The ending of “Supernatural” continues to polarize fans, in part because of the decision to kill Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) as he and his brother Sam (Jared Padalecki) hunt vampires. After facing (and defeating) Lucifer, God, Leviathans, and other apocalyptic threats, it was just plain old vampires who sent the older Winchester brother to heaven – literally. The series ends with the brothers reunited in the afterlife after Sam lives a long life, but the show’s creators would have ended “Supernatural” season 15 on a different note if they had the choice.
Speaking to TVInsider, showrunner Andrew Dabb revealed a plan to reunite Sam and Dean with some of their fallen comrades in Heaven, which would have allowed the series to bring back some explosions from the past. As he said:
“We kind of went through the process, and what we wanted to do with the ending was send Sam and Dean, once they went up to Heaven, to the Roadhouse and there were as many people as possible, and we were literally going to go to a bunch of people and ‘It’s not a lot of money because there’s so many people, but here’s a plane ticket, come with us, celebrate this thing.'”
Unfortunately, this option was not possible when filming the finale. With that in mind, let’s find out why Sam and Dean weren’t able to reunite with their old friends in the realm of the dead.
COVID-19 ruined Supernatural’s planned ending
Some fans don’t consider the finale to be one of the best episodes of “Supernatural,” but seeing Sam and Dean spend time with their old friends in the afterlife could have made for a more impactful, emotional and heartwarming farewell. For a while, this ending seemed planned and ready to go off without a hitch — but then COVID-19 happened, making it impossible to have that many actors in the same room. Check out what Andrew Dabb had to say about it:
“I think we had a great time with the two brothers together, and that’s always been the show. So to come back to that and end on that moment, even though it wasn’t what we had planned, I thought it still worked very, very well. And I thought [director Robert Singer] I shot it really well, and the guys played it really well. And I thought the ending that we have is fantastic, but it’s definitely changed because of the pandemic. »
Some things just aren’t meant to be, but consider this: If ever “Supernatural” is rebooted or receives another spinoff featuring the same protagonists, Sam and Dean will undoubtedly come back from the dead (and not for the first time, either). This would allow the show’s creators to kill them off again and potentially give fans that dream ending – or one that isn’t so polarizing.
