Supernatural Season Five DVD (Vol 1) Cover Art

In some countries like UK, the DVD is split into 2 volumes. In Australia, we don't even get volume 1, we have to wait longer to get the full season. Thanks why Amazon always get the extra cookie from me! Anyway, here is the DVD artwork of the volume 1. Source Kryptonsite.

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As you can see on the backcover of the DVD, there is one commentary on The End by the Eric Kripke. I am hoping there will be more commentaries from Jensen and Jared and the rest of the cast on Changing Channels or The Song Remains the Same.

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My Supernatural Bloody Valentine clips; Another Hellatus

Valentines Day with Cupid, Huggy Bear and the Winchesters

Needless to say, I am on lock down. So here are a few clips if you want to be spoiled. Episode 5.13 My Bloody Valentine airs Thursday 11 February on The CW.

Castiel (Misha Collins) helps Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) hunt down Cupid (guest star Lex Medlin) on Valentine’s Day after townspeople start to kill each other for love. However, after Cupid tells them he’s innocent, they discover Famine (guest star James Otis), one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, has arrived in town. Mike Rohl directed the episode written by Ben Edlund.

Oh Hell-Hellatus!

Oh Hell!! I knew another hellatus was coming, I was hoping it to be a mini one, but this is long! That's right folks, Supernatural will go into a six week hellatus.

SpoilerTV reports "Vampire Diaries and Supernatural will go on hiatus after the February 11th episode and won't be back till March 25th. On the bright side as on March 25th they will have no breaks until the season finales on May 13th."

PS - I am working on the blog post for The Song Remains the Same. It should be online today.

Hello Hot Stuff: Supernatural Hot Stuff

Super SUPER hot photos from the Supernatural 100th Episode Party from Hollywood Reporter.

Is that McG? I wonder how much he is involved with the show creatively. I would actually love to see McG to direct an episode. One of those Terminator post-apocalyse episodes would be nice. He should've casted Jensen Ackles to play John Connor instead of Christian Bale!! Also, I think if there is someone who could help Kripke to influence the WB to back a Supernatural movie, it's McG! I really want to see a Supernatural movie!

More photos can be found on Hollywood Reporter. Knock yourself out!

I love how Jared is like "Hellz Yeah! 100th Episode bizzatches!"

Thanks to bjthirtythree for uploading the video!

Question: How would you react when you see God in person? OMFG!

SpoilerTV reports a casting call for 5.19 OMFG. That's right folks. OMGF! As in O-M-F-G! Details here. I wonder who an Indian woman, what is the significance of that? I mean, why not Korean (which Yunjin Kim would be perfect for it). Will wait and see.

Good read of the week: 'Lost' and 'Supernatural': Have they become the same show? by Maureen Ryan

Interesting list of similarities by Maureen. Very interesting!

What I like about Supernatural is that it answers questions! Lost DOESN'T. Didn't the Lost creators said not ALL questions will be answered by the end of the series? This is the only thing I complain about Lost, otherwise, Daniel Frekking Farady for the WIN! I think Eric Kripke is a better showrunner and he has a better vision on the story arc from the get go.

Read the full article here.

I am shattered! He is not Michael or God! (Spoiler! Spoiler!)

Newarama had an interview with Michael Shanks who will be on Smallville and Supernatural. I know I was living in hope that he will be Archangel Michael or God.. I know! I know! I am shattered! But still good to see the Shanks on Supernatural! His next project for The CW could be Gossip Girl.. (#fakerumordonotbelieveit).

Did you know Michael's wife Lexa Doig was Risa on Supernatural: The End? She was also on SG1 as Dr Lam. That's how they met.. you know!

Nrama: So what do you have coming up next?

Shanks: I literally just yesterday finished a guest spot on Supernatural. I had a relatively minor role in it, working with Jared (Padalecki) and Jensen (Ackles), and a few other actors, fighting some demons and throwing down with the boys. I think that will be out in a couple months. The episode is called, I think, '99 Problems'. I'm not featured quite prominently in it, but it was a lot of fun to play in that universe. It fit into my schedule quite handily. That's why I did it.

Nrama: Is there anything about the character you can tell us?

Shanks: Yeah. The character's name is Rob, and he's a member of the Sacrament Lutheran Church, and basically it's a township that has pretty much organized to fight the demon apocalypse that's coming. They're not running and screaming. They're hunkering down. They've figured out a way to fight and whatnot. They boys come across them and are quite enamored by they way they've organized themselves. They have a sort of militia...when a tragedy occurs in Rob's family he sort of takes a bit of a hardline approach when it comes to his beliefs. I'll leave it at that because it starts getting into spoiler territory beyond that.

Speculation only! Could the CW pair up Smallville and Supernatural again?

Remember this?

Devoted to Smallville posted a TVGuide scan on their site. See for yourself!

I would love to see the CW to pair up Smallville and Supernatural again, if they get season 10 and season 6 respectively. But not so sure about Friday night, I suppose it could be a good thing. One way or another, it doesn't effect my viewing habit! But like I said previously, I would love to see Smallville to hit 4mil and Supernatural to hit 3.5 mil in their finale season.

However, it'd be funny if the CW launches the new drama about cheerleaders (produced by Tom Welling) after Smallville on Friday night. Just saying....

Want to know more about the new CW pilot projects, read them here. Betwixt sounds strangely familiar!

Your thoughts?

Supernatural 100th episode title revealed

Geniuses at work

BuddyTV and Krytonsite revealed that the title for Supernatural 100th episode (5.18) is Point of No Return. This episode will air on April 15, 2010.

As per usual, episode title may change, who knows! I am not even going start thinking about the 100th episode! May be I will after I watch The Song Remains the Same.

Just so you know, there are songs that have the same title. Including Point of No Return by Rex Hobart and the Misery boys and Point of No Return from the Phantom of the Opera. Go figure!

I will keep you posted!!

Supernatural Rewatch: 4.03 In the Beginning, Mum Was a Babe

You should read this blog with Ramblin' Man by The Allman Brothers Band.

To get ready for 5.13 The Song Remains the Same, KaraLambo and I did a TwitCom on 4.03 In the Beginning, which is one of our favorite episodes. In the Beginning was written by two of my favorite writers Eric Kripke and Jeremy Carver. This episode was directed by Steve Boyum.

Instead of re-posting the tweets from the TwitCom, I've decided to treat this blog post like a blog post. Before I get started, I just want to get this out there. While I was twitter-drunk, I wouldn't stop calling episode 5.13 Back to The Future II or In the Middle, and I think at one stage, I called it In the Middle of the Same Song. My apologies to the Eric Kripke.

First up, Previously on! I think sometimes, people underestimate the power of the Previously on. Supernatural does very very good Previously on. When a Previously on was awesome, 10 out of 10 times the episode is epic. Like Home and In the Beginning, the Previously on really set the tone of the episode.

I was listening to the DVD commentary of this episode by Eric Kripke and Jeremy Carver, when talking about how awesome Misha is as Castiel, Jeremy mentioned that when he wrote this episode, he hasn't seen Misha before and the season premier hasn't even been filmed, so there was no rushes for him to view. To see Misha nails this role perfectly is a pure joy! Both Eric and Jeremy were very complimentary about Misha. At one stage, Jeremy called Misha 'a hottie in a body'.

I love it when a Supernatural episode surprises me, especially when an episode appears to be a filler. I guess that's why I enjoyed Monster at the End of the Book and Changing Channels. As you know, yours truly don't watch spoiler clips, so apart from the photos and official synopsis, I really don't know too much about an episode before it aired. I was really expecting In the Beginning to be a funny-filler-Back to the Future style episode. But In the Beginning is so mytho heavy and sad (I think I cried twice - when Dean was asking Mary not to get out of bed on November 2, 1983 and when Dean found out Mary made the deal with YED.)

In the diner scene in 1973, when Dean walked into the diner, The Power of Love by Huey Lewis was playing in my head! Jeremy said he was going to make everyone in the diner to dress like Rich (the dude who works there..). He also joked that he was going to write Dean roller skated into the diner. I'd love to see that! There was this McFly moment when Dean and young John were responding to the old man who walked in and said "Winchester!" (McFly!) I love that scene.

I was listening to a classic episode of the Crossroads Podcast, Tim mentioned that the song that was playing in the diner was Ramblin' Man by The Allman Brothers Band. Same song that was played in the Pilot when Dean was filling up the Impala. I love it when a later episode of Supernatural paid homage of the Pilot. Ramblin' Man is one of the most played songs on my iPod. It's interesting to listen to the classic Crossroads, I always love listening to Tim's theory.

Another thing I love about Supernatural is that they do really good casting. I guess apart from the Lillith in Monster at the End of the Book and Lucifer Rising, every single guest star is very well-cast. Why I don't think this Lillith was good? I think Lillith has always been a creepy little 8 years girl, even when she possessed a grown up body, Ruby 1.0 (Katie Cassidy in No Rest for the Wicked). So when I saw the performance by the actress who played Lillith in Monster at the End of the Book and Lucifer Rising, I was like where is Lillith? She didn't channel the mannerism, not so much Katie's mannerism, but Lillith's mannerism. All actors who played YED, Alastair and Meg, they all channeled the same mannerism. So.. there!

Anyway, I went way off track. RIGHT! Back to casting! Supernatural does really good casting, Mitch Pileggi was excellent as Grandpa Samuel. I am really pleased with the casting of Matthew Cohen and Amy Gumenick as young John and Mary. I cannot think of anyone else who could play the roles better. Not only they look like JDM and Samatha Smith, they are really convincing as young John and Mary. Not only Matthew Cohen and Amy Gumenick have great chemistry, they also have great chemistry with Jensen Ackles. Mitch Pileggi and Jensen also have great chemistry, the scene between YED and Dean was really cool.

Now that we've seen the back story of Mary, we understand her character a bit more, as Kara pointed out you can really see there is a little bit of Mary in Dean and Sam, it's something you couldn't see in previous episodes because we simple didn't know anything about Mary. Too bad the writers decided to leave Sam out of this episode for creative reasons. But do not worry! Sam is in the next episode.

Before I forget, I have a wish for 5.13! I want Dean and Sam to say out loud to Mary:

"MUM, I LOVE YOU"
And then Dean and Sam to hug Mary before they are back to 2010 (bring out the Kleenex)

While I am on the subject of Mary and John, I know this will NEVER happen! (OK, may be in a fan fiction), but I really want to see Mary and John hunt together. I wonder how it would be like.

Do you think this episode (with Dean going back) changed the course of history? I mean, the YED knew Dean would be the one who killed him. On one hand, whatever happened, happened. But people are the variables, perhaps somehow somewhere they did change the course of history? Time traveling is a complex concept. I wish Daniel Faraday was on the show!

We found out through Dean, that Mary was a hunter. A big revelation! And no one knew about it. Not even John. If Dean didn't go back, we would've never known this. I know Kara called it! She knew! But to me, it was a total surprise. Even when Mary walked up to Dean in the alleyway and asked him why was he following her and John, I thought perhaps she was possessed by a demon and knew things. But NO, she knew because she has a good sense of surroundings.

While I am on the subject, I just want to list a number of seriously big revelations in the Winchester Gospel:

1.) Mary was a hunter and she made the deal with YED
2.) Dean broke the first seal and he is Michael's vessel
3.) Sam broke the last seal and he is Lucifer's vessel
4.) John was sweet?
5.) God has left the building
6.) Gabriel is Trickster
7.) Dean's amulet was a God EMF

Anything missing here??

There are certainly weird questions while I was watching this episode:

- Is it me or is it weird that Mary and John stayed in Lawrence after what Mary's been through with the YED. Like, ok.. I'll just wait here... for the YED to come back in 10 years time. Did she do any research on the YED and why he would come back?

- Dean told Mary to not get out of bed on November 2, 1983. Why didn't she remember it or write it down? (Kripke asked the same thing during the commentary.)

- Did John ever question what happened to himself? Surely he knew he was dead, his neck got snapped. Did he ever question what happened to Samuel and Deanna? According to the Comic, John never find out Mary was a hunter.

- So the angels knew what Azazel did to Sam, but they didn't know why. What his end game was. Surely they know! His end game was to prepare Sam for Lucifer! Surely they know if Dean is Michael's vessel, there is a possibility of Sam being Lucifer's vessel.

- Castiel told Dean to stop Sam or they will. OK so, clearly they changed their mind later, because the angels didn't want Dean to stop Sam anyway, because the angels want Lucifer to rise and start the War.

I guess it's just that the angel senior management didn't tell the troops much.

In the Beginning was a very very very awesome episode. I absolutely love it! It's well written, it's awesome to see Dean interacting with his parents. It's just one of those episodes you can watch over and over again. It's one of those episodes that make you fall in love with Supernatural all over again. I am calling it now, The Song Remains the Same is going to be one of my favorite episodes. I have sky high expectation on this episode. I somehow wish this is the 100th episode (having the four members of the Winchester family in the same episode and scenes), but it's not gonna happen. But that's ok. I'll live.

When The Song Remains the Same comes out, I am going to have another marathon - Home, In the Beginning and The Song Remains the Same.

Supernatural 100th Episode Party - photos (updated)

The Supernatural 100th Episode Party took place last night. Jensen's and Jared's bodyguard Clif Kosterman posted a few tweets and also a photo of Jensen singing with the Impalas. The Impalas are Jensen as vocal, Dave construction, Bobbie Singer, Jeff picture cars, Mike setdec, Chris sound, Jim Michaels and Dave rigging.

Cliff posted this photo not long ago via Twitter, you can see Jensen in his Blue Brothers look click here. How awesome is this guy? Now all I want is the video of this performance!!! Don't forget, you can follow Clif on Twitter.

obotchaman posted some more party photos via his Twitter, they can be found on his Twitpic! Click here for Jensen, a group shot, the banners (including a tribute banner for Kim Manners) and J2 on stage.

Another photo of Jensen on a guitar and Jensen dancing with the Impalas. You can also see more venue photos here.

I am sure more photos and videos will be surfaced in the next few days. I'll keep you posted.

Episode 5.18 is the Supernatural 100th episode, it is scheduled to air on 15 April 2010 on The CW. Congratulations for the milestone! Supernatural is the best show on TV!

After-thoughts: 5.12 Meat Swap

Meat Swap.. humm.. Meat Swap.. I actually don't have a lot to say about Meat Swap.

When I first heard about the Meat Swap episode, I said to myself I would personally love to see Sam to swap with Dean and vice versa. Because both Jensen and Jared know each other well and it would have been a great opportunity to show off their acting once again. It would be funny! Very funny! HOWEVER, it would not serve the purpose of the story that was intended to be told if Dean was Sam, and Sam was Dean.

Let's just look at the story, seems to me this is a one stone two birds strategy from Team Lucifer! With Sam's soul out of Sam's body, Lucifer could easily convince the vessel (with Gary driving it) to yes and Lucifer would succeed using Sam's body as his vessel. It was revealed later that Dean has a bounty on his head. If Dean is dead, it would take him aka Michael vessel out of the equation.

This is not a filler episode, but this is not a character development episode either. I'll try to explain the best I can:

We don't see Lucifer in every single episode, but he is doing something. He is planning something. He is laying low, waiting for the right moment to strike or whatever he plans to do. (May be he is planning something big for the showdown at Detroit? Who knows!) This episode gave us a little insight into what Team Lucifer is doing, it's just that we don't see the Devil in person.

20 minutes into the episode, I thought it will be another Changing Channel or Monster at the End of the Book, you know the formula - half funny, half mytho. But it didn't end that way, which is fine. You know what I don't like seeing on any TV shows? Stupid teenagers doing stupid things, but they think it's cool. Just saying..

In the end, I am glad Gary helped Dean with the exorcism, which leads to the next point.. my favorite part of the episode. Unleash the inner fangirl in me! Dean exorcised a demon without reading off the book was sooooo sexy! I am so so proud! Latin never sound so good.

It's gonna sound weird, but I want Dean reading Latin as my iPhone ringtone. Somebody please do this! I'll be forever grateful. Replay! Again! Again! Again!!




Supernatural rated 2.7 in the first hour and 2.5 in the second half. (Sources: TVbytheNumbers) I still think the CW should bring the Supernatural and Smallville together in their final season. I am not gonna stop saying this! Eat me!

Supernatural 5.13 The Song Remains the Same (formerly known as Back to the Future II but they could call it 'In the Middle')

For whatever reasons, the episode title for 5.13 has been changed to The Song Remains the Same. SpoilerTV said may be there are issues using the movie's name. Details here.

ARH! I love Back the Future II as the episode title, but the story is still the same. And my imaginary theory still stand. Read it here.

I tweeted this morning that, since there are episodes like In the Beginning and The End, the writers could've named this episode In the Middle. But they may have trouble using the the word Middle because of Malcolm in the Middle. Just saying...

This week's lockdown is going to be tougher than usual! Because 5.13 is one of the most anticipated episodes in the history of the series. Why? We don't get to see four Winchesters appear on the same episode very often. I know!! Samantha Smith and Jeffrey Dean Morgan won't be in the episode, but the Winchester Family will be there. Seeing Mary, John, Dean and Sam in the same episode, in the same scene, talking to each other is going to make me cry. If I haven't mentioned enough already on this blog, I will say this again. I love the Winchester family episode.





Synopsis:

The Winchesters are back! The angels send Anna (Julie McNiven) back in time to kill John (Matthew Cohen) and Mary (Amy Gumenick) Winchester before they can conceive Sam knowing that if Sam was never born then Lucifer won't be able to use him as his vessel. Castiel sends Sam and Dean back to 1978 so they can stop Anna, and the two brothers are reunited with their parents. Mary recognizes Dean as a hunter since he visited her in the past once before but tries to keep the truth from John. Episode written by Sera Gamble & Nancy Weiner, directed by Steve Boyum.

Trailer: 5.13 Back to Tiny's Obsession with Back to the Future II

You know my obsession with the Back to the Future/ Mary Campbell-Winchester arc. So let's do a cross country Mexican wave!

To get ready for Back to the Future II, KaraLambo and I will do a TwitCom on In the Beginning next week. Tune in!

And here is the CW promo:



The CW also has a promo (featuring the cast of Supernatural and others) about how you can help with the Haiti relief effort.