Jensen's acting here is superb. When he talks with Lisa his voice is so fragile and hurt, nothing like the gritty, low voice Dean has. He is broken without repair, poor thing. The music is perfect and whatever you may think of Lisa, she has been so understanding and kind, you can see from a mile that she cares about Dean, no matter what.
i couldn't stop crying first time i saw this. it really should of ended at this but then most of us would be lost without it, yet, it's the perfect ending. but like he said, nothing ever really ends, does it?
I completely agree with you, though i don't know how i would deal without the show, so i'm happy it got continued, but deep down i wish it had ended here btw i like your icon, today's the doctor who's new episode yaaaaay :)
When Dean apologizes to Adam about Michael possessing him it makes you realize Dean gave up his entire family to stop the Apocalypse. He didn't just lose Sam, but he also lost Adam. The fact that Castiel gets destroyed and Bobby has his neck snapped shows he lost completely all the family he has ever known. Many find this is where the show should have ended because Dean understood the true measure of sacrificing for your family. He has sacrificed so much for his family and everyone sacrificed for him because they wanted to give him a normal life. I'm personally fine with the show to keep on going and "carry on" if you will, but I hope when it comes to its end we can see Dean reunited with Mary, John, Bobby, Sam, Adam and Castiel in some way that shows they appreciate Dean and he appreciates them in return.
This is where Erike Kripke had decided it would end. However it was making a lot of money, so new writers took over. I liked season 11. Eve and the leviathan seasons were not terrible either. I didn't like the finale at first but the more I watch it the more I like it.
How supernatural should end after the biggest end game yet (destroy every supernatural thing on the planet). 10 years after the event. Sam: And the brother's saved the world from evil, the end. *Sam tucks his son in and kisses him goodnight* Sam's son: Dad Sam:Yeah buddy? Sam's son: Check under the bed for monsters before you leave. Sam: *chuckles* there's no such thing as monsters. CREDITS
Screen zooms beneath bed, bizarre eyes with malicious intent appear in the darkness, find out next season! -Supernatural. Though I wish it'd have a good ending, I also want it to carry on. Its a good show.
they didn't , this is montage , God didn't show back then , but the voice yeah it was Chuck as he was Carver Edland , the one writing the stories of their lives
Wow the ending of this scene, it's so obvious that Sam came back without a soul. You can see that he's showing no emotion whatsoever....it's obvious, now that I've watched season 6.
I didn't know it at this time when this episode aired as the season 5 finale, but Sam having no soul was one of the things I called prior to it being revealed in season 6 after seeing what he did by letting Dean get turned into a vampire and other reactions or lack of reactions he had in season 6. I was so excited when I found out I was right. I remember some guy in a forum making fun of my theory too. I really liked season 6, though it took a while to get momentum since it was the start of a new chapter in the series. But once it got moving, it was so good. The payoff came in The Man Who Would Be King and you saw how all the pieces they were giving us from the S6 premiere just fell perfectly into place. I love the intro scene of the episode with Cas talking to God where it looks like he's talking to us the viewers. So well done. It wasn't until then that they revealed what he was up to and how he resurrected Samuel for Purgatory research for his partner in crime Crowley. Kudos to those writers.
When we met souless soul in 06X01 I was CONVINCED that it was Lucifer I was constantly thinking that Dean should watch out and Lucifer's gonna do something to him soon... And the more the season continued the more confused I got cause it's obviously not Sam but it's also not Lucifer... So what going on? (Appearantly he was soulless. I didn't think about it)
This is the REAL end of Supernatural as originally (and quite obviously) planned. Dean retires from hunting and reconnects with his old girl to raise Ben (who I STILL firmly believe is his son) while Sam's future is left ambiguous when he springs out of Hell. Far as I'm concerned, 6-15 doesn't exist and I support anyone who agrees...
ah yes because it's very satisfying for one of the main characters to be eternally tortured by the devil at the end of the series yep yep definitely, very good, enjoyable ending
OMG I have just realised that Lisa says "It's okay Dean. It's gonna be okay"... That's what Sam said to Dean when he regained control over his body! Agghhhhhhh!
This finale... THIS FINALE! GOD! IT'S SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! Oh my God Dean's voice when he speaks to Lisa, it makes me cry every time! And then the shock to see 'Sam' standing there as well! This is the best season finale out of them all.
Kripke wrote a complete story of five seasons and they nailed it the end was perfect and that's where it should have stayed. As soon as season 6 started the quality plummeted and now it's so poor I cant even watch it.
I know it’s all subjective but I’m so glad they continued it with season 6. I thought 6 was amazing and a realistic outcome following the events of 5. I think the quality dropped off around the first part of 8 but picked up again for 9 and then after 11 is where I really lost interest. I think that 11 should’ve been the last season
I stopped at the end of Season 8. I wish I didn’t tortured myself through Seasons 6-8. I was hoping it would be dark like the 2000s. Even though Season 5 is 2010. Kind of fitting to end at 2010 for the series. It may be a brand new decade of the last half of Season 5. But it’s also an ending to the 2000s decade as well.
i mean god being a bad guy in the whole story is kinda shit id rather have the empty or the original death be a villain but that aside it was a pretty good cliffhanger i mean god just openning hell for every thing to come out not that bad
Take away those final few seconds with Sam outside the window and you've got yourself the perfect ending to the show. WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T IT END HERE. This legitimately makes me mad that they chose to drag the show on. If they didn't, I'd have regarded it as one of the best shows ever, but the latter seasons (albeit some great moments) drag the whole thing down. It makes the series inconsistent and tacky. The storylines from S1/S4 were all building up to this episode and carried through excellently then, suddenly, S6 onwards and all the things that made the show great were dropped. From big plots like the Sam/Demon storyline to simple things that affect the vibe like losing the gritty colouring (which is big deal imo) Watching the actors age more saddens me, the increased reliance on generic CGI doesn't relate to the grittier CG and practical effects used earlier. In my head - this is where spn ends, then from S6 onwards in 'Supernatural 2': a shittier spinoff that keeps the same actors but made by creators who haven't seen the original show. SMFH, the decision angers me so bad sometimes
+George Teed Agreed...I love this fucking show and will stay with it until the end and some of the stuff that happened in later seasons was cool but honestly the Season 5 ending would have been perfect. Bittersweet, symbolic, and beautiful. It would have been amazing!
+George Teed I'm with you, the show would have been great to end there and part of my thinks they actually thought they originally planned it that way. Season 9 and 10, while decent, are dragging the series out much longer than it should.
I'd agree with you if, during those five seasons, they'd introduce a spin-off. A good one, I mean. The world of hunters and monsters has much more to offer, it would be too soon to close that door after five seasons, but yeah, this was a perfect ending for the brothers, Cas and Bobby.
That was the cutest hug ever... I was like finally cuz dean kept getting fucked up over and over and over in every possible way yet the writers never wrote him being comforted more than a millisecond but finally. This was adorable.... Before I watch season 6, I'm assuming Lisa doesn't last long though. :(
There was nothing more to add for this showrunner, but still potential so they could still give it to another showrunner to do something with the characters.
funny how the director of supernatural made this ending with the hint that chuck disappearing was in fact that he was actually god!!! and of course they made him god in season 11 witch planned it out great I never knew this happen that it was a hint until I rewatch this lol perfect :)
Even though we as fans didn't see it at the time, he was always meant to be God because he was Kripke's avatar in the series and Kripke was the "God"/creator of Supernatural. I remember after this episode aired during the summer break I read about how it was revealed in conventions that Chuck was God and it made sense. I think most people knew once we saw him disappearing like he did that he was God. I did and once the confirmation from Rob Benedict at the conventions came, it was not even a question because I remember debating with people on forums who didn't think he was God.
For me, this is where Supernatural truly ended. Apocalypse was over, Lucifer was defeated not by angels but through human free will, and Dean got a peaceful life he wanted. Dean constantly said that he was "tired" of his job throughout the season 4~5. He really wanted to stop hunting. So he finally stopped and retired in this final episode.
Exactly even if he was out at the end of this scene Dean didn't know that, as he said he had nightmares he drunk too much he found books he didn't leave it alone Sue Me ;)
It's not about peace though. Supernatural was supposed to have a sad ending in season 3 during the initial 3 year plan with Dean remaining in hell for eternity then it got extended and in the 5 season plan Sam was supposed to remain in hell forever. Even though Dean wouldn't have peace had the series ended here, he would have finally gotten out of hunting. It was supposed to sad regarding Sam with him remaining in hell forever and with Dean in knowing his brother was in hell & never having peace even though he finally stopped hunting. When the series does finally end, I bet it will be a sad ending, but one that won't have a fraction of the depth & poignancy that this scene had in Swan Song. The current writers & showrunners have proven how badly they suck & that they have no clue what the hell they're doing as opposed to the series' creator, who knew what his endgame was and his writers under his approval knew how to write the show in a serious way without crappy characters, plots, retcons, etc and instead with characters the viewers could relate to and a direction that made sense. The writing quality of Supernatural started dropping in season 8 when they retconned the way reapers were supposed to be invisible to living humans & again in season 9 when they referred to reapers as angels and it got worse from there. Even when the quality of the writing dipped, the show still had some direction, but that ended ever since they decided to do the Darkness plot, the show has had no direction but shown to have a plot that is random & nonsensical. The way they went from the Mark of Cain in season 10 to the Darkness in season 11 was really stupid and made no sense along with the stupid book of the damned or whatever it's called being written by a random nun instead of being stored on a tablet or some object made by Chuck like every other ancient knowledge. Even the Mark of Cain turning its bearer into a demon was stupid and contradictory to canon, since we were told that a soul becoming a demon is a process that takes a long time and lots of torture.
No just looking at Sam's face I always thought it was Sam and that Cas had bust him out. I kinda always thought in my mind the next scene would have been Sam knocking on the door and happy endings for everyone. . . or not.
Nope, i think this ending implied that God saved Sam from hell because he such a noble and righteous man, there's no way God will left a man like that in hell. For the Lucifer i think God lock him in his cell after Sam sucess trapped him. Both of them can continue lived like a normal people now
I really thought Sam was a spirit who came back to watch Dean one more time when I first saw this. Was pretty bummed when they showed he was actually flesh and bone in S6.
From what I understand - he was originally, and they cut the scene down when they found out they were getting picked up again. Sam was supposed to turn around and walk away, and then disappear in a flash of light like John did in season 2 finale - to show that Chuck had saved him and he was going to heaven.
Well, given that the light above Sam flickered when he showed up, I think he was supposed to be a ghost. Supposedly, God saved Sam's soul from Hell and Sam, as ghost, went to Earth to see Dean one last time before he moves on to Heaven.
the one true ending! much better than the crap they pulled after. I am really sad. I truly believe SPN is the best show of all times - deep and moving BUT only if we take first 5 seasons. Everything after that is just disappointing!!!! A couple of decent episodes and that's it. I hoped for the better but couldn't continue watching after season 9. I am sad they ruined everything!
If the show was being cancelled, and they weren't allowed to make another season, because ratings weren't high. Then yes, this would've been a great ending. But it would've felt sad, and uncompleted. And let's be honest for those of us who still unbearable wait for each next season, what would we have replaced this show with? I realise that a lot of people don't like the show now that it's changed hands, and all these new characters have changed the brotherly routine up, and I know going into season 13, that yes. It maybe has run its course. But I honestly still find humour, and drama and good plot lines, and parts where I need to lie down and cry after an episode. It's still a good show for those of us who have continued to watch it. I just don't get where all the hate comes from, when people say, they should've ended this show here? (I know it was Kripke's original plan of course), but other shows, for example, like Smallville ran the same length of time, as SPN has now and it just kept getting better with each season). It's not always a bad thing, some shows go downhill. But have faith in the actors who say it will end, but not yet. And the writers of SPN who continue to build new stories for us, each year. Yes the show will end, but not until the people running it feel like it's time. I don't think they'd let CW drag it on for money; it's their pride and joy, and Jared and Jensen are honest, down to earth humans. They'd cut it short before it started to get dragged down. :) Sorry for my rambling comments, but it is my favourite show ever. I can't even watch it half the time in the UK because it's always 3 seasons behind, but I see the love for this show all over the world, not just America. It truly is a great show! :)
Albatross21 I only started watching Supernatural back in August and I'm already on season 8! I can't even begin to describe what these characters mean to me and I hate the idea that it would have ended here (though I totally see the bittersweet attraction of it). I can't even start fathoming it ending. I almost wanna be like "Don't go. We need you" 😢😢
It's not hate. People who love this show want to see it end the way it started---brilliantly written. We don't want the show we love twisted & turned and milked for all it's worth only to have a crappy ending or get canceled without an ending. What Kripke did here was by far the most brilliant ending I can think of the show having. The only thing that was unresolved was Sam's appearance and that's only because the ending was changed because there was going to be a season 6. In the original version of Swan Song, Sam was not going to appear and was to remain in hell forever, which is sad, but the boys will never have a happy ending. Even in Kripke's original 3 season plan, the show was going to end with one of the Winchesters in hell forever. In the 3 season plan it was going to be Dean who was to die and end up in hell after his deal, but was going to remain there forever. The only reason it changed was because Kripke wanted to do an angels vs. demons thing, which I think he came up with during the writers' strike that season. I came up with a nice final season plot for this show, but as good as I think it is, it still is not as nice as what Kripke came up with in season 5.
I absolutely loved everything about this episode! Just ... so beautiful! Probably because they intended for it to end at s5 and got renewed at the last minute ... but all the other finale's are really suprirsing and epic and mindblowing. This was that, but moreso, just ... beautiful. And I gotta say, Jensen's acting in this scene ... I cry every time I watch him turn up at Lisa's house like this, it just breaks my heart. This guy SERIOUSLY needs an oscar!
For me all of it is head canon, but this is truly the peak. There are artsier cinematic series out there but when it comes to classic monster of the week series there's nothing like it😌 S01-05 pure gold
I was really happy that he continued because I love this TV show. Nevertheless I hate the end of season 15 and the role of chuck during this season. I find that betrays his role during the season 5 and 11 and that's make me super sad.
After season 15 ending. I will say this, no ending can beat season 5 ending. It is perfect in every way possible. Dean always wanted a brother by his sidr for that he practically goes to any end to do that and over the years he had realized how bad and unhealthy it is. As dean says whatd dead is supposed to stay dead. He finally became mature and he has what he always wanted a family. Yes loosing sam will leave a whole in his heart but this is reality everything is not perfect and happy. And for sam over the years he realized no matter how much he tried he always feel like he causes everything bad and he is the freak. But no in the end he undid everything bad he has ever done and saved the world and proved that he is a hero and not a freak
This would've been awesome if it just ended here. I mean I think the intention was that throughout season five we constantly hear "Michael slays Lucifer, Michaels destiny, Michael will kill Sam.." and at the end that should've been Lucifer. He has a reason to leave Dean alone because Dean was the older brother that took care of Sam (when he sees Sams memories of Dean) It reminds him of his older brother Michael so he leaves him be. I don't like the whole Sams soul stuck in hell and mindless soulless Sam is on earth, doesn't fit the story Eric was going for.
Well Sam was not supposed to be back if they ended it as Kripke wanted. The scene at the end would not have shown Sam because he would've remained in the cage forever with Lucifer, Michael & Adam.
@@wtcvidman which was sadistic. Glad he didn't get his way. First he plans for Dean to be stuck in hell as an ending, then for Sam. What's wrong with him? Lol
@@amberxv4777 Well don't expect something great to happen to them. I think the best ending they can get is both dying and ending up sharing a Heaven with their parents & other loved ones (Bobby, Ellen, Jo, Ash, Pamela, etc). That would be much happier than them being split up with one alive and the other in some alternate realm like the Empty, Purgatory, etc. The series has always had heartbreaking scenes and it was always meant to end with such an ending, so I expect that to happen next season in the series finale.
@@wtcvidman which would be the perfect ending. Them dying together and finding peace in heaven is much better than one of them stuck in hell being tortured forever. In the season 5 ending, Dean would have died eventually and went to heaven but he won't see Sam there because he'd be stuck in hell tortured forever after having saved the world. That would have been cruel and unfair on so many levels.
Sometimes I wish the show had ended here,cause Carver is such a shit show runner and I'm worried how he will end the show. When SPN ends for good, if it be season 10 or later please let Eric write the final cause Carver will no doubt fuck it up. ANYWAY season 5 as one of the best season final's. The worst (for me anyway) is season 7.
I think I read some where that kripke is going to come back for season 10 for a few episodes and I think he's gonna write the final season because carver said kripke has an ending in mind that he wants for the show.
This is what I expect to see in the season finale of ABC's Riverdale... "But hey, after all, we're just best friends all along. What else could possibly go horribly wrong?" (A streetlight near Archie's old house goes out; the camera pans down, revealing the Woman in Black, who slowly walks towards the house and puts down her hood)
I never liked Lisa and Ben for some reason but I have to admit that this scene is so sweet and we can all tell Dean is hurt and for once looking for his apple pie life in a way
Been a og supernatural fan since the pilot premiered and when i show my kids this show one day this is the ending, just like kripke intended none of that other bullshit
I just loved every bit of this episode.What a season finale!! just waiting for season 6 to start in this part of the world.I lost the biggest reason to watch TV tonight.hope SPN never ends...........
Ill never forget when I made my sister-in-law watch this with me and we got to the very end when the light goes out and we see Sam's face. She sat straight up and her exact words were: "YO!!! IM SORRY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE???"
I sobbed like a freaking baby for straight 20 minutes after this, atop my bed, my heart aching and my soul feeling like it was being torn to a million, fragile pieces of ice. Indeed, it would have been the perfect episode for a series finale. I felt it. We all did I think. That is why I trust the writers to deliver an equally, and perhaps greater, ending when the series truly end. Season 5 will always remain as the best season. No doubt. But... I expect. Call me a fool but I do.
Please do notify me if anyone knows what the name of this song is. I know some parts of Americana is in it, and therefor wonder if this is another version? Yet I have not succeded finding the actual piece. (Wants the "only piano" version)
I feel like all shows at some point when in a similar situation should end like this in a season, episode or the series. Ratings would sky-rocket afterwards. For example: Miraculous Ladybug, Lucifer, Star vs. The Forces of Evil, Criminal Minds (maybe), etc. It’d be nostalgic. Then the character comes back and everyone is thrilled and it ends in a happily ever after vibe.
So conflicted. I love the season 1 through 5 story. With this originally intended to be the series ending. Perfect. But, I love so many other moments from the show beyond this point. Soulless Sam, Castiel & The Leviathans. Bobby’s death, Benny, the Angels falling from Heaven, Demon Dean, and especially, ESPECIALLY, Dean & Sam reuniting in heaven. Honestly. This show definitely ran on too long, but I’m glad we got more than just the first 5 seasons.
This would have been an epic ending and I loved it and it broke my heart but it was so well written. I haven’t really watched the show in a really long time but I’m glad it continued. I’m glad that at least Sam and Dean are still alive and that they’re living their lives out in the Supernatural universe. I always kinda took this season as the true finale but I’m glad it continued
The show was supposed to end after this episode in 2010. And now here we are many years later; and it's still going and God knows when it will end. Honestly though, if the show had ended after "Swan Song", then would have been fine. Hell, if it had ended after season 5 as Eric Kripke had planned, then it would have gone off on a decent note. That season was anything spectacular, but sadly the show wasn't stale yet. All in all, I like the ending and as much as I love 'Supernatural', I really want the show to end.
Same here. The only season I liked entirely after 5 was season 6, though it took a while to gain momentum with the start of a new chapter, but once it got going it was really good and the caliber of the writing was still top notch. Kripke even wrote the finale of that season. But after that they started doing things I didn't like, such as the introduction of that Charlie character who I can't stand (I despise Mary Sue characters with a passion plus a character like that does not fit in this series with the serious tone it had under Kripke). I was fine with Bobby dying even though he was by far the best supporting character and had the best chemistry with the Winchesters, but I did not like who they started replacing him with. I also hated the dilution of the term hunter and how from season 7+ anyone was seen becoming a hunter (like that Krissy, Claire, and those other "hunter kids") when those same characters under Kripke would be victims of demon/monster attacks in the opening scene of an episode. Then there's the dilution of demons, angels, and big time characters like Lucifer, Death, etc. Then season 8 started with the retconning of reapers being visible to normal living humans, season 9 retconned reapers into angels (which if anyone saw Death Takes A Holiday is downright stupid, contradictory and ridiculous), and we got all kinds of stupid things like: 1) the Mark of Cain instantly turning its bearer into a demon which would take a lot of torture to do; 2) the creation/addition of Amara/the Darkness, who was pointless and whose role just intruded on Death's role in the series; and 3) the horrible writing of season 13 where they pulled off more retcons like saying Gabriel never died, saying Heaven runs on the power of angels when in season 5 it was the reverse as seen with Castiel & Anna as they got their powers cut off from Heaven, the retconning of Naomi being alive when clearly she was dead and there was no way Metatron would've let her survive in his mindset at the time, not to mention that if she did somehow survive what he did to her, she would have surely died in the fall that killed angels at full strength like Ezekiel who didn't get drilled like she did, etc. And we also got some shit plots like season 9's plot, which was a boring version of what happened in season 6, and season 12's British Men of Letters plot. I liked most of season 13's plot, but I despised everything with Gabriel because I hate when writers cannibalize awesome writing & scenes of the past with stupid retcons just to create future drama with a dead character. The drama created by a retcon is cheap and the way he died for pretty much the same reason again in season 13 as he did in season 5 is a slap in the face and an insult to Kripke, who intended Gabriel to die in Hammer of the Gods. It is especially unforgivable in a show like Supernatural that has so many ways to bring back dead characters without having to contradict previous writing & scenes by going the "he/she never died" route. I mean, they just finally showed the Big Empty where angels & demons and who knows what else go when they die earlier that season, why couldn't they have him break out or get smuggled out of there? If there's any character they should use the "never died" trick with, it's Death considering how stupid and anticlimactic his death was and how he would've seen Dean using his scythe on him a mile away.
Tens years later and they will finally end the series let’s hope the new final scene of S15 is on par or at least better then what we were suppose to have.
I bought a couple of Supernatural novels the other day and one takes place between this finalie and season 6. I think it said around 3 months after Sam goes to Hell. Dean gets the idea to use a very dark and evil spellbook called the Necronomicon to raise and control Lucifer in an attempt to bring Sam back. He takes Lisa and Ben to Salem to search for a copy and a witch powerful enough to use it trailed secretly by Samuel and Sam who are tipped off by Crowley.
i remember ever since season one of supernatural that sam always got the bad end of the stick. He was lied to,abadon, never rely got to know his dad. Even had a really messed up childhood. And Dean was always the legs of the table. The strength he could always take more than sam. when you look at sam you see a baby kind of. not in a bad way but hes the little brother. That episode was so sad when sam and dean saw there mom again(i think there were in abyss) but she ws so focused on Dean!poor sam
