The COVID-19 pandemic caused much loss in all sense of the word. In addition to many lives being lost, the economy and every industry, including the Entertainment Industry, took a huge dip in terms of business. Many films and TV shows had to delay their release dates, many had to postpone shooting and some took the leap of faith only to face heavy losses in the Box Office. The beloved horror drama Supernatural, that ran for fifteen seasons, faced similar hurdles as lockdown started when they were only a couple of weeks away from shooting the finale episode. Although production resumed later, the ending of the show had to be changed in order to abide by the protocols imposed for keeping the virus at bay.
How the finale would have turned out:
Production designer Jerry Wanek’s book Supernatural 15 Seasons: The Crew Member’s Souvenir talks about the changed ending of the show and if they could have shot the final episode exactly as they wrote it earlier, the deaths of some of the characters may not have been as painful to watch. Supernatural’s Fangasm took to their official Twitter handle to reveal “The Supernatural Ending That Almost Was” in an early copy of the book they managed to get their hands on. Although the makers did retain the crux of what the finale was always supposed to be like, certain things had to be removed like how Dean was always meant to go to heaven and Sam’s life was supposed to be seen in fast-forward, in a bittersweet sort of way, but it was supposed to take place elsewhere.
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A bittersweet ending that did justice to the essence of brotherhood.
Sam and Dean have affected lives of many over the course of more than three hundred episodes and the original plan involved showing all those people, as well as the Winchester brothers, in a Roadhouse, while the famous Kansas hit Carry on Wayward Son plays in the background. This of course, was not a possibility when the coronavirus was reaching peak as old cast members could not take a flight whenever and wherever they wanted and putting so many people in an enclosed place would pose a safety hazard. We instead see Dean riding off in Baby, the famous 1967 Impala that was just as central to the show as the brothers, and Sam living a happy life with his son that he has named after his brother.
The operative question here really is, who the hell killed the entire band Kansas??? How dare?! #Supernatural pic.twitter.com/qZIgO29kx5
— Fangasm (@FangasmSPN) March 10, 2021