Maureen Ryan’s Interview with Misha Collins of Supernatural on Directorial Debut
From the interview
Is it a pivotal episode in terms of taking Season 9 into the home stretch? I know you don’t want to give too much away, but do some of the bigger story elements take major turns?
Yeah. There are a few things operating here that I think are pretty essential. In the episode, we see the birth of Abaddon as we know her, and she is obviously a central nemesis this season and her role continues to grow. We have Crowley trying to recruit Dean, to help him or collaborate with him further. That plays out as a very, very important story line for the rest of the season. And we see Dean wrestling with the addiction-like jonesing that he has with the Mark of Cain and the First Blade, and the wedge that that’s driving between him and Sam. So there’s a lot of mythological groundwork that’s being laid in this episode.
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I know there are 7 episodes left but I don’t know how they are going to wrap up Castiel’s story this season. I hope they are going to bring him back next year. I liked the comment that TFW was going to be back together at some point (it sounded like working together). I find myself for the first time kind of dreading the next few episodes. It is kind of how I feel about S4. It was the best as far as writing and acting but the conflict was tough to take. S9 is starting to take it’s toll on me.
So, Curtis Armstrong won’t be continuing as Metatron? That’s too bad, he’s such a good actor and has made Metatron one of my most favorite characters to hate. I wonder if it was a scheduling thing?
I just saw a video interview with Curtis Armstrong where he said he was in at least the last 2 episodes this season. I don’t know what Misha meant. I know the interview was edited and condensed so maybe misinterpreted as well?
I’m stunned no one has reacted to this part of the interview:
[[quote][b]So Season 10 is coming, and there’s a spinoff in the works. Do you have thoughts on where you want Cas to go, and has anyone talked to you about how the “Supernatural” mythology would be connected to the new show[/b]?
The spinoff very pointedly is not going to have any characters that carried over from “Supernatural.” All the series regulars of the spinoff are introduced in the spinoff episode, and none of the standing characters from the “Supernatural” universe are going to be in the new series.
I would like very much to be a part of Season 10 and I hope that that is in the offing. It is not something that anyone from production has approached me about yet. I think they’re still working out story lines for the end of this season and for next season. I have no speculation on where the show goes for Season 10, and whether it includes me or not I can’t say with any great certainty.
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You don’t know how thrilled I am to see Mo Ryan doing an interview for Supernatural again. She’s always so professional and courteous and asks great questions. She always puts her interviewees in a flattering light and doesn’t deliberately try to stir up crap. I really wish they would let her do more.
I’m in denial about Misha and I didn’t realize that it was Mo Ryan doing the interview. I always enjoyed her reviews and interviewsl