Monday, April 24, 2006
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
SPOOKY! Supernatural, ITV1, 11.00pm
Please, do your best to forget about last week's episode where the Winchester brothers battled a racist ghost truck (seriously, we are not making this shit up) - because it's become something of a rule on Supernatural that a not-very-good filler episode always get placed before a really awesome one (see also the airing of 'Bugs' right before 'Home'), so we're in for a treat with tonight's episode.
We've had a few hints in previous episodes that Sam has some kind of unusual ability - and boy howdy does that come to fruition tonight when Sam has a clear premonition of a man's death. What we particularly like about the way Sam's new power is developed in this episode is the way in which it's shown to be terrifying and painful - just watch out for the scenes where his premonitions start occurring to him during the daytime (where they'd previously just been in his dreams) and tell us that doesn't look like it hurts like a mother. There may even be further developments for Sam down that road, but we shan't spoil them for you.
Another thing that rules about this episode: Aunt Zelda is one of this week's guest stars (we're going to assume you've all seen Sabrina The Teenage Witch and know who we're talking about), playing the widow with the obligatory dark secret. And! We get more backstory on the demon that killed Mary Winchester years ago, spurring the boys off on their hunt in the first place.
It's a Sam-oriented episode, but that doesn't mean we're shortchanged over the lovely Dean, either - his ever-present dirty smirk and bedroom eyes continue to spontaneously remove the pants of every woman and 10% of all men watching (although somehow we think that men of "that" type probably make up considerably more than 10% of this show's audience, because lord knows we do like The Pretty). Hurrah! Oh, and just try not to think impure thoughts when the boys dress up as priests.
Oh, and one last thing: Sam comes out of the closet in this episode. Whee!
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