Hello witty repartee, welcome back complex story line and plot, I've missed you brotherhood.
Supernatural Season nine has kicked off and it has kicked off with a series kick in the ass, as Dean might put it.
This should come as no surprise that there are definitely spoilers after this very sentence.
When we last left Sam and Dean they were watching as Angels fell from the sky after Metatron ejected them from Heaven.
Now we've caught up with the brothers to find that Sam is in a coma, damaged badly from the spell he was tricked into doing by Metatron through Castiel, and is at Death's door (literally), and Dean is desperately looking for help from any stray Angel that might hear his plea.
Although the Angels aren't out to help the Winchesters, but rather seek revenge on their brother Castiel who was responsible from casting them from their warm and fuzzy home in Heaven.
While having a first fist encounter with one of these angry Angels, Dean is lucky enough to have Ezekiel come upon him and attempt to save him from his brother Angel's attack (although Dean ends up being the one to save Ezekiel).
The two work out a deal to save Sam by Ezekiel inhabiting Sam's body and repairing it from the inside while also healing himself as the host he has taken has left him damaged.
So Dean is left to convince Sam once again to come back to the world of the living and interrupts a meeting between Sam and Death (one of my favourite sub characters in the series).
In a very strange and ironic twist of fate Dean convinces Sam to come back from Death's clutches (many fans will remember a similar situation where Dean requested the help of Death to bring Sam's soul back from Hell's pit where he was stuck with Michael and Satan).
But Ezekiel explains to Dean that he can never tell Sam that he has been possessed by an Angel for fear of him ejecting Ezekiel and leaving them both to die once again.
So once again Dean is forced to put on a brave face and lie as Sam's memory is wiped (again the irony of the situation that was much similar to when Death had to block Sam's memories of the pit to keep him from going insane).
And now we are left with an image of what is to come. Castiel is human now, running from the Angels that want his blood, Sam and Dean are trying to find him while dealing with this new threat of Angels seeking the Winchesters to try and find the location of Castiel alongside the fact that much like when Demons would possess bodies to get to the Winchesters, there are now Angels who are floating around looking for hosts and oh yeah, they still have the King of Hell, Crowley, safely tucked away in the trunk of Dean's car.
This is going to be one amazing season of Supernatural and with the teased Chicago spin-off series being introduced first by this season, there is a lot more to look forward to.
Check out the producers of Supernatural Robert Singer and Jeremy Carver talking about this season and the teaser for episode two of season nine 'Devil May Care' below.
By: James Bowler