Season 9



The CW announced the renewal of Supernatural for a ninth season on February 11, 2013. Actor Misha Collins was announced to be returning as a series regular and will also direct an episode.He will be the second star of the show to direct an episode. Actor Jim Beaver will be returning this season. Jensen Ackles did not direct an episode of his own, as he did in Season 6, 7 and 8 due to the birth of his daughter. At Comic Con, Jensen stated that “''I’m not directing this year — well not yet. They haven’t given me one. I usually direct the first one out of the gate, but because I have a 7-week-old daughter I opted to stay home with the newborn instead this year. There’s still a few episodes that are not slated yet with the directors and I think they’re trying to figure out how they can slide me in there storyline wise.''”

Supernatural will also switch from Wednesday to Tuesday nights for the new season. Following the trend of the past two seasons, this season also will have 23 episodes. This season premiered October 8, 2013.

Summary
Immediately after the fall of the angels caused by Metatron, Sam falls into a coma and almost dies. With Castiel unable to help, having lost his grace and being in another state, Dean seeks the help of another angel named Ezekiel whose only option to save Sam from his wounds is to possess him which Dean allows as the two, now three, with Kevin and Crowley (as their prisoner) work to find a means to put the angels back in Heaven and are also forced to deal with the Knight of Hell Abaddon who is sezing control of Hell in Crowley's absence, causing much choas and death to humanity. Meanwhile Castiel is running from the thousands of angels who blame him for their setback while he is now human but eventually does manage to get his grace back. Sam and Dean, and sometimes Ezekiel, also deal with regular hunting cases with various associates of their's but Sam over time begins to notice that something isn't right with him. Eventually Metatron himself returns to Earth and Ezekiel is revealed to actually be the angel Gadreel, the protector of the Garden of Eden, or Adam and Eve, but failed and apperently "let" the fallen archangel Lucifer into the Garden. So Metatron makes a deal with Gadreel to rebuild Heaven together by returning the angels he wants. Eventually Dean discovers Gadreel's deception and tries to get Sam to expel him but Gadreel takes full control and kills Kevin, forcing Dean and Castiel to team up with Crowley to expel him from Sam but are forced to let the king go.

Dean then teams up with Crowley in his hunt for Abaddon to restore order to Hell with the only weapon which can kill a Knight of Hell, the First Blade and the Mark of Cain both of which Dean aquires from Cain himself, the Original Knight of Hell and the Trainer and Creator of the Knights. Meanwhile Sam helps Castiel in his hunt for Metatron and Gadreel while Castiel himself is faced with Bartholomew who seeks to kill him for his role in the fall but kills him and assumes command of his angels. Dean eventually finds Abaddon and kills her as she attempts to steal human souls and turn them into her own demon army, but the Mark of Cain begins to have affects on him. Meanwhile Metatron tries to play God himself with the power of the Angel tablet and starts making public miracles but Gadreel turns on Metatron and teams up with Castiel to stop him.

In the season finale Castiel and Gadreel infeltrate Heaven to destroy the angel tablet to cut off Metatron's power and allow Dean to kill the angel but are put in Heaven's dungeon but Gadreel sacrifices himself as part of a spell to free Castiel who takes back Heaven. However Castiel destroys the tablet too late and Metatron gets the better of Dean and kills him but he is locked up in Heaven's dungeon when his intentions are revealed to every angel. Crowley then shows up in the bunker where Dean's body is place and puts the blade back in his hands which revives him as a demon...

Main
Special Guests
 * Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester (23/23) and Gadreel (8/23)
 * Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester (23/23)
 * Misha Collins as Castiel (11/23)
 * Jim Beaver as Bobby Singer (1/23)
 * Richard Speight Jr. as Gabriel (1/23)

Recurring

 * Mark Sheppard as Crowley (9/23)
 * Tahmoh Penikett as Gadreel (6/23)
 * Alaina Huffman as Abaddon (5/23) and Josie Sands (1/23)
 * Curtis Armstrong as Metatron (5/23)
 * Osric Chau as Kevin Tran (4/23)
 * Erica Carroll as Hannah (3/23)
 * Adam J. Harrington as Bartholomew (2/23)
 * Kim Rhodes as Jody Mills (2/23)
 * Timothy Omundson  as Cain (1/23)
 * Julian Richings as Death (1/23)

Supernatural: Bloodlines
One of this season's late episodes (reportedly #20) is set to serve as a backdoor pilot for a spin-off of the show. The show will reportedly explore the clashing hunter and monster cultures in Chicago with all new characters. Unlike "Supernatural," the spin-off will only be set in Chicago.

''In the Chicago-set episode, Carver said we’ll be introduced to a show that would, if picked up by the network, “explore the clashing monster and human characters” living in the city. In fact, he said, “we’ll have main characters who are both human and monsters.” That will include, added Singer, “families of monsters and families of hunters.” “It’s much more of an ensemble than Supernatural ,” Singer said.''

The show's official title was to be called Supernatural: Bloodlines (previously titled Supernatural: Tribes), but the backdoor pilot was not received well.

Posters
Michelle GRIGG

Spoilers
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Trivia

 * The season's official poster provides a clear hint about a major plot event--Sam's shadow on the church is a silhouette of an angel with its wings broken. It was revealed in the premiere episode that this angel was Ezekiel, later revealed as Gadreel.

Comic Con Videos
michelle grigg #[http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=qpetXOvqP8A&list=PLVpkiCD2IBzuImbMDu4n03cUXHI9UDQTA&index=37 Supernatural Panel Part 1]
 * 1) Jared Padalecki Interview 1
 * 2) Jared Padalecki Interview 2
 * 3) Jensen Ackles Interview 1
 * 4) Jensen Ackles Interview 2
 * 5) Misha Collins Interview 1
 * 6) Misha Collins Interview 2
 * 7) Mark Sheppard Interview
 * 8) Ben Edlund Interview
 * 9) Jeremy Carver Interview #[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Jeremy Carver Interview 2
 * 10) Robert Singer Interview
 * 1) Supernatural Panel Part 2
 * 2) Supernatural Panel Part 3
 * 3) Supernatural Panel Part 4
 * 4) Supernatural Panel Part 5
 * 5) Jared and Jensen @ Nerd HQ

Promos