TV Obsession

Supernatural Pilot

Supernatural S1:E1 Pilot

I am really late to this party. Supernatural has been on the air for six and a half years. I just power watched seasons 1-6 in less than two weeks. No TV show has had me this obsessed since The X-Files. Could there be a better way to hook me into this show than to have Dean reference Mulder and Scully in the pilot? I don’t think so. It’s creepy and funny with monsters and good-looking guys. Though I have to admit, Sam and Dean are so young in the first season that I feel a little purvey. The music is also quite excellent; mostly classic rock sprinkled with some other indie stuff and then the occasional cheesy reference. I have put together a playlist from both the songs as I’ve identified them and the one’s listed on Heard on TV and Supernatural Wiki.

So anyway, after a flash back to the night Mary Winchester died pinned to the ceiling, bleeding from the belly and being engulfed in flames over Sam’s crib in Lawrence, KS, on November 2, 1983, the Pilot has Dean finding Sam at Stanford after two years apart and hooking him back into the family business of killing bad things that go bump in the night. They’re looking for their dad who has devoted his life to hunting for the thing that killed his wife. Along the way Sam and Dean track down and dispense with a ghost, a Woman in White, in the fictional town of Jerico, CA. Poor young sensitive Sammy wants to go back to his apple pie life with Jessica and the law school interview. That is until Sam flops down on the bed and opens his eyes to find Jess pinned to the ceiling and bleeding from the belly. There was, of course, blood dripping on his forehead. Then the flames erupt around her. Dean bursts in and drags Sam out. Did they mention it’s November 2, 2005? No, but they will. And this puts Sam on board with dropping out of school and pairing up with Dean to find their dad and hunt evil along the way.

We are also introduced to the Impala, Dean’s baby. I love muscle cars and this 1967 Chevy is a thing of beauty: a massive hunk of metal painted black with four doors, a big block V8 engine, and a trunk big enough for a couple of dead bodies or an armory of weapons. I learned to drive in a 1972 Chevy Malibu with similar specs, only it was white with blue interior. I miss that car. I cried the day Dad sold it for $400.

Once other quick thing: We get a glimpse of Azazel in the pilot. More on him later.

Quotes

Dean: “So what are you gonna do? You're just gonna live some normal apple pie life? Is that it?”

Sam: “No. Not normal. Safe.”

Sam: “It's the greatest hits of mullet rock.” (In reference to Dean’s collection of cassette tapes including Motörhead, Black Sabbath, and Metallica.)

Dean: “No chick-flick moments.”

Sam: “All right. Jerk.”

Dean: “Bitch.”

Aliases Used

Dean: Ted Nugent

Playlist Additions

AC/DC – Back in Black

Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin’ Man

Loveless – A Gift to the World