Supernatural, Season 1
Episode 10, “Asylum”
Written by Richard Hatem
Directed by Guy Bee
Continued from #4

Warning: image heavy post.

Now we come to the juicy filling in the pie: the big confrontation that the episode has been building to. The setup begins when the teenagers hear a noise, then we see a shadow on the wall that we recognize as Dean’s ( Read more... )

Supernatural, Season 1
Episode 10, “Asylum”
Written by Richard Hatem
Directed by Guy Bee
Continued from #3

Warning: image heavy post.

Sam is presently cornered by the spirit of a woman who appears to have an exploding eyeball. A lot of these spirits seem to have issues with their eyes for some reason.


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Supernatural, Season 1
Episode 10, “Asylum”
Written by Richard Hatem
Directed by Guy Bee
Continued from #2
Warning: image heavy post.

Next scene finds Sam in a patients’ waiting room and, as he’s invited into the office, the camera picks out a sign on the wall that identifies the doctor as James Ellicott, linking back to the Sanford Ellicott name ( Read more... )

Hi everyone,

Sorry it’s been so long since I last posted one of these. I’ve been giving some thought to the way I do these recaps and I’ve come to the conclusion that the essay length segments I’ve been posting are a lot of work and take me too long to prepare, plus I think the length puts some people off reading. So, I’m going to try a new ( Read more... )

Continued from Part 1

Warning: image heavy post
Some brief reference to mental health issues

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Supernatural, Season 1
Episode 9, “Home”
Written by Eric Kripke
Directed by Ken Girotti

Warning: image heavy post
Some brief reference to mental health issues
If I could pinpoint exactly when I ceased to be a casual viewer of Supernatural and became a full-on fan, “Home” would certainly be one of the major contributing episodes. The first Demon ( Read more... )

Supernatural, Season 1
Episode 7, “Hook Man”
Written by John Shiban
Directed by David Jackson

Warnings:
some brief discussion of female objectification, mild dubious consent issues, homoeroticism and homophobia

I have to confess, if there’s an episode in season one that I don’t love, and tend to skip sometimes on my many rewatches, it isn’t the ( Read more... )

Supernatural, Season 1
Episode 5, “Bloody Mary”
Story by Eric Kripke
Teleplay by Ron Milbauer and Terri Hughes Burton
Directed by Peter Ellis.

A/N: Since I'm building up something of a collection of these now,
I thought it might be helpful to provide a masterpost.

Warning: image heavy post; contains brief references to ( Read more... )

Continued from Part 1

Warnings: Image heavy post. Also, contains brief discussion of mental health, incest and familial abuse themes.

Magical Realism

When we next see Sam and Dean they’re filling up the car and getting ‘breakfast’ and we get some exposition that establishes how the Winchesters fund their hunting activities. One of the things I ( Read more... )

A Rewatch Meditation and Celebration

NB: Depending on how this post goes down, it may be the first in a series.

Warnings: Image heavy post. Also, contains brief discussion of mental health, incest and familial abuse themes.

While we’re all waiting for the final episodes of Supernatural to return to our TV screens, I’ve been biding the time by ( Read more... )