Here’s some news that will make OG fans very happy: at long last, Eric Kripke finally has his five-season show. For those who successfully avoided the SuperWhoLock era on Tumblr, Kripke—who would go on to spearhead Prime Video smash hit —originally planned to cap his early-aughts series after its season 5 finale. The CW, however, decided to renew the series with a new showrunner for what ended up being due to its exceptionally high ratings.
While the auteur did stay on as an executive producer, it was never the same, and general consensus holds that things would have been better for everyone involved if Kripke could have just exercised his original five-year plan. Now, we finally get to see what it looks like when he does. “[ ] Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season!” Kriple posted today on .
“Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought.” “Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax,” he continued, in true, disgusting, very fashion. “Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, cause the end has begun!” The post also includes the redacted final page from the series’ upcoming fourth season, including a genuinely thrilling postscript: “See you for our final season, motherfuckers!” When ’ season five renewal was , there was some healthy skepticism about the ability of the show’s premise to endure indefinitely, including from us.
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