The Golden Age of Supernatural (Seasons 1-5 Retrospective)
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
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0:00 Intro
1:08 Season 1
4:10 Season 2
8:06 Season 3
13:27 Season 4
19:17 Season 5
26:23 Outro
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Episode 2 of this retrospective is out! Check out my review of Seasons 6 and 7: ua-cam.com/video/RaDumkFHkYo/v-deo.html
Please do season 8 til 15
It's still in the works!
I was genuinely confused and scared. You look like my little brother Sam. Even the way he walks. Seriously much love to this show. I'm watching this while rewatching Supernatural right now.
I remember when we 1st saw Castiel. It was epic. In the later seasons Angels became weaker than even Vampires in some instances. Season 1-5 were by far the best
Thank you for speaking about that ! Man I thought I was the only one ? Like angels were sometimes getting beaten by humans . I’m like come on ?! Like Castiel supposed to be like Superman but instead they made him get beat easily
YES!!! I never understood this, like they did my boy Cas bad bro and after his big entrance no less.
Castiel's intro was the best moment in the show. Problem was, he was too interesting a character to have be in the background and to powerful for 99% of plots.
They did try and explain how they nerfed him (and other angels) sometimes. But often just kinda forgot. But, in fairness, it's almost impossible to have a character that powerful be a regular in a series like this.
I distinctly remember that! How there was this looming threat of something beyond anything the Winchesters had faced up to that point. How Dean came back from Hell inexplicably. How no one could even tell what was going on aside from it being really, REALLY big. How no amount of demon traps, snares, or charms from around the world could even slow down this paranormal juggernaut. Even Misha Collins _himself_ wasn't told what his character was supposed to be until the very last minute. You definitely get that this is the kind of entity that has good reason to tell people to "fear not".
@@draketheduelistUntil it isn't because they had to come up with a way to explain why tf these immensely powerful beings needed the help of two humans
I will never understand how the angels became weaker than vampires. Like Castiel couldn't even locate a vampire nest...he's a freaking angel
Because he was powered by heaven and heaven was powered by angels. All the archangels were dead, most regular angels were dead. Don't you remember the light going out?
U fking right they nerrfed him and most of the actors kinda went down hill after lots of years
Castiel is a fallen Angel. He lost some of heaven’s power. He not as powerful as a full powered Angel. Not to mention Naomi even said there not that many Angels to power heaven anymore.
Yep 100%. The first 5 seasons were BY FAR the best of the entire run. I feel like its the only group of seasons that actually led to a satisfying and enthralling end of season conclusion with each season building off of another with both lore and character development and it felt like there were actual stakes. My biggest complaint about the seasons after 5 is that the makers tried to make each season bigger than the last and that just made everything start to feel unearned and not really shocking. Also character development, there's only so much you can do with characters that you have known for 15 years at a certain point. Like Sam, after season 8 or so, the writers kind of throw him off to the wayside and doesn't end up doing much anymore. I know this sounds really negative, but I promise, Supernatural is still one of my favorite shows of all time! (Also sorry this is so long winded, great review!)
Yeah you are right about sam he was basically pushed out after season 8 the writers focused more on castiel and dean giving them the better storylines like castiel dealing with being human in season 9 and dean getting the mark the only thing that sam got was basically taking care of jack in season 13 and him dating Eileen in the final season
They should’ve gave it more thought after season 9 take maybe a year to see how they can rap it up
Agreed 👍
Nall, all of the seasons were good!!!
My top 15 seasons:
1. Season 5
2. Season 13
3. Season 11
4. Season 9
5. Season 4
6. Season 12
7. Season 3
8. Season 7
9. Season 6
10. Season 8
11. Season 2
12. Season 1
13. Season 10
14. Season 14
15. Season 15
Lazarus Rising is PEAK Supernatural. I remember watching that episode live on tv, my friend and I had binged the first three seasons over the summer. We made popcorn and waited anxiously and then BOOM, Dean is alive in the middle of a blown up forest??? Jfheicjejsiwnfnt it was incredible
Lazarus rising is my go-to when I watch the earlier seasons. Peak SPN
I remember that too. It was 2008, I was 12 and I binge watched the first 3 seasons and was waiting for the 4th season… and it couldn’t be better.
I can’t imagine what it’s like for someone to binge watch Supernatural now and watch everything in like 1 month lmao I basically grew up watching it
Fr, the second best episode in its season and the best spn season premiere
Lazarus Rising is probably my most re watched episode of all of them.
I just watched it together with my mom for the first time.
So I literally got to experience it again half an hour ago.
The first 5 seasons of supernatural were some of the best tv seasons ever made. To me there was no bad episodes in this era. Even the bad ones like wendigo and bugs are enjoyable. You can tell that kripke had a five year plan and stuck with it for the most part, very rarely changing stuff.
Bro wendigo is not bad
Honestly imo ghost facers is the best episode of the whole show
How the fuck is wendigo bad ? The bad episodes are changing channels and Swan song
bro those are like two of my favorite episodes of genre TV 💀
@@classifiedfive4377 😐
I actually think S3 being short was a sort of blessing in disguise as the shorter episode run really adds to the feeling of the ticking clock. 1 year really isn't that long and I'm sure for Dean it felt even shorter and as the viewers we get a glimpse into that by the season being abbreviated.
I wish Supernatural would have ended at season five. Everything made sense and came to full circle. I feel that if Supernatural had ended there, Supernatural could or would have become a cult iconic show. Even though the ratings weren't in the millions at that time. I believe like the original Star Trek, years later the magnificent of Supernatural would have made a huge huge come back with a new audience.
Absolutely perfect review. Thank you.
This.
I personally made the first 5 seasons canon with the first half of season 6 (when Sam gets his soul back) as an epilogue and then never watched any of the other seasons. 🙃
@@lalalucy9497 That's an interesting manoeuvre. I like it.
Agreed. I hate that we will never see Kripke's intended ending to Season 5
Low-key I'm really interested in how the original story was meant to play out before the writers strike and angels etc. Like the role of the psychic kids, Sam killing lillith early so Dean avoids hell and so on.
Season 3 Ruby over season 4 for me. Katie Cassidys Ruby had far more charisma and and I truly felt like she wanted what was best for Sam. Which would’ve mad her ultimate betrayal hit so much harder.
I feel like he had the best chemistry with megs actress. Wish they would've kept her around longer
To be fair, I feel the reason that season three Ruby would’ve been such a twist is that the actress herself had no idea that she was actually a bad guy all along. I think she’s genuinely playing a Demon who has turned good.
For season 3, I liked "Ghostfacers" as to me it feels like a 'If I were in Supernatural' episode and sees how regular people who are into Supernatural would act with Sam and Dean. It also has some great dramatic, comedic, and emotional moments with the side characters.
Ghostfacers was great. They even did online only Ghostfacers videos. Like if they were real and posting UA-cam videos how to kill ghosts. Funniest thing ever.
ua-cam.com/video/F0i38d-ha24/v-deo.html
Ghostfacers were my favorite thing about s3, everything about them was chaotic and I loved it.
Season 1 to 5: Hell yeah!
Seasons 6 to 10: Hmm cool.
Seasons 11 to 15: Oh GOD PLS NO!
10-15 were awesome!!!
@Leo Collins-Janssen I Agree
@@KCx-zz5wk no it was a waste of time, not enough for characters but throw them to the side and they waste characters.
Hot take, the last few seasons were great it just wasn't what people were accustomed to
season 7 and 9
Seasons 1-5 was amazing. The theatre quality picture, the close ups, the soft music, strategizing at Bobby's house... Very nostalgic to say the least.
Yes everything you mentioned yes
The show felt so off later on
It has absolutely gone downhill and I know that I understand that but because of The Kripke Era, Supernatural is still one of my Favourite Shows ever. Nothing gives me shivers like hearing the words 'Dad's on a Hunting Trip. And he hasn't been home in a few days."
Saving people, hunting things, the family business
I was full on bawling at the season 5 finale because the last episode made such a beautiful wrap-up of sam and dean's story, where their emotional arcs throughout the seasons came to a tragic yet natural conclusion. I honestly think if Supernatural had ended there, it would've joined the very short list of shows with good endings.
It's so crazy how we see Gabriel 4 times from 1-5, and he's one of my favorite characters. Any episode he's in automatically makes it amazing. Mystery Spot and Changing Channels are probably both in my top 10 favorite episodes of the whole show.
the writing in those episodes is just so creative, his character really brought out the best in the show and i totally see where youre coming from
I gave up on the series (I will likely finish it someday) around season 11, mystery spot is still an episode I love
@@BassLineProductionsI season 11 is my favorite post kripke season
Same. Those are definitely some of my favorites
I loved every episode with the trickster in it, some of the best written episodes in the show I might say.
Seasons 1-5 are definitely the best as far as the overall story but every season after does have some fantastic monster of the week episodes here and there that I would say are very worthy of falling in with kripke era.
Ironically enough, some of my favorite monster of the week episodes come from the seasons 11-14 chunk!
Actually yes bella Talbot was supposed to return in season 4 but because of the hatred she received by the female fans she basically tossed a side like many female characters in the show
Which makes me so sad, as a female fan of the show. I love Sam and dean too. So much potential we could have had with all the female characters on the show. 🥲
@@jennshine8777 yes so true 💯
Twas sad
It’s too bad she was a really interesting character on this show
That's sad and annoying since I enjoyed Jo, Bella, the original Meg & Ruby. I would had loved they stayed longer
I have a personal connection to this situation: I am a screenwriter/storyboard artist and in 2010 I lived in LA. I sent SUPERNATURAL show-runner Eric Kripke a Dean&Sam storyboard sequence I wrote & rendered. Mr. Kripke called me and we talked for 3 hours. He loved my work (and offered me work on his next series that failed) but explained he was retiring after the 5th season. When I asked about his 5-year plan, he explained that the crew had become his friends over the 7 years it took to get the 5 seasons in the can. CW wanted a flagship show, so they made him and offer he couldn't refuse- EVERYONE made out like bandits, and all Kripke had to do was make sure the show didn't go off the rails. (It did- but it took a decade.) Understand that a Grip that made $60K/year (not much in LA) made $120K/year EXTRA in profit participation & residuals- that is how lucrative the deal was for everyone. Because Kripke did not want to leave them all unemployed, so they got rich when he was done with it, because they all took over and did a decent job as stewards.
My point is also: if GAME OF THRONES show-runners, the idiots D&D had done the same thing, it would still be airing new episodes today, everyone would be unbelievably rich, and D&D would not be the laughingstock of Hollywood, and their STAR WARS trilogy of movies would have been made.
You know, the first seasons of Supernatural and Arrow are stark reminders the CW had a chance back then to really do something with TV that other networks wouldn't mess with and make a legacy
I love that Adam’s introduction is called “Jump the Shark” because they know it’s gonna be too much for anyone to handle. They know it’s cumbersome and it’s too much but they’ve gotta do it for the story. They’re telling the audience “we see it too, don’t worry.”
@@FlyingMonkies325 I’m glad you replied. You make me watch to watch the show again.
Did you ever watch the anime?
@@FlyingMonkies325 there was a Supernatural anime with I think both of them voicing their roles. It was just cool to see episodes we’d already seen from a slightly different perspective.
Speaking of the shows you mentioned, Smallville is quite good but the first season is very “monster of the week,” so it doesn’t really get really good until the second season, just like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s crucial to watch though for contexts.
Personally, the monster-of-the-week episodes were almost always my favorites; I love the tension of Sam and Dean doing research into the monster's potential identity as victims pile up around them, not always sure if it's gonna be a monster they fought before or an all new monster they need to do even more research on in order to beat it. I especially like when it turns out the monster is not actually evil and the brothers have to come to terms with the idea that "hunters vs. monsters" is not so black and white. While I do think the main stories are generally pretty solid, I was never as big of a fan of the celestial conflicts as I was of the MOTW scenarios as I much prefer the down-to-earth, nitty-gritty stuff that actually makes me believe that mear humans like Sam and Dean could actually win with the right amount of prep time and tenacity. When you add gods and angels to the mix, my suspension of disbelief begins to falter as it feels less likely the brothers could face off against such beings as well as the show's tv budget making such grandiose conflicts seem much less impressive than they could be (I mean, how many creatures take the form of humans as a means to save up on special effects, I ask you. Lol). These are nitpicks, of course, and the show almost always does a great job of keeping me hooked. 😆
Same, especially in the later seasons when the season-long plot arcs became more and more farfetched, I always loved the "filler" episodes the most.
yes i agree, i have always found cryptics and stuff like that much more interesting to me than the celestial stuff. Maybe cause if i was in sam and deans situation and angels were like you're the vessel for lucifer/michael also the apocalypse oopsies, i'd literally tell them to stick their glow sticks where the sun doesn't shine. Go find some place else to have temper tantrums lol. maybe the celestial stuff just annoyed me because i am so used to this world around me where governments and countries bring normal people just trying to survive into their wars or the highest profits, so it just makes me feel weary about everything around me 🤷♀ i don't hate the angel stuff but most the time i am like jesus 💀can you leave these poor boys alone, they'd been through enough, dudes haha
I actually really like season 3's shorter run, and I feel that it sort of adds thematically to it. Dean is going to die, that is everyone is aware of from the beginning of the season, but as long as it is something that is an eventuality, as long as they still have time to solve it, it is not the most pressing matter. As the season draws to a close and the pacing starts feeling a bit rushed, it sort of adds to that sense of impending doom of Dean's death. They are running out of time, they need a solution as soon as possible. And then... the season ends. A season cut short for a life cut short. Threads left unanswered because, well, that's death. The end.
I’ve always said that if they ended after season 5, it would have been a masterpiece. So many beautiful themes explored deeply.
I loved much of the later seasons, but they never had near the same depth and gravitas.
yes!! personally i like to think of season 5 as the "true ending" and just enjoy everything after as a potential way it ended!!
I loved your video, kinda surprised you didn't mention Crowley though. He turned out to be quite important for the plot and also was a big help for the boys.
Yeah, I like him so much even in later seasons. He is just so much fun to watch.
The wendigo episode is very personal to me, one of my favorite episodes. I feel like they could have done it better, but it was actually the first episode of Supernatural I ever saw, because I caught it on TV back in the day. I missed the pilot. So yeah I thought it was really actually pretty decent, and I still do
It was my first episode too! And the episodic nature of the stories, but with a hint of that overarching mystery is what hooked me, finally an "X-files" show for my generation.
they just needed to show the wendigo more lol
hey same here :)
The fact that he said wendigo was one of the worst episodes, and then continue to say that the worst episodes in season 2 were even better than any of the worst episodes in season 1. And he didn't even try and explain that these episodes were still good in season 1. Wendigo is my second favorite episode. Almost had to dislike the whole video when I heard Wendigo come out of his mouth. Blasphemy.
Also 69th like. NICE
Man this made me nostalgic. Aside from being solid plotting and amazing mythology, Supernatural 1-5 is just a portal for me back to 2011 when I picked it up.
This show help me get through so many bad times in my life. Including my last horrible break up. Thank God for Supernatural.
I've never thought about how much more sense it would have made for a resurrected John to be the vessel for Michael instead of Adam. That would have been amazing.
the only post-kripke season that felt like a spiritual successor to seasons 1-5 was season 8. angels and demons being major players in the first few seasons only for it too culminate with the gates of hell closing for good would've been the second most satisfying conclusion of the series.
Same! Im glad im not the only one who thought season 8 was the only few seasons after 5 that was decent and actually made sense to Sam and Dean's ultimate goal from the beginning of Season 1
My thoughts as well! Whenever I rewatch the series (fairly often lol) I watch up to Sacrifice super fast and then taper off. The Trials are one of my favorite storylines!
Yeah the second half of the season was good but I hated the first half, all of that pointless drama between the brothers and the constant soap opera flashbacks.
@@sk70091facts lol I'm watching s8 right now
And Benny was a great character and could have fit in easily in the earlier seasons in my opinion.
You're not wrong mate. Seasons 1 to 5 are the best. It still has good times after but the showrunners changing is noticeable.
You know I quit watching supernatural towards the end of season 7 and never went back. As you have suggested to yourself I have watched better things. Still I come back to some of the moments and episodes of the first 5 seasons. It truly made you emotionally connect and played with you to keep you on the edge. Truly great.
So glad you mentioned the episode "Faith". I'm only a few minutes in, but the montage that originally was set to "Don't Fear the Reaper" has been forever burned into my brain, and I looked it up and it's from that episode. So good. Even if I remember very little from the show, I remember that scene.
Supernatural is my favorite show. For similar reasons, i was going through a horrible time in my life and when i had noone it was all i had. And now i have everything i could want and its still there.
To me, there is no better show.
I have to admit I didn’t like Season One at first, but then I rewatched it in July and fell in love with the show. And I’m now on Season Five and I adore it. Although I personally didn’t enjoy Season Three as much, I still think the first five seasons are excellent and am a little apprehensive going forward as I love this show so dearly.
thanks for this! I'm currently watching season 1 but I'm not really liking it so far :( maybe I'll just watch a few more eps
@@erinachi6171 did it grow on you?
Season 3 was originally supposed to be the full 22 eps, but there was a massive writer's strike that year, and the entire writers' room went out to walk the picket line, so they had to end the season at 16. That one, at least, isn't on the CW, which did put in an order for an entire season at the start! lol I love how you refer to S4's Ruby as "this Ruby actress" - also known as Genevieve Padalecki, or Jared's wife, met on set. ;)
The first five seasons of Greys Anatomy and supernatural are literally golden age of television. My two most fav shows 💕
Ah yes, Supernatural and Doctor Sexy MD
I would say Seasons 1-6 of Greys Anatomy are perfect. 7-10 are good to Great! And after that it’s kind of like… meh, I’ve been here this long so I might as well keep watching until my favorite character dies or leaves lol
I know I'm 2 years too late to react to your interpretation of the show but everything you said about the show was spot on. Seasons 1-5 were brilliant. When Kripke left after season 5 the quality and arc was often chaotic, unfocused, yet still brilliant. As the show marched on, I would constantly go back to rewatch seasons 1-5. Another aspect of the Kripke seasons was his use of a darker film. Kripke always wanted the show to be a horror show, so the darker film created a more menacing vibe. I was sorely disappointed after Kripke left they went to brighter film lighting. You mentioned that you were going through some hard times and decided to watch Supernatural to help escape your problems. I can 100% relate. My husband left me for another woman. I can't even describe the mental torment I was going through during that time. So I would lose myself in the world of Supernatural. It helped to focus on something else.
Gotta love how they added love interests for both the brothers in season 4
The both had love interests in season one. Sam's was episode 1 and Dean's was Cassie in episode 13. Pretty sure that was the episode. Had the racist truck. Granted it wasn't stellar writing, but the chemistry between Cassie and Dean was great.
Yup, those were amazing. It all went downhill from there, but you can always watch seasons 1-5 and pretend the other 10 do not exist.
Wish I could pretend most ruined show in history
that's literally what i do
16:50 I think Jared's and Genevieve's energy and chemistry was so amazing that they just had to get married ❤️
FACTS 😅😅😅💯💯💯💯
“This Ruby actress” aka Genevieve Padalecki, Jared’s wife 😂.
But I totally relate. It’s my favorite show too. The Kripke era of SPN is peak television. Swan Song always got me in tears. Until Sam shows up again. It doesn’t ruin it, but it does leave a bitter taste in the mouth. Without it we could just pretend season 5 is the series finale and seasons 6-15 are just fan fic.
The one thing I'd have loved you to mention is the introduction of crowley. MAN he's so fun to watch anytime he's on screen
The Show Should've Ended After Season 5 The Only Season To Me Post Kripke That Held A Light To The Earlier Seasons Was Season 11
i do be agreeing doe
Yes season 11 was so great but the finale not so much 🌟
The final season is great in my opinion
Season 11 is bogged down by the amount of filler
Bruh, ghostfacers was iconic
I too have watched Supernatural probably a dozen times, it will always hold a special place in my heart.
Whenever I re-watch SPN , I only watch complete Season 1-5 and the first 3 minutes of Season 6 Episode 1.
After that, I watch just one or two episodes per season and then I completely give up by season 12 and go back to Season 1 after a few months to start the cycle over again
I still too this day get goosebumps when I watch deaths introduction to the show in season 5 such a incredible scene. Couldn't watch it after season 8 tho cuz my brother passed away and that was our show we watched every episode every Thursday.. Our last words to each other where jerk and bitch 😭
Mark Pellegrino def fits his role.
Dude looks scary naturally.
I should rewatch this show.
Every episode with Charlie was a struggle
You're not the only one who has a massive attachment to the show due to getting into it during a tough time in your life. I got into it after I had a massive back injury and lost my ability to walk through the years 2010ish to 2013ish. Aaand I never really let go of it as a sort of comfort blanket. Broke my heart when it ended, though I agree that yes, the best plot was seasons 1-5 and as a writer myself, the show should have ended at season 5. But I'm glad it didn't.
Im so happy im not alone in my facination of supernatural, it really got me through some dark moments in my life, im a fan for life
Jo (especially) and Ellen’s deaths got to Dean. You can see how sad he is looking right at Jo in the photo. 🥰 😢
Might have to hypnotize myself to forget everything after season 5 cause I can’t watch it anymore without a bad taste in my mouth when it used to be a masterpiece
Season 5 was intended to be the end of the show by Kripke. When it got extended they scrambled for 6 and attempted another end in 7 which led to the mess that was the show after
I watched Scarecrow on top of a mountain at night, working security, and scared the heck out of me!! I agree with the Seasons 1-5, tho. I've watched it over and over myself. Agree, it never gets old
Season's 4 and 5 are amazing TV. Show could never recover after them, and it was one of the most satisfying conclusions for sure. So neatly wrapped the show struggled for the rest of its run to find any momentum and come up with bigger and badder threats.
I'm on Season 12 right now and just from the title, I wholeheartedly agree. I miss when they just went hunting, now the show seems to have so many spiderweb plots
I watched series like Breaking Bad, Malcom in the middle and more but no matter what, Supernatural will be always my favorite series ever.
Casting throughout the entire series is awesome you get so many actors and actresses that started and are in many other shows. So many of them put in a great performance even if it is just a small bit part. Lots of very great pieces of eye candy.
The first five seasons had a cohesive storyline that set up one another even though Eric kripke made some choices that I didn't like he was still a great showrunner seasons 4 and 5 are in my top 5 of my favorite seasons list of supernatural plus season 4 was the introduction of my favorite character castiel I'm glad that Eric decided to keep him around and you really should do a video on gabriel 🌈😊🙂💝💖💙💜
"you think I'd give Kali my real sword?! that thing could kill me!!"
Season 5 should have been the ending of the whole show. You all remember the anime they made that was the first couple of seasons and had pretty good animation.
The guy that played Lucifer was masterful in this
i always recommend supernatural seasons 1-5 to everyone. yeah "watch better tv", i have, but these seasons are literally my favorite tv show of all time and probably always will be. they hold a ton of sentimental value bc i started the show back in 2011 when I was 13 years old. even s1 for me is fantastic. the story from s1-5 is just so good, and i loved the fact that the show ended with sam dead and dean settling down even though it was always meant to be the opposite. i watch swan song and then I'll think of the season 15 finale and it's so disappointing bc it ends exactly as predicted and has no real weight (and i didn't even watch the show past season 7). whenever i think of the show fondly, it's always this original storyline. i think sam winchester is one of those characters that I'll never get over.
I literally just finished binge watching this and the first 5 seasons writing was soo much sharper and unexpected. I still liked the latter seasons but it was a noticeable drop in quality
Before watching this I just want to say that I literally tell people all the time that I haven't watched past season 5 or season 6 because for me the build up from season 1 to season 5 left me feeling satisfied. People swear it gets better I just don't know how it could but I'm going to watch this video to hear his opinion
omg im so glad i found you. i LOVE. suppernatural. i grew up with seasons 1-5 and seeing you go over it is so amazing. and its even better having seen the entire season.
I gasped when I saw the ghost facets episodes was put at the bottom for s3, it’s literally one of my favorite episodes of the whole show
My favorite show since 1998 is Buffy the vampire slayer, and it took me forever to start watching Supernatural consistently but let me tell you it´s quickcly becoming my other favorite tv show ever, I can't believe it took me so long to watch it, but I'm very glad I'm doing it. I love it! Happy to be finally be part of the fandom lol
0:57 omg that took me baaack, those intro cards were so good and creepy, that alone makes me wanna go back and rewatch some Supernatural (Aka SPN to my post-tumblr homies)
also huge respect to you for ranking the entire series and keeping the details , you explained everything really good i didnt even realize how long the video was lol very underrated
season 1-5 definitely were some of the best things on air at the time
Season 4 is indeed the best season! i mean "it's a terrible life" alone carries it way beyond all other seasons for it's cultural critique and references. Also "monster movie" is a highlight of the show as a whole for it's creative 50's horror movie style. Season 4 is a mastahpieceeeee
Hello Jay thanks for this!!! I have been hooked on seasons 1-5 for exact same reasons you mention. It's the core and the foundation of the show. The overall dramatic arch gets darker and I find the first two seasons are so innocent. Also great support characters I adore Bobby Singer. Thank you again for this inspiration it's a rainy Sunday here so I will go straight to season one after enjoying your channel. Greetings 🇦🇷
Yeah in hindsight resurecting john and making him the vessel would have been fantastic. Especially if they rewrote his character a little bit for the beginning to be a bit more "angelic" basically we already see how dean is so subservient to his father and sam isnt so it could have been kinda the whole thing of sam is the devil and dean is the angel because they attached to the opposing sides of thier parents, sam attached to his mom who made a deal with a demon and dean attached to his dad who [INSERT ANGELIC TRAIT]. That would have been very poetic.
damn, now i wanna rewatch the first 5 seasons
This show gripped my tight and raised me from perdition
I think this show is a one of a kind. It takes the monster hunter idea like van helsing, the Witcher and the belmonts from castlevania and throws it into a modern time.
Jay, LOVE your SPN synopsis. I've often said the seasons broke down into 3 eras
* 1-5 = Platinum
* 6-10 = Silver
* 11 - 15 = Pewter with a few gold and silver nuggets
Kripke as showrunner was the pinnacle, along with Kim Manners impact on the show early on. Still watchable for me until Jeremy Carver left as showrunner. Then I had to cherry pick episodes to rewatch unlike earlier seasons which I could rewatch over forever.
Thanks for the breakdown!
Ghostfacers was fire….
I couldn’t agree more. Seasons 1-5 were amazing and 4-5 being the best.
I watched all the seasons many times, but I did love 4 and 5 the most.
The influence of Kim Manners was what brought this show to peak.
Agreed!
Season 6 felt like an epilog, it wasn't necessary but it did nicely continue what you'd expect to happen after the conclusion of season 5. The writing was not quite as good but it was still enjoyable, and soulless Sam was fun to explore. Overall I'd say 7/10, still good but not absolutely fantastic like 1-5. Every season after that is on a slow downward slope
Brother, I keep trying to tell my girl that this 5 season arc is epic and she just isn’t trying to hear that. Your breakdown may be what I use to try to convince her another time. Great job man.
The season 5 ending was so good that I was convinced the show was over.
3 years later I looked up the show and they were on season 8 and I was like "What the damn hell??"
And seeing how the show ended... after 15 seasons...
They really should've stopped at 5.
There are some great moments in the following ten seasons but narratively speaking, Season 5 is it. It's where the show ended for real. The rest of it is all fun and games, really, and it speaks volumes of its lead actors to have been able to carry the show for this long, because there's so very little else in terms of storytelling worthwhile after Season 5.
Doing the rewatch ritual right now, finishing season 5 today. Man, that era was so amazing. I agree with you about 4-5, I think those are the best and most interesting seasons as a whole. Great retrospective!
Dunno why this doesn't have more views. Funny intro and a good analysis, keep up this quality of work and am sure when i come back in a few years this channel will be a lot bigger!
the problem with supernatural was they extended the show which was supposed to end. Think about it in season 1 to 5, there was no god but he would do something at an unexpected time to give brothers an edge such as resurrecting castiel, relocating sam and dean so sam doesn't fall into lucifer hands which implies that despite them going against the script, chuck(god) is actually on their side. Also Sam had the perfect redemption arc. What happened after 5 was that they had to untie everything that first 5 seasons had concluded. That's why season 6 and 7 were so awkward. Also no other seasons that came after 5 surpasses 5 in terms of quality. Angels become laughing stock because they couldn't afford to use large budget on animations to make angel fights look awesome so they just fight and die like normal humans. Remember in season 4, when angels came to restrain cas, the whole factory was leveled?
Thanks for the very good video. Season 2 and 4 are my favorites, but 5 is absolutely awesome too.
Right now watching season 5 with my little sister. I never watched it and I fell in love with these guys. I'm very sad knowing what will happen in the seasons that will come after it
Shout out to all the people that were there on debut night. Don’t we feel old as crap?
On point! I think a show that is right up your alley is 12 Monkeys. It's such an underrated, small show and I don't know how they managed to create a better ending than Supernatural Season 5.
It's was a small show on the Syfy channel with a small budget. It's INSANE how things that are said in Season 1 tie perfectly into the finale. There are no plotholes and no storylines that went nowhere. I watch these four seasons over and over again. And I will do till I die. It's so satisfying. The finale is the best thing I have ever seen. Ever. I am amazed how they managed to do it. All my respect to the writers.
I would love to see your review on this 🤗
This small show deserves way more attention.
I also binged the first seasons all at once back in 2013 then tried to keep up with the show as it went along. Def top 5 shows for me.
season 3 ending was the best, and the introduction of Castiel was probably the best in the whole series.
My feeling about the show is that, through the seasons, it gradually converted its 'Fear index' into goofball antics. The transition made audiences take the series less seriously and those interested in scares walked away. Meanwhile those interested in relationship drama stayed on. The arrivals of DJ Qualls and Curtis Armstrong were red flags for 'Goofball comedy we've arrived.' The show began to feel very much like other Canadian thriller series of the genre (Bitten, Lost Girl, Dark Matter, Haven etc.) Your jaw will drop at the monotone development of it all.
season 5 seems like such a great ending because the whole show was supposed to last for 5 seasons :D
It was only supposed to go on for 5 seasons but the studio went "HEY you guys are making us a looooot of money, keep fucking going"
As much as I love the rest of the show, I wouldnt be mad if it ended after season 5. Truly the highest point of the show, and the devil being the big bad makes sense. They did just anything trynna one up that from s6 onward
I watched all of supernatural so I could watch this video late to the party thank you sir
DID YOU REALLY?
@@JayTheZoomster Yep, I saw this video and thought well I can’t spoil myself yet, I’ll just watch season 1 and then I binged
Hey there! New subscriber and fan here! Been loving all your videos, especially the SPN ones! Always love meeting others like yourself who love the show as much as I do! Supernatural really is a one-of-a-kind show and I couldn’t agree with you more! I’ve also got a few myself: even got to interview 3 actors from the show too if you’re interested! Cheers mate and keep them videos coming! 😎