Sera Interview, Spoilers are ovbs in here
An interview with show-runner Sera Gamble has given some insight to the new season and on everyone's favorite blue-eyed angel's roll in it.
Last night CBS-TV hosted their seasonal TCA party on the rooftop of the parking garage over at the Beverly Hilton. Over mini grilled cheese sandwiches, paper cones full of fish and chips and chicken and waffles, and a gelato bar (in addition to an actual bar), network bigwigs, show talent, publicists, and reporters all rubbed elbows. The relaxed atmosphere lent itself well to catch quite a few people in a chatty mood, and Examiner got to spend some time with Supernatural's Sera Gamble, who has stepped into the show runner position this sixth season. Since we were not at Comic Con this year, we of course had to get direct quotes about a few things, including why Dean isn't driving the Impala this season, if Castiel is still an angel in this post-apocalyptic world, and of course, Jensen Ackles' directorial debut. Read on to see what she had to say.
On how it feels to be the head woman in charge and on working with her counterpart, Bob Singer.
"I feel really spoiled and really fortunate. Because Eric is still really involved and has been very gracious and active. And because, you know, Bob Singer has been a showrunner on the show from the beginning and is still with the show and is one of the most experienced executive producers in television, period. A show like Supernatural, when people say ‘I can’t believe the show looks like what it does with the budget that you have,’ that’s because Bob Singer works on the show. And he’s sort of, like, ‘Eh, press, whatever. I’ll be in Vancouver shooting an episode.’ He likes to be behind the scenes. I call him the elegant gentleman of the show. He is very much responsible for the success of the show as any of us."
On her contributions as a scribe so far this season six and where Dean is where he is when we net see him:
"I wrote episode one…I think you’ve heard some of it at Comic Con, but Dean has been retired for a year. He hung up his gun; he walked off that battlefield and was like ‘Okay, I’m done. My brother is dead; I’m going to allow him to stay dead; also I don’t know how to get him out of hell! I’m going to do what I said I would do; I’m going to try to live a normal-ish life.’ He goes to Lisa, and when we pick up a year later, he has been with this woman and this child for a year. It’s not really a spoiler alert to say the other half of the show comes back, but it’s under mysterious circumstances and has been out of hell long enough that it’s a question of why he didn’t come sooner. A monster brings them back together, and then Sam and Dean do end up on the road together."
On her decision (it was her decision!) not to have Dean driving the Impala:
"It was my decision because the Impala, well, to torture you! And it is torture. She’s under a tarp, and when he needs to get something out of the trunk, you just see a little edge. It’s torture for us, too. But the Impala represents everything to Dean. I really loved the finale of season five; I thought the stuff that Eric wrote about the car was really beautiful, and that’s what kind of inspired the thought in the writer’s room that he should not be driving that car. It’s an arsenal, and it represents his childhood, and more to the point it represents hunting and it represents Sam. So, he’s not a hunter any more, and his brother is dead, so the thing is under a tarp. He’s living a different life."
On all of the growing up Dean (Ackles) will have to do this year:
"Our goal is to have Dean be an adult. Dean is like in his early thirties at this point in the series, and also by the way, Lisa is a real character with a point of view, and there’s a child in the mixture who really loves Dean. So it’s a conversation they have to have, and we were interested in if you’ve been in a relationship at any length that has stakes and you’re raising a child and invested…you don’t just pack your sh*t up and go, even if you really have to go!"
(I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE EXCITED FOR THIS ONE, ACTUAL NEWS ON CASTIEL!)
On Castiel (Misha Collins)'s future:
"We left Castiel having been restored as an angel, and when you see him again he’ll be an angel. Although, we’ve been saying this season is a lot more gritty and down-to-Earth, and it is…we didn’t completely ignore everything that came before. It really is the post-Apocalypse, and the concerns of heaven and hell are very much involved in the problems. And he’s still very much attached to Sam and Dean, and he wants to help them any way he can. He’s a guy who’s being pulled in a lot of different directions.
He remains a little bit mysterious at the beginning of the season, but what’s going on with him becomes clearer later on."
On the remnants of the war the boys may still have to confront:
"[Arch Angel] Raphael is pissed. And he’s the only one not left in heaven, so he’ll play a part this season."
On working with Ackles behind the camera for a change:
"Every report was glowing; every meeting I had with him was fantastic and professional. He’s spent so much time on the set, and he has such a strong point of view. He understands the show in a way that so many weekly directors couldn’t possibly, so he came and he worked. I think it’s something he’s wanted to do for a while, but he has that little glint in his eye. I wouldn’t say ‘what I really want to do is direct,’ but I would say ‘but I also want to direct.’ I wasn’t surprised that the dailies that I was seeing were so good, but there were some pretty sweet camera moves in that episode!"
Supernatural returns to The CW with all new episodes in its new time of Fridays at 9pm on September 24th.
/ END INTERVIEW
So, I'm rather apathetic now. I think it's finally hit me that all pairings involving Dean are done with (that includes my otp Dean/Castiel) canonly. Starting season six he's in an invested relationship with a new family and has been for a year (meaning it's not going to be given up, after a year it's serious and most likely going to last), not only that but it has been said in another spoiler that Lisa (and possibly Ben idk) will be a presence for at least the while beginning half of the season (and not just three episodes like it was stated prior, meaning that they don't die which is a good thing and bad thing). I guess this is the first time it really hit me my ship has sunk canonly (I'm not, nor ever will, ship any type of adultery or cheating. there are certain places even I wont go), I'm stressing canonly because of course there's always fandom to rely on. I'm going to be reading so many AR/AU fics this season I probably wont be able to tell the difference. And yes, what you ship shouldn't really effect how you watch a show and truthfully it wouldn't be a problem if I wasn't so dead-set on hating fix-it pairings for these boys from the very beginning. And with my strong dislike for Dean/Lisa, it's going to put a damper on things. I always have to stress with my pessimistic views on the upcoming spoilers that no, I will never stop watching this show nor give up my passion and love I have for it. But yes, the direction they are teasing at doesn't please me. Will the airing of season six change that? It's always a possibility. But the possibility is slim.
On a lighter note I'm excited to see where they take Castiel's character. :D See how I'm trying very hard not to rage how they pushed the reset button on him? Aren't you proud? BE PROUD.
And I don't give a --- what your reasons are, Dean should be driving the Impala the fact that he isn't just proves that where he is isn't his home because it has been fully established that the Impala is his home, that it does represent his everything and he isn't 'living a different life' he's hiding his real life under. a. freaking. tarp. THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING SERA.
AND NOW BECAUSE I HAVE TO.
:IZ GOING DOWN WITH HER SHIP: :P
CW RUNNER ALSO HAS SAID THAT MORE SEASONS OF SUPERNATURAL IS PLANNED AND THAT THINGS MOST LIKELY WONT END WITH SEASON 6.
Last night CBS-TV hosted their seasonal TCA party on the rooftop of the parking garage over at the Beverly Hilton. Over mini grilled cheese sandwiches, paper cones full of fish and chips and chicken and waffles, and a gelato bar (in addition to an actual bar), network bigwigs, show talent, publicists, and reporters all rubbed elbows. The relaxed atmosphere lent itself well to catch quite a few people in a chatty mood, and Examiner got to spend some time with Supernatural's Sera Gamble, who has stepped into the show runner position this sixth season. Since we were not at Comic Con this year, we of course had to get direct quotes about a few things, including why Dean isn't driving the Impala this season, if Castiel is still an angel in this post-apocalyptic world, and of course, Jensen Ackles' directorial debut. Read on to see what she had to say.
On how it feels to be the head woman in charge and on working with her counterpart, Bob Singer.
"I feel really spoiled and really fortunate. Because Eric is still really involved and has been very gracious and active. And because, you know, Bob Singer has been a showrunner on the show from the beginning and is still with the show and is one of the most experienced executive producers in television, period. A show like Supernatural, when people say ‘I can’t believe the show looks like what it does with the budget that you have,’ that’s because Bob Singer works on the show. And he’s sort of, like, ‘Eh, press, whatever. I’ll be in Vancouver shooting an episode.’ He likes to be behind the scenes. I call him the elegant gentleman of the show. He is very much responsible for the success of the show as any of us."
On her contributions as a scribe so far this season six and where Dean is where he is when we net see him:
"I wrote episode one…I think you’ve heard some of it at Comic Con, but Dean has been retired for a year. He hung up his gun; he walked off that battlefield and was like ‘Okay, I’m done. My brother is dead; I’m going to allow him to stay dead; also I don’t know how to get him out of hell! I’m going to do what I said I would do; I’m going to try to live a normal-ish life.’ He goes to Lisa, and when we pick up a year later, he has been with this woman and this child for a year. It’s not really a spoiler alert to say the other half of the show comes back, but it’s under mysterious circumstances and has been out of hell long enough that it’s a question of why he didn’t come sooner. A monster brings them back together, and then Sam and Dean do end up on the road together."
On her decision (it was her decision!) not to have Dean driving the Impala:
"It was my decision because the Impala, well, to torture you! And it is torture. She’s under a tarp, and when he needs to get something out of the trunk, you just see a little edge. It’s torture for us, too. But the Impala represents everything to Dean. I really loved the finale of season five; I thought the stuff that Eric wrote about the car was really beautiful, and that’s what kind of inspired the thought in the writer’s room that he should not be driving that car. It’s an arsenal, and it represents his childhood, and more to the point it represents hunting and it represents Sam. So, he’s not a hunter any more, and his brother is dead, so the thing is under a tarp. He’s living a different life."
On all of the growing up Dean (Ackles) will have to do this year:
"Our goal is to have Dean be an adult. Dean is like in his early thirties at this point in the series, and also by the way, Lisa is a real character with a point of view, and there’s a child in the mixture who really loves Dean. So it’s a conversation they have to have, and we were interested in if you’ve been in a relationship at any length that has stakes and you’re raising a child and invested…you don’t just pack your sh*t up and go, even if you really have to go!"
(I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE EXCITED FOR THIS ONE, ACTUAL NEWS ON CASTIEL!)
On Castiel (Misha Collins)'s future:
"We left Castiel having been restored as an angel, and when you see him again he’ll be an angel. Although, we’ve been saying this season is a lot more gritty and down-to-Earth, and it is…we didn’t completely ignore everything that came before. It really is the post-Apocalypse, and the concerns of heaven and hell are very much involved in the problems. And he’s still very much attached to Sam and Dean, and he wants to help them any way he can. He’s a guy who’s being pulled in a lot of different directions.
He remains a little bit mysterious at the beginning of the season, but what’s going on with him becomes clearer later on."
On the remnants of the war the boys may still have to confront:
"[Arch Angel] Raphael is pissed. And he’s the only one not left in heaven, so he’ll play a part this season."
On working with Ackles behind the camera for a change:
"Every report was glowing; every meeting I had with him was fantastic and professional. He’s spent so much time on the set, and he has such a strong point of view. He understands the show in a way that so many weekly directors couldn’t possibly, so he came and he worked. I think it’s something he’s wanted to do for a while, but he has that little glint in his eye. I wouldn’t say ‘what I really want to do is direct,’ but I would say ‘but I also want to direct.’ I wasn’t surprised that the dailies that I was seeing were so good, but there were some pretty sweet camera moves in that episode!"
Supernatural returns to The CW with all new episodes in its new time of Fridays at 9pm on September 24th.
/ END INTERVIEW
So, I'm rather apathetic now. I think it's finally hit me that all pairings involving Dean are done with (that includes my otp Dean/Castiel) canonly. Starting season six he's in an invested relationship with a new family and has been for a year (meaning it's not going to be given up, after a year it's serious and most likely going to last), not only that but it has been said in another spoiler that Lisa (and possibly Ben idk) will be a presence for at least the while beginning half of the season (and not just three episodes like it was stated prior, meaning that they don't die which is a good thing and bad thing). I guess this is the first time it really hit me my ship has sunk canonly (I'm not, nor ever will, ship any type of adultery or cheating. there are certain places even I wont go), I'm stressing canonly because of course there's always fandom to rely on. I'm going to be reading so many AR/AU fics this season I probably wont be able to tell the difference. And yes, what you ship shouldn't really effect how you watch a show and truthfully it wouldn't be a problem if I wasn't so dead-set on hating fix-it pairings for these boys from the very beginning. And with my strong dislike for Dean/Lisa, it's going to put a damper on things. I always have to stress with my pessimistic views on the upcoming spoilers that no, I will never stop watching this show nor give up my passion and love I have for it. But yes, the direction they are teasing at doesn't please me. Will the airing of season six change that? It's always a possibility. But the possibility is slim.
On a lighter note I'm excited to see where they take Castiel's character. :D See how I'm trying very hard not to rage how they pushed the reset button on him? Aren't you proud? BE PROUD.
And I don't give a --- what your reasons are, Dean should be driving the Impala the fact that he isn't just proves that where he is isn't his home because it has been fully established that the Impala is his home, that it does represent his everything and he isn't 'living a different life' he's hiding his real life under. a. freaking. tarp. THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING SERA.
AND NOW BECAUSE I HAVE TO.
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:IZ GOING DOWN WITH HER SHIP: :P
CW RUNNER ALSO HAS SAID THAT MORE SEASONS OF SUPERNATURAL IS PLANNED AND THAT THINGS MOST LIKELY WONT END WITH SEASON 6.