While we await season six of the CW’s Supernatural to return to us on September 24, 2010, let’s get a lock on our fave brothers, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) and the stalwart and constant character in the Winchester legacy, the Impala.
We know that season six takes place round abouts a year after Lucifer was locked in the box with Sam as his vessel. Sam is now out somehow and he has not contacted Dean, who has “retired” and lives the life of a family man to his GF Lisa (Cindy Sampson) and her son Ben. And what of the beloved Winchester Impala? According to executive producer Sera Gamble, the Impala is on the bench:
“[Dean]’s not driving the Impala. It’s under a tarp, and when he needs something from the trunk, he just lifts up the edge. It’s torturous!… The Impala represents everything to Dean — it represents his childhood, and more to the point, it represents hunting and it represents Sam. He’s not a hunter anymore and his brother is dead, so it’s under a tarp and he’s living a different life.”
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Something tells me that the Impala won’t be under that tarp for much longer after Sam and Dean reunite. But Dean can’t just drop his newfound family and go hunting with Sam again, can he?
Gamble addresses this new side to Dean’s story:
“Dean’s driving force has always been his devotion to his family. He puts family above all else. We knew that no matter what his connection was to Lisa, or how wonderful she was, or great the sex was, it’s about family. For Dean it’s not about wanting to be with Lisa as much as it’s about wanting to be part of a family unit.
Our goal is to have Dean be an adult. He’s in his early thirties at this point, and Lisa is a real character with a point of view and a child who’s in the mix here — a child who really loves Dean.
If you’ve been in a relationship of any length, it has stakes, to the point where you’re living with someone and you’re raising their child with them. There’s real affection there, so you don’t just pack up your sh*t and go, even if you really need to go — it’s a conversation for them both to have.”
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We still don’t know how Sam escapes from the cage in Hell, but he does. Padalecki explains how Sam has changed:
“Sam didn’t get out of Hell and like Dean, go straight to Bobby’s house and go like ‘Hey, I’m back what do I do?’. Sam kinda like went ‘Dean’s out of it.’ Dean, right now is with a woman and a kid. He’s living a normal life so I’m gonna let him do that… [Sam] tries to let Dean have the life that Sam always wanted.
I think Sam was like, ‘Dean thinks I’m dead, it hurts, I love the guy, he’s my brother, but he’ll be happier without me.’ So Sam has been hunting on his own and now they’re reconverging.”
Sounds like a role-reversal between the brothers. Padalecki likens this new Sam to Dean in season one:
“[Sam’s] not somebody who is heartless. He’s tactical first, like Dean was in Season One. He’s somebody who’s like, ‘It sucks that the mother of these two kids is possessed by a demon, but she’s possessed by a demon. We have to kill her.’ Dean’s going like ‘Woah, woah, woah! Weren’t you the one who’s like ‘Wait, let’s solve things. Let’s talk.’ [Sam] is less emotional now. He’s driven by reason.
Sam has died. So has Dean. They’ve both been to Hell. They’ve both been to Heaven. So [I’ve] just accepted that death don’t mean nothing to Sam. So I think Sam has accepted the fact or at least resigned himself to the idea that normalcy is just not in the cards for him. That it’s his job. It’s a tough lot in life, but it’s nice that he gets to help people very tangibly. So I think Sam has found solace and comfort in the fact that he’s doing something; His legs are moving; He’s accomplishing objectives.”
