[trystan830]

MonBon - at the time, no one else had popped in the thread.

Tiva - I look at it this way: the writers have their plan for the episodes, but they also need to see if the actors are available. So I think that sometimes when a character leaves the show, the actor was called away or left to do something else. When a character comes back on a show, the writers and other Important People on the show have contacted that actor and they were available, so the writers (may) need to rearrange their episodes and storylines.

and I think that's what happened with Samatha Smith, so they wrote the Mom back into the storyline.

Back in the early seasons, Kripke had said that the Hunters were the 'angels,' but then he introduced Castiel and the other angels, and that started getting people pissy.

I, personally, signed up to see Dean and Sam hunting things and saving people, and as long as they're doing that, I'll be watching. (and Jensen Ackles doesn't hurt, either)

for Once Upon a Time, i started watching for all the fairy tale characters in a little town in Maine. and that's still there. (and Colin O'Donoghue doesn't hurt that, either!) XD