Buddy TV recently spoke with Supernatural's creator and executive producer Eric Kripke about season three, the prospects for a season four, and what's going on with Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles). In Episode 3x09, "Malleus Maleficarum," the demon Ruby (Katie Cassidy) revealed that demons were once human. Also, we found out there was a new demonic power "rising in the West." Kripke elaborated on these new twists in the mythology. "The idea that demons are all corrupted human spirits was something really attractive to us," he explained, "because we always sort of believe among the writing staff that the worst evil is the evil inside all of us." This not only makes it "not just black and white," Kripke added, "but makes it sort of nicely complicated that such dark evil can exist in the human heart under the right conditions." The concept of demons once being human was writer Ben Edlund's idea, Kripke revealed.

Having Ruby telling all of this to Dean was important, Kripke said, because of the deal Dean made with the crossroads demon and what he's facing. "He's going to go to Hell. Over the centuries Hell is going to burn away his humanity and he's going to become this thing he hates most." Ruby also told Dean the reason she was helping Sam and Dean was she remembers being human. When asked if Ruby was telling the truth, Kripke gave away very little (showrunners, like demons, have their secrets). "Ruby keeps her cards pretty close to her vest. You never know quite what she's thinking."

He did reveal that we'll meet this new demonic power in episode 3x12, "Jus in Belo," and it won't be anyone we've met before. Kripke talked about the reason the episode order was changed. "Mystery Spot," a Groundhog Day-type episode where Dean dies over and over again, was originally going to be the last of the four new episodes, but it was switched with "Jus in Belo" to provide "a mythology cliffhang in there as well...we figured that would be the most satisfying for the fans." The script for "Mystery Spot" was written by Jeremy Carver, who scripted the funny yet poignant "A Very Supernatural Christmas." Kripke says that Carver, who is new to the writing staff this year, "has been kicking ass. He really nails this tone of humor, emotion, and scares." "Jus in Belo" will be directed by Phil Scriccia, who directed the exceptional season two episode "Nightshifter." Kripke said the cliffhanger episode will be "big and epic and cinematic and action packed."

One question many fans are wondering about is whether Sam's psychic powers are gone for good, and whether he really came back different. At the end of season two, the Yellow Eyed Demon hinted to Dean that the revived Sam might no longer be as he once was. The series has shown us that demons lie; the showrunner has been coy about whether they tell the truth. So which is it? "It's very possible that Sam isn't the same Sam, and we're really not ready to reveal that yet," was Kripke's answer.

He did offer some insight into what's going on in Sam's head, however. In 3x09, Sam told Dean the reason he'd been more willing to kill lately was because Dean was going to die, and in order to survive, Sam had to become more like Dean. "Everyone is the hero of their own story," said Kripke. "And whenever anyone has an opinion, or a changing opinion, they always come up with justifications for why they do what they do. That's sort of the point we were trying to make in this episode. Sam is doing worse and worse things, but he feels righteous and justified in how and why he's doing them, which is of course the most dangerous attitude to take."

On when the show will return, and the prospects for a fourth season, Kripke had nothing definite. "Every possible scenario has been discussed, from coming back for a few more episodes this season, to shooting and airing episodes over the summer, to not having any more episodes this season but having an extended season 4," but he said The CW hasn't made a decision.

The next new episode of Supernatural, "Dream A Little Dream of Me," airs Thursday, 2/7.

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Buddy TV