Ask Ausiello: Spoilers On Big Bang, Homeland, The Flash, Supernatural, Gilmore Girls, The 100 And More

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you're dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.comQuestion: Any scoop on The Big Bang Theory would be fantastic! —Mer

Ausiello: Sheldon and Amy are sloooooowly making Penny's apartment their own. "If you look carefully, some of Sheldon's things are quietly migrating from [his and Leonard's old apartment] into what was Penny's apartment," reveals showrunner Steve Molaro, adding that he's loathe to conduct a wholesale revamp of what is essentially one of the show's three iconic sets (the other two being Sheldon's old apartment with Leonard and the heavily trafficked staircase). "Those three sets are baked into the DNA of the show, so I'd like to not make drastic changes there."

Question: Are we ever going to see Emily (Laura Spencer) again on The Big Bang Theory? —Andrew

Ausiello: Sounds like both Emily and Claire will be popping back into Raj's life in Season 10. "They are temporarily done," teases showrunner Steve Molaro, "but we are talking about an idea that would involve both of them."

Question: Who will voice Halley's cry on The Big Bang Theory? —Ellen

Ausiello: That was Better Things' Pamela Adlon supplying the demon spawn's screeching audio track in the fall finale. And she will continue to do so "for the long haul," Molaro told THR.com.

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Question: Help save The Flash's Iris West by telling us a little about her fate this season! —Tatiana

Ausiello: The best spin we can offer is that, having seen (himself see) his love get slain by Savitar in the not-too-distant future, Barry will do all that is in his power to avert that ending. "Obviously Barry loves Iris more than anything," notes co-showrunner Aaron Helbing, "and now that he has gotten a glimpse of the future, the thrust of the back half of the season is Barry trying to do whatever it takes to save her" — with critical assists from both Cisco and Iris' brother Wally, aka the newly christened Kid Flash. BONUS SCOOP: Helbing warns not to assume that Iris' death and Barry's subsequent suffering account for two of Savitar's three prophecies. "The future is malleable," the EP notes. "Anything can happen."

Question: How long will the Snow and Charming curse last on Once Upon a Time? —Shelly

Ausiello: The sleeping curse that afflicts the marrieds one at a time "is not something that stretches out for the rest of the season," says co-creator Eddy Kitsis. But until it is lifted, "We're going to see that toll that it takes on Charming, who toward the end of the [fall] run looked sleep-deprived, going dark and off the rails. Without his 'calming center' around, and without much sleep, he can get into some real trouble!"

Question: Something on Bones' final season, please? Preferably Booth and Brennan, but I'll take anything. —Adela

Ausiello: The series finale is a two-part episode (Episodes 11 and 12), with the penultimate hour showing the series' "six leads in a different light," previews exec producer Michael Peterson. "It's going to cover a 24-hour period of time, and it gives a lot of setup for Episode 12. It's a very strange episode." Ep 11 also wraps up Zack's story (and concludes Eric Millegan's three-episode comeback arc).

Question: Hey, do you have any scoop on Nashville? The teasers involving Juliette and Avery have got me wanting a whole episode(s) all about them and baby Cadence. —Colette

Ausiello: I can tell you that the second half of the premiere does not focus on the Barkley-Barnes family as much as the first half did, but it sets up something that (it seems like) will drive Juliette for at least the beginning of the season. BONUS SCOOP: Rayna has a huge idea regarding her career, but Deacon is not so sure he's on board.

Question: Any hope of Grimm's resurrecting Meisner and he and Adalind living happily ever after? —Nicole

Ausiello: Hmm, what to say, given what I know? How about this? The answer to your two-part question is no and yes — not necessarily in that order — and that things will become clearer in the first few episodes of the season.

Question: Any word on whether Jim Beaver will be making an appearance on Supernatural this season? It just wouldn't seem right to not have Bobby at least make one appearance. —Jane

Ausiello: There are "no plans as of right now," but some other familiar faces will be back this season, executive producer Andrew Dabb tells TVLine. Among them: deaf hunter Eileen Leahy, teen wannabe hunter Claire Novak and Sheriff Donna Hanscum. "Obviously, as we're building up the British hunters, we're also building up, or in some cases re-establishing, our American hunters," the EP says. "It's a really cool opportunity to bring in people like that, some of whom we've seen pretty recently, and some of whom we haven't seen for quite a while."

Question: Can the show give us any scoop on Supernatural Episode 11, which is rumored to have a de-aged Dean? —Kim

Ausiello: Dean's not physically de-aging, but rather "trapped in a Memento-type loop, where he's kind of losing his memory a little bit," Dabb previews. "For him, as someone who struggles with all the baggage from years and years of doing a very, very difficult job, it almost becomes freeing, in a way. So you're going to see a Dean that is a lot more fun and childlike. Jensen [Ackles] does a great job. Then it becomes a much more tragic story as he starts to forget Sam — and himself."

Question: Could we get a Suits spoiler? —Lindsey

Ausiello: Jessica's departure opens up "an opportunity for Harvey to undergo some personal growth" in the back half of Season 6 (premiering Jan. 25), executive producer Aaron Korsh says. "We talked, as writers, about what that means. Does it mean he goes back to therapy? Does it mean he deals with his mother? Does it mean he gets into a deeper relationship with Donna? All of these possibilities were tossed around... and we ended up picking one or some of them."

Question: Any scoop on Homeland? —Alison

Ausiello: We know confirmed vegetable Quinn will live to see another day. What we don't know — and won't know — is how he pulled off the medical miracle. "There's no technical explanation," reveals exec producer Chip Johannessen. "When we meet him, he's just back. But really altered." The EP doesn't reveal how specifically Quinn has changed, except to say it's more than just a mental shift. "[Rupert Friend] has been fantastic in finding a way to physicalize [Quinn 2.0]," teases Johannessen. "And we've been trying our best in the storytelling to take advantage of that, because it's really quite interesting."

Question: Timeless junkie here. Will there be any more present-day twists for the time travelers after a trip? Like, say, Wyatt's wife not being dead? —Nicole

Ausiello: There are no "major" timeline tweaks following the team's most recent trip in the fall finale, executive producer Shawn Ryan tells TVLine. But when the show returns on Jan. 16, "Garcia Flynn will be doing a lot of investigating about what has or hasn't changed. He'll be angry that not as much has changed as he would have liked."

Question: Any scoop on what's coming up for Ruzek on Chicago PD? —Victoria

Ausiello: The detective's "knee-jerk" response to his ex-fiancée's promotion to Intelligence will have "career ramifications for him," executive producer Matt Olmstead teases. "Physically seeing [Burgess] up there [is] too much for him," so Ruzek takes an undercover gig, "incorrectly thinking that he has a permanent place in Intelligence, that he can leave it and [go back] whenever he wants to. But that's not how Voight operates."

Question: I really liked The Night Of this summer. Is HBO considering a second season of it? —Efe

Ausiello: They are indeed.

Question: Is there any possibility of John Constantine appearing on Lucifer? —Khloe

Ausiello: Matt Mitovich delivered your question to showrunner Ildy Modrovich, who answered, "Never say never, but right now we have no plans for him." However, she shared, "We might invite a little character from the comic books, Cain, at some point."

Question: What can you tell me about John Noble coming back to Sleepy Hollow? It's not just for one episode, is it? —Sheyna

Ausiello: I have it on very good authority that Noble will be back for multiple Season 4 episodes... but you might have to wait a while to see them.

Question: I'm excited for The 100 to come back, but not if it's going to kill off more of my favorite characters. Can you give us any hope? –Dan

Ausiello: Quite the opposite, Dan. When last we spoke to executive producer Jason Rothenberg, we asked if Season 4 is going to be less of a bloodbath, considering how many fan favorites we lost in Season 3. He reminded us, "This is a show where main characters die. Nobody is safe. To me, those are the kinds of shows I like, where you don't know how it's going to end... This is an intense drama where the characters you love may not make it. And if that's not the kind of show you want to watch, then maybe it's not for you." Does that answer your question?

Question: Any news on if and when Cat Grant will make a return on this season of Supergirl? The show is doing great, but Calista Flockart is greatly missed! —Selene

Ausiello: As I mentioned in the latest #AskAusielloLive, Flockart is not currently confirmed to appear in any additional Season 2 episodes, but there's talk of a short-term comeback in the spring.

This AAnd That...

♦ Wondering why it took 17 years for Gilmore Girls to introduce Lane's MIA pa Mr. Kim (who at long last turned up in a blink-and-you-missed-it cameo in Netflix's A Year in the Life)? Wonder no more! "We didn't have a dramatic necessity for him," explains series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. "The dynamic was between Lane and her mother. The show is about mothers and daughters, and this was a different mother and daughter. If we had broken a story and went, 'It would really help to have Mr. Kim here,' we would've done it. But we didn't. That dynamic was very clean between the two of them. And sometimes when you add another person to the mix, it gets muddy." BONUS SCOOP: I miss Gilmore Girls.

♦ CBS' in-the-works Big Bang prequel centered on a young Sheldon (and titled, appropriately, Sheldon) has quietly begun casting the title role. Producers Chuck Lorre, Steve Molaro and Jim Parsons (aka elder Sheldon) are scouring the planet for an 8-to-11-year-old actor to play the "socially awkward, once-in-a-generation genius" who lives in East Texas with his mom. Other adjectives the casting notice uses to describe Amy's future love: "short-tempered," "confident," fiercely ritualistic" and "arrogant." Yep, that sounds about right.

♦ Add Michael Boatman's Julius Cain to the list of Good Wife vets popping up in CBS All Access' promising-looking spinoff The Good Fight.

♦ Thank you for continuing to Ask Ausiello stuff after all these years (15 and counting!). I do not take your loyalty for granted. Happy Holidays!

That's a wrap! Please send questions, comments and anonymous tips to askausiello@tvline.com. (Additional reporting by Kim Roots, Vlada Gelman, Andy Swift and Michael Slezak)

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