User blog comment:Rafe Adler/"The British Invasion" Discussion/@comment-10889355-20170407155947/@comment-1975828-20170409081722

Andrew Dabb is working really hard on fixing up Castiel's story arc. this season. It may not look like it to some of you, but Castiel has had major character developments so far, which were neglected ever since Season 8.

That may not appease non-Castiel fans, but at least he's not just standing around being present for his fans to squeal at him.

And did you know? One episode without Castiel and there was practically a riot asking "Where is Cas?" "Why is he not in this episode?" "Why is he not in the next episode?" "No, no, I want my angel back!"

So...yeah, the show really needs Castiel to survive, but at least the writers are giving him a purpose this time, an endgame (sort of).