Supernatural Primer

[be_themoon]

SPN Primer (or, what episodes you have to watch to know important things in the Supernatural series)
for lassiterficsCode: if it's indented in, it's good because of character developments rather than plot developments. The numbers at the end are ratings of how important they are to watch

Comments

[hollydoodle19]

Pretty good list, I wouldn't mess with it at all (also you reminded me that I haveb't seen S1+2 in ages and that I really do love them) ♥ Also Bela Talbot is kinda pretty epic if you ask me :)

[be_themoon]

Bela was fabulous! Not a good person by any stretch of the imagination, but really awesome and so confident. and hee! yeah, I recently went and rewatched parts of the first two seasons two.

[sagee_x3]

I love Bela! I hate that the fandom has so much influence to get her taken out of the show. She was interesting.

[be_themoon]

It was really sad, yeah. :( her actress was awesome, and so was Bela. I'm kind of disappointed in the fandom for getting her taken off.

[be_themoon]

no problem! I can't wait until I can talk SPN to you. wheeee! <3333

[be_themoon]

yeahhh, the creators of SPN are really in tune with the fandom. sometimes that's bad, because the fandom's pretty crazy. sometimes it gives us episodes like 5.09, which I thought was freaking hilarious (but which a lot of fandom is divided on).

see see see! that's kind of the completely awesome thing about this show. I can't give away how, but fandom is reacting to recent events in the show. it does start out like that in Season 1 - but by Season 5, the roles are pretty much reversed. it's really, really interesting to watch them all at once and see the roles change and how they take on a lot of the other's characteristics over time. and yes! a producer has been quoted as saying the entire show is about 'the epic love story of Sam and Dean.' the whole thing is about family, and the ties of family, and all that. it runs through the entire show, the fifth season is still exploring it. which I think is kind of awesome. lD

[marycontraire]

ONLY FOUR EPISODES FROM SEASON ONE? I AM MORALLY OPPOSED TO THIS LIST.

[be_themoon]

check it again! there are like, 13 episodes from Season 1 on the list. ;P

[marycontraire]

Ah, I see. The weird indentation threw me. But I still think all of season one should be mandatory viewing.

[be_themoon]

hahaha. yeah, I had a really hard time eliminating ANYTHING from Season 1 - I kept trying to second-guess myself about keeping something out or be like 'wellll, that is important!'

(I love your icon SO. MUCH.)

[redsilverchains]

This is the second time in less than a week than you’re making me wanna rewatch something *laughs*. Ahhhh, SPN. *pats* We have had our ups and downs but I’ve stuck to you for four years and you are very close to my heart. <3

Re. the fandom’s treatment of women on Supernatural--it’s one of the things that make me so uncomfortable. I love the brother dynamics and the themes of family on this show, but sometimes the fandom can be so antagonistic towards woman characters, it’s scary. Like, I wasn’t so thrilled about Jo’s character in S2 but all the ZOMGhaaaaaaateDIEDIEDIE towards her? Not cool! And don’t even get me started on the bashing of Jared and Jensen’s girlfriends in real life.

I loved Katie Cassidy’s calculating Ruby and even though I thought Genevieve Cortese never lived up to her, season four would not be what it was without her.
(Also, one of my ROFLMAO moments in season 4 was when she possessed that sassy-looking black maid. Dean’s FACE, man!)

Heh, I’d put Wishful Thinking on the list just for how they got away with that