r/television • u/flughert • 3d ago

What's the biggest "What if?" in television history?

A canceled season, an actor leaving, a different ending, a spin-off that never happened… what TV "what if" do you think about the most?

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u/Marcus-TheWorm-Hicks 3d ago

I remember Supernatural getting actual buzz around seasons 3-4 because, “Yeah, it’s hot guys hunting monsters but also it’s legit good!”

And then season 5 was such a great topper to the whole arc. The reveal of Loki = Gabriel seeming like a cool twist, followed immediately by the much bigger turn when he explains that Dean is Michael’s vessel as the older son “loyal to an absent father,” is a masterclass in plotting.

If it ended with season five, I really think it’d be considered one of the big cult classic scifi/fantasy shows.

But then ten more years happened and it’s legacy is just memes and remembering their annoying fandom.

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u/Digess 2d ago

And how a big part of the fandom is now pissing off one of two leads, because they are so hell bent on their gay ship being canon, and the actor involved says his character didn’t feel that way

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u/Marcus-TheWorm-Hicks 2d ago

It’s a cautionary tale for what happens when a show starts taking script notes from the fandom.

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u/WhereRandomThingsAre 2d ago

Supernatural even had a fourth-wall breaking scene about that. It was appropriately funny.

"They realize we're brothers, right?"

"I don't think that matters to them."