My Thoughts on Season 15 So Far...

[borgmama1of5]

I rewatched all 13 episodes of season 15 Saturday to prepare for October 8, and had some thoughts, mainly that there are some good episodes and good parts of episodes but there is so much wasted screen time and non-logical action that I’m struggling with dread over what the writers are doing to the last 7 episodes

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[kazluvsbooks]

Yeah, show just can't juggle all those storylines. If the show isn't centered around Sam and Dean then what's the point?
Loved the good eps you mentioned, especially "the gamblers" Even though the other eps weren't the best, every time J2 were on screen I couldn't look away.
Hoping for a well written series end 🙏

[borgmama1of5]

...every time J2 were on screen I couldn't look away.

That's the heart of the show right there.

[amypond45]

Thanks for this wrap-up of the road so far! I haven't had time to re-watch S15 yet and may not, so this was really helpful :)

[borgmama1of5]

You're welcome! I had so many thoughts after my rewatch I just had to write them down...

[amberdreams]

you're braver than me, sitting through them all again - I keep thinking I probably should but then again, I don't want to feel that same dispiritedness and disappointment over again. Especially The Heroes' Journey. That made me SO mad and I can't be bothered finding crumbs of whatever to make excuses for how insulting I felt it was first time round. LOL

But mostly I agree with all your comments, you've reminded me of all the things that niggled me, as well as the few things I enjoyed...

I'm very apprehensive for the next few episodes, but ready to be totally disappointed by the two finales.

[borgmama1of5]

It is awfully sad that everyone is expecting to be disappointed. Yet there are still good episodes and good moments in episodes...

The Heroes' Journey really did upset me the first time but knowing it is followed by The Gamblers helped through the rewatch.

[caranfindel]

And thus was birthed the mess that was this episode (and makes me despair again that TPTB really are clueless about what kind of ending the fans want…)

Yep. I mean, yep to a lot of this, but especially that bit.

[borgmama1of5]

I felt I was channeling a bit of your love/snark relationship in your reviews as I was writing this...

[caranfindel]

Great minds...

[fanspired]

Totally agree with all of this. There was so much potential from the premiere that was wasted, but it feels like they came up with the big zombie ending to last season without having any notion of where they we going with it, then they just wrote the first three episodes so they could dismiss it and get on with some other idea they had instead. Sam's godhole connection with Chuck was utterly wasted. That could have developed into the edge that would utlimately lead them to a means of defeating Chuck. I don't know why they bothered googling big name demons for those episodes if they were just going to throw the characters away like red shirts. Belphegor was an interesting character that Alex played well, and he could have had a grand plan that became the big bad focus of the first half of the season while the Chuck plot got saved for the big finish run up. As for Ardat, she served no purpose at all except to give Ketch his redemptive end, which he didn't deserve. I'm so over dark, potentially interesting characters getting white-washed

[borgmama1of5]

...it feels like they came up with the big zombie ending to last season without having any notion of where they we going with it, then they just wrote the first three episodes so they could dismiss it and get on with some other idea they had instead.

I think you hit the nail on the head there.

I don't think Andrew Dabb gets the heart that Kripke gave the show initially, and he certainly doesn't know how to craft episodes that mean something, his specialty is one-shot novelty ideas. :(

[fanspired]

I will say this for him, though: at least he's kept Sam and Dean mostly in character and hasn't felt the need to manufacture excuses to have them in conflict with each other the way the Carver era did. As for this season, I think Buckleming are more in charge of it than Dabb is. God help us :(