Supernatural

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 12: “Time After Time After Time” Written by Robbie Thompson Directed by Phil Sgriccia Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Paper beats rock, Sheriff Jody Mills returns, and Dean gets his Untouchables on. Supernatural has a fine tradition of time travel episodes. They’ve used …

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 11, “Adventures in Babysitting” Written by Adam Glass Directed by Jeannot Szwarc This week, on Supernatural: Sam goes to help a friend of Bobby’s and Dean teams up with Frank to follow up on Bobby’s final message. One of the problems serialized shows run into in the American network TV …

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 10: “Death’s Door” Written by Sera Gamble Directed by Robert Singer Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Bobby’s a die hard, Rufus goes along for the ride, and Dean loves licorice “Death’s Door” begins right where “How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters” left …

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 9: “How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters” Written by Ben Edlund Directed by Guy Bee Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Sam, Dean, and Bobby go hunting and Dean loves his Turducken Slammer. For the second time this season, a strong Supernatural episode …

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 8: “Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!” Written by Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin Directed by Tim Andrew Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Sam gets married and Crowley pays a visit Supernatural this week is a bit of an odd one. It’s not …

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 7: “The Mentalists” Written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker Directed by Mike Rohl Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: The Universe just won’t let Sam and Dean quit each other, Ellen makes her voice heard, and pretenders shouldn’t play with Ouija boards. Supernatural …

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 6: “Slash Fiction” Written by Robbie Thompson Directed by John Showalter Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Sam and Dean get some bad press, Bobby gets some action, and the Leviathans get a chemical peel and a muffin basket After an few missteps and …

It’s that time of year again- Halloween; ‘tis the season for ghouls and ghasts and spooks galore. There have been few true horror series, such as Tales from the Crypt and Masters of Horror, and for this admitted scaredy-cat, finding TV episodes to watch can be tough. Here are seven fun and spooky episodes to …

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 5: “Shut Up, Dr. Phil” Written by Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming Directed by Phil Sgriccia Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Cordy and Spike have communication problems, as do Sam and Dean, and Jenny bites into the nastiest cupcake ever Thus far, season …

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 4: “Defending Your Life” Written by Adam Glass Directed by Robert Singer Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Dean’s self-loathing gets him put him on trial, Jo comes by, and Sam plays lawyer Angst has been a strong element of Supernatural from just about …

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 3: “The Girl Next Door” Written by Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin Directed by Jensen Ackles Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Sam used to date Kaylee, Bobby does research, and Dean is Dean, for better and worse. After a couple weeks of arc, …

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 2: “Hello, Cruel World” Written by Ben Edlund Directed by Guy Bee Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Jimmy goes for a swim, Lucy plays with Sam, and Doctor Sexy, MD strikes Last week’s Supernatural episode functioned more as the season six finale than …

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 1: “Meet the New Boss” Written by Sera Gamble Directed by Phil Sgriccia Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Cas does some stained glass work, as well as some smiting, Dean shows once again that he’s not the brightest bulb, Sam has a fun …

Over the years, serialized television has become increasingly more prominent. Condensed-time and arc-based series are the dramatic norm, on cable at least, with the most culturally significant and critically acclaimed series falling into this category. With television viewership dwindling, niche shows are increasingly sustainable, making cult, new-viewer-unfriendly programming less of a risk for struggling networks. …

TV is full of shows set in their own universes, worlds different from our own (sometimes slightly, sometimes drastically) that open up new avenues for storytellers to explore. It can be a lot of fun to ponder what it would be like to live in a particular universe, to explore that different world, but would …

Doctor Who Review, Series 6, Episode 9: “Night Terrors” Written by Mark Gatiss Directed by Richard Clark Airs Saturdays at 9pm (ET) on BBC America This week, on Doctor Who: The TARDIS crew answer a little boy’s terrified plea to save him from the monsters. After last week’s continuity-filled “Let’s Kill Hitler”, this entirely stand-alone …

One of the great things about the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror are that they allow writers to break the rules. If a topic is taboo or controversial, put it on a distant planet and it’ll usually get past the censors. If a character needs to confront their issues over a friend’s death, …

1. The Shining Jack Torrance only kills one person yet he is the monster of the film. No one ever questions Wendy, who not only repeatedly hits Jack over the head with a baseball bat, but also lashes after him with a knife, finally leaving him to die of hypothermia. Clearly the so-called “victim” in …