“Sam’s been down in dark places, and Dean has always helped him through, so I know, selfishly, Sam doesn’t want to lose his brother, but unselfishly, Sam would like to help his brother the same way that his brother’s helped him many times.”Īccording to Padalecki, that will prompt Sam to “keep researching behind Dean’s back a little bit and calling on help from Castiel and from Charlie, which is fun. He knows Dean is too gruff and tough to admit all the time he needs help, though he has, here and there, finally broken down and said, “Yeah, I could use a hand.” So Sam is going to do what he thinks is best for his brother,” Padalecki previewed. While some of these elements did come into play, it's like they played out in fast forward, and were mostly unsatisfying as a result.“Sam knows his brother very well, and he knew when he saw Dean’s face after Dean had gotten rid of Cain - but still had the Mark - that Dean was not okay. Season 10 could've built to an epic showdown between Sam and Demon Dean, with Sam afraid he'd have to kill his brother. Dean even could've reverted to the torturer Alastair molded him into during his stay in Hell back before season 4, for added continuity. But the Dean-mon arc could've easily been told over the first half of the season, or even the whole thing, instead of going the easy reset route.ĭean could've continued getting more evil, much to Crowley's delight, then perhaps ended up feuding with Crowley over control of Hell. That's not to say that the Supernatural formula is bad, as it obviously supported a 15-season run. Then Sam and Castiel cured Dean after three episodes, and everything went back to the same old, same old. Ackles looked to be having a ball playing a different version of Dean, the interplay between Dean and Crowley was indeed terrific, and the episodes did suitably shake up Supernatural's standard formula. While the first three episodes of season 10 did start to fulfill some of the potential found in the Demon Dean plot, the whole arc was badly hurt by its brevity. The stage was set for an epic story, but instead, what fans got was three episodes of Demon Dean, then back to Supernatural's status quo. Looking to guide Dean through his new infernal existence was sometimes friend, sometimes enemy Crowley, another tantalizing prospect, as actors Jensen Ackles and Mark Sheppard had electric chemistry.
In the season 9 finale, Dean had been stabbed to death by Metatron, and thanks to the Mark of Cain on his arm, he later resurrected as a demon. Why Demon Dean Was Supernatural's Biggest Missed OpportunityĪll the marketing going into Supernatural's season 10 premiere was focused on Dean's new demonic identity. Here's why Dean, Jensen Ackles, Supernatural as a show, and its fans, all deserved better. One of, if not the, biggest missteps made by Supernatural's writers and producers was the utter fumbling of season 10's "Dean-mon" arc, which ended up being so short that it barely qualifies as an arc. Related: Supernatural's Scrapped Ending Plans Would've Fixed A Major Finale Problem Thankfully, the show's cast and characters were capably entertaining enough to weather the worse creative storms, such as the woeful Leviathan arc during season 7 or the lame period where Lucifer wasn't played by Mark Pellegrino. Running for over 300 episodes, Supernatural produced a mountain of content, and as one might expect, some of that content was better than others. However, that doesn't mean Supernatural was flawless by any means, and even many of its most diehard fans would admit that.
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The show now stands as one of the longest-running TV dramas of its era, and joins a pantheon of other genre icons like The X-Files, The Walking Dead, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the hallowed halls of TV royalty. In 2020, after an astounding 15 seasons produced, The CW's Supernatural rode off into the sunset to "Carry On My Wayward Son" for the final time. Supernatural entered season 10 with Dean Winchester having become a demon, but while fans were excited, the resulting story was truly lackluster.