It’s been almost five years since Supernatural went off the air after an epic 15-year run. Since then, fans have eagerly awaited a reunion between Sam and Dean Winchester and their most faithful angel ally, Castiel.
Good news, Supernatural fans, we're getting one, at last.
Although that won’t come in the form of a Supernatural reunion (yet), fans will get to see actors Jared Padalecki (Sam) and Misha Collins (Castiel) reunite with Jensen Ackles (Dean) for his fifth and final season of the satirical superhero drama The Boys on Amazon Prime. Will the vibes be correct? Well, both shows were created by Eric Kripke, which is a great sign.
Kripke has long been vocal about his desire to cast Padalecki, especially after snagging Ackles to recur as Soldier Boy since season 3.
Kripke previously told Variety, “I feel like I have to complete my game of Supernatural Pokémon and I have my one big one — very big one — left to catch.”
And catch his Pokémon, he did.
Ackles shared a joint video of the announcement across his social media channels. Captioned, “Season 5 just got a bit more supernatural,” the video starts out with him walking through the backlot saying, “Hey, Jared. We got work to do.”
After issuing a very “Dean” look, he adds, “Again.”
The camera cuts to a “concerned” Padalecki, dressed in a beanie and zip-up, answering with, “Okay, I’ll tell Misha.”
After Padalecki agrees, he says, “Misha,” and then pans to an open trunk of the Impala with the Devil’s Trap and says, “we got work to do.”
Collins, in true form, responds, “Okay,” with a thumbs-up, a smile, and the very fair question of, “What are we doing?”
The video ends with confetti and The Boys and Amazon Prime’s logos, leaving everyone with the same question as Collins.
Details to that, of course, are still under wraps for now, but it’s hardly surprising to see this happen, considering other Supernatural alums like Jeffrey Dean Morgan (John Winchester) and Jim Beaver (Bobby Singer) have also appeared on the show.
All we know is that we hope this is only the first of many times we see this trio back onscreen together in the coming months (and years.) If one thing is for sure, we definitely have some work to do, and the world could use a little more of the three of them coming back to save it.