"Am I the only one who feels really cheated about this finale? I guess Carver Edlund was right, in the end, you're always going to piss of some fans, there's always going to be holes. The thing is, this wasn't the end. There's still going to be a season six and this finale makes me question where they're going to take it next.

I mean, I know it's always been in the back of my head but now that the finale is over where can they go? Sam's gone, Michael's in hell, Dean's with Lisa, and Castiel's returning to heaven.

I don't know, I'm just not happy with this one."

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As for Sam, his facial expression at the end there was not... Sammy."

"Well, its meant to be something of a wrap,*this* peace and freedom is meant to be so wrong yet so right, and in my opinion, this was the only type of finale that could've really stunned us and bring us back, full circle, to what its all about, Sam and Dean, carving their own road and staying true to one another.
I mean,after the apocalypse, you really can't add anymore problems, except separate the brothers, which is the worst possible thing to do. Its that element that i believe is supposed to bring us back next season. To see them come back together, not overcome something supernatural, but to face what they really are and fight for it.
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"I completely agree, KAZ. I'm not happy with this one either. I don't see how they're going to get out of this mess. Dean, a homebody?? No way. That's just not him. And how did Sam/Luci get out of the cage? I don't get that part. Was it Sam or was it Luci? And if Dean and Bobby aren't seeing each other for a long time, does that mean that Jim won't be back next season?? By the end of the episode, though, I knew something was up with Chuck - he never looks that put-together. He's always kinda schlepping it. Does that mean that God finally did step in for more than just Castiel? And Cas, the new sheriff in town? Will he be back in Season 6? Hmmm. Not long ago, he told Dean that he wasn't sure what was right anymore.

I'm just trying to process everything..."

"@greeneyedmonster and @KAZ 2Y5

My take on it is that its supposed to be a very wrong and unfitting end. I think it was supposed to show that, while upholding their promises to each other, it still can't work, and they're going to have to change something.

Its in Dean's blood, you're right, he can't just turn it off. I think that after a while, he'll realize it and it'll spark his leave for a "new mission"
The new mission being whatever 6th season is geared towards.

I mean, if they had ended it with Sam not making him promise to settle down, and Dean continuing to hunt, like he's supposed to, it would only bring the question as to why he doesn't just settle down like he's always wanted to. What's keeping him going, because Sam(aka his life) is gone. Y'know, it's seems like this would create a bigger hole."

"Thatch interesting, cuz my impression was that it was Sammy, happy yet sad that Dean did what he asked him to. A very geniune exppression. The red light on the other hand, I think is supposed to add the ambiguity to who it really is. It looked like Sammy, but the red light suggest unholy means."