SUPERNATURAL... Just thought I’d comment on how awesome this latest season (Season 4) has been so far. But first, let me do a RECAP on past seasons: In Season 1, Sam and Dean Winchester are out to look for their missing dad, as well as the Yellow-Eyed Demon who killed their mother when they were young. In Season 2, Dean vanquishes the Yellow-Eyed Demon but makes a deal with the Crossroads Demon to resurrect Sam after he is "killed" towards the end of the second season. Their dad, John Winchester, died at the beginning of Season 2 as part of a deal he made with the Yellow-Eyed Demon to spare John’s sons from further harm. In Season 3, Sam tries his best to save Dean after he made that deal with the Crossroads Demon in Season 2. The deal: Dean would only have one more year to live if he wanted Sam brought back from the dead. Unfortunately, Sam fails in saving his brother...and Dean ultimately meets his fate at the hands (or claws) of 'hellhounds', and is brought to Hell.
This brings us to Season 4. At the beginning of the first episode, Dean wakes up and finds himself inside a coffin lying in the middle of a grass field. He emerges from the coffin, and is bewildered to discover that he is alive. We don’t know why Dean was brought back...until we are introduced to Castiel (Misha Collins), an 'Angel of the Lord'. Turns out, it was Castiel who rescued Dean from Hell, the reason being that Castiel needs Dean to help him and the rest of the forces of Heaven to wage war against the demons. Under Lilith (who escaped from Hell at the end of Season 2 and was responsible for Dean’s death at the conclusion of Season 3), the demons are out to break 66 Seals that will unleash Lucifer and the apocalypse onto the world. At the same time this is happening, Sam—who it is eventually revealed had demon blood given to him when he was an infant (by the Yellow-Eyed Demon)—is perfecting the telekinetic powers that allow him to exorcise and kill demons.
I’ll end the recap above, haha. As you can see, what makes Supernatural such a kick-ass show is the fact that like other TV serial dramas such as 24 and Prison Break (I don't watch Lost or Heroes), we see continual progression with Sam and Dean’s characters. Sam is increasingly changing (for the worse?) ever since he discovered he had psychic abilities in Season 1, and Dean is discovering that he has a large role in the battle between Heaven and Hell. Castiel himself is such an awesome character. Imagine having him as a guardian angel watching over you. That sounds kinda cheesy, but you wouldn’t have to worry about the boogeyman hiding in your closet at nights, hahaha. Castiel would kick his ass. Seriously though, Misha Collins does a great job portraying the angel. The concept of Sam having a demon as a girlfriend (Ruby) is also interesting. I can't wait to see what the writers have in store for Sam during the rest of Season 4, as well as future seasons. Hopefully it’ll be epic. We’re talking about the apocalypse here!
One more thing: What also makes Supernatural awesome is the fact that there is at least one hot chick per episode. There has to be. Otherwise, this wouldn’t be a true CW show, haha.
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