I was genuinely confused and scared. You look like my little brother Sam. Even the way he walks. Seriously much love to this show. I'm watching this while rewatching Supernatural right now.
Wow that's exactly how I got into the show. I saw one ep. The one with abe Lincoln and Paris Hilton. Thought this was pretty then fuckih binged it from the start and loved it. And it's not even close the first 5 seasons are the best bc it's basically one story. And com'on Lucifer was freakin amazing.
Because he was powered by heaven and heaven was powered by angels. All the archangels were dead, most regular angels were dead. Don't you remember the light going out?
Castiel is a fallen Angel. He lost some of heaven’s power. He not as powerful as a full powered Angel. Not to mention Naomi even said there not that many Angels to power heaven anymore.
@@BrettonFerguson I agree. The Host of Heaven made them super powerful and without Lucifer + Michael it becomes significantly reduced. Meanwhile it made them arrogant, shaky, and prone to leaving their chin wide open - see Zachariah's death. With power came hubris. Castiel gets resurrected as a Seraph after his death by Lucifer, which gives him sustainable power. Meanwhile though, the commentary on Castiel is that he wishes he was human. He appreciates life every chance he gets to have it, in the Lucifer Apocalypse timeline he becomes an orgy loving religious leader because he loves humanity THAT much. Meanwhile the world starts getting magical warding, monsters start becoming more powerful (Eve), and the world "adapts" to angelic abilities. Castiel becomes better at being human, and adopting the boys strategies, but he neglects his angelic brutish side - because he can comb an ENTIRE city looking for someone instantly, or he can open the yellow pages. Castiel can do a lot of things, but it's not as useful as having discretion. Angelic powers also have drawbacks - Castiel gets captured a few times, because he's off on his own and alone and he gets cornered by powerful creatures. Sticking your nose everywhere alone gets you wrecked, and at the same time the boys seem to have far more simple tools. Castiel stops disrespecting himself and starts using his head instead of his angelic power. We never know what limits Castiel either, but many abilities (like time travel) suck his angelic ability. This might not slow him in any way, but it does tire him - using angelic power doesn't make everyone's life easier all the time, because suddenly he's gotta go into a myopic view of people at an atomic level... divorcing him from the moments he's in. It's why he develops a drinking problem, requiring sleep, and starting to show more human traits - it isn't just weakness from his waning power, it's his want to shed his angelic power. Humility is Castiel's greatest strength and it's why Chuck *hates* Castiel more than any other angel. He thinks he's broken and it's true - Castiel is a terrible angel. They were made to follow and love chuck. Castiel does neither of those things well, Chuck must've made him while daydreaming of humans because Castiel makes a far, far better human. And this single-handedly lets him swathe his way through angels, vampires, leviathans, death and many others - because they are not expecting an angel who doesn't care about power. That submits to self-sacrifice and love on a deep spiritual level, so much that the universe can't handle it. Castiel doesn't get weaker, he gets stronger, until he's subverting death, the empty, and basically everything by just being "reasonable". Compare that to his other self, which gets trashed when the boys see him in any other universe. Just another hammer swinging at nails, the boys clobber him every time because he sticks his chin out. This plays out over and over. It's how Castiel beats almost every other angel hand to hand - because they rely on their power, not their humanity. Literally their own HANDS. Castiel's whole fighting style revolves around giving everyone a huge sense of ego by giving them absolutely every chance to back down. Then he becomes super resourceful and doesn't worry about not having a blade - this shocks every angel, who thinks he's just laying down. Demons get wrecked by this too. Why smite when you can just stab them and be done with it? Angels smite because it makes them feel powerful, Castiel kills clean because it's more decent to stab than to burn the eyes out of a host while clawing to get at the angel inside. It's funny because this is a major sticking point in the community because, deep down, people liked seeing him flash-fry people, but that's disturbing. Smiting was disturbing, it's introduced as a violent means and the first smite we see is an innocent psychic. ... Castiel's virtues prohibit him from being that brutish. I think the most glaring example of angelic weirdness is the Michael / Lucifer fight where Gabriel dies, but that can largely be attributed to the fact that they weren't fighting for the grand plan, they weren't trying to junk the earth. Admittedly that's kind of a bummer, but also a bit of character growth in the sense that they actually *care* enough *not* to destroy the earth, and considering Lucifer is obsessed with the Earth it makes sense. Even in the Michael Vs. Lucifer fight, Lucifer tries to talk down Michael which feels so ironic, except that Lucifer DOES love the earth. He hates humans. Destroying the earth is not his priority - and many times that's the same with many of the angels. They save the big moves for serious moments, unless Chuck commanded it. The show does have issues later on, but Castiel's power levels were consistent, his discretion just changed. He stopped slaving and started using his head, and his heart, and they were far more effective tools. So much so the boys often underestimate him, "I'll interrogate the cat" is played for laughs, but that cat WAS something they missed. ... and many times Dean slows Cas down, forcing him to sit in the impala with them instead of warping ahead, and that's specifically because Cas can walk himself right into holy oil, warding, or other problems going off alone just like any other hunter. Even Raphael was captured by Holy Oil early on, their hubris is THAT crazy strong. Gabriel too. He's not as strong as people think, you just need confidence and the right tactic, so Castiel stopped using his powers and started using that growing soul. He didn't even have one in the classic sense, save for a few brief moments of humanity - but he appreciated them for what they were worth, and canonically souls are FAR more powerful than angelic power. He just switched gears.
Yep 100%. The first 5 seasons were BY FAR the best of the entire run. I feel like its the only group of seasons that actually led to a satisfying and enthralling end of season conclusion with each season building off of another with both lore and character development and it felt like there were actual stakes. My biggest complaint about the seasons after 5 is that the makers tried to make each season bigger than the last and that just made everything start to feel unearned and not really shocking. Also character development, there's only so much you can do with characters that you have known for 15 years at a certain point. Like Sam, after season 8 or so, the writers kind of throw him off to the wayside and doesn't end up doing much anymore. I know this sounds really negative, but I promise, Supernatural is still one of my favorite shows of all time! (Also sorry this is so long winded, great review!)
Yeah you are right about sam he was basically pushed out after season 8 the writers focused more on castiel and dean giving them the better storylines like castiel dealing with being human in season 9 and dean getting the mark the only thing that sam got was basically taking care of jack in season 13 and him dating Eileen in the final season
My top 15 seasons: 1. Season 5 2. Season 13 3. Season 11 4. Season 9 5. Season 4 6. Season 12 7. Season 3 8. Season 7 9. Season 6 10. Season 8 11. Season 2 12. Season 1 13. Season 10 14. Season 14 15. Season 15
I remember when we 1st saw Castiel. It was epic. In the later seasons Angels became weaker than even Vampires in some instances. Season 1-5 were by far the best
Thank you for speaking about that ! Man I thought I was the only one ? Like angels were sometimes getting beaten by humans . I’m like come on ?! Like Castiel supposed to be like Superman but instead they made him get beat easily
Castiel's intro was the best moment in the show. Problem was, he was too interesting a character to have be in the background and to powerful for 99% of plots. They did try and explain how they nerfed him (and other angels) sometimes. But often just kinda forgot. But, in fairness, it's almost impossible to have a character that powerful be a regular in a series like this.
I distinctly remember that! How there was this looming threat of something beyond anything the Winchesters had faced up to that point. How Dean came back from Hell inexplicably. How no one could even tell what was going on aside from it being really, REALLY big. How no amount of demon traps, snares, or charms from around the world could even slow down this paranormal juggernaut. Even Misha Collins _himself_ wasn't told what his character was supposed to be until the very last minute. You definitely get that this is the kind of entity that has good reason to tell people to "fear not".
@@draketheduelistUntil it isn't because they had to come up with a way to explain why tf these immensely powerful beings needed the help of two humans
Lazarus Rising is PEAK Supernatural. I remember watching that episode live on tv, my friend and I had binged the first three seasons over the summer. We made popcorn and waited anxiously and then BOOM, Dean is alive in the middle of a blown up forest??? Jfheicjejsiwnfnt it was incredible
I remember that too. It was 2008, I was 12 and I binge watched the first 3 seasons and was waiting for the 4th season… and it couldn’t be better. I can’t imagine what it’s like for someone to binge watch Supernatural now and watch everything in like 1 month lmao I basically grew up watching it
Lazarus Rising is probably my most re watched episode of all of them. I just watched it together with my mom for the first time. So I literally got to experience it again half an hour ago.
The first 5 seasons of supernatural were some of the best tv seasons ever made. To me there was no bad episodes in this era. Even the bad ones like wendigo and bugs are enjoyable. You can tell that kripke had a five year plan and stuck with it for the most part, very rarely changing stuff.
Season 3 Ruby over season 4 for me. Katie Cassidys Ruby had far more charisma and and I truly felt like she wanted what was best for Sam. Which would’ve mad her ultimate betrayal hit so much harder.
To be fair, I feel the reason that season three Ruby would’ve been such a twist is that the actress herself had no idea that she was actually a bad guy all along. I think she’s genuinely playing a Demon who has turned good.
I actually think S3 being short was a sort of blessing in disguise as the shorter episode run really adds to the feeling of the ticking clock. 1 year really isn't that long and I'm sure for Dean it felt even shorter and as the viewers we get a glimpse into that by the season being abbreviated.
I was full on bawling at the season 5 finale because the last episode made such a beautiful wrap-up of sam and dean's story, where their emotional arcs throughout the seasons came to a tragic yet natural conclusion. I honestly think if Supernatural had ended there, it would've joined the very short list of shows with good endings.
I wish Supernatural would have ended at season five. Everything made sense and came to full circle. I feel that if Supernatural had ended there, Supernatural could or would have become a cult iconic show. Even though the ratings weren't in the millions at that time. I believe like the original Star Trek, years later the magnificent of Supernatural would have made a huge huge come back with a new audience. Absolutely perfect review. Thank you.
I personally made the first 5 seasons canon with the first half of season 6 (when Sam gets his soul back) as an epilogue and then never watched any of the other seasons. 🙃
Low-key I'm really interested in how the original story was meant to play out before the writers strike and angels etc. Like the role of the psychic kids, Sam killing lillith early so Dean avoids hell and so on.
It has absolutely gone downhill and I know that I understand that but because of The Kripke Era, Supernatural is still one of my Favourite Shows ever. Nothing gives me shivers like hearing the words 'Dad's on a Hunting Trip. And he hasn't been home in a few days."
Occasional good episodes and some very lovable cast are the reasons most of us watched supernatural past season 5. Everything else - storylines, character arcs, world building- was a complete mess
I have a personal connection to this situation: I am a screenwriter/storyboard artist and in 2010 I lived in LA. I sent SUPERNATURAL show-runner Eric Kripke a Dean&Sam storyboard sequence I wrote & rendered. Mr. Kripke called me and we talked for 3 hours. He loved my work (and offered me work on his next series that failed) but explained he was retiring after the 5th season. When I asked about his 5-year plan, he explained that the crew had become his friends over the 7 years it took to get the 5 seasons in the can. CW wanted a flagship show, so they made him and offer he couldn't refuse- EVERYONE made out like bandits, and all Kripke had to do was make sure the show didn't go off the rails. (It did- but it took a decade.) Understand that a Grip that made $60K/year (not much in LA) made $120K/year EXTRA in profit participation & residuals- that is how lucrative the deal was for everyone. Because Kripke did not want to leave them all unemployed, so they got rich when he was done with it, because they all took over and did a decent job as stewards. My point is also: if GAME OF THRONES show-runners, the idiots D&D had done the same thing, it would still be airing new episodes today, everyone would be unbelievably rich, and D&D would not be the laughingstock of Hollywood, and their STAR WARS trilogy of movies would have been made.
@@vassilyvodka2638 I had quit, but my father before dying asked me to try again(He was a bastard that had purposely screwed up my chance to attend USC Cinema) because facing death he repented to Jesus & apologized in 2013. I helped my mother & drove lawsuit to discover how hospital killed him. In 2017-2019 I studied Digital with money he left me (changed will 1 month before death) and Fall '10 I had deal with Dark Horse Comics to publish adaptation of my screenplay & college professorship in storyboarding. My mother went to West Coast of USA in Oct 2019; when I picked her up at airport she mentioned there were many Chinese people coughing. She got real ill and testing came back: "Unknown". I got very sick some weeks later. We were beaten down until early March 2020, when Trump & Fauci started the COVID narrative. I caught COVID 5 times total (alpha, beta, delta, omicron, omicron-variant); with each next one the hot-illness got easier, but the long term effects got worse- it almost destroyed me. I discovered a radical treatment: It took me almost two years from last infection doing this; haven't worked & drained savings; I'm broke but I feel normal for the first time since 12/08/2019 when I woke up sick the for first time. MANY people all over world are still suffering that got COVID but not VAXX(even worse). It works but takes your everything, but what good is life, money, etc. without health? I am now getting things back on track. Just finished a short and a feature scripts.
That's beautiful, man. Some real "Workers controlling the means of production" stuff. I mean, not exactly, but close enough for jazz. Kripke is one of the good guys
For season 3, I liked "Ghostfacers" as to me it feels like a 'If I were in Supernatural' episode and sees how regular people who are into Supernatural would act with Sam and Dean. It also has some great dramatic, comedic, and emotional moments with the side characters.
Ghostfacers was great. They even did online only Ghostfacers videos. Like if they were real and posting RUclips videos how to kill ghosts. Funniest thing ever.
It's so crazy how we see Gabriel 4 times from 1-5, and he's one of my favorite characters. Any episode he's in automatically makes it amazing. Mystery Spot and Changing Channels are probably both in my top 10 favorite episodes of the whole show.
Actually yes bella Talbot was supposed to return in season 4 but because of the hatred she received by the female fans she basically tossed a side like many female characters in the show
Which makes me so sad, as a female fan of the show. I love Sam and dean too. So much potential we could have had with all the female characters on the show. 🥲
Seasons 1-5 are definitely the best as far as the overall story but every season after does have some fantastic monster of the week episodes here and there that I would say are very worthy of falling in with kripke era.
Personally, the monster-of-the-week episodes were almost always my favorites; I love the tension of Sam and Dean doing research into the monster's potential identity as victims pile up around them, not always sure if it's gonna be a monster they fought before or an all new monster they need to do even more research on in order to beat it. I especially like when it turns out the monster is not actually evil and the brothers have to come to terms with the idea that "hunters vs. monsters" is not so black and white. While I do think the main stories are generally pretty solid, I was never as big of a fan of the celestial conflicts as I was of the MOTW scenarios as I much prefer the down-to-earth, nitty-gritty stuff that actually makes me believe that mear humans like Sam and Dean could actually win with the right amount of prep time and tenacity. When you add gods and angels to the mix, my suspension of disbelief begins to falter as it feels less likely the brothers could face off against such beings as well as the show's tv budget making such grandiose conflicts seem much less impressive than they could be (I mean, how many creatures take the form of humans as a means to save up on special effects, I ask you. Lol). These are nitpicks, of course, and the show almost always does a great job of keeping me hooked. 😆
yes i agree, i have always found cryptics and stuff like that much more interesting to me than the celestial stuff. Maybe cause if i was in sam and deans situation and angels were like you're the vessel for lucifer/michael also the apocalypse oopsies, i'd literally tell them to stick their glow sticks where the sun doesn't shine. Go find some place else to have temper tantrums lol. maybe the celestial stuff just annoyed me because i am so used to this world around me where governments and countries bring normal people just trying to survive into their wars or the highest profits, so it just makes me feel weary about everything around me 🤷♀ i don't hate the angel stuff but most the time i am like jesus 💀can you leave these poor boys alone, they'd been through enough, dudes haha
I was always more invested in the monster-of-the-week episodes. It got to the point where I sorta didn’t care about the Bjg Bad, I just wanted to see the boys hunting something.
You know, the first seasons of Supernatural and Arrow are stark reminders the CW had a chance back then to really do something with TV that other networks wouldn't mess with and make a legacy
I've never thought about how much more sense it would have made for a resurrected John to be the vessel for Michael instead of Adam. That would have been amazing.
Wouldn't work. Like Bobby, and then Sam, John never would've yielded. Being consumed by a powerful monster is the antithesis of what John stood for, he resisted Yellow Eyes in life who arguably might've been more difficult. They likely thought of this, but Michael likely knew that current era John was far, far too bullheaded. Dean manages to contain Michael but admittedly isn't as good as Sam at kicking out angels. Sam can crush them under his boot, literally, but John and Sam are the most alike. John's specialty was putting holy water in pipes too, not only could John subvert Michael he'd make sure his body was fundamentally flawed. Adam was a perfect vessel not because he was strong, or capable, or smart - but because he had a pure love for his mother, which made him easy to quiet down. Angels can also erase memory, which is very useful for Adam since he's an innocent kid at 16. At 16 John's a raging would-be marine, you edit out John's memories he relies more on core memories of his difficult upbringing before he had structure. His urge to be a soldier is the strongest and that's the thought that gets Sam to beat out Lucifer. That's the toy soldier he sees right before he gets a grip on Lucifer - John is at that moment when he's young, so you can't edit John's memories because John's desire for a good life, respect, and order is so strong he goes to Vietnam. Adam had a good childhood, a good life, and good memories. It makes him docile and the angels feather this, they give him heaven they promise him his mom - and all they need to do is leave in his "death" at the hands of ghouls to keep him reminded of what's going to happen if he doesn't play ball. Adam is, by accounts, a dutiful son. It makes him the perfect vessel for Michael. It actually plays well into the commentary of the Arch Angels themselves too - Chuck assigned them the wrong humans. Dean would've responded more to Lucifer, the beer-drinking cheeseburger loving self-rightous brother is more akin to Lucifer. Michael, the son that praises order but has issues with being "too individual and controlling" is Michael. If you REALLY want to blow your hair back, the real secret kicker of Adam is that he IS a perfect vessel. He is, without a doubt, perfectly paired with his proper angel. But it's not Michael. It's *Gabriel*. Raphael has no human vessel because he would never want one, Raphael is in effect the most human of all the angels and the most flawed - but he takes whatever Vessel he wants. He also loses his first vessel to being turned into Salt, which presumably might've been his true vessel. But Gabriel and Adam are perfectly aligned, they've never met as far as we know and that's because Gabriel avoids him like the plague - no more wanting of "daddy's plan" Gabriel has been in hiding for so long he's likely not even aware Adam exists... because Gabriel isn't looking for a perfect vessel, he loves humanity at large. The golden children are a far cry from the fighting siblings who tango with their familial patriarch's. Gabriel is close to Michael likely much in the way that Gabriel is close to everyone. The angels never put this together, Chuck never realized it, and the boys didn't dare even *think* about it. Michael and Sam might've found common ground in order, same as Lucifer and Dean in chaos. John is far too human, he's more like Bobby, I doubt even Chuck could wrangle John as a vessel without stripping most of his memories and subplanting them. Yellow Eyes was likely more difficult to resist than an average angel, as Crowley proves that he could easily coach Sam into resisting angelic possession. Angels are bound by "no" while demons seem far better at subverting people. Lucifer being the king of both makes him the hardest, but Sam found the way. John had experiences with Yellow Eyes, so he's had practice - he needed an assist from the Colt, but now that he's done it and survived 100+ years in hell, he's hard as coffin nails. Even if you edit John's memories, he might even appreciate family more when he was yearning for a quiet life, than when he actually had it. In a sense, John put away money for Dean's college when he was young then traded it for bullets, but the hope was stronger then. Obviously the actor was off making TV history as Negan at the time, but I've always thought Adam was an underrated character. He does, in essence, show what could've been. They could've just lived their lives - even if the world would've ended, they would've had a chance to live and Heaven always waits for Winchesters. Supplanting Chuck was probably for the best... but Adam sort of represents a truly heavenly sidebar, that maybe they could've found more peaceful ways to do what they did their entire lives. He, like them, loved his mother to the point of folly - and they are no different from him in any way. They're all driven by the same bonds. That's what makes him perfect - he is, in essence, the only Winchester who truly banked on love instead of a will to fight. Adam built relationships instead of skillsets, and arguably was the most admirable brother. He makes few missteps, other than trying to bring everything together. The irony being that he gets all of them thrown into the cage, but no more than the one he was already in. It's a cool show, things went DEEP.
@@insomnimac8368 i feel like sam becoming lucifer’s vessel would’ve been more than enough reason for john to say yes to michael. in season 2, he could’ve just killed azazel with the colt and continued hunting with sam but instead sold his soul to resurrect dean. as every antagonist has said, the winchesters’ only weaknesses are themselves
I love that Adam’s introduction is called “Jump the Shark” because they know it’s gonna be too much for anyone to handle. They know it’s cumbersome and it’s too much but they’ve gotta do it for the story. They’re telling the audience “we see it too, don’t worry.”
@FlyingMonkies325 there was a Supernatural anime with I think both of them voicing their roles. It was just cool to see episodes we’d already seen from a slightly different perspective. Speaking of the shows you mentioned, Smallville is quite good but the first season is very “monster of the week,” so it doesn’t really get really good until the second season, just like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s crucial to watch though for contexts.
I actually really like season 3's shorter run, and I feel that it sort of adds thematically to it. Dean is going to die, that is everyone is aware of from the beginning of the season, but as long as it is something that is an eventuality, as long as they still have time to solve it, it is not the most pressing matter. As the season draws to a close and the pacing starts feeling a bit rushed, it sort of adds to that sense of impending doom of Dean's death. They are running out of time, they need a solution as soon as possible. And then... the season ends. A season cut short for a life cut short. Threads left unanswered because, well, that's death. The end.
I’ve always said that if they ended after season 5, it would have been a masterpiece. So many beautiful themes explored deeply. I loved much of the later seasons, but they never had near the same depth and gravitas.
Man this made me nostalgic. Aside from being solid plotting and amazing mythology, Supernatural 1-5 is just a portal for me back to 2011 when I picked it up.
I loved your video, kinda surprised you didn't mention Crowley though. He turned out to be quite important for the plot and also was a big help for the boys.
he was better in later seasons, i think. his death was really nice and i loved rowena realizing she loved him. there are some really good moments in the later seasons.
Supernatural is my favorite show. For similar reasons, i was going through a horrible time in my life and when i had noone it was all i had. And now i have everything i could want and its still there. To me, there is no better show.
The wendigo episode is very personal to me, one of my favorite episodes. I feel like they could have done it better, but it was actually the first episode of Supernatural I ever saw, because I caught it on TV back in the day. I missed the pilot. So yeah I thought it was really actually pretty decent, and I still do
It was my first episode too! And the episodic nature of the stories, but with a hint of that overarching mystery is what hooked me, finally an "X-files" show for my generation.
The fact that he said wendigo was one of the worst episodes, and then continue to say that the worst episodes in season 2 were even better than any of the worst episodes in season 1. And he didn't even try and explain that these episodes were still good in season 1. Wendigo is my second favorite episode. Almost had to dislike the whole video when I heard Wendigo come out of his mouth. Blasphemy.
Whenever I re-watch SPN , I only watch complete Season 1-5 and the first 3 minutes of Season 6 Episode 1. After that, I watch just one or two episodes per season and then I completely give up by season 12 and go back to Season 1 after a few months to start the cycle over again
I have to admit I didn’t like Season One at first, but then I rewatched it in July and fell in love with the show. And I’m now on Season Five and I adore it. Although I personally didn’t enjoy Season Three as much, I still think the first five seasons are excellent and am a little apprehensive going forward as I love this show so dearly.
I know I'm 2 years too late to react to your interpretation of the show but everything you said about the show was spot on. Seasons 1-5 were brilliant. When Kripke left after season 5 the quality and arc was often chaotic, unfocused, yet still brilliant. As the show marched on, I would constantly go back to rewatch seasons 1-5. Another aspect of the Kripke seasons was his use of a darker film. Kripke always wanted the show to be a horror show, so the darker film created a more menacing vibe. I was sorely disappointed after Kripke left they went to brighter film lighting. You mentioned that you were going through some hard times and decided to watch Supernatural to help escape your problems. I can 100% relate. My husband left me for another woman. I can't even describe the mental torment I was going through during that time. So I would lose myself in the world of Supernatural. It helped to focus on something else.
So glad you mentioned the episode "Faith". I'm only a few minutes in, but the montage that originally was set to "Don't Fear the Reaper" has been forever burned into my brain, and I looked it up and it's from that episode. So good. Even if I remember very little from the show, I remember that scene.
the pilot episode for supernatural is in my opinion one of the best pilots I’ve ever seen in terms of setting up the story and getting you to understand these characters because i know every person has loved dean since episode 1
the only post-kripke season that felt like a spiritual successor to seasons 1-5 was season 8. angels and demons being major players in the first few seasons only for it too culminate with the gates of hell closing for good would've been the second most satisfying conclusion of the series.
Same! Im glad im not the only one who thought season 8 was the only few seasons after 5 that was decent and actually made sense to Sam and Dean's ultimate goal from the beginning of Season 1
My thoughts as well! Whenever I rewatch the series (fairly often lol) I watch up to Sacrifice super fast and then taper off. The Trials are one of my favorite storylines!
Yeah the second half of the season was good but I hated the first half, all of that pointless drama between the brothers and the constant soap opera flashbacks.
Season 3 was originally supposed to be the full 22 eps, but there was a massive writer's strike that year, and the entire writers' room went out to walk the picket line, so they had to end the season at 16. That one, at least, isn't on the CW, which did put in an order for an entire season at the start! lol I love how you refer to S4's Ruby as "this Ruby actress" - also known as Genevieve Padalecki, or Jared's wife, met on set. ;)
I would say Seasons 1-6 of Greys Anatomy are perfect. 7-10 are good to Great! And after that it’s kind of like… meh, I’ve been here this long so I might as well keep watching until my favorite character dies or leaves lol
You're not the only one who has a massive attachment to the show due to getting into it during a tough time in your life. I got into it after I had a massive back injury and lost my ability to walk through the years 2010ish to 2013ish. Aaand I never really let go of it as a sort of comfort blanket. Broke my heart when it ended, though I agree that yes, the best plot was seasons 1-5 and as a writer myself, the show should have ended at season 5. But I'm glad it didn't.
Might have to hypnotize myself to forget everything after season 5 cause I can’t watch it anymore without a bad taste in my mouth when it used to be a masterpiece
I watched Scarecrow on top of a mountain at night, working security, and scared the heck out of me!! I agree with the Seasons 1-5, tho. I've watched it over and over myself. Agree, it never gets old
Season's 4 and 5 are amazing TV. Show could never recover after them, and it was one of the most satisfying conclusions for sure. So neatly wrapped the show struggled for the rest of its run to find any momentum and come up with bigger and badder threats.
Had this show ended right here. It would have gone down as one of the greatest TV shows of all time. AMAZING pacing after season 2 which was still good up to that point but really got cracking after 2 and the season 5 finale I mean my god.... that was like Walter at the end of breaking bad just a perfect ending to that entire saga.
i don't even need convincing i've been saying for years that the first 5 seasons of supernatural were genuinely really good and i wish it had ended at that
I still too this day get goosebumps when I watch deaths introduction to the show in season 5 such a incredible scene. Couldn't watch it after season 8 tho cuz my brother passed away and that was our show we watched every episode every Thursday.. Our last words to each other where jerk and bitch 😭
The both had love interests in season one. Sam's was episode 1 and Dean's was Cassie in episode 13. Pretty sure that was the episode. Had the racist truck. Granted it wasn't stellar writing, but the chemistry between Cassie and Dean was great.
“This Ruby actress” aka Genevieve Padalecki, Jared’s wife 😂. But I totally relate. It’s my favorite show too. The Kripke era of SPN is peak television. Swan Song always got me in tears. Until Sam shows up again. It doesn’t ruin it, but it does leave a bitter taste in the mouth. Without it we could just pretend season 5 is the series finale and seasons 6-15 are just fan fic.
The first five seasons had a cohesive storyline that set up one another even though Eric kripke made some choices that I didn't like he was still a great showrunner seasons 4 and 5 are in my top 5 of my favorite seasons list of supernatural plus season 4 was the introduction of my favorite character castiel I'm glad that Eric decided to keep him around and you really should do a video on gabriel 🌈😊🙂💝💖💙💜
Casting throughout the entire series is awesome you get so many actors and actresses that started and are in many other shows. So many of them put in a great performance even if it is just a small bit part. Lots of very great pieces of eye candy.
Season 5 should have been the ending of the whole show. You all remember the anime they made that was the first couple of seasons and had pretty good animation.
I'm on Season 12 right now and just from the title, I wholeheartedly agree. I miss when they just went hunting, now the show seems to have so many spiderweb plots
Speaking as a writer, it was always really obvious that season 5 was originally written to be the final one. The finale has a character who is implied to be God narrating about how this is the end. Everything about it is screaming THE SHOW IS OVER, until Sam reappears out of nowhere in a last second moment of obvious sequel bait. Because of course the network wasn't going to let it end there, the show was a huge money maker. Networks only end a show if it's not profitable enough, or if it's too difficult to continue for other reasons.
omg im so glad i found you. i LOVE. suppernatural. i grew up with seasons 1-5 and seeing you go over it is so amazing. and its even better having seen the entire season.
Season 4 is indeed the best season! i mean "it's a terrible life" alone carries it way beyond all other seasons for it's cultural critique and references. Also "monster movie" is a highlight of the show as a whole for it's creative 50's horror movie style. Season 4 is a mastahpieceeeee
Season 5 was intended to be the end of the show by Kripke. When it got extended they scrambled for 6 and attempted another end in 7 which led to the mess that was the show after
Supernatural started a year before I began my college. All through my college it served as a companion. I'll never forget the show. In fact me and my twin brother have saved our names as Sam and Dean in our phones respectively. We both loved the show. Watched till season 10. Felt the quality dropped afterwards. But for me and my brother Supernatural will always hold a special place in our hearts.
My favorite show since 1998 is Buffy the vampire slayer, and it took me forever to start watching Supernatural consistently but let me tell you it´s quickcly becoming my other favorite tv show ever, I can't believe it took me so long to watch it, but I'm very glad I'm doing it. I love it! Happy to be finally be part of the fandom lol
The season 5 ending was so good that I was convinced the show was over. 3 years later I looked up the show and they were on season 8 and I was like "What the damn hell??" And seeing how the show ended... after 15 seasons... They really should've stopped at 5. There are some great moments in the following ten seasons but narratively speaking, Season 5 is it. It's where the show ended for real. The rest of it is all fun and games, really, and it speaks volumes of its lead actors to have been able to carry the show for this long, because there's so very little else in terms of storytelling worthwhile after Season 5.
Jay, LOVE your SPN synopsis. I've often said the seasons broke down into 3 eras * 1-5 = Platinum * 6-10 = Silver * 11 - 15 = Pewter with a few gold and silver nuggets Kripke as showrunner was the pinnacle, along with Kim Manners impact on the show early on. Still watchable for me until Jeremy Carver left as showrunner. Then I had to cherry pick episodes to rewatch unlike earlier seasons which I could rewatch over forever. Thanks for the breakdown!
Brother, I keep trying to tell my girl that this 5 season arc is epic and she just isn’t trying to hear that. Your breakdown may be what I use to try to convince her another time. Great job man.
Right now watching season 5 with my little sister. I never watched it and I fell in love with these guys. I'm very sad knowing what will happen in the seasons that will come after it
My feeling about the show is that, through the seasons, it gradually converted its 'Fear index' into goofball antics. The transition made audiences take the series less seriously and those interested in scares walked away. Meanwhile those interested in relationship drama stayed on. The arrivals of DJ Qualls and Curtis Armstrong were red flags for 'Goofball comedy we've arrived.' The show began to feel very much like other Canadian thriller series of the genre (Bitten, Lost Girl, Dark Matter, Haven etc.) Your jaw will drop at the monotone development of it all.
also huge respect to you for ranking the entire series and keeping the details , you explained everything really good i didnt even realize how long the video was lol very underrated
i always recommend supernatural seasons 1-5 to everyone. yeah "watch better tv", i have, but these seasons are literally my favorite tv show of all time and probably always will be. they hold a ton of sentimental value bc i started the show back in 2011 when I was 13 years old. even s1 for me is fantastic. the story from s1-5 is just so good, and i loved the fact that the show ended with sam dead and dean settling down even though it was always meant to be the opposite. i watch swan song and then I'll think of the season 15 finale and it's so disappointing bc it ends exactly as predicted and has no real weight (and i didn't even watch the show past season 7). whenever i think of the show fondly, it's always this original storyline. i think sam winchester is one of those characters that I'll never get over.
Doing the rewatch ritual right now, finishing season 5 today. Man, that era was so amazing. I agree with you about 4-5, I think those are the best and most interesting seasons as a whole. Great retrospective!
Thank you so much for finally putting into words how I feel about SPN 1-5 I always get too excited about it and get all flustered when I try explaining it to someone lol
seasons 4 and 5 have always been my favorite seasons im glad to see someone else share my Enthusiasm about those seasons i love the whole show but those seasons watching them for the first time was so good
So i watched the first 5 seasons when they came out with my mum when i was in my early teens and i love those until today and rewatch them every couple of years. This show just brings such a warm and unique feeling to me also i think the the roadtrip structure keeps it rly fresh especially when u know how tv shows back then and to this safe on budget by reusing actors and sets as much as they can. Also i can't praise the soundtrack of this show enough i just knew is was in for something special here when the first shapeshifter episode started with a song from iron butterfly, u just know that these guys are real old school rock and metal fans u just wouldn't be able to pick these songs as perfectly if u weren't.
You know I quit watching supernatural towards the end of season 7 and never went back. As you have suggested to yourself I have watched better things. Still I come back to some of the moments and episodes of the first 5 seasons. It truly made you emotionally connect and played with you to keep you on the edge. Truly great.
I would need to watch again but as a standalone form of “episodic television” episode 2 is awesome. It’s scary, suspenseful and for a show you know nothing about it sets a great tone of fear and action for the rest of the show
Before watching this I just want to say that I literally tell people all the time that I haven't watched past season 5 or season 6 because for me the build up from season 1 to season 5 left me feeling satisfied. People swear it gets better I just don't know how it could but I'm going to watch this video to hear his opinion
Episode 2 of this retrospective is out! Check out my review of Seasons 6 and 7: ruclips.net/video/RaDumkFHkYo/видео.html
Please do season 8 til 15
It's still in the works!
I was genuinely confused and scared. You look like my little brother Sam. Even the way he walks. Seriously much love to this show. I'm watching this while rewatching Supernatural right now.
Wow that's exactly how I got into the show. I saw one ep. The one with abe Lincoln and Paris Hilton. Thought this was pretty then fuckih binged it from the start and loved it. And it's not even close the first 5 seasons are the best bc it's basically one story. And com'on Lucifer was freakin amazing.
@@JayTheZoomsterSPN (Kripke Era) vs Breaking Bad in writing?
I will never understand how the angels became weaker than vampires. Like Castiel couldn't even locate a vampire nest...he's a freaking angel
Because he was powered by heaven and heaven was powered by angels. All the archangels were dead, most regular angels were dead. Don't you remember the light going out?
U fking right they nerrfed him and most of the actors kinda went down hill after lots of years
Castiel is a fallen Angel. He lost some of heaven’s power. He not as powerful as a full powered Angel. Not to mention Naomi even said there not that many Angels to power heaven anymore.
Bro Heaven was powered by angels and arch angels alike and after the first 5 seasons there were very little of them left. Did you not watch the show?
@@BrettonFerguson I agree.
The Host of Heaven made them super powerful and without Lucifer + Michael it becomes significantly reduced. Meanwhile it made them arrogant, shaky, and prone to leaving their chin wide open - see Zachariah's death. With power came hubris.
Castiel gets resurrected as a Seraph after his death by Lucifer, which gives him sustainable power. Meanwhile though, the commentary on Castiel is that he wishes he was human. He appreciates life every chance he gets to have it, in the Lucifer Apocalypse timeline he becomes an orgy loving religious leader because he loves humanity THAT much.
Meanwhile the world starts getting magical warding, monsters start becoming more powerful (Eve), and the world "adapts" to angelic abilities. Castiel becomes better at being human, and adopting the boys strategies, but he neglects his angelic brutish side - because he can comb an ENTIRE city looking for someone instantly, or he can open the yellow pages. Castiel can do a lot of things, but it's not as useful as having discretion. Angelic powers also have drawbacks - Castiel gets captured a few times, because he's off on his own and alone and he gets cornered by powerful creatures. Sticking your nose everywhere alone gets you wrecked, and at the same time the boys seem to have far more simple tools.
Castiel stops disrespecting himself and starts using his head instead of his angelic power. We never know what limits Castiel either, but many abilities (like time travel) suck his angelic ability. This might not slow him in any way, but it does tire him - using angelic power doesn't make everyone's life easier all the time, because suddenly he's gotta go into a myopic view of people at an atomic level... divorcing him from the moments he's in. It's why he develops a drinking problem, requiring sleep, and starting to show more human traits - it isn't just weakness from his waning power, it's his want to shed his angelic power.
Humility is Castiel's greatest strength and it's why Chuck *hates* Castiel more than any other angel. He thinks he's broken and it's true - Castiel is a terrible angel. They were made to follow and love chuck. Castiel does neither of those things well, Chuck must've made him while daydreaming of humans because Castiel makes a far, far better human.
And this single-handedly lets him swathe his way through angels, vampires, leviathans, death and many others - because they are not expecting an angel who doesn't care about power. That submits to self-sacrifice and love on a deep spiritual level, so much that the universe can't handle it.
Castiel doesn't get weaker, he gets stronger, until he's subverting death, the empty, and basically everything by just being "reasonable".
Compare that to his other self, which gets trashed when the boys see him in any other universe. Just another hammer swinging at nails, the boys clobber him every time because he sticks his chin out.
This plays out over and over. It's how Castiel beats almost every other angel hand to hand - because they rely on their power, not their humanity. Literally their own HANDS. Castiel's whole fighting style revolves around giving everyone a huge sense of ego by giving them absolutely every chance to back down. Then he becomes super resourceful and doesn't worry about not having a blade - this shocks every angel, who thinks he's just laying down. Demons get wrecked by this too.
Why smite when you can just stab them and be done with it? Angels smite because it makes them feel powerful, Castiel kills clean because it's more decent to stab than to burn the eyes out of a host while clawing to get at the angel inside.
It's funny because this is a major sticking point in the community because, deep down, people liked seeing him flash-fry people, but that's disturbing. Smiting was disturbing, it's introduced as a violent means and the first smite we see is an innocent psychic.
... Castiel's virtues prohibit him from being that brutish.
I think the most glaring example of angelic weirdness is the Michael / Lucifer fight where Gabriel dies, but that can largely be attributed to the fact that they weren't fighting for the grand plan, they weren't trying to junk the earth. Admittedly that's kind of a bummer, but also a bit of character growth in the sense that they actually *care* enough *not* to destroy the earth, and considering Lucifer is obsessed with the Earth it makes sense. Even in the Michael Vs. Lucifer fight, Lucifer tries to talk down Michael which feels so ironic, except that Lucifer DOES love the earth. He hates humans. Destroying the earth is not his priority - and many times that's the same with many of the angels. They save the big moves for serious moments, unless Chuck commanded it.
The show does have issues later on, but Castiel's power levels were consistent, his discretion just changed. He stopped slaving and started using his head, and his heart, and they were far more effective tools. So much so the boys often underestimate him, "I'll interrogate the cat" is played for laughs, but that cat WAS something they missed.
... and many times Dean slows Cas down, forcing him to sit in the impala with them instead of warping ahead, and that's specifically because Cas can walk himself right into holy oil, warding, or other problems going off alone just like any other hunter. Even Raphael was captured by Holy Oil early on, their hubris is THAT crazy strong. Gabriel too.
He's not as strong as people think, you just need confidence and the right tactic, so Castiel stopped using his powers and started using that growing soul. He didn't even have one in the classic sense, save for a few brief moments of humanity - but he appreciated them for what they were worth, and canonically souls are FAR more powerful than angelic power.
He just switched gears.
Yep 100%. The first 5 seasons were BY FAR the best of the entire run. I feel like its the only group of seasons that actually led to a satisfying and enthralling end of season conclusion with each season building off of another with both lore and character development and it felt like there were actual stakes. My biggest complaint about the seasons after 5 is that the makers tried to make each season bigger than the last and that just made everything start to feel unearned and not really shocking. Also character development, there's only so much you can do with characters that you have known for 15 years at a certain point. Like Sam, after season 8 or so, the writers kind of throw him off to the wayside and doesn't end up doing much anymore. I know this sounds really negative, but I promise, Supernatural is still one of my favorite shows of all time! (Also sorry this is so long winded, great review!)
Yeah you are right about sam he was basically pushed out after season 8 the writers focused more on castiel and dean giving them the better storylines like castiel dealing with being human in season 9 and dean getting the mark the only thing that sam got was basically taking care of jack in season 13 and him dating Eileen in the final season
They should’ve gave it more thought after season 9 take maybe a year to see how they can rap it up
Agreed 👍
Nall, all of the seasons were good!!!
My top 15 seasons:
1. Season 5
2. Season 13
3. Season 11
4. Season 9
5. Season 4
6. Season 12
7. Season 3
8. Season 7
9. Season 6
10. Season 8
11. Season 2
12. Season 1
13. Season 10
14. Season 14
15. Season 15
I remember when we 1st saw Castiel. It was epic. In the later seasons Angels became weaker than even Vampires in some instances. Season 1-5 were by far the best
Thank you for speaking about that ! Man I thought I was the only one ? Like angels were sometimes getting beaten by humans . I’m like come on ?! Like Castiel supposed to be like Superman but instead they made him get beat easily
YES!!! I never understood this, like they did my boy Cas bad bro and after his big entrance no less.
Castiel's intro was the best moment in the show. Problem was, he was too interesting a character to have be in the background and to powerful for 99% of plots.
They did try and explain how they nerfed him (and other angels) sometimes. But often just kinda forgot. But, in fairness, it's almost impossible to have a character that powerful be a regular in a series like this.
I distinctly remember that! How there was this looming threat of something beyond anything the Winchesters had faced up to that point. How Dean came back from Hell inexplicably. How no one could even tell what was going on aside from it being really, REALLY big. How no amount of demon traps, snares, or charms from around the world could even slow down this paranormal juggernaut. Even Misha Collins _himself_ wasn't told what his character was supposed to be until the very last minute. You definitely get that this is the kind of entity that has good reason to tell people to "fear not".
@@draketheduelistUntil it isn't because they had to come up with a way to explain why tf these immensely powerful beings needed the help of two humans
Lazarus Rising is PEAK Supernatural. I remember watching that episode live on tv, my friend and I had binged the first three seasons over the summer. We made popcorn and waited anxiously and then BOOM, Dean is alive in the middle of a blown up forest??? Jfheicjejsiwnfnt it was incredible
Lazarus rising is my go-to when I watch the earlier seasons. Peak SPN
I remember that too. It was 2008, I was 12 and I binge watched the first 3 seasons and was waiting for the 4th season… and it couldn’t be better.
I can’t imagine what it’s like for someone to binge watch Supernatural now and watch everything in like 1 month lmao I basically grew up watching it
Fr, the second best episode in its season and the best spn season premiere
Lazarus Rising is probably my most re watched episode of all of them.
I just watched it together with my mom for the first time.
So I literally got to experience it again half an hour ago.
Lucifer Rising was honestly the most hype episode of Supernatural imo
The first 5 seasons of supernatural were some of the best tv seasons ever made. To me there was no bad episodes in this era. Even the bad ones like wendigo and bugs are enjoyable. You can tell that kripke had a five year plan and stuck with it for the most part, very rarely changing stuff.
Bro wendigo is not bad
Honestly imo ghost facers is the best episode of the whole show
How the fuck is wendigo bad ? The bad episodes are changing channels and Swan song
bro those are like two of my favorite episodes of genre TV 💀
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Season 3 Ruby over season 4 for me. Katie Cassidys Ruby had far more charisma and and I truly felt like she wanted what was best for Sam. Which would’ve mad her ultimate betrayal hit so much harder.
I feel like he had the best chemistry with megs actress. Wish they would've kept her around longer
To be fair, I feel the reason that season three Ruby would’ve been such a twist is that the actress herself had no idea that she was actually a bad guy all along. I think she’s genuinely playing a Demon who has turned good.
Absolutely agree. Would've been great to see her character change in season 4
Season 4 Ruby is hot. She even married the actor that played Sam in real life
@@victorhngShe mightve married him but season 3 ruby is way more beautiful
I actually think S3 being short was a sort of blessing in disguise as the shorter episode run really adds to the feeling of the ticking clock. 1 year really isn't that long and I'm sure for Dean it felt even shorter and as the viewers we get a glimpse into that by the season being abbreviated.
I was full on bawling at the season 5 finale because the last episode made such a beautiful wrap-up of sam and dean's story, where their emotional arcs throughout the seasons came to a tragic yet natural conclusion. I honestly think if Supernatural had ended there, it would've joined the very short list of shows with good endings.
Fun fact: It was supposed to end after Season 5 but the powers that be demanded it kept going.
S5 ending sucked ass, they should've ended the show in season 4
@@blockedhaatWhy
I wish Supernatural would have ended at season five. Everything made sense and came to full circle. I feel that if Supernatural had ended there, Supernatural could or would have become a cult iconic show. Even though the ratings weren't in the millions at that time. I believe like the original Star Trek, years later the magnificent of Supernatural would have made a huge huge come back with a new audience.
Absolutely perfect review. Thank you.
This.
I personally made the first 5 seasons canon with the first half of season 6 (when Sam gets his soul back) as an epilogue and then never watched any of the other seasons. 🙃
@@lalalucy9497 That's an interesting manoeuvre. I like it.
Agreed. I hate that we will never see Kripke's intended ending to Season 5
Low-key I'm really interested in how the original story was meant to play out before the writers strike and angels etc. Like the role of the psychic kids, Sam killing lillith early so Dean avoids hell and so on.
Seasons 1-5 was amazing. The theatre quality picture, the close ups, the soft music, strategizing at Bobby's house... Very nostalgic to say the least.
Yes everything you mentioned yes
The show felt so off later on
Season 1 to 5: Hell yeah!
Seasons 6 to 10: Hmm cool.
Seasons 11 to 15: Oh GOD PLS NO!
10-15 were awesome!!!
@Leo Collins-Janssen I Agree
@@KCx-zz5wk no it was a waste of time, not enough for characters but throw them to the side and they waste characters.
Hot take, the last few seasons were great it just wasn't what people were accustomed to
season 7 and 9
It has absolutely gone downhill and I know that I understand that but because of The Kripke Era, Supernatural is still one of my Favourite Shows ever. Nothing gives me shivers like hearing the words 'Dad's on a Hunting Trip. And he hasn't been home in a few days."
Saving people, hunting things, the family business
Occasional good episodes and some very lovable cast are the reasons most of us watched supernatural past season 5. Everything else - storylines, character arcs, world building- was a complete mess
I have a personal connection to this situation: I am a screenwriter/storyboard artist and in 2010 I lived in LA. I sent SUPERNATURAL show-runner Eric Kripke a Dean&Sam storyboard sequence I wrote & rendered. Mr. Kripke called me and we talked for 3 hours. He loved my work (and offered me work on his next series that failed) but explained he was retiring after the 5th season. When I asked about his 5-year plan, he explained that the crew had become his friends over the 7 years it took to get the 5 seasons in the can. CW wanted a flagship show, so they made him and offer he couldn't refuse- EVERYONE made out like bandits, and all Kripke had to do was make sure the show didn't go off the rails. (It did- but it took a decade.) Understand that a Grip that made $60K/year (not much in LA) made $120K/year EXTRA in profit participation & residuals- that is how lucrative the deal was for everyone. Because Kripke did not want to leave them all unemployed, so they got rich when he was done with it, because they all took over and did a decent job as stewards.
My point is also: if GAME OF THRONES show-runners, the idiots D&D had done the same thing, it would still be airing new episodes today, everyone would be unbelievably rich, and D&D would not be the laughingstock of Hollywood, and their STAR WARS trilogy of movies would have been made.
Wow, that's such a noble thing from him.
Are you still working as a writer? I would like to check out your stuff
@@vassilyvodka2638 I had quit, but my father before dying asked me to try again(He was a bastard that had purposely screwed up my chance to attend USC Cinema) because facing death he repented to Jesus & apologized in 2013. I helped my mother & drove lawsuit to discover how hospital killed him. In 2017-2019 I studied Digital with money he left me (changed will 1 month before death) and Fall '10 I had deal with Dark Horse Comics to publish adaptation of my screenplay & college professorship in storyboarding.
My mother went to West Coast of USA in Oct 2019; when I picked her up at airport she mentioned there were many Chinese people coughing.
She got real ill and testing came back: "Unknown". I got very sick some weeks later. We were beaten down until early March 2020, when Trump & Fauci started the COVID narrative.
I caught COVID 5 times total (alpha, beta, delta, omicron, omicron-variant); with each next one the hot-illness got easier, but the long term effects got worse- it almost destroyed me.
I discovered a radical treatment: It took me almost two years from last infection doing this; haven't worked & drained savings; I'm broke but I feel normal for the first time since 12/08/2019 when I woke up sick the for first time. MANY people all over world are still suffering that got COVID but not VAXX(even worse). It works but takes your everything, but what good is life, money, etc. without health? I am now getting things back on track. Just finished a short and a feature scripts.
That's beautiful, man. Some real "Workers controlling the means of production" stuff.
I mean, not exactly, but close enough for jazz. Kripke is one of the good guys
For season 3, I liked "Ghostfacers" as to me it feels like a 'If I were in Supernatural' episode and sees how regular people who are into Supernatural would act with Sam and Dean. It also has some great dramatic, comedic, and emotional moments with the side characters.
Ghostfacers was great. They even did online only Ghostfacers videos. Like if they were real and posting RUclips videos how to kill ghosts. Funniest thing ever.
ruclips.net/video/F0i38d-ha24/видео.html
Ghostfacers were my favorite thing about s3, everything about them was chaotic and I loved it.
“you gotta be gay for that poor dead intern!” that was a great line
It's so crazy how we see Gabriel 4 times from 1-5, and he's one of my favorite characters. Any episode he's in automatically makes it amazing. Mystery Spot and Changing Channels are probably both in my top 10 favorite episodes of the whole show.
the writing in those episodes is just so creative, his character really brought out the best in the show and i totally see where youre coming from
I gave up on the series (I will likely finish it someday) around season 11, mystery spot is still an episode I love
@@BassLineProductionsI season 11 is my favorite post kripke season
Same. Those are definitely some of my favorites
I loved every episode with the trickster in it, some of the best written episodes in the show I might say.
Actually yes bella Talbot was supposed to return in season 4 but because of the hatred she received by the female fans she basically tossed a side like many female characters in the show
Which makes me so sad, as a female fan of the show. I love Sam and dean too. So much potential we could have had with all the female characters on the show. 🥲
@@jennshine8777 yes so true 💯
Twas sad
It’s too bad she was a really interesting character on this show
That's sad and annoying since I enjoyed Jo, Bella, the original Meg & Ruby. I would had loved they stayed longer
Seasons 1-5 are definitely the best as far as the overall story but every season after does have some fantastic monster of the week episodes here and there that I would say are very worthy of falling in with kripke era.
Ironically enough, some of my favorite monster of the week episodes come from the seasons 11-14 chunk!
Personally, the monster-of-the-week episodes were almost always my favorites; I love the tension of Sam and Dean doing research into the monster's potential identity as victims pile up around them, not always sure if it's gonna be a monster they fought before or an all new monster they need to do even more research on in order to beat it. I especially like when it turns out the monster is not actually evil and the brothers have to come to terms with the idea that "hunters vs. monsters" is not so black and white. While I do think the main stories are generally pretty solid, I was never as big of a fan of the celestial conflicts as I was of the MOTW scenarios as I much prefer the down-to-earth, nitty-gritty stuff that actually makes me believe that mear humans like Sam and Dean could actually win with the right amount of prep time and tenacity. When you add gods and angels to the mix, my suspension of disbelief begins to falter as it feels less likely the brothers could face off against such beings as well as the show's tv budget making such grandiose conflicts seem much less impressive than they could be (I mean, how many creatures take the form of humans as a means to save up on special effects, I ask you. Lol). These are nitpicks, of course, and the show almost always does a great job of keeping me hooked. 😆
Same, especially in the later seasons when the season-long plot arcs became more and more farfetched, I always loved the "filler" episodes the most.
yes i agree, i have always found cryptics and stuff like that much more interesting to me than the celestial stuff. Maybe cause if i was in sam and deans situation and angels were like you're the vessel for lucifer/michael also the apocalypse oopsies, i'd literally tell them to stick their glow sticks where the sun doesn't shine. Go find some place else to have temper tantrums lol. maybe the celestial stuff just annoyed me because i am so used to this world around me where governments and countries bring normal people just trying to survive into their wars or the highest profits, so it just makes me feel weary about everything around me 🤷♀ i don't hate the angel stuff but most the time i am like jesus 💀can you leave these poor boys alone, they'd been through enough, dudes haha
I was always more invested in the monster-of-the-week episodes. It got to the point where I sorta didn’t care about the Bjg Bad, I just wanted to see the boys hunting something.
You know, the first seasons of Supernatural and Arrow are stark reminders the CW had a chance back then to really do something with TV that other networks wouldn't mess with and make a legacy
I've never thought about how much more sense it would have made for a resurrected John to be the vessel for Michael instead of Adam. That would have been amazing.
Wouldn't work.
Like Bobby, and then Sam, John never would've yielded. Being consumed by a powerful monster is the antithesis of what John stood for, he resisted Yellow Eyes in life who arguably might've been more difficult. They likely thought of this, but Michael likely knew that current era John was far, far too bullheaded. Dean manages to contain Michael but admittedly isn't as good as Sam at kicking out angels. Sam can crush them under his boot, literally, but John and Sam are the most alike. John's specialty was putting holy water in pipes too, not only could John subvert Michael he'd make sure his body was fundamentally flawed.
Adam was a perfect vessel not because he was strong, or capable, or smart - but because he had a pure love for his mother, which made him easy to quiet down. Angels can also erase memory, which is very useful for Adam since he's an innocent kid at 16.
At 16 John's a raging would-be marine, you edit out John's memories he relies more on core memories of his difficult upbringing before he had structure. His urge to be a soldier is the strongest and that's the thought that gets Sam to beat out Lucifer. That's the toy soldier he sees right before he gets a grip on Lucifer - John is at that moment when he's young, so you can't edit John's memories because John's desire for a good life, respect, and order is so strong he goes to Vietnam.
Adam had a good childhood, a good life, and good memories. It makes him docile and the angels feather this, they give him heaven they promise him his mom - and all they need to do is leave in his "death" at the hands of ghouls to keep him reminded of what's going to happen if he doesn't play ball.
Adam is, by accounts, a dutiful son. It makes him the perfect vessel for Michael.
It actually plays well into the commentary of the Arch Angels themselves too - Chuck assigned them the wrong humans.
Dean would've responded more to Lucifer, the beer-drinking cheeseburger loving self-rightous brother is more akin to Lucifer.
Michael, the son that praises order but has issues with being "too individual and controlling" is Michael.
If you REALLY want to blow your hair back, the real secret kicker of Adam is that he IS a perfect vessel. He is, without a doubt, perfectly paired with his proper angel. But it's not Michael.
It's *Gabriel*.
Raphael has no human vessel because he would never want one, Raphael is in effect the most human of all the angels and the most flawed - but he takes whatever Vessel he wants. He also loses his first vessel to being turned into Salt, which presumably might've been his true vessel. But Gabriel and Adam are perfectly aligned, they've never met as far as we know and that's because Gabriel avoids him like the plague - no more wanting of "daddy's plan" Gabriel has been in hiding for so long he's likely not even aware Adam exists... because Gabriel isn't looking for a perfect vessel, he loves humanity at large.
The golden children are a far cry from the fighting siblings who tango with their familial patriarch's. Gabriel is close to Michael likely much in the way that Gabriel is close to everyone.
The angels never put this together, Chuck never realized it, and the boys didn't dare even *think* about it. Michael and Sam might've found common ground in order, same as Lucifer and Dean in chaos.
John is far too human, he's more like Bobby, I doubt even Chuck could wrangle John as a vessel without stripping most of his memories and subplanting them. Yellow Eyes was likely more difficult to resist than an average angel, as Crowley proves that he could easily coach Sam into resisting angelic possession. Angels are bound by "no" while demons seem far better at subverting people. Lucifer being the king of both makes him the hardest, but Sam found the way. John had experiences with Yellow Eyes, so he's had practice - he needed an assist from the Colt, but now that he's done it and survived 100+ years in hell, he's hard as coffin nails. Even if you edit John's memories, he might even appreciate family more when he was yearning for a quiet life, than when he actually had it. In a sense, John put away money for Dean's college when he was young then traded it for bullets, but the hope was stronger then.
Obviously the actor was off making TV history as Negan at the time, but I've always thought Adam was an underrated character. He does, in essence, show what could've been. They could've just lived their lives - even if the world would've ended, they would've had a chance to live and Heaven always waits for Winchesters. Supplanting Chuck was probably for the best... but Adam sort of represents a truly heavenly sidebar, that maybe they could've found more peaceful ways to do what they did their entire lives. He, like them, loved his mother to the point of folly - and they are no different from him in any way. They're all driven by the same bonds.
That's what makes him perfect - he is, in essence, the only Winchester who truly banked on love instead of a will to fight. Adam built relationships instead of skillsets, and arguably was the most admirable brother. He makes few missteps, other than trying to bring everything together.
The irony being that he gets all of them thrown into the cage, but no more than the one he was already in.
It's a cool show, things went DEEP.
@@insomnimac8368 i feel like sam becoming lucifer’s vessel would’ve been more than enough reason for john to say yes to michael. in season 2, he could’ve just killed azazel with the colt and continued hunting with sam but instead sold his soul to resurrect dean. as every antagonist has said, the winchesters’ only weaknesses are themselves
I love that Adam’s introduction is called “Jump the Shark” because they know it’s gonna be too much for anyone to handle. They know it’s cumbersome and it’s too much but they’ve gotta do it for the story. They’re telling the audience “we see it too, don’t worry.”
@FlyingMonkies325 I’m glad you replied. You make me watch to watch the show again.
Did you ever watch the anime?
@FlyingMonkies325 there was a Supernatural anime with I think both of them voicing their roles. It was just cool to see episodes we’d already seen from a slightly different perspective.
Speaking of the shows you mentioned, Smallville is quite good but the first season is very “monster of the week,” so it doesn’t really get really good until the second season, just like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s crucial to watch though for contexts.
I actually really like season 3's shorter run, and I feel that it sort of adds thematically to it. Dean is going to die, that is everyone is aware of from the beginning of the season, but as long as it is something that is an eventuality, as long as they still have time to solve it, it is not the most pressing matter. As the season draws to a close and the pacing starts feeling a bit rushed, it sort of adds to that sense of impending doom of Dean's death. They are running out of time, they need a solution as soon as possible. And then... the season ends. A season cut short for a life cut short. Threads left unanswered because, well, that's death. The end.
I’ve always said that if they ended after season 5, it would have been a masterpiece. So many beautiful themes explored deeply.
I loved much of the later seasons, but they never had near the same depth and gravitas.
yes!! personally i like to think of season 5 as the "true ending" and just enjoy everything after as a potential way it ended!!
Man this made me nostalgic. Aside from being solid plotting and amazing mythology, Supernatural 1-5 is just a portal for me back to 2011 when I picked it up.
I loved your video, kinda surprised you didn't mention Crowley though. He turned out to be quite important for the plot and also was a big help for the boys.
Yeah, I like him so much even in later seasons. He is just so much fun to watch.
he was better in later seasons, i think. his death was really nice and i loved rowena realizing she loved him. there are some really good moments in the later seasons.
Supernatural is my favorite show. For similar reasons, i was going through a horrible time in my life and when i had noone it was all i had. And now i have everything i could want and its still there.
To me, there is no better show.
Look as far as im concerned, there are 5 seasons of Supernatural and then there are 10 seasons worth of some strange fan fiction .
fun fan fiction, at least till season 10:)
The wendigo episode is very personal to me, one of my favorite episodes. I feel like they could have done it better, but it was actually the first episode of Supernatural I ever saw, because I caught it on TV back in the day. I missed the pilot. So yeah I thought it was really actually pretty decent, and I still do
It was my first episode too! And the episodic nature of the stories, but with a hint of that overarching mystery is what hooked me, finally an "X-files" show for my generation.
they just needed to show the wendigo more lol
hey same here :)
The fact that he said wendigo was one of the worst episodes, and then continue to say that the worst episodes in season 2 were even better than any of the worst episodes in season 1. And he didn't even try and explain that these episodes were still good in season 1. Wendigo is my second favorite episode. Almost had to dislike the whole video when I heard Wendigo come out of his mouth. Blasphemy.
Also 69th like. NICE
I have to admit "When The Levee Breaks" is one of my favorite TV episodes of all time. I'm glad it got some flowers
Whenever I re-watch SPN , I only watch complete Season 1-5 and the first 3 minutes of Season 6 Episode 1.
After that, I watch just one or two episodes per season and then I completely give up by season 12 and go back to Season 1 after a few months to start the cycle over again
This show help me get through so many bad times in my life. Including my last horrible break up. Thank God for Supernatural.
I have to admit I didn’t like Season One at first, but then I rewatched it in July and fell in love with the show. And I’m now on Season Five and I adore it. Although I personally didn’t enjoy Season Three as much, I still think the first five seasons are excellent and am a little apprehensive going forward as I love this show so dearly.
thanks for this! I'm currently watching season 1 but I'm not really liking it so far :( maybe I'll just watch a few more eps
Later season are good as well for me
I know I'm 2 years too late to react to your interpretation of the show but everything you said about the show was spot on. Seasons 1-5 were brilliant. When Kripke left after season 5 the quality and arc was often chaotic, unfocused, yet still brilliant. As the show marched on, I would constantly go back to rewatch seasons 1-5. Another aspect of the Kripke seasons was his use of a darker film. Kripke always wanted the show to be a horror show, so the darker film created a more menacing vibe. I was sorely disappointed after Kripke left they went to brighter film lighting. You mentioned that you were going through some hard times and decided to watch Supernatural to help escape your problems. I can 100% relate. My husband left me for another woman. I can't even describe the mental torment I was going through during that time. So I would lose myself in the world of Supernatural. It helped to focus on something else.
You're not wrong mate. Seasons 1 to 5 are the best. It still has good times after but the showrunners changing is noticeable.
So glad you mentioned the episode "Faith". I'm only a few minutes in, but the montage that originally was set to "Don't Fear the Reaper" has been forever burned into my brain, and I looked it up and it's from that episode. So good. Even if I remember very little from the show, I remember that scene.
the pilot episode for supernatural is in my opinion one of the best pilots I’ve ever seen in terms of setting up the story and getting you to understand these characters because i know every person has loved dean since episode 1
The one thing I'd have loved you to mention is the introduction of crowley. MAN he's so fun to watch anytime he's on screen
the only post-kripke season that felt like a spiritual successor to seasons 1-5 was season 8. angels and demons being major players in the first few seasons only for it too culminate with the gates of hell closing for good would've been the second most satisfying conclusion of the series.
Same! Im glad im not the only one who thought season 8 was the only few seasons after 5 that was decent and actually made sense to Sam and Dean's ultimate goal from the beginning of Season 1
My thoughts as well! Whenever I rewatch the series (fairly often lol) I watch up to Sacrifice super fast and then taper off. The Trials are one of my favorite storylines!
Yeah the second half of the season was good but I hated the first half, all of that pointless drama between the brothers and the constant soap opera flashbacks.
@@sk70091facts lol I'm watching s8 right now
And Benny was a great character and could have fit in easily in the earlier seasons in my opinion.
Mark Pellegrino def fits his role.
Dude looks scary naturally.
I should rewatch this show.
Season 3 was originally supposed to be the full 22 eps, but there was a massive writer's strike that year, and the entire writers' room went out to walk the picket line, so they had to end the season at 16. That one, at least, isn't on the CW, which did put in an order for an entire season at the start! lol I love how you refer to S4's Ruby as "this Ruby actress" - also known as Genevieve Padalecki, or Jared's wife, met on set. ;)
I too have watched Supernatural probably a dozen times, it will always hold a special place in my heart.
The first five seasons of Greys Anatomy and supernatural are literally golden age of television. My two most fav shows 💕
Ah yes, Supernatural and Doctor Sexy MD
I would say Seasons 1-6 of Greys Anatomy are perfect. 7-10 are good to Great! And after that it’s kind of like… meh, I’ve been here this long so I might as well keep watching until my favorite character dies or leaves lol
You're not the only one who has a massive attachment to the show due to getting into it during a tough time in your life. I got into it after I had a massive back injury and lost my ability to walk through the years 2010ish to 2013ish. Aaand I never really let go of it as a sort of comfort blanket. Broke my heart when it ended, though I agree that yes, the best plot was seasons 1-5 and as a writer myself, the show should have ended at season 5. But I'm glad it didn't.
The influence of Kim Manners was what brought this show to peak.
Agreed!
Might have to hypnotize myself to forget everything after season 5 cause I can’t watch it anymore without a bad taste in my mouth when it used to be a masterpiece
I watched Scarecrow on top of a mountain at night, working security, and scared the heck out of me!! I agree with the Seasons 1-5, tho. I've watched it over and over myself. Agree, it never gets old
Im so happy im not alone in my facination of supernatural, it really got me through some dark moments in my life, im a fan for life
Season's 4 and 5 are amazing TV. Show could never recover after them, and it was one of the most satisfying conclusions for sure. So neatly wrapped the show struggled for the rest of its run to find any momentum and come up with bigger and badder threats.
Bruh, ghostfacers was iconic
Had this show ended right here. It would have gone down as one of the greatest TV shows of all time. AMAZING pacing after season 2 which was still good up to that point but really got cracking after 2 and the season 5 finale I mean my god.... that was like Walter at the end of breaking bad just a perfect ending to that entire saga.
Jo (especially) and Ellen’s deaths got to Dean. You can see how sad he is looking right at Jo in the photo. 🥰 😢
I feel like in later seasons they tried to replace the Roadhouse with Jody’s girls and it doesn’t really have the same vibe :/
i don't even need convincing i've been saying for years that the first 5 seasons of supernatural were genuinely really good and i wish it had ended at that
I still too this day get goosebumps when I watch deaths introduction to the show in season 5 such a incredible scene. Couldn't watch it after season 8 tho cuz my brother passed away and that was our show we watched every episode every Thursday.. Our last words to each other where jerk and bitch 😭
Some of the best memories I have as a kid are of watching this show with my parents back when netflix was mail-order only.
Gotta love how they added love interests for both the brothers in season 4
The both had love interests in season one. Sam's was episode 1 and Dean's was Cassie in episode 13. Pretty sure that was the episode. Had the racist truck. Granted it wasn't stellar writing, but the chemistry between Cassie and Dean was great.
@@mking3232Yeah, Route 666.
Season 4 is my favorite season of television it’s always the season I rewatch
“This Ruby actress” aka Genevieve Padalecki, Jared’s wife 😂.
But I totally relate. It’s my favorite show too. The Kripke era of SPN is peak television. Swan Song always got me in tears. Until Sam shows up again. It doesn’t ruin it, but it does leave a bitter taste in the mouth. Without it we could just pretend season 5 is the series finale and seasons 6-15 are just fan fic.
"What azazel was doing in Sam's bedroom all those nights ago" 😭 great video btw
season 1-5 definitely were some of the best things on air at the time
The first five seasons had a cohesive storyline that set up one another even though Eric kripke made some choices that I didn't like he was still a great showrunner seasons 4 and 5 are in my top 5 of my favorite seasons list of supernatural plus season 4 was the introduction of my favorite character castiel I'm glad that Eric decided to keep him around and you really should do a video on gabriel 🌈😊🙂💝💖💙💜
Omg I could not image getting into supernatural so late. In 2012 being in the fandom was something insane
Casting throughout the entire series is awesome you get so many actors and actresses that started and are in many other shows. So many of them put in a great performance even if it is just a small bit part. Lots of very great pieces of eye candy.
What lost me was the later seasons when the brothers were constantly fighting angels in hand to hand combat.
Season 5 should have been the ending of the whole show. You all remember the anime they made that was the first couple of seasons and had pretty good animation.
Supernatural is my favourite show ever. Iv rewatched this over 5 times and it never gets old. Best show ever
I'm on Season 12 right now and just from the title, I wholeheartedly agree. I miss when they just went hunting, now the show seems to have so many spiderweb plots
Speaking as a writer, it was always really obvious that season 5 was originally written to be the final one. The finale has a character who is implied to be God narrating about how this is the end. Everything about it is screaming THE SHOW IS OVER, until Sam reappears out of nowhere in a last second moment of obvious sequel bait.
Because of course the network wasn't going to let it end there, the show was a huge money maker. Networks only end a show if it's not profitable enough, or if it's too difficult to continue for other reasons.
I watched series like Breaking Bad, Malcom in the middle and more but no matter what, Supernatural will be always my favorite series ever.
omg im so glad i found you. i LOVE. suppernatural. i grew up with seasons 1-5 and seeing you go over it is so amazing. and its even better having seen the entire season.
I gasped when I saw the ghost facets episodes was put at the bottom for s3, it’s literally one of my favorite episodes of the whole show
Season 4 is indeed the best season! i mean "it's a terrible life" alone carries it way beyond all other seasons for it's cultural critique and references. Also "monster movie" is a highlight of the show as a whole for it's creative 50's horror movie style. Season 4 is a mastahpieceeeee
Season 5 was intended to be the end of the show by Kripke. When it got extended they scrambled for 6 and attempted another end in 7 which led to the mess that was the show after
Supernatural started a year before I began my college. All through my college it served as a companion. I'll never forget the show. In fact me and my twin brother have saved our names as Sam and Dean in our phones respectively. We both loved the show. Watched till season 10. Felt the quality dropped afterwards. But for me and my brother Supernatural will always hold a special place in our hearts.
My favorite show since 1998 is Buffy the vampire slayer, and it took me forever to start watching Supernatural consistently but let me tell you it´s quickcly becoming my other favorite tv show ever, I can't believe it took me so long to watch it, but I'm very glad I'm doing it. I love it! Happy to be finally be part of the fandom lol
I also binged the first seasons all at once back in 2013 then tried to keep up with the show as it went along. Def top 5 shows for me.
The season 5 ending was so good that I was convinced the show was over.
3 years later I looked up the show and they were on season 8 and I was like "What the damn hell??"
And seeing how the show ended... after 15 seasons...
They really should've stopped at 5.
There are some great moments in the following ten seasons but narratively speaking, Season 5 is it. It's where the show ended for real. The rest of it is all fun and games, really, and it speaks volumes of its lead actors to have been able to carry the show for this long, because there's so very little else in terms of storytelling worthwhile after Season 5.
Season 4-5 was absolutely peak
Jay, LOVE your SPN synopsis. I've often said the seasons broke down into 3 eras
* 1-5 = Platinum
* 6-10 = Silver
* 11 - 15 = Pewter with a few gold and silver nuggets
Kripke as showrunner was the pinnacle, along with Kim Manners impact on the show early on. Still watchable for me until Jeremy Carver left as showrunner. Then I had to cherry pick episodes to rewatch unlike earlier seasons which I could rewatch over forever.
Thanks for the breakdown!
Brother, I keep trying to tell my girl that this 5 season arc is epic and she just isn’t trying to hear that. Your breakdown may be what I use to try to convince her another time. Great job man.
Right now watching season 5 with my little sister. I never watched it and I fell in love with these guys. I'm very sad knowing what will happen in the seasons that will come after it
My feeling about the show is that, through the seasons, it gradually converted its 'Fear index' into goofball antics. The transition made audiences take the series less seriously and those interested in scares walked away. Meanwhile those interested in relationship drama stayed on. The arrivals of DJ Qualls and Curtis Armstrong were red flags for 'Goofball comedy we've arrived.' The show began to feel very much like other Canadian thriller series of the genre (Bitten, Lost Girl, Dark Matter, Haven etc.) Your jaw will drop at the monotone development of it all.
also huge respect to you for ranking the entire series and keeping the details , you explained everything really good i didnt even realize how long the video was lol very underrated
i always recommend supernatural seasons 1-5 to everyone. yeah "watch better tv", i have, but these seasons are literally my favorite tv show of all time and probably always will be. they hold a ton of sentimental value bc i started the show back in 2011 when I was 13 years old. even s1 for me is fantastic. the story from s1-5 is just so good, and i loved the fact that the show ended with sam dead and dean settling down even though it was always meant to be the opposite. i watch swan song and then I'll think of the season 15 finale and it's so disappointing bc it ends exactly as predicted and has no real weight (and i didn't even watch the show past season 7). whenever i think of the show fondly, it's always this original storyline. i think sam winchester is one of those characters that I'll never get over.
Ghostfacers was fire….
Doing the rewatch ritual right now, finishing season 5 today. Man, that era was so amazing. I agree with you about 4-5, I think those are the best and most interesting seasons as a whole. Great retrospective!
Thank you so much for finally putting into words how I feel about SPN 1-5
I always get too excited about it and get all flustered when I try explaining it to someone lol
seasons 4 and 5 have always been my favorite seasons im glad to see someone else share my Enthusiasm about those seasons i love the whole show but those seasons watching them for the first time was so good
So i watched the first 5 seasons when they came out with my mum when i was in my early teens and i love those until today and rewatch them every couple of years. This show just brings such a warm and unique feeling to me also i think the the roadtrip structure keeps it rly fresh especially when u know how tv shows back then and to this safe on budget by reusing actors and sets as much as they can. Also i can't praise the soundtrack of this show enough i just knew is was in for something special here when the first shapeshifter episode started with a song from iron butterfly, u just know that these guys are real old school rock and metal fans u just wouldn't be able to pick these songs as perfectly if u weren't.
You know I quit watching supernatural towards the end of season 7 and never went back. As you have suggested to yourself I have watched better things. Still I come back to some of the moments and episodes of the first 5 seasons. It truly made you emotionally connect and played with you to keep you on the edge. Truly great.
Yup, those were amazing. It all went downhill from there, but you can always watch seasons 1-5 and pretend the other 10 do not exist.
Wish I could pretend most ruined show in history
that's literally what i do
I would need to watch again but as a standalone form of “episodic television” episode 2 is awesome. It’s scary, suspenseful and for a show you know nothing about it sets a great tone of fear and action for the rest of the show
damn, now i wanna rewatch the first 5 seasons
Before watching this I just want to say that I literally tell people all the time that I haven't watched past season 5 or season 6 because for me the build up from season 1 to season 5 left me feeling satisfied. People swear it gets better I just don't know how it could but I'm going to watch this video to hear his opinion
It doesn’t. The first five are the original arc! The overall quality goes down but the later seasons have some great moments too
The guy that played Lucifer was masterful in this
This show gripped my tight and raised me from perdition
The Show Should've Ended After Season 5 The Only Season To Me Post Kripke That Held A Light To The Earlier Seasons Was Season 11
i do be agreeing doe
Yes season 11 was so great but the finale not so much 🌟
The final season is great in my opinion
Season 11 is bogged down by the amount of filler
Never be ashamed of the shows that you like. Screw anyone who judges anyone on what they like.
Thanks for the very good video. Season 2 and 4 are my favorites, but 5 is absolutely awesome too.
The first season of westworld is a 10/10 season of television. And then they set it on fire.