Supernatural has developed a peculiar habit in its nine-plus seasons. Often, the season finales end with a major cliffhanger that gets wrapped up within the first few episodes of the next season. That trend continued in Season 10 with Tuesday's episode, "Soul Survivor." Read More »
Supernatural continues its strong start to Season 10 with its second episode entitled "Reichenbach." In this installment, we saw more of Demon Dean's dark personality and Sam's desperate struggle to get his brother back at all costs. Read More »
Ever since Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) opened that pair of black eyes in the Season 9 finale of Supernatural, fans have wondered what would happen when Demon Dean finally arrived on screen. The Season 10 premiere, "Black," aired Tuesday night, and our first look at the new Dean was both fascinating and horrifying. Read More »
Supernatural has gone through some rough patches in its lengthy run, and some of those patches have lasted nearly entire seasons. (I'm looking at you, Season 7.) But no matter how uneven the season, the show has always excelled with its finales. The final episodes of each season leave intriguing cliffhangers and keep the devoted fan base counting the days until the show returns with its next premiere. Read More »
The penultimate episode of Season 9 of Supernatural, entitled "Stairway to Heaven," juggled many different elements. Sam and Castiel went off to figure out why angels were kamikaze-ing themselves in Cass' name, while Dean interrogated his old reaper friend, Tessa. By the end of the hour, our heroes were in a dark and difficult place. Read More »
Supernatural began its sprint to the Season 9 finish line with "King of the Damned," an episode that, as one might guess, focused on Crowley and Abaddon. The installment managed to tie up one dangling plot thread while setting up the final two episodes, and possibly beyond. Read More »
Earlier this week, I posted my review of the 20th episode of Supernatural entitled "Bloodlines," which happens to be the name of the CW's spinoff for the series that has starred Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki for nine seasons. The reaction to the episode was mixed, but it seemingly skewed toward negative both for fans and critics. Read More »
Supernatural aired the 20th episode of Season 9 on Tuesday night, "Bloodlines," which served as the backdoor pilot for the spinoff of the same name. The episode introduced the new characters and the premise of Bloodlines, but the effectiveness of those introductions is for the viewer to determine. Read More »
After last week's mythology-heavy installment, Supernatural returned with its latest Season 9 episode entitled "Alex Annie Alexis Ann." What started as a routine Monster of the Week case turned into an exploration of a subject that the show would be well served to come back to in the future. Read More »
Supernatural returned from its latest Season 9 hiatus with the episode entitled "Meta Fiction" to kick off its final run of episodes to the season finale. With all the major players involved, this was precisely the episode the show needed to set the table for the final stretch. Read More »
"Mother's Little Helper" was one of those odd episodes of Supernatural that straddled the line between "Monster of the Week" case and "important mythology" installment. By the end, we had plenty of new information about Abaddon and a pretty clear picture of the rest of Season 9. Read More »
Crowley has become one of the most interesting characters during Season 9 of Supernatural thanks to the effects of his injecting himself with human blood and his turf war with Abaddon. Both of those conflicts took center stage in "Blade Runners," an episode that pushed the season arc forward in a big way. Read More »
The latest Season 9 episode of Supernatural, entitled "#Thinman," featured the return of the Ghostfacers to the Winchesters' world. The episode attempted to draw a parallel between Ed and Harry and Sam and Dean, but the entire thing fell flat on its face. Read More »