The Future

The Future is the 19th episode of Season 12. It aired on April 27, 2017.

Summary
Sam comes up with a way to stop Lucifer’s baby but Castiel has something else in mind for Kelly (guest star Courtney Ford). Dean is furious when he finds out someone stole The Colt. Kelly makes a bold choice about the baby’s future.

Plot
TBA.

Main Cast

 * Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester
 * Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester
 * Misha Collins as Castiel
 * Mark Pellegrino as Lucifer

Guest Stars

 * Courtney Ford as Kelly Kline

Co-Stars

 * Ali Ahn as Dagon
 * Nathan Mitchell as Kelvin
 * Damien Mavis as Hozai
 * Paul Barton as Joshua

Featured Supernatural Beings

 * Angels (Kelvin and Hozai)
 * Archangel (Lucifer)
 * Prince of Hell (Dagon)
 * Seraph (Castiel)
 * Nephilim (Lucifer's son)

Continuity

 * Castiel and Kelvin previously appeared in Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell.
 * Joshua previous appeared in the season 5 episode, Dark Side of the Moon.
 * Kelly is 4 months pregnant with Lucifer's baby as of this episode.
 * Sam refers to his and Castiel's attempt to track Gadreel through his grace in Road Trip.
 * The Colt is destroyed by Dagon.
 * Dean reminds Castiel that he, Sam and Dean are members of Team Free Will, a team founded during The Apocalypse in defiance against Michael's "free will is an illusion" adage.

Trivia

 * This is Misha's 100th credit on the show. He previously appeared in 99 episodes and directed season 9 episode, Mother's Little Helper.
 * This episode is directed by Amanda Tapping, the actress who portrayed Naomi in Season 8.
 * This makes her the fourth cast member to direct an episode. The others were Jensen Ackles (Weekend at Bobby's, The Girl Next Door, Heartache, Soul Survivor & The Bad Seed), Misha Collins (Mother's Little Helper) and Richard Speight Jr. (Just My Imagination & Stuck in the Middle (With You)).
 * This is the first episode to feature Kelly that wasn't written by Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming.
 * According to showrunner Andrew Dabb, this is last of three Castiel-centric episodes of this season. The previous episodes were Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets and Stuck in the Middle (With You).
 * It was revealed in this episode that a Nephilim only needs 5 months before they're born.
 * Dean reveals that he sleeps with the Colt under his pillow.
 * Room #15 of the bunker is revealed to be Castiel's room.
 * It is revealed that Dean made Castiel a mixtape of his "Top 13 Led Zeppelin tracks" as a gift.
 * Making a mixtape for someone has long been regarded as a romantic gesture.
 * Joshua's death makes him the third character in Season 12 to have previously appeared in earlier seasons only to die in this one. The first was Billie, followed by the Alpha Vampire.
 * His death also marks the second time a Ruler of Heaven was killed while still in charge, the first was Raphael.
 * Previous rulers of Heaven such as Michael and Metatron lost their positions by being defeated, not killed.

Goofs

 * Castiel expresses fears about removing the grace of Lucifer's son as doing so nearly killed Sam in Road Trip. However, this was because removing Gadreel's grace started undoing the healing Gadreel had performed on Sam and had nothing to do with ill effects from the grace itself.

Quotes
"Nothing is born evil."

- Kelly Kline

"That's a gift, you keep those."

- Dean to Castiel about the mixtape he made for him.

"I am not someone that you should put your faith in."

- Castiel