With each passing episode, continues to rack up continuity wrinkles, contradicting in more ways than just the central premise of young John Winchester becoming a hunter. The spinoff must also explain how , who are as close as family to John and Mary in
, receive nary a mention throughout 15 entire seasons of . In that same spirit, it seems astounding that Sam and Dean never came across the significant threat posed by the Akrida during their hunting adventures. With so many deviations to explain, a parallel universe setting is rapidly becoming ' most attractive get-out clause.
Throwing further weight behind that theory, ' very first big bad in season 1 are an interdimensional adversary identified as the Akrida.
Led by their Queen, the Akrida possess the ability to traverse parallel universes, and the weapon used to defeat them, the Ostium, can also crack open portals to faraway worlds. While the connection between
The article is not finished. Click on the next page to continue.
