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[nesmith]

When it comes to Supernatural, I am very much in agreement with this sentiment: "Building a story through television is (if you’re very lucky) a long and complicated process, and the writers are not omniscient gods. They don’t always know what plots will work down the line, and which ones will be the narrative equivalent of that week you wanted to

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[thursdaysisters]

There's a wonderful Ben Edlund interview where he discussed the headache of planning a tv show, "sitting in a coffee shop with my sketchpad, trying to map out a story arc, chopping up five years of my life into 23 friggin' episodes apiece."

[nesmith]

Exactly. From what I understand Kripke had the plot arc already planned out through Swan Song, so I don't envy the writers who had to try to figure out how the hell to keep things going after what was supposed to be "the end."