I'm not fighting anything, it's very usual for SPN to wait until the end of the season to tie different plots together.
Not saying we won't have scenes inside the rift before that, obviously. I know we will. Since there's going to be a whole buildup about Mary's adventures inside the rift, and Jack's struggle to control his powers. So midseason at best, or the finale at worst. I'm not expecting a reunion before that.
Well, moving the goalposts to "midseason at best" is a bit unfair. That would be episode 9 out of a 22 episode season. You went from "we don't know if they'll open it back up" to "we probably won't see it until the end of the season" to "well, maybe 9 episodes in."
That being said, we have tentative episode titles up until the mid season finale and episode 7 is called
and episode 9 is
The full list of episode titles:
Episode 1: "Lost and Found"
Episode 2: "The Rising Sun"
Episode 3: "Patience" - This is the episode that introduces Missouri Moseley's granddaughter, Patience, for the Wayward Sisters spin-off.
Episode 4:
- Potential big spoiler but I'm pretty excited as this has been teased for a while.
Episode 5: "Advanced Thanatology" - Thanatology is the study of death so I'm hoping this means we'll be seeing a certain character make a comeback.
Episode 6: "Tombstone"
Episode 7:
Episode 8: "The Scorpion and the Frog" -
Hm...
Episode 9: