People really be out here saying this was the perfect ending that Sam and Dean deserved?
Not even touching on the other characters who have been massively screwed over on this show, because that's a whole other can of worms, but seriously? The absolute disrespect shown to Dean and his character development across 15 seasons is such a travesty and I'm so sorry to Jensen and the work that he's put in over the years, only for it to be annihilated like this. It is not a fun callback to season 1 - it's complete regression. You can ~come full circle~ without destroying Dean's growth and reverting him back to the sad despairing outlook he had about his life and what he once resigned himself to. It was made clear time and time again in previous episodes that he wanted to take back control of his life and experience things in a way that he never could before, that he once never thought he deserved. To live! And yet it didn't matter, because that original destiny he feared back in season 1 became true anyway and he pointlessly dies on a hunt, seemingly given up, still young and never fulfilling his true desires. Funny that, considering this is season 15 and the running theme was all about defying the fate that was written for you. Did Chuck actually win this one or what? Was Dean truly so broken and unsalvageable that the only way he could find peace was to die? Was the plan really to have Castiel's big speech and sacrifice for Dean buy him like two weeks of extra time and that's it? Make it make sense.
Sam doesn't fare much better either. His purpose in this really was to recite a shallow mirror of some of their lines in 1x01, do nothing while his brother dies slowly because he was asked to and then sit in shoddy montages of his life for the rest of the episode. All the while being totally miserable and consumed by grief. That wig was a crime, by the way. What happened to his development and his desire to move away from codependency? His buildup for an endgame with Eileen?? What was the point of it all???
Show really said carry on, but like also, don't? Family don't end in blood, except it does?
I truly want to believe the rumours that it was executive meddling and/or writer spite that resulted in this disaster, because while Supernatural is far from perfect, this really could have shaped up to be something special. But then I remember that Jensen wasn't a fan of it either when it was first pitched to him, and it looks like he was absolutely right.
It really didn't feel like an episode of Supernatural to me. They'll blame Covid for it, but Covid isn't the one writing a garbage script.
Never mind me though - at least that 30% enjoyed it, right Dabb?
Not even touching on the other characters who have been massively screwed over on this show, because that's a whole other can of worms, but seriously? The absolute disrespect shown to Dean and his character development across 15 seasons is such a travesty and I'm so sorry to Jensen and the work that he's put in over the years, only for it to be annihilated like this. It is not a fun callback to season 1 - it's complete regression. You can ~come full circle~ without destroying Dean's growth and reverting him back to the sad despairing outlook he had about his life and what he once resigned himself to. It was made clear time and time again in previous episodes that he wanted to take back control of his life and experience things in a way that he never could before, that he once never thought he deserved. To live! And yet it didn't matter, because that original destiny he feared back in season 1 became true anyway and he pointlessly dies on a hunt, seemingly given up, still young and never fulfilling his true desires. Funny that, considering this is season 15 and the running theme was all about defying the fate that was written for you. Did Chuck actually win this one or what? Was Dean truly so broken and unsalvageable that the only way he could find peace was to die? Was the plan really to have Castiel's big speech and sacrifice for Dean buy him like two weeks of extra time and that's it? Make it make sense.
Sam doesn't fare much better either. His purpose in this really was to recite a shallow mirror of some of their lines in 1x01, do nothing while his brother dies slowly because he was asked to and then sit in shoddy montages of his life for the rest of the episode. All the while being totally miserable and consumed by grief. That wig was a crime, by the way. What happened to his development and his desire to move away from codependency? His buildup for an endgame with Eileen?? What was the point of it all???
Show really said carry on, but like also, don't? Family don't end in blood, except it does?
I truly want to believe the rumours that it was executive meddling and/or writer spite that resulted in this disaster, because while Supernatural is far from perfect, this really could have shaped up to be something special. But then I remember that Jensen wasn't a fan of it either when it was first pitched to him, and it looks like he was absolutely right.
It really didn't feel like an episode of Supernatural to me. They'll blame Covid for it, but Covid isn't the one writing a garbage script.
Never mind me though - at least that 30% enjoyed it, right Dabb?