Legends Of Tomorrow Explains Supernatural Season 15’s Delay (In-Universe)

Warning: SPOILERS for Legends of Tomorrow season 5, episode 9, “Zari, Not Zari”.

The Legends of Tomorrow and Supernatural crossover episode, “Zari, Not Zari”, offered an explanation for why Supernatural season 15’s final few episodes have been delayed – apparently it has nothing to do with the coronavirus pandemic. At least, Legends of Tomorrow explains why the final season was delayed in the Arrowverse, where it is apparently just as popular and long-running as in our reality.

Supernatural season 15 suffered turmoil even before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down filming. Fans feared the show’s final season might be delayed or even cancelled outright after series’ star Jared Padalecki was arrested on charges of assault and public intoxication at a bar in Texas in October 2019. Thankfully, this was not the case and at the time of this writing only the final two episodes of Supernatural remain unfinished.

A crossover between Supernatural and the Arrowverse had been teased for years, and “Zari, Not Zari” finally made it happen. Sadly, those hoping to see John Constantine joining forces with the Winchester brothers to slay some demons will be disappointed. While Dean Winchster’s classic 1967 Chevrolet Impala puts in an appearance, neither Sam nor Dean Winchester are anywhere to be seen. Instead, the rest of the crew were killed in this episode, thus giving the real – in-universe – reason Supernatural season 15 hasn’t finished yet.

“Zari, Not Zari” found warlock John Constantine in the woods outside Vancouver, where he was searching for a piece of the Loom of Fate; a mystic artifact capable of rewriting a soul’s history without any risk of creating a paradox. He was joined by fellow Legends Sara Lance and Charlie, who was recently revealed to be the Ancient Greek goddess Clotho and the one responsible for dismantling the Loom of Fate so humanity could enjoy the benefits of free will. As they wandered through the woods, they found a sign warning hikers that Supernatural was filming in the area. This news excited Sara, who was a fan of the show and wondered if the actors who played Sam and Dean were around, noting that she had permission from her girlfriend to sleep with Jensen Ackles if the opportunity ever arose.

Sadly, any hopes Sara had of hooking up with her crush were dashed when she and Charlie discovered that the land around where the Loom of Fate piece was hidden was blighted. They also discovered a number of dead bodies in the area, all of whom wore crew jackets identifying them as part of the Supernatural production team. Sara seemed uncharacteristically horrified by this revelation, but her shock had nothing to do with encountering multiple corpses. Upon recognizing the jackets worn by the dead crew members, the stunned Sara asked, “If they’re dead, who is shooting season 15?”

Unfortunately, the dark power of the Loom of Fate reanimated the dead crew as zombies and that, coupled with the arrival of Charlie’s older sister, Atropos, forced the heroes to flee before this vital question could be answered. Still, this would explain why the final season of Supernatural was delayed in the Arrowverse, as the studio would need to hire a new crew to finish filming. Sadly, the fate of the Arrowverse versions of Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki remain unclear, though their appearing as zombies in a future episode wouldn’t be the strangest thing to ever happen on Legends of Tomorrow.

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legendary DC Comics digital fanzine Fanzing,
before receiving his own column, The Mount. Since then he has gone on
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Science from the University of North Texas and a BFA from the
University of Texas at Arlington. Known as a font of comic book
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