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Sam’s a blood-sucking fiend, Lucifer walks the earth and all hell is literally breaking loose. That’s the situation the Winchester brothers (and their friend Bobby) will face when Supernatural returns to the CW for season five this fall. Can the world be saved, and more importantly, will the boys survive with their skins (and their relationship) intact?
We just caught up with Jensen Ackles (that’s Dean himself, duh) at the Paley Center’s Sixth Annual Celebrity Golf Classic and got him to answer these very questions. Read on for the scoop on Sam and Dean’s role in the Apocalypse and the latest on those season-six rumors…
Jensen tells us that he imagines the boys have a crucial, but not necessarily pivotal, role to play in the war between heaven and hell. (Think of Jim Beaver’s Bobby and the Winchesters more as lieutenants and corporals than generals or field marshals.)
Jensen says he’s always wondered, “Are Dean and Sam (Jared Padalecki) really that important that they’re going to be the focal point of this apocalypse? Or are they just going to be caught in the crossfire, trying to use whatever they can to help fight for the good? I think it’s going to be more of this big, gigantic thing going on and we’re stuck in the middle. I don’t think we’re necessarily going to be the focal point of anybody’s hunt. We’re going to lend whatever help we can to Castiel (Misha Collins) and the angels to do their job. But what that is, I don’t know.”
As for poor Sam (by which, of course, we mean incredibly well-muscled, badass and awesome Sam), Jensen says that Sam’s blood-addiction will remain an issue next season: “The demon stuff is still coursing through his veins, and he’s got that to deal with. The season finale ended with the big, giant realization that he was being duped into becoming what he didn’t want to be. So now he’s got to deal with that and try to get back to neutral.”
Regarding a possible sixth season, Jensen clarified the swirling rumors a bit. He tells us, “That started over in England. Jared and I were over there doing a convention. Everything was being lined up that this was the final season. We basically just said that our contracts were for six years—whether they use us for the six years is completely up to them. As it looks right now, it won’t [happen]. It’s like, if there is, we’re going to be a part of it. I guess the studio’s fine with it. I think it’s just the network, you know? It’s their call.”
Principal photography on season five begins July 2.