Hereās my take on the ending:
Since the start, Sam was supposed to be the Main Characterā¢ļø , but since Jensen created Dean in such a beloved way, and later Misha did the same with Cas, the writers were forced to give them more attention. Jared was always displayed first in the credits, and Misha wasnāt considered a main character until like season 9 or something, so its clear who the showrunners prioritized. When Cas was killed off in season 7 the showās ratings dropped by an outstanding number, so the writers scrambled to write him back into the script. Misha/Cas AND Jensen/Dean always had the hearts of fans, and the writers and creators didnāt like that because Sam was suppose to be The Guy.
Thereās no way Misha ādo whatās right even if itās against the law, death to normalcyā Collins actually liked the way this ended. The fact that the cast never really gave Misha a proper send off, at least not publicly, like they did with every other character on their last day, is suspicious. Maybe there was supposed to be another Cas scene but Misha got into a fight with the writers. Who knows. I wouldnāt be surprised. That could explain why the episode is so significantly shorter than usual. And Jensen a said there was a cut scene from 15x18 that he didnāt know was cut until the episode aired. So itās totally reasonable to think that a Cas scene was cut from the finale, possibly due to a dispute. Misha is clearly the most bold and imo its because he knows he doesnāt get paid enough to let the writers shut him up and knows that he canāt get fired because the show will go under if heās killed off (ex: season 7 crisis) so heās ranted about the showās faults many times in conventions and thank god for that.
I was sort of shocked when I first found out that Sam was written to be the head honcho but it makes sense if you watch the early seasons because Sam is the one with the actual explained backstory, the ārebellious sonā, the one who gets psychic powers, became soulless first, etc. Later, since people leaned towards Dean more, he got more elaborate plot lines, like the Mark Of Cain/Demon!Dean, the purgatory thing, and the whole Amara thing. And since people ADORED Misha/Castiel, they gave him soooo many story lines that werenāt the main ones but still were fantastic. They literally made Castiel God, he fell from Heaven and became human, and Cas was ultimately involved in a lot of turning points in the show. In my opinion Castiel is the most complex main character, and Iām not surprised that Buckleming and Dabb couldnāt handle him. Dean was supposed to be basic, but Jensen basically said āfuck youā to the scripts and used his acting skills to add depth to the character, and for that I literally cannot be more grateful for Jensen Ackles. Misha did the same thing but in a different way.
Andrew Dabb has repeatedly expressed his dislike for both Jensen and Misha. Jensen and Misha took the characters and made them their own, into something the fans LOVE, and that pissed off the writers because Sam was supposed to be the most beloved one and the complex one, Castiel was supposed to be a temporary character and Dean was supposed to be the dumb goofy one, and honestly I think itās all just a control thing. The writers had no control over Misha and Jensen. Which honestly? Is the plot line for Chuck. To paraphrase, Chuck basically said, āin all the other worlds, you did what you were supposed to do. In every other universe you played by my rules. But not you.ā That was Chuckās whole thing. ESPECIALLY about Castiel. Chuck said, about Castiel, āYou know what every other version of you did after āgripping him tight and raising him from perdition?ā They did what they were told. But not you. Not the āone off the line with a crack in his chassis.ā All of you. You know, I tried and I tried and I tried, but you're all just too stupid, too stubborn. Too broken. You know what? I'm over it. I'm over you.ā This is literally the writers reflecting their true selves. Chuck is literally them in every way. They made Chuck a writer in the beginning, and later revealed that heās God, so......honestly, this last season was literally just the writers spewing their feelings onto the scripts.
(Iām not saying Jared didnāt put any effort into Sam, Iām just saying that the writers always viewed Sam as the main man so they probably liked him the most and seeing the others get more attention from fans was probably annoying. Sam is also a complex character, but he was always written to be that way. Dean was not supposed to be so complex, and Castiel CERTAINLY was not supposed to matter as much as he does. I love Sam, but this is what I think the writers/showrunners were thinking when they decided to screw over Jensen and Misha/Dean and Cas.)
(Also Iām not an expert but I think this is a pretty solid theory)
TL;DR: The writers (specifically, Dabb) didnāt like Jensen and Misha because they couldnāt be controlled and rose above Sam in many cases, and they used Chuck as a way to reflect that, and used the finale to basically send a big āfuck youā to Jensen and Misha.
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