‘Supernatural’ Season 15, Episode 20 Series Finale “Carry On” – Nerds and Beyond

“Nothing ever actually ends, does it?” – Chuck Shurley

Thursday evening was it, the end result of 15 years. 15 years of tales. 15 years of characters we’ve watched develop onscreen, and the actors we’ve watched develop off display. Let’s dive into what occurred in the long run for our Winchester brothers. As one other small notice, as this was the finale of a present we’ve all come to like, there can be extra private opinions concerning the ending than our standard recaps.

WARNING: There can be spoilers beneath!

Followers went into the finale nearly blind, after promo movies have been obscure on what would occur – which solely made followers extra on edge. In the beginning of the episode, we see what life is like for The Winchesters, after the lack of Cas, defeating Chuck, and Jack taking on as the brand new God.

We begin off the episode by seeing Sam and Dean doing mundane issues: washing garments, Sam going for a run, cooking, making their beds, and the return of one among our favourite characters from the final episode… Miracle the canine! It was fascinating and enjoyable to see what Sam and Dean would do with a little bit of a secular life, nevertheless it wasn’t lengthy earlier than they have been transferring on, as Dean says, “I acquired one thing.”

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Whereas all of us suppose they’re most likely off to their subsequent hunt, the Impala pulls as much as… a Pie Pageant in Akron, Ohio, as Dean says, “It’s my future.” Because the boys get pie and begin to devour it, Sam says he needs Cas and Jack have been there with them. Dean agrees, however that, “that ache isn’t going to go away. If we don’t maintain dwelling, then all of that sacrifice can be for nothing.” In a transfer that appears extra Jared than Sam, Sam smushes a pie in Dean’s face, saying he’s wished to try this for a very long time, earlier than the 2 snort and revel in their pie.

Subsequent, we test in on a household that we briefly noticed on the Pie Pageant, because the Dad solutions the door earlier than being stabbed by some masked intruders. The mom tells their two youngsters to run, as we see the youngsters run up the steps and conceal below a mattress because the mother screams. Lastly, the 2 boys are dragged out from beneath the mattress.

Dean and Sam present as much as the scene the following morning as Brokers Singer and Kripke, a throwback to creator Eric Kripke and the director of the episode and long-time producer Robert Singer. Dean tells Sam that he acknowledges the masked face, referencing John’s journal, and calls them “Evil Mimes. Vamp Mimes.” The 2 journey to Canton, Ohio to try to discover the nest, as Sam and Dean take down just a few of the masked vampires at a home. Leaving one alive, they interrogate him and ask the place the youngsters are. The vampire tells them the youngsters aren’t useless, they’re with the nest they usually elevate them up, as a result of “they don’t do quick meals.”

Sam and Dean arrive at a barn subsequent, the place they discover the nest. The boys get out and go to the trunk of the automobile (the place there’s a trenchcoat?!) to get their weapons. As they enter the barn, they’re confronted by extra masked vampires they usually open a door to seek out the youngsters that have been kidnapped, as they inform them to run. Sam and Dean begin combating the vampires, however after killing two, Sam is knocked out and Dean is overpowered. In walks a well-known face to Dean – Jenny from Season 1. Dean distracts her earlier than Sam will get again up and decapitates her. Fights ensue with the 2 remaining vampires, earlier than Sam decapitates one other vampire, and the final remaining one throws Dean in opposition to a pole the place a chunk of rebar is protruding, successfully impaling Dean.

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“Sam, I don’t suppose I’m going wherever.”

Sam feels Dean’s again and he pulls his hand away with blood, and at first, we as an viewers are simply considering that is one other one of many issues that Sam and Dean stroll away from – that they’ll be high quality. Nonetheless, because the scene progresses, we understand we’re very, very improper. Dean asks Sam to stick with him, as Dean begins talking like he’s not going to make it out.

“You knew it was at all times going to finish like this for me… saving folks, searching issues, it’s what we do. It’s okay.”

Dean and Sam’s eyes fill with tears, as Dean tells Sam how happy with him he’s, speaking about their dad, and telling Sam that it’s at all times been him and Dean. Sam begs Dean, “Don’t depart me. I can’t do that alone.” On this seven-minute scene, it rips your coronary heart out as Dean tells Sam that he loves him, “his child brother.” Dean begs Sam to inform him it’s okay to go, and choking again tears, Sam tells him it’s okay, as we see Dean succumb to his accidents as Sam clings to his brother. If one factor’s for positive, Jensen and Jared completely kill it on this scene. I’m positive the feelings and the load of it being the final episode added to their performances, nevertheless it’s probably the most heart-wrenching scenes in your complete 15-years of the collection.

Like a real hunter, we see Sam giving Dean a hunter’s funeral, and he’s joined by Miracle. (We’d wish to assume that there’d be extra folks there if it weren’t for COVID limiting visitor stars). What follows the funeral is a tragic montage of Sam going by means of the fast aftermath with out Dean, beginning with waking up within the bunker, making breakfast alone and sitting on the desk with Miracle. Sam peeks into Dean’s room earlier than going to sit down down by his mattress, crying once more. It’s heartbreaking seeing Sam undergo the motions with out Dean. As he’s in Dean’s room, a telephone buzzes from inside Dean’s desk, and Sam solutions. A voice asks him if he’s Agent Bon Jovi, and that Sheriff Donna stated he’d be the individual to name as a result of just a few our bodies turned up with out hearts. Sam tearfully says he’s on his method, as he and Miracle have a look across the bunker earlier than Sam turns off all of the lights; our final full have a look at the place Sam, Dean, Castiel, and Jack have referred to as dwelling for years. Seeing all the lights exit on the bunker caused a finality to a spot followers have come to so desperately love.

After we see Dean once more, he’s now in Heaven, the place Bobby greets him. Bobby explains to Dean how Heaven’s modified; how Jack made adjustments and tore down all of the partitions so with Heaven, everybody’s glad and everybody’s collectively. Rufus lives about 5 miles down the street, and Mary and John have a spot close by.

“It ain’t simply Heaven, Dean. It’s the Heaven you deserve.”

Bobby provides Dean a beer, as Bobby additionally tells Dean that “Cas helped,” which, in our eyes, means Cas is out of the Empty that he sacrificed himself to in episode 18, and crafted Heaven because it at all times ought to have been with Jack. After a pause, Bobby tells Dean, “he’ll be alongside,” referring to Sam, and that point in Heaven strikes totally different. As Bobby asks Dean what he’s going to do now, Child seems (with the unique Kansas license plates!) as Dean says he’s going to go for a drive.

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As Dean will get into Child, we hear the beginning of that basic Kansas tune that grew to become the anthem of the present, “Carry On Wayward Son,” as Dean acknowledges it saying, “I really like this music.”

As the enduring music performs, subsequent, we see Sam all through his life; he has a baby he named Dean, taking part in ball together with his son as his spouse seemed on (though we don’t discover out his spouse.. is it Eileen, or is it somebody new?), a have a look at his home with photographs of him and Dean together with his mother and father as Sam helps his son with homework, earlier than we transfer to a a lot older Sam as he reveals Child in his storage, getting in. Sam clutches the automobile’s steering wheel, closing his eyes and crying. Within the final scene of this montage with Sam, we see Sam mendacity in a hospital mattress in his home as we see his son are available with the anti-possession image tattooed on his forearm. In a parallel from earlier within the episode with Sam and Dean, his son tells Sam it’s okay and he can go now, as a canopy of “Carry On Wayward Son” by Neoni performs and the digital camera pans down to indicate that Sam had been carrying Dean’s watch, earlier than we see Sam die.

Because the music swells, we see Dean within the Impala come to a halt on a bridge throughout his drive as he will get out. As Dean appears out into the mountains, he stops, smiles, and says, “Hey, Sammy.” He turns round, and sees Sam standing there in Heaven with him as the 2 hug, earlier than the digital camera pans away from the brothers as they appear out into the mountains collectively, in peace eventually.

There’s lots to unpack on this episode. We’re not blind to the truth that many individuals preferred it, whereas many individuals additionally had different legitimate issues concerning the finale – it’s laborious with a present that’s the longest operating style present to make everybody glad. Total, I personally preferred the episode.

There have been just a few issues I had questions on, akin to why was the primary half a type of “Monster of the Week” episode? Maybe the writers wished to present followers a little bit of the outdated Supernatural again and remind why followers fell in love with it within the first place. It additionally appears a bit misplaced to have Dean die so early and rapidly, particularly after all the issues they’ve been by means of. Nonetheless, like I said above, the scene wherein is occurred was extremely lovely and really, I consider, one of the best performances we’ve seen out of Padalecki and Ackles your complete 15-year run. As Dean says, he at all times knew it could find yourself like this; I simply suppose it was a bit tragic that after 15 years, after getting their precise “free will” again in episode 19, that is how Dean died.

Relating to Sam’s life after Dean, I want we acquired to see extra; was it Eileen that Sam was married to? Was it somebody new? I want writers would have clarified, as Eileen and Sam have been talked about fairly a bit in the direction of the again half of the season. It was actually touching to see that Sam named his youngster Dean. It was a candy, sentimental contact, in addition to seeing that he stored Child all these years as effectively. I want we additionally would have recognized what occurred with Sam’s son – we see the tattoo, however did he be part of “the household enterprise” in a roundabout way?

On Dean’s facet, it was actually nice to see Bobby greet Dean in Heaven, as Bobby was such an influential character to Sam and Dean. So far as Castiel, it was good to know that he acquired out of the empty, however we now have a tough time believing that he wouldn’t have been in Heaven with Dean, and later, Sam. Though we all know COVID made issues actually laborious, I want there was extra of a point out of the place Castiel was.

On the finish of the day, although, I liked that they each appeared to have peace; Dean was at peace in Heaven figuring out Cas was okay and helped rebuild Heaven with Jack, Bobby was okay, his mother and father have been okay… and that Sam can be alongside quickly. Identical with Sam; he had a protracted life full of affection and when he acquired to Heaven, he was reunited together with his brother. There actually was peace once they have been executed. I believe it was an exquisite tribute to characters we’ve liked and watched develop for 15 years.

“Stick with it my wayward son, there’ll be peace when you find yourself executed..”