IMO this season should have been done in a kind of "adventure" style format with Dean/Sam going across the country to try and figure out how to stop what's happening. Not stopping in the first town to save a bunch of random nobodies (meanwhile everyone else is dying that isn't there...).
Should have been like a kind of road-trip style race to the finale with Dean/Sam/Cas, and as far as "bringing" back people they should have brought back Crowley (I just want to hear him call Sam Moose again damn it) and Bobby, the real Bobby not the other dimension one, seriously that should would have been like my "dream" final season.
Sam, Dean, Cas, Crowley, and Bobby all loaded up in the Impala going on a road trip to try and stop the end of times. Along the way you could have brought back more fan favorites (Ghost facers) or others but kept it focused on the actual season-story and not a filler/monster of the week mainly like it's been for these first two episodes.
Also need one more "meta" ep, those were almost always a high point for the series.
Lastly, I still hold out hope that there's something behind Chuck being evil, like a twist that ends up not being the real Chuck or something else. I mean I just finished Preacher and it did that whole thing already (and far better imo).