilers about what’s in store for the Winchesters and their friends.
What to Look Out For
A New Focus - While the show focuses more on the good old-fashioned monsters that populated the earlier seasons, we should also expect to learn more about the origins of the creates in the Supernatural universe. With both Heaven and Hell in disarray after the botched apocalypse, the creatures will be acting strangely. It’s up to Dean and Sam to figure out why.
The Campbells - We learned a bit more about the Campbells (Mary Winchester’s family) in seasons 4 and 5, when the brothers took trips back in the past. Despite the fact that the boys’ maternal grandfather - Samuel Campbell - was killed by Azazel in season 4, Mitch Pileggi will be reprising his role as Grandpa Samuel. Season 6 will tell us more about the history of this family of hunters and we’ll learn that Samuel and Sam managed to meet up in the past year while Dean was off living with Lisa and Ben. We should also expect to see a few other Campbell characters, including, I believe, a cousin of the brothers.
The Quest for Bobby’s Soul - We don’t know very much about what Bobby has been up to in the past year, besides continuing hunting. From footage revealed at Comic Con, we do know that Bobby will be a big focus in episode 6.04, where we see him attempt to get Crowley to give him back his soul. Will he be successful? We sure hope so. We also know that Bobby will return in the season premiere and will reunite with the brothers, as well as appear in a few other episodes in the first half of the season.
The New Man in Charge? - Castiel has returned to Heaven and is, presumably, trying to restore order after the loss of Michael and other key angels in the heirarchy. We shouldn’t expect to see Cas until episode 6.03. The question is how successful Castiel will have been in Heaven over the past year and how he will fit into the storyline with the brothers now that their focus on Heaven and Hell has pretty much come to an end.
The Family Man - Dean has spent the last year becoming a “husband” and father to Lisa and Ben. Now working in construction, Dean has the Impala under a tarp and has learned to move on to a normal life. Of course, that’s not really in the cards. From various reports we can surmise that Dean comes across something supernatural in the season 6 premiere, prompting him to bring Lisa and Ben to Bobby’s for safekeeping. At some point during the episode he also runs across Sam and Grandpa Samuel. The real question is how Dean will reconcile these two biggest parts of his life - Sam and the hunting with Lisa, Ben and his family man persona. We know that Dean doesn’t leave Lisa and Ben permanently in the season premiere, but we do know that the early episodes will have Dean leaving to go join Sam for one-off cases. How long can he keep that up before he joins Sam back on the hunting road full-time? Despite liking Lisa and Ben’s characters, I do hope the brothers will be back off together soon.
The Question of Sam - We don’t know how Sam got out of Hell, or even how long he was trapped down there. We will apparently learn more about this as the season progresses. The question, of course, is whether Sam has changed. Despite Jared telling us that Sam was definitely still Sam at Comic Con, we do know that Sam will become more like season 1 Dean - impulsive, brash, and a shoot-first-asking-questions-later kind of guy. This new version of Sam will have to deal with a calmer, more collected and concerned version of Dean. We also know that Sam will have kept his return from Dean over the past year because he believes that his brother earned the right to a normal life. A lot of the promos are making it seem like Sam is different - that he’s changed. We don’t know how this fits in with what Jared told us, but the question of who or what Sam is will likely be an ongoing concern in the sixth season.
The new season looks darker, and I’ve got high hopes that the brothers will finally be able to heal their relationship, which has been stretched to the breaking point over the last five years. Are you anxious to learn how Sam got out of Hell? Do you want to see Dean playing dad to Ben or would you prefer to see him back in crappy motels with his brother? And are you excited to learn how Mitch Pileggi will be returning since his character died?
Supernatural Season 6 Premieres on Friday, September 24 at 9:00 p.m. on the CW
Until then, go look at some of the season 6 promotional material we’ve posted, including:
there was a hint in season finale that suggested Chuck was God. when Dean was talking with Chuck on the phone, he asked about Chuck's girlfriend. Chuck said that they broke up, made some comments about her and another girl. And then Dean said something about Chuck having a "virgin-hooker" thing. this is a clear reference to mary magdalene, who was Christ's companion.