The premier of season 3 of Big Sky opens with a landscape shot of beautiful Montana while Creedence Clearwater Revival plays: “Someone told me long ago / There’s a calm before the storm / I know, it’s been comin’ for some time.” A young man in a plaid shirt and backpack hikes through the gorgeous…
After watching Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester for so many years, I was interested to watch him on Big Sky, playing temporary Sheriff Beau Arlen. I’d never watched Big Sky so I was a total newbie when I tuned in to see Jensen’s debut as Beau in the season 2 Big Sky finale. Despite missing…
Reflections on Dean Winchester’s Birthday Today is Dean Winchester’s birthday. I’d like to think he was celebrating it in the bunker with Sam and Miracle. It’s a little unclear in canon when the vamp hunt that ended his life actually went down. Some think it was their first hunt after defeating Chuck since the episode…
The Long Road Home: the first hour of the final airing of Supernatural was a retrospective with brief clips of lines and bits of scenes from over the years interspersed with the cast and crew talking about different aspects of the show. Each section was highlighted by a different title such as Baby, Resurrection, Last…
THEN – Amara, shooting stars, Chuck is bent on destruction. Jack explodes in the Empty. Billie with her scythe. With her book about how God ends. People poofing away. Cas’s smile and tear-filled eyes. NOW – Kyoto, Japan – empty. New York City – empty. A playground – empty. A swing. A horse on springs. …
THEN: Sergei has a key to Death’s Library. The Empty, dressed as Meg, tells them that Billie wants to take over. The Empty attacks Cas. Chuck and Amara hold hands, and Chuck absorbs his sister. Dean tells Jack, “It’s time.” Jack’s eyes glow with power. Sam insists that Billie is playing them. Dean pulls his…
Then: Dean is telling Sam that Jack’s supposed to kill God and the world is saved. Chuck is seen destroying worlds, “clearing the board.” Dean tells Amara, “We need your help.” The Empty tells Cas, “I’m on Death’s side.” Billie talks about Jack’s transformation. Dean is driving and tells Sam that Jack is going to…
THEN: Mrs. Butters identifies the huge telescope in the bunker as an interdimensional geoscope and says it isn’t good when Dean says he can’t see anything through it. Dean angrily says he’s nothing but a hamster in a wheel and it’s all Chuck’s fault. Jack says that he’s supposed to kill God; Sam tells him…
Billie says, “We’re playing a big game here.” She tells the Winchesters, “This is your destiny. You are the messengers of God’s destruction.” THEN: Amara tells Dean she’s giving him a gift. Mary appears in the dark woods. Dean asks how Jack will destroy: will he go “full smite?” They discuss how if the world…
Here it is – after fifteen years. The beginning of the end. First, we see Cuthbert St. Claire, the disgraced Man of Letters in his magical lair. The Men of Letters are referenced as is Abaddon attacking them. The words THEN appear, and we see Billie with her scythe: “Hello, boys.” God is extinguishing galaxies. …
Do you have a favorite teacher? On the other hand, do you still remember a nightmare teacher, someone who crushed your spirit or treated you unfairly? Teachers influence us all, for good or bad, and most of us have strong feelings about those who taught us. Supernatural addressed this topic in the episode “After School…
Supernatural has resonated with many people because of the timelessness of many of its themes like brotherly love, sacrifice, and courage against unbeatable odds. Recently, I was thinking about one of my favorite books, Watership Down by Richard Adams, and I was shocked to discover that there were several similarities between the book and the show. Contrary to what…
