Thursday December 13, 2007
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In this Christmas-themed episode, Sam and Dean follow the trail of an "anti-Santa" that abducts its victims by using their chimneys. Dean tries to get Sam to celebrate Christmas like they used to but Sam doesn't want to accept that it could be the last one they'll spend together.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)Supernatural stars Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester and Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester,two brothers that travel across the USA saving the world from the demons from hell hide show
This particular episode starts with the word SPEACIAL twirling onto the screen like CBS used to do during the 1980's Next we see a kid opening the door for his grandfather and you begin wondering if you are watching the right show. Then you coninue to watch the show and the grand father dressed as Santa jingles some bells and starts putting preasents under the tree. Next we hear something land on the roof and the kid assumes its reindeer and the grandfather/Santa just shrugs and continues to set gifts under the tree. There is more noise on the roof and a few ashes fall down the chimney so santa glances up the chimney and as he looks up is sucked up the chimney and the kid confused looks up the chimney andin a question like tone goes "Santa?" Then the title A very Supernatural Christmas appears to the sound of Jingle Bells
Everything is perfect in this episode... hide show
... From the clever script by Jeremy Carver (aided, as he himself admits in the Season Three Companion, by Ben Edlund), who strikingly blends tragedy and irony, heart-wrenching and humorous moments, to the effective direction by J. Miller Tobin, from the flashback sequences, enriched by two great young actors, to the grim and musty sequences set in the present, from the supporting actors (Spencer Garret and, especially, Merrylin Gann are extraordinary as Mr. and Mrs. Carrigan) to Jensen and Jared singing 'Silent Night' on behalf of a drunken, stoned and porn-addicted, limping Santa wannabe. The final scene - when Sam finally decides to celebrate Christmas out of his brother's wish - is touching and vibrant: even without words, it takes only a look and a smile for Sam and Dean to express their struggling and their fear. Dean is going to die at the end of the year, and Sam can't save him. This is their last Christmas, their last eggnog. It breaks one's heart, and it's one of the highest moments of Season Three.
Weird.. funny.. at times emotional? Yup, must be Supernatural. hide show
In a way, despite adding nothing to the plotline involving Dean's deal and how he'll be saved, this episode entertained me as much as any other episode, due to a ridiculous and absurd plot (even for Supernatural) and a few sad flashbacks to Christmas' past.
The anti-Santa was an interesting villain, mostly because Santa Claus goes behind supernatural.. it seems to just be a myth that has never been proven. However, when we finally discover what's really going on and who's behind the brutal Christmas/Santa murders, once again, it'll prove why Supernatural is one of the strangest yet compelling shows on television.
I actually found myself pretty interested in the flashbacks of Sam and Dean. It shows the first moment when Sam finds out the truth about what their dad does. It really was more of an emotional episode than anything and shows, in a rare moment of serenity, the brothers sitting down for a nice Christmas dinner and presents.
Overall, this was a nice episode with a feel-good ending, something that Supernatural rarely has. Now if they could get back to the plot, it would be awesome!
Supernatural finally has a Christmas special. This is the episode I have been waiting for. A holiday themed episode3. I am surprised they haven't done anything Halloween themed yet. This episode about the Pagan gods is the scariest Christmas special I have ever seen. The Pagan Gods are very chilling. Did you see the way they tortured the brothers. I love it when Sam & Dean kill them with a Christmas tree. "Merry Christmas" That was hilarious. I loved the scene at the end. The last Christmas together, plus I liked how they went to the past when Sam first found out about "monsters" Great filling for a great episode.
They boy happen on the dissaperances around the holidays that are related to the bad santa. hide show
I enjoyed this episode very much. It had a good heart and very good story. The guest actors were uniformily fine. The torture scenes were sometimes difficult to watch, but were a necesasary story addition. Flasbacks, which are not always used to good advantage, were excellent. The actors who played a young Sam and Dean were excellent and seemed to be actually in character with their older counterparts. I wish the producers and writers would be more consistant with their writing. This was a fine episode in an otherwise so-so season, it just seems that they find a grove and repeat it over and over. Not this episode.
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