Supernatural centers around two brothers who hunt down and dispatch mythic demons and ghouls with great relish and determination. Now in it’s third season, the brothers, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) are faced with two pressing issues: 1) an open gateway to hell (one they opened in Season 2) needs to be closed, or else the demons that have sprung forth will continue to wreak havoc on innocent people 2) Dean must find a way to reclaim his soul from the devil (after selling it to save the life of his brother). Along the way, the two brothers team up with a variety of characters in order to do battle with the forces of darkness, and all things supernatural.
I can’t help but feel as though I’m at a loss having never seen the previous seasons of Supernatural prior to this review. Thankfully, there is a brief primer at the beginning of the season opener, but no amount of recap can supplement the experience of two entire seasons. As such, I was not invested in the characters, their plight or the consequences of their actions, in this season or others. Having a limited understanding of their origins was also a problem, but Supernatural doesn’t really strike me as an incredibly complex, dense storyline either. In that way, the show is entirely accessible for mass audiences, and should you want to pass the time, you would certainly find much to entertain your mind grapes here — just don’t expect to exercise them too much.
Still, Supernatural succeeds admirably in what is surely its principle goal, to be an entertaining, demonic slasher piece, but it never breaks any new ground either. In other words, it’s not a particularly novel show/concept. I wish I could say that I was more enthralled by it, but truth is, I wasn’t. As the season drew to a close, I found myself pushing forward not because of a burning interest, but more so because I wanted to get to the end and start writing the review.
While I may not be the show’s biggest fan, or advocate for that matter, I’d definitely be up for starting the series from the beginning, should the first two seasons ever make their way to Blu-ray. Perhaps then I will have the necessary framework and background to truly appreciate the show. Nonetheless, I still had fun watching it, and I have no doubt that fans and newcomers alike will be pleased to see it in HD.
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