Diary of a Supernatural Virgin – Season three begins

Season three, Episodes 1-3

I think I may have found my answer to that nagging Supernatural question: Why do some demons have yellow eyes and some have black eyes? I’m thinking only The demon had yellow eyes, am I right? All other possessed people have just black eyes, so now that The demon is dead, we should see no more yellow eyes. That is my guess.

With season three comes the “eewwwww” factor — Supernatural has become more gory. From the dad “falling” onto the table saw to the thief “falling” on the grilling fork, there have been some bloody moments. Let that be a lesson to us all… eventually, klutziness ends badly.

“The Magnificent Seven”
Sam and Dean battle the Seven Deadly Sins, Sam’s got a blonde stalker and Dean, well, Dean has a lot of sex.

“Who was that masked chick?” – Dean
“I think it was Trish from Harper’s Island, with blonde hair.” – Debbie

The Seven Deadly Sins … creepy, but Sam had a really good point: “If we let out the Seven Deadly Sins, what else did we let out?” This will make for a relatively interesting season three, with demons and spirits way more evil than some little girl who wants an eternal playmate, or the run-of-the-mill shapeshifter. Man, those shapeshifters are a dime a dozen….

So Dean is using his last year to have sex with every woman that crosses his path. It’s a valid choice, but I need to clear up a small point from the beginning of this episode. Sam tells Bobby that Dean is “polling the electorate,” not “pulling the Electra,” as it clearly sounded like. And technically, Dean’s not polling the electorate, the chick is. So when Jared Padalecki completes his diction classes, we’ll understand Sam’s jokes.

I’ve got to mention the movie references here, and I’m sure I missed some that you guys can help fill in for me:

• “What’s in the box?” – Dean, like Brad Pitt, Seven
• “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” — Bobby, from Animal House
• “Here’s Johnny!” – Pride Demon, from The Shining

Two last points:

• Sam is called the prodigy and the boy king; seems to me there’s definitely more going on here for Sam and his powers.
• Dean admits he’s selfish by making the deal with the wish demon, but he doesn’t care. He’s tired and would rather Sam live on than himself. Sad.

“The Kids Are Alright”
Creepy changelings take the place of kids and Dean has a fatherhood moment, while Sam discovers his blonde stalker is a demon.

“God knows I’m going to be smiling after 24 hours with Gumby Girl… Gumby Girl. Does that make me Pokey?” – Dean

Why have I not figured it out by now? It’s season three, and every episode that I think is going to be a throwaway episode ends with a bang, to say the least. We’ve learned that Sam’s stalker is a demon, all of Sam’s moms friends are dead, trying to cover up what happened to Sam. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s huge and all, but I love the catch… if Sam helps her, she can save Dean. This is getting interesting.

The rest of the episode was creepy, for sure, but doesn’t leave me with more than a few observations:

• Dad with the table saw… eeeewwwww. New heights of gross for Supernatural.
• Creepy kids again. *shiver*
• Sam redeemed himself for being lamer than a girl when he finally torched the changeling mom.
• That was sooooo Dean’s kid!

“Bad Day at Black Rock”
Gordon heads the “Sam must die” club from prison, and when a cursed rabbit’s foot is stolen from John Winchester’s secret storage unit, hi-jinks ensue.

Another episode of Supernatural perfection, where I laughed out loud repeatedly yet we also got some great story arc stuff to keep things moving.

I thought it was about the best scene ever when Sam and Dean got the rabbit’s foot back from the thieves — the choreography with the gun shots, the books falling and every other unbelievable lucky break the thieves got was hilarious. But the funny just kept coming when Sam touched — the lost — the “lucky” rabbit’s foot:

• Sam and Dean’s picture as the millionth restaurant customer.
• Dean’s ice cream headache — I was thinking how gross he was eating as he shoveled the ice cream into his pie hole, so this was classic.
• Let’s face it — it’s funny when people fall; not so much on giant grilling forks, but when Sam skinned his knees? Funny.
• Sam stepping in gum, struggling to get it off and consequently losing his show down the storm drain.
• Sam’s air conditioning catching on fire and Sam knocking himself out as he tried to douse the flames.
• Dean throwing the pen into the barrel of the gun, knocking the bad guy out with the remote and declaring, “I’m Batman.”
• Bella taking Dean’s scratch tickets. I wonder if she’ll be recurring?

Bring it on, Supernatural — whatever entertainment you can dish out, I’ll be sure to enjoy.

Clacked by Debbie McDuffee
on May 11, 2009 @ 16:00 EST5EDT