But at that point, ending the show had been an ongoing conversation for years.
It was like, ‘Let’s start planning an exit strategy.’
“We wanted to have enough gas left in the tank to get us racing across the finish line.

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We didnt want to limp across.”
When it came to exit strategies, there was a clear winner.
“We were in the end zone,” Collins says.
At the end of season 14, they made it official.
They’d get 20 final episodes to take Sam and Dean home.
But you never want to be the last person at a party.
Thats not to say there havent been vacillations, but we all trust the decision that was made."
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