SPN Series Finale: First Watch
Well, the tears haven’t dried yet, as I am writing this and the first gush of emotions are often the most honest and unfiltered and raw, so those are all the things this post will be, I just hope I can be coherent enough to piece all of my first impressions of the finale in here.
I will, obviously, watch it again. Maybe I will start from season 1 and re-watch all of it again. I will be nitpicky then and I will be unhappy with some things maybe but for now, I hurt in the most wonderful way, if that makes sense, as I just finished with the finale. ‘Supernatural’ has been such a gigantic part of my life for so many years now and I feel so grateful for that one friend who introduced me to these two boys, all those years ago. To be honest, I have felt let down by the writers several times in the past seasons but there are so many things I love about this finale and I am eternally grateful for them. Onto the good things…
To begin with, I adore adore adore Sam so much, too much sometimes. I feel protective of him and I look up to him and I was so glad that the show gave him the life that he had always thought he wanted, the life that his mother had wanted him to have, the life that Dean wanted him to have. Am I sorry about Dean dying and them not ending up in some cosy senior citizens home together, like they had once planned to? Yes. But I am happy that Sam will have one less regret when he finally passed on. He tried the 'normal’ which had kept slipping through his fingers. And I am happy that Dean got the usual, regular hunter’s death. Hunters die in freakish mishaps; it need not always be an apocalypse- averting death. Dean died trying to save people and to hunt things. It is very much a glorious and honourable death, especially without Chuck’s puppet mastery at play. Of course, I still bawled my eyes out and I will bawl my eyes out every time I watch this final death of Dean Winchester because, guess what, I adore him too, so much, too much sometimes. And when that blasted metal spike went through his chest, I knew this was it and I felt like raging because why would you separate the two of them? But the love, the sheer love between these two characters- I don’t think I can ever encompass in words the magnitude of what these two share between them- in this scene! 'Supernatural’ is nothing but a celebration of this violent, bloody, messy, powerful, pure, true Love between the two Winchester brothers. Dean has proved, over and over again, in his narrative, to be the lead-commander of the League of Sam Winchester Admirers, has he not? So he says he’s proud and he says he loves Sam so much and he asks Sam to stay with him and he knows he will be in Sam’s heart everyday for as long as they stay apart, because obviously they would meet again.
And the scenes in Dean’s heaven are some of the most beautiful things this show has ever given us, IMO. When he shares a beer with Bobby and declares that this is almost perfect and Bobby just knows why it’s not perfect. “He’ll be along.” Bobby says and you know Dean’s peace of mind is yet to come. I loved the montage of Dean driving and Sam living out his life- the two of them hurtling, rushing closer and closer to one another. Time works differently in heaven and I’d like to think that Dean was separated from Sam for just about the time it took for him to take a long, leisurely drive with Baby. So they meet on that bridge. Had I wanted a final 'jerk/bitch’ exchange? Nah. It was perfect. I already knew what was in store for the two of them. They would admire the view from the bridge and they would go back to their place. Sam would make breakfast and Dean would be a slob. Sam would kick the washing machine and Dean would be elbows- deep in soap suds at the sink. Some days, they would visit friends and family and some days it would be just the two of them. Together. Forever. At peace.
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Admin Kathy: TDatta! I’m so happy to see you again. I’m so happy to see MIA fangirls return for the finale and sharing and basking in the afterglow of a beautiful finale. Thank for remembering us when you share your thoughts and passion for Supernatural.