Friday, February 09, 2007
A Supernatural Night
Thursday night is the best and worst night of TV. The best, because there are so many great shows on that night, the worst, because there are so many great shows on that night. I had to give up CSI because all of the networks have a show on I’d like to watch at that hour. Since CBS repeats their procedurals I figure I’ll catch up with this season’s shows over the summer or the syndicated repeats. I record Grey’s Anatomy on Friday nights, (thanks ABC) allowing me to record and watch Scrubs and 30 Rock over the weekend. During December when the other shows were on hiatus for Christmas, I watched The OC and I’m impressed that they have gone back to season 1 like quality, but it’s too little too late as they’ll be off the air in a few weeks. So the show I make sure to watch is Supernatural, which even to my surprise is the best show on Thursday night.
When the show premiered last season I decided to catch it because I like genre shows with monsters and spaceships; i.e. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X- Files and Battlestar Galactica. The show got better as the season went along, and this season it has been great. There have been a few episodes that were okay, but most of the episodes have been out of this world. Last night’s episode is a good example. Sam goes missing for over a week and Dean is frantic with worry. Sam finally calls and says he’s in trouble. When Dean gets to him, Sam is covered in blood. They investigate to find out what’s happening and they find a tape showing Sam killing another demon hunter. Sam tries to get Dean to kill him so he won’t hurt anyone else but Dean refuses to. Sam knocks him out and goes after Jo, trying to force Dean to kill him again. We discover that Sam is possessed by the demon that possessed a girl named Meg from the first season. The demon is back to get revenge on Dean. Dean and a family friend finally exorcise the demon from Sam, not without a lot of angst and action. If you didn’t see the episode last night, watch at the CW website when it goes up.
Supernatural is a well written show that gets good acting from its two leads, Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. They are both veterans of WB series, but I didn’t realize how talented they were until this series. They give off a realistic brotherly vibe. The show reminds me of the X-Files. We have partners dealing with the paranormal with only each other to depend on. It doesn’t hurt that the show is filmed in Vancouver, where the X-Files was originally filmed. The show has a lot of action, a nice amount of humor and it can be pretty creepy at times. At the heart of it is the relationship between the brothers. It’s one of those great shows that no one is watching because everyone is watching Grey’s Anatomy and CSI. I hope the CW is smart and renews the show for next season. It and Veronica Mars illustrates the kind of smart shows this network should be creating, making the CW necessary in the TV world.
When the show premiered last season I decided to catch it because I like genre shows with monsters and spaceships; i.e. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X- Files and Battlestar Galactica. The show got better as the season went along, and this season it has been great. There have been a few episodes that were okay, but most of the episodes have been out of this world. Last night’s episode is a good example. Sam goes missing for over a week and Dean is frantic with worry. Sam finally calls and says he’s in trouble. When Dean gets to him, Sam is covered in blood. They investigate to find out what’s happening and they find a tape showing Sam killing another demon hunter. Sam tries to get Dean to kill him so he won’t hurt anyone else but Dean refuses to. Sam knocks him out and goes after Jo, trying to force Dean to kill him again. We discover that Sam is possessed by the demon that possessed a girl named Meg from the first season. The demon is back to get revenge on Dean. Dean and a family friend finally exorcise the demon from Sam, not without a lot of angst and action. If you didn’t see the episode last night, watch at the CW website when it goes up.
Supernatural is a well written show that gets good acting from its two leads, Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. They are both veterans of WB series, but I didn’t realize how talented they were until this series. They give off a realistic brotherly vibe. The show reminds me of the X-Files. We have partners dealing with the paranormal with only each other to depend on. It doesn’t hurt that the show is filmed in Vancouver, where the X-Files was originally filmed. The show has a lot of action, a nice amount of humor and it can be pretty creepy at times. At the heart of it is the relationship between the brothers. It’s one of those great shows that no one is watching because everyone is watching Grey’s Anatomy and CSI. I hope the CW is smart and renews the show for next season. It and Veronica Mars illustrates the kind of smart shows this network should be creating, making the CW necessary in the TV world.
