Just about everyone who loves "Supernatural" loves Misha Collins, but there were plenty of people who were in tears over the actor's departure from the ipakita earlier this season when Castiel turned into (literally) a puddle of water.

We do know that Collins is going to return to the ipakita at some point this season -- but it's not going to be in the way many predict. Speaking to E! News in a new interview, series bituin Jared Padalecki talks a bit madami about this in detail:

"He doesn't come back as Castiel per say. When he and the boys see each other, it's not like, 'Oh, Sam and Dean!' 'Oh, Castiel!' It's amnesia of sorts. He's still got great powers and we seek him out because we have an inkling that something's going on. I think Castiel, like Bobby, they can't come back as the good ol' Castiel and the good ol' Bobby because the audience starts to not take seriously what's going on."