Blogcritics

Supernatural's Seven Best Episodes

Alice Jester — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:13:52 EDT

Picking the best episodes of the series was easy. Ranking them was impossible.
Here we go. I’m placing my head on the proverbial chopping block and waiting with defiance for the guillotine to fall. In other words, I’ve made my “Best Episodes of Supernatural” list, and I’m ready for the cavalcade of dissent. In poring exhaustively over the remaining 54 episodes that didn’t make my...

TV Review: Supernatural - "A Very Supernatural Christmas" (Part Two)

Alice Jester — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:04:37 EDT

I go from laughing hard to tearing up in two minutes. I love this show.
It’s time for another shift in this perfectly plotted episode, and it’s hilarious. Sam and Dean enter a crafts store, and Dean again tries to humiliate his brother, this time pulling the gay card. His story involves Jenga at the Walshes'. That image in my head is both funny and disturbing at the same time. Sam, on the spot but not...

TV Review: Supernatural - "A Very Supernatural Christmas" (Part One)

Alice Jester — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:01:39 EDT

The twisted, gory, heart-wrenching, fast-paced, cynical, and downright brilliant version of Christmas - Supernatural style.
It’s Christmas in July! What a better way to celebrate than to re-experience, for only the second time, the twisted, gory, heart-wrenching, fast-paced, cynical, and downright brilliant Supernatural version of Christmas. Kripke and Co. are a bunch of sick bastards, and we love them for it. I tried in an exhaustive number of ways to get...

TV Review: Supernatural - "Fresh Blood"

Alice Jester — Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:26:28 EDT

The episode when season three kicked into high gear and began to reach levels of season two.
I want to send my thanks to all who read and sent comments regarding my cop-out last week for “Red Sky At Morning”. The feedback was fantastic and many agreed with my choices for the five worst episodes. The best episodes list will be coming in a few weeks, and I’m sure I’ll get far more disagreement on that one. ...

Supernatural's Five Worst Episodes

Alice Jester — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:35:30 EDT

The top five worst, from bad to just plain awful...
I tried. I even forced myself to watch “Red Sky At Morning” again, hoping to find some way to do a review that didn’t sound like an insensitive berating of what is clearly the one off episode of the season that every show is allowed. Even Eric Kripke himself admitted that this was not a good one, so for me to give a detailed...

TV Review: Supernatural - "Bedtime Stories"

Alice Jester — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:11:39 EDT

Homicidal fairy tales, and another sacred institution has been ruined. I love this show!
Episode five already? Wow, time is flying toward September, er October, er we really don’t know. Just to keep everyone in the loop about the latest controversy, we don’t know exactly what date Supernatural will be back in the fall. Initial reports had it the same week as when all the other CW shows premiere, the first week of September....

TV Review: Supernatural - "Sin City"

Alice Jester — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:51:25 EDT

An in-depth review, complete with bonus rant on why I hate the CW.
Before I get started, I beg for a few paragraphs of self indulgence to get an issue off my chest. This is something that has been stewing for a while now, but considering it’s still happening during repeats, well, I just feel like bitching. If you just want the episode review, please skip down to the next heading. Ahem. Enough throwing Gossip...

TV Review: Supernatural - "Bad Day At Black Rock"

Alice Jester — Sat, 7 Jun 2008 09:39:48 EDT

A rapid fire, side-splitting thrill ride that perfectly followed all the rules for dark and physical comedy.
I can’t believe we’re already up to “Bad Day at Black Rock” in the repeats list. It seems like the finale was just yesterday. Oh, it was, because I watched it again for the hundredth time. Is it September yet? No? Okay, I guess I’ll kill time with this review. Be prepared, this is a long one. Why? Because this...

Interview With Sera Gamble, Supernatural Senior Writer and Producer

Alice Jester — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:30:34 EDT

Sera Gamble shares her thoughts on season three, season four, writing for the show in general, creepy children, and melon ballers.
This is why I love Supernatural. There’s so much more to this show than the entertaining and thrilling episodes we get each week. There are people behind the scenes that are never too busy to take time to share the love of their work with nosy interviewers like me. I was very fortunate recently to touch base with Sera Gamble, senior writer...

TV Review: Supernatural - "The Kids Are Alright"

Alice Jester — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:46:16 EDT

A better than average episode in which Dean Winchester breaks my heart.
Reviewing episodes after seeing the rest of the season creates an interesting challenge. I try to judge the episode on its merits alone, as if I was watching for the first time, but I can’t avoid recalling post-episode subplots that cleanly tie into the one up for review. “The Kids Are Alright” is one of those episodes. It sets...