Supernatural: 10 Scenes That Foreshadowed That Chuck Was God

The CW’s Supernatural is going to bow out finally with its 15th season. A cult of sorts, the show has given the audience many memorable characters over its historically long run since 2005.

One such character was Chuck Shurley, the hapless liquor-happy prophet of the Lord who was revealed to be God himself in season 11. Although Chuck’s revelation as God was a landmark moment on the show, fans speculate that there were moments long before the final revelation, during which hints were thrown out that Chuck might be God, after all.

10 Chuck Was The Creator of the ‘Supernatural’ Books

When Chuck Shurley first appeared in “The Monster at the End of the Book”, he was introduced as the writer of a series of books called ‘Supernatural’, featuring Sam and Dean.

The idea that Chuck was the creator of the series, and consequently the creator of Sam and Dean, was thrown in subtly at the time, like a narrative within a metanarrative. But, of course, it’s only after he turned out to be the creator of the universe itself, that the idea of Chuck as the ‘writer’ of Supernatural made more sense.

9 Chuck/Carver Edlund As A Symbol Of God

Carver Edlund was the nom de plume of Chuck when he wrote the books on Sam and Dean. Interestingly, this is actually a clever portmanteau of Jeremy Carver and Ben Edlund, two of the show’s writers and producers.

The character itself was apparently created by Eric Kripke, the actual creator of Supernatural, the television series. The naming of the characters after the show’s creators and writers could have been a sassy way of stating that the writers are, after all, Gods, and there’s no messing around with them. So even if Chuck wasn’t actually God on the show at the particular time, he was still a representation of the Gods who wrote it.

8 Chuck Vanished From His Seat, Literally, in ‘Swan Song’

Chuck appeared in a white shirt, in ‘Swan Song‘, the season 5 finale, narrating the episode, and then literally vanishing from his seat on camera at the end of the episode.

This little detail did puzzle fans at the time, sending them into a tizzy regarding whether or not Chuck was God after all. It wouldn’t be wrong to conclude that the makers of Supernatural did tease the audience with the idea that Chuck was God way back in season 5 itself.

7 Chuck & Mistress Magda

In the season 5 finale, Chuck was seen in a particular scene, awaiting a phone call from an apparently hot woman in a bikini called Mistress Magda. He seemed disappointed when Dean called him instead of the elusive Mistress Magda.

Dean even went as far as to ask him if he was involved with some virgin hooker. In hindsight, this was perhaps a direct reference to Mary Magdalene, the woman whom Jesus had apparently saved from demons and who later became one of his foremost disciples.

6 Chuck Could See Into The Future

Chuck had visions of Sam and Dean — he could see what the brothers were up to, something that freaked the latter out in the beginning.

Chuck’s visions, initially shown as something the prophet of the Lord was gifted with, could actually have been indicators that he was really God all along and knew exactly what the future held in store for the young hunters.

5 Chuck Called Himself God

When the boys first met Chuck, Castiel informed them that he was, in fact, a prophet of the Lord.

It’s not quite clear whether Chuck was only a prophet at the time or whether God had already dropped into his body as a vessel. But one scene, in particular, when Chuck tells the boys that he is a God, a cruel, capricious God, might indicate that he was actually hinting at the truth, which the boys failed to pick up at the time.

4 Chuck Narrated The Originally Planned Series Finale

Chuck was the narrator of the season 5 finale, which was the originally planned finale of the series.

Although at the time, it made sense for the writer of the Supernatural books to narrate the tale of the two brothers and see them through to the end, thinking back, it seems like the creators of the show intended for poetic justice to happen, by having God narrate the final chapter of the story of the Winchester brothers.

3 Chuck Had An Archangel Protecting Him

Chuck was shown to have an archangel protecting him, so even when he was right in the middle of a catastrophic fight between angels, no one could touch a hair on his head.

The curious thing is that neither Kevin nor Donatello, the other two prophets on the show, were seen having any cosmic bodyguards around them. In fact, both Kevin and Donatello were attacked — the former was killed and the latter had his soul sucked out of him without any archangel looking out for either of them.

2 Chuck Survived Even Though Kevin Didn’t

Castiel told the boys that only one prophet of the Lord could survive at a given time. For instance, Donatello got his powers only once Kevin Tran was killed by the angel Gadreel, possessing Sam.

However, Kevin himself had manifested his powers, even though Chuck, the prophet before him, was perfectly fine. It was assumed at the time that Chuck must be dead, but of course, he had survived, thus going against the usual rule of the prophets.

1 The Gardener Joshua Said God Was On Earth

In season 5, the brothers are saved from the angel Zachariah by Joshua, the Gardener, who transports them into Heaven’s Garden. At this time, Joshua tells the boys that God has left Heaven and is, in fact, on Earth. He informs them that God had intervened at the time of the impending Apocalypse and was done helping them any longer.

Seeing that Chuck had actually met the boys at times when events of apocalyptic nature were unfolding on Earth, maybe one should have made the connection that Chuck was God.

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