Supernatural

Season 8 Episode 12

As Time Goes By

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Sam and Dean's grandfather travels forward through time to the present to get help from John Winchester in stopping a demon, Abaddon.

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  • Supernatural "As Time Goes By" Review: Winchester Legacies

    This was the episode we’ve been waiting for, the keystone that ties the mythology of Seasons 1 through 5 to the often aimless wanderings of more recent seasons—and it managed to be completely awesome while doing so.

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    • This episode divides the supernatural fan base into 2 groups

      1.0
      There's the fans that started watching after season 5 and those who have watched in from the beginning. How do I know this, because anyone who watch supernatural from the beginning (like me) hated this episode. It was like watching your favorite book get turned into a movie that doesn't follow the book at all.



      You can't just change 7 seasons of information with one lousy episode. This episode just cannot exist in the supernatural universe. I could deal with the fairy episode not following the storyline because it was funny. But this draws the line for me. And no Castiel, or angels and yet time travel.



      Storyline was predictable,boring and took away way way more than it added. Ending was laughable when Sam referenced how Cupid got their parents together(like they were even pretending to follow any previous episode) what a laugh



      I was thinking maybe alternate universe with the way time travel and the demon killing everyone,maybe they could have made it work, nope. This episode was a big middle finger to true supernatural fans.moreless
    • Season 8- As Time Goes By

      9.0
      This shouldve been an 11-episode story arc for the second half of the season, and end of the series. One episode was far too short. Its a fantastic episode. But it doesnt make up for all the crappy episodes of this season. :/ and where the hell was castiel.
    • Much, much better..........

      9.0
      Enjoyed this episode a lot more - the writing was far better and it had more of the old Supernarural vibe. I have to say though, all this carry on about who's the bigger/truer Supernatural fan bores me silly. I've been watching since day one too and consider myself a huge fan but I don't think I have the last word on the subject. A lot of Supernatural fans just need to chill - relax, enjoy the show for all it's ups and downs. For me, even when there's been one I haven't liked so much I still want to see the next one. Just keep it in perspective people! Peace:-)moreless
    • Supernatural comes alive again

      10
      well this is what made the show , the best of the best, havent missed an episode ever and bringing back a demon more powerful than yellow eyes(knife couldnt kill her) and also linking the story back to john and winchester family with the spice of magic and men of letters , i see the show is starting to get back on the THE SUPERNATURAL road after a bit of a bumpy ride through the bushes, episode rocked guys, keep em coming and plz dont let this series end. I see lucifer coming backmoreless
    • Avid watcher dug this a lot

      8.0
      I've seen this from the beginning. I own all the shows. Whatever narrow minded reviewer thinks he speaks for all long time fans is sadly mistaken. This was an inventive episode that offers a new twist to a show that has been on the air for a long time. The introduction of a new faction and long lost family member explored a side to the guys' history and family lone we haven't seen before. They aren't phoning it in, the producers are continuing to invent and create new paths. If you are a new fan or a longtime viewer you owe it to yourself to watch this episode and make the choice for yourself.moreless

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    • QUOTES (5)

      • Henry: I'm from Normal, IL. 1958.
        Dean: Right. Seriously? Dude's time traveling through motel-room closets. That's what we've come to?

      • Henry: You're men of letters, correct?
        Dean: I'm a little rusty on my boy bands. Men of what?

      • Henry: My father and his father before him were both men of letters. As John and you two should have been. We're preceptors, beholders, chroniclers of all that which man does not understand. We share our findings with a few trusted hunters--the very elite. They do the rest.
        Dean: So you're like Yodas to our Jedis. (Henry stares blankly) Never mind. You'll get there.

      • Henry: Hand me your... walkie-talkie.
        Sam: You mean my phone?
        Henry: Even better. Operator, I need Delta 457.
        Dean: Who are you not calling?

      • Henry: I'm sorry I judged you two so harshly for being Hunters. I should have known better.
        Sam: About?
        Henry: You're also Winchesters. As long as we're alive, there's always hope.

    • NOTES (1)

    • ALLUSIONS (6)

      • Dean: You're not going anywhere, 007...
        Referencing the fictional spy James Bond, created by author Ian Fleming in 1953. Bond has gone on to be the feature character in numerous movies featuring several different actors, the the first movie being Dr. No in 1962.

      • Dean: So you're like Yodas to our Jedis.
        Referencing the wise Jedi Knight of the Star Wars universe. Originally voiced by Frank Oz, Yoda was first seen in The Empire Strikes Back and went on to appear in the subsequent sequels and prequels. Although he has a tendency toward complacency, he is considered the wisest of the Jedi.

      • Punk Clerk: Carrie screening's on Sunday.
        Referencing the novel Carrie by Stephen King, which tells the tale of a high school girl with telekinetic powers, who goes berserk during her high school prom and kills most of the students. Later made into a movie by Brian De Palma in 1976 starring Sissy Spacek. In 2002, a remake was made starring Angela Bettis.

      • Henry: It's from Casablanca.
        Referencing the 1942 Michael Curtiz film Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. At the end of the movie, Bergman's character, Ilsa, asks "What about us?" and Bogart's character, Rick, replies "We'll always have Paris."

      • Henry: Your father saw Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy at the drive-in one night.
        Referencing the 1955 film, the last of 28 that the comedy team made for Universal. The partners are in in Egypt involved in the search for an ancient medallion that they accidentally pick up.

      • Dean: I'm guessin' he's gonna whip up another of those blood spells and Marty McFly himself back to the 1960s.
        Referencing the Back to the Future movies (1985) starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, a teenager who travels through time using his mentor Doc Brown's (Christopher Lloyd) time-traveling device, mounted in a DeLorean. Marty goes back to when his parents first met, similar to what happens here with Dean. Also, the scene where Dean first encounters his dad at a diner is a near reenactment from the movie. In it, Marty was unaware that the man next to him was his dad, until someone called their last name and they both turned around. And the man that visits Lydia is Dr. Brown.

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