User blog comment:Tommy,Klaus&Kol2012+/Michael needs to be defeated IMO in the midseason finale/@comment-74.132.82.188-20181105113224/@comment-74.132.82.188-20181105114257

So I checked just to make sure. Eugenie Ross-Leming said something about 6 episodes with Michael  way back at Comic Con. Andrew Dabb said more recently in Variety that Michael may not always be present but he is pulling levers and releasing bad things. You may get your Bug Bad/shedim.

Kipling was weak. I figured his purpose was to show Sam´s leadership and remind us that both Hell and Heaven are having problems; I think this will be an opportunity for a character--new or current--later on.