WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 15, Episode 13 of Supernatural, "Destiny's Child."
We've seen many an alternate Sam and Dean Winchester over the course of Supernatural's run. From curses to soullessness to demonic transformations, the brothers have morphed before our very eyes into all kinds of horrifying or bizarro versions of themselves. The introduction of parallel worlds has only added to this trope, as demonstrated by the latest episode of Season 15, "Destiny's Child." However, in this case, our primary Sam and Dean aren't tormented by evil counterparts. Rather, they're confronted by the least likable Sam and Dean to ever exist.
Since God/Chuck decided, in the spirit of Highlander, that there can only be one set of Winchesters in all of His creation, the CW series' multiverse has seen a breaking of worlds on par with the network's recent Arrowverse crossover. During this cosmically apocalyptic event, two refugees from a dying world managed to become stuck in the rift while attempting to escape the blast, causing what looks like the ghosts of an alternate Sam and Dean to appear in the Bunker.
Primary Dean, after taking one look at what -- in any other season -- would be the A-Plot, bumps the problem down on his to-do list so that he and Sam can take a trip to Hell in search of an item that Jack needs to progress his God-killing agenda as determined by Death. Their search eventually takes them back to the Bunker where they just so happen to be in need of a Sam and Dean stand-in to escape Chuck's omniscient gaze while they slip away to the item's real location.
Using a spell from primary Sam, alternate Sam and Dean are pulled all the way into the primary universe, leading to an awkward getting-to-know-you meeting between the foursome. While still heroic, this Sam and Dean Winchester are the polar opposites of the down-to-earth pair we've come to know and love: spoiled and pampered by their still-alive father, John, who turned the normally grimy, motel-hopping job of hunting into a global business empire, "HunterCorp." Rather than a vintage car, his sons use a private jet; sip Scotch instead of beer and have trust funds in place of credit card scams to keep themselves afloat. And, to top it off, "Samuel" has a man bun.
Though they agree to honor primary Sam and Dean's request, they continue to scoff at their way of life while alone: describing their wardrobes as "hillbilly" clothes and their lives as easy and empty. Naturally, as soon as alternate Dean makes this observation, we cut to primary Sam fighting off Hellhounds while primary Dean, Castiel and Jack scramble to break their way into what turns out to be the Garden of Eden. Easy and empty, right?
But by the time their jobs are fulfilled and the prim and proper pair are set to depart to Brazil as per primary Dean's instruction, they have a change of heart. While they turned their noses up at first, alternate Sam and Dean quickly realized that their primary doppelgangers' lives are far freer and more fulfilling than ones spent bound by class and bureaucracy. They even ask if they can stay in the Bunker, which our Dean is quick to dismiss as far too "weird."
It's funny to think that, whatever happens to the main Sam and Dean, there may always be two douchey back-ups busy sunning themselves in Rio.
Airing Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW, the final season of Supernatural stars Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins and Alexander Calvert.