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Tag Archives: Mike Rohl
Supernatural re-watch, Season 2
If you’re following along: Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12-15 Plus: my season recaps from back in the day: Season 1 Season … Continue reading
Supernatural re-watch, Season 4
If you’re following along: Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12-15 Plus: my season recaps from back in the day: Season 1 Season 2 Season … Continue reading
Supernatural re-watch, Season 6
If you’re following along: Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12-15 Plus: my season recaps from back in the day: Season 1 Season 2 Season … Continue reading
June 2019 Viewing Diary
Once again: if you’re not a Supernatural fan, this might be a tough read. I’m so busy with work, this is how I unwind. Supernatural, Season 14, episode 4 “Mint Condition” (2018; d. Amyn Kaderali) I loved this episode. Perfectly … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Ben Edlund, Bob Dylan, Charles Beeson, comedy, documentary, drama, England, Jared Padalecki, Jean Arthur, Jensen Ackles, Joel McCrea, Martin Scorsese, Mike Rohl, Myrna Loy, Phil Sgriccia, Robert Singer, screwball comedy, Supernatural, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Thomas J. Wright, westerns, William Powell, women directors
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Supernatural: Season 3, Episode 5; “Bedtime Stories”
Directed by Mike Rohl Written by Cathryn Humphris One of the most extraordinary things about the truncated Season 3 is that there isn’t a hurry-up-we’re-running-out-of-time vibe. In many ways, the shorter length intensifies the conflict so much it’s a nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged Cathryn Humphris, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Mike Rohl, SPN Season 3, Supernatural
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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 19: “Folsom Prison Blues”
Directed by Mike Rohl Written by John Shiban You guys. This post is aggressively insane. But I will paraphrase James Joyce who said, in re: “Finnegans Wake”: “It took me 17 years to write it. It should take you 17 … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, John Shiban, Mike Rohl, SPN Season 2, Supernatural
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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 7: “The Usual Suspects”
Directed by Mike Rohl Written by Cathryn Humphris There are a couple of reasons why I hold “The Usual Suspects” dear. One is obvious: I love the woman who starred in the movie that practically single-handedly ruined my Catholic childhood. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cathryn Humphris, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Mike Rohl, SPN Season 2, Supernatural
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