![]() With God gone, the battle is over, and Dean can finally rest. This line acknowledges how Dean Winchester was always the fighter of the team - the one who would die on the battlefield instead of settling down. Dean implores his brother to tell him " it's okay, you can go now" and Sam tearfully obliges. The emotional farewell resolves any remaining tension between the two and gives Sam the closure he always longed for as the "outsider" of the family who chose a college education over monster hunting. Back in 2005, Dean recruited his brother from a promising legal career to join the hunting lifestyle, and the pair have been virtually inseparable ever since. The scene pays off Supernatural's very first episode. As the Winchesters say their goodbyes, Dean reveals how proud he is of Sammy, and asks his brother to reassure him as death looms. While the manner of Dean's death is questionable, the performances of Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki carry the entire episode. Related: Supernatural: The Final Battle Against Chuck & God's Future Explained In his first mission as a free man, Dean gets killed - maybe God really was doing all the work. Supernatural season 15 previously revealed that Chuck's "story" protected the Winchesters from harm and bad luck. Although there's nothing in the finale to suggest so, Dean's death could be attributed to the fall of Chuck. a, er.*checks notes* rusty spike? The vamp who actually ends the mighty Dean Winchester is both masked and unnamed - a faceless goon in a series chock-full of faceless goons - and landing on a spike is pure misfortune. During the fight against these burly masked vampires, Dean is defeated by his greatest nemesis, and the true big bad of Supernatural season 15. ![]() There's a certain poetry that Dean's final act on Earth is saving two young brothers who just lost their parents.Īnd, yes, you did read that right. Just as a traumatic paranormal event stripped the Winchesters of their childhood, the youngsters freed from the vampire nest will be defined by their experience for years to come, perhaps even becoming hunters themselves, or swearing revenge on bloodsuckers like the Winchester family swore to kill Yellow-Eyes. A parallel is drawn between Sam and Dean, and the two unnamed children. As in earlier seasons, Sam and Dean use their father's journal as a lead, and by raiding the vampire nest (a surprisingly well-lit abandoned barn), the Winchesters save two young, captured brothers. ![]() Sam confirms that nothing has been heard from Castiel or Jack, and the brothers resume their everyday lives, seeking out mysterious happenings on the internet and travelling the country to investigate. Few expected Supernatural's last episode would take the form of a standard "monster of the week" story, but that's the template "Carry On" plumps for nonetheless. Using the pseudonyms "Singer" and "Kripke" (a nod to Supernatural producer Robert Singer and creator Eric Kripke), the Winchesters investigate a nest of masked vampires systematically attacking families and abducting children.ĭespite masquerading (very convincingly) as a run of the mill mission, Supernatural's final hunt is full of symbolism that calls back to the show's roots. Sam makes his bed, Dean eats some pie, and the brothers have adopt Miracle the disappearing dog from last week's episode. Here's what happened in Supernatural's "Carry On" and everything the episode revealed about the fates of Sam and Dean Winchester.įresh from defeating God, the Winchesters face another daunting challenge as Supernatural's finale begins - normal life. Nevertheless, the immediate online reaction has been mostly negative. Related: Will Supernatural Season 16 Ever Happen?Īs with the previous episode, Supernatural's series finale has clearly been impacted by COVID-19 restrictions, which must be taken into account when judging the episode's merits. The simple and character-driven finale reveals how the journey comes to an end for both Winchesters, and delivers a series of tear-jerking exchanges between brothers on the way to definitive conclusion that leaves little room for ambiguity. "Carry On" strips Supernatural down to its core components - Sam and Dean Winchester saving people and hunting things. The threat of the apocalypse passes and the Winchesters are freed, but with one more episode still to come, more twists and turns inevitably awaited down the winding road of Supernatural season 15. Supernatural's penultimate episode took care of the overarching Chuck narrative, and ended with Jack installed as the universe's new God. ![]()
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