I loved this episode. It was unabashed filler of the best kind. Did we advance the main story arc in any way? Nope. Did we see our main antagonists for even a millisecond or discover what they’ve been up to in recent days? Not at all. Never the less, the episode was rich with humour,…
Episode 12 crossed the mid-season point in season 11’s 23 episode series. Curiously named “Don’t You Forget About Me”, I have to wonder what else in season 11 are we being told not to forget? So after a quick review of this stand-alone story, let’s revisit some of the season’s earlier threads to see if…
Supernatural has been struggling for a while with the idea of how to carry on their legacy. Other shows have been successful at spinoff concepts, but this is exactly where “Supernatural” has failed. After all, the show itself is based on a very loose concept, but one that succeeded because the chemistry of the two…
Supernatural began with the destruction of the nuclear family—and ten years later we see that theme continue with the Novak family in “Angel Heart.”
For this weeks video, I chose to go about it from a different angle. Inspired by The WFB article that focused on how demons have changed during the run of the show, I decided to focus on angels as it fits the episode, the fan video I wanted to highlight and the new monster that…
What to say about “Angel Heart”? As villains and devious concepts go, this episode fell considerably short in the grand Supernatural scheme. Evil beings feeding on a humans while the human lives in a utopia mentally? Well, it’s wholly similar to the idea of a Djinn, first presented much more significantly in “What Is and…
“The Long Black Road” playing over The Road So Far was perfect. I loved the montage. It was one of my faves thus far and fit well with Dean’s current struggle against the Mark.
In the mid season finale, “The Things We Left Behind,” we learned exactly what Castiel and the Winchesters are truly fighting for: humanity. We saw it in several levels: from Castiel seeking out Claire to Dean’s fear of losing even more ground to the Mark. Humanity was valued in oh so many ways. But in…
There are so many different ways to watch and enjoy a Supernatural episode. You can watch for the plot or for the pretty. You can analyze canon, decipher symbolism or listen for subtext. One of the best filters to apply to each show, though, is specifically analyzing the cinematography. The visual themes in “The Hunter…
Classic rock music has always been a uniquely treasured part of the storytelling and emotional magnetism of Supernatural. I was consequently intrigued with the music that so aptly framed The Road So Far.
I always take a cautious approach to any script that has Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner as the writers. My expectations are lower, as are my standards. What you get from these two is fairly basic stuff, and it’s always considered a good outing when they don’t butcher canon into a thousand bits and produce…
Summary: This episode was written by Ross-Lemming and Buckner and picks up where the last episode before hiatus left – in the aftermath of Dean’s “massacre.”
