Supernatural

[Lexa]

You have got to be kidding me. Your brain must work in the exact opposite way that mine does.

It's possible, but I declare this whole situation null and void on account of Supernatural and your Doctor avatar.

[Qalbert]

So one of the eps of the new season is called "Live Free or Twihard" and if it goes the route I hope it does it will be all manner of amazing.

[Krazy]

lol'd pretty hard when I saw that title, can't wait to see it.

[brisk]

Pfft, season 7 of Buffy was awesome.

...season 6, on the other hand...

What are you talking about, the flaying scene saved the season from being a complete trainwreck!

[Cichy]

When does the new season start?

[Krazy]

September 24. And season 5 comes out on DVD/BD on the 7th.

[Lexa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG1AMfL1xXo

It's a little choppy, but it leaked a couple weeks back. There will probably be better versions once the DVDs are out.

[Cichy]

Cant wait for this to come out, one of my all time favorite shows.

[Selamis]

Lol at Misha, CONFETTI! IT'S A PARAAAAADE!

If I could make a gif of Dean doing that moonwalk, I would so make that my sig lol.

[Lexa]

http://i38.tinypic.com/73nkig.jpg

[Selamis]

Amazing, mind if I borrow that for a bit to use?

[Lexa]

Not mine. From a google search.

[Milkster]

The CW's press release of their fall schedule at the upfronts contained a vague summary for season 6.

Spoiler: show

I'll probably watch regardless, because I am ridiculously preoccupied with this stupid show, but I gotta say - I am so very, very ready for them to just be DONE with the angels and the demons and the brotherly angsting and Dean's lone emo tear of mainpain.

There was also a cast list, listing both Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins (Castiel) as regulars. There's always a slight chance it was an old cast list from this last season, but one can hope.

I feel like either God will finally be found in this season or Lucy somehow got out of the hole and will show up around the end of the season. That's just me. Is Castiel the new Arc Angel (taking Michael and Gabriel's places, they never said what happened to Raphfael)

[Lexa]

I feel like either God will finally be found in this season or Lucy somehow got out of the hole and will show up around the end of the season. That's just me. Is Castiel the new Arc Angel (taking Michael and Gabriel's places, they never said what happened to Raphfael)

It's confirmed from Sera Gamble that Michael and Lucifer are stuck in their little box together for eternity. Raphael is returning this season. I doubt they'll ever "find God" because of the intentionally ambiguous ending for Chuck. Kripke has refused to confirm or deny that Chuck is God, but most fans pretty much assume he is.

[Lexa]

Season 6 summer spoilers summary post:

Official summary of 6.01, and this season's first official still photo, from the same episode:

Spoiler: show

"It's a year later and Dean has given up hunting and is living with Lisa and her son Ben. Mysteriously freed from his cage in hell, Sam finds Dean and tells him he need to rejoin the fight and introduces Dean to a world -- a family -- he never even knew existed: the Campbells, his mother's family, lead by none other than their Grandfather Samuel."

http://i34.tinypic.com/289c5rl.jpg

Sera Gamble speaks about the Impala in season 6:

Spoiler: show

"The Impala represents everything to Dean. I really loved the finale of season five; I thought the stuff that Eric wrote about the car was really beautiful, and that’s what kind of inspired the thought in the writer’s room that he should not be driving that car. It’s an arsenal, and it represents his childhood, and more to the point it represents hunting and it represents Sam. So, he’s not a hunter any more, and his brother is dead, so the thing is under a tarp. He’s living a different life."

Confirmed returning guest stars/regulars:

Spoiler: show

- Castiel (Misha Collins) "He won't be the "sidekick" to Dean and Sam he was before. He has his own mission which runs parallel to the Winchesters' story, so he's not there exclusively to help them out."

- Bobby (Jim Beaver)
- Lisa (Cindy Sampson)

- Yellow-Eyed Demon in his season 2 incarnation (Frederic Lehne). "[The Yellow-Eyed Demon] is coming back. For how long I don’t know. It just looks like one episode, from what I can tell. But you never know."

- Crowley (Mark Sheppard) "In essence, he’s running the show on the bad side. He’s going to be one of the big players now because there’s been a collapse in the hierarchy of demon kind. So in essence he’s going to be a power player and he still has all kinds of twisted affection for the boys. So he’ll be making trouble."

- Raphael (Demore Barnes)
- At least one horseman (unknown which one)
- Grandpa Campbell (Mitch Pileggi)


Over the summer, Gamble and Kripke both mentioned they'd like to bring back the Trickster/Gabriel, but it's not looking good. Sadface.

Confirmed new, probably recurring characters

Spoiler: show

- Christian [Campbell, Sam and Dean's cousin]. Late-30s to mid-40s, a recurring role, described as “capable, calm under pressure, and very good at his job,” Christian has a special relationship to Sam and Dean.

-Balthazar, an angel/soldier friend of Castiel’s. “Remember when Cass (played by Misha Collins) was dragged back to Heaven as a prisoner? Balthazar was actually the only friend who stood up for him. During the Apocalypse, Balthazar went AWOL, and Cass thought he was dead. Turns out… not so much. He’s doing some very interesting, shady stuff we’ve never seen an angel do before.” -Gamble

Two writers leaving the show, three joining:

Spoiler: show

Julie Siege and Jeremy Carver are both leaving the show. Siege wrote episodes like, The Monster At The End Of This Book, Swap Meat, 99 Problems and Fallen Idols.

(...so, she wrote one half-awesome half-embarrassing breaking-the-fourth-wall episode, and a bunch of mediocre/bad ones?)

I am super sad Jeremy Carver is leaving though, he wrote A Very Supernatural Christmas, Mystery Spot, In The Beginning and Death Takes A Holiday. He's going to write for the remake of "Being Human."

Writers joining the show: Brett Matthews, Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder. I don't know much about them, except than Brett Matthews has written an episode for Firefly in the past (the hooker/space brothel episode).

BIG-ASS behind the scenes photos from filming (assumed 6.02 or 6.03):

Spoiler: show

http://s4.tinypic.com/j93pk2.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/kb4prt.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/10ygvtk.jpg

Castiel's stunt double with unknown stunt man in a suit takes a tumble from a window and land on a car. Sam and Dean are looking down from the broken window.

There was a bunch of photos, but they were all HUGE.
Source 1 Source 2

General season 6 stuff and statements, most of which is from ComicCon:

Spoiler: show

There will be a deep role reversal between the brothers. Dean is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders with his family, while a disenfranchised Sam comes back and is all business about hunting. Sam will be pretty unsettled.

"Eric Kripke assures me that Supernatural will continue to be about the Winchester brothers “on the road together.” That said, Kripke confirms that 'Dean’s situation creates all sorts of angst and conflict. The question [we'll be] exploring is, How can you be a hunter when there are actually people that you care about? I think we will mine it for all of the emotional angst and conflict that we can. But [Lisa] is not — nor is anyone — going to be riding in the backseat of the Impala with Sam or Dean.'" - Ausiello, EW.com

Dean is living with Lisa and Ben (12), but they're not married. "Dean's driving force has always been his devotion to his family. He puts family above all else. We knew that no matter what his connection was to Lisa, or how wonderful she was, or great the sex was, it's about family. For Dean it's not about wanting to be with Lisa as much as it's about wanting to be part of a family unit." - Gamble

...Okay, so I'm bored. Sue me. I can't wait for Hellatus to be over.

One day I'll love another show as much as this one, again.

[Selamis]

Spoiler: show

Interesting tidbit about Balthazar being Cas' friend since everything I've ever seen this name associated with in books, and on tv has the character portrayed as some sort of demon (with the except of Chrono Trigger lol) even though he's one of the Three Magi in the Bible and by nature, "good." That would make sense if he's an angel/soldier, should be interesting.

[Rehont]

From what I understand, this is smallville and supernatural's last seasons. Sucks both shows end in the same season :\

[Qalbert]

last I heard there was no official statement on the finality of this season, but if you've got a source feel free to post I may have missed it

[Baelorn]

I just hope they know for sure that they're ending(or not) when it comes time for the finale.

[Qalbert]

not supernatural news really, but way too early for its own thread since it might not pan out
http://tv.ign.com/articles/111/1117682p1.html
WB wants to do a show based on Gaiman's Sandman series, and they want Kripke to run it. more details at the link