I’m going to actually tag this into Megstiel fandom because, while they know I’m not a fan of Meg or Megstiel, I am of Rachel Miner, and they’re the most likely to be able to answer this question.
Generally speaking my feed has been really on-point projecting character returns most of the time, but I’ve been hearing Megstiel fandom talking about huge hints of coming back and so far all I’ve found is generalized “yeah I would come back if-” con panels, but I heard something about Ruthie having puck lights ordered for Rachel on set? And I can’t find this like, anywhere? I’ve spent like an hour crawling rachel miner tags trying to find some trace of it.
I’m genuinely curious, even in my dislike of the Meg character herself, as a fan of Rachel behind the character, on if anyone can source me where this happened, since puck lights are a really versatile thing but I would love to actually have like a link or a screenshot to any of this being discussed so we can at least start discussion over Meg/Rachel’s return over in our lane.
FOUND IT.
SO, it wasn’t specifically Rachel Miner or Megstiel fandom that answered, but I received a lovely tip from @wlw-supernaturalwriter who did some digging and found this post. Personally my jury’s still out, so here’s what I have/know:
This post was Aug 9. During Aug 9 they were filming 14.03, most specifically,
14.03 is one of our Wayward-focused episodes, most specifically the return of Kaia, some stuff about Jody and more, with the known info being (per jess’ masterpost of filming-stalking:)
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: KIM RHODES RETURNS AS SHERIFF JODY MILLS – Still trying to solve the mystery of what happened to Dean (Jensen Ackles), Sam (Jared Padalecki) enlists the help of Sheriff Jody Mills (Kim Rhodes) who may unknowingly already be on the case. Castiel (Misha Collins) continues to be a father figure to Jack (Alexander Calvert), who surprises even himself, when a life is on the line. Robert Singer directed the episode written by Robert Berens. (#1403). Original Airdate 10/25/2018.
Castiel? Yes Jack? Yes.
Guest stars: Yadira Guevara-Prip (Kaia Nieves), Kim Rhodes (Jody Mills), Jim Beaver (AU Bobby), Warren Abbot (Spencer)
Other Spoilers/info (newest to oldest):
“Kim Rhodes’ Jody Mills will return in the wake of “a mysterious death, when it turns out that she and Sam and Dean are looking for the same person,” co-showrunner Andrew Dabb previews.” (x)
Jensen and Jared Possibly filmed together in the bunker set…
Filming was done at panther paintball
Looks like Kim filmed some scenes in the Sioux falls sheriff’s office, so that’s the likely locale for the episode.
It does NOT look like Katherine Ramdeen, Briana Buckmaster or Kathryn Newton filmed, so Claire and Alex may not be in the episodes.
My Takeaway:
Honestly the lights look like the wall of a convention center, or hotel. It was a Thursday, but there was no convention on that weekend (rather previous weekend
July 13-15, 2018 SPNCHI, or following weekend
Aug. 17-19, 2018 SPNDEN.) That does not remove the potential of it being an old photo floating in a phone for a few weeks that someone decided to post. But if it wasn’t an old photo, it *might* mean something.
However, I see little to no tell that there’s room for Meg to randomly revive in 14×3, unless it’s somehow the very noncommittal “Jack surprises himself when a life is on the line” individual, which is a huuuuge leap of faith.
This was during the period I kind of fell off of set-stalking myself because I was busy running CultFans instead at high stress/early formation chaos, so what I can say is that if Meg doesn’t show up by 14.03, this is probably a red herring.
But if anyone else has any other news to discuss about this, any better corroboration than a light switch on an ambiguous wall, I’d be happy to talk about it. The digging to do would be during episode 14.03 guys.
@intelligentshipper I don’t think she will return. Maybe we’re gonna hear a Meg reference 🤔
I mean, a reference I can see. I honestly found it a bit weird that they NEVER talked about Meg again. I obv don’t see the giant super duper romance Megstiel fans see, but like, Cas did at least have a flirt game with her and he even mourned the weenie hut angel more which was WEIRD to me. Like no, I don’t consider a few looks, a flirt, and occasionally trying to murder each other and saving someone once the epic romance of the century but yeah, I expected more out of him than that. Sam and Dean never addressed it. So some sort of memory of her or something could work.
I hear people randomly theorizing about “Queen of Hell” because she could sit in the throne without much trouble for her, but that just seems vastly unfair to Ruthie after her being in the show like four years running at this point increasing her capacity as the former mother of the last King of Hell. Like here, let’s knock off all of Ruthie’s forward plot motion as Rowena and bring someone back for, IDK, fans like her. Her ship’s fanbase is small AF but the actress herself is very loved. But that’s where dividing actor and character really come in, the same way I can still enjoy certain characters despite thinking their actors are douchebags. Unless they’re just badly acted, then it’s a double zinger. I don’t see this as a case like Bobby or Charlie that had monumental amounts of wailing to really warrant bringing them back. Hell, Charlie was a double-edged issue of fridging the women offscreen and killing off your only queer rep and dumping them in a bathtub. No shit the new queer friendly crew wanted to fix that.
I see it as *potential* for them to want to bring her back though just because everyone on the crew loves Rachel so much. But again, the question is how to do this without completely tilting everybody else’s setups, how to avoid it being inspiration porn (and instead viable disability hire/rep), and if it’d be a brief showcasing or permanent run. I’m just not seeing any evidence of the latter. Even if she shows up like a flashback or mention in 14.03 I’m having a hard time believing that they’ve managed to keep her showing up on set a secret for 5 filmed episodes, or roughly, a month and a half. There’s a reason these things are pitched at the end of a season. Bobby was 12×23. Felicia was late season 13 and only a few scenes, during a period where they were week to week running their filming, nearly, because of how endseason cramps. Even Naomi, which they gave far more direct hints about but still left pending, was late season. Trying to bury something like this for like 2 months of filming if you’re intending a genuine character return through the season seems kind of ridiculous.
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