tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post244480961590300126..comments2024-03-28T23:03:57.917-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Supernatural: Carry OnBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-62151175500722906462023-11-28T03:29:43.832-05:002023-11-28T03:29:43.832-05:00Tears.....Tears.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-11910818211524698472022-02-26T13:32:43.669-05:002022-02-26T13:32:43.669-05:00OK, I've finally caught up now and watched the...OK, I've finally caught up now and watched the finale today. Such a fitting ending to the series. Dean was never going to be happy with anything else and Sam would never have had a family or normal life if Dean was still there to need him. I would have cried but I'm far too macho for that. Well maybe a single man tear... Who am I kidding ������<br />Amazing review as always Billie, a joy to read.A Nonny Mousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-35410710661583424782021-11-29T04:56:49.507-05:002021-11-29T04:56:49.507-05:00Very late to the party, so I'm betting the com...Very late to the party, so I'm betting the commenters here are probably already aware ... however, I think I read somewhere that this episode was meant to be five years after Chuck was defeated, so there could potentially be all sorts of things they could do with specials / one-offs in the future if they wanted to.<br /><br />I'm also fairly sure I read somewhere that Jared confirmed that the woman shown as his wife was not Eileen, which seems like an odd choice ... even if the pandemic prevented it in practice, you'd have thought (assuming Jack reversed Chuck's deletion) that Eileen and Sam would've at least given their relationship I try ... I suppose maybe they did, but it didn't work out ...<br /><br />The whole Dean death-by-spike thing ... I could see this from both sides: after being resurrected multiple times, surviving vampirism and becoming a Knight of Hell, killing Death, overcoming possession by Michael, defeating Lucifer, humanising (sort of) The Darkness and even beating God himself, Dean meets his end at last at the hands of a random run-of-the-mill vampire; however, it also goes to prove that, no matter how special, the heroes of the story are only human after all, and their achievements that much more impressive as a result. <br /><br />If I had a criticism, it'd be that I suspect the fandom would've been prepared to wait as long as it took, pandemic restrictions notwithstanding, to see the ending as it was originally meant to be. At least for Cas ... if Jack pulled him out of The Empty and had his help in remaking Heaven, and given his admission of feelings for Dean, does anyone believe for a moment that he *wouldn't* have been there to greet him when he arrived ... ?<br /><br />Just my thoughts :) The episode was still really good, and even now is hard to watch, but still was a good ending (at least for now :)) for our favourite charactersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-48984229531574553122021-08-28T17:05:12.989-04:002021-08-28T17:05:12.989-04:00Have finally caught up, after having been trapped ...Have finally caught up, after having been trapped by the pandemic in a part of the world where it was not showing. Both boys got their satisfactory ends, which was satisfying, and I liked how they both needed to hear it was OK when it was their time to die.<br /><br />As one of the older folk contributing to this site, I really liked Padalecki with gray hair.<br /><br />Well done, Billie; thanks for guiding me and so many throughout 15 years.Victoria Grossackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808023266088914173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-87682667332771972742021-08-22T23:03:35.351-04:002021-08-22T23:03:35.351-04:00I re-watched the whole series this summer, and the...I re-watched the whole series this summer, and then caught up and got to the end. I have to say, I loved it. I feel like the "answer" to the question of the finale was always in the recaps' song..."Carry on, my wayward son...there'll be peace when you are done..." I actually can't see them ending it any other way. They were done and they got their peace - together, and with all their loved ones. I hope we all get the same when it's our time. <br />Billie, THANK YOU for the reviews. Along with re-watching, I read all your reviews as I went along. They added so much to my viewing pleasure. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-64012690116206214192021-06-17T16:16:33.393-04:002021-06-17T16:16:33.393-04:00katrina a gotika, you're very welcome!katrina a gotika, you're very welcome!Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-56294916333442460262021-06-17T16:09:01.407-04:002021-06-17T16:09:01.407-04:00Billie, thank you very much for your insightful re...Billie, thank you very much for your insightful reviews. I discovered them late but haven’t lost a single one ever since. Again, thank you!katrina a gotikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265407871970377999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-45465807581032130432021-06-14T05:31:04.804-04:002021-06-14T05:31:04.804-04:00I enjoyed the episode. I also disagree with the pe...I enjoyed the episode. I also disagree with the people saying that it was unrealistic that Dean would die to ordinary vampires. Pretty much any enemy they fought they were always being thrown all over the place and it was just dumb luck (aka plot armor) that they never ended up in that situation beforehand. Dean had always said he'd die a warrior's death and that was definitely it. I'd also call the ending a happy ending. Sure they weren't alive anymore but they were together in new and improved Heaven 2.0 along with everyone they loved. It would've been nice if we could've seen more than just Bobby there but I assume that's down to Covid restrictions keeping them from having more people waiting to greet them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-76438059736076750842021-03-29T16:23:49.763-04:002021-03-29T16:23:49.763-04:00I loved the finale, it was as close as perfect as ...I loved the finale, it was as close as perfect as it can be! The full circle the show starting with baby Sam assaulted in his crib before his house burned down and ending with old Sam passing away peacefully in his bed with his son by his side in a house full of happy memories.<br /><br />The best part is the finale helped the whole of Supernatural by making it better when know how it all ends up. Enilinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033123096147192072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-55949953910530679962021-02-21T17:26:08.687-05:002021-02-21T17:26:08.687-05:00Super late to the party, but I finally finished th...Super late to the party, but I finally finished the series. Billie, as always I enjoyed reading your reviews as I worked through it. I'm still processing whatI I've just watched but I think when the dust settles I'll feel the same as you did. Thanks for covering a whole 15 years worth of this show. I'll miss it.Pandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278058860653997977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-43172389428670242422021-01-02T15:11:14.693-05:002021-01-02T15:11:14.693-05:00I thought it was a fitting enough conclusion. End...I thought it was a fitting enough conclusion. Endings are hard, and it made sense for Dean to die the way he always expected he would...and for Sam to be able to carry on. I gasped when I realized they were going into a vampire nest because it recalled the awful future Chuck showed Sam where they got turned into vampires and Jody Apocalypse-world Bobby had to put them down, but fortunately they didn't send us down that path. <br /><br />But as much as I love the song Brothers in Arms, I thought it was a peculiar choice here, as it's a song about the futility of war, not a heroic death. The "brothers in arms" from the song's perspective include those on the opposing side, like the vampires Dean died fighting.magrittenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-30120147923752514242020-11-29T17:00:14.281-05:002020-11-29T17:00:14.281-05:004th try to post this comment. Not sure what's...4th try to post this comment. Not sure what's going on.<br /><br />Anyway, Billie, thank you so much for 15 years of reviews/recaps, analysis/opinion, special posts, and your overall love for this show. I started watching, as I recall, in Season 4. I caught up on Seasons 1-3 via however I managed to stream them at the time and have been watching with you ever since. As with just about every other show I watch, your write-ups are the first ones I read after an episode (and often before…I am known to read the end of a book before I start…).<br /><br />For a show that had run for so long, and with a smallish but fervent fan base, I thought the tone and focus of the finale was just right. Its always been about the brothers and their relationship. Hitting us with emotional moments rather than story moments (if that makes sense) felt right to me. I’m not always necessarily looking for a “happy” ending, I just want an appropriate ending that’ll give me some closure. This did that for me. <br /><br />I'll be grieving the loss of these characters for quite some time.<br /><br />-Sooze<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-3932933338681150392020-11-28T16:56:21.636-05:002020-11-28T16:56:21.636-05:00I really enjoyed the finale and to see both brothe...I really enjoyed the finale and to see both brothers at peace by the end, was fitting. "There'll be peace when you are done" indeed.<br /><br />Thank you for your amazing recaps Billie, I've been reading them for several seasons and it was part of my post-episode routine. To recap for 15 seasons is no easy feat! GlimmerinGoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772394782803391386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-21021979029483010972020-11-22T18:02:10.321-05:002020-11-22T18:02:10.321-05:00Thank you all, so much. I've been reading and ...Thank you all, so much. I've been reading and enjoying every comment, and I appreciate it all, very much.<br /><br />I just remembered which photo I chose for the bottom of the <i>Supernatural</i> show page several years ago. It's from "The Dark Side of the Moon." Pretty much perfect.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.douxreviews.com/2000/01/supernatural.html#cast" rel="nofollow">https://www.douxreviews.com/2000/01/supernatural.html#cast</a><br /><br /> Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-62716607147825819502020-11-22T16:31:06.294-05:002020-11-22T16:31:06.294-05:00Thank you. for the 15 years, Billie... magnificent...Thank you. for the 15 years, Billie... magnificent job. In terms of the finale... if ever there was a show that deserved our acceptance of what they wanted to do with the finale... it's Supernatural. This show created a world, the Winchesters, a mythology... so fantastic and so aware and with such respect for the fans... whatever they did would have been OK with me. They created something truly... as Dean would say... awesome! However they wanted to go out was fine by me.Heather1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09736870202194851186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-50227121776003772862020-11-22T16:07:33.698-05:002020-11-22T16:07:33.698-05:00I think it was a fitting end ..just the 2 of them ...I think it was a fitting end ..just the 2 of them like the begining ,other charectors (no matter how loved ) would have taken away the matter of the brothers which was the corner stone of the show .Only Deans death would allow Sam a chance of normal ,again harping back to the begining of the show .So it was a full circle for the brothers ,and a happy ending with both in hevean .I know not every one is happy with it ,but I`m gald it was just Sam & Dean as it srarted so should it be in the end.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838579657111132066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-78202048579529267892020-11-22T12:40:28.116-05:002020-11-22T12:40:28.116-05:00First, I'd like to give my personal thanks to ...First, I'd like to give my personal thanks to the show for giving us one last scene of Sam in a towel. Honestly, he's verifiably been that ripped since season six, and yet they allow us to gaze upon him so rarely. It's criminal.<br /><br />Second, and I'm just throwing this out there to those for whom this was a problem with the episode, there's nothing to say they DIDN'T skip over a few years of happy hunting in that breakfast montage. Sam saw the family that was about to get killed at the pie celebration, but between getting rid of Chuck and that could have been three to five years, easily. The guys don't really age and the dog could have lived that long without an issue.Mikey Heinrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053287699381988084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-71133753482002256322020-11-22T06:23:09.670-05:002020-11-22T06:23:09.670-05:00Well I was just bawling for 80% of the finale. It ...Well I was just bawling for 80% of the finale. It was beautiful, yet heartbreaking at the same time. When Dean was dying I was sobbing. Then it changed to happy tears when dean met up with his bobby in fixed heaven. My god I’m so happy they took the time to respect the characters and fans with this finale. My only nitpick is I wish we got to see Jo, Ellen, Charlie, John, Mary, and all the family the boys had lost along the way. This was as close to my wishes for the finale as I could hope to get. When I think of how many shows that have ended horribly for me in the last year, so much so that shows have been soured forever. (cough cough Veronica Mars and The 100, to name a couple) I’m so glad supernatural didn’t let me down and I can continue to rewatch and love this show for years to come. Thanks Billie for 15 years of reviews. SmilesPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-19901697562952149082020-11-22T04:03:42.149-05:002020-11-22T04:03:42.149-05:00After rewatching the episode I legit think this wa...After rewatching the episode I legit think this was the best way to end the series Sam got to live the life he wanted since episode one and dean got to rip it in heaven with his car Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036456140557900355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-47556637414123717032020-11-21T18:47:19.515-05:002020-11-21T18:47:19.515-05:00Chuck snapping the dog last episode was a SERIOUS ...Chuck snapping the dog last episode was a SERIOUS dick move, so I was glad to see him (her?) back. Chuck is such an assbutt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116805595843253434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-2634520538975108182020-11-21T18:46:24.514-05:002020-11-21T18:46:24.514-05:00During Dean’s death scene did anybody else expect ...During Dean’s death scene did anybody else expect Brian Doyle Murray to appear and yell “Cut! That’s a wrap!” in a French Mistake callback?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116805595843253434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-42197098354249239482020-11-21T18:44:34.975-05:002020-11-21T18:44:34.975-05:00When I say real ending I mean the original one bef...When I say real ending I mean the original one before Covid forced them to make adjustments. Corinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976725359371941878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-88656129002627410182020-11-21T18:24:57.202-05:002020-11-21T18:24:57.202-05:00I am fine with how they chose to end it. Maybe som...I am fine with how they chose to end it. Maybe someday down the road, we will find out what the real ending was supposed to be. I believe Covid forced them to make so many changes and what we got was what they could give us due to the constraints. I'm guessing the Vampires wore the weird masks to hide the masks the stunt men were forced to wear and that was how they got around it. I also believe there were probably suppose to be more people greeting Dean in heaven, but because Canada has restrictions and the actors would have had to quarantine 2 wks before shooting, it may have made it impossible to do so. Remember Misha shot his last scene all the way back in the beginning of March. How he was able to keep this a secret all this time is amazing in my book. And yes I have questions like everyone else. Perhaps the answers to our questions will be on the season 15 release of the DVD's. Until then it is what it is. "Endings are hard....."Corinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976725359371941878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-60577149521261003422020-11-21T17:46:39.625-05:002020-11-21T17:46:39.625-05:00I liked and a cried so it was worthi it the 15 sea...I liked and a cried so it was worthi it the 15 seasonsChatterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17628083901366884581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-476661129019792522020-11-21T13:55:29.862-05:002020-11-21T13:55:29.862-05:00Let me be another one to add my thanks to Billie o...Let me be another one to add my thanks to Billie on your brilliant reviews over all these years I’ve enjoyed reading them after every episode and also when I’ve been doing rewatches! <br /><br />I’ve thought about the finale quite a lot since I saw it yesterday and my initial reaction was that I didn’t like the ending at all but I have to say I’ve come around to thinking the overall ending of Dean and Sam being together in heaven at the end works but I have to say no one will convince me that the way they killed off Dean both in the time they did it and how they did it was the right way to go. Why couldn’t he have been able to have a few more years living his life as he wanted (not being written by Chuck) and why have some faceless random vampire impale him on some rebar!!! Don’t get me wrong I blubbed like a baby at his death scene and Sams reaction in the bunker afterwards but I’d have just preferred more of a time jump first. <br /><br />Ah well off I go to start yet another rewatch, only 327 episodes to watch again 😄<br /><br />Natalienoreply@blogger.com