Believe it or not, two decades have passed since the first episode of Supernatural aired on September 13, 2005. That’s back when The CW didn’t even exist yet, with a very young Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles debuting as the Winchester brothers on The WB. Both The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer had ended in the previous few years, so there was an opening for a new show to take over the spooky genre space on network TV. But would Supernatural be the one to work out?.
By 2025, we certainly have the answer to that question. Supernatural ran for fifteen seasons and 327 episodes. It survived a writers strike, its network changing from The WB to The CW, and the main characters being repeatedly killed off. While I didn’t start Supernatural back in the day until the first few seasons were available on DVD, I rewatched the Supernatural pilot for the first time in years in honor of the 20th anniversary, and I had what Dean definitely qualify as a “chick flick moment.” Here's why.
