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Tag Archives: SPN Season 1
Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 15: “The Benders”
Directed by Peter Ellis Written by John Shiban When we first met Dean Winchester in the pilot, he was cocky, brash, and bossy. Other shadings came in pretty quick, once Ackles settled into the role, once they moved to Vancouver, … Continue reading
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 Phil Sgriccia, Raelle Tucker, Sera Gamble, SPN Season 1, Supernatural
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Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 13: “Route 666”
Directed by Paul Shapiro Written by Eugenie Ross-Leming & Brad Buckner I won’t argue that “Route 666” is a great Supernatural episode, because it has a lot of problems, but the reason it fascinates is because it is character-based. We … Continue reading
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
Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 11: “Scarecrow”
Directed by Kim Manners Story by Patrick Sean Smith Teleplay by John Shiban “Scarecrow”, Episode 11, is a stand-alone great piece of television. It’s essential to the overall mythology of the Arc of the series, but there’s so much more … Continue reading
Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 10: “Asylum”
Directed by Guy Bee Written by Richard Hatem Dark and almost unremittingly gloomy, “Asylum” spends the majority of its time within the walls of a dilapidated mental asylum. “Asylum” introduces the device of mental illness for really the first time … 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
Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 8: “Bugs”
Directed by Kim Manners Written by Rachel Nave & Bill Coakley Firstly, neither of those two writers wrote for the show again (or anywhere else that I can discover). This is not a surprise. The problem with “Bugs” (outside my … Continue reading
Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 7: “Hook Man”
Directed by David Jackson Written by John Shiban For a couple of episodes now, the “trail for Dad” has gone cold. We’ve seen the brothers start to get to know each other as men. “Skin”, episode 6, the one before … Continue reading
Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 6: “Skin”
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeil written by John Shiban Dark doubles are a recurring theme in Supernatural. What is more frightening, more eerie, than to think of there being another one of you out there, someone who looks like you, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Delon, Elia Kazan, John Shiban, Lana Turner, Quentin Tarantino, Sissy Spacek, SPN Season 1, Supernatural
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