‘Supernatural’ season 10 spoilers: Jared Padalecki on Sam’s current mentality
Obviously, the sad news right now when it comes to “Supernatural” is that there was no new episode on the air Tuesday night. When is the show coming back? Luckily, you are not going to be waiting too long! Episodes resume on Wednesday, March 18, and there are many separate stories to address, from Crowley and Rowena to the Mark of Cain.
How is Sam going to find himself helping Dean with the latter? Much of his story so far this season has been about challenging himself to find safety for his brother, and it does seem as though that is going to continue. For a little bit more evidence on that, just take a look at what Jared Padalecki had to say in a new interview with People Magazine, which also includes some more insight on his shirt campaign to raise money for To Write Love on Her Arms:
“…We do see Dean (Ackles) struggling with something that is seemingly larger than himself. In true Supernatural fashion, it’s going to take Cas (Misha Collins) and the help of some other characters that we know and love on the show. We’re still fighting. … The Mark of Cain didn’t disappear and so we’re on to the next thing – we were all pretty certain that was going to be the cure, but it wasn’t. So, we’ve got to keep fighting.”
We would be surprised if the show actually resolves this story until the end of the season, but we almost hope that they do. One of the things that we are really hoping for right now is that the show does something almost like “Game of Thrones,” where they resolve many of the big events of the story in the penultimate episode, and then use the finale to set up what is next.
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antania taylor
April 4, 2015 @ 5:05 am
Sammy I love you also you dean.?☺
Emma Sproule
March 12, 2015 @ 9:58 am
when is it going to be about sam again hes had nothing this season i hope at the end of this season theres gonna be something about him that leads to season 11 and really hope moc is finished by the end of season thats been going on for along time
Joshua Paul Hawkins
March 12, 2015 @ 11:28 am
His role really has been summed up in “DEAN, NO!” this season. I however am thinking he might try to raise Lucifer and take him in to remove the mark. Here’s hoping anyhow.
Michael Morrison
March 11, 2015 @ 9:01 pm
I think you two are Idiots! Dean has been a Supportive role In a lot of Supernatural everything big -purgatory happen to Sam and dean had to find a why to help him.But now that Sam is not in the spotlight O the writers are “Idiots” well lady’s I Ask! If the writers are Idiots! how is it the longest running show on the CW? How are they able to get 10 Season? If there Writers are Idiots how is there a lot of fans 4 this show? How is it still going? what it all comes down too is you two are fan of Sam an are happy when he is in the Spot light only. I am a fan of the The “show” an i like its All the Seasons of it. I say to you Rose and Laura Don’t be Idiots!
Rose
March 12, 2015 @ 1:04 am
It’s the longest running show because fans care enough to keep watching and the actors are genuinely passionate about their characters. Not that the newer writers are doing a stellar job. It’s all about ratings.
The show is about Sam and Dean’s relationship. They are both the main characters. They’ve had fairly even storylines (Dean selling his soul, Sam’s demon blood addiction, etc.) up until season 9 when Dean acquired the Mark of Cain. After Gadreel was expelled, Sam’s role took a back seat and stayed there. It was slightly better at the beginning of season 10 when he was tracking Dean down. After episode 5, Sam has barely had any plots to himself.
There haven’t been any episodes dedicated to his current mindset, unlike in previous seasons where Dean had whole episodes dedicated to him (such as s5’s The End, The Curious Case of Dean Winchester, and 99 Problems, to name a few). 9’s Mother’s Little Helper might be the last good Sam-centric episode.
These current writers have only been apart of the show since maybe season 6, except current show runner Jeremy Carver and producer Bob Singer. This group doesn’t know how to write Sam so they rely more on Dean. They don’t even give supporting characters Castiel and Crowley much to do anymore even though their actors are series regulars.
This season could have been full of Cain and Abel/Dean and Sam parallels, but instead they focus all on Dean’s struggles. That could’ve been paralleled with Sam’s demon blood addiction, but they haven’t even touched on that.
You sound like you’re not active in the online fandom where fans DO critique the show and what’s wrong with it. You can be critical of something and still be a fan, FYI.
hannah
March 16, 2015 @ 8:44 am
I read a critique of last season that mentioned that the reason people were having trouble relating to Sam was how little of the Sam has been in Sam’s POV lately. I’m not saying so much that there’s a shortage of Sam, or even of Sam-related plot lines (though personally I sort of feel like there is, but I really love Sam and would probably feel like there wasn’t enough if the show were 80% him, so I’m trying to ignore my bias as much as I can…) but that we didn’t get to see much of how he thought of things. Even when he found out he’d been possessed, the focus was on how Dean felt about that and about Kevin. Which mattered, don’t get me wrong, but people found Sam unsympathetic in that plot line, which was very unexpected given the first part of the season, when I really thought that finding out about the possession would have been a big emotional thing for Sam, especially considering what happened last time he was possessed (and way back in S2 with Meg as well–this is not the first time Sam’s killed someone while possessed. And Cas and Bobby with Lucifer as well.)
For the first few seasons, I read someone saying that it was a show about Sam from Dean’s point of view. Jared’s name first in the credits supports this to some degree. And I like that set-up but if it’s something the writers want to continue, they need to also keep the part where it’s Dean’s POV about Sam, so that there’s some kind of balance, instead of Dean’s POV about Dean with some Sam being concerned about him. Or, if they want to change from that and not have as much of the overarching plot be Sam focused–which is also fine–they need to switch the POV accordingly as well.
But Sam hasn’t had the opportunity to show his thoughts to the audience the way Dean has in quite some time, so when the story lines lean heavily towards Dean, he doesn’t have much of a role.
And God, I could not be less interested in the angel plot lines, or, to an even larger degree, the stuff with Crowley’s mother. Too many scenes without either of the boys in them.
laura
March 11, 2015 @ 6:06 pm
Exacly why l think carver and writers they are idiots they not respect actros and characters sam in season 9 and 10 season generaly become side charcter sam in this seasons doesn not have pov he not have realy support others , he become less important , in season 10 is getting worse they really dont like sam charakter and l am suspect that dont really care about him or Jared l never heard that idiot Carver or writers says about positive about Jared
Rose
March 12, 2015 @ 1:06 am
I’m still hopeful that they’ll pull it together before the season ends. It’s been amazing to watch Jared (and Jensen) grow as an actor for the past 10 years and I hope they will actually utilize his talents in the show again.
hannah
March 16, 2015 @ 8:44 am
I think the utilize Jensen well–and he is a fantastic actor–but that Jared really doesn’t get to show his chops.
Rose
March 11, 2015 @ 4:58 pm
I just want more Sam in general tbh. Even when the storyline was Sam-centric (killing Lilith and resisting Lucifer) Dean was a loud presence. We got episodes with Dean’s POV and emotional state.
And now Sam is reduced to the dewy-eyed supportive spouse role, standing behind his man and not getting much say in anything. He’s one step away from being the sexy lamp and it pisses me off that the writers don’t know how to handle his character.