Supernaturalstars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles on filming the 'monumental' final episodes

In July, after four months away,Jared PadaleckiandJensen Acklesfinally got the call.

But the set didn’t look quite the way it had for the other 325 episodes.

With new COVID-19 protocols in place, the bigSupernaturalfarewell wasno longer a possibility.

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“We couldn’t see the smiles and we couldn’t see the tears.”

But both were there in abundance.

“I compare it to the toilet paper shortage when the pandemic started,” Dabb says.

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“I’d start stocking up now.