Just when you thought the Winchesters were firmly safe in the present time, we get another time-travelling Winchester this time round in the form of their grandfather, Henry Winchester (Gil McKinney). Their paternal grandfather and let's hope he isn't as maniacal as maternal grandpa, Samuel Campbell (Mitch Pileggi). Henry makes his appearance in the episode 8.12 As Time Goes By (and it's not Casablanca either.)
You may recall Gil McKinny who plays henry from Friday Night Lights. It won't be Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) doing the travelling, though last time in season 7's Time After Time, it was Dean who went back in time and met Elliott Ness (NIcholas Lea). Hopefully there should be some reveals in episode 12 of the season as the boys should get to know things about their father, John (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) they never really knew. It will be good to see how the Winchester side of the family fares as there really hasn't been any background on their father and his family ties. Like do any of the boys have any attributes inherited from John's family, seeing as they were named after their maternal grandparents. Besides Dean wanting to be just like Dad.
John Winchester, as far as we know didn't hail from a family of hunters, rather Dad was a mechanic and was in the army, so there maybe be nothing 'supernatural' about the Winchesters at all. Then again you never know what sort of skeletons could be hiding in the closet. We got to meet the Campbell's and Mary's family as hunters in The Song Remains The Same, but John had his memory erased, thus he knew nothing about monsters and demons and the like. Yet he traded his life for Dean and the Colt back in 2.1 In My Time of Dying, so he came a long way as a novice hunter in fighting the supernatural and in his need to avenge Mary's death.
Apparently to fit into the premise of Supernatural and the timeline, Henry must know something supernaturally connected since he comes looking for John. Maybe he has to warn him but finds he's too late. John and Mary were meant to be together and have Sam and Dean, as shown by Cupid in My Bloody Valentine. As well as John being the the first to break the seal. Of course all this came into play when he was much older and after he married Mary.
It's also revealed that Henry will be in pursuit of the demon called Abbadon played by Alaina Huffman (From Stargate: Universe.) So it shouldn't come as a surprise that Grandpa Henry will be involved with demons, let's not forget Dean's famous line from the Pilot episode about them "hunting things...the family business..." That's what they do after all. So is shouldn't come as a surprise if John's side of the family were just as involved with demons, they could have been inadvertently drawn into it. But nothing happens in this show without a reason and let's not forget destiny, even if Dean doesn't believe in it.
NB Abaddon is actually a place like hell, not a demon. In Hebrew it means "destruction." However in demonology, Abaddon was the 'chief of the demons' and was known as 'the Destroyer.' In the magical realm, Abaddon is the 'Destroying Angel of the Apocalypse.'
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