ORBzine - Supernatural TV Review
[Season 1 !Season 2 !Season 3 !Season 4 ]
Season 1
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 1]
Pilot
Shown 24th January 2006 [Monday]
Jensen Ackles [ Dark Angel, Smallville ] and his brother are a pair of gun-toting redneck ghost-busters. They set off to find their father, who disappeared while hunting the monster that killed their mother.
The small town of Jericho is haunted by the Lady in White [ Sarah Shahi ]. The brothers must deal with her before they can find their dad. Steve Railsback [ The Visitor ] appears briefly as the ghost's widower.
It's nice to see Ackles promoted from the supporting roles. The real shock is at the end of the ep, when we discover that the hunters might also become the hunted!
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 2]
Wendigo
Shown 31st January 2006 [Monday]
Something's making campers disappear in the woods. A girl hires a hunter to help find her brother. The ghost-busting brothers tag along.
The plot, reminiscent of Blair Witch Project and Dog Soldiers , features them being chased through the woods by a Wendigo. Just like in Ravenous, this follows the story that a cannibal becomes a superhuman monster. Compare this with the similar epiusode of Bones, where the murderer only THINKS he gets superhuman powers!
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 3]
Dead in the Water
Shown 7th February 2006 [Monday]
A teenage girl gets dragged under in a lake in Wisconsin. A cliched scene reminiscent of Jaws, though the creature's POV is monochrome.
The brothers go investigating, as US Wildlife Marshalls Ford and Hamill. Amy Acker is the sheriff's daughter. Her son is named Lucas. Jensen Ackles takes a liking to her. He tries to bond with the kid - after all, they have a lot in common.
Acker's a pretty decent actress, when given the chance to do something more of a stretch than her character in Angel . And she shows her dancer's figure in the bath scene!
The monster is a water-ghost. This leads on to tension-based scenes like Dark Water and a conclusion similar to What Lies Beneath .
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 4]
Phantom Traveler
Shown 14th February 2006 [Monday]
The boys get a call from a pal of their dad's. He wants them to investigate a series of mysterious airplane crashes.
Turns out a Japanese disaster-causing demon might be responsible. The only way they can stop it is by getting onto a doomed plane!
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 5]
Bloody Mary
Shown 21st February 2006 [Monday]
In an urban myth similar to Candyman , if you say Bloody Mary 3 times in front of a mirror, you die horribly.
The brothers investigate, and find there is a pattern. She attacks people who have a secret involving someone's death.
The younger bro has a secret about his GF's death. He's still haunted by her, more so than in previous eps. The reason, which he doesn't tell Jensen Ackles, is that he had premonitions before her death!
This week the Jap horror-thriller that gets ripped off is Ringu . Pity, since the trick can only really be used once. But it's a nice try.
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 6]
Skin
Shown 28th February 2006 [Monday]
This starts with a police SWAT team cornering a dangerous torturer ... Jensen Ackles!
The rest of the story is told in flashback, starting one week earlier.
An old GF calls the boys in to help. Her brother has been arrested for torturing his girlfriend, but either he was in 2 places at the same time, or there's a shapeshifter in town.
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 7]
Hook Man
Shown 7th March 2006 [Monday]
The boys are still looking for their dad, to no avail. But they do find out about a murder which resembles an Urban legend - the victim is killed by an invisible Hook Man.
The boys investigate, and find that the murders are focused around a college girl. Her dad is the local preacher [Bulldog from Frasier].
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 8]
Bugs
Shown 13th March 2006 [Sunday]
The brothers go to a suburb where people are being killed by insect swarmns. Turns out, the land is subject to a Native American curse.
The brothers have a dispute about their father. College Boy felt neglected because he wanted to learn and better himself instead of being an hunter like his dad.
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 9]
Home
Shown 20th March 2006 [Sunday]
College Boy has a psychic hunch. Something nasty is attacking the family in the house the brothers used to live in.
The boys make a tiny step towards finding the thing that killed their mother. They find an ally, and we get a glimpse of their parents. This looks like the start of a story arc ...
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 10]
Asylum
Shown 27th March 2006 [Sunday]
The brothers visit a haunted Asylum - not unlike House on Haunted Hill (1999) . Seems that a ghost is possessing people who visit, resulting in murder-suicide sprees.
The building is also frequented by horny teenagers.
The brothers still have issues with each other, and have to work their anger out ...
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 11]
Scarecrow
Shown 10 Jan 06
Shown 2nd April 2006 [Sunday]
A teenage couple [including Sherman from American Pie] on a road-trip have their car break down. In an orchard in Indiana, in the middle of the night. With a creepy murderous scarecrow nearby, like in Jeepers Creepers or Slash .
The boys get a phone call from ther dad. He orders them to stop blowing his cover, and to investigate the disappearances.
College boy decides to hitchhike to California, and disrupt dad's hunt for the story-arc demon. He meets a gorgeous blonde, also hitching.
Jensen Ackles stays in hick county, hunting alone for the monster. William B Davis [ X-Files ] is a Professor who helps him research pagan gods.
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 12]
Faith
Shown 17 Jan 06
Shown 9th April 2006 [Sunday]
Jensen Ackles tazers a freak. Unfortunately they're both in a puddle at the time, so Jensen gets electrocuted. His heart is so badly damaged that he'll be dead within 24 hours.
College Boy takes him to a faith-healer. Jensen's dubious about it, despite all the unnatural stuff he's seen. He gets cured, of course - and discovers there's a Reaper behind it.
The healer is trading one life for another. Does he have the right to do that? And even if he doesn't, does Jensen have the right to stop him?
Since Julie Benz is dying of a brain tumour, the moral question takes on a different angle.
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 13]
Route 666
Shown 31 Jan 06
Shown 16th April 2006 [Sunday]
A mysterious truck is killing African-American men in Missouri. Jensen Ackles is called in to investigate. His ex-GF is daughter of one of the murder victims.
The interracial couple steam things up. This somewhat explicit romp explains all the ITV Scary just got sexy trailers that have been on UK TV for this show.
It turns out that the ghost-truck comes from something nasty that happened in the town. Not centuries ago, but in the 1960s. Only a generation back, but in the Deep South that's not very long ago at all!
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 14]
Nightmare
Shown 23rd April 2006 [Sunday]
College-boy has a nightmare about a man being killed by an invisible force. He and his brother drive there to investigate.
College-boy's powers of premonition are growing. He has telekinesis as well!
The story, and the climax, is somewhat reminiscent of Carrie .
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 15]
The Benders
Shown 30th April 2006 [Sunday]
The bros [in stolen State Trooper uniforms] investigate a missing persons case, because the witness was a wee boy watching a Godzilla movie. But that night, college-boy goes MIA from the same parking lot. So much for his psi visions!
Jensen Ackles teams up with County Mountie Jessica Steen .
The kidnappers aren't demonic. They're a family of rednecks who like playing The Most Dangerous Game.
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 16]
Shadow
Shown 7th May 2006 [Sunday]
Chicago. A shadow is following people to their homes at night, then ripping their hearts out and leaving a strange symbol drawn in their blood.
The brothers check out the bar where the latest victim worked. College Boy recognises Meg, from Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 11] Scarecrow. And he's actually smart enough be suspicious of the coincidence.
The forces of eeevil are after the boys' dad - and they won't give up without a fight.
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 17]
Hell House
Shown 14th May 2006 [Sunday]
Texas. A disused farmhouse is site of a hideous haunting. But the ghost doesn't conform to existing protocols ...
The brothers are tailed by a pair of ghost-hunters who run a website. Freakylinks , anyone?
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 18]
Something Wicked
Shown 21st May 2006 [Sunday]
The boys investigate an epidemic among small kids in a small town. Turns out a monster climbs in their windows at night, and sucks the life-essence from them.
The monster once attacked College-boy, when he was very young. Ackles blames himself for not killing it back then.
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 19]
Provenance
Shown 28th May 2006 [Sunday]
A creepy old family portrait is coming to life and murdering people.
College-boy has a new love interest - the babe who helps her dad run the auction house. The amazing thing is, despite the cliches, the new girl is actually incredibly likeable.
This is a very good thing, plot-wise. When the inevitable happens and she's put in mortal jeopardy, we actually CARE!
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 20]
Dead Man's Blood
Shown 4th June 2006 [Sunday]
The boys aren't the only demon-hunters in the USA. A pal of their dad's is killed by some Vamps, who make off with his magic revolver.
The boys team up with their dad to avenge the hunter, and more importantly to retrieve the gun. They need it to kill the Big Bad!
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 21]
Salvation
Shown 11th June 2006 [Sunday]
Meg, the blonde demoness, is killing off all the Hunters. She threatens to continue, unless Pa hands over the magic gun.
Pa heads off to meet her. Unfortunately she has backup in the shape of Sebastian Spence [ First Wave ].
Meanwhile, the 2 boys lay a trap for The Demon. They know who the next victim will be, thanks to Pa's sleuthing and psi-boy's visions.
Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 22]
Devil's Trap
Shown 18th June 2006 [Sunday]
The boys set off to save their dad, who's held prisoner by Sebastian Spence [ First Wave ]. But first, they have to deal with Meg.
Freeing Dad is one thing. But is it really him, or is he possessed by The Demon?
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 1]
In My Time of Dying
Shown 28 Sep 06
Shown 15th July 2007 [Sunday]
The Winchesters survie their last run-in with the Yellow-Eyed Demon (YED), but they end up in hospital. Dean is comatose - and his spirit wanders about, chased by the Grim Reaper. He befriends a female ghost - yes, even while comatose he has a love interest!
Pa Winchester has a plan of his own. He can bring Dean back from the brink of death, but must make a deal with the YED to do so.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 2]
Everybody Loves A Clown
Shown 5 Oct 06
Shown 20th July 2007 [Friday]
Dean has issues, thanks to his father's choice last ep.
The boys go hunting a killer clown.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 3]
Bloodlust
Shown 12 Oct 06
Shown 27th July 2007 [Friday]
Someone is decapitating people in a tiny redneck town. Worse, there are cattle mutilations! Sam and Dean turn up to investigate - and find out that a rogue demon-hunter is after some vamps.
Dean's bloodlust is taking control. He starts to bond with the other Hunter, Gordon Walker [Sterling K. Brown - Alias, Tarzan ]. But maybe the hunter likes his work too much ...
Amber Benson is the vampires' leader. It looks like Tara McClay has changed sides, because this is a wonderful counter-argument to Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 4]
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
Shown 19 Oct 06
Shown 3rd August 2007 [Friday]
With their dad gone, the boys visit their mother's grave. It's Sam's idea - Dean wants to go Hunting, and stumbles across a desecrated grave. Is it a real Hunt, or is he just over-reacting to distract himself from issues he won't address?
A beautiful girl died in a car crash. Now, her cheating boyfriend thinks he sees her everywhere. Is she a ghost ... or something worse?
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 5]
Simon Said
Shown 26 Oct 06
Shown 10th August 2007 [Friday]
Sam gets visions of Blu Mancuma [ Dead Zone ] killing himself. It seems that another psychic boy might be involved ...
The boys investigate, and discover that the suspect can telepathically influence people. Sam thinks he's the killer, but Dean likes the guy's style and wants to give him a chance.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 6]
No Exit
Shown 2 Nov 06
Shown 17th August 2007 [Friday]
The boys are up against the ghost of America's first serial killer, who haunts a set of underground passages.
Not only do they have their own kick-ass style, they also have a beautiful girl to help them out.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 7]
The Usual Suspects
Shown 9 Nov 06
Shown 24th August 2007 [Friday]
Sam and Dean go to a small town to investigate ghost sightings. Every time someone sees the ghost, there's a murder. Looks like a vengeful spirit's on a killing spree!
Unfortunately, Dean's still wanted for a murder he didn't commit. When the cops pick the boys up and run their prints, it looks like Sam and Dean will end up in jail permanently.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 8]
Crossroad Blues
Shown 16 Nov 06
Shown 1st September 2007 [Friday]
Talented people are going crazy, halucinating and then killing themselves. It turns out that ten years ago, they made a deal with a demon at a crossroads. And since they've had their ten years of success, they must pay their debt.
Sam and Dean decide to involve themselves. And naturally, Dean discovers a lot more about his father's death than he wanted to know.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 9]
Croatoan
Shown 7 Dec 06
Sammy has a dream of Dean executing a hostage in cold blood. The boys go to visit a small town and investigate some goings-on. The dream starts to come true ...
The Town has been infected by a demon - possibly the one responsible for Roanoake. The result is a typical Bodysnatchers style encounter.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 10]
Hunted
Shown 11 Jan 07
Someone is murdering psychic teenagers. Sammy is next on the hit list.
It turns out the killer is an old acquaintance of the boys.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 11]
Playthings
Shown 18 Jan 07
Shown 22nd September 2007 [Friday]
An old hotel is being sold. But the workmen start dying in mysterious accidents ...
The brothers turn up, and discover that voodoo is involved. But it might be a Poltergeist instead.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 12]
Nightshifter
Shown 25 Jan 07
Shown 22nd April 2007 [Sunday]
The boys go after another shapeshifter. He's going to rob a bank, so they go undercover there. Unfortunately, another hunter [amateurish and paranoid] takes a more direct approach.
The boys end up besieged by the cops [and Ackles is still a wanted man, after the last time they met a shapeshifter]. Worse, they have no idea who the shifter is!
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 13]
Houses of the Holy
Shown 1 Feb 07
Shown 29th April 2007 [Sunday]
An Angel is telling people to kill. Like in the film Fragile.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 14]
Born Under a Bad Sign
Shown 8 Feb 07
Shown 6th May 2007 [Sunday]
Ackles is looking for his brother. It turns out Sam is posessed, and is killing off Hunters ...
Katharine Isabelle is a Hunter's daughter, and may be on the Demon's hit-list.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 15]
Tall Tales
Shown 15 Feb 07
Shown 13th May 2007 [Sunday]
The boys are stumped by a series of mysterious deaths, so they call in their dad's pal Bobby to help. They narrate the flashbacks, which allows for some hilarious characterisation.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 16]
Roadkill
Shown 15 Mar 07
Shown 20th May 2007 [Sunday]
Trish Helfer (AKA Trish The Dish) and her hubby are driving along a deserted road at night. They swerve to avoid a pedestrian, and crash. Trish wakes up alone, and is chased by a psychotic hillbilly.
Sam and Dean try to save Trish, but it's mostly told from her perspective. She has her natural hair colour, which makes her almost unrecognisable. She's also a great actress! Dean makes disparaging refernces to Ghost Whisperer , a subtle hint in itself ...
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 17]
Heart
Shown 22 Mar 07
Shown 27th May 2007 [Sunday]
Emanuelle Vaugnier is mugged. Later, Sam and Dean turn up to investigate a series of brutal murders. Looks like there's a werewolf in town ...
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 18]
Hollywood Babylon
Shown 19 Apr 07
Shown 3rd June 2007 [Sunday]
A series of mysterious deaths on the set of a B-Movie draws the attention of our heroes. Gary Cole [ American Gothic ] is the Producer.
There are lots of in-jokes and cameos. The writer, director and producer all plug their own work.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 19]
Folsom Prison Blues
Shown 26 Apr 07
Shown 10th June 2007 [Sunday]
Sam and Dean get themselves arrested to get into a haunted jail. Sam, predictably, fits in rather well in his new environment.
The FBI Agents from Nightshifter are still after them. Luckily the brothers have a good lawyer ...
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 20]
What Is and What Should Never Be
Shown 3 May 07
Shown 17th June 2007 [Sunday]
Sam goes after a Djinn - alone! He gets zapped by its wish-granting power ... and wakes up in an alternate universe.
What if Sam's mother hadn't been killed by a demon? Well, the boys would never have become Hunters. They would have been happier - but at what cost?
The resolution is a bit too straight-forward, too typically action-adventure to fit the moral dilemma that Sam faces. He has to choose, but in fact the choice is already made for him.
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 21]
All Hell Breaks Loose (1)
Shown 10 May 07
Shown 24th June 2007 [Sunday]
Sam is abducted by the Demon and placed with 4 other psychic kids, including Katharine Isabelle . Then they get picked off, one by one ...
Supernatural [Season 2, Episode 22]
All Hell Breaks Loose (2)
Shown 17 May 07
Shown 2nd July 2007 [Sunday]
The cliffhanger ending gets a new twist. This allows the Hunters to get a face-off against the Demons, and we get re-matches ...
A new element is introduced - a plot device the Demons want. It fits in with other ideas used in the show, but there's no foreshadowing prior to the first part of this double-ep. Yes, this story does close the Season ... but it's tying up loose ends rather than giving a climax to the story arc. The writers have stolen a key plot device from Buffy the Vampire Slayer - but not the actual structure of a story arc!
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 1]
The Magnificent Seven
Shown 4 Oct 07
Shown 28th January 2008 [Sunday]
It's a week after the mass breakout from hell, and the demons haven't gone on a full-scale rampage yet. The boys are in a rut - Dean's living life to the maximum, while Sam is trying to find a way out of the soul-selling deal.
A new demon's in town, with an atypical modus operandi. A couple of other Hunters are on the case as well. And the demons are better organised than anyone expected. They're the Seven Deadly Sins!
There's another player in town as well. A Rogue Demon-Slayer with long blonde hair, not unlike Buffy the Vampire Slayer .
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 2]
The Kids Are Alright
Shown 11 Oct 07
Shown 3rd February 2008 [Sunday]
Dean's dying wish this week is to visit a Yoga Teacher he hasn't seen in 8 years. Of course, he assumes that she'll be just as care-free as he is after all this time. The obvious plot-twist is taken a step further ... with hilarious (if quite worrying) results!
The Yoga-chick's suburb is, by strange coincidence, full of creepy little kids. Midwich Cuckoos , anyone?
Sam meets Buffy the Demon-Slayer again. She tells him who she is, and offers him a deal he can't refuse ...
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 3]
Bad Day at Black Rock
Shown 18 Oct 07
Shown 10th February 2008 [Sunday]
The boys receive a phone-call intended for their dad. Someone burglarised his secret lock-up garage, so they investigate. The perps have made off with a magical rabbits's foot, which gives amazingly good luck to the owner ... But when you eventually lose it, you end up re-living Final Destination !
The antagonist of the week is a gorgeous thief, a light-fingered bitch who steals-to-order magical artefacts. Worse, a rival Hunter [Michael Massee - 24] is on their trail. He's a psychotic Jesus-lover who's also a friend of Gordon, the vamp-hating African American. They want to kill Sam, because he might be a key figure in the coming apocalypse ...
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 4]
Sin City
Shown 25 Oct 07
Shown 17th February 2008 [Sunday]
The ep title refers to a town the brothers visit, where everyone has given in to the sins of lust and greed. It's also ironic, since Jensen Ackles' co-star from Dark Angel appeared in the movie of the same name.
The main beneficiary of the so-called Sin is crooked businessman Don Davis [ Stargate SG-1 ].
Sam gets trapped with a demon, and discovers that things weren't as clear-cut as he thought. The show's taken a step away from the generic Buffy -style demonic entities and ancient folklore, and has now adopted a Judeo-Xian world-view. The demons worship Lucifer, the Yellow-Eyed Demon was Azazael, and now there's a battle for the succession.
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 5]
Bedtime Stories
Shown 1 Nov 07
Shown 24th February 2008 [Sunday]
Smalltown USA, and people are being murdered in ways that resemble Fairy Tales. The boys investigate, and trace it back to a little girl in a coma, who develops psychic powers. If this sounds familiar, it's because it was in Buffy: Season One . It's also similar to the plot of new film Freakdog (formerly Red Mist) , due for release in Summer 2009!
Sam has his own plans to get Dean out of The Deal. They have the Gun again - what can possibly go wrong?
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 6]
Red Sky at Morning
Shown 8 Nov 07
Shown 2nd March 2008 [Sunday]
The boys investigate a Ghost Ship that acts as a death omen.
Bella, the thieving bitch from the Rabbits Foot story, is in town. She's working an angle, so the boys have to team up with her. Naturally, there's a bit of sexual tension between her and Dean. Sam gets a love interest as well!
The ghost behind the curse is only killing a specific kind of victim. This inadvertently reveals another hint about Bella's past.
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 7]
Fresh Blood
Shown 15 Nov 07
Shown 9th March 2008 [Sunday]
The Winchester boys are hunting Vampires. Mercedes McNab , to start with!
Meanwhile, Gordon the Vampire Hunter has busted out of prison. He wants revenge on the boys, and takes the opportunity to do some vamps too. The result is terrifyingly ironic ...
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 8]
A Very Supernatural Christmas
Shown 13 Dec 07
Shown 16th March 2008 [Sunday]
Evil Santa is on the prowl. The boys discover that an ancient Pagan god is responsible for the carnage.
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 9]
Malleus Maleficarum
Shown 31 Jan 08
Shown 23rd March 2008 [Sunday]
The boys investigate unpleasant goings-on. It turns out there's a witches coven in suburbia.
We get to find out a bit more about Ruby's past.
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 10]
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Shown
Shown 30th March 2008 [Sunday]
Bobby is in a coma. The boys try to hunt down the person responsible, someone who can invade a victim's dreams. All he needs is some DNA and a mystical African root. And the only one who can obtain the root at short notice is Bella ...
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 11]
Mystery Spot
Shown 14 Feb 2008
Shown 6th April 2008 [Sunday]
Sammy starts re-living the day. And every day, Dean gets killed. In a variety of ways, some quite funny ...
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 12]
Jus In Bello
Shown 21 Feb 08
Shown 13th April 2008 [Sunday]
The brothers are on Bella's trail. Unfortunately she's arranged for the FBI Agent from last Season to catch them.
Sam, Dean and the Agent end up trapped in a police station, besieged by an entire town of possessed folk. Ruby has a plan, but it involves massive loss of life ...
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 13]
Ghostfacers
Shown 24 Apr 08
Shown 8th June 2008 [Sunday]
As the WGA went on strike and the TV Networks replaced Dramas with Reality TV, we get this wonderful parody of the genre. The show is from the perspective of the amateur parapsychologists from Supernatural [Season 1, Episode 17] Hell House. They investigate the most haunted house in America ...
Naturally, Sam and Dean turn up. And things take a turn for the creepy!
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 14]
Long-Distance Call
Shown 1 May 08
Shown 15th June 2008 [Sunday]
Bella's trail has gone cold, so the boys have to go back to hunting the freak of the Week. This time it's a suicide that followed a mysterious phone call. Their cover names? Mr Raimi and Mr Campbell!
It turns out that dead people are calling their relatives. Dean gets a call from his dad! Sam has to work out what's going on ...
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 15]
Time Is On My Side
Shown 8 May 08
Shown 22nd June 2008 [Sunday]
Sam goes hunting after a mad Doctor (Billy Drago - Vamp ) who has discovered the secret of immortality. Unfortunately it involves stealing spare parts from healthy victims, but the doctor does his best to make his patients comfortable. His medical knowledge is limited to nineteenth century technology (ether, silk sutures, maggots), but at least one of the victims lives.
Meanwhile, Dean goes after Bella. Can he get the Colt back? Will he find out who her customer was? Will she get her come-uppance?
Supernatural [Season 3, Episode 16]
No Rest for the Wicked
Shown 15 May 08
Shown 29th June 2008 [Sunday]
The boys find out where Lillith is, and go hunting. They team up with Bobby, and summon Ruby ...
The climax of the Season is a cliffhanger. Instead of answering questions, it just asks a lot more.
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 1]
Lazarus Rising
Shown 18 Sep 08
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 2]
Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester
Shown 25 Sep 08
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 3]
In the Beginning
Shown 2 Oct 08
Dean finds himself back in the 1970s, when his parents were young.
The Yellow-eye demon comes to town, looking to further his own agenda. And though the YED is out of the picture, his plan might be a major part of this Season's story arc.
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 4]
Metamorphosis
Shown 9 Oct 08
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 5]
Monster Movie
Shown 16 Oct 08
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 6]
Yellow Fever
Shown 23 Oct 08
Dean gets infected with Ghost Sickness, a supernatural illness which makes the victim gradually become more and more frightened for 24 hours until they die!
Jensen Ackles gives a wonderful performance. And keep watching til the end, for his Eye of the Tiger lipsynch!
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 7]
It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester
Shown 30 Oct 08
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 8]
Wishful Thinking
Shown 6 Nov 08
The boys arrive in a small town where wishes come true. A teddy-bear comes to life, and Ted Raimi ( Xena: Warrior Princess ) dates a beautiful girl. But as always in this kind of thing, it's a case of Be Careful What You Wish For!
This is a great humourous episode. Reminiscent of the Trickster ones, in fact.
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 9]
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Shown 13 Nov 08
Shown 15th March 2009 [Sunday]
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 10]
Heaven and Hell
Shown 20 Nov 08
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 11]
Family Remains
Shown 15 Jan 09
The brothers go to a remote country house to investigate a story about a man murdered in a locked room. They think it's a ghost, but the explanation is far creepier.
A family arrive with a moving truck - they've bought the murder-scene house. Helen Slater plays the housewife of the bunch. The Winchesters try to dissuade them from moving in. But everyone ends up trapped inside, besieged by horrors. There's a lot of suspense, it's an excellent episode - we know the Winchesters will (probably) survive, but the family are in genuine jeopardy.
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 12]
Criss Angel Is A Douchebag
Shown 22 Jan 09
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 13]
After School Special
Shown 29 Jan 09
Something is possessing kids at a High School in the Midwest, then making them kill and mutilate bullies. The Winchesters investigate ...
The boys have flashbacks to the few weeks they spent at that school, when their dad left them there while he was off monster-hunting. Their relationships with classmates show how they developed into the dysfunctional pair we all know and love.
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 14]
Sex and Violence
Shown 5 Feb 09
Something is pushing domestic disputes to the next level. The boys investigate, even though their relationship isn't at its best. Dean is suspicious of Sam's secret phonecalls with Ruby.
A Siren is seducing men and turning them against the people they love the most. Sam meets a beautiful lady doctor, while Dean teams up with an FBI agent who shares his interests (and looks like a young Vincent D'Onofrio - Men in Black ). Could one of them be the Siren?
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 15]
Death Takes a Holiday
Shown 12 Mar 09
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 16]
On the Head of a Pin
Shown 19 Mar 09
Someone is killing Angels. Supposedly this is impossible, but it looks like the Demons have found a way to do this. Bearing in mind that supposedly unkillable Demons (i.e. Fallen Angels) have been Final Death'd, it shouldn't be too much of a stretch.
The Angels have Alistair the Arch-Demon in custody. But who can torture the torturer? Dean gets called in, of course. He's reluctant, but the Angels don't leave him much choice. Meanwhile, Sam calls on Ruby for help.
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 17]
It's a Terrible Life
Shown 26 Mar 09
Dean is a sales executive and Sam is a customer service operator in a big city MegaCorp. Unfortunately they don't remember each other - but they have to team up to face the resident ghost. It's in room 1444, a nice reference to the film 1408 .
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 18]
The Monster at the End of This Book
Shown 2 Apr 09
The brothers visit a Sci-Fi shop, and discover someone wrote a series of pulp novels about them. This is a wonderful piece of self-parody, with the novels named after episode titles in the show. The brothers discover their on-line fan-base.
Lillith is on the prowl, and she wants a special deal with Sammy. Can Dean find a way to defeat her?
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 19]
Jump the Shark
Shown 23 Apr 09
The boys get a call from someone who claims to be their brother. They investigate, and discover ghoulish goings-on related to a case their dad finished almost twenty years previously.
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 20]
The Rapture
Shown 30 Apr 09
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 21]
When The Levee Breaks
Shown 7 May 09
Supernatural [Season 4, Episode 22]
Lucifer Rising
Shown 14 May 09
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 1]
Sympathy for the Devil
Shown 10 Sep 09
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 2]
Good God, Y'all
Shown 17 Sep 09
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 3]
Free to Be You and Me
Shown 24 Sep 09
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 4]
The End
Shown 1 Oct 09
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 5]
Fallen Idols
Shown 8 Oct 09
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 6]
I Believe the Children Are Our Future
Shown 15 Oct 09
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 7]
The Curious Case Of Dean Winchester
Shown 29 Oct 09
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 8]
Changing Channels
Shown 5 Nov 09
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 9]
The Real Ghostbusters
Shown 12 Nov 09
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 10]
Abandon All Hope...
Shown 19 Nov 09
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 11]
Sam, Interrupted
Shown 21 Jan 10
Supernatural [Season 5, Episode 12]
Shown 28 Jan 10
Return to the TV Reviews
Return to the ORBzine Homepage.
© Speculator 2002-10