Supernatural: The Beginning
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sesquipedaliaticEarlier today I told Twitter, in a creepy announcer voice "It looks like things are getting a little... Supernatural around here."
ARE THEY INDEED.
I've plowed through a great many episodes and have at least a few more head of me this evening. My braindrool is tucked away in the cuts below.
It seems silly to warn for spoilers about a show that's heading into its sixth season, but... spoilers for the front half of season 1?
1x01 "Pilot" (Way to go with the creative episode titles there, show)
Teehee! Smart AND modest! Sam, I like you!
Dean: Of course you should be afraid of the dark. You know what's out there.
Gee, thanks.
Sam: Dad's obsession to find the thing that killed her. But we still haven't found it. So we kill everything we can find.
Why hello there exposition!
Dean: I can't do this alone.
Sam: Yes you can.
Dean: Ok, I can. But I don't want to.
Me: AWWWW.
Jess(?): At least tell me where you're going!
Titles: Jericho, California.
NICE. Also, why does everything bad happen in Jericho?
Dean: [puts in cassette tape] Sorry I can't here you. Music's too loud.
OK OK I GIVE IN. THEY ARE ADORABLE.
Dean: No sir. We were just leaving. [Nods.] Agent Mulder. Agent Scully.
*SNERK*
Note to self: You'll have to stop writing every line that makes you giggle. Because then you'll be writing the whole time.
Dean, I'm judging you for your poor internet search techniques. Thank you, Sam, for using the internet properly.
Come on, show. Give me more specific mythology about the tools you use. You've given me the salt circle, but how does it work? WANT TO KNOW.
Sam: So you had a happy marriage?
[two beat pause]
Mr. Welch: Definitely.
Me: AHAHAHA NO. Not with a pause THAT long.
Sam: [goes on about Women In White]
Me: Ok, not quiiiite the narrative I expected for her, but still DUH.
Hmm... slightly mournful music and an empty house than Sam comes home to? And a dramatic need for him to return to Dean? Yeah, THIS is gonna end well.
Raise your hand if you're surprised about that? Ok, no one at all, because I'm YEARS behind the rest of fandom here.
1x02 "Wendigo"
Skipped because a) I'm scared of everything under the sun and b) I've been reliably informed that it's not the highest quality episode.
1x03 "Dead in the Water"
Was convinced to add this one back in. In retrospect, yeah, was a bit high on the horror-suspense (an important distinction from action-suspense, which I can general do without issue), but I watched it while writing postcards and eating, so that killed some of the intensity.
I reeeeally hope this is a not-exactly-Lock-Ness-Monster plotline.
Dean: [Lusts after girl, whines about not getting any]
Sam: [Angst face]
Dean: [Guilty face]
Teehee! Local sheriff just made a Nessy crack!
Ooooh, how crafty. Dead in the water = scary monster in the water AND not being able to find anything about Dad. I take back my previous comment about crap episode titles. Mostly.
Ok, Dean seeing their mother get killed and Sam being too young to remember is DEFINITELY gonna be a Thing at some point, isn't it?
Well done show. You managed to make a gurgle of water look menacing. That's damned impressive.
Dean: I think the poor guy's been through hell. I also think he's not telling us something.
Really, Dean? NO SHIT.
Does ever storyline involve dead kids? Because I wouldn't mind some variety.
And there's the return of the whole Dean saw dead Mum thing. Only, without drama. Or hugging. Alas. I like hugging.
Right, because the "Leave now and I won't bring criminal charges" threat works so well in the movies.
Also, show, I'm putting you on notice. I realize some cliches and tropes exist for a reason; they're useful narrative tools. But at some point, Sam and/or Dean HAS to have seen a horror movie or two. So lets edge away from constantly relying on those tropes, eh? Creepy kids, going into the woods alone, picking up ghostly hitchhikers. All of these will lead to death. THAT HOW IT WORKS. Something new here and there would be nice.
1x04 "Phantom Traveler"
I sincerely hope this isn't another hitchhiker plotline. Because we juuust had one of those. More or less. The Lady in White from the pilot counts!
Ok, this text intro? IS CHEESY. "What they saw changed them forever"? REALLY? It's like "in the 21st century, everything changes" ONLY CHEESIER.
Though epic awesome use of that shot of Sam yanking Dean in the hotel framed as A Scary Evil Thing. Quite crafty!
WHOA IS THAT JOHN BARROWMAN!?
Ok, maybe not. But out of focus they looked similar. And his voice sounded similar too!
That flight attendant looks familiar. But I can't palce her face. Hmmm...
Maybe not, since I'm likely not gonna see her again.
Yeah, see Dean? Sam knows! NIGHTMARES SUCK.
Oh hey! Survivors! Maybe we will get to see the flight attendant again. And maybe I'll manage to figure out who she is WITHOUT the use of IMDB.
Awww. Dean's never scared. Except when he is. And Sam totes called his bluff.
The flight 401 stuff? That was really messy exposition. Tsk tsk, writers.
Sam: Did you ever notice anything... strange about him?
Grieving Wife: Well, he had acid reflux.
Sam and Dean: [subtlest headdesk ever]
AHAHAHA SUITS!
Awww. Sam's not impressed by Dean's homemade walkman-cum-EMF reader.
Sam: You ever seen anything like this?
Dean: No, never.
Ok, this is kinda bothersome. Both brothers have been raised to fight the scary things that go bump in the night. Dean especially has been at it for a good long time. Yet in all three episodes I've seen thus far, they've been completely at a loss for what might be causing the Bad Stuff, and certainly look past some exceedingly obvious possibilities. Why so incompetent, boys?
Ok, that "demons aren't usually our thing because they just want death and destruction" does a bit to justify their bewilderment in this episode. But my point still stands.
Sam, I see a fairly fatal flaw in your plan. Demon on plane. Trying to make it crash. You don't really know how to fight demons. So you're gonna get on the plane. And figure out to do... when it starts to crash?
Aww, Dean. Phobias are a bitch.
Sam, stop enjoying your brother's pain.
Dean, that was the LEAST ELEGANT WAY POSSIBLE of working the name of God into your conversation. Fail.
Nice Latin, Sam. The Classics scholar in me appreciates your pronunciation.
Ok, you've gotten the demon out of the co-pilot and INTO THE PLANE. That's going to end well!
Aww! Great little "we saved the day" grins!
AH HAH! She's Sheriff Carter's love interest in Eureka!
555 in phone numbers ALWAYS throws me out of the narrative. Arg. (That's a me failing, though.)
Thank you, show, for NOT going the stupid-obvious hitchhiker route.
Demons! I like them! No, that's wrong. I like the demon storyline better than the ghosty storylines. In fact, I had no problems at all with the scary stuff in this ep. MORE LIKE THIS, PLZ!
1x05 "Bloody Mary"
See previous comments about skipping and being a scardypants.
1x06 "Skin"
I've been informed that this ep might get at me with the grossness, but that I should watch it anyway foransgsting pretty boys character development. (Actually, that's a lie. No one said anything about angst; I just assumed.)
I know this intro music. BAH. WHAT IS IT?
Um, Dean? WTF? Killing girls with knives?
Yup. Intro thing is still dumb.
Dean: [peals out of parking lot, runs stop sign]
Sign: Drive safe, America!
*snerk*
Ok, so whatever possessed Zach (or stole his... oh. Skin. Aaaand there's the episode title. Watch my mental processes AT WORK!) is eventually going to get into Dean's head too.
Oooh! Cool eye fx!
And much better with the knowing in this episode. Tossing around viable ideas (doppelganger, shapeshifter that either flies or goes underground, etc).
EWWWWW GROSS.
Dean: runs furtively through the crowds with his gun out
Sam: Walks subtly with gun in pocket
Ooooh, shit. Dean!
Wait. Which Dean is that? Clearly Sam suspects... but that was a convincing answer. Oh, nevermind. That's Evil!Dean.
Hey, now! No fair tossing Dean's issues with Sam out as a way of torturing Sam! That's not nice!
What exactly is Sam doing under that tarp? Oooh. Trying to get his hands free. Sure. *nods knowingly*
"What's wrong with you?" was probably the worst thing you could say to Not!Dean, Becky.
See?
WHY HELLO THAR SHIRTLESS not!DEAN!
Ok, the transformation is gross but also cool. In a horrific sort of way.
Me: That's not really a great sketch of Dean.
Dean: That's not even a good picture of me!
HAH. You show that puddle who's boss, Dean.
Hang on. It was nighttime when the cops cornered them, but daylight when Dean was getting weapons out of the car?
Oooh, shit! Ack! Sam! Turn around!
Or get knocked unconscious. That works too.
How many times has Sam been tied up this ep?
I like the fight! Not too elegant. Well done!
Ack! Not the bookshelf!
Ok, I said not too elegant and you had to go take a swan dive over the couch.
K, Dean just shot himself. Sort of. That's got to screw with his head.
Yay! Bruises and split lips the morning after. GOOD.
Well damn. I've got "Hook Man" cued up, but if it's about what I think it is, I might give it the skip too. That urban legend/ghost story always got to me. (Yes, like everything else.)
Ok, yeah. 2 minutes in and I'm definitely gonna leave 1x07 unwatched for a while. Skipping over "Bugs" as advised, so I'm on to 1x09 "Home."
ARE THEY INDEED.
I've plowed through a great many episodes and have at least a few more head of me this evening. My braindrool is tucked away in the cuts below.
It seems silly to warn for spoilers about a show that's heading into its sixth season, but... spoilers for the front half of season 1?
1x01 "Pilot" (Way to go with the creative episode titles there, show)
Teehee! Smart AND modest! Sam, I like you!
Dean: Of course you should be afraid of the dark. You know what's out there.
Gee, thanks.
Sam: Dad's obsession to find the thing that killed her. But we still haven't found it. So we kill everything we can find.
Why hello there exposition!
Dean: I can't do this alone.
Sam: Yes you can.
Dean: Ok, I can. But I don't want to.
Me: AWWWW.
Jess(?): At least tell me where you're going!
Titles: Jericho, California.
NICE. Also, why does everything bad happen in Jericho?
Dean: [puts in cassette tape] Sorry I can't here you. Music's too loud.
OK OK I GIVE IN. THEY ARE ADORABLE.
Dean: No sir. We were just leaving. [Nods.] Agent Mulder. Agent Scully.
*SNERK*
Note to self: You'll have to stop writing every line that makes you giggle. Because then you'll be writing the whole time.
Dean, I'm judging you for your poor internet search techniques. Thank you, Sam, for using the internet properly.
Come on, show. Give me more specific mythology about the tools you use. You've given me the salt circle, but how does it work? WANT TO KNOW.
Sam: So you had a happy marriage?
[two beat pause]
Mr. Welch: Definitely.
Me: AHAHAHA NO. Not with a pause THAT long.
Sam: [goes on about Women In White]
Me: Ok, not quiiiite the narrative I expected for her, but still DUH.
Hmm... slightly mournful music and an empty house than Sam comes home to? And a dramatic need for him to return to Dean? Yeah, THIS is gonna end well.
Raise your hand if you're surprised about that? Ok, no one at all, because I'm YEARS behind the rest of fandom here.
1x02 "Wendigo"
Skipped because a) I'm scared of everything under the sun and b) I've been reliably informed that it's not the highest quality episode.
1x03 "Dead in the Water"
Was convinced to add this one back in. In retrospect, yeah, was a bit high on the horror-suspense (an important distinction from action-suspense, which I can general do without issue), but I watched it while writing postcards and eating, so that killed some of the intensity.
I reeeeally hope this is a not-exactly-Lock-Ness-Monster plotline.
Dean: [Lusts after girl, whines about not getting any]
Sam: [Angst face]
Dean: [Guilty face]
Teehee! Local sheriff just made a Nessy crack!
Ooooh, how crafty. Dead in the water = scary monster in the water AND not being able to find anything about Dad. I take back my previous comment about crap episode titles. Mostly.
Ok, Dean seeing their mother get killed and Sam being too young to remember is DEFINITELY gonna be a Thing at some point, isn't it?
Well done show. You managed to make a gurgle of water look menacing. That's damned impressive.
Dean: I think the poor guy's been through hell. I also think he's not telling us something.
Really, Dean? NO SHIT.
Does ever storyline involve dead kids? Because I wouldn't mind some variety.
And there's the return of the whole Dean saw dead Mum thing. Only, without drama. Or hugging. Alas. I like hugging.
Right, because the "Leave now and I won't bring criminal charges" threat works so well in the movies.
Also, show, I'm putting you on notice. I realize some cliches and tropes exist for a reason; they're useful narrative tools. But at some point, Sam and/or Dean HAS to have seen a horror movie or two. So lets edge away from constantly relying on those tropes, eh? Creepy kids, going into the woods alone, picking up ghostly hitchhikers. All of these will lead to death. THAT HOW IT WORKS. Something new here and there would be nice.
1x04 "Phantom Traveler"
I sincerely hope this isn't another hitchhiker plotline. Because we juuust had one of those. More or less. The Lady in White from the pilot counts!
Ok, this text intro? IS CHEESY. "What they saw changed them forever"? REALLY? It's like "in the 21st century, everything changes" ONLY CHEESIER.
Though epic awesome use of that shot of Sam yanking Dean in the hotel framed as A Scary Evil Thing. Quite crafty!
WHOA IS THAT JOHN BARROWMAN!?
Ok, maybe not. But out of focus they looked similar. And his voice sounded similar too!
That flight attendant looks familiar. But I can't palce her face. Hmmm...
Maybe not, since I'm likely not gonna see her again.
Yeah, see Dean? Sam knows! NIGHTMARES SUCK.
Oh hey! Survivors! Maybe we will get to see the flight attendant again. And maybe I'll manage to figure out who she is WITHOUT the use of IMDB.
Awww. Dean's never scared. Except when he is. And Sam totes called his bluff.
The flight 401 stuff? That was really messy exposition. Tsk tsk, writers.
Sam: Did you ever notice anything... strange about him?
Grieving Wife: Well, he had acid reflux.
Sam and Dean: [subtlest headdesk ever]
AHAHAHA SUITS!
Awww. Sam's not impressed by Dean's homemade walkman-cum-EMF reader.
Sam: You ever seen anything like this?
Dean: No, never.
Ok, this is kinda bothersome. Both brothers have been raised to fight the scary things that go bump in the night. Dean especially has been at it for a good long time. Yet in all three episodes I've seen thus far, they've been completely at a loss for what might be causing the Bad Stuff, and certainly look past some exceedingly obvious possibilities. Why so incompetent, boys?
Ok, that "demons aren't usually our thing because they just want death and destruction" does a bit to justify their bewilderment in this episode. But my point still stands.
Sam, I see a fairly fatal flaw in your plan. Demon on plane. Trying to make it crash. You don't really know how to fight demons. So you're gonna get on the plane. And figure out to do... when it starts to crash?
Aww, Dean. Phobias are a bitch.
Sam, stop enjoying your brother's pain.
Dean, that was the LEAST ELEGANT WAY POSSIBLE of working the name of God into your conversation. Fail.
Nice Latin, Sam. The Classics scholar in me appreciates your pronunciation.
Ok, you've gotten the demon out of the co-pilot and INTO THE PLANE. That's going to end well!
Aww! Great little "we saved the day" grins!
AH HAH! She's Sheriff Carter's love interest in Eureka!
555 in phone numbers ALWAYS throws me out of the narrative. Arg. (That's a me failing, though.)
Thank you, show, for NOT going the stupid-obvious hitchhiker route.
Demons! I like them! No, that's wrong. I like the demon storyline better than the ghosty storylines. In fact, I had no problems at all with the scary stuff in this ep. MORE LIKE THIS, PLZ!
1x05 "Bloody Mary"
See previous comments about skipping and being a scardypants.
1x06 "Skin"
I've been informed that this ep might get at me with the grossness, but that I should watch it anyway for
I know this intro music. BAH. WHAT IS IT?
Um, Dean? WTF? Killing girls with knives?
Yup. Intro thing is still dumb.
Dean: [peals out of parking lot, runs stop sign]
Sign: Drive safe, America!
*snerk*
Ok, so whatever possessed Zach (or stole his... oh. Skin. Aaaand there's the episode title. Watch my mental processes AT WORK!) is eventually going to get into Dean's head too.
Oooh! Cool eye fx!
And much better with the knowing in this episode. Tossing around viable ideas (doppelganger, shapeshifter that either flies or goes underground, etc).
EWWWWW GROSS.
Dean: runs furtively through the crowds with his gun out
Sam: Walks subtly with gun in pocket
Ooooh, shit. Dean!
Wait. Which Dean is that? Clearly Sam suspects... but that was a convincing answer. Oh, nevermind. That's Evil!Dean.
Hey, now! No fair tossing Dean's issues with Sam out as a way of torturing Sam! That's not nice!
What exactly is Sam doing under that tarp? Oooh. Trying to get his hands free. Sure. *nods knowingly*
"What's wrong with you?" was probably the worst thing you could say to Not!Dean, Becky.
See?
WHY HELLO THAR SHIRTLESS not!DEAN!
Ok, the transformation is gross but also cool. In a horrific sort of way.
Me: That's not really a great sketch of Dean.
Dean: That's not even a good picture of me!
HAH. You show that puddle who's boss, Dean.
Hang on. It was nighttime when the cops cornered them, but daylight when Dean was getting weapons out of the car?
Oooh, shit! Ack! Sam! Turn around!
Or get knocked unconscious. That works too.
How many times has Sam been tied up this ep?
I like the fight! Not too elegant. Well done!
Ack! Not the bookshelf!
Ok, I said not too elegant and you had to go take a swan dive over the couch.
K, Dean just shot himself. Sort of. That's got to screw with his head.
Yay! Bruises and split lips the morning after. GOOD.
Well damn. I've got "Hook Man" cued up, but if it's about what I think it is, I might give it the skip too. That urban legend/ghost story always got to me. (Yes, like everything else.)
Ok, yeah. 2 minutes in and I'm definitely gonna leave 1x07 unwatched for a while. Skipping over "Bugs" as advised, so I'm on to 1x09 "Home."