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Did the show peak in season 5?!?!

posted 4 years ago by M1sterDoct0r (4423)
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This is not a hate post. I'm genuinely asking. I'm still 2 seasons behind. I kinda fell of a bit. Hopefully I'll get to finish it this year.

Post-season 5, The show produced some phenomenal standalone episodes but the seasons as whole were so-so.

What about y'all? How do you rate Supernatural past Season 5? For me personally, the main reason I consider this show one of my all time favorites is cause of the first 5 seasons. The later seasons are hit or miss. While the first 5 are just brilliant in my opinion. They rarely put a foot wrong imo

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[–] redban (6552) 4 years ago

Was season 5 the one that ended when Sam went into Hell with his half-brother / Michael?

Yes, that season is the best one. Initially, I believe the writers intended for this season to be the end. That’s why the show seemed to peak at this point. Lucifer was always supposed to be the final boss / villain.

After season 5, a huge problem is that, after fighting Lucifer, it just felt a little tame watching them fight vampires, werewolves, Crowley, Abbadon, and others. None of them could follow Lucifer

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 4 years ago

Yeah, after season 5, it just became a hunt for "Macguffins". They'd introduce super powerful season long adversaries but don't worry, there's always a specific weapon to defeat them.

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[–] kukuxu (5409) 4 years ago

Supernatural was supposed to be a 5 seasons show, with the 5th season being the end of the series. The creator and original showrunner told the story he wanted to tell in those 5 seasons and then quitted.

Of course, the show was successful and nobody wanted to kill the golden goose. Everything that came after season 5 was added content, though.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 4 years ago

The show would've been way more highly regarded if they ended it as originally planned. Don't get me wrong, they produced some absolutely brilliant standalone episodes in the later seasons

But the seasons as a whole never truly reached the same heights again.

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[–] MovieKnut (184) 4 years ago

Eric Kripke's vision was for five seasons. Although I enjoyed the show, I didn't think it was as good after season five. Also, characters were killed off and brought back so often it was difficult to believe there was any real danger.

The season five finale would have been a great series finale.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 4 years ago

Yeah, that got old pretty quick. The sense of danger was basically nonexistent in the later seasons

Also, don't forget, they MASSIVELY depowered Castiel. He was never the most powerful person but he could always kick ass & try to hold his own. But later on, they turned him into a wimp. Every Tom, dick & sally could kick his ass.

Even freaking humans. C'mon. Really used to love Castiel as a character. But they turned him into a joke

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[–] Bella-UK (1288) 4 years ago

I am happy with the ending we got. At least the brothers are together, and with not one in hell. Eric had a vision, a vision that tied up within his five year plan, he left and another show-runner Sara Gamble took over who wrote many of Eric's previous episodes. Supernatural lived on, in ways that none of us could have imagined and a new era was born. Post Season 5 there were many strong arc's which followed with different show-runners at its helm. They all had their own ways of telling the Supernatural story. But Eric will remain the creator and the genius that created Sam and Dean who will forever live on. I would not have been happy with the S5 as the ending of the series. I don't think I am alone in that theory.

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[–] beauq81 (1115) 4 years ago

First five seasons were, definitely, the best, but the show truly fell apart when the full team broke up, meaning - Mark Shepherd left. Until then, you could actually see the fun.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 4 years ago

Honestly, one of the main reasons I didn't give up on the show was cause neither Jared nor Jensen left. If even one of them left, I would've bailed.

Even though they got rid of a lot of fan favorites, The Sam & Dean dynamic kept me watching for some not so great seasons

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[–] Bella-UK (1288) 4 years ago

Mister, that is the main reason I stayed. If they had got rid of either of the brothers I too would have bailed. As its their chemistry that kept me going for over 12 years. I've seen nothing like it on TV and doubt if we will again. I really am going to miss both of them.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 4 years ago

Same. You genuinely buy that they're brothers. And their dynamic & chemistry made the show for me.

We "suffered" through it just for them. lol

For real though, Either one of them could've quit & tried to Pursue a movie career. Something that a lot of tv actors do. But for the show's sake, I'm glad they stayed for its duration. Without both of them, there's no Supernatural

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[–] Wint3rFir3 (7247) 4 years ago

Yes, it peaked. But I really enjoyed some of the experimental stuff they did in the later seasons. Once it lost its brooding quality, it seems like they had a lot more fun making it and did a lot of fun and unexpected things, like the Scoobynatural episode and The French Mistake, where they come to the "real" world where Supernatural is just a show. Also, I was a huge fan of Crowley, so I still enjoyed it a lot up until at least season 12.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 4 years ago

Crowley was one of the bright spots of the later seasons. Sad when Mark Sheppard left.

Also, with Scoobynatural, The French Mistake, Baby & Frontierland to name a few... as I said, the show produced some phenomenal episodes in the later seasons. I just didn't enjoy the seasons as whole THAT much. That's all

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[–] Wint3rFir3 (7247) 4 years ago

I get that.

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[–] Snoopy828 (588) 4 years ago

For me it peaked in Season 4. I would say first 4 were great.

I might be in the minority but Season 5 was meh for me, finale aside. 10 was also meh.

8 and 9 I thoroughly enjoyed. 11,12,13 were descent enough.

6,7,14, and 15 were unwatchable crap.

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