Supernatural Season 10 Spoilers: How Long Does Demon Dean Stick Around?

The Season 9 finale of Supernatural ended with the reveal that Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) is now a demon, which sets up some wildly intriguing possibilities for Season 10. But the show has made a habit in the past of wrapping up plot threads like this a bit too quickly. Will that be the case this season?

The "Spoiler Room" column at EW.com spoke to showrunner Jeremy Carver and learned that Demon Dean will be around for a bit, but eventually the Dean we all know and love will return.

"When I chatted with executive producer Jeremy Carver a few weeks ago, you might remember that he said the Demon Dean storyline will be sticking for at least the 'first run of episodes.' In fact, he mentioned that the Mark of Cain is 'very much on the boys' minds as they plot out a game plan for the next batch of episodes after Dean is healed.' But don't worry. Even if Dean is healed relatively early on, Carver also promised me that 'I think just when it seems like things might be starting to settle down, we will introduce a few new doosies to the world.'"

This is usually the formula that Supernatural uses to map out its season-long arc, but we'll just have to wait and see how it unfolds in Season 10.

The column also had some bonus scoop on another possible Supernatural spinoff after the aborted Bloodlines earlier this year. Carver would only confirm that "ideas are floating around" but "nothing is firm yet."

For how many episodes do you think Demon Dean will be a presence on the show? Let us know in the comments.