The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed is the 3rd episode of Season 11. It will air on October 21st, 2015.

Summary
JENSEN ACKLES DIRECTS — While Rowena (guest star Ruth Connell) tries to consolidate her power to protect herself from the Winchesters, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) search for a missing baby connected to the Darkness. Meanwhile, Castiel (Misha Collins) struggles to heal and Crowley (Mark Sheppard) tries to find a way to use the Darkness for his own personal gain.

Main Cast

 * Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester
 * Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester
 * Misha Collins as Castiel
 * Mark Sheppard as Crowley

Recurring Cast

 * Ruth Connell as Rowena
 * Yasmeene Ball as Teen Amara

Trivia

 * The title is a reference to the 1954 novel and the 1956 film of the same title.
 * This episode was Crowley's fiftieth appearance.
 * Castiel makes reference to Metatron's love of waffles, which they shared during the period where the two first met to discuss Metatron's supposed trials.
 * Dean makes reference to the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, when Rowena is chained up in the Bunker.
 * Amara is able to communicate with a version of herself in a mirror.
 * For some strange and/or unknown reason, it has not dawned on either the Winchesters or Castiel to ask Lucifer or Michael for help or at the very least information given that they actively participated in the war against The Darkness.
 * Amara is shown Adolf Hitler's Nuremberg speeches translated into English, as well as Dante's Inferno in the original Italian.
 * This episode marks the first occasion that an ordinary demonic and an ordinary angelic grunt are shown to be on amicable terms with one another.
 * Amara has a purpose hidden from Crowley.
 * Amara has once more taken on an older form upon consuming hundreds of demonic souls while under Crowley's care.
 * Rowena reverses the Attack Dog Spell on Castiel and reveals her deal with Sam to Dean causing a bit of tension between them.
 * Its revealed that Metatron stole Castiel's car in Book of the Damned when he escaped. However, he hasn't had any accidents or moving violations with it which surprises Castiel as a former shut-in and Scribe of God wouldn't be thought of as a good driver.