Supernatural will attain its 20th anniversary in September, simply a few months earlier than the five-year anniversary of the present’s collection finale. For the reason that present is streaming with a Netflix subscription, followers can have easy accessibility to all fifteen seasons as they proceed to hope for a SPN revival. Because the present approaches its massive anniversary, Jensen Ackles opened up about among the best facets of Supernatural’s legacy, and I’m in my feels.
Whereas I didn’t get into SPN till 2017 when the present was in the midst of its 12th season, I’ve seen firsthand what this complete legacy means to the appropriately named SPN Household. Ackles, who portrayed Dean Winchester on The CW drama for all fifteen seasons, spoke to Collider in regards to the collection, revealing that one of many “nice issues” Supernatural gave him has been listening to tales about the way it resonated with followers and the way folks discover “consolation” in it, it doesn’t matter what the Winchester brothers and Staff Free Will had been coping with:
I believe the present, due to the subject material that it handled — but additionally due to these two brothers who would by no means say die — gave not solely an escape for people who find themselves coping with no matter they had been coping with, nevertheless it additionally gave them possibly a bit inspiration. There’s an outdated saying on set if issues get a bit too emotional or a bit too intense, or no matter it is perhaps, folks used to say — I haven’t heard it anymore, however they used to say, ‘Hey, we’re making TV. We’re not curing most cancers.’ I keep in mind when it hit me, any person stated, ‘We will not be curing most cancers, however we is perhaps giving any person a bit inspiration to combat it.’
Personally, one of many the explanation why I really like tv a lot is as a result of it’s an escape, and I really like that Ackles is aware of followers see Supernatural that method. Though there are a number of darkish moments on the present, it will also be humorous and candy, and that is one thing that lots of people can deal with in the event that they don’t wish to cope with the actual world. Ackles’ feedback about what folks say about Supernatural are getting me emotional, particularly understanding that if not for the followers, there isn’t any saying how lengthy the present would have ran for. He stated:
We had been doing the present. Our heads had been down. We weren’t going to premieres and purple carpets and events and doing all that form of factor. We had been working. And whenever you’re sitting on a set and also you’re working round 80 crew members, they’re your solely viewers. They’re the one folks that you simply’re getting a response from as a result of the digicam’s not providing you with something.
Supernatural ended its run at fifteen seasons and over 250 episodes, capping at 327. Not solely is that uncommon in the present day, nevertheless it’s additionally uncommon for a present on The CW. The community isn’t practically as massive as ABC, NBC, Fox, or CBS, however that didn’t cease folks from nonetheless watching and conserving the present on the air.
This makes the tales from followers all of the extra particular as a result of they honestly cared in regards to the present and nonetheless care in regards to the present in any case this time, and I actually really feel like crying after listening to what it means to Ackles:
They’d inform us their tales about how the present could have impacted them and the way a lot they find it irresistible or how a lot they bonded over it…I’ve met generations of, ‘That is my grandmother and that is my mom, and all of us sit down and watch it, and it introduced us collectively.’ That was actually when it dawned on me that we had been doing one thing particular.
Though Supernatural’s makes an attempt at a by-product had been principally unsuccessful, the present will eternally have a long-lasting legacy that can by no means go away. The bond between the actors and followers may even by no means go away. It is probably the most rewatchable reveals ever, and the Winchester brothers will at all times be round. SPN will probably be there for followers outdated and new as a type of escape, and I’m eternally grateful to have this present.