Poll: Supernatural season 6 - is it any good? [Spoilers for Season 5]

[Telperion]

I have been following Sam & Dean fighting the good fight for five seasons now. I realize that the show is already onto season 7, but that's not really important to me. After season 5 concluded I felt like this is a great place to stop. Sam jumped into the pit with Lucifer and Michael (thus bringing the Apocalypse to a screeching halt), while Dean went on to live what looked like a more-or-less happy life. Castiel got promoted...presumably by God...to Heaven's caretaker. Bobby didn't die.

Good stuff all around, and I though the fifth season was well worth the 20-odd euros I paid for it. Now, the big question is: should I stop here? Erik Kripke got his story line wrapped up, and did a fantastic job of it. I know a lot of tv-series have this problem of continuing past where they should have simply been concluded. For example, I happily watched the first three seasons of Heroes, and I thought the third season was a perfectly good closing to a nice story arch. Of course, I also think whoever wrote the last 10 - 15 minutes of the final episode of season three should have their head examined. Everything was wrapped up nicely, the bad guy was dead. The story arch was done. Well done. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done. And then the show's writers f***ed it all up in the last few minutes of the final episode. * sigh *

 

[DesiPrinceX09]

Definitely watch season 6 (which is the last season unless you have heard other news).

It's pretty damn good imo. The fact that Sam is still kicking is a mystery, Death (the horseman) is still at large, Crowly is still loose (you are going to hate him), and the fact that Heaven has fallen into total anarchy and chaos from Michael's death (he's not truly dead, just trapped). These are all things that come up in season 6 (among other things).

 

[MetalDooley]

I had my worries about season 6 as well but after watching the first 16 episodes I can honestly say that the quality hasn't dropped at all(episode 15 was a highlight so far).It's building up to a nice finale and if the last few episodes maintain the quality then I won't have any qualms about season 7

 

[Truly-A-Lie]

I'm currently 3 episodes into my second run through of Season 6 and can tell you that whatever doubts you have (even as you watch it, as I felt uneasy during the first few episodes) will definitely be dealt with and then some. It's better the second time, but even the first go round provides a lot of excitement and interesting story turns. There's more than enough mysteries to this season, and I couldn't be happier with the way they turn out. You owe it to yourself to make it to Season 6's finale.

Crowly is still loose (you are going to hate him),

Hate him? How could you possibly? I adore Crowley. He's hilarious, different, and he's Mark Sheppard.

 

[MetalDooley]

Definitely watch season 6 (which is the last season unless you have heard other news).

The first episode of season 7 is airing on Sep 23

http://www.spoilersguide.com/supernatural/season-7-premiere-date-announced/

 

[XelaisPWN]

Personally, I haven't liked Supernatural since it has deviated from the formula of the first two seasons of "sam & dean go fight some supernatural being then classic rock," but that's just me.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Personally, I haven't liked Supernatural since it has deviated from the formula of the first two seasons of "sam & dean go fight some supernatural being then classic rock," but that's just me.

They still do that, but it has more of a plot rather than the usual monster of the week routine.

 

[Telperion]

Thanks everyone

It seems to me that I'll be buying season 6.

 

[Loop Stricken]

You reminded me that I never watched the season 6 finale.

I just have.

...
Can I have season 7 now? Pretty please?

 

[Bohemian Waltz]

Spoiler: -snip-

I have been following Sam & Dean fighting the good fight for five seasons now. I realize that the show is already onto season 7, but that's not really important to me. After season 5 concluded I felt like this is a great place to stop. Sam jumped into the pit with Lucifer and Michael (thus bringing the Apocalypse to a screeching halt), while Dean went on to live what looked like a more-or-less happy life. Castiel got promoted...presumably by God...to Heaven's caretaker. Bobby didn't die.

Good stuff all around, and I though the fifth season was well worth the 20-odd euros I paid for it. Now, the big question is: should I stop here? Erik Kripke got his story line wrapped up, and did a fantastic job of it. I know a lot of tv-series have this problem of continuing past where they should have simply been concluded. For example, I happily watched the first three seasons of Heroes, and I thought the third season was a perfectly good closing to a nice story arch. Of course, I also think whoever wrote the last 10 - 15 minutes of the final episode of season three should have their head examined. Everything was wrapped up nicely, the bad guy was dead. The story arch was done. Well done. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done. And then the show's writers f***ed it all up in the last few minutes of the final episode. * sigh *

While it won't be as good as the ending to season 5 the 6th season however is a pretty good watch and worth checking out. In my opinion it starts off with a rather slow pace and starts to drag out a little bit until around episode 15 when it kicks it into a higher gear and the season improves dramatically when it becomes rather Cass heavy (which is always a good thing).

The season finale is a pretty damn good cliffhanger, so I'd suggest pacing the episodes out to time it right before the 7th season starts or you might go insane waiting for the season 7 to start and diffuse the tension.

 

[AnkaraTheFallen]

Snip....

I've enjoyed all the series so far, definitely recommend them all to people.

Definitely watch season 6 (which is the last season unless you have heard other news).

The first episode of season 7 is airing on Sep 23

http://www.spoilersguide.com/supernatural/season-7-premiere-date-announced/

I'm not sure if that's the new episodes that are on here, or a new series after this one, hope the later so I can keep watching it.

Also, since no one posted this, this is my fav part from the show (Anyone who hasn't seen it, this is basically a scene where Jared didn't enter when he was meant to and Jensen carried on with the song).

Edit: Sorry, the vid can't be embedded it seems, follow the link if you want to see it.

 

[Miles000]

Definitely keep watching.

I'm loving it as much as any other season.

 

[MetalDooley]

Definitely watch season 6 (which is the last season unless you have heard other news).

The first episode of season 7 is airing on Sep 23

http://www.spoilersguide.com/supernatural/season-7-premiere-date-announced/

I'm not sure if that's the new episodes that are on here, or a new series after this one, hope the later so I can keep watching it.

It's a brand new season.Filming starts in July

 

[Pariah87]

I had my doubts too, I really didn't like how they ended Season 5, it was fine untill...

[spoiler = the bits I didn't like] Cas and Bobby came back. You can't just kill people and bring them back 2 minutes later. They should have had Sam make the heroic sacrifice of jumping in the pit (what with him being a half demon abomination and all), Bobby going out like a hunter, Cas going out against Lucifer standing up for what he believed in (seeing as that was no longer God). Dean gets to go and live the life he's always been denied, a bittersweet ending, 5 awesome seasons all wrapped up. Supernatural gets to be one of my favourite shows ever. Instead we had the litteral Deus ex Machina and I felt like they had messed up big time. [/spoiler]

I'm now 3 episodes in to Season 6 however (Why they waited untill June to show it in the UK is beyond me, we usually get it in February) and so far I'm enjoying it. I already know most of what's going to happen in the season and it seems like some good episodes are coming up so it's possible I'll be able to forgive them for keeping the show running.

 

[Erja_Perttu]

I'm putting my foot firmly in the 'it's alright' camp. There was a ton of stuff in series six I wasn't fond of, and by the end of it, I wasn't particularly interested in watching any more.

my personal opinion is the season five bookended the whole thing wonderfully, and that whilst season six was alright, I don't think it justified undoing the season five finale.

 

[AnkaraTheFallen]

Definitely watch season 6 (which is the last season unless you have heard other news).

The first episode of season 7 is airing on Sep 23

http://www.spoilersguide.com/supernatural/season-7-premiere-date-announced/

I'm not sure if that's the new episodes that are on here, or a new series after this one, hope the later so I can keep watching it.

It's a brand new season.Filming starts in July

Good to know, I'll be looking forward to it.

 

[Penguinishka]

I thought that season 6 as a whole was pretty entertaining. The first half is kinda so so, except for the Bobby episode and a few other moments. By contrast though the last half was absolute bananas, most of the episodes being interesting and fun. More Crowley = Win. The finale...and especially Castiel...just make me wonder where in the hell it's all going, and if Sera Gamble and Company even have any idea.

My friends and I held off on seeing it until recently and we look at season 6 like this; if it ever gets THAT BAD we can always just remember that the real ending was the bitter sweet season 5 finale, and look at anything that comes afterwards as fanfiction or entertaining Supernatural-esque shenanigans.

 

[Penguinishka]

Definitely watch season 6 (which is the last season unless you have heard other news).

The first episode of season 7 is airing on Sep 23

http://www.spoilersguide.com/supernatural/season-7-premiere-date-announced/

Thanks for the info