I hope that I'm finally done with it for good but I've had no relapse since 2010 so...yay? :-) At some point it was just upsetting me too much. I stopped after "The End" and then sort of...caught up with season 5 later on DVD which I bought in Vancouver (I was weak, it as SPN!land :D ) but skipped some episodes and I didn't finish the season either. I really miss Jensen and Misha, though.

I guess the only way to unsuck this show would have been to fire the ENTIRE cadre of writers and hire completely new ones.
Yup. And kill off Sam. Please. (And consequently fire Jared. I don't know what he did on that show in season 4 and 5 but it was certainly not acting. Someone should tell him that muscles aren't a substitute for effort and acting.)