Jared Padalecki & Jensen Ackles talk Supernatural coming to an end

April 2nd 2019, 12:00pm

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

We recently passed along the sad news that the CW's longest-running series SUPERNATURAL would be coming to an end soon following the upcoming 15th season. I know tons of people who are really broken up about this news, but I can't help but wonder how stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles feel about the decision to finally call it quits. And if you've been wondering the same, thing today we have some answers as the on-screen brothers recently spoke at a fan convention in Las Vegas to explain why it was the right time for the series to conclude.

Jensen Ackles said:

It wasn’t an easy decision. It was months and months, if not years, of discussion between [Jared] and I, between the rest of the cast, between the crew, between our writers, between our producers, between the studio, between the network.

Padalecki added:

This was a community decision. The network and the studio did not say like, 'Hey, guys, get outta here! You’re done.'

Jensen Ackles continued:

Nobody wanted to see this show fizzle out. I think that it was everyone wanting to do the biggest service to the show that we could by going out strong. It just seemed like the writing was kind of on the wall as to when that was happening. I think everybody kind of felt that it was coming soon. So it was just taking that leap of faith of going like, 'Well, guys, let’s get out the paint and paint that finish line, and hold our heads high, because what we’ve accomplished is unlike any other.'

Ackles then finally added:

[It's like] driving the Impala, and we’re heading down the road, and it’s, like, left, you’re going to hit a ramp and go off a cliff, and it’s going to be epic, or right, you’re just going to run out of gas about 30 miles down the road in the middle of the desert with nothing around you. I’m like, ‘I’m going left. I want to go out with, like, pyrotechnics.'

Again, after launching back in 2005 SUPERNATURAL will come to an end after its upcoming 15th season, which will consist of 20 episodes bringing the full number of episodes to a stunning 327 entries. That earns the series the title of the longest-running sci-fi/genre series in the history of American television. You can watch the full video below and then let us know how sad you are to see SUPERNATURAL leave the air.