A couple notes before we begin. Yes this is an opinion piece so feel free to disagree, but do so respectfully. Secondly, I have been following the show since it first aired on tv, which I suppose would have made me 15. And lastly, I am a firm believer in Jesus Christ – 100% man and 100% God – but I was not always so. Which is to say that I am not the same person I was when the show first aired. Of course spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t seen it yet stop here. Alright so let’s dive in!

One of the most common flaws in the direction of the show has often been the use of the Bible. You see what happened is that some spots were verbatim, using actual verses to justify certain things. Others were very clear departures from Scripture (looking at you angels and Amara). This practice is common even among believers of Christ. Too often people are willing to believe only some parts of the Scripture. This is a clear violation.

Scripture must either be taken as a whole, or not at all.

That was the first issue with the show as a whole. However for the sake of good tv I still watched it, albeit while often muttering ‘incorrect’ or ‘nonsense’.

But this is about the finale.

Obviously as a man of God I must reject the idea of God as a villain. However even if I did accept the premise it often didn’t make sense even as a story device. For instance the show often described Chuck/God as creation and Amara as destruction, yet during a large chunk of the last season God is known to be destroying the whole multiverse. How? It doesn’t make sense. We also see in the second to last episode Jack drain Chuck/God’s powers. How was he so easily fooled? Especially considering he had already absorbed Amara. Along the same vein is Chuck not being able to see his own end. And in fact the very idea for the Almighty having an end is ridiculous. Put simply, if God is God then He cannot end, as He did not have a beginning. We even see reference to this in Chuck’s Death Book. The cover adorned with the Alpha and Omega symbols meaning the beginning and the end. God is the beginning and He is the end.

This is a classic case of writing yourself into a corner. If the character of God is all knowing and all seeing in the story, then he cannot be defeated. If he can be defeated (especially by what was a relatively minor deception) then it must be clear that he was not all knowing. It’s an either or situation and not a matter of degrees.

My second issue with the last few episodes in particular is a somewhat controversial one. I am referring to the idea that Castiel was homosexual all along (or at least bi-sexual). Now to be clear yes I do take issue with homosexuality as the Bible does call it a sin.

1 Corinthians 6: 9 – 10

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

So yes to be clear I do condemn the sin of homosexuality.

During the 15 seasons of Supernatural I had seen no such indication that Castiel felt that way about Dean. There was zero lead up, no flirtatious behavior, not even a whisper of such a thing. I am aware that many fans asked for it to be written that way, but I never saw it. So much so that my wife had to point it out to me during the third to last episode that Castiel was declaring his love for Dean. I had always seen them as brothers, Castiel, Dean and Sam. Yeah Castiel and Dean were closer but there was zero romantic indicators.

As a writer myself this bothers me deeply. Any good romance story has ups and downs, minor incidents and clear indicators that at least one of the people is interested. The fact that Castiel suddenly declares it just before dying, felt very forced and weak. It was a disservice to the character.

The last issue I had with the shows ending was Dean dying to some weak vampires in what amounts to a workplace accident. It was obvious during the course of the show that he would die fighting which makes sense for his character. But like that? He should have died fighting Chuck, plain and simple. Killing him off after the final epic battle in such a lame fashion was also a disservice to his character.

I’m glad I finally finished the show, but I would not watch it again. That’s how much I disliked the ending.

Feel free to discuss with me or add comments but I felt that I needed to purge the bad taste it left in my mouth.

Until next time,

Colton Charles Mckay.