Supernatural: No Rest for the Wicked

Dean: "You're not going to bust out the misty goodbye speech. If this is my last day on earth, I do not want it to be socially awkward."Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Come on. Did they have to leave us for the summer with that image of Dean in a devil's cobweb screaming for Sam? Part of me knew they were going to do it. And I must admit I'm partially relieved that they didn't cop out and give us

Supernatural: Time is On My Side

Dean: "I can't do it. I would rather go to Hell."Gotta say, not loving the gross-out. "Slicey McHacky" is a horror movie staple that I particularly dislike. Even the clever dialogue and sick jokes didn't make the story palatable. And the evil immortal buried alive thing was just done on another show I review. For me, the only reasons this episode was worth watching at all was Dean's

Supernatural: Long Distance Call

Clark: "You're all so connected. But you've never been so alone."With Dean's time running out and no hope of breaking the Crossroads deal, the worst thing they could do to Dean was give him false hope. So yeah. Let's throw Dean a lifeline that was actually intended to drag him under.This was yet another tight, well-written, quality episode, but I found it disappointing. Yes, the phone thing

Supernatural: Ghostfacers

Harry: "Ed, you've got to go be gay for that poor, dead intern. You gotta send him into the light."Loved season one's "Hell House," so of course, I loved seeing the "new future of reality TV". It echoed a lot of stuff: Ghost Hunters, mostly, which I don't watch because of my basic dislike of reality shows, The Blair Witch Project, and the nerd troika on Buffy (Harry in particular was like

Supernatural: Jus in Bello

Henricksen: "I, uh, I shot the sheriff."Dean: "But you didn't shoot the deputy."Just when I really started liking Agent Henricksen, they killed him off. Bummer. What a hunter he would have made.I liked pretty much everything about this episode -- except, obviously, the ending. The holy water in the toilet. (Holy Swirlies, Batman.) The way Henricksen finally realized that the Winchesters

Supernatural: Mystery Spot

Sam: "Man, I had a weird dream."Dean: "Clowns or midgets?"Yet another movie ripoff. Of course, every genre show eventually does Groundhog Day, so I really shouldn't complain. And at least, after going whole hog (pun intended) with the comic aspects of killing Dean off in a zillion different ways, they did something this show is particularly good at: they took the story to a new and dark

Supernatural: Dream a Little Dream of Me

Dean: "I get it. I'm my own worst nightmare."Dreamscape, with a touch of Nightmare on Elm Street.Good episode, with a cool premise. But the boys made several huge mistakes that I found jarring. Dean (and Bobby) drinking the beer that Jeremy Frost gave him. All three of them actually trusting Bela. (She has the Colt now.) And Dean and Sam going into Bobby's dream together. We're never

Supernatural: Malleus Maleficarum

Dean: "So the devil may care, after all."They just did Fatal Attraction, Craft, The Witches of Eastwick, and Fight Club. (First rule of Book Club is, you do not talk about Book Club.)I liked a lot about this one. It was rip-roaring and fast-moving, and it grossed me out. And they just expanded the Supernaturalverse again, as they continued to blur the line between human and demon.

Supernatural: A Very Supernatural Christmas

Sam: "So I guess we're dealing with Mister and Missus God. Nice to know."Evergreen stakes through the heart. It was so twisted. Scary, intense, clever and funny. And it even managed to be sad and touching. How do they do it? Mr. and Mrs. Claus were perfect as the jovial, homicidal Ozzie and Harriet pagan gods. The bloody red suit, dragging the bodies up the chimney, the body parts in

Supernatural: Fresh Blood

Dean: "You just charged a super vamped out Gordon with no weapon. A little reckless, don't you think?"Touching, as well as heavy. Also scary. This one was so intense that it had me talking out loud to the television.I was almost sorry to see Gordon go. He was a great character: very scary, totally psycho, and that was even before he became a vampire. Which was unexpected, and actually

Supernatural: Red Sky at Morning

Dean: "So what happens? You see the ship and a few hours later, you pucker up and kiss your ass goodbye?"This one should have been called "Double Date." And what a double date it was. Actually, my favorite part of the whole thing was Sam getting groped by Gert. What a wonderfully comic performance by Ellen Geer. It's not easy to be that revolting and uncomfortably funny at the same

Supernatural: Bedtime Stories

Sam: "Well, I'm thinking about fairy tales."Dean: "That's nice. Do you think about fairy tales often?"I have to give them marks for cleverness, because the fairy tale references were pretty funny. The "three pigs" were talking about one gust of wind blowing their wooden house over, and the one that survived wanted to use cinder blocks. I was completely creeped out by Granny in the

Supernatural: Sin City

Casey: "Kinda funny, don't you think? You and me sitting here like a couple of regular folk."Dean: "Yeah, it's hilarious. In that apocalyptic sort of way."Lines are blurring. Demons, hey, not so bad. Humans aren't any good, anyway, which was what the bar scenes were about. Gee, demons are just like us, except they worship Lucifer instead of God. And possess and discard human bodies and

Supernatural: Bad Day at Black Rock

Dean: "I say we hit Vegas. Pull a little Rain Man. You can be Rain Man."They're three for three. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. And I thought Dan was going to pass out laughing when Dean took out Kubric with the remote control. Like all good Supernatural episodes, this one was heavy on the brotherly interaction. Jared Padalecki in particular deserves a lot of credit, because

Supernatural: The Kids Are Alright

Dean: "Great. We'll just bust in, drag the kids out, torch them on the front lawn. That'll play great with the neighbors."As far as I'm concerned, they're two for two. I thought Dean's reactions to little Ben looking and acting exactly like him were just hilarious. They did it all, right down to the haircut, wardrobe, classic rock, and the way he stuffed his face. And it was character, too

Supernatural: The Magnificent Seven

Dean: "Truth is, I'm tired, Sam. And, I don't know, it's like there's a light at the end of the tunnel."Sam: "It's hellfire, Dean."Terrific episode, with a capital T. Way to start the third season, guys. I certainly didn't expect Dean to mope around or go on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, but promiscuous sex and bacon cheeseburgers for breakfast? Come to think of it, that's Dean all over. If this

Supernatural: All Hell Breaks Loose (2)

Bobby: "How's your brother gonna feel when he knows you're going to hell? How'd you feel when you knew your dad went for you?"I knew Sam would be resurrected somehow. But Dean sacrificing his soul for Sam's life really upset me.Again, I have to give gold acting stars to Jensen Ackles, because Dean's grief and his selflessness gave this episode so much emotional oomph. The way Dean talked to

Supernatural: All Hell Breaks Loose (1)

Jake: "So we're soldiers in a demon war to bring on the Apocalypse?"Sam: "Well, when you put it like that..."This episode felt like "And then there were none." And that was even before they found Lily hanging from a windmill.So there they were, all of our demon seeds together in one really weird place. You could just tell that at least one of them had to be evil and faking it. I didn't want

Supernatural: What Is and What Should Never Be

Sam: "Wake up, dammit."Dean: "Oh, Auntie Em. There's no place like home."I just loved this episode. Probably because I just love Dean.The jinn made Dean's "wonderful life" wonderful, but not too wonderful. Mary was alive, but not John. Dean had a regular, but not fabulous, job in a garage. (John worked in a garage, too). Dean had a terrific girlfriend who loved him, but he didn't know who

Supernatural: Folsom Prison Blues

Sam: "Dean, does it bother you at all how easily you seem to fit in here?"It was inevitable that the boys would wind up in prison someday. But I never expected that they'd go voluntarily.Dean got along in prison just as well as he did on the movie set. He worked the system, won tons of cigarettes while playing cards, and got information out of everyone. And he was ready to stay in jail as