__link__ — Supernatural Seasons 1-5

It was, at its core, a story about two men dealing with the trauma of their upbringing and the burden of saving a world that didn't know they existed.

Everything in the first four years led to Season 5: The Apocalypse. The stakes couldn't have been higher, with Lucifer on the loose and the Four Horsemen riding. Supernatural Seasons 1-5

Episodes like "Changing Channels" and "The French Mistake" (which technically came later but followed the Kripke mold) proved the show could poke fun at itself. It was, at its core, a story about