The only point I have a slight disagreement with is the idea that they are preparing for this to be the last season. I do think they are winding down, but SPN is still the second most watched show on the CW. It still has a syndication deal and does well enough to get marathons. The biggest reason is that I can't conceive of the CW letting the promotional opportunity of announcing the last season of Supernatural get away. The copy practically writes itself "See the end of the epic journey" yadda, yadda, yadda. They gave Crazy Ex-Girlfriend a final wrap up season and it's competing with Dynasty for that never yet achieved 0.0 in the demographic, so Supernatural will go out with a bang. Well the storyline may be more like a wet squib, but my bet is the promotions will be OTT.