The sequence finale of Supernatural was divisive for a lot of causes, starting from Dean’s anticlimactic demise through rebar to a scarcity of acquainted faces within the final episode ever. Even because the 2025 TV schedule continues with Jensen Ackles starring in Prime Video’s Countdown and Jared Padalecki set to look within the upcoming season of The Boys, followers of their CW present certainly nonetheless need to know: who was the blurry girl who Sam married and had a son with within the finale flash-forward? Showrunner Andrew Dabb shared his ideas, practically 5 years later, and so they don’t fairly match what Padalecki has mentioned.
What The Showrunner Stated About Sam’s Spouse
Wanting Supernatural getting a Buffy-esque revival, we could by no means have a canonical reply, however I used to be among the many viewers again in late 2020 who simply needed to know if the girl who was Sam’s spouse was presupposed to be Eileen, performed by Shoshannah Stern. Was she a random brunette who we’d by no means met earlier than however Sam met and married after Dean’s demise? Or was she presupposed to be Eileen, however the present simply couldn’t get her again to movie the finale beneath 2020 COVID-19 pointers? Nicely, showrunner Andrew Dabb weighed in, with Swooon reporting his feedback:
We needed somebody there, so it wasn’t like there was no feminine presence in any respect. However on the similar time, do you forged somebody completely model new that the viewers could have not seen earlier than? Or do you retain it a little bit obscure and folks can suggest no matter they need to suggest?
Whereas that preliminary reply was nearly as obscure because the face of Sam’s blurry spouse within the Season 15 finale, Dabb went on to notice that the “logistical problem of bringing lots of people in, being the primary present up throughout COVID, was simply not possible on our finish.” Contemplating that Supernatural didn’t even herald Misha Collins – arguably the third lead of the sequence – for the finale, I can perceive why even a number of the most necessary visitor stars couldn’t make the reduce. I don’t adore it, however I get it!
Dabb had even shared the authentic imaginative and prescient for Sam and Dean’s endings that might have featured quite a lot of acquainted faces. Nonetheless, he has a take of his personal, even when the episode won’t ever ship the solutions followers need about Eileen as Sam’s spouse (or not). He mentioned:
Individuals can fill in no matter they need, and so they’re free to. However definitely in my thoughts, that’s what we have been constructing towards.
Andrew Dabb’s take? That blurry girl who married Sam and have become the mom to younger Dean was Eileen, as a pure extension of the place Season 15 had been main with them. Jared Padalecki simply had a unique take when requested about his character’s spouse.
What Jared Padalecki Stated About Sam’s Spouse
The Supernatural co-lead was requested in regards to the identification of Sam’s partner a number of months after the finale aired, so the thriller was quite a bit brisker to the episode than Andrew Dabb weighing in circa 2025. Padalecki instructed Selection that no model of the script included an identification of who Sam ended up with after Dean’s demise, so he had no extra particulars than what we noticed: a brunette girl blurred out from a distance. He mentioned:
I believe it was very, very purposely ambiguous and surprisingly I agreed with that. I really feel like quite a lot of what Sam did after Dean died was nearly in honor of what Dean would have needed, and Dean wouldn’t have needed his little brother to marry Eileen, Ruby, somebody within the life.
I really feel comfy saying that Dean undoubtedly wouldn’t have needed Sam to marry Ruby even when she was nonetheless round, nevertheless it’s a little bit tougher to swallow the concept of him objecting to Eileen simply because she was nonetheless in “the life.” Sam’s emotions for her in Season 15 have been very actual and obvious, and Dean would have needed his brother to be completely satisfied.
Nonetheless, Padalecki is the person who performed Sam Winchester for greater than 300 episodes over fifteen seasons, so he clearly is aware of his character. Plus, his hypothesis isn’t any extra canonical than Andrew Dabb saying that he believed in an endgame for Sam and Eileen. Moreover, who’s to say whether or not or not Padalecki nonetheless feels the identical method lately?
I’d say that the gist is that followers can imagine what they need to imagine. And actually, is that something new for the Supernatural fandom? Certainly I’m not the one one who simply overlooks sure episodes for the sake of having fun with the entire! If you wish to revisit the finale or any of the opposite 300+ episodes, you could find the complete run of Supernatural streaming with a Netflix subscription now.