User blog comment:Tommy,Klaus&Kol2012+/Will the writers kill off michael in the midseason finale episode-the spear?/@comment-1031724-20181218073007/@comment-1031724-20181219053354

And this isn't about Michael, main villains are expected to stick around until the last episode of a season, or last few episodes if there's more than one (like Abaddon or Asmodeus). It's about the show never ending and losing its touch.