SUPERNATURAL beyond S5

[david g]

Hi all,
I am currently halfway through S5 (just saw "Sam, Interrupted"). Fans I respect have told me that the series simply isn't very good post-S5. I'm wondering how fans of the series who have seen it all of the way through feel about it post-S5?

I have to hand it to the lead actors for still seeming committed to the characters at least up to the fifth season... I was sorely disappointed at the killing off of the female hunter bar-owner lady and her daughter--why didn't they develop their characters? I do like the daring of the show--what an arc, Lucifer as the big bad...Has Kripke ever revealed himself as a fan of Milton's "Paradise Lost"?

 

[Mr Light]

S6: it's a decent follow-up
S7: I almost stopped watching the series. it really lost it.
S8: got interesting again.
S9: solid season premise so far.

But I would say S3-5 was the highpoint.

 

[RoJoHen]

Season 7 is pretty terrible, but I didn't mind Season 6 or 8. Haven't seen any of Season 9, but I'm excited to watch it based on the way that Season 8 ended.

 

[JD]

I didn't really start watching it regularly until season 6, but even without the earlier seasons to compare it too, I thought Season 7 wasn't very good. It wasn't bad enough for me to stop watching, but it definitely wasn't as good as the seasons before or after.

 

[Thestral]

Pretty much agreed with the above. Biggest complaint about Season Six was too many plots that resolved too abruptly. Season Seven did introduce one of my favorite recurring characters. I need to catch up with Nine.

 

[Mr Light]

Damn, nobody liked Season Seven

 

[Sto-Vo-Kory]

Damn, nobody liked Season Seven

Season seven, for the most part, was unsuccessful. It was clear what they were attempting, but the show's creators just weren't able to satisfy the build-up or premises they began.

That being said, however, the seventh did contain 2 massive high points:

Spoiler: Season 7

+The introduction of Felicia Day's Charlie

+One of the best episodes of the series, IMO, "Death's Door."

 

[Skywalker]

Yeah, I pretty much agree with the consensus. Season Six is still pretty decent, while Season Seven wasn't all that great (though it had its moments). But Season Eight was a really nice return to form and I've enjoyed Season Nine so far, too.

 

[DonIago]

Forgot what thread I was viewing and for a few confused moments I thought this was a DS9 thread.

I've only seen S1-2 and the first episode of S3 myself. Not sure what happened there, maybe it was the abrupt change in premise. I mean to get back to it at some point.

 

[Thestral]

That being said, however, the seventh did contain 2 massive high points:

Spoiler: Season 7

+The introduction of Felicia Day's Charlie

+One of the best episodes of the series, IMO, "Death's Door."

Agreed, and personally I also really liked (and I think OP will too given one of his comments)

Spoiler: Season 7

the brief return of Jo. While she had a hell of an exit it was a very lovely coda after I was sad she only got name-dropped in Ellen's AU return.

Garth getting more focus was a lot of fun too, IMO.

 

[david g]

Thanks for all of these helpful insights, everyone. Looks like I have at least S6 to look forward, and maybe further seasons beyond it.

 

[auntiehill]

Season 7 tends to spin its wheels for a long time but has the best, most gut-wrenching episode of the series, episode 10. I cried like a baby.

 

[Sto-Vo-Kory]

Season 7 tends to spin its wheels for a long time but has the best, most gut-wrenching episode of the series, episode 10. I cried like a baby.

Same here.

"We'll, as fate would have it, I adopted two boys, and they grew up great. They grew up heroes. So you can go to hell!"

 

[auntiehill]

^

 

[Starbreaker]

I really enjoyed seasons 2-5. I'm only on Season 8, but 6 and 7 were just overall bad.

 

[DS9Continuing]

Indeed, agreeing person agrees.

I watched 1 to 5 as they aired, but from 6 onwards I was no longer in a place that actually broadcast them regularly so I had to wait for the DVD sets.

Season 6 was good, a bit confusing in some spots when it seems like there's lots of contradictory stuff going on, but it all makes sense in the end and in retrospect is actually a clever and logical follow up to the events of season 5.

Season 7 had some great episodes but the overall arc wasn't as strong. You might compare it to Buffy s4 in that way.

Only just got season 8 for Xmas and haven't had time to crack into it yet.

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