Wicked….rest uneasy.

PROVENANCE~

Written by David Ehrman
Directed by Phil Sgriccia
original airdate 4/13/06

Synopsis:
A portrait of a long-dead family is amazingly lifelike. Maybe that’s because one of the likenesses is alive…and lethal.
synopsis was pulled from the dvd

Review:

First and for most let me talk about how awesome the camera work was used in this episode. It kept the twist if you want to call it that from being blatantly obvious like so many big budget horror films. This episode is everything people should know about the show. The Humor mixed in with the darkness just works for this show. Not to mention all the sub-stories that interweave into each other. From Sarah’s mother to the paintings father. This episode did a damn good job of being a filler episode with some arc support. Not to mention introduced us to the sadly not used enough Sarah character. Sadly she will always only ever be remembered as the girl that helped Sam realize he may not be cursed after all. I’m going to miss that girls fire. That said Dean and Sam worked perfectly in this episode, bouncing off each others every word. The whole exchanges worked perfectly, Dean knew what Sammy needed even if he didn’t realize it yet. It is what big brothers do best. Also lets talk about the actual monster, it was a pretty simple concept done really well. Not to mention this show gets away with murder quite literally in that sense. You find me another tv show that talks about throats being slashed open and then lets you see them actually cut up. I think a lot of people really over look this episode in the grand scheme of things.

Favorite Quotes:
If you don’t hurry up I’m going to start without you.~ Silly random lady in the opening scene..

I talked to my producer and it is looking good. ~ Dean to some bar ladies.

We are there chuckles you just need to take another look. ~ Dean being Dean.

Well we don’t have to be told twice..apparently you do. ~ Dean and Art Guy.

I don’t know about romeo, but I’ll have a beer.~ Sarah to help Sam out

I don’t understand it Dean, we burned the damn thing..Yeah thank you captain obvious.~ Dean and Sam.

Sam marry that girl.~ Dean

Come on Dean. ~ Dean on Dean not using the gun to shot out the window with the bullets.

Fake Identity’s:

Sam & Dean Conners (art dealers with Conners Limited.)

Monster of the week:
The Painting.

WHAT WAS IN DEANS TAPE DECK? (the music)
* Steve Carlson - Night Time
* Grand Funk Railroad - Bad Time
* Exterme Music - Romantic Piece No. 1
* Black Toast Music - One More Once

The good, the bad, and the Frightening.

Good: Um Sarah. The filming was fantastic.

Bad: Bad Paintings

Frightening: The little girl!!!!!! And the gross out factor.

SOMETHING WICKED~

Written by Daniel Knauf
Directed by Whitney Ransick
original airdate 4/6/06

Synopsis:
“Thy angels watch me through the night, and keep me safe ’til morning light.” A little girl’s prayers are no match for a shtriga, a powerful witch with terrifying ties to the Winchester brothers’ childhoods.
synopsis was pulled from the dvd

Review:

This episode does everything an episode that isn’t I guess arc related should do. It stretches and exposes some more info on our heroes and background into why they do what they do. At the same time allowing us to see cross references between brothers and victims in the show. This episodes evil wasn’t anything to extreme but worked perfectly in showing us the bound between brothers, both in the Winchesters and the little brothers used in this episode. It was great to see the father in the flashbacks and was also nice to get some more looks into the character that is Dean. Everyone so far is always questioned why he is so yes man to his father. After this episode its pretty easy to see why he pretty much does as he is told. The way this episode was filmed with the transitions from the past to the present and the present to the past was fantastic. Not an amazing episode but an episode that when you actually get deeper into the show really works well.

Favorite Quotes:

All I could find was a big steaming pill of nothing.~ Sam

Don’t worry I’m sure there is something worth killing in Fitchsberg.~ Dean

I’m the oldest so that makes me always right.~ Dean to Sam

Shot first ask questions later. ~ little Dean to his Dad.

King or two queens? Two queens. (kids facial expression=priceless.), Yeah I bet. ~ Dean and little kid.

I was sleeping with my peepers open.~ Old scary lady.

I’d give anything not to tell you this, but some nightmares are real. ~ Dean

YEAH!? (gunshot to the head.) you ok little brother? ~ Dean

Fake Identity’s:

Dude I’m not using this ID. Why? Because it says Bikini inspector on it.~ Dean and Sam.

Dr. Jerry Caplin (Center for Disease Control.)

Monster of the week:

Shtriga

Just for the reference sakes I loved that the show did this.

WHAT WAS IN DEANS TAPE DECK? (the music)

* UFO - Rock Bottom
* Ozzy Osbourne - Road to Nowhere

The good, the bad, and the Frightening.

Good: The Piano score in this episode was brilliant. That and a Dad sighting is always awesome.

Bad: apparently it was relevant to shot the bad guy in the head, up until after they shot him in the body numerous times.

Frightening: I know as a child, I found myself always scared of the window and the wind. Brought back memories.

HELL HOUSE~

Written by Trey Callaway
Directed by Chris Long
original airdate 3/30/06

Synopsis:
Get the hell out of Hell House! Sam and Dean defy a homicidal spirit, but their efforts are encumbered by a pair of goofball paranormal investigators who hope ghostbusting gets them girls.
synopsis was pulled from the dvd

Review:

So you think the internet can’t kill? After our darker more serious episode Supernatural does what it does best. Gives us a not so serious monster of the week episode. I love the episodes that involve Sam and Dean having a good time. This episode includes the fantastic prank war between the two brothers. Watching these two go at each other was priceless. This episode is a lesser episode technically in the canon that is this show. But for me its still one of my favorites. It includes real people pretending to know about ghosts. It shows us how ghost stories get made, and nerds can make you laugh. The monster himself was kind of lame but the overall idea was fun enough to keep the viewer interested in the episode. Its always fun to watch Dean and Sam mock people openly for thinking they have or know what ghosts are.
Favorite Quotes:

…let me guess streaming live out of moms basement.~ Dean to Sam on forums.

..she was kind of hot..in a dead sort of way…~ Fry cook

WWBD. What would Buffy do?~ Hellhound boys

I double dare you.~ Dean

Sweat lord…of the Rings.~ Hellhound boys

People believe in Santa Claus why aren’t I getting hooked up ever Christmas?~ Dean

Look at that action figures in their original packaging..what a shock.~ Dean

I barely have enough skin left on my palm..I’m touching that line with a ten foot pole. Dean and Sam.

Fake Identity’s:

Reporters-Dallas morning News.

Monster of the week:

Tolpa (an idea) aka internet monster.

WHAT WAS IN DEANS TAPE DECK? (the music)
* Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unkown Origin
* Blue Öyster Cult - Burning for You
* Waco - Fast Train Down
* Extreme Music - Slow Death
* Extreme Music - Anthem
* Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys - Point of No Return
The symbol painted on the wall of the house is the actual symbol used by the band Blue Öyster Cult in real life, it was not made up

The good, the bad, and the Frightening.

Good: The Pranks, and WWBD.

Bad: The monster really wasn’t scary. I’m sorry but the minds of the internet were slacking when they dreamt this guy up.

Frightening: Having your hand glued to a bottle.

SHADOW~

Written by Eric Kripke
Directed by Kim Manners
original airdate 2/28/06

Synopsis:
In Chicago, Sam has the luck to run into Meg, the pretty blonde he met weeks earlier at an Indiana bus stop. But it may be bad luck, especially if Meg is connected to a demon wreaking death on the Windy City.
synopsis was pulled from the dvd

Review:

So we finally get into our overall arc of the show. Meg comes back after we see she is evil. This episode starts to shed some real light on how evil she actually really is. Its nice to not have a monster of the week, and more of a move along in the overall goal. Its also fantastic that we got to see the boys re-unit briefly with their dad. Only to realize that they can’t be around him because they become a liability when they are around. The “monster of the week” Incorporated into this episode was also a nice touch. A shadow demon that rips out hearts..I mean come on how cool is that. The special effects and creature creators came up with a fantastic way to have the creature move around and made him one deadly baddie. The boys in this episode are really starting to come into their respective roles and make you really believe they are brothers. This episode was the first time the brothers really took a beating aka didn’t really win. But survival is key for them to continue the work.
Favorite Quotes:

I feel like a high school drama dork.~ Dean on Sam’s costumes

I’m just saying these cost us hard earned money. Whose? Ours, you think credit card fraud is easy?~ Sam and Dean talking shop.

No offense, but your alarm is about as useful as boobs on a man.~ Landlady

I’m a professional, I’m offended you would even…alright I got her number.~ Dean

If it was my brother I would kill him….We should hook up, I could show you one hell of a time. ~ Meg being evil and flirty at the same time.

There is something about this girl I can’t quite put my finger on….I bet you would like to. ~ Sam and then Dean on Meg.

What are you going to do? Watch Meg. Yeah you are! Better safe then sorry. Yeah right you little pervert.~Dean and Sam

Bite me. NO bite her, but don’t leave teeth…(phone hung up.)~ boys will be boys.

So Sammy has a thing for the bad girl.~ Dean on Sam’s love interests.

Hey Sam, don’t take this the wrong way..but your girlfriend is a BITCH. ~ Dean to Sam on Meg.

Fake Identity’s:
Alarm Company

Monster of the week:

Meg

Demon of Darkness

WHAT WAS IN DEANS TAPE DECK? (the music)
* Vue - Pictures of Me
* Little Charlie and the Nightcats - You Got Your Hooks in Me
* X - The New World

The good, the bad, and the Frightening.

Good:

Meg! (hot bad girl) John coming back and re-uniting with the boys.
Bad:
Really not much to grip about this episode. Some small cg’d moments maybe but its the first season of a tv show on a small network.
Frightening:
Shadows that can kill you. Also another waste of a hot girl.. This isn’t really that frightening, but I’m putting it here anyways. Meg all sexing up tied up Sammy? Come on hot, and Deans reaction to it priceless.

NIGHTMARE~

Written by Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker
Directed by Phil Sgriccia
original airdate 2/7/06

Synopsis:
The brothers pose as priests to gather information at a house visited by sudden death - a death Sam saw in a dream. But precognition may be just the start of preternatural powers Sam suddenly possesses.
synopsis was pulled from the dvd

Review:

Our first real look into what is happening to Sam comes in this episode. Along with more overall story arc continuation and history into their mothers death. In this episode they end up not fighting a demon but an abused boy hell bent on using his new found gifts of Telekinesis to avenge his childhood and current terrors. When the boys come a calling looking for a demon/spirit/big evil to kill they take almost the whole episode trying to sort things out. At the same time some how Sam is connected to the deaths. He sees them minutes sometimes hours before they happened. This episode is a fantastic episode for Sam’s character. We get some insight into how he is feeling and at the same time the villain of this episode is almost mirrored to him in some senses of childhood. We also get hard Dean this episode, after his soft relapse from last weeks episode. The tension and deaths in here are actually pretty graphic and I love seeing Dean die but not die. It takes you a minute to let sink in that he really wasn’t shot. Overall this episode wasn’t amazing but the inclusion of an enemy that wasn’t born or pure evil was pretty interesting and the actor that played Max really portrayed the abused child well. Also seeing Dean and Sam differ on taking Max down really showed where both brother was at. Dean doesn’t seem to see shades of gray at all early on this show. If its evil it needs to be put down. But Sam sees shades of gray and wasn’t willing to kill a human.

Favorite Quotes:

This is got to be a whole new low for us.~ Sam on them dressing up like priests.

If you are going to hurl I can pull the car over.~ Dean

Are family is not cursed..We just had our dark spots.~ Dean

Nothing says I’m sorry like a tuna casserole.~ Max

So he is a spoon bender?~ Dean on Max

She said she burned up pinned to the ceiling.~ Max

We are lucky we had dad.~ Sam

Bend this.~ Dean to Sam on his powers.

I know where we have to go with your premonitions. Where? Vegas.~ Dean and Sam

Fake Identity’s:
Priests

Detective

Monster of the week:
Max

WHAT WAS IN DEANS TAPE DECK? (the music)
* Bob Seger – 2+2=?
* Bob Seger - Lucifer

The good, the bad, and the Frightening.

Good: The performances from Sam and Max were fantastic. Gave us a little info into where the story is going.

Bad: Dean’s favorite gun should be in police lockup for ever but surprise it comes back soon enough.

Frightening: Having that kitchen knife right up in the mother’s eye. Also watching Dean get shot in the head was crazy.

FAITH~

Written by Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker
Directed by Allan Kroeker
original airdate 1/17/06

Synopsis:
Witness the miracle: Faith healer Roy Le Grange cures Dean after an accident leaves him near death. Witness the terror: For every life Le Grange saves, another life must end
synopsis was pulled from the dvd

Review:

This episode starts off with a bang. We are knee deep into a hunt with Sam & Dean. I want to say they are hunting some sort of child eating zombie type creature. But that really isn’t that important. What is important is that while killing the creature Dean accidently electrocutes himself in the process, damaging his heart to the point that he is going to die in just a few short weeks. The exchanges between brothers in this first 10 minutes is fantastic and at the same time hard to watch. Sam finds a long shot to help his brother. I faith healer who heals those that are dying. Dean has no faith that this will work, but is called up right away and healed. All is good up until him and Sam figure out that the healer does really have the ability to give life, but the mastermind behind the whole thing is a reaper. So one must die for another to live. What is key about finding this out is because Dean meets a girl named Layla who has been coming there every day since Roy started hoping to be saved. When the boys find out they have to stop Roy from healing again. But the next person in line to be saved is the girl. It is heart breaking watching Dean struggle with stopping Roy from healing her. They eventually figure out that it isn’t Roy that is evil but his wife who has binded the reaper to do her bidding. But you really can’t fault her at first because she was trying to save her husband Roy from death. But when she went on a vendetta for “god” she started taking peoples lives. This story is fantastic for all kinds of elements to the show. It introduces the boys different takes on Faith. Dean believes in evil but doesn’t really believe in good. Strange I know but he hasn’t seen any good to allow him to believe that way. Sam is a believer and its nice to see them bust heads also. All the actors around this time around were spot on in their performances. I love how this show can not go for the scare factor and be so very effective with an episode.

Favorite Quotes:

We can’t work miracles.~ Doctor to Sam on Dean’s heart.

That fabric softener Teddy Bear..I’m going to hunt that son of a bitch down.~ Dean

You better take care of that car or I swear I will haunt your ass.~ Dean

What options? Burial or cremation?~ Dean

I’m not going to die in a hospital where the nurses aren’t hot.~ Dean

I bet you she can work in some mysterious ways.~ Dean

Why do you deserve to live more then my daughter?[/]~ Layla’s mom.

Frightening: The knowing that someone died so you could be alive.

SCARECROW~

Written by John Shiban
Directed by Kim Manners
original airdate 1/10/06

Synopsis:
If it only had a brain. Well, maybe it has! A malevolent scarecrow could be why strangers to Burkitsville, Indiana don’t get out of town alive.
synopsis was pulled from the dvd

Review:

This episode not only has a kick ass monster, but it tells three stories about the same thing. The story mirrors/plays off each others family issues. We have the towns people that are willing to sacrifice their own for the good of the people. We have Meg arguing with her family at the very end of this episode failing to do what she was suppose to do. Both those approaches to family issues failed. The only one that worked was Sam and Dean’s. At first we had this big conflict that separated the brothers for the first time this season. They know enough about things that go bump in the night. They should know better then to split up. Sam was struggling to follow orders and put peoples lives in front of his own vendetta to find his Father. By the end of the episode through a course of different moments specifically a conversation he had with Meg who us the view at the time was just some hitchhiker, and one phone call where Dean said good luck and good bye. The brothers were fantastic in this episode their acting was top notch. The main story in this was about a new baddie in the world of supernatural. A pagan god that likes to rip skin off of couples once a year in order to keep the town growing in the good life. The towns people were pretty much like the Stepfords and every year like clockwork served up a few outsiders to make it happy. Not this year though because Dean was on the case. Dean working alone isn’t nearly as awesome as the brothers working together, but it makes for some funny moments. His lack of creativity with a cover idea got him exposed. The introduction of meg into the world was pretty awesome. Allowing Sam to connect with someone finally about life only to have it turn out she is not so good and more evil for her own good. Did I mention that the actual scarecrow in this episode was scary?

Favorite Quotes:

Yahtzee~ Dean

Your a selfish bastard you know that.~ Dean to Sam

You could be some kind of freak, you are hitchhiking~ Meg to Sam

You trust shady van guy but not me?~Sam

Dude your fugly.~ Dean to the scarecrow

The good of the many, out ways the good of the one.~ Aunt

The food might be bad, and the beds might be hard. But at least we are living our own lives and nobody else’s.~ Meg

Since I don’t have my trusty sidekick geek boy to do all the research.~ Dean to Sam

Who was that? my brother. What did he say? Good bye.~ Meg and Sam

Fake Identity’s:
John Bonham -( the deceased drummer for Led Zeppelin, but he gets called out for using such an obvious alias.)

Monster of the week:
Scarecrow (Pagan god) Vanir

WHAT WAS IN DEANS TAPE DECK? (the music)
* Colepitz - Puppet
* Bad Company - Bad Company
* Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi

The good, the bad, and the Frightening.

Good: Great monster of the week. He gave us a taste of leatherface/Jason/Myers all rolled up into a god.

Bad: The boys should never separate. That and the first couple’s male member was annoying. Good thing he got his face ripped off.

Frightening: Scarecrow, Hitchhiking with hotties.
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MEG! evil