Maple Street, USA. Late Summer. A tree-lined little world of front porch gliders, barbecues, the laughter of children, and the bell of an ice cream vendor. At the sound of the roar and a flash of light, it will be precisely 6:43 PM on Maple Street. – From the introductory voice-over to “The Monsters are [...]
And… we’re back. The 5th Season opener of Supernatural wastes not a moment diving right into the main story arc. The demons are still thugs, the angels are still thugs too, Sam and Dean are still caught in the middle and in the throes of their dysfunctional relationship, and all hell is — literally — [...]
Our first looks at what we can expect in Season Five of Supernatural have arrived. The show returns Thursday, September 10th:
Most of the networks have had their yearly “upfronts” where they announce next year’s schedule. Genre/sci-fi/cult shows are in italics. Here’s what we know for sure: MONDAY 8pm ABC Dancing with the Stars 8pm FOX House 8pm NBC Heroes (Chuck at midseason) 8pm CBS How I Met Your Mother 8pm CW Gossip Girl 8:30pm CBS [...]
Awesome, awesome, awesome. The 18th episode of the 4th season of Supernatural gets the mix absolutely right, for me. It has comedy. It has horror. It has angels and demons. It makes reference to muppets and classic rock; to sex and to the apocalypse. What more could you ask for? How about a guided tour [...]
Hey, folks. Just trying something new. A lot of your favorite shows have wrapped up their seasons. Before we head into settling for our summer of whatever SyFy, HBO, BBCA, and others give us, consider this your thread to sound off on anything. photo credit: BlackHawkTraffic photo credit: idovermani Got any insights on what happened [...]
This episode was not at all what I was expecting, and so perhaps it is inevitable that I felt a bit let down by it. The episode’s title, “Jump the Shark,” is, of course, a reference to the turning point in a series where some particular contrivance or plot device serves as a bellweather of diminished [...]
It’s almost time for the summer season. That means most of the genre shows we enjoy are ending. Here is a list of the season finale dates for several of the shows we discuss: Monday, April 27 Chuck (NBC), 8 p.m. Heroes (NBC), 9 p.m. Friday, May 8 Dollhouse (Fox), 9:01 p.m. Tuesday, May 12 [...]
The Supernatural episode “It’s a Terrible Life” opens with Dean, a well-respected and besuited man, measuring out his life in coffee spoons. He listens to NPR on the drive over to his job as Director of Sales and Marketing at Sandover, a corporation large enough to have departments devoted to construction, investing, and handling printer [...]
True Confession time: Supernatural‘s story arc episodes tend to be my favorites, but I also find them to be the most difficult to commentate. I always feel like I have nothing to say about them. So, while I thought that “On the Head of a Pin” was a particularly strong and compelling entry for the [...]
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