At CCXP this weekend, Castiel actor Misha Collins shared his perspective on one Supernatural episode that he want to see remade to deal with a controversial choice for Castiel’s (and Dean Winchester’s) story. Though Jensen Ackles’ Dean and Jared Padalecki’s Sam are the main characters of Supernatural, Castiel is a fan-favorite main character—which made his conclusion controversial.
In Supernatural season 15, episode 18, Castiel was taken by the Empty, which was the final time audiences noticed him. In keeping with Misha Collins, leaving Castiel out of Supernatural’s remaining episode, “Carry On,” wasn’t the fitting name. ScreenRant’s Jordan Williams was in attendance at CCXP, the place Collins revealed he’d wish to remake “Carry On” to focus extra on Castiel.
The Supernatural finale was controversial for numerous causes, significantly associated to Dean’s demise, however Castiel’s absence within the episode was one other difficulty audiences raised following the present’s conclusion. For a lot of, it wasn’t solely disappointing that Castiel did not get one final look but in addition irritating that Dean and Castiel’s decade-long on-screen relationship ended the way it did.
Somewhat than an emotional reunion, the final scene Dean and Castiel have collectively is the one by which the Empty takes Castiel—seemingly everlasting, on the time—and Cas tells Dean he loves him (to which Dean doesn’t verbally reply). Then, Dean slides to the ground and cries. Collins has beforehand shared Supernatural sizzling takes concerning this very scene.
The finale did verify that Castiel had survived the Empty and was working alongside Jack, who had saved him, which at the very least introduced some consolation to viewers who have been involved that Castiel actually was trapped within the Empty perpetually. Nonetheless, that solely elevated some frustrations, maybe together with Collins’, that Castiel did not truly seem on this episode.
It is price mentioning that this alternative was partially pushed by COVID-19. There was truly a unique finale deliberate, which might have seen many beloved characters from over the present’s 15 years return, Castiel amongst them. Sadly, the pandemic restrictions pressured the plan to alter, so Dean and Castiel by no means acquired that remaining second.
It due to this fact is sensible that Collins want to see this episode remade, little question exhibiting Castiel and Dean lastly getting that reunion in Heaven. In fact, this is not the one chance. Followers have been begging for Supernatural season 16 because the present ended, and bringing Cas and Dean again collectively is probably going excessive on viewers’ wishlist.
Whether or not any such reboot or revival will truly come stays to be seen. Within the meantime, although, Misha Collins’ concept that the Supernatural finale must be remade to higher deal with Castiel (or embrace him in any respect) is totally legitimate.
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2005 – 2020
- Showrunner
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Eric Kripke
- Administrators
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Philip Sgriccia, John F. Showalter, Kim Manners, Thomas J. Wright, Charles Beeson, Man Norman Bee, Richard Speight Jr., Mike Rohl, John Badham, Steve Boyum, Amyn Kaderali, Jensen Ackles, Tim Andrew, Eduardo Sánchez, Jeannot Szwarc, P.J. Pesce, Nina Lopez-Corrado, James L. Conway, amanda tapping, J. Miller Tobin, Stefan Pleszczynski, John MacCarthy, Jerry Wanek, Ben Edlund
- Writers
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Meredith Glynn, Davy Perez, Raelle Tucker, Cathryn Humphris, Brett Matthews, Nancy Gained, John Deliver, Ben Acker, Daniel Knauf, David Ehrman, James Krieg, Trey Callaway