User blog comment:FTWinchester/Who's still watching?/@comment-1149167-20140419063436

Haha this is interesting thread, I personally still watch because I'm a diehard fan I'll be there when show closes no matter how bad it gets it still entertains me. WITH THAT BEING SAID, for me personally My FAVORITE seasons are Kripke's original arc seasons one through five, some of those season five episodes I was especially on the edge of my seat. Season six and seven were where they started losing me with episodes like Mannequin 3 the Reckoning or Season 7 Time for a Wedding just to name a few. The filler episodes in the first five seasons were USUALLY always amazing and episodes like those just made me shutter. However I was still a huge fan of Eve, Monsters and Leviathans arcs, so small crappy filler episodes didn't bother me as I was still completely glued to my television screen every week. Now again this is just my opinion, Season eight is where they completely dropped the ball, after the amazing season seven finale I was excited for season eight to focus on what happens to Dean and Castiel in purgatory, part of me was even hoping Dick Roman would return for his OWN revenge on them. Possibly even introducing some new monsters we saw the Gorilla-Wolves who knows what else is lurking in there. I feel we missed a PERFECT opportunity to explore everything they told us Purgatory was about since we'd heard so much about it the last two seasons. Instead we were treated to a time jump from a year? Again? Sam being emo with some chick he met when he happened to hit a dog. Castiel being brainwashed by some angel named Naomi. An INCREDIBLE amount crappy of filler episodes Remember the Titans, Man's Best Friend with Benefits? It did get better toward the end with the men of letters arc, but it was then I realized the show would never be the same the golden years of supernatural for ME were 1-5 with 6-7 following right after. Now were here with Season nine and TEN on the way, while I'm MORE than happy the show keeps thriving and gaining and popularity, I feel the show has lost a bit of its creativity. This season fillers consisted of Dean gaining the ability to talk to dogs while another Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz shows up? Sam and Dean are arguing like a married couple again. The angels fell, I thought they'd show the angels living their lives as humans then maybe they wouldn't think so low of humanity. Instead they've been walking following anyone who will lead them back to heaven, which I guess you can say is in character for the angels on supernatural lol. Metatron is LOONEY and I can never tell what Gadreel is thinking. They're even continuity errors now which I fear will go on as long as the show keeps getting renewed. It's just not the same for me. Supernatural is and always has been one of my favorite shows I watch because I feel connected to the characters I need to find out what happens to Sam Dean and Castiel. What happens after they worked so hard to stop the apocalypse? I'm curious to see how they'll stop Metatron and Kill Abaddon. Will Dean go off the rails and become a stone cold killer from the Mark of Cain? So there are a few interesting loose ends I'm invested I do think they could have been excuited so much better tho, like I said for me the writing just doesn't compare to the first five seasons. Good or bad, I'm watching till the end. I definetly don't jump out of my seat every time a new episode comes on anymore but I am invested and still being entertained I guess that's all you can ask.

For old timers, I know I'm not minority MANY of my friends who I used to gossip with the show about quit after season 6. The show just hasn't been the same for them since Kripke left and I can understand that completely. As for new viewers, yep they're coming in DROVES. I've actually gotten 3 of my friends to start streaming it on NETFLIX which seems to be what everyone is doing, then there catching up with the new episodes on Tuesdays. I see it as more people more ratings so hopefully the CW will give us a BIGGER BUDGET lol. No, I'm really happy to share something I've enjoyed with other people, I can say for a fact I know my friends have recently gotten their family and collegues hooked on the show. As many issues as I have with the show it seems many people are enjoying it now MORE than ever.