Supernatural: A Sixth Season?

I'd like to tackle the subject of a sixth season.

There is tons of speculation and both 'yays' and 'nays' from fans on the idea of a sixth season. Some fans are worried, how does one top the Apocalypse? Other fans are just happy to see the Winchesters. The big questions is still really "Is there going to be a sixth season?" Kripke is by no means adverse to the idea of a sixth season despite all his plans to go out with a big bang and ending this Apocalyptic Arc with the fifth season.

“I did set out [to] tell a five-season storyline, quite frankly, I never expected [the show] to make it to five years. But now that we’re in our fifth year, I have every intention of ending the story with a bang and not drawing it out or watering it down.... That having been said, I’m looking at this season as the last chapter in this particular story. That doesn’t mean there can’t be a new story. Buffy did it. The X-Files did it. You close a chapter on a big mythology storyline and then you begin a new one." (EW.com)

The real issues isn't Kripke's willingness to go on to a new story, but rather a matter of being picked up for that sixth season and from the buzz around town, it doesn't seem like that's going to be a problems, according to Dawn Ostroff, “The ratings are up, we have more young women coming to the show than ever before. There aren’t a lot of shows that you can say are doing better in their fifth year.”(Sixth Season or Bust?, EW.com)
Not to mention this thrilling little update from SpoilerTV.com: "Apparently THE CW is deep in contracts negotiations and is finalizing the paperwork for renewing :
Gossip Girl ,90210 ,Smallville ,Supernatural , ANTM and The Vampire Diaries for next season.
Expect official renewal annoucements for the above shows later this month." (SpoilerTV.com) 

All we're waiting for now, it would seem, is for The CW to confirm it. 

Kripke, who has given hints of interest in a sixth season, despite all previous claims that he's working on a five year plan, has not hinted at any real ideas for a sixth season, which leaves some fans worrying; what could The Kripkeeper be up to? A suggestion made was the extension of the storyline of the fifth season, but Kripke has every intention on wrapping up the Apocalypse with the end of the fifth season. So what's next?

SN502_D2745b If there’s a sixth season, how do you top the apocalypse?  
"Well, the trick is to not go big but go intimate – at least those are the initial conversations we’ve had [if the show is picked up for a sixth season]. We always set up this five-year storyline, because in my heart of hearts, I just never imagine we’d actually go five years, much less beyond. We are going to climax the storyline and really wrap up the story of Satan and Michael and the apocalypse. The big question is, how do you follow that? We look at this as a unique challenge but also an opportunity to really launch a new storyline next year. We’re almost looking at it as the sequel to a movie. Rather than as a lot of genre shows do as they get on in years, becoming so convoluted and almost collapsing under their own mythology and getting to the point where you just can’t follow any of it anymore, we’re really looking forward to the opportunity of just sweeping it all clean and starting over with something else. We talk about returning to a stripped-down version of the show that’s almost similar to season one, in which the mythology was just as simple as finding their father and finding something that’s really personal and meaningful to Sam and Dean. One of the things that’s hard about the end of the world is sometimes it’s hard to have your characters emotionally connect with it, because it’s so big. But if their emotional storyline for, say, season six is to save a loved one, then that’s something you can really understand and get behind and actually have some really emotional storytelling that takes you through a lot of the scary episodes."(Interview with Eric Kripke, USA Weekend)

But what about our boys? Will they have a role in this new adventure? The Destiny decided for The Brothers Winchester is that one must fight the other. Will they survive? Kripke doesn't say but I think this all but gives it away:   

So you think about what you’ll do in the next season — how about who you’ll do it with? We don’t know yet if Sam and Dean will survive the end of the world. Are they in your plans? "Oh, absolutely. The one thing I can say is there's no Supernatural without Sam and Dean. If they’re not driving the bus, then I’m not sure there’s a bus to drive. Maybe they’ll survive this year and maybe they won’t, but we’re at the point where, hilariously, death on our show for our main characters has now basically become an inconvenience. [Laughs] Even if they don’t survive, they’ll certainly be back for a season six. I just don’t know how to tell this story without Sam and Dean." (Interview with Eric Kripke, USA Weekend)

So, whether our climactic battle ends bloody or not, if there is a sixth season there are going to be Winchesters. And from the looks of it, We'll be seeing them again soon.

What do YOU foresee in our boys futures?

S.Wesson
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Sources:
EW.com The Ausiello Files
EW.com The Ausiello Files
SpoilerTV.com CW Early Renewal Status
The original USA Weekend Interview with Eric Kripke can't be found but it can be found posted HERE