I've reached a sort of zen state where I'm not watching from the hall, necessarily, but I'm just a notch off emotionally engaged.

Could be a general pulling back from emotional engagement, I've been neutral on scripted shows for a while (go gardening and home improvement shows!). I've even backed off of nature shows because they all end in "But the ruby breasted howler kangaroos are losing ice fields by the day..." doomsaying.

So my disengagement with SPN kind of goes along with that. I still enjoy and applaud good performances. I still mock canon flouting. I enjoy, but from a little distance. If I were re-engaging after a period of abstinence, I think a little distance might be good.

Plei, what was the most recent season you watched?

I've walked away from Supernatural for seasons at a time a few times and then come back. Usually, I've jumped in, then watched the stuff I missed if/when I felt like it.

Whatever seasons(s) you missed, here's what happened:

Sam and Dean were in the thick of it. One of them was presented with some shady choices, which he knew the other wouldn't go for, so he kept it to himself -- so he could do what he wanted to do -- which was a huge mistake.

They got pissy with each other and lied to each other.

Then something happened that threatened the existence of the world/humanity/the universe.

They got through it the best they could, which involved getting their act together and performing as a team, but there were losses in battle which caused them maximum pain.

The scars remain.

Not unlike the adultery pericope in in the Gospel of John (the Evangelist, not the Winchester), I'm not sure where to insert this, but it's clearly canon:

Castiel made the worst possible choices for the best possible reasons.

Tonight was the season finale, apparently.

Wait, what? Oops. I'm more mumble-episodes behind...maybe The CW will put the whole season online and I can catch up?

I think the biggest thing to take away from this season, as opposed to previous seasons, is that even though they knew God/Chuck wasn't really a team player before, now they know he can be truly petty and vindictive.

Otherwise, what Cindy said.

-t, I know the last couple of episodes are available on the CW, but I don't know how far back they go. I think it will go to Netflix, though.

There's two I missed that aren't on The CW site. I'm halfway wanting to buy those two on iTunes or whatever so I can catch up right away and half ready to just wait for Netflix. So, waiting will probably win, it usually does, but impulsively spending money is always a strong contender. Kinda sounds like my sense that I didn't like where this season was heading might be sound, which lends a little more weight to waiting.

Don't buy anything, -t.

Season 14 of Supernatural is already on Netflix. [link]

Well, that makes it easy. Thanks for the heads up!

Plei, what was the most recent season you watched?

I stopped watching when they killed Kevin. (Accidentally--I got behind and then never bothered to catch up), but I did watch Scoobynatural.

OK, caught up.

I thought I had made my peace with Chuck being God, but apparently now.Still generally irritates me and this storyline in particular is not to my liking. But maybe it'll get interesting next season, who knows.

Rob Benedict is aging nicely, though.

Season 15 key art poster features (l - r) Cas, Sam, Dean, and Jack, with Baby down front.

Jared's eyes look like he's been crying.

It's very pretty. Check it out. [link]