The Mentalists starts with Sam and Dean separated after the revelation that Dean had killed Amy behind Sam’s back. A week and a half later finds both brothers drawn to Lily Dale, due to the strange murders of mediums. Unlike previous episodes where the brothers are repairing a rift, the tension is an undercurrent through…
These reviews are getting so tough anymore. As a constructive reviewer trying to be honest in a critical realm, the job is to take any new material you’ve been given and tie it all together with everything prior. It really sucks when you have to do that for an episode that by itself was decent,…
A town full of mediums is not the place you want to be if you’re a Winchester, or anyone really. They can smell the angst on these guys from a mile away. Lily Dale, New York was a fun setting for this monster of the week episode. It’s been a while since we’ve had an…
Going into this episode, off a fantastic episode five and six, I was cautiously optimistic the trend of goodness would continue. And having seen the episode, I feel more comfortable saying that season seven is shaping up to be one of my favourite seasons so far. The Mentalists seemed like it would be more humour…
For a new writer to the show, Robbie Thompson seemed like an old pro. His episode, “Slash Fiction” reads as a love letter. It touches on so many things. Its self reflexive nature makes fans notice all the shout outs to previous episodes, while giving us more on the big bad of the season. If…
After last week’s fun but fluffy episode I was happy to see the Winchester’s back in action. I was also glad to see some exciting mytharc development. I’ve mentioned before that I’m interested in the idea of the Winchesters as the hunted rather than the hunters. But it was nice to see Sam and Dean…
High hopes were had for this episode and I have to say that it did not disappoint. Slash Fiction was fast paced, funny, action-fill and informative all at the same time. This was a solid episode and it felt like the plot was substantially advanced by the end. The players are on the board, we…
(I promise, not a lot of negativity here.) I actually find the serviceable, average episode to be the hardest to write reviews for. There really isn’t much to say. It didn’t suck. It wasn’t “Bugs” (that was my Twitter review for the week). I laughed a few times. I scratched my head a few…
Metaphors and parallels have run through Supernatural throughout its existence. The episode “Scarecrow” is a metaphor about the so-called apple pie life and how it isn’t everything as it’s cracked up to be. “Heart” and “Metamorphosis” are metaphors for Sam’s growing destiny. Castiel’s season 6 trajectory parallels Sam in season 4. Dean’s attempt to live…
How are we at episode five already? Has it really been five weeks since we began the SEVENTH season of Supernatural? Sorry, but I still have to marvel at the fact we’re in the seventh season already. Seems like just yesterday blonde women in nighties were burning on ceilings. But, I digress. What did we…
It’s been a long time since Sam and Dean have hunted a ghost…or anything really. I had heard that this season was going to focus more on the Winchesters as the hunt-ed and seeing this episode made me realize how true that has been so far. You can’t really call what has happened with the…
“We’re not Catholic.” “Defending Your Life,” may have featured an Egyptian God, but the guilt contained within is clearly of the Catholic variety. Dean is put on trial here, by Osiris, who will then weigh his guilt. Dean carries an awful lot of it around indeed, but most of it is misplaced and…
