coyote6
Adventurer
(And BTW, rumor is that season 6 is going back to a more episodic format, like season 1. If so, I say “Bravo!” You can’t try to top the apocalypse, so the trick isn’t to try; rather, pull back and focus more on the characters in the aftermath. Have an ongoing arc, sure, but push it to the background, as a change from the past three years of arc-heavy seasons. I’m actually looking forward to a few good old-fashioned “monster of the week” episodes.)
I think they've even set up for that a bit -- how many times has one character or another said, "Remember when we just used to hunt wendigos?", or words to that effect, in the last few episodes?
I'm not sure how the series should end; as past seasons have pointed out, while their bond is their strength, it's also their weakness. Lucifer would have never been freed, except for Dean making a deal with a crossroads demon to save Sam, thus dooming himself to Hell, and making his breakout the first seal to fall. So while their bond eventually allowed them to stop the apocalypse, it would have all been avoided -- and all the people who died because of it would still be alive -- if either of them had been capable of just letting the other go.
Maybe it has to end like Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, and they both (maybe) go out together; or maybe, for the happier ending, they both need to find lives that aren't quite so dependent on one another. Close, still connected, but with their own homes, families, etc.
Either way, I do hope Lisa is in the next season a lot.
(Maybe mini-Dean, or whatever the kid's name is, too; but that might get too annoying and/or risk him becoming Scrappy Doo.)
If it's episodic, I hope they check in with a few other loose ends -- i.e., I'm not convinced whatshername that stole the Colt really died; after all, it ended up with Crowley. Speaking of whom, I'd definitely not mind more Crowley, especially if it doesn't end with them killing him - Mark Sheppard is fun to watch. And I hope the Trickster/Loki/Gabriel survived, somehow.
Are there any other characters that have survived? I guess Kali's still alive, and Castiel.
BTW, does anyone know for sure who's running the show next year? I know Kripke originally said he was gone after this year, but I thought I'd heard he had ideas for a season 6.