We had a chance to interview Supernatural writer and producer Sera Gamble at the 2009 Comic Con. She talked with us about the new seasons, returning characters, and why Sam Winchester just can't seem to take care of himself. Check it out below!

Are you still the only female writer on the staff?

Sera Gamble: No, we have another female writer, Julie Siege.

How is the writing process with show being such a male oriented show?

Sera Gamble: It's fine, it's fine. It's commensurate with the statistics in the industry as a whole. I could be wrong about that. I'm used to being in work environments full of men. It's good. If I say, as a chick, this is what I think. Then they usually just take my word on it. I don't play that card very often.

So it's not a hostile environment to work in?

Sera Gamble: Oh no, no, no. In fact, it's a really raunchy slightly pornographic room. I like it that way. We're kind of immature and we have Dean's sense of humor in the room. I'm very much included in that. I have the sense of humor of a twelve year old boy, that's why I work on the show.

What is Dean going to be working on internally next season?

Sera Gamble: Well, he has a lot of anger towards his brother for one thing. One interesting thing that we were watching with Dean in the first set of episodes is that he has always been so about his family and so about his brother, and we have put him in these situations where he is directly responsible for the wellbeing of these groups of people and it's like, "Save them, or go after your brother." One thing that I loved about what was happening to Dean this season is that we are seeing him man up and be a leader in this way that we have never seen before. Not because he didn't necessarily have it in him, but because he hasn't been in these situations before. It's the apocalypse, and there will be many of these situations that are town wide. It will be a town under siege or many people hiding in a basement. You kind of get to see Dean at full maturity. It's kind of like this flavor of Dean that we - and he's uncomfortable with it. All Dean ever wants to do is just grab the shotgun, go after his brother, and save him. As we know, every now and then Sam gets kidnapped, then Dean is like, "I have to go after Sam." Now we're putting him in situations where he can't just necessarily run off and do that right away. That's kind of what adulthood and responsibility are about. Whether or not he can even look Sam in the eyes after what he's done is also a big part.