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The Winchester brothers’ road thus far hasn’t been an easy one. In fact, it’s been hell killing all those evil things that lurk in the dark: demons, vampires, zombies, ghosts—all preying on the innocent. But as Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) once pointed out, it ain’t the road to Heaven that’s paved with good intentions. So the brothers continue to fight all those demons and angels with “good intentions”—and they plan on going down swinging.
At the end of season four of Supernatural, Sam broke the sixth and final seal, setting Lucifer loose on earth—not a mistake that Sam can just say “Oops, I’m sorry” to and have everything be okay. The Apocalypse isn’t far behind. First comes the Four Horsemen—war, death, famine, and pestilence—then the battle of all battles, Armageddon. And guess who gets to try to stop it? The demon hunters Sam and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), of course—with a little help from a fallen angel named Castiel (Misha Collins).
As Sam and Dean fight their way across the United States, the devil looks for Sam, and the angels look for Dean, with a purpose that has very little to do with God. The only angel who has any chance of defeating Lucifer is the archangel Michael, but it comes with a heavy price that neither Dean nor Sam is willing to pay. Their only other hope is God—but God remains ominously silent, and Castiel is the only one who seems to have any faith that God even exists anyway. Two brothers and one fallen angel against Satan and his army. Who do you think is going to win? Maybe God had better start talking. Then, again, should God have to clean up the mess that Sam and Dean made?
Starting with the fourth season, Supernatural took an unexpected turn—a bit of a spiritual turn—which isn’t a bad thing (except for God repeatedly being referred to as a deadbeat absentee father). It makes sense that if there is evil, there must be good to counteract it. Still, the sense of utter hopelessness that continues throughout the fifth season might put you in a state of mild depression (and you’re definitely going to want to watch the gag reel after viewing the last episode). It’s a good thing that plenty of humorous moments lighten the mood, or I might have wanted to crawl under the bed and hide until the Apocalypse had come and gone.
Sam and Dean struggle with the choices they made, and they act like a married couple who can’t be together but can’t be apart, either. But Sam is still the “puppy dog” guy—the one that everyone loves—while Dean is the charming bad boy with a wall around his heart. And though they lose faith and hope numerous times, they keep right on fighting.
While Sam and Dean try to stop the Apocalypse throughout the season, they also have to go on hunting evil things. So you still get plenty of supernatural thrills outside the main storyline: famous people from history killing their fans, a hotel haunted by orphaned children, zombies crawling from the grave to exact revenge on those who put them there, a trickster messing with Sam and Dean’s mind, and a host of other scary things.
Bold and gritty, the fifth season of Supernatural will take you on an incredible voyage, where evil and good aren’t always what you think they are. Clever plot twists will keep you hanging on through all the hairpin turns and head-on collisions. This is one ride you’re not going to want to sit out—so strap yourself in and hop on the supernatural highway for one heck of a road trip.
