Supernatural 14×09 Review: “The Spear”

As far as midseason finales go, “The Spear” seems a little tame. There are great moments with Cas and Jack, plus the return of Garth, but it ultimately fails to capture the tension midseason finales should have. It doesn’t help…

Supernatural 14×08 Review: Something’s Still Hunting Jack in “Byzantium”

Death, no matter how fleeting on a show like Supernatural, will always be a lingering threat. What Supernatural is great at doing is creating new circumstances in which our characters have to deal with loss. There was a time when…

Supernatural 14×07 Review: “Unhuman Nature” Meditates on the Nature of Humanity, Doesn’t Go Deep Enough

Not much is solved in “Unhuman Nature,” but it’s still a decent story of making the small moments count. Jack’s lack of grace is causing his illness and instead of lying around in a hospital or the bunker for a…

Supernatural 14×06 Review: All It Takes is a Little “Optimism” and a Fly/Man Hybrid

“Optimism” is one of those stand alone episodes Supernatural does really well sometimes. In fact, it might be one of the show’s better ones. After some plot heavy previous episodes that never really managed to further the over-arching threat of…

Supernatural Review Catch Up: Dean Returns, “Wayward Sisters” Sort of Gets a Follow-up

I’m desperate to get back on track with these Supernatural reviews. You know that downward spiral of procrastination that happens when it’s been awhile since you worked on something and going back to it feels like a chore even though you want…

Supernatural 14×01 Review: “Stranger in a Strange Land” Finds a New Way to Tell the Same Story

Supernatural is no stranger to missing brothers or kidnapped friends. Hell, it’s done angel possession before. At one point, Sam is even kidnapped by an angel possessing him during the mid-season stretch of season nine. So it’s not like we’re…

Supernatural 13×21 Review: “Beat the Devil”

I love this episode. “Beat the Devil” is about reliving our past traumas when circumstances dictate it. With a rich history of trauma, Supernatural hasn’t always dealt with the emotional aftermath successfully. But that’s the ultimate beauty of the show’s longevity…