EverySupernaturalfan can list their favorite and least favorite seasons.
ForSupernatural, sticking with what works isnt always as simple as it sounds.
Sure, Sam and Dean Winchester have to hunt the supernatural.
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Thats the very basis of this show.
Are Sam and Dean hunting the yellow-eyed demon?
Are they trying to terminate the gates of Hell?
If the greater method of storytelling isnt compelling, the season isnt going to work as well.
Heck, it promised the most complicated sibling dynamic in all of eternity.
So then it moved to the question of what would make season 11 feel fresh and exciting.
Another signature of the show has always been experimental episodes, often filled with meta humor.
And this season,Supernaturaltook risks, both big and small, to keep fans on their toes.
Baby was certainly the biggest risk the show took this season, but it wasnt the only one.
There was Just My Imagination, the episode that featured the murder of a number of imaginary friends.
If it sounds ridiculous, its supposed to.
Thats what makes it funny.
Theres never an episode, no matter how extreme, that doesnt feel like aSupernaturalepisode.
It was one of the series slowest and tensest hours.
All of these things happened in season 11.
And they all happened while the show still managed to tell the greater story of Amara and God.
And thats why season 11 is the best season this show has had since season 5.
Supernaturals season 11 finale airs Wednesday at 9 p.m.
ET on The CW.
