Various spoilers
The CW has been posting short countdown videos with actors hosting and slivers of previews in them:
Jared, Misha, Jensen, Mark, Misha
Interview with Misha (read the rest here):It's been revealed that Castiel is going to have a love interest in season 9, played by Shannon Lucio. Can you give us any scoop on that?
Well, I can tell you that they get intimate in the most intimate sense of the word. Which is for somebody like Castiel, who is up to this point a virgin, very poignant.
Some episode titles/order have been changed:
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Also, I probably won't be doing the recap post I normally make before the season starts.