‘Supernatural’ season 9 spoilers: Misha Collins, Jensen Ackles on Bartholomew threat

Last season on “Supernatural,” one of the recurring villains / threats for Castiel on the season was a certain woman in Naomi that carried with her the tremendous power of manipulation. She was able to get what she wanted very easily, and had the unique ability to do so without really getting that much blood on her own hands (at least in the early going).

But what about Bartholomew? We have already seen this particular fallen angel once as he hopes to take down Misha Collins’ character, who is held largely responsible for the fellow angels for Metatron’s takeover. This is going to be a particularly messy situation for Castiel to get his way out of; he doesn’t have powers, and he doesn’t even have the ability to have the Winchesters at his side all of the time courtesy of the Ezekiel arrangement he does not even know about.

If you want some more scoop on the character, that is what we’re here to provide! Just take a look at what two separate stars of the show had to say to TV Guide when differentiating Bartholomew from Amanda Tapping’s character.

Misha Collins – “Bartholomew is malicious in a way that Naomi wasn’t. She would engage in torture, but there’s something more sinister about Bartholomew. He seems to me to be less sympathetic.”

Jensen Ackles – “Bartholomew set out to be a headhunter to kind of rule the roost, whereas Naomi was more in the business of trying to preserve heaven and ruling that landscape. With that comes [new] rules of the game.”

The major takeaway here is, of course, that there are some terrible times ahead for our favorite angel. He’s going to need to be resourceful quickly, and we don’t know how many skills he is picking up while working as a gas station employee. Heck, in the promo here he seems to be struggling with the basic concept of how a slushie machine works.

We just hope that, in the end, the character doesn’t throw the show too far into a realm of darkness. What we found so wonderful about “Dog Dean Afternoon” is that it had its share of sweet moments and also plenty of humor, and even his last appearance in “I’m No Angel” managed to combine the comedy with the sad, emotional moments. Let’s hope it stays that way.

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