It’s Supernatural Day, the anniversary of the day the pilot first aired. And I have been watching Psych for a week rather than beginning my Supernatural rewatch, which I should feel guilty about. However, Supernatural has wormed its way into my viewing anyway, as it always does. Every episode has someone from Supernatural in it, because one of the Psych costars is Tim Omundson, who played Cain. However, since it was also filmed in Vancouver, every episode has also had someone else from Supernatural, ranging from Alex Calvert to That Guy Who Played A Hunter Who Forced Sam To Drink Demon Blood. Today I watched 1.06, which was the first episode that (as far as I can tell) didn't have a second Supernatural actor. But it did have (1) the guy who played Kripke on Big Bang Theory, and (b) a re-enactment of a Civil War battle that took place in Lawrence, Kansas. So I think it still counts.

Here we are at episode 17. No recap but plenty of random comments. And some blurry caps.

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I don't know if anybody's in the mood to think about Walker today, but I need to talk about something other than {ahem} prequelgate, so let's just share some brief thoughts, not a whole recap.

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WELL. Turns out I have a lot to say about this episode. Maybe because it's the first one I actually watched on a TV and not on my phone? Maybe because the whole thing was one big Supernatural fanfic? But I had a lot of thoughts and feelings about this one and decided I need to do an actual recap. (Don't count on it ever happening again.)

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We're up to episodes 10 and 11. Keep in mind that I skip through a lot of teenage drama and shit.

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So, here we are, coming off of a hiatus, waiting to see the last episodes of Supernatural. Um. Haven't we been here before?

TNT is thoughtfully showing a s15 marathon in preparation for tonight. I stayed home sick yesterday and was kind of disappointed with the lineup at first, because let's face it, s15 has not been stellar so far. But I was surprised at how enjoyable it was. I already knew Proverbs 17:03 was very rewatchable (Sassy new Lilith? Sam's brother-against-brother dreams? You know it!), as well as Golden Time (Sam the witch! The return of Eileen!) but surprisingly, Atomic Monsters has aged pretty well (the one with the vampire kid). And even Last Call (the one where I fast-forward through Dean Jensen singing) has some nice moments if you ignore the stupidity and watch it on enough of a delay to let you fast-forward through Dean Jensen singing.

I was reading my recaps to decide which episodes to watch (because, friends, I get two channels of TNT, which means two episodes are airing at once; can you believe it?) and let me tell you, as I have told you before, how much I love and appreciate all of you. Those of you who comment all the time, those of you who come out of lurkdom to make one comment, those of you who read but never comme

I have, as usual, tried oh so hard to avoid spoilers, which means there are lot of tempting promos I've ignored, interviews I've declined to watch, etc. But I did see that Jared got his Walker makeover. Looks like The Beard abides. Gotta say, I like the shorter hair. Let's hope his new hairstylist isn't as enthusiastic about hairspray as the one from Supernatural. Even if I don't watch the show, I plan to appreciate the GIFs to come.



Almost time, friends. See you on the other side!

I didn’t expect Yahoo News to throw a bunch of Supernatural feels at me today. But first they hit me with this: A customer service rep at LAX (airport in Los Angeles, for my international friends) talks about celebrities who are nice and those who are not, and she says

“Jared Padalecki. Yes, he is that hot in person. He was a 12 out of 10, he was so freakin’ polite,” Cindy said. “He actually stopped to talk to me.” OF COURSE HE DID, CINDY.

(You can see the whole Tik Tok here.)

And then the universe said BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE, and gave me THIS. ‘The Boys’ Casts Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy for Season 3. (This is the Yahoo story that grabbed my attention, but you can read the original version here.)

According to the article, “Soldier Boy is known as ‘the original superhero,’ who fought in World War II and became ‘the first super celebrity, and a mainstay of American culture for decades.’” Oh, in other words, CAPTAIN FUCKING AMERICA.



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As we enter week one of A Month Without New Episodes, let's talk about something completely unrelated to Supernatural. I've been re-listening to one of my favorite podcasts, The Monster Hunters. Yes, I know you're saying "that actually sounds like it might be completely related to Supernatural," but it's not. They have nothing in common.

It's a charming, nutty British comedy podcast about two men who, yes, do hunt monsters, but they do it in England in the 1970s. And they're not brothers. One is a quiet, kind, scholarly professor. In the second episode, he finds himself attracted to a woman for the first time since a year ago, when his wife was killed by a monster. Sadly, the new woman is bitten by a werewolf and insists on killing herself with his silver-bullet-laden gun. The other is a fighter, a drinker (especially Scotch), and a ladies man. He drives a Jensen, which is an old British sportscar I've never heard of, and has an ex-wife whose maiden name is Winchester.

Oh, wait a minute...

The universe has been trying to tell me something. Friday I caught an episode of The X-Files called "Bad Blood," which naturally pinged my SPN radar because it was produced by Kim Manners, it involved vampires, it included Mitch Pileggi, and some of it was set in a cemetery that has to be the one used for Stull Cemetery.




Also, it's a fantastic episode, and Luke Wilson is a hoot, and you should watch it if you get the chance. You don't have to be an X-Files watcher to appreciate it.

Later that day I was scrolling through the TV listings and something else came up - I don't remember if it was a movie, or an episode of a different TV show, but it was also called "Bad Blood." And Saturday morning I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts (My Favorite Murder) and they talked about a book called Bad Blood. And I said okay, universe, I get it. You want me to rewatch the SPN episode "Bad Blood."

Except... That episode doesn't exist. I was sure it did. In my head, "Bad Blood" was the episode where Sam kills Gordon Walker. But no, that one's called "Fresh Blood." So I kept looking. We've got "Dead Man's Blood" and "Bloody Mary" and "First Blood" and "Bloodlust" and various other blood-related titles but no Bad Blood, and (1) why did I think we had one, and (b) how do we not have one? How have they missed such an obvious title?

So now I have to figure out what the universe is trying to tell me. Maybe I have undiagnosed syphilis. Maybe I'm just supposed to listen to Neil Sedaka.


Is this song stuck in your head now? Welcome to my nightmare.

And now, since I'm having poll withdrawal...

[Poll #2083541]

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