Season Reviewed: Supernatural season 2

Okay, I know I am five years late with this review, but to be fair, I was ten when this season was actually on. I have got into this show relatively recently after my friend loaned me his box set for the first season. I plowed through it, and he loaned me the DVDs for season 2 as well. I loved and I decided to do a review. So Superantural season 2 aired from 2006-2007 on the CW and was comprised of 22 episodes. So, Sam and Dean Winchester are two brothers who hunt demons, spirits, and spooks. Why? A demon murdered there mother when they were kids, so there dad became a revenge-obsessed spook-hunter. Season 1 ended with Sam, Dean, and there dad, John, coming close to finally killing the yellow-eyed demon who murdered Mary Winchester and Jessica, Sam's girlfriend. But, they fail. And the demon posseses a guy who then crashes a truck into their car. Season 2 picks up from that with the Winchesters being brought to a hospital. Dean is dying and on the astral plane. The situation becomes so desperate that John sells his soul to the yellow eyed demon to bring Dean back. With John dead and the demon still at large, the brothers aren't sure what to do or how to deal. So, to keep themselves busy, they keep hunting spooks. This season was largely monster of the week stories, with a story arc involving ol'yellow-eyes, who has plans for special children with physic powers, one of which is Sam, who gets visions of people about to die (if your thinking spoilers right now, you find out about that in season 1.) What are his plans? Yeah, like I'm gonna tell you that. Some episodes contributed directly to this arc, while others were more sublte. They also follow up on Dean's murder charges in season 1 with a few episodes. There's also some emotional drama brought on by Dean dealing with John's death, which mostly involves him adopting a self-destructive personality and throwing himself into hunting. It all leads up the absolutely epic and amazing two-part season finale, titled "All Hell Breaks Loose."  We also get some new characters and old characters:

Bobby, an aging hunter and an old friend of John's. He helps out from time to time.
Ellen, a hunter's widow who runs a road house frequented by hunters.

Jo, Ellen's daughter who wants to be a hunter. She was supposed to be a love interest for Dean, but she came off more like a little sister (Sam even comments on that mid-season.)

Ash, a super genious, great with computers, who got kicked out of MIT. He's hilarious, mostly because he's a computer-whiz but looks like a Lynyrd Skynyrd roadie. He even has a mullet.

Gordon, who I can't really talk about without spoiling things a bit.

Noteworthy episodes:

In My Time of Dying: The season premier picks up where season 1 left off, in the aftermath of the car crash. Very emotional, very well done, and it involves astral projection and a reaper.

Bloodlust: Yay, vampires! I love vampires, this episode had them. And one of them was played by Amber Benson (OH MY GOD IT'S TARA!!!!!)

Simon Said: We meet Andy Gallagher, another one of the special children the demon is interested in. His power: mind control, which basically works like Jedi mind tricks.

Croatoan: In which Supernatural takes a stab at the legend of the lost colony of Roanoke, North Carolina. Genuinely creepy.

Hunted: Sam takes off to find more of the special children after Dean finally gives him John's last message. Don't know what it was, but I really liked this one.

Playthings: Two words: Creepy kids.

Night Shifter: It's complicated, but the brothers brushes with the law are starting to catch up with them. Plus, best ending scene ever. Watch it right now:

Tall Tales/ Hollywood Babylon: These are two seperate standalone stories, but they are something different: these were the episodes the writers played up for laughs because A., they could, and B., the rest of the season was very dark and very heavy. These were effectively the room to breath this season. In Tall Tales, something funny is going down at a college, and in Hollywood Babylon, they mock the crap out of the cliches of today's horror movies.

Roadkill: Not your standard episode, for sure. It's very hard to explain, but I LOVE this episode. You could actyually probably watch this one without having seen the rest of the show, too.

All Hell Breaks Loose: The two part season finale. Phenomonal.

Overall, I loved this season. It had great standalones and amazing story arc, which the writers did a good job of blending. There were some episodes that probably could have been done better, but for the most part this was an awesome season and if you haven't seen it, get off your ass and either torrent some episodes or buy some DVDs.

Final Rating: 96%

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