Mark Sheppard leaving

Just thought I would have a look and both Jensen and Jared follow Mark on twitter - considering Jensen only follows 26 people that is a pretty exclusive club for him to be in - which makes it even more surprising that we have not heard anything from them. Possibly they have been told to keep quiet?

Good for him! Crowley was a great character and Mark Sheppard made him even greater. But the writing was just so painfully bad the last few seasons (since the beginning of S 10) that I'm glad he got out in time (before it turns 100% into a soap opera). Crowley was a well established character: extremely canny, charming in a devilish way, machiavellian cross-roads demon, aspiring King of Hell, knowledgeable in all things supernatural, brave (going against Azazel's and Lilith's plan to free Lucifer, i.e. Lucifer himself) and the most intelligent supernatural being in the show (always had a plan B and even if he lost, he won - pun intended). And then came season 10. Suddenly, this self-serving entrepreneur becomes infatuated with Demon Dean and we have the (b)romance ending with the "Lonely Girl" photo - session on Crowley's phone. Then, his long lost mother, who has no love for him, appears and manipulates him (yes, he is aware, but still looks like a mama's boy in front of his Court), double-crosses him with the anti-MoC spell and leaves him helpless to be killed by rabid Castiel. The next season we have Lucifer mistreating and humiliating him. And the final season cements the opinion that the once smartest demon obviously suffered major brain damage somewhere along the way, when instead of putting Lucifer back in the cage (which is the greatest punishment for Lucy, as well as the safest place for him to be) and retaking his throne and power, he decides to keep his archenemy and to have to be vigil for ever over the possibility that Lucifer get's free, all-along knowing that Lucy has supporters among the demons. Still, Crowley was the reason that I was still watching, because in spite of all stated above, Mark Sheppard gave such a performance in portraying him that it was worth watching trough all the other nonsense. I am sure that Sheppard will get more great roles, because where ever I watched him he gave a both excellent and memorable performance.

Just in case you thought he was trolling, or there was some kind of grand scheme to keep his return hidden . . .

https://twitter.com/Mark_Sheppard/status/869267448758812672

As an aside, since we don't really have a Crowley/Mark appreciation page, and both are gone from the show now anyway, I thought I'd put these here.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUoUNS8F7_i/?taken-by=realmarksheppard

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUyH0xSFvH6/?taken-by=realmarksheppard

It's like saying goodbye to an old friend. However old season regulars, demised or not, still make the odd appearance, and I think we'll see Crowley and Rowena at some point again. It feels like Supernatural might do one last dash before a big goodbye.

Well we are getting a little more information - some of the tweets after speaking to him at Armageddonexpo:
Mark S.: "Getting rid of Crowley was because they were bored and didn't know what else to do" #Armageddonexpo

No probs! I had a long chat with him at the cocktail party. He LOVES the show, the cast & fans. NO NASTIES. Just lazy writing and boredom.

He was really NOT nasty. He just didn't feel like his character was getting anywhere. He loves the show and hopes it will carry on 4 a while

LAZY WRITING - boy can we agree with that!