Season 12



Season 12 is the twelfth season of The CW's Supernatural. It was announced on March 12, 2016. The season will consist of 23 episodes and air on Thursdays at 9:00 pm (ET) for the first 8 episodes before moving to 8:00 pm (ET) in January 2017. Filming began on July 12, 2016, and ended on April 26, 2017.

Season 12 premiered on October 13, 2016, with "Keep Calm and Carry On", and will end with "Who We Are", followed by "All Along the Watchtower" on May 18, 2017.

Season Summary
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Main Cast

 * Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester (21/23)
 * Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester (21/23)
 * Mark Sheppard as Crowley (11/23) (episodes 1-3, 7-9, 12-13, 15, 17, 21)
 * Mark Pellegrino as Lucifer (6/23) (episodes 12-13, 15, 17, 19, 21)
 * Misha Collins as Castiel (10/23) (episodes 1-3, 7-10, 12, 15, 19)

Special Guest Star

 * Rick Springfield as Vince Vincente (1/23) and Lucifer (2/23) (episodes 2-3, 7)

Guest Stars

 * Samantha Smith as Mary Winchester (11/23) (episodes 1-3, 6, 9, 12-14, 17, 20-21)
 * Ruth Connell as Rowena (5/23) (episodes 2-3, 8, 11, 13)
 * David Haydn-Jones as Arthur Ketch (11/23) (episodes 2, 4, 8-9, 12-14, 17-18, 20-21)
 * Adam Fergus as Mick Davies (6/23) (episodes 2, 8-9, 14, 16-17)
 * Courtney Ford as Kelly Kline (4/23) (episodes 8, 13, 17, 19)
 * Elizabeth Blackmore as Lady Toni Bevell (4/23) (episodes 1-2, 20-21)
 * Shoshannah Stern as Eileen Leahy (2/23) (episodes 17, 21)
 * Lisa Berry as Billie (2/23) (episodes 6, 9)
 * Kim Rhodes as Jody Mills (1/23) (episode 6)
 * Adam Rose as Aaron Bass (1/23) (episode 5)
 * Theo Devaney as Gavin MacLeod (1/23) (episode 13)
 * Rick Worthy as Alpha Vampire (1/23) (episode 14)
 * Kathryn Love Newton as Claire Novak (1/23) (episode 16)
 * Katherine Ramdeen as Alex Jones (0/23)
 * Nels Lennarson as Walt (0/23)

Co-Stars

 * David Chisum as Jefferson Rooney (1/23) and Lucifer (1/23) (episode 8)
 * Woody Jeffreys as Tommy (3/23) (episodes 2-3, 7)
 * Kara Royster as Alicia Banes (3/23) (episode 6, 9, 20)
 * Kendrick Sampson as Max Banes (2/23) (episode 6, 20)
 * Ali Ahn as Dagon (3/23) (episode 13, 17, 19)

Trivia

 * This is the first season to have 5 series regulars as Mark Pellegrino has been promoted as of Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell. This season marks his first season as a series regular, since he was a guest in all his previous appearances.
 * This is the second season to have two new episodes air in one night. The first one was Season 6.
 * This is the first season to not feature Bobby Singer physically, making Sam and Dean the only characters to appear every season.
 * This is the first season since Season 1 and Season 2 to feature a yellow-eyed demon alive in the present timeline.
 * This is the first and only season to feature more than one Prince of Hell deaths. Azazel died in Season 2 while Asmodeus is yet to be introduced on the show.
 * As of this season, every member of Team Free Will have killed a Prince of Hell. Dean killed Azazel, Sam killed Ramiel and Castiel killed Dagon.
 * This is the first season to feature another death of an Alpha since Season 6.
 * This is the second season to feature a Nephilim. The first one was Season 8.