Overview
- The five‑season series concluded with its final episode on May 20, delivering a character‑focused climax that resolves the show’s long‑running central conflict.
- Audience response split sharply between viewers who praised emotional closure and others who criticized pacing and the scale of action, even as critics remained broadly positive.
- Prime Video said the season was the show’s most‑watched, reporting more than 55 million viewers, and presented Season 5 as the end of the main series.
- Showrunner Eric Kripke defended the creative choice to keep the finale grounded rather than move to a post‑apocalyptic ‘scorched earth’ scenario, and discussed how the ending seeds future stories.
- Amazon has greenlit franchise follow‑ups, including the 1950s prequel Vought Rising and a Mexico‑set spinoff, indicating the universe will continue outside the main series.