Last year, I had the lucky experience of attending San Diego Comic Convention (SDCC), where professionals from television, film and comics come together to discuss their craft. SDCC 2023 happened amidst the SAG and WGA strikes, so I first met this TV writer after a panel that didn’t directly discuss their shows. That said, we were able to wait until after the WGA strike ended to discuss his work on The Winchesters. This is an abridged transcript of the interview I had with The Winchesters (and The Flash) tv writer, Gabriel Alejandro Garza! Gabe and I talked about his writing experience on The Winchesters, how he walked the line between inviting in new viewers while staying true to ‘the mothership’ (i.e. Supernatural) and what it was like filming in New Orleans. If you want to hear the full conversation, you can find it on the podcast In Defense of Fandom. This excerpt has been lightly edited for clarity. Sadie Witkowski: Would you like to introduce yourself? Gabe Garza: Sure. My name is Gabe. My screen credit is very long as Gabriel Alejandro Garza because there were five Gabriel Garza's on IMDb and I got tired of being asked about the pop documentary that I didn't direct and the National Geographic special that I didn't produce. So I was like, I'm just gonna put my full name in there, and they'll know who I am. I have written for The Winchesters. Yay! Before that, I wrote for another CW show called The Flash for about five years. I was an executive producer on that. Before that, I actually came out of half-hour [programs]. I co-created a sitcom for Nickelodeon called Bella and the Bulldogs. Then before that, I worked in animation, and Nickelodeon. I've also done a couple of features, which means I've sort of touched a little bit of every part of the industry. Geek stuff is my favorite thing to do. There was a time there where I had to decide to move from half-hour to one-hour [programs], so I looked to the life-size Yoda in my office and said, What would you do? H