User blog comment:FTWinchester/Season 9 concepts/@comment-1509826-20130908231102/@comment-11331875-20130911205317

Okay, so I went looking anyway. For those interested, I think this is the promo with Abaddon/Alaina. (I think I can spot her, but the sound on my computer doesn't work and the screen's kind of jacked-up, so it's hard for me to tell, especially with such a brief clip. Could be some other demon girl, since they all dress similarly on this show, lol.)

After the promo for "Repo Man" gave away the central plot-twist, I don't even watch the promos for the next episode--as soon as the credits roll, I change the channel. But, yeah, I've stumbled across a lot more spoilers than I'd like, such as all those dead characters supposed to be returning for Season 9. To be honest, the prospect of Benny doesn't irritate me as much as two certain other characters coming back, since at least with Benny it was set up in his last episode (what with Dean saying he's not burning Benny's bones because he hopes to find a way to bring him back) and he had a lot of potential that ended up wasted; bringing back the other two just feels like pandering to me.

"If there planning to bring Alaina back, it's going to take some handweaving. But considering how awesome she was, I don't really care." My feelings exactly, General. On one hand, Josie Sands' meat has been shot, cut-up, stitched-up, and roasted in holy fire, and Abaddon zipped out of there, but... to be honest, I don't even need an explanation. I was worried we'd get an inferior actress replacement for such a promising character (who looks like she's going to be important for at least another season), and knowing Alaina's staying is a big relief. (Now I just hope they don't ruin her as a villain like they did Meg. I miss ice-cold, throat-slicing, I Have You Now My Pretty, "Too bad, I was hoping to kill more of your friends" Meg, not "I turned good 'cause of a unicorn" Ruby 2.0 Meg. I don't even consider them the same character.)