Supernatural University: Demonstration Angel Even in the Supernatural universe, Castiel is absolutely unique. Oh, every angel is unique, like every person – each one is an individual with its own identity and personality – but from everything we’ve seen, Castiel stands alone as the only angel ever to die and be restored “¦ not to…
Supernatural University: Calling All Angels This is the first of two articles exploring angels in the Supernatural universe. In this one, I’ll be looking at the role angels have played and how that developed through the history of the series, including how angels relate to monsters and humans, and how I think their role has…
Addressing the emotional fan reaction on the internet to catastrophic events in The Rains Of Castamere episode of HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s Game Of Thrones, Smithsonian Magazine tweeted an excellent article on how and why we bond so strongly with fictional characters. The neatest thing – to me, anyway – about the…
8.23 Sacrifice: It Was Always God’s Intention, The Ultimate Sacrifice Metatron’s Heaven: Exile angels for revenge. Closing Hell is death. Commentary and Meta Analysis My reaction to this episode was mixed. On the one hand, the performances, direction, and technical production aspects were absolutely stellar, and it filled my eyes and broke my…
8.22 Clip Show: When They’re All Gone, What Will You Have Left? How can you fight on When why you fight is destroyed? Crowley’s leverage … Commentary and Meta Analysis This episode really turned up the pressure on the Winchesters, with Crowley finding the precise psychological lever to pull to hurt the…
8.21 The Great Escapist: When You Create Stories, You Become Gods We can all be gods. Our minds write our own stories; Angels, demons, men. Commentary and Meta Analysis Ben Edlund never disappoints! This episode was chock-full of information advancing and reinforcing the overall mytharc of the series. I suspect I’ll be doing many…
8.19 Taxi Driver: No Reason To Think I Won’t See You Again Somewhere Down The Road Reaper shows the way. Sam frees Bobby’s Hell-trapped soul; Benny says goodbye.
8.17 Goodbye Stranger: I Can’t Take Any More Lies – From Anyone Lucifer’s lost crypts Conceal the angel tablet: Win and lose at once.
8.16 Remember The Titans: This One Was Supposed To Be On Me Prometheus’ fate Die every day forever: Hereditary. Commentary And Meta Analysis I enjoyed this episode a lot more than I expected to when I first learned about it. Supernatural has an unfortunate track record when it comes to stories…
8.15 Man’s Best Friend With Benefits: And Then Some Other Crap Witch and familiar: Partners in magic and love Confront jealousy.
8.14 Trial And Error: This Is My Perfect Ending God’s obstacle course: Three deadly trials prepare one To slam shut Hell’s gates. Commentary And Meta Analysis This episode clearly set the stage for the rest of the season, and perhaps longer. I particularly loved the honesty we got from both of the…
8.13 Everybody Hates Hitler: Knowledge Is Power, Isn’t It Claim inheritance, Hunt down secret enemies; Take charge of your life. Commentary And Meta Analysis This episode was pure delight from beginning to end: a signature Ben Edlund blending of humor and horror beautifully realized by the cast, director Phil Sgriccia, and every…
