Supernatural

Plot

Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.

Cast

Where would you even start? Anyone and everyone, incredible leads, solid regulars and some great one off cameos. No Paris Hilton, I'm not including you.

Verdict

15 seasons, 15 years, 327 episodes, like it or hate it Supernatural was a remarkable success story made good mostly in my opinion by the fantastic cast who kept the show enjoyable because you came to care about them so much. This made even more intense by the fact any character was expendable, even if statistically the chances of them returning was still very high.

The show changed greatly over the years, for me the first 4 seasons were the best. They had wafer thin storylines and more focused on "Monster of the week" writing and I loved that. From season 5 onwards it become heavy focus on angels, demons, heaven, hell and that took it in a direction I wasn't overly keen on. But again, the cast were so great I soldiered on through and though surprisingly that focus never shifted it was still very enjoyable and regularly threw us old school standalone episodes and plenty of gimmicky ones (Most of which worked).

The perfect blend of comedy (With two guys with great natural timing especially Ackles), horror and drama though Supernaturals quality dips it never falls into the realms of being bad. Lowest episode I still rated a 6/10.

Which brings me to an apparently controversial one, most people despise the final episode in fact many dislike the last two. Me? I understand the hatred of the final one, but had no issue with it myself. Was it cheesy? Absolutely. Did it feel a tad tacked on? Yep. But it worked, it returned to the simple notion throughout the show that what they do is dangerous and any hunt they go on could be their last, it doesn't need to be a big-bad that brings about their end the death everyone seems upset by made sense to me as did the beautiful finale montage sequence. Did it do enough nods to previous characters? Absolutely not, however that was their episode, it was the end of their journey nobody elses.

And don't even get me started on the soundtrack, I'm of that right age, I'm a classic rock/metal fan and every episode was elevated by that. They always seem to pick the right song for the right moment, God Was Never on Your Side by Motorhead as the finale of Season 14 for example was fantastic. And Carry on my Wayward Son? What needs to be said about that masterpiece?

I love Supernatural, I'm a big Supernatural fan and always will be. I'm so happy I got to do that journey from the start and commend everyone involved.

Thank you Eric Kripke.

Rants

Who was your favorite character (Excluding Sam & Dean)? It's a tricky one isn't it, because there were so very very many. I adored Charlie, Bobby was a consistent joy but for me it was always Crowley. His unfortunate exit damaged the show for me, but the sheer quality overcame that. He was just, flawless. A couple of rants/monologues he did are among my all time favorite television show scenes. Can Mark Shepherd do wrong? If he can I've not seen it.

Breakdown

Leads are amazing Remarkably on point comedy Some great stories Incredible array of characters Best soundtrack ever Shows length is such an accomplishment Some ropey fight scenes A lot of repetitious melodrama A few poor writing decisions.

Sam & Dean Winchester, the BEST brother duo. I love their relationship and the chemistry that these actors have on screen together really seals the deal on making the audience believe that the bond is real. I especially enjoyed the visuals they were good for the time that this series was airing. The whole spin on demons, angels, heaven, purgatory, and Lucifer was creative. I appreciate that it wasn't the typical angels are good and demons are bad narratives that are usually being taken. However I can admit that towards like season 13-14 things do get alittle redundant and repetitive, almost like they ran out of ideas.

You can really sum it up to one sentence. Supernatural family for life.

I have watched this TV show since season two, re-watched it countless times, that's hundreds of hours of my life just for one show, and better believe that I don't regret a second of it. There's no greater joy than watching this show, I have the Winchester tattoo, and one day I will watch this show with my kids. Yeah. It's that good. It has absolutely everything that you want out of the TV show. If you're reading this give it a shot, at least watch the first two seasons and trust me you'll be hooked. I know that most shows get stail and kind of boring after countless seasons, but Supernatural never did. See for yourself.

Starting off I was immediately hooked onto the show. Mainly because of Sam and Dean being so much fun to watch. Jensen and Jared's chemistry on the show is so good. Other supporting characters too like Bobby, Castiel, and others also help the show. The show itself may be a little corny at times, but that's the fun of it. Yes the show may have gotten mediocre to down right ridiculous after season 5, however the first 5 seasons are entertaining, funny, emotional, and captivating. As weak as the later seasons may be, Jensen, Jared, and Misha are the reason why people still love the show. Even when the writing was at it's weakest the cast always delivered.

15 years , 327 so only jumping if you have a lot of spare time on your hands.

It has its ups and downs, ignore all the controversy around the external things, just make your own judgement, it sets a high bar which some episodes didn't reach, it made mistakes, it's perceived as a show that would appeal to women because the leads are good looking. They are, but it's not, it's unique in being one of the increasingly few shows that portray relationships between sibling brothers who are straight white men who can and do show they love for each other in the most extreme ways, it brings in an extended cast to help carry the load as time goes on who are likable, some storylines crash and burn , other soar, but there something for everyone to enjoy.

It's well made, fans of cinematography will be able to luxuriate in the amazing lighting, direction, the sets are second to non and Canada officers her own take on America's back roads that whilst not authentic, give an atmospheric feel. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.