To paraphrase a much memed quote from “Gilmore Girls,” “Supernatural” isn’t a just a television show, it’s a lifestyle. After over 220 episodes, jars of man-tears, thousands of one-liners and sublimely dark comedy, “Supernatural” is still breaking our hearts in new and excruciating ways.
It all began on November 2, 1983 when a demon bled into baby Sammy’s mouth (grooming him to lead the underworld, as you do) and ended up killing his protective mother, Mary, sending John Winchester and his then young sons on a lifelong quest to find her murderer and save people along the way. In the Catholic church, November 2 is All Soul’s Day—a time to honor the dead. After hours of sorting, debating and touch of hysterical weeping, I've selected "Supernatural's" 11 Saddest Moments. Spoiler Alert!: Most of them include dead people!
11. Dean warns young Mary. Castiel sends Dean (Jensen Ackles) back in time to learn some heavy and important information about his family, mainly that his mother was raised as a hunter and the reason the demon Azazel came for Sam as a baby was due to a deal they had made a decade before. “In The Beginning” is the masterfully acted episode that should have earned Jensen Ackles his first Emmy nomination for his work as Dean Winchester. Try not to wibble when a choked up son begs his clueless mother to not to get out of bed on 10 years in the future in the clip above.
10. Sam surrenders. It’s a gargantuan understatement to say that Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) has suffered. But even this fighter reaches the end of his rope after suffering for months from horrendous hallucinations and insomnia as a result of being possessed by Lucifer. It's even more gutting that Sam spends his last lucid moments fighting for someone else.
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This week’s episode marks an annual “Supernatural” event: star Jensen Ackles steps behind the camera for the fifth time to direct! “The Bad Seed” is packaged with enough flashy, macabre humor to mask a predictable and slight plot.
The boys still have to contend with an angel cursed with an attack dog spell and a “primal force” with a nasty craving for souls. Sam and Dean both agree that the only way to save Castiel, who is having horrifying angel seizures as the curse digs deeper, is to force Rowena to reverse the spell; and best way to find out any information on The Darkness is to track down Metatron. Grab your favorite wig and let’s dive in, shall we? YOU GET A COVEN! AND YOU GET A COVEN! We find the fabulously coifed witch trying to build her own coven. But it’s not just old coven you that meets at the local community center, it’s a MEGA-COVEN!!! *cue confetti cannons* When the potential recruits don’t react like “Oprah” audience members winning European cruises, she kills most of them in an excruciating way that at least offers easy clean up. Rowena (Ruth Connell) actually escapes by the end of the episode. Is it bad that I actually want to see what her MEGA-COVEN in action? Evil Mary Poppins. Like mother, like son. Crowley (Mark Sheppard) has the same overwrought flare as his Rowena, and he’s channeling it into raising an obedient dark force. He gets her a demonic nanny dressed like Mary Poppins, gourmet chocolates and all the translated Hitler speeches and human souls she desires. Amara likes her studies and does them without complaint. She realizes that humanity means suffering, loneliness and then death. And she's not sure why. Baby, you and me both. Crowley wants to harness Amara’s power—whatever that may be—Amara has other plans. “Good, evil, heaven, hell. It all seems so unimportant. I don’t think you’re seeing the big picture.” Something tells me that picture may not include humanity at all. Honestly, the Crowley-Amara scenes should have been trimmed to make room for more action. Crowley’s gothic-castle version of hell is as ominous as a M. Night Shyamalan movie. For all he claims to be a bigger, badder King of Hell, Crowley spent an entire episode fetching frilly things for a little girl.
There is a certain comfort and frustration when watching your favorite, long-running television show. Like putting on an old sweater, it fits perfectly, provides some warmth, and you already know where will chafe and irritate. I felt such when tuning into "Out Of The Darkness, Into The Fire" and "Form and Void", the first two episodes of "Supernatural's" eleventh season.
Dean (Jensen Ackles) emerges from The Darkness as gorgeous as ever, barking orders and omitting information. Sam trails behind him, hair whipping up in the wind, obediently swallowing his concerns. They wander through a town of poor, mostly dead humans, save the pretty new deputy with the shockingly blue eyes, and prepare to kill their way out of the latest version of the end of days, and fly out of town to save Castiel. It’s reminiscent of season 2's "Croatoan" or Season 3's "Jus In Bello" or season 5's “Good God, Y’all” or "99 Problems” but peppered with enough one-liners and gore to keep things interesting. "Supernatural" is an old dog, yet I’m still entertained by the repetitive tricks. Except over the summer, they seemed to have learned new ones.
Congratulations, “Supernatural” fans, you have survived another week! In a matter of hours all of us will be face-deep into Winchester feels! We need to celebrate and medicate because this week's episode looks like an intense and bloody one.
If you’re over the age of 21, you can play Small Screen Girl’s Supernatural Drinking Game. If you’re younger than 21 or just hungry, you can play along with pie or a nice mocktail. Or you could ask yourself what would Dean Winchester do (#WWDD) and have both! No driving afterwards! Mazel!! Drink when there is a long overdue Broments.
Drink when Sam feels guilty for no reason.
Take a shot for “Moose!” Drink when a poor, innocent soul is killed in the grisliest of ways. Drink for cursed Castiel. Drink for glorious Impala porn.
Take a bite of your snack for Rowena’s fabulous mane!
Drink when Sammy uses his beautiful soul. Take a bite of your snack every time Dean says “Sammy.” Drink for Hurt Winchesters!
Drink when you marvel at how big Sam is.
Drink for glaring mistakes in the lore. Drink when you ogle Dean's bowlegs! Drink, scream, throw something when the episode ends with a nail-biting cliffhanger. "Supernatural" airs every Wednesday on The CW at 9/8c. Don't forget to share this with your friends so they can play along!
The past two weeks of the new TV season has felt like Christmas and the Superbowl combined. Spectacle. Sparkly New Things. Lots of commercials.
And the gifts keep coming. “Supernatural” star Jared Padalecki tweeted the link to a special “Supernatural" season 11 promo on Thursday afternoon. It is awesome, intense, and grimly beautiful. The final days leading up to the new season will be even more hellish than ever. Thanks, Santa Padalecki! Check out the promo below! Don't miss the "Supernatural" premiere on Oct. 7 at 9/8c on The CW. Photo Credits: People.com
As I clear out my DVR of ever-improving summer shows for the start of the new TV season, I couldn’t help but wonder what I’d wish for the upcoming seasons of my favorite shows. Luckily, I happened upon a genie, who will only grant me 3 wishes for entertainment purposes only, and having a romantic dinner with Chris Pratt and Jesse Williams isn’t one of them. So I am forced to use them on one of my favorite shows, The CW's "Supernatural."
Despite its low-budget, nearly-cancelled-three-times beginnings, "Supernatural" has continued on to become the longest running sci-fi show on broadcast television, bolstered by an incredible cast of Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins, risk-taking writing, and a dogged group of fans that affectionately call themselves a family. However, the lengthy and muddled Mark of Cain made for a head-scratching and frustrating season 10 that didn't quite capitalize on the dark magic of previous seasons. Here are my wishes for “Supernatural” season 11… DIVERSITY. For a show that’s taken scary through multiple dimensions, alternate universes and thwarted an apocalypse or two, it’s inexcusable that 99.9% of the regular and recurring cast is white and male. The women—who are also almost always white—have briskly entered and almost always tragically exited. The latest of which was Felicia Day’s Charlie Bradbury, who after a series of uncharacteristically stupid decisions, was slaughtered off-screen and dumped in a bathtub. I desperately wish that “Supernatural” would normalize to reflect the real world in racial and gender casting. This season, the small sci-fi show with the big cult following will face its toughest competition yet when it airs in the same timeslot as the Emmy-nominated, ratings record-breaker “Empire,” 2014’s critically-acclaimed and Emmy-nominated comedy “black-ish” and Emmy-magnet, “Modern Family”—all of which feature primarily diverse casts. Racial normalization may be a necessity if “Supernatural” wants to make it to season 12. More BAMF Sam Winchester. Many fans, including yours truly, have been frustrated with the uneven and sometimes baffling characterization of “Supernatural's” tallest cast member. The show began by telling the story of Sam, a college kid who returned to the family business of saving people, hunting things to avenge his girlfriend’s death has since turned into a show about a wayward group of thankless heroes led by Dean Winchester and his unstoppable BAMFness. I am and have always been an equal opportunity Winchester-lover, however, Sam has been long overdue for some deeper exploration and better characterization. Also, Sam's doppleganger Jared Padalecki is 6'5'', and spends time between takes flipping 500lb tractor tires. With the trials far behind him, it's time for Sam to save the puppy eyes for the ladies and kick some monster ass. Expand The Hunting Universe. It’s been nearly a decade since The Roadhouse, a popular bar for hunters to have share lore and spookily clean their guns in a shadowed corner, burned down. In the seasons since, the hunting universe has shrunk when it should have been expanded. Thanks to Sam and Dean’s affinity for making deals and kick-starting the end of days, the Winchesters already have a nefarious reputation. But after watching “Supernatural” for years, I'm often left wondering if other hunters gossip about the Winchesters? Do they text each other when Dean was turned into a demon, like "Guess who has black eyes and smells like sulfur?! LMAO!” I need answers! Thus, I wish upon the feathers of an ice-eyed angel and my TV genie that “Supernatural” will explore more of the hunting universe. After they accidentally opening the devil’s gate, freeing the devil and unleashing The Darkness, it would also be refreshing to find Sam and Dean coming to the rescue of other hunters who have unwittingly released some big nasty into the world. It would be a tsunami of cucumber water if all of said hunters weren’t white dudes. Let’s see if any of these wishes come true when “Supernatural” premieres on October 7 at 9/8c on The CW. Judging by the promo, the show will be intensely, scary and gory, which would have been by fourth wish if the genie hadn’t been so greedy. Check it out below! What are your wishes for "Supernatural's" upcoming season?" Photo Credits: cwtvsource.com |
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