Two Supernatural Alumni Join Timeless
This shouldn’t really come as a huge surprise, given Eric Kripke is the man behind both shows, but two of his alumni from Supernatural have landed guest roles on his new show Timeless.
Jim Beaver, who played Sam & Dean’s lovable father figure, Bobby Singer (“idjits!”), will pop up in the last three episodes of the run as NSA Agent Neville. But the character is apparently “harboring a dark secret” according to Kripke, and is set to go up against Sakina Jaffrey’s Agent Christopher when he comes to Mason Industries. “I refuse to make a TV show that doesn’t have Jim Beaver in it,” added Kripke. “He vastly improves everything I write.” He’s stuck to his word too, as Beaver also appeared in his short-lived show Revolution.
Also making the move, albeit in a shorter guest role, is everyone’s favourite angel, Castiel, aka the actor Misha Collins. He will pop up as Eliot Ness when the team travel to 1931 Chicago to stop Flynn (Goran Višnji?) teaming up with Al Capone (guest star Cameron Gharaee).
“When the Eliot Ness character first came up, I immediately thought of Misha, and I’m so thrilled to be working with him again,” commented Kripke. “Misha brings his charisma, his talent, and frankly, all of his angelic qualities to the role.”
If you’ve not caught Timeless yet, it follows history professor Lucy Preston (Abigail Spencer), scientist Rufus Carlin (Malcolm Barrett) and Master Sergeant Wyatt Loga (Matt Lanter), who have to travel through time to stop Garcia Flynn (Višnji?) from altering the timeline after he steals a time machine. Using the prototype, the trio set back through American history trying to catch Flynn, without altering things themselves.
Timeless is currently airing Wednesday nights at 9pm on E4.
