First, I guess the writing is on the wall and the production staff knows it. This was pretty definitely a series finale for 'The Winchesters'. I'm in no way saying that officially because I'm in no position to do so. And someone creative could bring the show back. Heck, they essentially brought 'Supernatural' back with this episode, even if for only one episode.
Still, it's hard to see them coming back from this. John and Mary are off, and that's the premise of 'Winchesters'. It was the early days of the Winchester family, before Sam and Dean came along.
Except... as the finale told us, it really isn't. It's all a parallel world in the multiverse. This isn't "our" Mary and John. Granted, that explains the little discontinuity bits and bobs in 'Winchesters' that never really lined up with 'Supernatural'. But it also kind of renders it all meaningless. It's not "our" world, but a remarkable simulacrum with a John and Mary, but not "our" John and Mary. Why did we never hear about Lata, Carlos, and the Akrida. Because they didn't "really" exist. It was another world that we were seeing.
Granted, there were some good parts about this episode. Finding out the Akrida were a failsafe created by Chuck was good. And Bobby's reaction to seeing Samuel with hair was LOL funny.
Basically, the episode was the swan song to Dean that he didn't get in the 'Supernatural' finale. So great 'Supernatural' episode.
As for this episode, it seemed really rushed and incoherent. The Akrida were disposed of off-screen. Except... they weren't? Who were the ones fighting at the end? Were they new Akrida created by Joan after the original ones were sucked back to Akrida World? Were they stragglers? Some other creatures? Maybe there was an explanation but the whole thing seemed kinda rushed. I liked last week's clown episode, but it had nothing to do with the overall storyline. Maybe they should have used the penultimate episode to... penultimatize?
Ditto with Joan. We haven't ever heard about her, and then in the finale she's a major player and does some major monologuing. And her motivation seems to be the whole thing behind the Akrida. Except...she just glommed onto Chuck's failsafe. Why did the Akrida go with her? Were they using Joan, or was she using them? Or was Chuck using all of them? I get the impression I was supposed to care, but the whole thing was so rushed that I wasn't given a reason to care. All the big things like the Akrida being sucked back into the Ostrium (remember when that was a thing 12 episodes ago?) were done off-screen, and instead it boiled down to a swordfight and some cool scenes with Baby.
So overall I'd rate the episode low as a 'Winchester' finale, but high as a 'Supernatural' finale. But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?
Still, it's hard to see them coming back from this. John and Mary are off, and that's the premise of 'Winchesters'. It was the early days of the Winchester family, before Sam and Dean came along.
Except... as the finale told us, it really isn't. It's all a parallel world in the multiverse. This isn't "our" Mary and John. Granted, that explains the little discontinuity bits and bobs in 'Winchesters' that never really lined up with 'Supernatural'. But it also kind of renders it all meaningless. It's not "our" world, but a remarkable simulacrum with a John and Mary, but not "our" John and Mary. Why did we never hear about Lata, Carlos, and the Akrida. Because they didn't "really" exist. It was another world that we were seeing.
Granted, there were some good parts about this episode. Finding out the Akrida were a failsafe created by Chuck was good. And Bobby's reaction to seeing Samuel with hair was LOL funny.
Basically, the episode was the swan song to Dean that he didn't get in the 'Supernatural' finale. So great 'Supernatural' episode.
As for this episode, it seemed really rushed and incoherent. The Akrida were disposed of off-screen. Except... they weren't? Who were the ones fighting at the end? Were they new Akrida created by Joan after the original ones were sucked back to Akrida World? Were they stragglers? Some other creatures? Maybe there was an explanation but the whole thing seemed kinda rushed. I liked last week's clown episode, but it had nothing to do with the overall storyline. Maybe they should have used the penultimate episode to... penultimatize?
Ditto with Joan. We haven't ever heard about her, and then in the finale she's a major player and does some major monologuing. And her motivation seems to be the whole thing behind the Akrida. Except...she just glommed onto Chuck's failsafe. Why did the Akrida go with her? Were they using Joan, or was she using them? Or was Chuck using all of them? I get the impression I was supposed to care, but the whole thing was so rushed that I wasn't given a reason to care. All the big things like the Akrida being sucked back into the Ostrium (remember when that was a thing 12 episodes ago?) were done off-screen, and instead it boiled down to a swordfight and some cool scenes with Baby.
So overall I'd rate the episode low as a 'Winchester' finale, but high as a 'Supernatural' finale. But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?