The Long Goodbye
Despite a studio shutdown, Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles confirm they will return to film the final two episodes of Supernatural
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WHEN THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 SHUT down television productions in the middle of their shooting schedules, many shows made the difficult decision to forego filming a season finale. For the demon-bashing Winchester brothers of Supernatural, however, this was not an option. The series is in the midst of its fifteenth and final season - and an epic showdown had been planned for the concluding episode. Thankfully, the idea of ending the show early was never even a consideration for the cast and crew.
“We had 16 days of filming left on our schedule when we fell victim to Covid-19,” explains Jared Padalecki, who plays Sam Winchester. “It was a crazy time. We shoot Supernatural in Vancouver, and as soon as we heard rumblings about the Canadian border being closed we were sent home to the States. Over the last 15 years, we’d shot 325 episodes and we’d almost crossed the finish line, but all of a sudden we were told we were not going to be able to finish.”