User blog comment:Rafe Adler/"Bring em' Back Alive" Discussion/@comment-31057575-20180413123807/@comment-24.93.246.85-20180423150007

How about this:  When Gabriel died in Season 5, he was actually supposed to be dead. Then the series kept getting renewed and now we are in Season 13 and we need him back. So he´s back. And, since he´s the trickster, his presence has a built in explanation, rather than try to establish yet another archangel (traditionally there are 7) who hasn´t been seen heretofore.