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PODCAST: Supernatural- The Series Finale Tribute!

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Hey Everyone,

Paul here…

“Saving people, hunting things. The family business.” The unofficial motto of The Winchester Family, as well as a damn good description of the series itself. After 15 epic seasons, the cult hit, Supernatural has come to an end. Sam and Dean Winchester are driving their 67’ Chevy Impala off into the sunset. Goddamn, I’m going to miss this show. More accurately I’m going to miss the show’s wonderful characters. While the series focused mainly on brothers Sam and Dean Winchester, driving around the backroads of America, hunting things that go bump in the night, as the series went on more characters began to populate the world of Supernatural. Like Castiel the fallen angel, Bobby Singer an older hunter and surrogate father to Sam and Dean, Crowley a crossroads demon who becomes King of Hell and has a soft spot for the boys, and Jack the half human/half angel son of Lucifer and surrogate son to Sam, Dean, and Castiel. Season by season, these characters would become just as beloved by fans as The Winchesters themselves.

Speaking of the fans, Supernatural has one of the most passionate and unique fan bases in entertainment. The producers and stars of the show understood that the passion of their fans was a large part of the show’s continued success. Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki who play Dean and Sam Winchester have a reputation for being unusually kind, open, and appreciative of their fans. This unique relationship has led to the fan base being referred to as the SPN Family. In a world where we far too often see celebrities behave like prima donnas, it’s nice to see actors who are genuinely respectful and grateful to their fans.

Supernatural was a series that I bonded over with a lot of great people, but really it was Big Paul Sr. and Ryan McDonald with whom I have the most fond memories of watching this series. So Ryan was kind enough to record a brief tribute, that you will hear about halfway through the episode. Then he touches on some thing that I wish we spoke about more in the main podcast which was some of the excellent performances given by the cast on this series. Not just the leads either, there were some incredible performances by the supporting cast as well. The series definitely deserved more recognition than it received for its risk-taking and innovative storytelling. After all, this is a series that had an animated crossover episode with Scooby-Doo and another episode featured Sam and Dean traveling to another dimension where they are actors Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, who star on a TV show called Supernatural. The show wasn’t afraid to get meta in some very fun and cool ways.

Some people might find this silly, but after 15 years saying goodbye to Supernatural almost feels like saying goodbye to an old friend. This is truly the end of an era. So on this episode of the podcast, we discuss what we loved about this long running genre series and what made it so special. How it’s themes of family, heroism, and sacrifice not only made a great television series, but inspired us in our everyday lives, as well. Ryan McDonald also makes a guest appearance with his own tribute to this beloved series. Throughout the podcast, we mention multiple scenes from the show’s 15 season run that stood out to us, below you will see I posted some of our favorites, so you can take a look at these fantastic moments that we mention in this episode. We also have some great behind-the-scenes video content looking back at the beginning of the show up until the grand finale, released by the The CW/Warner Bros. Television. It’s definitely fascinating stuff if you’re a fan of the show. Join us, as we say goodbye to Supernatural. Enjoy and in the immortal words of Kansas, “Carry on my wayward sons…” Thank you, Supernatural for all the amazing memories.

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A Few of Our Favorite Scenes From 15 Seasons of Supernatural:

Dean is killed by Hellhounds and goes to Hell (3×16)

Castiel’s BADASS Entrance/First Appearance (4X1) * A personal favorite of mine

Sam’s Groundhog Day (Dean’s death Montage)

DEATH’S Introduction


Dean Winchester’s “Eye of the Tiger”






Supernatural: The Final Season (Behind-The-Scenes):

https://youtu.be/lqGBElx1e3M
https://youtu.be/sGyEgcMMeig
https://youtu.be/bdi-cByS5EA
https://youtu.be/3yiwiAfQnXo
https://youtu.be/Mgp6oKqdhzc

Thanks for listening! Follow me on Twitter @PJWrightWBM or type Worlds Best Media into the search bar, you can also like and follow us on our Facebook page; World’s Best Media. We’re on Instagram @worldsbestmedia2017. Those likes and follows, as well as iTunes reviews, go a long way to supporting World’s Best Media. We really appreciate the loyalty and support shown to us by our fans, so thanks again! Stay healthy and stay safe!

-Paul

*Special thanks to Supernatural for 15 awesome seasons of entertainment!

Supernatural: The Final Episodes

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Hey Everyone,

Paul here…

All good things must come to an end. After 15 seasons, of of my favorite TV series, Supernatural is riding the old 67’ Chevy Impala into the sunset. It’s bittersweet, I’ve been following these characters for over 15 years now, that’s a huge chunk of my life. After that long you almost feel like you know these fictional people. So saying goodbye to Supernatural, is a little bit like saying goodbye to a friend. However, I also believe that great stories require great endings. So even though I feel like I could watch Sam and Dean Winchester drive around the country in Baby (their aforementioned 67’ Chevy Impala) and hunt the things that go bump in the night, for many more years to come, i’m glad that they’re wrapping up the story while it’s still strong. Bowing out while you’re still beloved is far better than overstaying you’re welcome. Remarkably, even after 15 seasons Supernatural is still a damn good show. I’ve often said that Seasons 3-5 of Supernatural are among the best seasons of television I’ve ever seen. With its unique and heartfelt storytelling, Supernatural will remain a classic among genre fans for years to come.

Whenever people tell me that they’ve heard great things about the show and want to check it out, but they find Supernatural’s lengthy run a little daunting. I usually tell them that the show is well worth it, but there’s a great alternative if you just want to dip your toes into the Supernatural universe. The show’s creator Eric Kripke (currently the showrunner on AmazonPrime’s The Boys) has said that he always envisioned Supernatural as a five season show.  Seasons 1-5 are really one long narrative that wraps up perfectly in the Season 5 Finale. Everything in the show from the first episode on, culminates in the Season 5 Finale, which could have also served as a great series finale. So If you enjoy it and want to see more, you have another 10 seasons of the show to dive into. It’s kind of like Avengers: Endgame, even though we know that this universe and some of these characters are continuing on after this particular part of the saga, this is a definitive conclusion to the story that they told in the first five seasons of the series. And it is one hell of a Finale. 

Seasons 6-10 are probably Supernatural’s weakest. Yet even at it’s lowest point, the series was never anything less than damn solid, with bright spots of brilliant episodes sprinkled throughout each of those seasons. However, something surprising and unusual, for a long running TV show, happened when the series returned for it’s 11th season. Supernatural achieved a second renaissance. The series was revitalized in its final seasons. With Seasons 11-13 in particular, the show returned to the glory days of it’s earlier years. It’s even more impressive because the show had a decade of storytelling behind it at that point. How many TV shows can say that they put out some of their very best content, after 10 years of storytelling?  This is one of the many reasons that Supernatural has such a devoted fan base. 

   So far The Final Season, Season 15, hasn’t disappointed. With Sam, Dean, and of course their best friend and fallen angel Castiel, going up against God himself (though he prefers to go by Chuck). Because of the coronavirus, instead of getting the final episode this past spring the show will be returning to air it’s final episodes on October 8 on The CW. Supernatural is one of The CW’s most popular shows and has been a flagship series for the network. The Final Episodes of Supernatural are being treated as special event by The CW. Apparently the ending we’re getting to Supernatural will be slightly different than the one we would have seen last Spring. I’ve heard a few people on the show say, that the extra time allowed the writers and producers  to fine tune The Final Episodes and work out any minor kinks. The longer Supernatural has to prepare for its grand finale the better. In a recent interview, Jensen Ackles who plays Dean Winchester explained that the penultimate episode serves as a season finale, with the final episode functioning as a series finale.

I can’t wait to see how it all plays out and I only became more excited when The CW put out these two new promos for the returning episodes, the final run of Supernatural. I’ve posted both of the trailers below for you to check out:

https://youtu.be/mBTwCWkOFKw
https://youtu.be/d5AzUa5zABI

The finale episodes of Supernatural return October 8th on The CW

Thanks for reading! Follow me on Twitter @PJWrightWBM or type Worlds Best Media into the search bar, you can also like and follow us on our Facebook page; World’s Best Media. Those likes and follows, as well as iTunes reviews, go a long way to supporting World’s Best Media. We really appreciate the loyalty and support shown to us by our fans, so thanks again! Stay healthy and stay safe!

-Paul