One of my favorite guilty pleasures is back on the air with new episodes tonight – Supernatural. It’s cheesy and occasionally stupid but pretty damn fun and sometimes even a bit scary.
It’s the story of Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers who travel across American back roads in Dean’s ’67 Chevy Impala blasting classic rock, killing demons and sending vengeful spirits to their eternal rest. Their mother was killed by a demon when they were kids and their father became a “Hunter.” Eventually, the boys take up their father’s mission as their own.
It sometimes has a Scooby-Do “monster of the week” structure to it, but the sets are top notch American gothic, and the special effects are good for a television show. There is also an ongoing plot centered around a war between demons that has spilled over to the “real” world and the Winchester family’s connections to that conflict.
All in all, I’d say if you like Kansas’ “Carry On Wayward Son,” sawed-off shotguns loaded with rock-salt and demon armies, you might want to check it out.
This montage gives you a good feel for the show, I think: