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“Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell”
March 11, 2017
THEN: “Hellhounds, Dean. Your favorite!”
NOW
The boys stagger into the Bunker after days on the road and three consecutive hunts. Dean calls it one for the books. He’s carrying a trophy. A baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire.
A baseball bat.
Wrapped.
In barbed wire.
Continue reading “‘Supernatural’: Us. Together.”
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“The Raid”
March 2, 2017
THEN: “I have sort of been working with the British Men of Letters.”
NOW
“So where does that leave us?”
The burgers and beers sit untouched. Mary asks for the chance to explain. Sam is disappointed but willing to listen. Dean is visibly hostile. He turns and takes a few steps away from the table. He bites back all the angry things he wants to say. Where would he even begin?
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“Family Feud”
February 23, 2017
THEN: “The boy and I loathe each other. I made it clear in the past.”
NOW
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“Stuck in the Middle (With You)”
February 16, 2017
“So … tell me a story.”
Continue reading “‘Supernatural’: The magic’s in the craftsmanship”
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“Regarding Dean”
February 9, 2017
Continue reading “‘Supernatural’: If that’s what being happy looks like”
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“Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets”
February 2, 2017
THEN: “I thought angels were supposed to be guardians. Fluffy wings. Halos. You know, not dicks.”
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“First Blood”
January 26, 2017
THEN: “Usually, this is when Sam and Dean take off, before anyone asks any questions.”
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“LOTUS”
December 8, 2016
THEN: “Onwards and upwards. He’s gone big. And he’ll go bigger.”
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“Rock Never Dies”
December 1, 2016
THEN: “So, Lucifer. The Lord of Evil, the Angel of Light, is now the Master of Butt Rock.” Continue reading “‘Supernatural’: Would you bleed?”
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“Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox”
November 17, 2016
EMERSON, MANITOBA 1980
A boy runs through the woods. He steals quick glances over his shoulder, checking the distance between him and the dark figure pursuing him. The boy trips over a log and sprawls onto the ground. The werewolf hauls him up and pins him against a tree. Just as the monster is about rip the boy’s fool heart out of his chest a shot rings out. The boy’s face is spattered with blood.
Mary Winchester lowers the still smoking sawed off.
She drives the boy home in her sapphire blue Mustang. Cheeky Show. Mary tells Asa he’s going to be fine. And that the thing that attacked him was a werewolf. One that she’d been tracking for a long time. She casually says they had history. And that with the exception of the odd loose end, she’s officially retired from hunting.
“But if you retire, who is going to save people like me?”
Continue reading “‘Supernatural’: I guess you’re just gonna have to wait”