The episode was fantastic. Were there some problems? Of course! It was filmed during a pandemic and there were heavy restrictions (thankfully) for safety, but compared to the rest of the Dabb era, and especially BuckLemming episodes in that era, this was a freaking homerun.
The people who are angry about this episode, and are intentionally trying to tank the rating, are upset because a supporting character that they like died in the previous episode and wasn't immediately brought back (which would have opened another plot hole), so they couldn't have their pet fandom ship on the show. They try to couch it in caring about all the characters and quality, but it's easy enough to see the common thread in all of them.
People like to claim that this show is about found family, "family don't end with (not in) blood", but it isn't and never has been. The show is about Sam and Dean, saving people and hunting things, the family business. They picked up friends along the way, and lost them, but the core, the only thing that truly ever mattered, was Sam and Dean together on the road and the show can only do those characters justice by ending that way.
The people who are angry about this episode, and are intentionally trying to tank the rating, are upset because a supporting character that they like died in the previous episode and wasn't immediately brought back (which would have opened another plot hole), so they couldn't have their pet fandom ship on the show. They try to couch it in caring about all the characters and quality, but it's easy enough to see the common thread in all of them.
People like to claim that this show is about found family, "family don't end with (not in) blood", but it isn't and never has been. The show is about Sam and Dean, saving people and hunting things, the family business. They picked up friends along the way, and lost them, but the core, the only thing that truly ever mattered, was Sam and Dean together on the road and the show can only do those characters justice by ending that way.