No doubt this season has gone in a daring new direction. So much focus and so much outrage has been placed on Sam. He’s not right, he’s soulless, now there’s big doubt that he wants his soul back even though he’s telling Dean he does. We’re not here to talk about Sam though. Alice JesterAlice Jester is…
Dean Winchester’s Season Five character development in Supernatural Season Five has created animosity with some fans. Discuss those issues here. Alice JesterAlice Jester is the founder, editor-in-chief, head writer, programmer, web designer, site administrator, marketer, and moderator for The Winchester Family Business. She is a 30 year IT applications and database expert with a penchant…
It’s that time of year, another chance to go through the season gone by and examine closely how the beleaguered Winchester brothers fared in their fight against all odds. Needless to say, we’re talking some major damage to their emotional and physical well being. Thanks apocalypse! Up first, the elder Winchester. Dean’s character progression, much…
Dean Winchester Is Dead – Long Live Dean Winchester ‘You can smirk and joke and lie to your brother, lie to yourself, but not to me. I can see how broken you are, how defeated, you can’t win, you know it, but you keep fighting, just keep going through the motions. You’re not hungry, Dean,…
Supernatural is one of the most amazing TV shows to be developed in a long time, and Dean Winchester is one of its amazing characters. He is a three dimensional, dynamic, realistic person brought to life by the incredible team of writers on the series and the extraordinary acting of Jensen Ackles. Jensen’s intense acting range and…
‘Abandon all hope, you who enter!’ – Dante Alighieri’s inscription at the entrance to Hell We don’t know much about hell. In Supernatural’s universe it is a place where one month becomes a decade. It is a ‘prison made of bone and flesh and blood and fear.’ It is ‘a pit of despair’,…
If Season three was about the self-actualization of Dean Winchester, then what was Season four about? A self-actualized man must face his character tests. Dean’s ultimate season four test ends up being the test of faith. Not faith in God or angels, but faith in everything he believes to be right and what matters to him the most, family. No matter…
Here’s a rare treat at The Winchester Family Business. We have a guest columnist! Faellie posted this on her livejournal site and was kind enough to share it with me. Then, she was even kinder to let me repost it here. Yes, its that good. The title will certainly catch you. A disclaimer that I…
My plan had been to write two or three separate “ distinctly separate “ articles; plans change. Paraphrasing something Sera Gamble said in the commentary at the end of “All Hell Breaks Loose I”: When we do something to one character we often show it through the reactions/emotions of the other. Im finding these articles…
I got back from vacation to some wonderful news about the upcoming season four from the Supernatural panel at Comic Con this weekend. For those interested in what was said, go to Supernatural Wiki for full reports. As excited as I am about the new season (and still trying hard to avoid spoilers), I’m still…
