A significant portion of Supernatural fans crave more of Dean Winchester, which makes Jensen Ackles' series, Countdown,all the more exciting. Supernatural's fifteen seasons varied in quality, but there's still an almost unanimous agreement that Jensen Ackles continued to shine as a fan favorite all throughout, continuing to apply maximum effort to the Winchester brothers' journey. Though he contributed to the spin-off prequel series, The Winchesters, it wasn't quite the same as having Dean fully back on screen as the lead protagonist. While fans call for a Supernatural season 16, Jensen Ackles is creating great work elsewhere.Jensen Ackles fans will recall his post-Supernatural work on shows like Big Sky, The Boys, and Tracker, though none of these titles allowed him to thrive in the same capacity as the WB/CW classic. Dean Winchester is a towering character to live up to, and while his career would still be a success if it never manages to happen, his Prime Video TV series could be the next best thing. The actor has even shared thoughts about the character that will be exciting to Supernaturallovers. 6p5r3i

When most fans think of the scariest Supernatural episode, they probably picture terrifying demons, shape-shifting wendigos, or vengeful spirits lurking in the shadows. After all, the long-running CW series built its legacy on gory creature effects and nightmarish folklore. But for Jensen Ackles, who played Dean Winchester across all 15 seasons, the most disturbing episode had nothing to do with monsters at all. It’s not the creatures that haunted him - it’s the humans. And that might just make it even scarier.

The funniest episode of Supernaturalarrived in season 3, and it was so great that the CW series did it again, just one year later. Much of Supernatural's charm came from the show's humor, which felt perfectly balanced against its darker and more emotional storylines. Although the bond between Sam and Dean Winchester was the heart of the show, it also became known for its more comical antics. Even with strong emotional beats and high-stakes plots, Supernatural made sure to never take itself too seriously.

More or less every Supernaturalfan was drawn to the show thanks to the performances of Jared Palecki as Sam and Jensen Ackles as Dean. The pair are beyond synonymous with the series, and both have professed to being fans themselves, including having their own picks for best episode. Jared Padalecki’s favorite Supernatural episode isn’t just a fan-favorite or a clever detour - it’s one of the greatest hours of TV the series ever produced. The actor revealed his pick after the show wrapped, and as someone who’s watched the Winchesters battle everything from Lucifer to Leviathans, I can confidently say his choice is spot on.

Supernatural remains very popular, and the demand for season 16 reflects that, but there is a far easier way for the show to continue. Launching in 2005, Supernatural was Eric Kripke's love letter to American folklore, which Kripke described to The Daily Telegraph as being just as valid, revealing, and fully formed as other world mythologies. While having more seasons of Supernatural could work considering the show was always able to reinvent itself, that may not be the best way to bring the franchise back.

The first Supernatural spinoff arrived earlier than many fans realize, but it succeeded by keeping things simple and sticking to what made the original show iconic. While the short-lived 2022 prequel The Winchesters attempted to expand the Supernatural universe with new characters, time travel, and lore-heavy mysteries, one earlier attempt at a spinoff did the exact opposite - and arguably got much closer to what fans actually wanted. Supernatural: The Animation may not be a household name even among the most devoted hunters, but its approach to continuing the Winchester story hit far closer to the mark than The Winchesters ever did.

For fifteen seasons, Supernatural was one of the defining fantasy TV shows on the air, and the series worked hard to stay fresh and keep its audience interested. Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles starred as Sam and Dean Winchester, the monster hunters who traveled across the U.S., saving people from the things that go bump in the night and often getting mixed up with the end of the world. Fortunately, one of the things that viewers could count on was that Sam and Dean would save the day, and that the structure of the monster-of-the-week show would never fail.

Since it initially premiered on The CW in 2005, Supernatural has enjoyed long-lasting success, with it largely considered the most popular series for the network as well as The CW's best show of all time. Across 15 seasons of Supernatural, fans were blessed with the spooky escapades of the Winchester brothers, as they battled everything from grounded monsters to biblical entities along the way. Despite its immense staying power from the beginning, Supernatural never really became a massive universe for The CW, akin to something like the sprawling Arrowverse or The Vampire Diaries' substantial spinoff shows.

The Boys has been igniting rumors of a Supernatural reunion since Soldier Boy's inclusion in The Boys season 3, but now that they are confirmed, I'm amazed by how good it sounds. When I heard that Eric Kripke was behind Prime Video's seminal The Boys, I couldn't believe my luck. Kripke had secretly been one of TV's most hilarious writers and showrunners for decades, long before The Boys rose to prominence. In Supernatural, Kripke proved why he was perfect to tackle The Boys — and now he can bring both shows together.

Eric Kripke provides an exciting update on the highly anticipated Supernatural reunion that will take place in The Boys season 5. Kripke, who is the showrunner of Supernatural and The Boys, previously reunited with Jensen Ackles, who made his debut as Soldier Boy in season 3 of the Prime Video show. It was later confirmed that Ackles' Supernatural co-stars Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins would be ing The Boys season 5's cast, thus creating a reunion between the actors who played Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, and Castiel.