No, this show's principle narrative strength (for me, anyway) was the tale of two boys tackling supernatural evil and winning only through preparation, research, and skill. The fact that the odds were so utterly stacked against them is what made it scary.
Despite the cool twist that Heaven was an accomplice in Lilith's gambit to release Lucifer, Supernatural hit a sharp and sudden decline. Introducing angels, archangels, Alphas, Leviathans, etc. that soon was a colossal mistake, as was the way it was handled.
Castiel's arc was well-done, but not to the extent it redeemed the show for nerfing its villains and mitigating the damage done by pure PIS.
Crowley and Death were the only products of the past 4 seasons that were remotely interesting. Death suffered from overexposure and the writers (wisely) use him sparingly now, but poor Crowley hasn't been more Laughably Evil as of late than Affably Evil.
Well I do agree that it's gone downhill since season 5 I still find it kind of funny with the occasional filler episodes. Though my favorite episode was in season 5 when Death was first introduced.
I also wonder if aliens will ever make it since Death kind of implies it when he talks to Dean and friends. Haven't seen much of Season 8 unfortunately.
I hated this show at first. I didn't really get into it until Castiel, and he quickly became my favorite character. The episode he narrates that tells his story of getting involved with Crowley is my favorite episode.
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Like I said, some of the story arcs with the angels have been cool. But it's no longer a horror/suspense show, IMHO when you know angels are always around the corner to save the day.
Yeah, forgot about that.
Essentially, I want the show to return to its roots: where Sam and Dean are on their own, kicking ass and taking names by virtue of preparation, research, skill, etc., not heavenly assistance and requisite PIS for when heavenly assistance is conveniently absent. I hate the idea that "Whoops, I died... but thank God Cas is here, because one finger poke later and I'm fresh as roses."
I personally can't stand it. In this genre, the baddie always has to have the trump card to make shit exciting. Hence why Zachariah and co. were fairly interesting, because it made all powerful Heaven the obstacle. With the show now firmly entrenched in Judeo-Christian mythology, the deck is outrageously stacked against evil.
Hence why my main man Crowley is little more than a joke now.
Yeah, but even a Godless Heaven is beyond Hell to an exponential degree.
They had a missed opportunity to show the place still has teeth by having Crowley beat the ever loving shit out of weakened!Castiel a few episodes ago. But, nah, where's the artistic value in having formidable villains?
Like I said, though, I have pretty strict framework for what constitutes a great sci-fi/adventure/horror epic. Bad guys being better than good guys (either through brains, brawn, or both) is sacrosanct.
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