Wayward Sisters

Wayward Sisters is the 10th episode of Season 13 and the backdoor pilot episode for the upcoming spin-off of the same name. It aired on January 18, 2018.

Summary
When Sam and Dean go missing, Jody Mills (guest star Kim Rhodes) calls Claire Novak (guest star Kathryn Newton), the rebellious rogue hunter, and tells her it is time to come home – they need to find the Winchesters. Claire returns and reunites with Alex Jones (guest star Katherine Ramdeen), who has stayed behind with Jody and tries to balance a “normal” life with being a part time hunter. While Jody is happy to have Claire home again, she’s plagued by Patience’s (guest star Clark Backo) disturbing vision involving her adopted daughter. Claire and Alex search for Kaia Nieves (guest star Yadira Guevara-Prip), the dreamcatcher responsible for opening the rift that Sam and Dean went through, as she holds the key to their whereabouts. Jody calls her friend, Donna Hanscum (guest star Briana Buckmaster), to round out the team and the women head off on the most important hunt of their lives.

Plot
TBA.

Main Cast

 * Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester
 * Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester

Guest Stars

 * Kim Rhodes as Jody Mills
 * Briana Buckmaster as Donna Hanscum
 * Kathryn Love Newton as Claire Novak
 * Katherine Ramdeen as Alex Jones

Co-Stars

 * Clark Backo as Patience Turner
 * Yadira Guevara-Prip as Kaia Nieves and Alternate Kaia Nieves
 * Eden Summer Gilmore as Amanda Fitzmartin
 * Matt Afonso as Ed
 * Shane Leydon as Ed's Male Pack Mate
 * Maria Claire Turner as Mrs. Fitzmartin
 * Zenaida Telfair as Registered Nurse

Featured Supernatural Beings

 * Cloaked Figures
 * Dreamwalker
 * Psychic
 * Werewolves
 * Ghoul
 * Nephilim
 * Vampire
 * Giant

Continuity

 * Claire Novak previously appeared in the Season 12 episode Ladies Drink Free.
 * Alex Jones previously appeared in the Season 12 episode Who We Are.
 * Donna Hanscum previously appeared in the Season 11 episode Plush.
 * Jody Mills was previously seen wearing her sheriff uniform in the Season 10 episode Hibbing 911.
 * A werewolf was previously featured in the Season 12 episode Ladies Drink Free.
 * A flamethrower was previously used in the Season 7 episode Death's Door.

Trivia

 * The episode was watched by 1.87 million viewers and got a 0.6 rating. This is the show's most watched mid-season premiere since The Hunter Games in Season 10 and the highest rated mid-season premiere since The Devil in the Details in Season 11.
 * The official hashtag for this episode is "#WaywardSisters" and it trended worldwide and in the United States for four consecutive hours.
 * This is the second episode for a spin-off pitched to The CW with Bloodlines being the first one.
 * This is the second part of the two-parter story for Wayward Sisters, the upcoming spin-off, with The Bad Place being the first one.
 * This episode marks the first time Jody Mills has appeared in two consecutive episodes.
 * This is the first episode where Alex Jones, Claire Novak and Jody Mills are present at the same time since the Season 11 episode, Don't You Forget About Me.
 * This episode is the first time Jody Mills, Donna Hanscum, Claire Novak, Alex Jones, Patience Turner, and Kaia Nieves are present all at the same time.
 * According to Andrew Dabb, Jack is about three months old as of this episode. Which means this episode is set in August 2017.
 * At the beginning, Jody Mills tells Claire Novak that the Winchesters "are on a hunting trip and I haven't heard from them for a few days." This closely mirrors what Dean told Sam in the Pilot about their father when enlisting Sam's help.
 * Jody Mills is seen driving a different vehicle for the first time since the Season 11 episode, Don't You Forget About Me.
 * Robert Berens confirmed that the ship name for Kaia Nieves and Claire Novak is "Dreamhunter".
 * He also confirmed that "Kaia lives!!!".
 * The scene where Claire Novak said that she's going to find what killed Kaia Nieves and she's going to kill it is similar to what John Winchester did when Mary Winchester died in Season 1.
 * The scene where Dean Winchester pulls Claire Novak towards the rift while she looks at Kaia Nieves' corpse is similar to what Sam did to Dean in the Season 12 episode All Along the Watchtower.

Quotes
"I kill monsters, that's who the hell I am."

- Claire Novak

"If they're there, they're already dead."

- Kaia Nieves about The Bad Place

"You don't have to be a fighter. I'm not, not really, no, we help in other ways."

- Alex Jones to Patience Turner

"This universe sucks."

- Dean Winchester

"Donna, I can't lose another child."

- Jody Mills

"You guys take care of the world. We got Sioux Falls covered."

- Jody Mills to Sam and Dean Winchester

"I came back to Sioux Falls to save Sam and Dean Winchester and I did - no, we did - we saved Sam and Dean. All these amazing women. My family. They don't know it yet, they think I'm staying because I'm broken but I'm staying because I need them. My family. My army. The thing that killed Kaia is still out there and I don't care if I have to tear another hole in the universe, we're going to find it and I'm going to kill it."

- Claire Novak