User blog comment:FTWinchester/Who's still watching?/@comment-1149167-20140419063436/@comment-25358468-20140419065613

As most fans including me would agree the Kripke era was the peak of the show, and it should rightfully have ended there, but then again classic episodes like Mommy Dearest, The French Mistake, etc. etc. wouldn't exist. I personally don't consider Season 6 onwards to be canon, I'm faithful to Kripke's original five-year plan and still consider the story to end with Sam's jump into Hell.

Sadly, the same crowd that obsessives about Destiel to the point of creepiness seems to enjoy the show more than ever, like you said. I see eye-to-eye with you on pretty much all you said here. Also, your points of the talking dog and Oz are so spot on. It's the stupidest thing they've pulled since Time After Time and Taxi Driver. They don't even care about plot holes, they know the fans will continue to watch anyway.