Supernatural has been doing meta commentary for years now. As a way to poke fun at some of their more ridiculous plot lines, the show turned its main characters into main characters — that is, in seas…
Supernatural 15×09 Review: “The Trap” sets up multiple ends; Sam loses hope
There are a lot of ideas swirling around in Supernatural‘s return this week. Most of these ideas revolve around the show’s end, with Chuck showing Sam multiple endings to his and Dean̵…
Supernatural 15×04 Review: Chuck and Sam Unravel in “Atomic Monsters”
There are two major moments in “Atomic Monsters,” the fourth episode of Supernatural season 15, that redefine the season’s trajectory. Neither of them have to do with the episode cas…
Supernatural 15×03 Review: The Ghost Apocalypse Ends with a Fizzle, but Tragedy Lingers in “The Rupture”
Last week, Supernatural handled the tension of a quarantined town in “Raising Hell” quite well. Each significant party got screen time: the townspeople were justifiably questioning why the…
Supernatural Season 15 Premiere Review: The Beginning is the End in “Back and to the Future”
Perhaps the most obvious tell in this premiere episode that this is the end of Supernatural is the way “Back and to the Future” brings back those season one/season two horror elements. In …
Supernatural, Death, and its Role in Season 15
On Supernatural, death isn’t the end. It’s a speed bump on the road to the next hunt, the next slice of pie, the next world-ending scenario. It also acts as a vicious cycle that brothers Sam (Jared Pa…
Supernatural 14×14-16 Review: Plot’s out, character-driven journeys in
It’s now impossible to talk about Supernatural without also talking about the end. For a show that seemed like it was going to last well beyond our years, last Friday’s announcement from s…