I don’t know how to answer that. Can you quantify exactly how much you hate it so I have a range?
I’m kidding. I don’t like this season a whole lot. I didn’t like last season either tbh. Both have had their moments here and there but for the most part, they don’t do it for me. The focus isn’t on Sam and Dean. Things aren’t happening to them or because of them, they’re happening AROUND them and all they can do is react to it. It’s taken the heart right out of the show. The guys are still trying hard but even they don’t seem as engaged now. Can’t really blame them- the show’s recycling a lot of storylines and it has to be hard to stay excited. Like the writers spent a lot of time telling us Castiel was like a brother to them to make sure they could reuse the emotional impact of old-SPN when Sam and Dean died. But it doesn’t have that resonance anymore because we all know everyone comes back. Plus look at the first time Sam died. Jensen talked about how after that scene was over, he couldn’t stop crying for real because he put himself so deep into Dean’s headspace. When Cas died, he was apparently trying to get Misha to break by hitting him in the crotch. It’s just very different now and that’s to be expected after so long.
And right there is the real heart of it. It’s been SO LONG. 13 seasons. Every show I’ve ever watched that’s run for even a fraction of that time has ended with at least one disappointing season. Usually 2 or 3 tbh. Going way back to when I was a kid (or when I was a little older and watched a lot of TVLand), Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Cheers, Moonlighting, Growing Pains, Roseanne. God, Roseanne’s last season was so bad that when they reboot it for Netflix, they’re going to pretend it never happened. More recently, That 70s Show, Scrubs, Bones, CSI, The Office, Friends, Castle. I even hated the last season of Parks and Rec and that’s one of the greatest shows ever. It’s just the way things are. They lose focus, run out of ideas, sometimes they try adding a cute kid into the mix *ahem*. When people go back and watch it, they tend to ignore the bad seasons at the end and focus on the good stuff. That’s what Supernatural will be remembered for, I hope.
So for now, I’m just going to watch it for what it is and not compare it to the past. At least we get to spend time watching the boys for 22-23 weeks out of the year and sometimes it’s still good, right?
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