I started Supernatural for the first time in October of 2019. From then until now I've watched all 14 seasons on Netflix and caught up to Season 15 in time to watch the last couple episodes. I'd say it was time well spent. When discussing my overall thoughts on the show I'd like to talk about: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
The Good
-Sam and Dean Winchester (and the characters around them), are some of the most iconic characters in TV history in my opinion. No matter how over dramatic or boring the story around them gets, they always make it enjoyable.
-The Music, sets the tone of the show perfectly and adds to the characters in significant ways.
-Out of 15 seasons, not one of them is "Bad" in my opinion. Season 7 is by far the worst to me but even then the show is enjoyable.
-The Villains, Azazel, Lucifer, Crowley, Metatron, God, Lilith and a bunch of the "Monster of the Week" villains all make the seasons they're in really enjoyable. (Not Amara or the Leviathans though)
-The chemistry between the cast and characters. Jared and Jensen really make Sam and Dean feel like brothers. The dynamics between all the characters whether it's Dean and Castiel, Sam and Jack, or even Rowena and Crowley are all fantastic.
-The final moments of the show in Heaven is probably the most fitting ending the boys could get.
The Bad
-Season 5 should have been the end. While I do love a lot of what comes after season 5, it really would have been a perfect spot to end the series. (And the way they kept it going at the beginning of season 6 was very awkward)
-The way that they nerfed certain powerful characters: Taking away the angels' wings, taking away Jack and Lucifer's grace at certain points, telling Jack he can't use his powers, was really aggravating. They didn't have to make these awesome characters weaker and it was just really pointless.
-The pointless deaths of characters like Charlie and Eileen, was just so unnecessary.
-Bland villains like Amara, The British Men of Letters, and some boring monsters just made the show feel like a drag at certain points.
-Bringing back alternate versions of Bobby and Charlie felt kind of forced and really had no purpose.
-The underuse of Jack, he was a very cool character and they just didn't use him as much as I thought they should.
-The Death of Mary Winchester was poorly executed.
-Filler at bad points in the show, season 15 had many filler episodes towers the end of the show that did nothing good for the pacing of the season as a whole.
-Deans death was cheesy but not horrible.
The Ugly
-The special effects in the early seasons are brutal, though this is mostly excused due to when they came out.
-The Leviathans in season 7 were just really bad villains and are the main reason that was my least favorite season.
-There's roughly 4 or 5 episodes I consider to be unwatchable, (mainly the failed attempt at a back door pilot for a spinoff) these episodes really shouldn't have been made.
-Jared's wig in the finale (Jk)
In Conclusion
Overall Supernatural is one of my favorite shows of all time. It managed to always be entertaining for 15 years. That in itself is worthy of praise. Even at its worst, I do not regret watching this show in the slightest. 10/10 for me for sure.
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