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|title= Carry On | |title= Carry On | ||
− | |episode= Season 15, | + | |episode= Season 15, Episode 20 |
|firstaired= November 19, 2020 | |firstaired= November 19, 2020 | ||
|director= [[Robert Singer]] | |director= [[Robert Singer]] | ||
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|imdb= [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10073984/ Carry On] | |imdb= [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10073984/ Carry On] | ||
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− | |motw= [[Jenny ( | + | |motw= [[Jenny (Vampire)|Jenny]]<br>[[Vampires]] |
|outline= [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] take their final ride. | |outline= [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] take their final ride. | ||
|location= [[Lebanon, Kansas]]<br>Akron, Ohio<br>Canton, Ohio<br>[[Heaven]] | |location= [[Lebanon, Kansas]]<br>Akron, Ohio<br>Canton, Ohio<br>[[Heaven]] | ||
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In [[the Bunker]], [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] go through their daily morning routine. Dean wakes up and is immediately greeted by [[Miracle]]. Sam goes for a run, pausing on the way to look at the world. Sam makes breakfast, warning Dean the toast is hot. Then Sam walks into his room shirtless, fresh from the shower. We see him neatly make his bed, while Dean messily makes his. Dean cleans weapons while Sam does laundry in an old washer. In the library, Dean is on his laptop along with Miracle, when Sam joins them. Looking for hunts, Sam tells Dean he's found nothing, but Dean has. | In [[the Bunker]], [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] go through their daily morning routine. Dean wakes up and is immediately greeted by [[Miracle]]. Sam goes for a run, pausing on the way to look at the world. Sam makes breakfast, warning Dean the toast is hot. Then Sam walks into his room shirtless, fresh from the shower. We see him neatly make his bed, while Dean messily makes his. Dean cleans weapons while Sam does laundry in an old washer. In the library, Dean is on his laptop along with Miracle, when Sam joins them. Looking for hunts, Sam tells Dean he's found nothing, but Dean has. | ||
− | They roll up to a small town. Sam | + | They roll up to a small town. Sam asks if Dean is ready; Dean assures that he is, as they step out of the Impala and enter a Pie Fest. While Dean goes to buy pie, Sam looks forlornly at a passing family. When Dean returns, Dean asks about Sam's sadness. Sam tells him he misses [[Castiel]] and [[Jack]]. Dean says he misses them too, but that they will honor their sacrifices by living. As Dean begins to dig into his tray of pies, Sam picks one up and shoves it in Dean's face, laughing as he tells Dean he has wanted to do that for a long time. |
− | + | Later that night, the family from the Pie Fest is attacked by masked intruders at their home. Sam and Dean show up as FBI agents Singer and Kripke, and learn that the two children were taken, the father was killed and that the mother survived, but had her tongue ripped out. The local sheriff shows Sam and Dean a drawing of the attacker, which is just a skull. Looking through [[John's Journal]], they find an old case of a string of kidnappings he never solved, and figure out it's [[vampires]] that prey on rural families with kids and wonder who fits the description nearby. | |
− | A van drives up to a house, the masked vampires get out. Only for one to be beheaded by Dean, and the other shot by Sam. Sam and Dean interrogate the captured vampire, who says they kidnap and raise the kids as a food source | + | A van drives up to a house, the masked vampires get out. Only for one to be beheaded by Dean, and the other shot by Sam. Sam and Dean interrogate the captured vampire, who says they kidnap and raise the kids as a food source. After threat of a slow and agonizing decapitation, the vampire tells them where the children are. |
− | Sam and Dean pull up to a creepy barn and get their weapons ready. Inside, they save the boys, only to be confronted by the masked vampires. A fight ensues. At one point, Sam is knocked out | + | Sam and Dean pull up to a creepy barn and get their weapons ready. Inside, they save the boys, only to be confronted by the masked vampires. A fight ensues. At one point, Sam is knocked out, and Dean is captured. [[Jenny (Vampire)|Jenny]], the woman who was turned into a vampire on [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood|Sam and Dean's first vampire hunt]] appears to a surprised Dean, who uses the time to banter, letting Sam recover. When she goes to bite him, Sam beheads her. The fight continues, while Sam and Dean kill the vamps, Dean is impaled on a rebar hook by one, who Sam also decapitates. Thinking they've won, Sam tells Dean they should find the kids and leave, but Dean tells him something is wrong with him, and soon realizes he's dying the way he knew he should, saving people, hunting things. Sam doesn’t want to believe, offering to get help. But Dean begs him to stay. Wanting him to come closer as he tells him things he needs to say. He tells Sam how proud he is of him and everything he admires. He admits to being so scared that Sam wouldn't have wanted to see him when he came and got him from school., because he didn't know what he would do without Sam. It was always them. Just them. Sam begs him not to leave. Dean tells him will be with him everyday in Sam's heart, and he wants Sam to not bring him back. He tells him to always keep fighting and that he loves him so much. Feeling he doesn't have much time left, Dean tells Sam he needs hear him say it's okay for him to go. After sometime, Sam is finally able to. They touch foreheads, say goodbye, and Dean breathes his last breath, collapsing into Sam's arms, trembling from his wracking sobs. |
− | Sam and Miracle give Dean a | + | Sam and Miracle give Dean a hunter's funeral. Afterwards, Sam morosely goes about the Bunker, Miracle not leaving his side. Later, he sits in Dean’s untouched room, crying, and petting a sad Miracle when a phone rings from the desk drawer. It's Dean's "other other cell phone." An officer from Austin, looking for an "Agent Bon Jovi", has bodies with missing hearts. [[Donna Hanscum]] told him that he's the one to call. After a pause, Sam says he's on his way. Sam, packs up and walks through the Bunker library and Crow's Nest one last time. He turns to look around once more before leaving and shutting down all of the Bunker lights a final time. |
− | From | + | From Dean's funeral pyre, we see Dean rise and go to [[Heaven]]. Happy that he ended up in Heaven, Dean is surprised to see [[Bobby Singer]] waiting for him. Thinking he's in a memory, Bobby tells him he isn't and that Jack released him from lock up and changed Heaven, with Castiel's help. It's no longer endlessly remembering your greatest memories. It's living all together with the people you love, happily, revealing that [[John]] and [[Mary]], [[Rufus]] are all nearby, telling Dean that it's not just Heaven, but it's the Heaven Dean deserves. They share a beer that tastes likes the first Dean had with his father, which was bad at the time, but he gets nostalgic. When Dean says it's almost perfect, Bobby assures him "He'll be along," knowing who Dean needs to make Heaven perfect, also mentioning that time works differently in Heaven. When Bobby asks what Dean wants to do, Dean sees Baby with the original license plates. He decides to go for a drive while Bobby tells him, "Have fun." |
− | As he turns over the engine, | + | As he turns over the engine, "[[Carry On Wayward Son]]" plays from the radio. He declares he loves that song and drives. While he’s driving we see Sam raising a son, appropriately named [[Dean Winchester II|Dean]]. An aged Sam uncovers a still mint condition Baby, and sits behind the wheel, looks forlornly at the passenger seat he occupied for so long, grips the wheel where his brother Dean used to grip, and cries. The music changes as we see a dying elderly Sam lie in medical bed at home beneath pictures of his beloved long gone family. Dean, his son, is an adult now with an anti-possession tattoo on his forearm. He comes in to hold Sam's hand. As Sam struggles to breathe, Dean tells him, "It's okay. You can go now." We see Sam tearfully breathe his last breath, like Dean did all those years ago. |
− | In Heaven, Dean stops at a bridge and gets out of Baby. He walks to the railing to enjoy the view, when suddenly his demeanor changes. He smiles and without turning calls, | + | In Heaven, Dean stops at a bridge and gets out of Baby. He walks to the railing to enjoy the view, when suddenly his demeanor changes. He smiles, and without turning, calls, "Hey, Sammy." As he turns, we see Sam in the clothes he wore when they hunted the [[Woman in White]], he smiles and replies with a simple "Dean." They look at each other, smiling, then hug a joyous hug. Dean leads Sam to enjoy the view, his arm around his shoulder. They're free to enjoy the perfect Heaven together forever, having finished their work and are finally at peace. |
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* [[Dean Winchester II]] | * [[Dean Winchester II]] | ||
* [[Bobby Singer]] | * [[Bobby Singer]] | ||
− | * [[Jenny ( | + | * [[Jenny (Vampire)|Jenny]] |
* [[Miracle]] | * [[Miracle]] | ||
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* [[Anti-Possession Symbol]] | * [[Anti-Possession Symbol]] | ||
* [[Chest Hair]] | * [[Chest Hair]] | ||
+ | * [[Chuck Won Theory]] | ||
* [[Costumes & Disguises]] | * [[Costumes & Disguises]] | ||
* [[Crew Cameos]] | * [[Crew Cameos]] | ||
+ | * [[Dead...or are they?]] | ||
+ | * [[Dead Guy Robe]] | ||
* [[Dead Man's Blood]] | * [[Dead Man's Blood]] | ||
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* [[Dean's Bedroom]] | * [[Dean's Bedroom]] | ||
* [[Dean's Cell Phone]] | * [[Dean's Cell Phone]] | ||
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* [[Pie]] | * [[Pie]] | ||
* [[Pranks]] | * [[Pranks]] | ||
+ | * [[Rebar]] | ||
+ | * [[Sam's Blurry Wife]] | ||
* [[Sammy]] | * [[Sammy]] | ||
* [[Sam and Dean's Initials]] | * [[Sam and Dean's Initials]] | ||
* [[Season 15 Callbacks]] | * [[Season 15 Callbacks]] | ||
+ | * [[Single Perfect Tear]] | ||
* [[Son of a Bitch]] | * [[Son of a Bitch]] | ||
* [[Specialty Bullets]] | * [[Specialty Bullets]] | ||
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'''Sam:''' This the place?<br> | '''Sam:''' This the place?<br> | ||
− | '''Dean:''' | + | '''Dean:''' Dark, creepy, something out of Wes Craven's erotic fantasy? Yeah. It's 100% the place. |
:''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Craven Wes Craven] was a horror filmmaker best known for the Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream franchises.'' | :''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Craven Wes Craven] was a horror filmmaker best known for the Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream franchises.'' | ||
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+ | '''Filming Locations:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1ZbcVr1sLfUyLvS8LlG4LMIN_A4iam7CG&usp=sharing Map of known filming locations.] | ||
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On 27th August, filming began on the last ever episode of ''Supernatural'', and we all got emotional. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CEc2-1QHmt-/ Jared posted the photo] above with the message: | On 27th August, filming began on the last ever episode of ''Supernatural'', and we all got emotional. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CEc2-1QHmt-/ Jared posted the photo] above with the message: | ||
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− | + | The original ending of the episode was to have featured [[Sam]] walking along a road towards [[Harvelle's Roadhouse]]. [[Dean]] would've appeared to greet him and then said "There's some folk in here that have been waiting to see you." Inside the Roadhouse would've been as many former cast members as they could get (appearing as their characters, and Kansas would be playing "[[Carry On Wayward Son]]". Reportedly Misha would be there, but as [[Jimmy Novak]], not [[Castiel]]. Unfortunately due to COVID restrictions, especially the requirement to quarantine, this ending was changed. | |
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− | Eric Kripke revealed in an [https://ew.com/tv/supernatural-finale-ending-eric-kripke/ interview with ''EW''], that after learning of the show's planned ending, he had attempted to think of | + | In a [https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/how-supernatural-filmed-during-covid-19-1234772638 ''Variety'' article], director [[Robert Singer]] talks about COVID-19 restrictions, quarantine, and which cast members were on set for the series finale. Some fans were upset by the news that [https://twitter.com/mishasnovak/status/1306853261408980995 Misha wasn't included.] Jensen also [https://screenrant.com/supernatural-final-season-15-script-changes-pandemic/ confirmed] that there had been changes to the script due to COVID. Both [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3LRydtQZVY Misha] and Jared [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csmqSQAQHHg later went into detail] about these changes to the ending, specifically saying that there was supposed to be a large scene in Heaven of all of Dean's friends, family, and loved ones from earlier episodes, but that it wasn't possible because the 14-day quarantine would've been inconvenient to cast members. It is unknown whether there had been time to invite former cast members before the COVID shutdown. [https://twitter.com/katramdeen/status/1330629428448096256 Kat Ramdeen said on Twitter] that she was already available in Vancouver and was not contacted, but also stated that if she were to have appeared it would have had to serve the story. [[Samantha Ferris]] [https://twitter.com/samanthajferris/status/1330683416417771523 said on Twitter] that she and [https://twitter.com/ChadLindberg/status/1330658189335957505 Chad Lindberg] weren't approached about being in [[Season 15]] at all (despite many other [[Season 15 Callbacks]] prior to COVID restrictions being enacted). |
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+ | [[Eric Kripke]] revealed in an [https://ew.com/tv/supernatural-finale-ending-eric-kripke/ interview with ''EW''], that after learning of the show's planned ending, he had attempted to think of different ones to pitch back to [[Andrew Dabb]] and Bob Singer, but ultimately came to the conclusion that their planned ending was the right one. Saying of his proposed alternate ending: | ||
:"There's only one scene that I haven't done that I would've done for the end of the show and I'm certainly not going to give it away, maybe one day I will. But I can assure the fans that my ending was so much darker than the ending they're going with, so anyone who's like, 'Kripke should've ended it,' I'm like, 'You would've hated my ending!' Because it was a horror movie and it was going to have a horror movie ending, so I can promise you the ending [they went with] you'll love much more than if you had let me end the show." | :"There's only one scene that I haven't done that I would've done for the end of the show and I'm certainly not going to give it away, maybe one day I will. But I can assure the fans that my ending was so much darker than the ending they're going with, so anyone who's like, 'Kripke should've ended it,' I'm like, 'You would've hated my ending!' Because it was a horror movie and it was going to have a horror movie ending, so I can promise you the ending [they went with] you'll love much more than if you had let me end the show." | ||
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− | [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154000/ Christine Chatelain], who | + | [https://tvline.com/2020/11/20/supernatural-series-finale-ratings-the-cw/ Nearly 1.4 million viewers] watched the finale which represented ''Supernatural''’s largest audience since April 2019. It also marked The CW’s biggest total viewership in the Thursday 9pm time slot since the ''Arrow'' episode: ''[https://arrow.fandom.com/wiki/Divided "Divided"]'': the tenth episode from the sixth season released in January 18, 2018 [https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/arrow-season-six-ratings/ with 1.384 million viewers]. |
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+ | [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154000/ Christine Chatelain], who played [[Jenny (Vampire)|Jenny]], previously played Dr. Ellen Piccolo in [[5.08 Changing Channels]]. | ||
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− | Unlike the prior | + | [https://fangasmthebook.com/2020/11/24/carry-on-supernaturals-final-episode-and-my-emotional-goodbye/ Jared revealed during a Q&A] that about five years had passed between "Inherit the Earth" and "Carry On" for Sam and Dean. However, a [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-3qT3iJoUCslQMzh59fEeMZbP9Ec-_Vq released script] for the finale revealed that it has been six months since the end of "Inherit the Earth." |
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+ | Unlike the prior thirteen seasons, the final episode of the season did not open with "Carry On Wayward Son" playing over the "Road So Far" montage. Instead the song played towards the end of the episode over a montage of Dean driving around [[Heaven]] waiting for Sam and Sam living his life to old age. Unlike previous times, the music is [[Diegetic Music|diegetic]] and playing from the Impala's radio as shown with Dean commenting on how much he loves the song. | ||
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− | The truck at the Pie Fest is called "Dabb's Pies" after showrunner | + | The truck at the Pie Fest is called "Dabb's Pies" after showrunner Andrew Dabb. |
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− | When Sam shoves the pie in Dean's face, the extra in the background who appears shocked is director/producer | + | When Sam shoves the pie in Dean's face, the extra in the background who appears shocked is director/producer Robert Singer. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVQe8h0-H4 Jared revealed at a Creations StageIt event] that this scene was scripted, and that he got to enjoy hitting Jensen with the pie multiple times as needed for filming. |
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− | Like [[1.18 Something Wicked]], [[11.16 Safe House]], and [[15.16 Drag Me Away (From You)]], the Winchesters investigate and solve an unclosed case from the past. In this case, it was one of their father's from 1986 as well as killing one of the two surviving | + | Like [[1.18 Something Wicked]], [[11.16 Safe House]], and [[15.16 Drag Me Away (From You)]], the Winchesters investigate and solve an unclosed case from the past. In this case, it was one of their father's from 1986 as well as killing one of the two surviving [[vampire]]s from their very first vampire case in [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]]. |
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'''Jenny:''' Hey, Dean.<br> | '''Jenny:''' Hey, Dean.<br> | ||
'''Dean:''' Well, look at you. You know, we tried to kill each other back in the day. Yeah. This is so weird. | '''Dean:''' Well, look at you. You know, we tried to kill each other back in the day. Yeah. This is so weird. | ||
− | :''A reference to the events of [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]] where [[Jenny ( | + | :''A reference to the events of [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]] where [[Jenny (Vampire)|Jenny]] and [[Kate (vampire)|Kate]] were the only vampires to escape the Winchesters on their very first vampire hunt.'' |
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Dean's death also mirrors Sam's first death from [[2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One]]. Both are stabbed in the back, with the other brother seeing blood on their hands from the wound. Dean similarly asks Sam, "Come here. Let me look at you" during both death scenes. | Dean's death also mirrors Sam's first death from [[2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One]]. Both are stabbed in the back, with the other brother seeing blood on their hands from the wound. Dean similarly asks Sam, "Come here. Let me look at you" during both death scenes. | ||
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+ | Dean's death scene was written as having him on the ground with Sam cradling him (similar to Sam's death in "All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One"), but [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC_t1yerxR0 Jensen fought to change it so the brother's were facing each other] because it was "more powerful". | ||
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Dean tells Sam, "You always keep fighting." This is a reference to Jared's [[Always Keep Fighting]] campaigns. | Dean tells Sam, "You always keep fighting." This is a reference to Jared's [[Always Keep Fighting]] campaigns. | ||
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+ | The metal rebar Dean is impaled on was written in the script as a "hook" according to on-set props assistant Maisie, who [https://twitter.com/SpnMaisieDaisy/status/1331443664325787650 posted a picture] of it on Twitter. Jensen Ackles also posted a picture of the prop, joking about the danger of it on [https://www.instagram.com/p/CH1l58mg0Z8/ his Instagram.] Regardless of whether you call it a rebar or a nail though, we fans are forever indebted to the prop for all the [https://twitter.com/moon_yooan/status/1329670178691543040/photo/1 tetanus memes] it gave rise to. | ||
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+ | Dean's death on a random vampire hunt can be tied back to [[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]. In the episode [[Ash]] reveals that Sam and Dean have both died "more than anyone I’ve ever met", but were always sent back with their memories wiped by [[God]] or the angels. With Chuck no longer in the picture, and [[Jack]]'s proclamation to remain hands off, Sam and Dean no longer had any close calls or special protections from fatal injuries as their story now belonged to them. Dean makes peace with his death, as dying on the job was considered to be the best way to go in his opinion back in [[12.06 Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox]]. | ||
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− | Sam's first case after Dean's death is in Austin, which is home to both Jared and Jensen. Texas is also the location of Jared's next | + | Sam's first case after Dean's death is in Austin, which is home to both Jared and Jensen. Texas is also the location of Jared's next project on The CW: ''[[:Category:Walker|Walker]]''. |
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− | [[ | + | '''Dean:''' Well, at least I made it to Heaven. |
+ | :''Dean's surprise/relief to have made to Heaven stems from [[Belphegor]]'s revelation in [[15.02 Raising Hell]], that souls that have been to [[Hell]] cannot gain entry into Heaven without God's blessing.'' | ||
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− | + | [[Bobby Singer]] is revealed to have been locked up in Heaven's prison for his actions in [[10.17 Inside Man]] but was sprung by Jack. Until this episode, Bobby's fate had only been confirmed by Bob Singer during a con panel years ago. | |
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− | Heaven | + | Dean and Bobby meet in Heaven outside of Harvelle's Roadhouse where they share a beer. Before the Winchesters burned his flask in [[7.23 Survival of the Fittest]], Bobby expressed hope to see them again in Heaven after they die. In addition, in [[7.19 Of Grave Importance]], after learning that Bobby stuck around as a [[ghost]], Dean commented that Bobby could be in Heaven drinking beer at Harvelle's instead. The carved monkey next to Bobby used to sit on the corner of the bar in the original Roadhouse. |
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− | + | Heaven was reshaped by Jack to be a version of Earth where the [[souls]] are no longer separated from each other. In addition, Bobby reveals that Jack brought Castiel back from [[the Empty]] and he helped Jack with reshaping Heaven for the better. | |
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− | The | + | The monkey figurine makes its final appearance outside Harvelle's. The figurine had been introduced in Season 2, and after the Roadhouse was burned down, the figurine made sporadic appearances throughout the series in the backgrounds of scenes as an Easter egg. Bob Singer has said that the monkey would be the one item he would take with him when the show was finished. |
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− | In | + | The face of Sam's wife is not seen as she is only shown at a distance. She was dubbed [[Sam's Blurry Wife]] by fans. In a private online meet and greet with Jared after a Creation StageIt event, a fan asked if this person is anyone specific. [https://twitter.com/TeamFreeWillBT/status/1330697516262645761 Jared answered] that no, this person's identity was left open to fan interpretation. Many fans were disappointed that this person was not [[Eileen Leahy]], and showed an outpouring of love and support for [[Shoshannah Stern]] on [https://twitter.com/Shoshannah7/status/1330671102935240705 her Twitter.] In the script for the episode the character was simply designated as "WOMAN". |
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− | + | In the scene with Sam and young [[Dean Winchester II|Dean]] a white Samoyed can be seen walking past. This is [[Kevin Parks]]' dog [[Kuma Blu]], who has appeared in a number of episodes. | |
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− | + | Many of the pictures seen in Sam's house are ones seen often over the course of the show. The biggest is an image of the entire Winchester family together from [[14.13 Lebanon]]. From left to right the pictures are of: | |
+ | * Sam and Dean (first seen in [[10.03 Soul Survivor]]) | ||
+ | * [[Mary Winchester]] (first seen [[14.18 Absence]]) | ||
+ | * Young [[Dean Winchester II]] | ||
+ | * Dean, Mary and Sam (first seen [[14.19 Jack in the Box]]) | ||
+ | * Young Sam and Dean | ||
+ | * Sam and Dean (first seen [[10.03 Soul Survivor]]) | ||
+ | * Dean, [[Bobby]] and Sam (first seen [[10.03 Soul Survivor]]) | ||
+ | * Young Dean II | ||
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− | When Dean drives the Impala through Heaven, the car has the original KAZ 2Y5 license plates while on Earth Sam's Impala has the current CNK 80Q3 license plates. | + | Despite Belphegor's statement in [[15.02 Raising Hell]] that a soul cannot go to Heaven once it has been condemned to Hell, Dean still reaches Heaven when he dies despite his deal having previously condemned him to Hell, suggesting that Jack changed the rules of entry in addition to restructuring Heaven. This also implies that the rest of Sam and Dean's allies who died, went to Hell, and was resurrected or released like [[Kevin Tran]] and Eileen Leahy were also allowed admittance into Heaven. Sam also made it to Heaven, despite having been sent to [[Lucifer's Cage]]. |
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+ | When Dean drives the Impala through Heaven, the car has the original KAZ 2Y5 license plates while on Earth Sam's Impala has the current CNK 80Q3 license plates. When Sam dies, the Impala was left to his son Dean II. | ||
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− | The clothes Sam and Dean are wearing when they meet up in Heaven are similar to the outfits they wore in [[1.01 Pilot]]. Significant scenes in the pilot also occurred on | + | The clothes Sam and Dean are wearing when they meet up in Heaven are similar to the outfits they wore in [[1.01 Pilot]]. Significant scenes in the pilot also occurred on the Centennial Highway Bridge in Jericho, California. Jared revealed at a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVQe8h0-H4 StageIt Creation event after this episode] that for Sam, the outfit was his idea, as he asked the wardrobe department to put him in the outfit from the pilot, and since they no longer had it, they matched it as much as possible. |
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:'''Dean:''' And you told me yourself that you see a way out. You see a light at the end of this ugly-ass tunnel. I don't. But I tell you what I do know – it's that I'm gonna die with a gun in my hand. 'Cause that's what I have waiting for me – that's all I have waiting for me. I want you to get out. I want you to have a life – become a Man of Letters, whatever. You, with a wife and kids and – and – and grandkids, living till you're fat and bald and chugging Viagra – that is my perfect ending, and it's the only one that I'm gonna get. So I'm gonna do these trials. I'm gonna do them alone – end of story. You're staying here. I'm going out there. If landshark comes knocking, you call me. If you try to follow me, I'm gonna put a bullet in your damn leg. | :'''Dean:''' And you told me yourself that you see a way out. You see a light at the end of this ugly-ass tunnel. I don't. But I tell you what I do know – it's that I'm gonna die with a gun in my hand. 'Cause that's what I have waiting for me – that's all I have waiting for me. I want you to get out. I want you to have a life – become a Man of Letters, whatever. You, with a wife and kids and – and – and grandkids, living till you're fat and bald and chugging Viagra – that is my perfect ending, and it's the only one that I'm gonna get. So I'm gonna do these trials. I'm gonna do them alone – end of story. You're staying here. I'm going out there. If landshark comes knocking, you call me. If you try to follow me, I'm gonna put a bullet in your damn leg. | ||
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+ | Much like when Castiel told Dean he could find Sam by following the Axis Mundi; the beholder's pathway that runs through Heaven in [[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]], upon arriving in Heaven, the first thing Dean does is drive until he meets up with Sam. | ||
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:''Another reference to the first word spoken by Sam to Dean in [[1.01 Pilot]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVQe8h0-H4 adlibbed by Jared] with the circular storytelling of returning to the pilot in mind.'' | :''Another reference to the first word spoken by Sam to Dean in [[1.01 Pilot]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVQe8h0-H4 adlibbed by Jared] with the circular storytelling of returning to the pilot in mind.'' | ||
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+ | The bridge where Sam and Dean reunite in Heaven is also where Sam and Dean attempt to enter the town of River Pass, Colorado, in [[5.02 Good God, Y'All]], and it is also used in [[13.18 Bring 'em Back Alive]] when [[Ketch]] and Dean see the [[Apocalypse World]] [[angels]]. | ||
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:'''Jared:''' There's no way we would have ever been here without you and your support and your love, so thank you. We will remain forever grateful for the opportunity and the honor to play these characters for so long, and we felt you guys here with us all the time. So thank you. | :'''Jared:''' There's no way we would have ever been here without you and your support and your love, so thank you. We will remain forever grateful for the opportunity and the honor to play these characters for so long, and we felt you guys here with us all the time. So thank you. | ||
− | The shot pulls back to reveal all the crew also on the bridge alongside Jared and Jensen. As they wave goodbye, Bob Singer can be heard calling "And cut." | + | The shot pulls back to reveal all the crew also on the bridge alongside Jared and Jensen. As they wave goodbye, Bob Singer can be heard calling "And cut." The final scene was wrapped at 6:25pm Pacific Daylight Time, September 10, 2020. |
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVQe8h0-H4 At a Stageit event by Creation] the weekend after this episode aired, Jared revealed that he considers this finale his favorite episode of the show, followed by [[8.23 Sacrifice]] and [[6.15 The French Mistake]]. | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVQe8h0-H4 At a Stageit event by Creation] the weekend after this episode aired, Jared revealed that he considers this finale his favorite episode of the show, followed by [[8.23 Sacrifice]] and [[6.15 The French Mistake]]. | ||
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+ | Following the airing of the finale, some fans were upset that Castiel did not appear and that his declaration of love was not addressed by anyone (particularly Dean) in the last two episodes. This was heightened when it was discovered that in the [https://twitter.com/CharCubed/status/1331475040018325506 Latin American dub] of [[15.18 Despair]], Castiel uses the typically romantic version of "I love you," with "Te amo," (however, depending on the region, "te amo" is an acceptable form of telling family or close friends you love them) and Dean responds with "Yo a ti, Cas," which translates to "Me too, Cas" though the English subtitles remained, "Don't do this, Cas." (This was later proven to be a line added by the director and [https://twitter.com/imanaturalblues/status/1337980803238793218 supported by Guillermo Rojas], Dean's LATAM voice actor.) In the fan uproar to this revelation, Tumblr was overloaded and briefly went down while #TheySilencedYou trended #1 on Twitter in the U.S. as fans encouraged each other to boycott The CW for presumed censorship of the English version of the show, while "YO A TI CAS" and "DEANCAS" trended internationally. The campaign expanded to note other cases of poor representation on the show notably character like Eileen, Kaia and Charlie (all of whom were written off prior to the final two episodes) with [https://www.cbr.com/supernatural-cw-dean-castiel-spanish-dub/ #TheySilencedYou and #TheySilencedMe.] On November 29th and there was a hashtag #SomethingtoSay used to highlight poor representation of LGBTIA+, People of Color and disabled people on the CW Network, although according to a [https://www.glaad.org/whereweareontv19 GLAAD report] CW had the highest percentage (15%) of LGBTQ people as series regulars compared to other broadcast networks in 2019. However it has killed off a queer characters in the same episode in which they come out [https://fanlore.org/wiki/Clarke_Griffin/Lexa in the Lexa controversy in ''The 100'']. | ||
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+ | Fans started a number of fundraising campaigns including: | ||
+ | * [https://give.thetrevorproject.org/fundraiser/3037563 The Trevor project] for Castiel. This raised over $55k [https://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/1337198550610952202 which Misha acknowledged] in a tweet saying "This was ALL you. Never underestimate your power. Proud of you all." | ||
+ | * [https://donate.nami.org/fundraiser/3040106 The National Association of Mental Illness] for Dean | ||
+ | * [https://www.togetherwerise.org/fundraise/samwinchester Together We Rise] for Sam | ||
+ | * [https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/random-acts-10-year-anniversary/MeganCrocker Random Acts] for Jack | ||
+ | * [https://www.nad.org/donate/ National Association for the Deaf] for Eileen | ||
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+ | Many [https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/destielgate conspiracy theories], nicknamed "Destielgate" by fans, arose on Tumblr, including that an alternate ending of both episode [[15.18 Despair]] and the finale, which included a romantic reunion between Castiel and Dean, had been shot or scripted but was deleted by the CW. This was later refuted by Misha Collins in a [https://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/1331800202252931073 Twitter post], as well as purportedly disproven by leaked scripts and members of the fandom who claimed to know crew members with inside info, none of which has been publicly verified or refuted by any ''Supernatural'' writers, executives, or representative of The CW at this time. | ||
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+ | The group Neoni, whose cover of “Carry On Wayward Son” was used in the finale, [https://twitter.com/WeAreNeoni/status/1329840764906598401 posted about their excitement hearing the song in the finale.] | ||
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+ | In an interview with ''[https://variety.com/2021/tv/features/jared-padalecki-supernatural-walker-defining-deaths-1234852596/ Variety]'', Jared gave his thoughts on a number of subjects regarding the finale. | ||
+ | On Dean's death: | ||
+ | :“It was a success story — it was Dean’s success story,” Padalecki reflects on the “Supernatural” series finale. “This guy gave his life for years and years and years and ultimately gave his life to have his No. 1 on the planet live as normal a life as possible.” | ||
+ | Jared also disclosed that no version of the script revealed who Sam's wife was after he quit hunting. | ||
+ | :“I think it was very, very purposely ambiguous and strangely I agreed with that,” he says. “I feel like a lot of what Sam did after Dean died was almost in honor of what Dean would have wanted, and Dean would not have wanted his little brother to marry Eileen, Ruby, someone in the life.” | ||
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+ | In the episode [[2.14 No Such Thing As Fair Play]] of ''Walker'', which was directed by Jensen, Kansas plays "Carry On Wayward Son" at a concert during the Annual Ranger Community Fair, providing Jared, Jensen and Kansas to, in some way small way, make up for the performance that didn't happen during the ''Supernatural'' finale [https://bleedingcool.com/tv/jensen-ackles-talks-walker-jared-padalecki-kansas-spn-easter-eggs/ Jensen talks about how the Kansas appearance in ''Walker'' came about]: | ||
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+ | ::"They were like, 'We're writing that script right now, but we just found out Kansas is actually going to be in Austin playing one night and it happens to be three days before you start working.' So I was in prep and basically, they broke the main unit early on the previous episode so that they could do a full company move over to the Moody Theater in downtown Austin and we could set up and shoot, essentially, a rock concert. So I shot that while in prep, and then a couple days later we started rolling on principle photography for me." | ||
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* [[15.20 Carry On (transcript)]] | * [[15.20 Carry On (transcript)]] | ||
+ | * [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/1520-carry-on Carry On script] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 6 April 2024
Title | Carry On |
Episode # | Season 15, Episode 20 |
First aired | November 19, 2020 |
Directed by | Robert Singer |
Written by | Andrew Dabb |
On IMDB | Carry On |
Outline | Sam and Dean take their final ride. |
Monster | Jenny Vampires |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Lebanon, Kansas Akron, Ohio Canton, Ohio Heaven |
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Contents
Synopsis
In the Bunker, Sam and Dean go through their daily morning routine. Dean wakes up and is immediately greeted by Miracle. Sam goes for a run, pausing on the way to look at the world. Sam makes breakfast, warning Dean the toast is hot. Then Sam walks into his room shirtless, fresh from the shower. We see him neatly make his bed, while Dean messily makes his. Dean cleans weapons while Sam does laundry in an old washer. In the library, Dean is on his laptop along with Miracle, when Sam joins them. Looking for hunts, Sam tells Dean he's found nothing, but Dean has.
They roll up to a small town. Sam asks if Dean is ready; Dean assures that he is, as they step out of the Impala and enter a Pie Fest. While Dean goes to buy pie, Sam looks forlornly at a passing family. When Dean returns, Dean asks about Sam's sadness. Sam tells him he misses Castiel and Jack. Dean says he misses them too, but that they will honor their sacrifices by living. As Dean begins to dig into his tray of pies, Sam picks one up and shoves it in Dean's face, laughing as he tells Dean he has wanted to do that for a long time.
Later that night, the family from the Pie Fest is attacked by masked intruders at their home. Sam and Dean show up as FBI agents Singer and Kripke, and learn that the two children were taken, the father was killed and that the mother survived, but had her tongue ripped out. The local sheriff shows Sam and Dean a drawing of the attacker, which is just a skull. Looking through John's Journal, they find an old case of a string of kidnappings he never solved, and figure out it's vampires that prey on rural families with kids and wonder who fits the description nearby.
A van drives up to a house, the masked vampires get out. Only for one to be beheaded by Dean, and the other shot by Sam. Sam and Dean interrogate the captured vampire, who says they kidnap and raise the kids as a food source. After threat of a slow and agonizing decapitation, the vampire tells them where the children are.
Sam and Dean pull up to a creepy barn and get their weapons ready. Inside, they save the boys, only to be confronted by the masked vampires. A fight ensues. At one point, Sam is knocked out, and Dean is captured. Jenny, the woman who was turned into a vampire on Sam and Dean's first vampire hunt appears to a surprised Dean, who uses the time to banter, letting Sam recover. When she goes to bite him, Sam beheads her. The fight continues, while Sam and Dean kill the vamps, Dean is impaled on a rebar hook by one, who Sam also decapitates. Thinking they've won, Sam tells Dean they should find the kids and leave, but Dean tells him something is wrong with him, and soon realizes he's dying the way he knew he should, saving people, hunting things. Sam doesn’t want to believe, offering to get help. But Dean begs him to stay. Wanting him to come closer as he tells him things he needs to say. He tells Sam how proud he is of him and everything he admires. He admits to being so scared that Sam wouldn't have wanted to see him when he came and got him from school., because he didn't know what he would do without Sam. It was always them. Just them. Sam begs him not to leave. Dean tells him will be with him everyday in Sam's heart, and he wants Sam to not bring him back. He tells him to always keep fighting and that he loves him so much. Feeling he doesn't have much time left, Dean tells Sam he needs hear him say it's okay for him to go. After sometime, Sam is finally able to. They touch foreheads, say goodbye, and Dean breathes his last breath, collapsing into Sam's arms, trembling from his wracking sobs.
Sam and Miracle give Dean a hunter's funeral. Afterwards, Sam morosely goes about the Bunker, Miracle not leaving his side. Later, he sits in Dean’s untouched room, crying, and petting a sad Miracle when a phone rings from the desk drawer. It's Dean's "other other cell phone." An officer from Austin, looking for an "Agent Bon Jovi", has bodies with missing hearts. Donna Hanscum told him that he's the one to call. After a pause, Sam says he's on his way. Sam, packs up and walks through the Bunker library and Crow's Nest one last time. He turns to look around once more before leaving and shutting down all of the Bunker lights a final time.
From Dean's funeral pyre, we see Dean rise and go to Heaven. Happy that he ended up in Heaven, Dean is surprised to see Bobby Singer waiting for him. Thinking he's in a memory, Bobby tells him he isn't and that Jack released him from lock up and changed Heaven, with Castiel's help. It's no longer endlessly remembering your greatest memories. It's living all together with the people you love, happily, revealing that John and Mary, Rufus are all nearby, telling Dean that it's not just Heaven, but it's the Heaven Dean deserves. They share a beer that tastes likes the first Dean had with his father, which was bad at the time, but he gets nostalgic. When Dean says it's almost perfect, Bobby assures him "He'll be along," knowing who Dean needs to make Heaven perfect, also mentioning that time works differently in Heaven. When Bobby asks what Dean wants to do, Dean sees Baby with the original license plates. He decides to go for a drive while Bobby tells him, "Have fun."
As he turns over the engine, "Carry On Wayward Son" plays from the radio. He declares he loves that song and drives. While he’s driving we see Sam raising a son, appropriately named Dean. An aged Sam uncovers a still mint condition Baby, and sits behind the wheel, looks forlornly at the passenger seat he occupied for so long, grips the wheel where his brother Dean used to grip, and cries. The music changes as we see a dying elderly Sam lie in medical bed at home beneath pictures of his beloved long gone family. Dean, his son, is an adult now with an anti-possession tattoo on his forearm. He comes in to hold Sam's hand. As Sam struggles to breathe, Dean tells him, "It's okay. You can go now." We see Sam tearfully breathe his last breath, like Dean did all those years ago.
In Heaven, Dean stops at a bridge and gets out of Baby. He walks to the railing to enjoy the view, when suddenly his demeanor changes. He smiles, and without turning, calls, "Hey, Sammy." As he turns, we see Sam in the clothes he wore when they hunted the Woman in White, he smiles and replies with a simple "Dean." They look at each other, smiling, then hug a joyous hug. Dean leads Sam to enjoy the view, his arm around his shoulder. They're free to enjoy the perfect Heaven together forever, having finished their work and are finally at peace.
Characters
Definitions
- Alcohol
- Aliases
- Anti-Possession Symbol
- Chest Hair
- Chuck Won Theory
- Costumes & Disguises
- Crew Cameos
- Dead...or are they?
- Dead Guy Robe
- Dead Man's Blood
- Dean's Bedroom
- Dean's Cell Phone
- Dean's Monster Mashups
- Diegetic Music
- Food
- Green Cooler
- Harvelle's Roadhouse
- Heaven
- Hugs
- Hunter's Funeral Pyre
- Idjit
- Impala
- John's Journal
- Kuma Blu
- Men of Letters Bunker
- Monsters
- Nipples
- Photo Album
- Pie
- Pranks
- Rebar
- Sam's Blurry Wife
- Sammy
- Sam and Dean's Initials
- Season 15 Callbacks
- Single Perfect Tear
- Son of a Bitch
- Specialty Bullets
- Table of Death
- Tattoos
- Unconscious
- Vampires
Music
- "Ordinary Life" by Van Morrison
- (playing over Sam and Dean starting their day)
- "Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits
- (playing over Dean's funeral pyre and Sam's mourning)
- "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas
- (plays on the Impala's radio as Dean takes the Impala for a ride in Heaven and Sam lives his life on Earth with his son; also played in 1.21 Salvation, 2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two, 3.16 No Rest for the Wicked, 4.22 Lucifer Rising, 5.22 Swan Song, 6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much, 7.23 Survival of the Fittest, 8.23 Sacrifice, 9.23 Do You Believe in Miracles?, 10.23 Brother's Keeper, 11.23 Alpha and Omega, 12.23 All Along the Watchtower, 13.23 Let the Good Times Roll, and 14.20 Moriah)
- "Carry On Wayward Son" by Neoni
- (playing as Sam passes away from old age and reunites with Dean in Heaven)
Quotes
Sam: I'm not Sad Sam. I'm just... I'm thinking about Cas, you know? Jack. If they could be here.
Sam: Yeah, or vampires.
Dean: Oh, it speaks. Not a mime. Still evil, though.
Sam: Yeah, the Woman in White.
Bobby: Yep.
Dean: What memory is this?
Bobby: It ain't ya idjit.
Dean: Yeah it is, 'cause the last I heard you... you were in Heaven's lockup.
Bobby: Was. Now I'm not. That kid of yours before he went... wherever, made some changes here. Busted my ass out. And then he -- Well, he set some things right. Tore down all the walls up here. Heaven ain't just reliving your golden oldies anymore. It's what it always should've been. Everyone happy. Everyone together. Rufus lives about five miles that way -- with Aretha. Thought she'd have better taste. And your mom and dad... they got a place over yonder. It ain't just Heaven, Dean. It's the Heaven you deserve. And we've been waiting for you.
Dean: So, Jack did all that?
Bobby: He'll be along. Time up here, it's... it's different. You got everything you could ever want... or need or... dream. So, I guess the question is... what are you gonna do now, Dean?
Dean: I think I'll go for a drive.
Sam: Dean.
Trivia & References
- Eeyore is a depressed and gloomy stuffed donkey character from the Winnie The Pooh stories by A.A. Milne.
Dean: Dark, creepy, something out of Wes Craven's erotic fantasy? Yeah. It's 100% the place.
- Wes Craven was a horror filmmaker best known for the Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream franchises.
- "Aretha" is possibly a reference to R&B and soul singer Aretha Franklin.
Minutiae
- "As I head out to the first day on my LAST season finale, I can’t help but be incredibly grateful for all that #Supernatural and the #SPNFamily mean to me. It’s been an incredible journey, to say the least. I, for one, am hoping that #SupernaturalNeverDies."
Jensen responded:
- "Here we go, brother. This one’s for all the marbles."
- "So last night we completed 326 of Supernatural. And at the very end of every one of those scripts are three words: To Be Continued. Today we start episode 327, and at the very bottom, of the very last page of this script are only two words: (He holds up the script showing the words The End) Happy Friday everybody."
On the post Jared commented:
- "Let's bring it home brother"
Misha posted:
- "Don't make me cry. Again."
- "There's only one scene that I haven't done that I would've done for the end of the show and I'm certainly not going to give it away, maybe one day I will. But I can assure the fans that my ending was so much darker than the ending they're going with, so anyone who's like, 'Kripke should've ended it,' I'm like, 'You would've hated my ending!' Because it was a horror movie and it was going to have a horror movie ending, so I can promise you the ending [they went with] you'll love much more than if you had let me end the show."
Sam: No.
- Dean wants to use a shuriken (star knife) as a weapon. This has been seen in their weapons cache throughout the series, but never used.
Jenny: Hey, Dean.
Dean: Well, look at you. You know, we tried to kill each other back in the day. Yeah. This is so weird.
- A reference to the events of 1.20 Dead Man's Blood where Jenny and Kate were the only vampires to escape the Winchesters on their very first vampire hunt.
Dean: Yes you can.
Sam: Yeah, well, I don't want to.
- Sam and Dean's exchange as Dean is dying is verbatim from 1.01 Pilot, when Dean asked for Sam's help in finding their father. When asked at a StageIt Creation event the weekend after this episode aired, Jared said,
- "It was written that Sam says, 'I can't do this without you.' I thought it was neat to throw back to the pilot and say, 'I can't do this alone,' instead, like to reverse roles."
- He also said he and Jensen were given license by writer Andrew Dabb and director Robert Singer to "just go with the flow" during Dean's death scene.
- Dean's surprise/relief to have made to Heaven stems from Belphegor's revelation in 15.02 Raising Hell, that souls that have been to Hell cannot gain entry into Heaven without God's blessing.
- Sam and Dean (first seen in 10.03 Soul Survivor)
- Mary Winchester (first seen 14.18 Absence)
- Young Dean Winchester II
- Dean, Mary and Sam (first seen 14.19 Jack in the Box)
- Young Sam and Dean
- Sam and Dean (first seen 10.03 Soul Survivor)
- Dean, Bobby and Sam (first seen 10.03 Soul Survivor)
- Young Dean II
- As he described at the November StageIt panel, it was Jared's idea to mirror Dean's death with Sam's. The line "You can go now" was inspired by what director Bob Singer related he had said to his own father.
- Dean: And you told me yourself that you see a way out. You see a light at the end of this ugly-ass tunnel. I don't. But I tell you what I do know – it's that I'm gonna die with a gun in my hand. 'Cause that's what I have waiting for me – that's all I have waiting for me. I want you to get out. I want you to have a life – become a Man of Letters, whatever. You, with a wife and kids and – and – and grandkids, living till you're fat and bald and chugging Viagra – that is my perfect ending, and it's the only one that I'm gonna get. So I'm gonna do these trials. I'm gonna do them alone – end of story. You're staying here. I'm going out there. If landshark comes knocking, you call me. If you try to follow me, I'm gonna put a bullet in your damn leg.
Sam: Dean.
- Another reference to the first word spoken by Sam to Dean in 1.01 Pilot, adlibbed by Jared with the circular storytelling of returning to the pilot in mind.
- Jensen: Thank you, the fans. Through blood, sweat, laughter, and tears, you've kept us on for 15 years.
- Jared: There's no way we would have ever been here without you and your support and your love, so thank you. We will remain forever grateful for the opportunity and the honor to play these characters for so long, and we felt you guys here with us all the time. So thank you.
Fans started a number of fundraising campaigns including:
- The Trevor project for Castiel. This raised over $55k which Misha acknowledged in a tweet saying "This was ALL you. Never underestimate your power. Proud of you all."
- The National Association of Mental Illness for Dean
- Together We Rise for Sam
- Random Acts for Jack
- National Association for the Deaf for Eileen
On Dean's death:
- “It was a success story — it was Dean’s success story,” Padalecki reflects on the “Supernatural” series finale. “This guy gave his life for years and years and years and ultimately gave his life to have his No. 1 on the planet live as normal a life as possible.”
Jared also disclosed that no version of the script revealed who Sam's wife was after he quit hunting.
- “I think it was very, very purposely ambiguous and strangely I agreed with that,” he says. “I feel like a lot of what Sam did after Dean died was almost in honor of what Dean would have wanted, and Dean would not have wanted his little brother to marry Eileen, Ruby, someone in the life.”
- "They were like, 'We're writing that script right now, but we just found out Kansas is actually going to be in Austin playing one night and it happens to be three days before you start working.' So I was in prep and basically, they broke the main unit early on the previous episode so that they could do a full company move over to the Moody Theater in downtown Austin and we could set up and shoot, essentially, a rock concert. So I shot that while in prep, and then a couple days later we started rolling on principle photography for me."