The 2025 TV schedule has included new gigs for some former Supernatural stars, but also delivered milestones like the 20th anniversary of the original pilot with Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki. This year is also the five-year anniversary of the final episodes of the series, and I decided that I would rewatch one of the defining moments of that last arc. On this day in 2020, the Season 15 episode called “Despair” aired on The CW, and Supernatural killed off Misha Collins’ Castiel for the last time.
It wasn’t Cas’ first death, with Misha Collins already able to pick his favorite from several options years earlier. But with just two episodes left after “Despair,” fans could guess at the time that this would probably be his last. Using my Netflix subscription, I revisited that pivotal scene, and I discovered that the twist was even sadder on November 5, 2025 than on the same day in 2020.
