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Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 1: “The Pilot”
Re-post for Sheltering-in-Place Re-watch Directed by David Nutter Written by Eric Kripke There are a couple of story formats set up in Supernatural‘s pilot. There will be the “Monster of the Week” story (which sometimes, in later episodes, doesn’t come … Continue reading
Supernatural: Season 3, Episode 1: “The Magnificent Seven”
Directed by Kim Manners Written by Eric Kripke The title of the episode tells us it’s a straight-up Western: villains riding into town, so-called good guys in their holdout, knowing they might die that night, and maybe one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Kripke, John Sturges, Kim Manners, SPN Season 3, Supernatural
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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 22: “All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 2″
Directed by Kim Manners Written by Eric Kripke “There is no excellent beauty, that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.” – Francis Bacon For this episode, I’ll be going over ground I’ve covered – extensively? – in two other … Continue reading
March 2016 Viewing Diary
Supernatural, Season 2, Episode 20: “What Is and What Should Never Be” (2007; d. Eric Kripke) My 300-page re-cap here. At Any Price (2012; d. Ramin Bahrani) Inspired by the recent conversation Mitchell and I had about Zac Efron (Part … Continue reading
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Supernatural, Season 2, Episode 20: “What Is and What Should Never Be”
Written by Raelle Tucker Directed by Eric Kripke I have been avoiding writing about this episode because writing sometimes has a way of boiling things down or reducing them. I am afraid that writing about this episode that means so … Continue reading
Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 1: “In My Time of Dying”
Directed by Kim Manners Written by Eric Kripke Season 2 starts “not with a bang, but a whimper.” “In My Time of Dying” is this perfect little snow globe world of an episode, which takes place mostly in one setting, … Continue reading
Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 22: “Devil’s Trap”
Directed by Kim Manners Written by Eric Kripke For the finale, we get our first major loop-around. Sam, Dean, and, by extension, John, have spent their lives hunting the demon that killed Mom. Sam and Dean started the season by … Continue reading
Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 9: “Home”
Directed by Ken Girotti Written by series creator Eric Kripke In this episode, Sam says to Missouri, the psychic: “It just feels like something’s starting.” It feels that way to me too. The seeds have been planted for where the … Continue reading
Thoughts on TV Pilots, including the Supernatural Pilot: What Works, Story Arcs, Starting Out Confidently, Working Blind
It’s fun to examine the pilots of shows that go on to be hits (preferably shows that last more than one season, where characters/plots go far far from the starting point). While everyone is making the pilot, the main thrust … Continue reading