I can imagine Eric Kripke was feeling a little cheeky by the time “Hollywood Babylon” came along. Things weren’t going well with their new network and Supernatural was on the brink of cancellation. It didn’t help that at the time the show wasn’t getting a lot of promotion or support from the brass at the…
Writer’s note. This is a modified review of something I wrote in 2008. I have kept a lot of the same content but I’ve added a little more analysis and elaboration. I was also using a very primitive blogging template at the time that wasn’t really conducive to posting pictures online. That will be…
Ah “Roadkill.” It’s “Supernatural” meets The Sixth Sense. Thanks to Sam’s interaction with Molly, I also like to call it Touched by a Winchester. There was even a Ghost Whisperer reference too. So multiple spirit story references are covered. Either way, all in all not a bad hour. At it’s most basic level, this…
A Week Later Bravo, Walker! “Drive”, season one’s climactic finale, had the storytelling power and agility we’ve been waiting for all season! Everything the characters said was important and relevant. Their decisions were logical and relatable. The emotional intensity was earned and shared by the audience. The action was believable. The revelations were spell binding….
The Walker first season finale was what every season finale should be: emotional and action packed yet still focused on the characters while enticing the audience for the upcoming season. But, above all, the season finale should tie up the season before it. This episode accomplished that with showing the culmination of the characters’ growth…
Well, that was a heck of a ride! Despite the season’s uneven writing and characterization, it finished strong—and left us not with a cliffhanger but with a sense of foreboding that there’s more trouble yet to come. For Supernatural fans, there were a lot of ‘family’ references, and a very satisfying ‘I need to talk to my…
Ah, “Tall Tales.” This isn’t one of those episodes where critical analysis provides any value. It’s a breath of fresh air after a string of very intense episodes. But it’s so much more than that. This is a series classic that has become one of the most popular episodes with the fandom. Not convinced? Just…
The Morning After I know I should have loved Walker’s climactic episode “Dig”. The second half of the episode was non-stop action! The story’s climax revealed an answer we’ve been theorizing about and waiting for all season. There was a spectacular car crash that gave Supernatural fans PTSD flashbacks of the Impala getting T-Boned in…
Another strong episode, this time directed by Richard Speight, Jr. who of course was not only the Archangel Gabriel in Supernatural but also directed several episodes of the show—and who will be coming back to direct again in Walker Season 2. There was a lot to like about this episode—and one thing I really didn’t…
Featured heavily in “Dig,” the 17th episode of Walker’s first season, was “Spirit Week,” a time when people reveal their truths and feelings, and wow, did those come out this episode. At the heart was…
Yes! This is what I’ve been waiting for from Walker. If the show can keep up this level of writing—coherent plot, consistent characterization, and incisive social commentary, it might have a shot at the Emmys for next year. I really hope this means the writers have stepped up their game and that this isn’t just…
Episode 1.16 of Walker tackles the heavy topics of police corruption and brutality from the human view of a person of color trying to change the system from within. However, thematically, it also explores who the characters are, and how they can’t always be who they are inside. Sometimes this is a bad thing, but…
