Continuity mistakes are common in long-running shows like “Supernatural,” but some are more egregious than others. One major discrepancy in the series involves the fate of John Winchester.
Back in Season 2, John Winchester sells his soul to bring Dean back from the brink of death. After refusing to torture souls in Hell, John escapes and later leaves through the open Devil’s Gate in the Season 2 finale. After he helps Dean kill Azazel, the demon who murdered Mary Winchester, his unfinished business is complete and he’s allowed entry to Heaven. In Season 8, Bobby is rescued from Hell and also allowed to enter Heaven. And let’s not forget Dean, who also summers in Hell, but joins Heaven’s ranks by the end of the show, albeit now under Jack’s auspices.
But in Season 15, God cages Kevin in Hell after promising to send him to Heaven. God explains that he’s not able to go to Heaven because he’s already been in Hell. Instead, he’s stuck on Earth, where he’ll become a vengeful spirit. The show half-explains that Bobby (and presumably John) was allowed into Heaven as an exception to the rule, since God at that time liked the Winchesters. Still, it’s never articulated why God didn’t make another exception for Kevin. Was it just that the Winchesters had fallen out of his favor? Did he have beef with Kevin, a Prophet? Was he just making a capricious decision for his own amusement?
That brings us to another point of confusion: Must ghosts always turn vengeful? That doesn’t seem to gibe with earlier seasons, when the boys received assistance from plenty of ghosts, including Victoria in Season 7, as well as Mary’s ghost and the asylum ghosts in Season 1. It should track that kindhearted individuals wouldn’t automatically fall into vengeful spirit territory, though it’s easy to see how isolation could sour even the best of us.
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