After School Special Supernatural Episode 4.13

First of all, I want to say I was amazed by Colin Ford's performance was young Sam. He's a dead ringer for a young version of Jared Padalecki. It's uncanny.

Second, this episode was different from what I expected. Basically, it was a look back at what life was like for Sam and Dean growing up: always on the road, new schools, new friends, never being able to be who they really were, etc. But because it was within the context of the main story, it was a very superficial look back on their lives in high school. (Sam a freshman and Dean a senior.)

I think the best part of the episode was probably Dean (Jensen Ackles) in tight, red shorts with his skinny, white legs. LOL

I really hope that they continue to use Colin Ford as young Sam. He does a great job and, as I mentioned before, is a dead ringer for a young Jared Padalecki.

All in all, this episode was okay but it didn't blow me away. I really didn't appreciate the over-the-top sex jokes (the cowgirl and reverse cowgirl); however, the joke about the gym teacher getting married in Massachusetts wasn't lost on me.

Supernatural Episode Summary 4-12

I have to admit that I haven't been entirely enthusiastic for Supernatural this season. I've been nostalgic for seasons one and two which had better characterization and plot development. You can tell that executive producer Eric Kripke is done with the show even though there are rumors that Supernatural will be renewed for a fifth season due to it's viewership all time highs. (which several episodes even beat out Smallville.)
Kripke has said in past interviews that he didn't want the show to go on too long because you get into "Jumping the Shark" and he didn't want to go there but unfortunately, we have seen some of that going on this season. (i.e. Monster Movie, Yellow Fever, Wishful Thinking)
I agree with Kripke that the show should end on a high note instead of being drug out until you get so sick of it you quit watching. That happened with me and ER and I couldn't bear if that happened to my relationship with Supernatural.

4.4 Metamorphosis

Sam and Dean help out a fellow hunter by tracking down a man who may turn into a Loupgarou. Dean also finds out about Sam using his ability to exorcise demons and kicks his little brother's butt. (Go Dean!) However, Sam gets a wake-up call by witnessing that even the best of men can turn into something evil if given the chance. This revelation convinces Sam to stop using his ability which gives relief to Dean since the angel, Castiel, told Dean to stop Sam or the angels will.

4.5 Monster Movie

Sam and Dean investigate a series of murders at an Oktoberfest in Pennsylvania. What was cool about this episode was that it was completely shot in black and white and very reminiscent of the old 1930's horror films. This was a feel good, humorous episode that had nothing to do with the central plot.

4.6 Yellow Fever

Sam and Dean investigate a series of deaths in which perfectly healthy men die of heart attacks. It's only when Dean's behavior changes and he begins to be paranoid and fearful do they figure out that ghost sickness is causing these deaths. This episode was terribly funny especially watching Dean, who is usually very bad ass, scream like a little girl when a kitten leaps out of a locker during the boys' investigation of an old lumber mill or running away from a "killer" Yorkie. They even had a special after the episode of Jensen Ackles lip syncing "Eye of the Tiger."

4.7 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

First, it was the Christmas episode last season and now they had a Halloween episode. While investigating a man chocking on razor blades while eating Halloween candy, Castiel shows up in the town with fellow angel, Uriel, basically to tell Dean and Sam to get out of dodge because they are going to smite the town Sodom and Gomorrah style in order to kill a witch whose intent is to raise Samhain and break one of the sixty-six seals for Lillith in order to release Lucifer on Earth. Dean tells both the angels to stick it because he wasn't going to allow all those people to die when he and Sam can find the witch and stop her before she raises Samhain. Unfortunately, they were unable to stop the raising of Samhain but Sam was able to send him back to hell using his power.

4.8 Wishful Thinking

While searching for a new case, Sam comes across a news article where a woman states she was attacked by a ghost in a women's locker room. Dean gets excited about helping naked women and the boys head for Concrete, Washington. Instead of finding ghosts, the boys find a series of strange sightings and occurrences that seem more odd than supernatural. They soon find out that the wishing well at the local Chinese restaurant had been turned into a real magical wishing well with the help of an ancient Babylonian coin. One problem with getting what you wish for is getting what you wish for. The wishes turn bad like Dean's hoagie giving him food poisoning, little Audrey's life-size teddy bear turning into a bi-polar alcoholic, Wesley's love, Hope, turns into a obsessive doormat...

Sam and Dean figure out that Wesley was the first to experience the "good" luck and decide that he was the first wisher and thus the coin belonged to him. But in order for the wishes to revert back, Sam and Dean need to convince Wesley that getting what you want will eventually lead to chaos before something really terrible happens.

4.9 I Know What You Did Last Summer

If we didn't know what Sam was up to while Dean was in hell for four months, we do now. This episode is the first we see Ruby since Sam decided not to use his ability (4.4 Metamorphosis). Ruby tells the boys that there is a woman the demons want alive and they want her bad. Then, lo and behold, the angels want her too... dead.

4.10 Heaven and Hell

The continuation of the previous episode, Sam and Dean are protecting Anna who discovers she's an angel who lost her grace and was reborn as a human. (Can you see me roll my eyes...?) Just before a standoff between the angels and demons, Dean and Anna engage in some (if the Impala is rockin', don't come a knockin') hanky panky since it just may be her last night on Earth... as a human, so Dean feels obliged to help.

Of course, the good guys win with the help of Ruby; Anna gets her grace back and Sam and Dean are left to pick up the pieces. Dean confesses to Sam that he wasn't entirely truthful when he said what he remembered of hell.

4.11 Family Remains

Not the best story to come back with from the Holiday hiatus and at the end you're left scratching your head and completely grossed out.

Sam and Dean investigate a man being murdered in his locked house in a locked room. Thinking that it must be the work of a vengeful spirit, the boys check out the vacant house assuming that it is still for sale. However, it wasn't. The new home owner's show up and the boys, unsuccessfully, convince them not to move in and what transpires afterwards is creepy and gross. It seems the previous owner had a dirty little secret he kept in the basement and in the end, it made Dean feel even more like a monster.

4.12 Criss Angel is a Douche Bag

I'm surprised they didn't get in trouble for the title of this episode. Sam and Dean investigate a mysterious death at a magic convention in Ohio. All the cocky young magicians are dying after having altercations with an aged magician who is a bit past his prime and can no longer perform at the level the young ones can.

What was important about this episode was that Sam and Dean evaluate their lives and contemplate the possibility of living to old age. Ruby again appears to persuade Sam to use his ability in order to fight Lillith and end it once in for all. He tells her to get lost but at the end seeks her out, telling her that he changed his mind because he doesn't want to be hunting when he's 60.

Supernatural 4.3 In the Beginning

I KNEW IT!!!

This episode shed light on John and Mary's past and it made me remember why I started watching Supernatural in the first place. In The Beginning was phenomenal!

Jeremy Carver really out did himself. This episode was poignant and funny, and only Jensen can deliver lines like "Sammy, wherever you are, mom was a babe. I'm going to hell... again."

What made the episode was the shocking revelations that cast all the dark shadows of the Winchesters past into the light. At the end of season two, I knew that what the Y.E.D. (Azazel) revealed to Sam had something to do directly with Mary. It was pretty much a given. I had two theories: 1) Mary was a hunter; and 2) Mary had made a deal with Azazel. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that both my theories were correct, but what I didn't expect (and it totally threw me for a loop) was that the reason Mary made the deal with Azazel was to save John. OMG!!! That just makes John and Mary's love story even more epic!

Supernatural really turned the corner from last weeks episode. However, once again, Dean is on the mission to save Sam from evil and the only way to save him is to figure out Azazel's end game. At least now, Dean has heaven on his side.

Are You There God? It's me, Dean Winchester Supernatural 4.2

This is a first - I did not like this episode at all. There were a few funny parts I liked (Dean asking Sam for pie and Sam forgetting the pie, Bobby's panic room) but other than that it left a bad taste in my mouth.

I'm an evangelical Christian and I'd like to think I have a fair knowledge of the Bible. However, it really bugs me how Hollywood generalizes Christianity and it always seems to be from a Catholic perspective.



The way Supernatural portrays these issues have never bothered me before there was just something that set my teeth on edge, especially Lilith opening the seals. (Only a specific angel of the Lord can open the seals, commanded by God himself.)
I could try and argue the dialog and state Bible verses to back up my claim but I won't. I just have to remind myself, and others, that Supernatural is a work of fiction just like any other show. I hope that other viewers will seek out the truth by doing their own study into the topics the episode addressed, take the performed dialog with a grain of salt and not as the "gospel" according to Kripke.

Supernatural Season 4 Season Premiere "Lazarus Rising"

Supernatural Season 4's premiere can be summarized in three letters: OMG!!!

Due to last years writer's strike, Eric Kripke and his writing team were forced to push on ahead even though a lot of questions from last season went unanswered. Eric Kripke has said that he will continue to answer those questions but it looks like we may have to wait a while.

Those who know and love the show know that season 3's season finale ended with Dean in hell but in the opening sequence of Lazarus Rising shows Dean rising from his grave. How did that happen? Only God knows.

I don't read spoilers of upcoming episodes but there were some things that I was pretty certain of what was going to happen on the show in this new season:

1) Dean would rise from the grave.

2) Ruby would return.

3) Sam would figure out his psychic immunity to Lilith.

4) Sam would go after Lilith.

The return of Ruby is the one thing that was addressed on the season premiere that has me the most baffled. Dean finds Sam in a motel with a girl who we find out later is Ruby. Obviously, Ruby has to pretend that she doesn't know who Dean and Bobby are when she answers the door to Sam's motel room. The scene in itself wasn't too insightful on the first view. We simply figure that Sam just started living his life where Dean left off. Only when we realize that she's Ruby do the questions start mounting.

1) Ruby has been traveling with Sam which is probably why Sam hasn't kept in contact with Bobby since Dean's death. Is this because she's been helping Sam cultivate his power?

2) Ruby was scantily clad when she answered the door to Sam's motel room. Are they sleeping together?

3) However, Sam tells Ruby that he still doesn't trust her when it comes to his power.

4) Ruby tells Sam that he needs to tell Dean before he hears "it" from someone else. We assume she is just talking about his psychic power. Again, are they sleeping together?

5) Ruby always seems to know what's going on. Did she "see" Dean and Bobby coming and then dressed accordingly as not to draw attention to what is really going on and, if that's the case, was Sam faking his reaction to seeing Dean?

Obviously, this season is going to show the boys butting heads more than usual, especially now that both of them are keeping secrets from each other. Both are strong-willed and Sam has four months of working sans Dean so we'll just have to see what happens. All I know is God saved Dean! How cool is that!

Supernatural Bedtime Stories Promo Photos

Supernatural episode 4.4, Bedtime Stories, doesn't air for a couple more weeks but here are some promo photos to keep you company until that time.

I don't read spoilers (I like to be surprised.), but from the looks of things, Sam may be making his own deal to save Dean. Boys, Boys, Boys... we have to end this vicious circle. Don't you just love the backlighting for this last photo, though. Very cool!
As always, I get my photos from Supernatural.tv

Supernatural 3.1 The Magnificent Seven

OMG!! Eric Kripke is a creative genius! I have always sung his praises when it comes to his writing but he really outdid himself for the premier episode of Supernatural which aired Thursday, October 4th.

Of course, we all know that Sam and Dean couldn't stop the Yellow-Eyed-Demon from unleashing a legion of demons from hell but what we didn't know is what kind of ancient evil actually got out of hell. We were given a "sneak-peek" of sorts when Sam, Dean and Bobby go up against the "Seven Deadly Sins" which, according to legend, are not just sins but demons that bring out the worst in people.

What I loved most about this episode, besides Eric Kripke's genius, was the way Bobby has just become this awesome moral compass, not only for Sam and Dean but also for other hunters. He keeps his wits about him and doesn't let his emotions get the best of him. He is the level-headed voice of reason that keep everyone around him from getting killed. Jim Beaver is an excellent actor and the chemistry between him and Jensen and Jared is terrific.

What I didn't really like, but you can't hate him for it, is the regression of Dean's emotional state. In season one, Dean was the fun-loving, kinda sleazy, womanizing yet totally charming guy that we grew to love despite his deficiencies. In season two, Dean (as Sam so eloquently put it) was "twisted and broken" after John sold his soul to save Dean. He became more serious especially with the revelation that he may have to kill Sam if the Yellow-Eyed-Demon had his way and turned Sam evil. Gone was the sleazy Dean and in his place was a very angry and determined man who just wanted to save his brother. Now, with Dean only having one year to live, we have the sleazy Dean back who just wants to live it up and kill some demons along the way. I hate that Dean has reverted to his old ways yet you can't really hate him for it. After all, he is extremely charming.

Another thing I didn't like was the introduction of the girl who saved Sam's butt. There's just something about her that I don't trust. The way the demons knew who she was plus the way she moved when fighting the demons just screams "don't trust her!"

It's too bad that Eric Kripke can't write every single episode. There would be no question about whether or not The CW would cancel the show. He is very good at what he does but I know that it isn't possible to write 23 episodes plus make sure that the show is being run the way you have envisioned it without help. We just need to keep our fingers crossed that this new season will draw in the male viewers that The CW is so desperate to gain.

Episode 3.2, The Kids Are Alright, airs Thursday, October 11th. It looks super creepy and reminiscent of season one.

Supernatural 3.3 Bad Day at Black Rock Promo Photos

Here are some promo photos for episode 3.3, Bad Day at Black Rock which airs October 18th. Promo photos are from Supernatural.tv

Supernatural 3.2 The Kids Are Alright Promo Photos

Here are some promo photos for Episode 3.2, The Kids Are Alright, that airs October 11th.






It looks like little Ben may be following in Dean's footsteps. Hmm... wonder if his mamma wants to confess something??

Supernatural AC/DC Recap Video

The CW site has a new recap promo of season two set to the AC/DC song, "Hells Bells." I loved it but it needed to be longer. Click here http://www.cwtv.com/video?vid=hellsbells to view. Enjoy!

Entertainment Weekly's Fall Preview

I'm standing in line at the checkout at my local Safeway last night and right in front of my face is Entertainment Weekly's Special Double Fall Preview issue so I grab it to check if Supernatural was even mentioned. Last year, you were lucky if you saw even a brief nod in Supernatural's direction. I flip the pages to find one paragraph. That was it, one paragraph. In this paragraph, they mention that Eric Kripke said that since Dean only has one year to live, his hedonistic tendencies are going to become more pronounced. That's just code for sex, sex, and more sex.

The introduction of two new female characters was also mentioned. One is supposedly a supernatural bounty hunter and a thief and the second is a hunter. All I know is that the actresses they pick better be able to convey "bad ass" better than Alona Tal when Kripke introduced Jo.

Jo is one of the most hated characters by the fan base at large due mostly to the fact that Jo was portrayed by actress Alona Tal. When you look at Alona Tal - 5'5', 105 pounds soaking wet with tiny spaghetti arms - it's hard to believe that she could kick an ant's butt let alone a demon's. When introducing strong female characters it's hard to convince the audience that she can kick butt and take names when the actress is blonde with big boobs and a perfect manicure. That just isn't reality. It's some man's weird fantasy. I think the fan base would respect or at least tolerate these new characters if they are introduced as pivotal characters needed to progress the plot and not just as eye candy used to up the male viewership. The character of Ellen, Jo's mother, portrayed by actress Samantha Ferris is a perfect example of a strong woman who moves the plot forward and does an excellent job of convincing the audience that she can kick butt and take names -particularly Dean's. (Just in case you think that I'm spewing about this because Dean and Sam are two hot guys and I'm a woman, I feel the exactly same about introducing new male characters as well.) Women who have pulled off tough yet sexy in a realistic way is 1) Jennifer Garner, 2) Jessica Alba, 3) Mila Jovovich, 4) Ali Larter & 5) Kristanna Loken. However, Kristanna Loken does have the big boobs thing going on and wardrobe does work that to her advantage. Sometimes I wonder that she doesn't fall out of her blouse while delivering a roundhouse kick to a bad guy's mid-section.

Last year was a real roller coaster for the boys. Not only do they lose John but John's secret about Sam comes out and the Yellow Eyed Demon plays his hand, almost succeeding in turning Sam evil in order to create a hell on earth. Dean's journey last year was very introspective and he had to put a lot of perspective on his roll in life and as Sam's older brother. I hope that Eric Kripke and his writing team doesn't try to gloss over Dean's sacrifice for Sam with lame porno jokes and sex. They need to concentrate on how to undo the deal Dean made with the demon since the show is about the Winchester Brothers. As much as I adore Jared Padalecki as an actor, I don't think he has the emotional depth to carry the show alone. Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki make an awesome acting duo and you can't have one without the other. I guess we will find out about the next stage of the boys' lives when Supernatural airs on Thursday, October 4th on The CW Network.

If you would like to read the small paragraph EW published, here's the link: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20054862,00.html

Supernatural Season Three Promotional Photos

Hello everyone! Here are some season three promo photos from The Magnificent Seven that I got from Supernatural.tv, my ultimate source for everything Supernatural.

"The Boys are Back in Town! (The Boys are Back in Town!)" Sing it with me! "The Boys are Back in Tow-ow-own!!"

Updates

Wow! Time sure flies when you're... um... not... really having fun but just real busy. It's almost time for the new fall television season and I'm so excited! Supernatural returns on October 4th, Heroes returns on September 24th, Stargate Atlantis returns on September 28th with Amanda Tapping joining the cast, Ghost Hunters returns on September 26th and that is all I am up with right at the moment. Battlestar Galactica returns in November but I don't remember the date right off the top of my head. If you can't tell, I'm addicted to the SciFi channel.

Of course, the show that I'm most excited about is the return of Supernatural. There was some debate this last spring about whether or not it was going to be renewed for a third season but all is well, at least for now. I don't read spoilers so all I know is that there is going to be some major changes in Sam and Dean's life, especially since Dean made a deal and only has one year to live. I can't wait to see what Eric Kripke and his writing staff have up their sleeves and I hope that they can keep the ball rolling yet still maintain the excellence of writing.