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Once again, I recently got to spend the weekend with two of my favorite
guys—Sam and Dean Winchester—two brothers who hunt the supernatural
and send evil back to hell, where it belongs.
At the end of season two, the gates of hell are opened, and all kinds of nasty evil escapes into the world. Dean (Jensen Ackles) makes a deal with the crossroads demon to resurrect his brother, and he gets only a year to live—instead of the normal ten—before the hell hounds
come to drag him away. If he tries to renege on the deal, Sam (Jared Padalecki) dies.
Dean becomes even more reckless than usual, and he refuses to help Sam find a way to save his skin. He intends to go down fighting, taking out as many evil creatures as he can before the hounds come for his soul.
After the yellow-eyed demon was destroyed, Sam lost his psychic powers, so he returns as just a normal guy. Desperate but powerless to save his brother, Sam still searches for a way to do it, even believing in a demon named Ruby (Katie Cassidy), who says she knows how to save Dean. But is she lying to get Sam right where she wants him for her own purposes?
Throughout the season, Sam and Dean, run into a thief named Bela (Lauren Cohan), who makes their life miserable and puts them in grave danger for her own selfish means. But there’s more to Bela than anyone knows, and her life comes down to a shocking revelation.
In addition to the storyline above, you’re treated to some pretty creepy episodes just in time for Halloween. Below are the highlights to a few.
Dean runs into an old girlfriend in “The Kids Are Alright,” and she has an eight-year-old son who reminds Dean of himself—which totally freaks him out, since he could be the father. But that’s not as the creepy as the way the other children in the neighborhood stare at Dean like he’s lunch.
In “Bad Day at Black Rock,” Sam becomes the owner of a rabbit’s foot that brings him phenomenal luck—that is, until he loses it to Bela, who plans to sell it to the highest bidder, and his luck takes a turn for the worst. If they don’t destroy the rabbit’s foot, it’ll kill Sam—but not Bela, since she knew enough about its power not to touch it.
My favorite episode is “Mystery Spot,” in which Sam keeps waking up on the same Tuesday à la Groundhog Day. Worse yet, he has to watch Dean die over and over. Though this episode was a bit serious, I also couldn’t help laughing at the bizarre ways in which Dean dies: choking on breakfast, taco food poisoning, piano dropping on him, et cetera. And every time Dean dies and Sam wakes up to “Heat of the Moment” by Asia playing on the radio, I Iaughed myself silly.
Supernatural is, hands down, the best series of its kind on television. Though it’s often creepy and serious, humor is often thrown in to keep it light. Dean never fails to make me laugh with his wacky one-liners, and he’s still as charming as ever. With his sensitive heart and strong demeanor, Sam is as close to the perfect man as you’ll
ever get. I’d definitely want him to come to my rescue—or stand between me and a demon.
Adventure, chilling scenes, pulse-pounding fights, and every ghoulish creature you can imagine await in the third season of Supernatural. And when the surprising climatic ending is thrust upon you, you’re going to want to pick up the story in the fourth season on television. But do yourself a favor and pick up seasons one and two first—
not only to catch the back-story, but also just for the pure enjoyment of it.
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