Talk:List of Supernatural episodes

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[edit] Adding Episode Pages

Can someone who's fimilar with Wikipedia better than me add the pages for each episode (or at least some of them.) If thats confusing I mean add a sperate page such as the ones for "All Hell Breaks Loose, Pt. 1 and 2" If someone will make them, I'll take the time to add the complete summaries, trivia, etc. --Harlot 10:11, 18, May, 2008(UTC)

We can't have episode pages unless they have references like All Hell Breaks Loose (Supernatural) does. If you want to look for references, I can help you make some pages. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 15:40, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
I can get refrences easy from the ratings websites and tv.com, if those are enough. - User:Harlot666 4:28, 19, May 2008 (UTC)
It's not going to be easy unfortunately. I made the Hell Breaks Loose one, and it was a bit of trouble. Try google news and avoid ones that have anything to do with blogs. If you can find five references that significantly discuss the same episode, list them here and I'll help you make the article. The easiest one will probably be the latest season finale. See this search - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 20:42, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Here's one refrence, if it counts. It provides a short summary, music from the episode, and trivia from the episode.
http://www.tv.com/supernatural/no-rest-for-the-wicked/episode/1199072/summary.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=episodessh&tag=episodes;title;0
Would getting the website where the ratings were found help? User:Harlot666] 4:50, 20, May 2008 —Preceding

[edit] Description

I noticed that the description of "Hunted" (210) doesn't seem to make sense ("After Dean tells Sam that needs to protect him or he will have to kill him, a distraught Sam sneaks off to Indiana without Dean.") Could somebody who's watched the show fix this? InvertedSaint 04:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

  • I took care of it. —simpatico talk 04:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing episodes

Umm, what the heck happened to season 2? I think the last edit was an attempt to clean up some dates, but we're now missing two episodes!! Can someone find the airdates we need and clean up the table? Or can 211.30.43.103 please explain what they were attempting to acheive? :) --Stretch 02:09, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I added a link to spoilerfix.com since most future ep summaries are word-for-word from them.

[edit] To do

  • Images. done
  • Long summaries should be moved to their own pages. done
  • References. Where's the viewers numbers coming from. - Peregrinefisher 17:22, 6 October 2006 (UTC) Added reference for the final Nielsen numbers.
  • Reformat second season episodes to match the first. - Debuskjt 17:58, 10 October 2006 (UTC) done
  • Move all summaries into articles to start stubs for individual pages. Think it would be good to just have a complete Supernatural "project" so we don't end up with ever-expanding short summaries. - Debuskjt 01:55, 19 October 2006 (UTC) Done up through current airdate.
  • Shorten summaries to be very short lead-ins to main articles. - Debuskjt 22:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC) done

[edit] Unaired episode summaries?

What is the policy here for summaries of unaired episodes? Would that not be considered a spoiler? I'm removing the summary for "Houses of the Holy" for the time being because of this. —simpatico talk 04:40, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't matter. The page is clearly tagged with a spoiler warning and Wikipedia is not censored (thus spoilers are allowed). They should be left in the article. - Debuskjt 06:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Alright. But the only way we can know the content of an unaired episode is through other people's official summaries. Are we just going to paraphrase those? Seems dangerously close to plagiarism, seeing as we have absolutely no other information to go on but exactly what is given in said summary (except for televised promos and sides -- but the pure speculation based on those things clearly should not be allowed in an encyclopedic article). Official summaries, promos, and sides may be misleading or give entirely false information about the episode (as in the incident when Summer Glau was said to be playing the zombie girl in "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things"), and there is no way of knowing whether they are correct until the episode airs and we see it ourselves. I think for the sake of accuracy, if not for the sake of people who would like to remain spoiler-free, we should not be writing summaries for unaired episodes.
However, if people are going to be doing this, they will need to cite their source for the information on the episode, since it is not yet common knowledge (i.e. you can't get that information from watching what has been released of the show). Upcoming plot points (such as those gleaned from sides) are subject to change and prone to inaccuracy, and are therefore subject to challenge and in need of a cite. —simpatico talk 06:08, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
I agree that we should be careful with upcoming episode summaries. We should be citing official sources, not spoiler websites. Also, paraphrasing is not plagiarism, we just have to be careful to not copy. - Peregrine Fisher 17:55, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Exactly. Just needs to be sourced. If not sourced, should be tagged with {{cn}}. There are reliable sources for future episodes out there, like TV Guide. Also, inaccuracy isn't so much an issue... Wiki strives for verifiability, not accuracy. - Debuskjt 00:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Writers/directors on this page

Can we please put back the writer/director information? I'm perfectly aware that it's on the individual episode pages, but the entire point of adding it in here as well was to have that information at a glance and to be able to use the browser search to find, for example, all episodes written by Eric Kripke or directed by Kim Manners. The X-Files episode page includes the writers and directors, and I've found it extremely useful more than once. Waterofthemoon 20:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I second the motion, especially now that there are no individual episode articles except All Hell Breaks Loose. I want to know who wrote what. -- Noneofyourbusiness (talk) 02:59, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Attempt to create precedent disallowing individual episodes

There is discussion at WP:AN/I#Fancruft_issue_again, and an AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kept Man that is attempting to create a precedent disallowing individual episodes. - Peregrine Fisher 18:09, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Warning User:Peregrine Fisher and User:Matthew are attempting to vote stack this AfD by telling other users that this AfD will effect unrelated episode articles. This AfD is only about this set of articles, and stands on it's own. AfD is not a vote. Editors coming here to support a different show's set of episode articles should take the time to comment on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kept Man situation individually.

-- Ned Scott 18:54, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Episode notability


[edit] Trivia

A lot of the articles about specific articles have trivia sections. The information in the trivia sections should be incorporated into the article and not remain their own separate section. I'm posting this here as I think it would be more productive to do this than to go episode by episode and place the trivia tag. Freak104 19:37, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merging Issue

I don't really understand what is going on with the whole merging thing, but PLEASE don't merge the episodes with the list page! And is this where I should be saying this, or is there another place? (Wikirocks2 14:53, 4 October 2007 (UTC))

You should probably put your response in the section above where people are talking about it. Hewinsj 19:30, 4 October 2007 (UTC)



Why cant i access the whole plot synopsis of the episodes by clicking on them anymore? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kungfujack (talkcontribs) 16:11, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] All Hell Breaks Loose

A user believes that this version of All Hell Breaks Loose (Supernatural)‎ asserts enough notability to stand on its own. It has one production note and trivial reviews. That is not notability. TTN 23:24, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Which part of the conversation made redirecting episode pages with notbility established the way to go? - Peregrine Fisher 23:31, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
The episode has not established notability. It is not just about having reviews or production notes. They must be non-trivial, and they must actually take up a chunk of space. TTN 23:37, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
WP:N says "A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject." The article meets this. Multiple articles entirely devoted to the episode. Not sure how it could be any clearer. - Peregrine Fisher 23:44, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
It's "significant coverage in reliable secondary sources", not "any sort of coverage one can dig up". There was also question of the reliability of one of the source up above. TTN 23:47, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
Digging up sources is now bad? I googled for reviews and found them. Read about TV Squad at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television/Archive 6#TV Squad as a reliable source. Bignole didn't like some reviews he read, but it is still reliable. You used to be pretty happy with WP's guidelines when they support your position. Be reasonable and abide by them when they don't. - Peregrine Fisher 23:58, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
As I said, it needs to be significant. Just digging up a couple of minor reviews doesn't cut it (no matter how reliable they are). Completely forgetting reliability and all that, the current reviews and production notes do not hold the page. TTN 00:08, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Please explain using quotes from WP policy and guideline pages. - Peregrine Fisher 00:12, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
This is one of those cases where discussion just goes back and forth when citing wording (interpretation can be annoying). I have asked for comments from the WP:EPISODE talk page. TTN 00:30, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Um, "Brett Love of TV Squad liked that instead of just focusing on another case, part 1 of "All Hell Breaks Loose" had "weight and importance that a good finale should have."[3] In regards to part 2, he felt that although he knew Sam wouldn't stay dead from part 1, the show handled Sam's coming back well. He felt Ona Grauer was "delightful" as the cross roads demon; describing her as a "supernatural used-car salesman."" -- Everything in there is unusable, except for the characterization of Grauer as a "supernatural used-car salesman". The bit about handling Sam's coming back has nothing to do with the episode in an analysis eye, it's some fanish opinion. It's like saying "Roger Ebert liked Mr. Smith." The question should be, why did he like him. There needs to be anaylsis, not just "i like this episode". The other review needs a lot of work, as it isn't written well. Do we get into the fact that the plots are about 10 times larger than they need to be. I get you're cramming two episode plots into one, but it should be written as one story and trimmed significantly. I don't see a lot of reason to keep, because the reception section is weak in that information that is usable, and the one production note...if you can write up the entire production into one sentence, then you don't have a need to even put it in its own section. You could easily just make it a footnote on the list of episodes page.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 00:43, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

What page talks about "fannish opinion"? A review states the reviewer's opinion. If a review says "X like Y," that's the most important info from a review. It's doesn't contradict NPOV, since it's stated who likes Y. Basically, I'm hearing two things. "The discussion goes back and forth." Yeah, one direction is stating how this article meats WP:N based on our guidelines, the other direction is stating that they don't, without any evidence to support that position. The other thing is calling a review "fannish," which is shorthand for you don't like it, unless there's some guideline I don't know about which says that a reviewer liking some aspect of some media isn't something we include. Neither has any basis in our guidelines or policies. Again, please fraim this debate in terms of our rules. I guess I'll just say it, our guidelines don't support any of your arguments, so please abide by them, or try to change them from the top down. - 01:19, 8 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peregrine Fisher (talkcontribs)
The reception section would be fine for a start if it was for an episode that actually established its notability. Also, the depth of the plot summary is not justified by secondary information (or rather the lack thereof). There are no production details, there is almost no analysis. Having said that, I'd point out that this episode is pretty new and was not given enough time to develop; it's also the season finale which may have more notability than average episodes. But since plot summaries exist to provide context for analysis (and not the other way around), the plot should at least be trimmed a lot, or the LoC is sufficient. The article can be recreated when the situation changes, when more secondary third-party sources and possibly DVD material is provided for production information.– sgeureka t•c 11:05, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Peregrine, it doesn't have any context. It's simply "I liked this episode." Ok, what does that have to do with analyzing the episode and explaining why you liked it. If someone said, "It's the greatest episode ever," that could still be a NPOV issue. The reason is that, just because it can be verified doesn't mean that expressing it in such a manner is being NPOV. Also, where's the negative criticism? Fairness of tone, you need to present both sides, and it needs to be more than just "I liked it," "I hated it." Our guidelines do, because you haven't provided anything that establishes notability. We covered TV Squad on the talk page of WP:RS, and it was explained to you by me, and other editors, that most of those reviews do not meet the professional quality that is asked of them, and that most of them have absolutely no analytical information about the episodes. When you write a review section, you should be describing the key components, not saying you liked them just because you're a fan of the show. That's being biased, and it means THEY are not being neutral.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 11:42, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Neutral point of view says "All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopedic content must be written from a neutral point of view, representing views fairly, proportionately and without bias." Saying the episode is the greatest ever would not be NPOV, saying so and so thought it what the greatest ever does. None of the review by RSs were unfavorable, so that takes care of proportianality and fairness of tone. We can't make up negative reception, that would violate NPOV, if we find none, then we just add nothing, representing the views fairly. As far as calling reviews from a RS fannish, or speculating on their quality, this is not for us to do. We summarize what reliable sources have said about our article's subject, that's it. Imagine some controversial subject, where an editor removes RSs supporting one position, saying they're poorly written. This would be a great weapon for violaing NPOV, so obviously it would be unnaceptable. We determine whether sources are reliable, then we summarize them fairly, no more, no less. To do otherwise allows editor opinions to direct the content of articles, instead of relying on RSs. - Peregrine Fisher 17:37, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
No it doesn't. First, you cannot say "none of the reviews", because you have 2 reviews. You're saying that there are only two reviews for this episode? That screams that there isn't a lot of notability going on here. We also use information that has context. Sorry, but the TV Squad review has about as much context as saying "Green is a color". Thanks for the clarification. Per the discussion on WP:RS, it was kind of agreed that only the reviews that actually analyzed the shows would meet our criteria for inclusion. I read no anaylsis in that TV Squad review. You might as well go to some fan forum and pull out the "I liked it" comments and use those, because that is what it is equivalent to. The review section is supposed to have analysis, not be a collection of "i like it", "I don't like it".  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 21:11, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Please provide me a link that says "it was kind of agreed that only the reviews that actually analyzed the shows would meet our criteria for inclusion." - Peregrine Fisher 22:23, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
You already provided a link to the discussion on TV Squad. I think it was clear that Jack didn't like the source at all, and I told you, which you admitted that "some reviews are better than others", that unless there is something more than " i like the episode", then the reviews were useless. The whole point of the discussion on WP:RS for TV Squad was you were asking if they were reliable. I believe I consistently told you that a lot of their reviews have nothing in them except for a lot of "this was a good episode" commentary. Sorry, but some random blogger for TV Squad saying "it was a good episode" means almost nothing. They are not a notable critic, so their opinion on what they like is equivalent to a forum or blog site, which you know how those are treated in Wiki already. That is why I said they need to have substance, and be more than just an "I like it." WP:RS even states, "Reliable sources are credible published materials with a reliable publication process; their authors are generally regarded as trustworthy, or are authoritative in relation to the subject at hand...Using reliable sources assures the reader that what is being presented meets the Wikipedia standards for verifiability and originality. Accurate citation allows the reader to go to those sources and gives appropriate credit to the author of the work." Of what authority do these reviewers have? They don't appear to write reviews for any major news organization or media house. The give in that scenario we were discussing was that if they actually analyzed the episode then it was worth using. That is why, "...Supernatural did a brave thing in wrapping up the main storyline, unlike shows such as Lost where the story is allowed to become more and more convoluted. They felt this double episode was innovative, and that "everything with the Winchester brothers is constantly changing and getting better" and "He felt Ona Grauer was "delightful" as the cross roads demon; describing her as a "supernatural used-car salesman," are about the only useful bits out of that reception section.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 22:38, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
When I said some reviews were better than others, it was a general statement about TV Squad in particular, and reviews in general. It almost sounds as if you'd like individual reviews run by you for your stamp of approval, regardless of the source. You're saying they're not a notable critic. Notability is something we apply to articles, not sources. There's no rule that we should be able to support an article on a reviewer before we can use theyre review. The part of RS you quote doesn't support your arguments, other than showing we should be using RSs like these instead of our own opinion. As far as writing for a major news house, TV Squad is part of Time Warner. That's about as big as it gets. What's there authority? They have experience writing numerous TV reviews for one of the largest media conglomerates in the world. - Peregrine Fisher 22:57, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Being a subsidiary doesn't make them authoritative. Again, reviews need to be more than just "I liked this". What is there is not only poorly written, but provides no insight into the episode at all. You're the only one saying that it is fine and proves notability. A reviewer saying "i thought it was good" doesn't prove anything. First, it's one person and not representative of anything. Second, as I stated before, says nothing about the episode. It doesn't say the episode is good, because it's a simplistic opinion. We aren't here to promote television shows, so whether someone liked it is irrelevant to how they anaylized it.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 23:17, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Episode links

You used to be able to click on each episode title and it would take you to a page for that episode but now you can't click them, what's the deal with that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Purplenurple115 (talk • contribs) 15:19, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
What happened to individual episode articles? You used to be able to click on them and it would take you to a link. Could you please bring it back?

Yes, there used to be useful information on guest stars or details on episode pages. The removal of this information has made Wikipedia demonstrably less useful to me. Too bad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.38.19.43 (talk) 06:21, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

I know what you mean. Honestly at least 50% of the time I go to Wikipedia, it's to check out an article for an episode of a TV show. Now as Wikipedia is being systematically purged of these articles (Has there been any show yet where after a 'review' it was decided to keep the pages? Even when the majority seems to support keeping the articles as is, they still go) for reasons I'm not a fan of, I find not wanting to visit Wikipedia.

[edit] Fresh Blood

At the end of the episode synopsis, it says Bela exhibits her first sign of fear. Didn't she show signs of fear when she knew she was going to get killed by the ghost in the episode before? Just pointing out an observation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.69.167.39 (talk) 10:39, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Psycho

The scene of Sheila's death in Ep 3.06 ("Red Sky At Morning") is suspiciouly similar to the bath murder in Psycho (1960 film). Albmont (talk) 02:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] The Benders

The link on the episode 'The Benders' leads to a British comedy group, rather than the family of killers I imagine it's supposed to link to. Any chance someone can fix this, as I don't know how. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.239.159.5 (talk) 12:49, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Season Finale?

Is "No Rest For The Wicked" the season three finale? There's no reference for this, and it's the 16th episode for season three, which is six fewer than seasons one/two. --Stretch (talk) 05:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't know, and a ref would be good. I do know that because of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike the season isn't as long as normal. If someone added that it's the season finale their probably right, but we should still find a ref. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 06:06, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
A ref for the information that i know has been added, if some one can add a ref for other information, it can be readded. Rau's Speak Page 21:17, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ratings

The source for the ratings needs to be updated, the current ref has no information on the shows airings. Rau's Speak Page 03:15, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

The actual ratings appear to be deeper in the web site. Look at this search. I think they only let you go back so far though. I've looked for historical nielsen ratings data and I think because it's copyrighted or something it's really hard to find old data. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 05:54, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. But if they only go back so far, then the information has become unsourced. Rau's Speak Page 16:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
It's an interesting issue. I don't know much about this source in particular but for example most newspaper articles are pulled from the web after a few weeks. Nielsen only lets you see the last week. This may be reliable. This may help to. I'm not sure if your looking for cites or just want to remove the ones that are there. If you're just looking to remove them, go ahead. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 17:22, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm trying to avoid removing the information. Rau's Speak Page 17:27, 10 May 2008 (UTC)