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“Despair”
November 5, 2020
THEN
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‘Supernatural’: The only thing I’ve ever known was true.
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“Unity”
October 29, 2020
THEN
“This is how we end Chuck.”
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Amara is living her best luxury volcanic hot spring and glass of red wine with a side of Haruki Murakami life in Iceland. She gazes up at the billions of stars that spread across the inky dark sky. A shooting-star streaks overhead, followed closely by another … and another … until the heavens are filled with a shimmering cosmic light show.
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‘Supernatural’: We don’t get a choice!
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“Drag Me Away (From You)”
October 22, 2020
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There’s something you and Sam need to know …”
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The boys drive through the night—seven hours yet to go. Dean complains, wondering why they’re going back “there”. Yes, Travis was an old friend—haven’t seen him in 25 years, old—but they’ve missed funerals for much closer friends. Hunters. Sam simply says this is different. And what else are they going to do? Sit around the Bunker and wait for the world to end?
‘Supernatural’: I would never hurt you.
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“Gimme Shelter”
October 15, 2020
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“Dean, you gave me what I needed most. I want to do the same for you.”
‘Supernatural’: Go save the world.
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“Last Holiday”
October 8, 2020
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The Mark of Cain storyline. That seems like an age ago, doesn’t it? Good times.
‘Supernatural’: What is happening right now?
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“The Hero’s Journey”
January 23, 2020
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“The hero may have to be brought back from his supernatural adventure by assistance from without. That is to say, the world may have to come and get him … The returning hero, to complete his adventure, must survive the impact of the world. Many failures attest to the difficulties of this life-affirmative threshold. The first problem of the returning hero is to accept as real, after an experience of the soul-satisfying vision of fulfillment, the passing joys and sorrows, banalities and noisy obscenities of life.”
NOW
Am I high? Am I on drugs right now? What even is this episode?
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‘Supernatural’: One kind of ending
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“Proverbs 17:3”
November 14, 2019
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Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
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Black Forest, Colorado. Three identical blonde girls toast to their annual camping trip. Seriously, are they sisters? Cousins? Clones? Ashley startles at the sound of rustling coming from outside the tent. After mocking Ashley for being an unemployable philosophy major, Julie goes outside to prove there’s nothing there. And also get more rum.
She is promptly murdered.
‘Supernatural’: I don’t feel free
‘Supernatural’: That’s my boy
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“The Rupture”
October 24, 2019
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“It’s given me clarity. It’s shown me that everything I did before. For wealth. For Magic. For myself… meant nothing. And it took everything from me. Everyone I loved. My family. Oskar… My son… I’m a flawed, petty, evil creature, Samuel. I don’t know if I can be redeemed. But I have to try. And I do wish there was another way. ”
NOW
‘Supernatural’: What about all of this is real?
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“Raising Hell”
October 17, 2019
THEN
“This isn’t just a story; IT’S OUR LIVES.”
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Harlan, Kansas. A woman enters the quarantine zone under cover of darkness. A figure looms out of the shadows, but it’s cool, it’s just Rob. Nan tells him she snuck back to get Debbie’s allergy medication. She says that with everything going on, her daughter is most worried about the school spelling bee being canceled. Does Rob think they’ll cancel the spelling bee?
In answer, Rob pulls a knife from the pocket of his bathrobe and stabs Nan several times.
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