Don’t stop believing
I will, at some point, have more to say about the announcement last week that s15 will be the last season of Supernatural. But today I want to talk about what The Husband said, which is that for the last season, each episode should be a homage to the series finale of a classic TV show. And I kinda love that idea. I mean, imagine all the surviving characters in a hug like the end of the Mary Tyler Moore show.
Or, you know, less awesome scenes:
The Husband: They could do one where they go water skiing and jump over a shark. I mean, that wasn't the end of Happy Days, but it was *the end* of Happy Days.
Me: They actually had an episode called "Jump the Shark" where they found out they had a younger half brother. They met him at a restaurant called Cousin Oliver's.*
The Husband: They really are good, aren't they?
And now I'm thinking about what ending they could borrow for the very last episode.
I know Dean wants his Butch and Sundance against the Bolivian Army ending, and having watched this clip, I'm picturing the brothers wounded and trapped and Sam duct-taping a gun to Dean's injured hand and yes, there's a lot to like about it.
Or you could go with the Sopranos, where you can pretend nothing happened and they're both alive and well** and listening to Journey (which I don't think Dean would like).
But I think I have two other favorite options. (Neither of these is Jensen's suggestion that the last scene is Dean trading the Impala for a motorcycle because Sam is dead and he no longer needs a passenger seat. You can go to Hell for that, Jensen.)
One is the Newhart ending, where the character wakes up and realizes the entire series was a dream, and he's actually still in his previous life.
So maybe Jared wakes up as Dean Forrester in Gilmore Girls.
What's wrong?
I just had the WEIRDEST dream...
No, of course that's completely unacceptable. The only way to do the Newhart ending would be to have Sam waking up and realizing he fell asleep in his Palo Alto apartment, waiting for Jess to finish her shower.
You okay, baby? Sounded like you were having a horrible nightmare.
But if they were truly going to borrow anyone's ending, it would have to be Six Feet Under, which pretty much set the standard for a proper last episode. The series ends with an amazing fast-forward montage showing the deaths (and a bit of the lives) of the main characters and I SHOULD NOT HAVE WATCHED THIS DURING MY LUNCH BREAK, DAMMIT. {closes office door, wipes eyes}
And I can see this. I can see one of the brothers being the first to go, too young, seeing John and Bobby and EllenJoAshCharlieKevinPamelaEileen on his deathbed. And the other brother, surviving decades longer, watching loved ones die, and finally looking up to see his long-dead brother waiting for him to breathe his last. Yeah, I'd go for that.
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*BTW, if you've never understood the significance behind Cousin Oliver, here you go.
**Although, having watched this YouTube video, I'm pretty sure Tony died.
Click to viewOr, you know, less awesome scenes:
The Husband: They could do one where they go water skiing and jump over a shark. I mean, that wasn't the end of Happy Days, but it was *the end* of Happy Days.
Me: They actually had an episode called "Jump the Shark" where they found out they had a younger half brother. They met him at a restaurant called Cousin Oliver's.*
The Husband: They really are good, aren't they?
And now I'm thinking about what ending they could borrow for the very last episode.
I know Dean wants his Butch and Sundance against the Bolivian Army ending, and having watched this clip, I'm picturing the brothers wounded and trapped and Sam duct-taping a gun to Dean's injured hand and yes, there's a lot to like about it.
Or you could go with the Sopranos, where you can pretend nothing happened and they're both alive and well** and listening to Journey (which I don't think Dean would like).
But I think I have two other favorite options. (Neither of these is Jensen's suggestion that the last scene is Dean trading the Impala for a motorcycle because Sam is dead and he no longer needs a passenger seat. You can go to Hell for that, Jensen.)
One is the Newhart ending, where the character wakes up and realizes the entire series was a dream, and he's actually still in his previous life.
So maybe Jared wakes up as Dean Forrester in Gilmore Girls.
What's wrong?
I just had the WEIRDEST dream...
No, of course that's completely unacceptable. The only way to do the Newhart ending would be to have Sam waking up and realizing he fell asleep in his Palo Alto apartment, waiting for Jess to finish her shower.
You okay, baby? Sounded like you were having a horrible nightmare.
But if they were truly going to borrow anyone's ending, it would have to be Six Feet Under, which pretty much set the standard for a proper last episode. The series ends with an amazing fast-forward montage showing the deaths (and a bit of the lives) of the main characters and I SHOULD NOT HAVE WATCHED THIS DURING MY LUNCH BREAK, DAMMIT. {closes office door, wipes eyes}
And I can see this. I can see one of the brothers being the first to go, too young, seeing John and Bobby and EllenJoAshCharlieKevinPamelaEileen on his deathbed. And the other brother, surviving decades longer, watching loved ones die, and finally looking up to see his long-dead brother waiting for him to breathe his last. Yeah, I'd go for that.
Poll
*BTW, if you've never understood the significance behind Cousin Oliver, here you go.
**Although, having watched this YouTube video, I'm pretty sure Tony died.