Feature: Thank You, Captain Obvious: Definitely Not Your Average Supernatural Review

Dean and Sam Winchester fight all things weird and often obnoxious in Supernatural. One common thread links the demons, vampires, shape-shifters, and other oh so lovely ghouls that seem to populate a frighteningly large proportion of the United States: the line between good and evil is often a blurry one. Oh, and that Impalas rock.

What happens in Supernatural doesn't stay in Supernatural; many of the show's dilemmas take root in day-to-day, current global dilemmas. Too bad we don't have a real-life pair of Winchester-like brothers, helped by a real-life Castiel… So this review will just have to do! Combining a sometimes acerbic humor with enthusiasm that would make fan-girls everywhere proud (and boyfriends everywhere cringe), these reviews focus on the social criticism Supernatural is.

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• Book Review: Supernatural: The Unholy Cause by Joe Schreiber

  Sam and Dean must clean up another one of Lucifer's messes.

  Review by Sahar — on May 18, 2010

• TV Review: Supernatural - “Point of No Return”

  Dean sinks to new lows but Sam's newfound maturity saves him from himself.

  Review by Sahar — on Apr 25, 2010

• TV Review: Supernatural – "99 Problems"

  Sam and Dean meet people who know what is going on and are fighting the Apocalypse — or so they thought.

  Review by Sahar — on Apr 17, 2010

• TV Review: Supernatural – "Dark Side of the Moon"

  Sam and Dean are killed. They take advantage of the fact that they are in Heaven to look for Joshua, who talks to God.

  Review by Sahar — on Apr 08, 2010

• TV Review: Supernatural - "Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid"

  Sam and Dean face the Third Horseman, Death.

  Review by Sahar — on Mar 28, 2010

• TV Review: Supernatural – "My Bloody Valentine"

  The march towards the Apocalypse continues as Sam and Dean face the second Horseman.

  Review by Sahar — on Feb 16, 2010

• TV Review: Supernatural – "The Song Remains the Same"

  The Winchester brothers take a trip into the past to save their parents from Anna the angel and come back with new information about their past and its influence on their current situation.

  Review by Sahar — on Feb 06, 2010

• TV Review: Supernatural – "Sam, Interrupted"

  Things get a little difficult for Sam and Dean as they check themselves in to a psychiatric hospital for a hunt, and end up getting some therapy during their stay.

  Review by Sahar — on Jan 22, 2010

• TV Review: Supernatural – "Abandon All Hope"

  Dean and Sam have a chance to kill Lucifer; will they be able to end the Apocalypse?

  Review by Sahar — on Dec 15, 2009

• TV Review: Supernatural - "The Real Ghostbusters"

  Sam and Dean face a foe more devious than Lucifer: Becky, their ultimate fan.

  Review by Sahar — on Nov 15, 2009

• TV Review: Supernatural - "Changing Channels"

  You can take Dean and Sam away from the Apocalypse but it will eventually find them.

  Review by Sahar — on Nov 06, 2009

• TV Review: Supernatural - "The Curious Case of Dean Winchester"

  The boys have decided to go down fighting, taking as many baddies as they can down with them.

  Review by Sahar — on Nov 03, 2009

• TV Review: Supernatural - "I Believe the Children Are Our Future"

  Dean and Sam cross paths with the Antichrist.

  Review by Sahar — on Oct 18, 2009

• TV Review: Supernatural – "Fallen Idols"

  Sam and Dean are back together; will they be able to work in tandem once again?

  Review by Sahar — on Oct 11, 2009

• TV Review: Supernatural - "The End"

  Dean is sent to the future to see what will happen if Lucifer isn't defeated - and it ain't pretty.

  Review by Sahar — on Oct 02, 2009

• TV Review: Supernatural - "Free to be You and Me"

  Dean and Sam have parted ways; will the Apocalypse bring them back together?

  Review by Sahar — on Sep 28, 2009

• TV Review: Supernatural - "Good God, Y'All"

  Is it the beginning of the end, or is it just a bump in the road? Will demon-fighting ever be the same again?

  Review by Sahar — on Sep 19, 2009

• TV Review: Supernatural - "Sympathy for the Devil"

  The Winchester brothers return to fight off Lucifer, whom they unknowingly helped escape from Hell.

  Review by Sahar — on Sep 16, 2009