'Supernatural' surprises Comic-Con with epic Kansas performance
Any true Supernatural fan knows that even though the show doesn't have an official theme song, the CW hit has always had an unofficial anthem in Kansas' Carry On Wayward Son, which has appeared in every finale for the past 12 seasons.
In Hall H at Comic-Con on Sunday, fans got a live performance from the band, complete with massive wraparound video screens recapping the previous 12 years of the show.
Stars Jensen Ackles (Dean), Jared Padalecki (Sam) and Misha Collins (Castiel) were joined by executive producers Bob Singer and Andrew Dabb for the panel to offer some hints on Season 13. Here's what we learned:
Since Castiel died in the Season 12 finale, the other panelists had plenty of fun at Collins' expense (he entered the panel late, dragging his own smaller chair on stage), joking that he wouldn't be returning to the show. When asked what he'd been up to this season, Collins quipped, "You can’t plant tomatoes 'til July, so that’s what I’m getting into now."
Singer confirmed that Collins' Castiel would be returning -- Padalecki even intimated that he should come back naked, but Dabb insisted, "I don’t know that we can afford the blur effects" -- but they gave no further details about the circumstances surrounding the beloved character's revival.
Cas isn't the only character who'll be back from the dead in Season 13 -- in the apocalyptic alternate universe that Mary (Samantha Smith) and Lucifer (Mark Pellegrino) were transported to, Dabb promised, "some people who have been long dead on our show are still alive in apocalypse world and much different characters."
Back in the "real world," fan favorite Kansas psychic Missouri Moseley (Loretta Devine) will be back for the first time since Season 1.
The show also confirmed casting for the Supernatural spinoff Wayward Sisters -- read the details about the characters (one of whom has a connection to Missouri) below:
Leading the group is Sioux Falls Sheriff Jody Mills (Kim Rhodes), an associate of Bobby Singer, who has grown to be one of Sam and Dean Winchester’s most trusted friends and allies. A foster mother to Claire Novak, Alex Jones and new character Patience Turner, Jody’s greatest challenge will be to prepare them for the battles ahead.
Lending Jody a hand will be series fan-favorite Sheriff Donna Hanscum (Briana Buckmaster), a relative novice to the hunter’s life, but a close friend who Jody can confide in.
Claire Novak (Kathryn Newton) was introduced to the supernatural world when her father became the vessel for the angel Castiel (series star Misha Collins). Now, a gifted hunter, she lives with Jody, but struggles against her rules.
Also taken in under Jody’s wing, Alex Jones (Katherine Ramdeen) was rescued by the Winchesters from a family of vampires who used her as a lure for unsuspecting humans. Traumatized by the violence, she has resolved not to hunt…until a threat emerges in Sioux Falls that threatens her new family.
A new member of the Wayward Sisterhood is the character Patience Turner (Clark Backo), a high school over-achiever whose life is turned upside down when she discovers she’s a powerful psychic, a gift she inherited from her estranged grandmother (and Season 1 Supernatural character) Missouri Moseley. Hunted by dark forces for her power, Patience finds refuge with Jody and her wayward family.
Supernatural Season 13 premieres October 12 on The CW.
