Supernatural Mary Winchester Deserved A Better (Second) Death

Supernatural: Mary Winchester Deserved A Better (Second) Death

Supernatural’s Mary Winchester becomes a main character alongside her sons, Sam and Dean. So why didn’t she get a proper, fitting death scene?

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Supernatural Mary Winchester Deserved A Better (Second) Death

Supernatural didn’t do Mary Winchester justice with the character’s second death. Mary is an incredibly important figure in the world of Supernatural. Not only is she the mother of the fabled Winchester brothers, but she’s the starting point for the entire story. Via flashback scenes, the audience learn that Mary was killed by a mysterious demon while the boys were still young, prompting her husband (Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s John Winchester) to become a hunter, and Sam and Dean to later follow in his bloody footprints. While Mary spends most of Supernatural as a semi-mythic figure, she becomes a main character at the end of season 11.

Resurrected by Amara, Mary Winchester is now only a little older than her grown-up sons, and she soon joins Sam and Dean in their bunker HQ. After an extended period coming to terms with her escape from death, Mary becomes part of the Winchester hunting operation and evolves into a fourth core member alongside her sons and Castiel. Mary is a vital component of the British Men of Letters storyline and later forms a strong bond with Lucifer’s son after they spend time together in a parallel world. For 3 seasons, Mary is a leading figure in Supernatural, and when season 15 was confirmed to be the show’s last, it seemed she would stay until the end. Tragically, that wasn’t to be.

In Supernatural season 14’s “Absence,” Jack is quickly being consumed by his growing power, while also losing touch with humanity after burning through his own soul to defeat Michael. Mary helplessly watches in horror as Jack mercilessly kills his father’s vessel to prevent Lucifer’s return, and when the slaughter is over, she begins to give the nephilim a parental telling-off. Jack doesn’t respond well to being questioned by Mary, and simply blinks her out of existence during an angry outburst. This is the last time Mary Winchester appeared alive in Supernatural.

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While there’s certainly a place in Supernatural for the sudden deaths of major characters, Mary Winchester’s second demise didn’t land as intended. The moment itself actually happens off-screen, and the audience are left to blindly guess Mary’s fate for quite some time. Because the death comes out of nowhere, viewers would be forgiven for thinking Mary would return in an episode or two, and only when Supernatural season 14 ends does it become clear Mary really is dead. This ambiguity means fans are left confused, rather than shocked and surprised.

Moreover, Supernatural perhaps underestimated how important Mary became after her resurrection. Although her chemistry with the central trio of Sam, Dean and Castiel might’ve taken some time to develop, Mary was undoubtedly ‘one of the gang’ by the time of her death in Supernatural season 14. A split-second death at the hands of a powerful half-angel might be fine for a supporting character, but the extent to which fans had connected with Mary since her return meant she deserved something better. Something on-screen, at the very least. Ultimately, Mary was sacrificed in order to set up Supernatural’s ending. Killing the Winchesters’ mother creates tension between Jack and the brothers, and this in turn helps reveal the true villain of the entire series to be God. With so many other ways to reach that point, however, was Mary’s death really a necessary price to pay?

Fortunately, nothing is permanent in the world of Supernatural. Although Mary’s death was more genuine than fans might’ve thought when it happened, that doesn’t rule out a return in the few remaining episodes of Sam and Dean’s story. It’s even possible that Mary had to be sent to the afterlife, simply so that she can be waiting in heaven with open arms when Sam and Dean arrive there in the final episode.

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