I have always wondered whether someone on the writing staff hates Jared
The seminal storyline of Supernatural is always the relationship between Sam and Dean Winchester. Sam was the flawed hero but not to the point where you hated him. Sam’s flaws are what made Supernatural what it is. Sam’s arcs drove the story of Supernatural forward. Right until season 7. His flaws could be explained in canon. His defiance in the earlier season could be the product of him being infected with demon blood as a baby and that could be the reason why he imbibed demon blood. Losing Dean also messed him up terribly. Kudos to Jared Padalecki playing a mourning Sam so well. Soulless Sam wasn’t his fault at all. It was Castiel’s fault. He can’t be blamed for that.
The change came in season 8. Sera Gamble was the showrunner for season 6 and 7, and despite the fact that this fandom complains about everyone and everything, I think Sera did a very good job with the story for those two years despite the fact that Kripke had ended his tenure, in a very awkward place Despite having a soft spot for Sam, she gave both brothers equal billing in the story. However, Bob Singer meddled in her work, overriding her rules. The one thing I think she was trying to do was get rid of Castiel, because his Q score was horrific. She even managed it, but apparently Bob Singer overrode her decision and brought him back. He interfered so much that at the end of season 7, she resigned. Singer got his wife, Eugenie Ross-Leming and her writing partner, Brad Bucker, on the writing team in season 7. At that point, Eugenie didn’t have power. In season 8 she became a consulting producer [in other words, she had power], then in season 9 she became co-executive producer and in season 12 she became executive producer. So many yearly promotions? Talk about nepotism.
As soon as Eugenie had power in her hands, the writers started to write Sam in such a hateful manner that it baffled me. Complete character assassination. The first thing was Purgatory in season 8. Sam didn’t bother looking for Dean in Purgatory and switched off his phone so this child who needed him was completely stranded and at risk. That is not Sam. Interestingly, they put all of these criticisms in Dean’s mouth. Its like they were trying to make us hate Sam. The aftermath of Gadreel’s storyline was the worst. Sam berates Dean for allowing Gadreel to possess Sam. Dean says that “You were dying. If you were in my place, you would have done the same thing.’‘ to which Sam very coldly and flippantly says ’'no I would not”.
For a split second, my anger skyrocketed. That little ingrate! After everything his brother did for him! When I calmed down and actually thought rationally, I realized that something is afoot. First, someone is trying to destroy Sam’s popularity. Then they are saddling him with a girlfriend. Then she left because of fan disapproval, and they saddled him with another deaf mute girl to ratchet up the sympathy levels. That didn’t make sense for Sam. Sam would never do that, because the last girl he loved, incinerated on the ceiling. It is selfish to bring these girls into his life. That didn’t work and eventually I think Jared got to them. Because Sam backtracks spectacularly a few episodes later because when Dean asked Sam why Sam isn’t just letting him die, Sam says “I didn’t mean it.’' That line is deux ex machina and gives me the impression that Jared picked up the phone and tore the writing team apart.
Jack is Sammy’s little miracle. The minute the boy was born, he latched onto Sam. This is the first character [other than Dean] that Sam has any natural chemistry with. And throughout Jack’s story thus far, Sam has been significant. Not Dean. Not Cas. Just Sam. This, according to Alex Calvert himself, and fans who watch the show with no agenda. Jack did for Sam, what Sam did for Dean. Dean is a character that is very easy for some people to hate [please understand that I am not speaking for everyone, just some of the viewers]. He is an arrogant, rude fornicator who is selfish if you think about it. His relationship and dedication to Sam is what softens him up and makes him likeable. Sam is, as aforementioned, a flawed hero. Everything that Sam did in previous seasons [that angered us], washed away when we watched him grow to care for this boy. Sam was so gentle and nurturing and caring to Jack, that it put a smile on everyone’s face and we became enamored with this beautiful relationship.
Slowly that is starting to get erased. Dean is bonding with Jack, which I didn’t mind. But it was at the expense of elbowing Sam out of the way. I took great offense to the fact that when Jack came back to life, Dean hugged the boy and Sam didn’t. Why? It makes no sense. Your child comes back from the dead and you pat his shoulder. Nope! Some person in the creative team hates Jared. And I think that person is Bob Singer. From season 12 onwards, Singer has been a co-showrunner, sharing the task with Andrew Dabb. This guy is such a weasel that he always uses Dabb as his front man and never steps forward to claim responsibility for the train wreck that Supernatural is becoming. So everybody hates Dabb but only the smart ones point a finger at Singer. The reason Castiel is still on the show, we have the stupid spin off and the brother’s importance is diminishing is because of this nasty man.
I wish Jensen and Jared will open their eyes, and realize that this show is their baby. They need to clean house and get rid of a lot of leeches. Heck, bring Sera Gamble back. Bring back Ben Edlund who left the minute Eugenie got promoted. Coincidence? Seems unlikely. So many of the nice writers are gone and Bob Singer is holding the reins of Supernatural, letting Misha Collins run amok and making the Winchester boys [as well as the actors that play them], second class citizens on their own show.
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