Russ wrote:
I don't think so. Bobby's death didn't seem to change much.
Hi Russ - Bobby's death did change a lot for me - at least in the short term. When his house was burned down I felt like a part of the show died. SPN has this way of killing off characters and doesn't keep many, if any, around since the very beginning which, to me, takes away a part of the show's soul and foundation. Many shows that had very long runs, Smallville being a great example, where legacy characters were there from Season 1 until Season 10. I think SPN would be a better show if they didn't have such a loose trigger finger and kill off charachters that are, to me, foundational, for dramatic effect, perhaps the person playing the character wanted to do 2 shows at once, who knows all the reasons. I wish Bobby, Ellen, Jo, Rufus and others were still around. I'm going on a tangent somewhat but I do find that losing "important" for lack of a better word characters to be a bad thing in the long and short run.