Nate’s Episode Review – Supernatural 14.06 “Optimism”
Boy, is the show on a good streak right now.




Nate Winchester is an aspiring author, blogger, and strangely the only male writer for The Winchester Family Business.

Boy, is the show on a good streak right now.




Nate Winchester is an aspiring author, blogger, and strangely the only male writer for The Winchester Family Business.
This episode has really stymied me. For some reason, I’m having a problem ordering my thoughts about what happened in the episode and how everyone behaved. Normally I don’t run into this problem because I try my best to pay attention to the characters and what they’re doing, but for some reason, this episode felt…
The first half of season nine built itself elegantly around the serpent in the Garden of Eden and the Fall of Man. We saw several incarnations—from Gadreel to Metatron to the Fall from Heaven to Castiel’s bout as a mortal. Each serpent infected a particular Garden and set in motion consequences still rippling outward. It…
Hello and welcome to “Why _ works (or doesn’t)”, where I go over in detail why an episode of the show succeeded or failed. If you like or hate this, let me know and feel free to shout out suggestions for episodes that should go on the chopping block or praise podium. Today I’m analyzing…
My bet on the overall arc or through story or theme for Season 10: Family. Since “Black,” Sam has used the phrase “my brother” continuously all the way through Soul Survivor. In Fan Fiction the theme was blaring from every set on that stage, family, family, family. In Ask Jeeves we hear the word family…
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We got plenty of action in Walker 4.04 “Insane BS and Bloodshed” – the fallout of good intentions gone wrong, more reasons why secrets are bad, and proof that a serial killer is back in action. As always, I’ll leave the recap to others and focus on some themes and observations. Captain James, Trey, and…
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