Supernatural (TV series)
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| Supernatural | |
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| Genre | Paranormal Horror Mystery Drama |
| Running time | 40-45 minutes (approx.) |
| Creator(s) | Eric Kripke |
| Executive producer(s) | Eric Kripke McG Robert Singer |
| Starring | Jared Padalecki Jensen Ackles |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Original channel | The WB (2005-2006) The CW (2006-Present) |
| Original run | September 13, 2005–present |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
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| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Supernatural is an American paranormal drama television series that debuted on September 13, 2005 on the WB Television Network, and is now part of The CW's lineup, where the second season premiered on September 28, 2006.
The show follows brothers Sam and Dean Winchester, who travel across the country in a black 1967 Chevy Impala investigating paranormal events and other unexplained occurrences, regarding ghosts, vampires and other such creatures.
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[edit] Cast
[edit] Main
[edit] Recurring
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as John Winchester
- Nicki Lynn Aycox as Meg Masters (2006)
- Samantha Ferris as Ellen Harvelle (2006-Present)
- Alona Tal as Joanna Beth Harvelle (2006-Present)
- Chad Lindberg as Ash (2006-Present)
- Jim Beaver as Bobby Singer
[edit] Plot
When Sam Winchester was an infant and his brother Dean was four years old, their mother, Mary, was murdered on November 2, 1983 (All Souls' Day in the Roman Catholic Church). Her husband, John, saw blood dripping onto Sam's cradle, looked up, and found his wife pinned to the ceiling, her midsection sliced open. A moment later, she burst into flames. John told Dean to take baby Sam outside and made a desperate and futile attempt to save his wife while the house was consumed by flames.
After a psychic told John that a demon was responsible for Mary's death, he became obsessed with finding and destroying it. He trained his sons to recognize and defend themselves against paranormal entities. Sam and Dean became resourceful sleuths and competent fighters in order to assist their father in his quest to destroy dangerous creatures and find the demon that had killed Mary. However, Sam chafed against the lifestyle his father chose for him, eventually falling-out with his father and leaving to live a "normal" life. He attended Stanford University on a full scholarship and lived with a girlfriend, Jessica, in an apartment near campus. But when Dean appears one night during the autumn of his senior year, bearing the news that their father has gone missing while on a "hunting trip," Sam reluctantly agrees to help Dean look for their father.
The brothers trace John to Jericho, California, where they find more clues about their father's location and help solve a murder mystery. However, Sam declines his brother's invitation to continue the search and conduct more hunts, opting instead to return to his life with Jessica. Unfortunately, shortly after arriving in his apartment, he finds her pinned to the bedroom ceiling, bleeding from the abdomen. As Sam watches helplessly, she bursts into flames and dies in the same manner as his mother. Dean rescues his brother from the burning apartment, and the bereaved Sam decides to resume the search for the demon who killed his mother and his girlfriend. The Winchester boys then pick up the trail of clues leading to the whereabouts of their missing father.
Eventually the brothers locate him, and he reveals the extent of his knowledge of the demon that killed Mary, and his intention to kill it. At first he opposes the boys' involvement because he fears losing them, but eventually he yields and all three Winchesters, now in possession of a gun that can kill any being, band together and start to hunt the demon in earnest. However, due to a series of catastrophic events (beginning with John's capture), they are eventually overpowered by the demon, who, while possessing John, nearly tortures Dean to death before Sam can shoot him in the leg with the Colt. Sam tries to rush Dean and John to the hospital, but a demon strikes again, totaling the Impala and leaving all three Winchesters incapacited. While in the hospital, John makes a deal to save comatose Dean, trading the Colt along with his own life. Both Dean and Sam struggle to cope with John's death while trying to continue their job.
[edit] Episodes
| Season | Ep # | First Airdate | Last Airdate |
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| Season 1 | 22 | September 13, 2005 | May 04, 2006 |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 28, 2006 | 2007 |
[edit] Production notes
Supernatural is a Warner Bros. Television Production Inc., in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision. From executive producers McG and Peter Johnson with writer / executive producer / creator Eric Kripke and director / executive producer David Nutter. Though the pilot was filmed in California, principle filming takes place in Vancouver, British Columbia[1] with post production work taking place in California.[citation needed]
Like fellow sci-fi show Lost, the show does not have an opening credit sequence or theme music, only a title card, generally following a brief recap of previous episodes. In season two, it appears in flames and the "A" in "Supernatural" becomes a pentagram. The name of each episode appears before the cast credits beginning with the episode "Scarecrow."
[edit] Tie-ins
- The website featured in the episode "Hell House" is a real website set up by the show's producers.
- For a time, Dean's cell number was a real number, with Jensen Ackles reading the message: "This is Dean Winchester. If this is an emergency, leave a message. If you are calling about 11-2-83, page me with your coordinates."[2]
- There will be a comic book about John becoming a hunter and how he met Bobby, Ellen, etc. It is scheduled for a summer 2007 release.[3]
- Supernatural season 2 was made avaliable on iTunes recently[4]. It is the first CW show avaliable.
[edit] Dean's car
Dean's trademark black 1967 Chevy Impala, which bears the license plate KAZ 2Y5,[5] was passed down to him by his father. It has been prominently featured on the series.[5] The car is Dean's most prized possession, and he protects it with nearly the same ferocity with which he protects his younger brother. In the pilot episode, the trunk is revealed to hold various weaponry to fight the supernatural. Though it is damaged at the end of "Pilot," it is repaired and the car is featured throughout the first season until a tragic crash at the end of the season finale. The car is in repairs at the beginning of the second season, though Dean beats the trunk of the car with a tire iron in anger at the end of "Everybody Loves a Clown." [6] It appears for the first time fully repaired in "Bloodlust" in an extended sequence to the soundtrack of AC/DC's Back In Black.
Mind-controlled, Dean cheerfully gives the car to Andy Gallagher in "Simon Said," but the brothers soon recover it.
[edit] International
- Telefé — Argentina
- AXN — Asia
- Network Ten — Australia
- SBT — Brazil
- Citytv — Canada
- Space: The Imagination Station
- Access in Alberta
- 3+ — Denmark
- SubTV — Finland
- TVB Pearl — Hong Kong
- RTL Klub — Hungary
- TV3 — Ireland
- yesSTARS - Israel
- Warner Channel — Latin America
- TV3 — Malaysia
- Veronica — The Netherlands
- TV Norge — Norway
- RPC Channel 4 — Panama
- TVN — Poland
- Studio 23 — Philippines
- RTP2 — Portugal
- Channel 5 - Singapore
- AXN — Spain
- SVT — Sweden
- ITV2 — United Kingdom
- premiered on ITV1
- AXN — Portugal
[edit] DVD releases
Region 1
| DVD name | Ep # | Cover art | Release date | Additional features |
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| The Complete First Season | 22 |  |
September 5, 2006 | Cast/crew commentaries, deleted scenes, a gag reel, "Supernatural: Tales From the Edge of Darkness" featurette, "Day in the Life of Jared and Jensen" featurette, and sneak peek of the second season. |
Region 2
| DVD name | Ep # | Cover art | Release date |
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| Season One - Part One | 11 |  |
May 22, 2006 |
| Season One - Part Two | 11 |  |
August 21, 2006 |
| The Complete First Season | 22 |  |
October 2, 2006 |
Region 4
| DVD name | Ep # | Cover art | Release date | |
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| The Complete First Season | 22 | |
September 6, 2006 |
Itunes released Supernatural as the first CW Network show on it's system on December 5th, 2006. You can Download each new episode a day after it is aired. The first season however is not avalible on itunes yet.
The first season boxed set came out in the US on September 5, 2006. It includes all 22 episodes, cast / crew commentaries, deleted scenes, a gag reel and several featurettes including "Supernatural: Tales From the Edge of Darkness" and "Day in the Life of Jared and Jensen." There is also a DVD-ROM "sneak peek" of the second season.[7] Best Buy bundled an exclusive DVD of the Museum of Television and Radio's 2006 William S. Paley Festival Panel interviewing Kripke, Ackles, Padalecki, and several other producers, writers, and directors from the show.
Although the DVD was released almost simultaneously in Australia, all extras were removed, though there were still many references to their existence inside the case. In the UK, "Season One - Part One" was released on May 22, 2006, followed by the release of "Season One - Part Two" on August 21, 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ HNR - Vancouver & BC Film & TV News, Lists and Links. Hollywood North Report. Retrieved on 2006-10-10.
- ^ A SUPERNATURAL Number. Cinescape (2005-10-08). Retrieved on 2006-10-10.
- ^ Supernatural: Your Burning Questions Answered!. online.tvguide.com (2006-10-12). Retrieved on 2006-10-16.
- ^ Supernatural on iTunes. iTunes. Retrieved on 2006-12-07.
- ^ a b Episode 1x01 - Pilot. The Winchester Journals. Retrieved on 2006-10-10.
- ^ Everybody Loves a Clown recap. tv.com (2006-08-10). Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
- ^ Gord, Lacey (2006-05-04). Supernatural date and extras for season 1. TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved on 2006-09-05.
[edit] External links
[edit] See Also
| Supernatural view • talk • edit |
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| Episode Guide | |
| Characters | |
| Ash | Bobby | Dean | Ellen | Jo | John | Mary | Meg | Missouri | Sam | The Demon | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| The Colt | The Impala | Harvelle’s Roadhouse | Singer Salvage Yard | |
| Legends | |
| Bloody Mary | Hook Man | Vampires | Wendigo | Woman in White | |
