Is quite hard to make a single devolution of a series that undergo such a profound transformation throughout the years, which isn't intrinsically good or bad.
The series gets a definitive and quite visible change in season six (probably the worst one), the story shifts from character development, mythological monster potage focus to a broader paradigm of evil vs good, god vs the devil (quite literally) Since there's so much to cover a couple of dozens of plot holes were to be expected. In my opinion, the first half of the series is much richer and more interesting, more carefully designed that the other half.
In particular, I'd stay with the first two-three seasons- while the monsters are new in every episode. Perhaps, the reader is questioning my objectivity. They may be saying "Hey William, If season 6+ is so bad, why did you keep watching?" I ask the reader to understand that when a series that is more or less of your liking prolongs through saying whole years one starts having a sort of empathy towards the characters and thus a bit more indulging with the scriptwriter.
The series about demons and angels are many, the ones using mythology (Christian or else) are plenty, and I can't even count the ones in which there's some kind of menace to destroy the world. Rather, the series' charm lies in the complex, and sometimes contradictory relationship Sam and Dean have between each other and with their conflicted family which is more treated in the first seasons. As an old Russian said: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its way"
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