For season 12 of Supernatural as Jensen said should return to monster of the week story, actually, he said he'd love for it to return there and I think they have a golden opportunity to do it, what with Mom (Samantha Smith) arriving back into their lives. Not only can we get great dialogue and family, mother/son/brother moments here and a chance for Sam (Jared Padalecki) to catch up with her, especially since he never knew her. But also for Dean (Jensen Ackles) to get so many answers he wants. I thought immediately here of Sam and Dean in the angel ep Houses of the Holy, when Dean found out Sam prays and Mom did too. About angels watching over them and then lo and behold angels turned up. Like foreshadowing in her knowing that might happen. But more so she could and can see for herself what her sons selflessly and so dangerously do, in carrying on the family business and that family business was an extension from her side of the family more so than that of Dad's. Which they didn't know for a long time. It was essentially carrying on the legacy which ultimately became the Winchester legacy.
Another aspect to this was how Mom appeared when Sam was shot in the season 11 finale and she generally made an appearance to help them out as in Home, Sam needed her then in some ways and he needs her now in other ways. Will Mom even remember them, tell them where she's been and plenty of questions which can incorporate an element of not only mystery but also returning to the episodes from earlier seasons, even if a new arc needs to be developed, it doesn't need to be as full-on as the angels/demons/Chuck/Amara storyline now.
Also with Chuck (Rob Benedict) and Amara (Emily Swallow) bonding again and the angels finding some sort of closure in their feuding with each other, it's an ample time for the show in season 12 to return to how it used to be. Monster of the week and maybe finding new arcs which involves new areas and not just forever harping (no pun! ha) on about angels and demons, even though they'll still be around in the background, especially Crowley (Mark A Sheppard) and the demons. Make it more of a family show and a return to the Winchester values. I know they have the bunker still and the appearance of her from the London Chapter but if they could deal with her quicksmart, leaving room for exploration of perhaps more of the Winchester family history, delving a little more in maybe Dad's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) side of the family too. Perhaps not in any kind of supernatural way, just as a background.
Crowley and Rowena (Ruth Connell) need some bonding time too and it's not as if they truly hate each other. Here's another family that could do with some more exploration of their family background. You know wouldn't it be great to them in a spin-off, I thought of a half hour comedy show. Maybe thinking long the lines of Bewitched, but more Fergus of Hell!
Jensen would love to see other themes from the show explored further, such as "purgatory, I thought was a really cool, cool part of the story...I'd also like to see more of a hunter network. I'm a big fan of the original format of the show the monster-of-the-week kind of thing...I don't know how we necessarily get back to that with everything's that's happened." As I said Mom would be a good way to start getting back into the process of just hunting and then take it from there.
Either way as long as we get some great stories and dialogue from the cast then Supernatural will continue to go from even greater strength to strength!
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