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|text= The reveal of that [bunker], which I believe is in the next episode... t’s it’s a really stunning set. It's full of mysteries , [and] it'll become kind of a home base for the boys. We’re We're really excited about it. After eight years of never really having a home base, this will be home base for quite some time , and I think you guys will really dig the set. It's really cool. They'll go to great pains to keep that it hidden. It's also kind of impenetrable. We've had places like this before [ie. Rufus' cabin]. They need a place, not just for us to have a set to shoot on, but I think that the boys need a place where they can decompress, have their bromance. When you see this set you realize they have lots of room to move around and there's lots of really cool things in there. Adam [Glass, the episode's writer] came up with this idea and we really latched on to it immediately. It's a very expensive set , and we’re we're going to be using it [a lot].
|author= [[Bob Singer]]
|source= [http://www.tvovermind.com/supernatural/supernatural-spoilers-season-8-henry-men-of-letters-bunker/#9jpvCLTU1b5JtmSj.99 Source]
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|text= When Adam Glass brought the Men of Letters into his episode , it was the opportunity to give [the Winchester brothers] a really, really cool atmosphere-- a rich kind of space for them to be in and . Jerry Wanek has done a beautiful job making it real.
|author= [[Ben Edlund]]
|source= [http://www.tvovermind.com/supernatural/supernatural-ben-edlund-interview-spoilers-golem-sam-dean/#CQGx9UG6xfRkOwsV.99 Source]
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|text= Kind of got really prosey in the scripts because I was just so excited to do it I had to limit myself. It started out unproduceable unproducible, and then we scaled it back. At one point , it was constructed as ‘an echo of the [[Heaven|Axis Mundi]]’ and it actually was a mini-universe underground that had all of these spiral staircases. But this is just gorgeous. I made something that was unshootable , and Jerry made it something incredible.
|author= Ben Edlund
|source= [http://www.tvovermind.com/supernatural/supernatural-ben-edlund-interview-spoilers-golem-sam-dean/#CQGx9UG6xfRkOwsV.99 Source]
The design was overseen by [[John Marcynuk]] and [[Jerry Wanek]]. Jerry describes some of the background and detail in the bunker <ref>Comic Con TV Guide 2013</ref>:
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"Because the Men of Letters were well-versed in everything from physics to astrology and the occult, they needed a power base. So I thought if they piggybacked off a WPA power station, that would license to have an art deco theme throughout the bunker... What started off as a bunker , we adapted into a sanctuary, that has a working laboratory and a huge library. We have a shooting range and a storage area with a dungeon behind it , as well as bedrooms and an observatory with a telescope."</blockquote>
* The map on the wall is marked with every city Sam and Dean have visited. Jerry Wanek said "I know it doesn't make sense for the Men of Letters to have this but we did it as a nod to our fans and our writers."
* The war room is inspired by the one in Stanley Kubrick's ''Dr. Strangelove''. "All these gauges signified something at some time, but now we'll never know. We have a an old teletype, a reel-to-reel tape deck , and old phones. We are historically accurate but it also has to have a sense of design and versatility."
* There are hidden symbols in the frieze around the library, plus sigils and [[Devil's trap (symbol)|devil traps]] above the bookcases. At the bottom is a bronze devil trap. At every doorway , there is a symbol which would be the next line of defense is if a demon broke in.
* The library bookcases and columns are on wheels to make it camera-friendly.