![]() We’d followed the efforts of Sam and Dean to oust a corrupt God - who, in this universe, is an egocentric writer named Chuck - and deliver free will to the universe once and for all. ![]() Supernatural actually resolved its big final season story arc in the penultimate episode, which drew praise from both media and fans for being a satisfying wrap-up of the themes of the season and the series as a whole. The special served the dual purpose of letting everyone fondly reminisce and jerking fans’ tears by the time the documentary’s recap reached the 300th episode, which showed the Winchesters having a loving family meal together for the first and only time, I was a little verklempt myself. Prior to the premiere of “Carry On,” the CW aired an hour-long documentary commemorating Supernatural’s 15 seasons and giving members of the large ensemble cast a chance to bid the show farewell. “Carry On” was a bonkers look at what a “happily ever after” might be for the Winchesters. And despite everything I just said about how the show evolved its depiction of women over time, the finale didn’t feature a single recurring female character. The series finale itself was - well, it was a lot, and it clearly wasn’t designed to make every fan happy. The result of all this was an ending to the plot that fans could be satisfied with - though the final episode arguably wasn’t the story’s proper ending, which actually came in the episode right before the finale. Over its first decade, however, this gradually changed, shifting from open derision to open celebration. Throughout the series’ many memorable meta-episodes, Supernatural originally kept portraying its own female fans as creepy, embarrassing stalkers, while perpetually treating its female characters as cannon fodder. This is a lesson plenty of newer franchises have failed to learn, to their ultimate detriment, but that many others have also taken in stride.Īt the same time, Supernatural and its fandom spent years locked in a delicate love-hate tangle, From 2005 to 2020, Supernatural wrestled with its own regressive tendencies and a pattern of flagrant misogyny. The show’s fandom was perhaps one of the first to help usher in the modern era of geek culture: an environment in which creative teams cojexist with its series’ fans, evolving the show in harmony with them rather than in spite of or in direct opposition to them. ![]() Alongside older monster-of-the-week dramas Buffy and Angel, Supernatural arguably helped spawn a whole legacy of low-key ensemble fantasy series. The end of Supernatural, however, was arguably much bigger than the resolution of its plot. We’ll spoil specific details further down, but suffice it to say that there’s a reason that Jensen Ackles, who plays Dean, said over a year ago that he’d had “ so much trouble” with the ending. To anyone familiar with Supernatural’s long history of putting its characters through the narrative wringer, Thursday’s finale - titled “Carry On” in homage to the show’s unofficial theme song, which we heard repeatedly throughout the episode - was both bittersweet and baffling, simultaneously surprising and predictable. Y'all realise how big this is? spn finally making destiel canon on their final season? breaking twitter and tumblr? the longest slow burn to ever slow burn? the old fans returning? the old accounts reviving? in the middle of a pandemic? in the middle of THE US ELECTION?- nethmi (spn spoilers!!) November 6, 2020 But less tangentially, the show’s second wind was also due to pandemic-driven emotion over the rare departure of a show that had been around for so long, many of its fans had literally grown up with it. The coincidence spawned endless jokes and memes across social media. The sudden attention was due in part to the total accident of the show’s most popular fandom ship, Destiel (Dean and his guardian angel Castiel), becoming canon during the 2020 presidential election’s lengthy waiting period for results. And as it headed into the home stretch, the show caught unexpected mainstream buzz for something barely related to the show itself. After 15 seasons, over 300 episodes, and innumerable character deaths and revivals, the show that was synonymous with internet fandom culture finally let its demon-hunting brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester (Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles), drive the Impala into the sunset.Īfter the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted its final season in the spring, Supernatural rounded out its last few episodes throughout November. Thursday night saw the end of an era: the series finale of the CW’s cult hit and longest-running show, Supernatural.
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