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Tag Archives: Raelle Tucker
Supernatural re-watch, Season 1
I watched Season 1 in reverse order, last to pilot. I am sorry to have come to the end. I don’t know that I’ll watch Seasons 12-15 again but the rest I will revisit again and again. If you’re following … Continue reading
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: Season 1, Episode 3: “Dead In the Water”
Re-post for Sheltering-in-Place Re-watch Directed by Kim Manners Written by Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker Kim Manners died in 2009. He was such a huge part of helping to create the Supernatural aesthetic, both as a director (of some of … 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
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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 16: “Roadkill”
Directed by Charles Beeson Written by Raelle Tucker I’m going into the hospital this week, and then will have to go in again in the weeks after that. It’s going to be super-fun, but I did want to get this … Continue reading
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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 10: “Hunted”
Directed by Rachel Talalay Written by Raelle Tucker Let’s take a moment to note the first female director of the series (it is her only episode). Talalay does her best with a script that is all over the place. Gordon … Continue reading
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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 4: “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things”
Directed by Kim Manners Written by Raelle Tucker While Sam is pretending to be a grief counselor, he says, “Grief makes people do crazy things.” Indeed. That’s what these early episodes of Season 2 are all about. Gordon blew the … Continue reading
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Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 21: “Salvation”
Directed by Robert Singer Written by Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker Robert Singer has said openly that he is a character-guy, not a plot-guy. He was brought on early on as an executive producer, to not only help Eric Kripke … Continue reading
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Tagged Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Raelle Tucker, Robert Singer, Sera Gamble, SPN Season 1, Supernatural
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Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 14: “Nightmare”
Directed by Phil Sgriccia Written by Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker Dean got laid last week. Good times were had by all, involving unembarrassed cuddling in bed all while revealing a sculpted chest like hard-pewter-breast-plates. Warm fuzzies were experienced as … Continue reading
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Tagged Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Phil Sgriccia, Raelle Tucker, Sera Gamble, SPN Season 1, Supernatural
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Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 12: “Faith”
Directed by Allan Kroeker Written by Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker established themselves early on in Supernatural as a powerhouse writing team, with their script for Episode 3, the beautiful and elegiac “Dead in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Raelle Tucker, Sera Gamble, SPN Season 1, Supernatural
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