Last night's episode, entitled "Criss Angel is a Douche Bag" (seriously) was awesome (other notable titles this season included "Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester", "It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" which was one of the best eps of the series).
The entire season has been terrific. No bullshit, the show is delivering week after week after week, it's really hitting for me like the X-Files did during it's mid-run peak. It's not like anything else on television, much less anything on the CW. It delivers drama, it delivers emotion, it delivers horror, it delivers subtle comedy. I'm not sure it isn't one of the 2 or 3 best shows on all of television right now. Seriously. It's that good. Give it a look sometime if you haven't already. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
Great. ANOTHER show I need to start watching. I need a job in those control groups they let just sit around and watch TV. I would own at that job.
Originally Posted by Bowser:
Great. ANOTHER show I need to start watching. I need a job in those control groups they let just sit around and watch TV. I would own at that job.
I need a 50/50 job, half video game, half TV. [Reply]
Season 5 started okay, decent episodes but felt a little off somehow. Thursday's was great, though, and the direction they're going towards the end of the series is friggin awesome. [Reply]
Originally Posted by keg in kc:
Season 5 started okay, decent episodes but felt a little off somehow. Thursday's was great, though, and the direction they're going towards the end of the series is friggin awesome.
The only thing that's really bugged me about the show of late is that I think last season and the start of this season, they over-played the "let's end the show with a Sam/Dean brother pity party" card.
I am interested in seeing just how far they take the brother-antagonism, though. Having it set up so that Dean is the vessel for the arch-angel and Sam, supposidly, is the vessel for satan does set up some interesting senarios: will they take it to an actual battle between the two, or will the two fight and resist to the end and still come out victorious. (or, I guess the third option: the world ends in a giant fireball...) [Reply]
Okay, tonight's was a pretty cool episode (gotta love having a present Dean and a future Dean with the present calling the future a dick--it's a perfect thing for his character to do).
And you knew they had to bring the Winchester Bro's back together into the same scenes again... but at least, whatever happens now, we got a small taste of Sam as the devil (white suit from head to toe to match)...
Next weeks looks to be one of the season's dark comedy infused episodes Supernatural has to have at least 2 or 3 times each year. Which, given past results, should be good... [Reply]
This has got to be one of my favorite shows of all time, I love everything about it. The plot never dissapoints, the humor hits me right on the spot, and the music pulls the show together. Usually, when I find a plot I'm interested in, the actors can't pull it off, but the actors are terriffic in this one! I'm absolutely crushed it's almost over. I just started watching a couple of months ago(re-runs on TNT and DVDs) and the last episode is thursday. I'm really stoked and I hope it doesn't let me down.
And I really hope this isn't the last season. [Reply]
they've signed on for a sixth season. also, note that they haven't really done much of anything with all of the open plotpoints via the apocalypse. the antichrist? yeah, he's off doing whatever the hell it is that he do. slugfest between brothers (sam/dean, lucifer/michael). god doesn't care what goes on--there has to be more to that plotline than they've shown so far.
I'm a bit disappointed in this season--they could've done SO much more with the fucking apocalypse. but, it hasn't been HORRIBLE by any means... just a bit less than I was expecting. [Reply]
Originally Posted by H5N1:
they've signed on for a sixth season. also, note that they haven't really done much of anything with all of the open plotpoints via the apocalypse. the antichrist? yeah, he's off doing whatever the hell it is that he do. slugfest between brothers (sam/dean, lucifer/michael). god doesn't care what goes on--there has to be more to that plotline than they've shown so far.
I'm a bit disappointed in this season--they could've done SO much more with the ****ing apocalypse. but, it hasn't been HORRIBLE by any means... just a bit less than I was expecting.
Isn't this the sixth season?
I could say I was a bit disappointed by this season, but as it's gone on I've grown to appreciate it more. I figure this is their own twist on the apocalypse. And I'm fine with God not giving a rat's ass, because if he did he would just end it all with his mightiness and bam, no show. They could've done much more, and before watching this season my imagination ran wild, but I'm cool with it and excited for Thursday. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KurtCobain:
Isn't this the sixth season?
I could say I was a bit disappointed by this season, but as it's gone on I've grown to appreciate it more. I figure this is their own twist on the apocalypse. And I'm fine with God not giving a rat's ass, because if he did he would just end it all with his mightiness and bam, no show. They could've done much more, and before watching this season my imagination ran wild, but I'm cool with it and excited for Thursday.
nope, this is the fifth season. there'll be a season after this one, apparently. kinda stumps me, as where do you go after the apocalypse (if they end it with this show, though I doubt they will)? [Reply]
I don't get to catch it often but that's a good show. The first episode I saw was when the guy was faux Dracula. Loved the humor/horror mix and been watching it ever since when my butt in front of tube matches showings. [Reply]
Originally Posted by H5N1:
nope, this is the fifth season. there'll be a season after this one, apparently. kinda stumps me, as where do you go after the apocalypse (if they end it with this show, though I doubt they will)?
Wife & I have watched SN from the start, love it. Every deomon and angel woman is hot. Shot in Canadian towns with names of American cities.
Have you seen an official announcement about there being another season after this one? They say it on the fan sites but I haven't seen anything from the WB.
I would be good with one more season of Detective Plant and Detective Page. [Reply]
Originally Posted by vailpass:
Have you seen an official announcement about there being another season after this one? They say it on the fan sites but I haven't seen anything from the WB.
UPDATE: When I asked a CW representative whether creator/executive producer Eric Kripke would return for "Supernatural's" sixth season, I got a three-word reply: "Yes, he's back."
UPDATE 2: I sent a note to "Supernatural" executive producer Sera Gamble when I heard about the show's renewal for a sixth season. I said I was happy to hear that the show would be returning, but I had to be a little cheeky and ask if viewers would be getting "The Apocalypse 2: The Squeakquel" next season. Here's her response:
"No, you will not be getting Apocalypse, The Squeaquel in Season 6 (that's hilarious)," Gamble wrote. "We're climaxing that story this season. We've been working on the Season 6 storyline for quite some time, and we're very excited about it. We have lots of ideas, and are grateful for the chance to keep the show going.
"Please tell the fans that the writers say thank you! We so appreciate the support."
Remember when Kripke said he had a five-year plan for the show? However, as he said last summer at Comic-Con, Kripke has re-thought that plan and has stated various times in the last year or so that he could see how the Winchesters' story might last longer than five years. And based on Gamble's comments, it's looking like we'll get a whole new story line when the Winchester return in the fall of 2010
(Update 3: EW reports that Gamble will be the show's day-to-day showrunner for Season 6, but Kripke will still be involved with the show and "working very closely" with Gamble and the show's creative team. I'm certainly interested to see where Gamble takes the show in Season 6, and given that she's been with "Supernatural" since Season 1 and has written many excellent episodes, in my opinion, the show's in good hands. By the way, it's worth reading Alice Jester's post on Winchester Family Business on this not-unexpected situation.).
So, my fellow "Supernatural" fans, the Winchester chronicles will get a Season 666. Wait, I meant Season 6 -- my fingers slipped on the keyboard. Or maybe the Devil made me do it?
Not on the CW's early-pickup list: "Melrose Place" or "Smallville." But there is a chance those shows, especially "Smallville," could get renewals later in the season (things aren't looking quite as good for "Melrose," but you never know). IGN's Eric Goldman recently talked to CW president Dawn Ostroff and it looks like a "Smallville" renewal is likely.
Also, the CW's "Life Unexpected" isn't on this list but I very much hope it gets a second season. It's a sweet show that you may really enjoy if you liked "Gilmore Girls."
By the way, I hope to post my thoughts on "Supernatural's" "My Bloody Valentine" soon -- sorry that review is abominably late. A weekend out of town got in the way of me posting those thoughts in a timely fashion.
The "Supernatural" and "Vampire Diaries" renewals aren't unexpected, but I want to hear your thoughts on all these shows. Are you excited to get more "Supernatural" or are you wondering how they'll top Season 5's Apocalypse? Are you digging "The Vampire Diaries" as a guilty, blood-soaked pleasure or do you think it bites?
Do tell in the comment area.
Here is the Tuesday release from the CW on the renewals:
THE CW ANNOUNCES EARLY PICKUPS FOR FIVE SERIES
Freshman Hit “The Vampire Diaries,” “Gossip Girl,” “90210,” “Supernatural” and “America’s Next Top Model” To Return Next Season
February 16, 2010 (Burbank, California) ─ The CW Network has given early pickups to five series for next season, including four signature dramas and the reality hit AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL. All five shows will return in Fall 2010.
The series receiving early renewals include this season’s breakout hit THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, The CW’s most-watched show (4.6 million viewers) and the network’s number one show among adults 18-34 (2.5/8). THE VAMPIRE DIARIES premiere generated the largest audience in network history for a series debut (5.7 million total viewers). THE VAMPIRE DIARIES has improved The CW’s performance Thursday at 8:00 p.m. by 114% among women 18-34 this season. The network also renewed fan favorite SUPERNATURAL, which will enter its sixth season next year. SUPERNATURAL has one of the most loyal audiences of any show on television and does heroic work in a perennially tough time period. It has improved over last season among women and adults 18-34 (29% and 8%, respectively) this season, a remarkable accomplishment for a fifth-year show. \
Also given early pickups for next season are The CW’s Monday night sensation GOSSIP GIRL, which is The CW’s number one show among its target demographic of women 18-34, and Tuesday’s trend-setting drama, 90210, which sees some of TV’s largest percent increases from DVR playback, nearly doubling its women 18-34 live-only ratings once live+7 data is included. Wednesday anchor AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL will also be back for cycles 15 and 16 with superstar Tyra Banks and new groups of aspiring models. TOP MODEL continues to rank second in the competitive Wednesday 8:00 p.m. hour among young women 18-34 (3.4/10).