CW's Supernatural Renewed for an 11th Season
"Truth is, I'm tired, Sam. And, I don't know, it's like there's a light at the end of the tunnel."
-Dean Winchester to Sam
Supernatural has always been one of my favorite shows - I'm pretty sure everyone knows that. I mean, I own a Supernatural backpack and I turn around when someone says 'Supernatural', 'Dean', 'Sam', or 'Winchester' at a much quicker speed than I do when someone calls out my own name.
It's pretty safe to say that I'm a huge fan of the show, have been for the past couple of years and it has ruined me, my GPA, and my life. I never expected to get so into it when I first started watching the show.
I remember putting it off for about a year because I was too scared to watch it by myself. When I did watch the first episode, I was terrified, just like everyone else who has watched it. The first season was filled with blood and monsters and emotional turmoil and side-character deaths. I was so into it - the show, the actors, and the story lines gripping at me and never letting me go do my homework to keep my grades up.
(To be fair, I've been such a huge procrastinator since the sixth grade when I found out I was able to do a month's worth of work for a major science project the night before AND get the highest grade in the class -- I never looked back after that.)
Many Supernatural fans would say that season 1 is the 'happy' season even though it's heart-wrenching and LIFE RUINING and makes me hate myself for daring to feel somewhat happy at times when the Winchesters (especially Dean) suffered.
It only got worse from there.
Season 2 was where things picked up and one event lead to a series of other events that eventually caused the almost-Apocalypse in season 4... complete with the Horse Men and Lucifer. The Winchesters almost ended the world as we know it but in the end, they fixed it... for a price. Sam, possessed by Lucifer (as he was his True Vessel and Dean was Michael's) threw himself into The Cage of Hell to trap Lucifer in it and stop the Apocalyse, and Michael, possessing the body of Sam and Dean's new-found half-brother, Adam, went in.
While Sam was pulled from the Cage, Adam is still down there and hasn't been shown concern.
You'd think that season 4 would be when the show would wrap up and say, "hey guys, there's only so many times we can kill a white male character and bring him back to life and kill off all females except the lesbians."
Originally, season 4 was supposed to be the end, but due to the high ratings, it was picked up for a fifth season and once again, a series of events led to others and it's like a domino effect.
Now here we are, mid-season 10 and it has been announced that Supernatural has been picked up for an 11th season and all I can say is GROAN.
(On another note, The Flash has been picked up for a season season YAAAAAAS!)
As I've said before, there's only so many times a show can kill a character off and then bring him back to life. After so many times, it gets boring and expected and it loses the emotional appeal to it.
When Dean died at the end of season 9, sure, I cried because of the way he was killed, I cried because of his brother's reaction and Dean's 'supposedly' last words ("Sammy, I'm proud of us.") and while I was sad, I wasn't worried. I told myself, "Dean will either come back to life before the end of the episode... there's like five minutes left, or in the beginning of the first episode next season").
I was right. Dean came back to life thirty-seconds before the credits rolled and while I was horrified that Dean wasn't human anymore... the knowledge that Dean hasn't met his end yet was disappointing to no end.
I love Dean Winchester as much as Stiles Stilinski loves Scott McCall (Teen Wolf) with all his daddy-issues and screwed up way of thinking. I love Dean because I see myself in him, I can relate to him on an emotional level and I find myself understand his reasoning. I love him because we share the same past, well, me without the hunting monsters and burning mom part.
I also love Sam Winchester and his desire to be different and get a good education. I love him for his determination and how he's not perfect. He's been swayed to the dark side a couple of times like in season 4 when he trusted a demon and drank demon blood. No big deal, Sam Winchester is a great character with just as many flaws as Dean.
I love these two characters so much and if one, or both, of them died I know there would be no more Supernatural.
As much as I love the show, I don't think it was a good idea to renew it for an 11th season. Fans will eventually tire of it and the queer-baiting and the sexism and the show will not be remembered as one of the greatest fantasy/thriller shows out there but as the long-running annoying show.
(Maybe I'm just bitter because Jensen Ackles won't accept an offer from Marvel or DC to play a superhero. He would have made a fine Clint Barton, let's be real.)
While I am not happy with another season, I will hesitantly watch it to show my support for the actors.
(On another note, watch Agent Carter.)
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