Super Supernatural

Let me put it in the simplest of terms. If you were/are a fan of the X-Files, and have pined away each and every Sunday night since it went off the air, and have desperately searched for a replacement series, and are NOT watching "Supernatural" on the CW Network, then you are missing the heir to the X-Files thrown. Now in it's 2nd season, Supernatural has become my favorite current TV program, bumping Medium and the somewhat tedious Heroes out of contention. Now, when I first started watching the show, it was one of many that were released that season. Threshold, Invasion, Night Stalker, Surface and others have all been cancelled and rightfully so. They sucked hard. Supernatural, on the other hand, has grown in its appeal. This show is really scary at times, and thats hard to do on TV. At first I was somewhat dubious of the two hunk leading characters and my Gay-Dar was on high alert. Not that there's anything wrong with that........of course, but you know the drill. Anyway, the more I kept up with each episode, the more hooked I got. Like I said before, the show's got scares a-plenty and the plot lines are believable due to the good writing that loosely links the stories with urban myths that we've heard all our lives. I think its this aspect that makes the show connect with us on a personal level. So, what's it about? Here's the straight line from the CW website:

Twenty-two years ago, Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki, "Gilmore Girls," "House of Wax") and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles, "Smallville," "Dark Angel") lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father John (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, "Grey's Anatomy") raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America... and he taught them how to kill it.
Sam, however, wanted nothing to do with this violent and dangerous life, and he left it behind until the day Dean appeared on his doorstep with troubling news. Their father had gone missing on a "hunting trip."
Sam and Dean have spent the last year cruising the highways of the United States in their 1967 Chevy Impala, searching for their lost father. Along the way, they battled various supernatural threats, and each other as well, for their sibling rivalries and conflicts were never far from the surface. Finally, they found their father, just as he was closing in on the demon who claimed their mother. After a climactic confrontation, the demon escaped, leaving the three Winchester men in dire shape.
So the Winchesters' mission continues. They travel the country, encountering creatures that most people believe exists only in folklore, superstition and nightmares -- vampires, spirits, revenants, reapers, even bloody clowns.
Wherever they go, the brothers continue their search for the demon that destroyed their family. During their last confrontation, the demon said he had plans for "Sam and all the children like him." Now Sam must also decipher what this means and uncover the dark secrets buried within his own past and within his family's history.
From Warner Bros. Television in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision, with executive producers McG ("Charlie's Angels," "The O.C."), writer/executive producer Eric Kripke ("Boogeyman"), Robert Singer ("Midnight Caller"), and John Shiban ("The X-Files").

You get the drift, now what in the world would keep you from watching this show?!?!? Oh, you didn't see the first season so you don't want to jump into the middle? Got your cure for that right here Sparky. http://www.warnervideo.com/supernatural/ Right here, or from your local Best Buy, Circuit City or Target for that matter, you can pick up the first season on DVD. By the time you finish it up you can be ready for the summer re-runs of season two, so you won't miss a beat. If you're still not convinced lemme' hook ya' up with this little sneak peek trailer for one of my favorite episodes called "Asylum". http://www.smallvillevirtuality.com/crypt/trailers/asylum.wmv That oughta' get ya' motivated, huh? Take a tip from another wanderer in the No X-Files wilderness, Supernatural is our best shot so far at reclaiming some creepy, couch potato moments. Check it out, you will NOT be disappointed.