User blog comment:KillRoy231/Mr. Ketch/@comment-1975828-20161106225004/@comment-1031724-20161107002358

I think it unlikely he'll reform either, I just said that part because the only main villain to permanently die since Abaddon is Metatron, who had already found redemption by then, so that's how Supernatural works now.

So, tell me, do you think he'll be the main villain of the season working for an unseen "higher up" (my new term for "guy behind the guy"), like Azazel and Lilith in Seasons 1-4 when they were working for Lucifer, or will he be more the Alastair type, like the minion to a fairly-often-to-be-seen main villain of the season? I guess it depends on how much we see "the old man", but as mentioned he's already a lot like Alastair.