With the Apocalypse looming, Sam and Dean realize they are out of options and make heart-breaking decisions that will change their lives forever.With the Apocalypse looming, Sam and Dean realize they are out of options and make heart-breaking decisions that will change their lives forever.With the Apocalypse looming, Sam and Dean realize they are out of options and make heart-breaking decisions that will change their lives forever.
Nicolai Giustra
- Young Dean Winchester
- (as Nicolai Lawton-Guistra)
Nicki Aycox
- Meg Masters
- (archive footage)
Matt Cohen
- Young John Winchester
- (archive footage)
Kurt Fuller
- Zachariah
- (archive footage)
Shawn Hall
- Pool Player
- (archive footage)
Fredric Lehne
- Azazel
- (archive footage)
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I am surprised at the number of comments that I have read online where people don't seem to understand that this episode was intended to be the series finale. The show was scheduled and planned to run for 5 years only. I'm thrilled that Supernatural will be back for a sixth season, but I can't imagine anyone writing another finale that will live up to this episode. The bar is now set very high. The writers did an amazing job putting it all together for us and coming up with a wrap up that is much more difficult than your average TV show. Most shows just have someone move, get married, die, or generally transition into a new chapter in their lives. Swan Song took care of all of those categories while tackling, ummm... Armageddon. Most of us can't say enough about how terrific this show was. With the exception of one classy genius who felt that the episode was too emotional and that Dean should end up with a skanky chick. Really? You didn't expect this to be emotional? You didn't pay attention to 5 years of the show. As for his other concern, you can see that most people disagree totally with his assessment. Like Chuck says- there will be some bitchy fan who just doesn't get what you were trying to say. Well, the rest of us did, and BRAVO!!
I started watching this show about halfway through the first season (coincidentally, at a very difficult time in my life), and I was instantly hooked. Since then, I haven't missed a new show, I've bought the DVD sets, and I've often watched the primetime reruns "just because." Over these past 5 years, my great satisfaction with the series has remained constant; granted, a few episodes here and there have been a bit weaker than the standard, but what accounts for a "poor" episode of "Supernatural" would be one of the "very good" efforts from 99.9% of TV-series history. And when "Supernatural" hits one of its (many) peaks, as it does with this 5th-season finale, I really, really, REALLY just want to stand up in front of these guys and applaud their work!
Yeah, I'm gushing, but anyone who has as much admiration and affection for "Supernatural" as myself would understand my enthusiasm; one could only be as enthusiastic if you've been with these guys since the beginning. In many ways, "Swan Song" _could_ have been a VERY satisfying series finale, had "Supernatural" not been renewed for its 6th season. This episode actually manages to neatly summarize the past 5 years' worth of shows (read: Sam's & Dean's lives) beautifully while also plunging headlong into the expected, inevitable outcome. And where the finales for seasons 3 and 4 proved to be edge-of-your-set cliffhangers, "Swan Song" accomplishes the dual feat of leaving me totally satisfied story-wise whilst whetting my appetite for some incredible events yet to surely unfold. So, in essence, this season finale is both a cliffhanger AND the most significant turning point yet in the series' story arc.
None of this would be possible without both the top-notch creative writing (Eric Kripke, did you REALLY pen this by yourself? -- outstanding!!!), with dialogue that only the best playwrights could produce, and the great group of people who bring the writing into the realm of flesh and blood. Jared & Jensen are two of the best young actors currently working, and their chemistry with each other is unsurpassable. No less important are Misha and JimB, who have really proved themselves to be "star"-quality support for our two leads. (The great emotions in this series resonate all the more deeply because of their support.) In all, these gentlemen give this show plenty of heart to match its smarts. (I almost forgot: Mark Pellegrino has been a standout as Lucifer this season. Hats off to you, sir!!!)
I laughed, I cried, and then I cried a little more (the episode features a few shocking developments, as you'd surely expect), and I'm only sorry that we have to wait several more months before we can do it all again! The "Winchester Chronicles" just keep getting better and better.
(For those playing along at home, please pay close attention to Chuck.)
Yeah, I'm gushing, but anyone who has as much admiration and affection for "Supernatural" as myself would understand my enthusiasm; one could only be as enthusiastic if you've been with these guys since the beginning. In many ways, "Swan Song" _could_ have been a VERY satisfying series finale, had "Supernatural" not been renewed for its 6th season. This episode actually manages to neatly summarize the past 5 years' worth of shows (read: Sam's & Dean's lives) beautifully while also plunging headlong into the expected, inevitable outcome. And where the finales for seasons 3 and 4 proved to be edge-of-your-set cliffhangers, "Swan Song" accomplishes the dual feat of leaving me totally satisfied story-wise whilst whetting my appetite for some incredible events yet to surely unfold. So, in essence, this season finale is both a cliffhanger AND the most significant turning point yet in the series' story arc.
None of this would be possible without both the top-notch creative writing (Eric Kripke, did you REALLY pen this by yourself? -- outstanding!!!), with dialogue that only the best playwrights could produce, and the great group of people who bring the writing into the realm of flesh and blood. Jared & Jensen are two of the best young actors currently working, and their chemistry with each other is unsurpassable. No less important are Misha and JimB, who have really proved themselves to be "star"-quality support for our two leads. (The great emotions in this series resonate all the more deeply because of their support.) In all, these gentlemen give this show plenty of heart to match its smarts. (I almost forgot: Mark Pellegrino has been a standout as Lucifer this season. Hats off to you, sir!!!)
I laughed, I cried, and then I cried a little more (the episode features a few shocking developments, as you'd surely expect), and I'm only sorry that we have to wait several more months before we can do it all again! The "Winchester Chronicles" just keep getting better and better.
(For those playing along at home, please pay close attention to Chuck.)
LMAO at the reviewer who suggests this episode was bad and the show is out of new ideas and "starting to run out of steam" etc. Here we are another 5 seasons later and it's still going - stronger than ever so bet your face is red now mate! I've only just started watching this show and have been binge watching each season because it's so riveting. This episode was fantastic and I loved it's unpredictability. Yeah we all knew certain things were likely, I don't think the writers ever pretended otherwise - so they ran with it and still gave us many surprises. Other reviewers have covered some of the most magic moments of this finale so I wont. Suffice to say it was a deserving finish to what has been a stunning 5th season of this show. I can't praise this series enough. This episode gets 10 of 10 from me.
Swan Song is the best episode of Supernatural.
I like season 3 to 6 best.
I like season 3 to 6 best.
This is the true ending of our show, this is the real supernatural, emotional, epic and magnificent.
Did you know
- TriviaWas supposed to be the series finale. Eric Kripke initially planned for Supernatural to be five seasons long. That is exactly why the episode is named "Swan Song" (goodbye) with a voice-over and flashbacks. But Sera Gamble, the new show-runner, took over penning it from season six and on.
- GoofsAt the point when Lucifer kills Bobby, Crowley owns his soul. So Bobby should have gone to Hell at least briefly. So it seems like one way or the other, Bobby's contract with Crowley should have been complete. When Castiel brought him back, it should've been with a clean slate.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MsMojo: Top 10 Supernatural Episodes (2016)
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