We next turn our attention to the Ultimate Supernatural Episode Contest. This will be a comprehensive battle to crown 1 episode the best of Supernatural. With 149 episodes, there will be some tough choices made, some hair pulled, some disappointment when a favorite is out, much joy when a favorite makes it to the next round, and hopefully thousands of great comments to get us through the hellatus as one strong, happy-ish, united fandom. Since a head-to-head contest has to be in multiples of 2 to be even, only 128 episodes will make it into the actual contest. 101 of them have already ranked in. It's now time to pick the remaining 27. Each wildcard episode will go against another wildcard episode. The winner advances to the contest. In order to make 128 episodes, the top 3 losers by percentage will also be in the contest. We will have 4 days of wildcard polls before starting the official contest. If you have any questions, please ask in the comments below.
Don't forget that we are also nominating favorite quotes by episode for our Best SPN Quote Contest later in the year. Today we are at Provenance and Dead Man's Blood. If you are looking to nominate other season 1 quotes, go here.
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ReplyDeleteProvenance Quotes: This is one of my favorite episodes. Love it from start to finish, including lots of quotes. This has one of my favorite Sam quotes of all time.
10. Sarah: "What are you guys? Burglars?" Sam:
"I wish it were that simple."
9. Sam: "I don't understand Dean. We burned the damn thing." Dean:
"Yeah, thank you Captain Obvious."
8. Dean: "Sam, marry that girl."
7. Mrs. Telesca: "I can't believe we actually bought this
thing." Mr. Telesca: "There's a reason why charity auctions
have an open bar."
6. Dean: "Consignment auctions, estate sales,
it's like a garage sale for WASP's if you ask me."
5. Dean: "Ugly a** thing. You ask me, we're doing the art world a
favor."
4. Dean: "Well we're not getting anything out of
Chuckles but uh, Sarah…" Sam: "Yeah, maybe you can get her to write it
all down on a cocktail napkin."
Dean: "Not me." Sam:
"Oh,oh no, no, no. Pick-ups
are your thing, Dean." Dean: "It wasn't my butt she was checking out." Sam:
"In other words, you want me to use her to get information." Dean:
"Sometimes you've got to take one for the team. Call her."
3. Sarah: "So this is what you guys do for a
living?" Sam: "Not exactly. We don’t get paid." Sarah:
"Well mazel tov."
2. Sarah: "You guys seem to be uncomfortably comfortable
with this." Sam: "Well, uh, this isn't exactly the first
grave we've dug. Still think I'm a
catch?"
1. Sam: "What kind of house doesn't have
salt? Low sodium freaks."
Dead Man's Blood Quotes: Dislike this episode more every time I see it. It's sad when Luther the Vampire King is my favorite and I can't stand the Winchesters.
8. Woman: "Oh I guess you showed that guy." Man: "What guy?" Woman: "The guy who bet you, you wouldn't buy that shirt." Man: "I love this shirt."7. Sam: "Hey dad, whatever happened to that college fund?" John: "I spent it on ammo."6. Dean: "So it is starting." Sam: "What?" Dean: "We've been looking for dad for a year and now we're not with him for more than a couple of hours and there's static already." 5. Sam: "Hey there's salt over here. Right inside the door." Dean: "You mean like protection from demons salt or oops I spilled the popcorn salt?"4. Dean: "Vampires. It gets funnier every time I hear it."3. Luther: "Revenge isn't worth much if you end up dead."2. Dean: "Oh I don't normally get this friendly until the second date but..." Kate: "You know, we could have some fun. I always like to make new friends." Dean: "OH sorry. I can only stay with a chick that long. Definitely not eternity."1. Kate: "Car trouble? Let me give you a lift. Take you back to my place." Dean: "I'll pass. I usually draw the line at necrophilia."
My votes:
ReplyDelete1. Everybody Loves a Clown - because it is going against Bugs. Not much more to say here except Dean fixes Baby and it introduces the Roadhouse.
2. No vote - I found one boring and the other a complete waste of my time.
3. Dead in the Water - even if it were up against a better episode than the sucky M3 I would vote for this one. It turned SPN from a great show to my favorite show for 7 years.
4. Fallen Idols - because it was far better than I thought it could be with Paris Hilton in it. Loved beheading her. Good quotes, good action, and interesting take on celebrity in America. Killer Gandhi and Killer Abe Lincoln made me laugh. Salvation I like a tiny bit better the more I am removed from it. When it aired the first time the best thing about it was the opening. First time they used Carry On Wayward Son in the previouslies. I also liked Dean telling his dad off and the growth of the mytharc, but more than half of it was boring, John was an idiot, Meg was WAY overacted, and I really, really do not like the Weepy Winchesters.
5. I cannot believe I am voting for 99 Problems and the annoying Leah story, but for the most part All Dogs Go to Heaven was unwatchable. The best part of it - RoboSam humor.
6. Easy: Of Grave Importance - I liked getting a ghost's perspective and the story itself was interesting. Magnificent 7 gets points deducted because it was the worst season premiere of them all. No gravitas, flimsy story - just ordinary.
No contest on the first one - and while I don't actively HATE Bugs (it's not even my most disliked episode), it's definitely not better than Everybody Loves a Clown, which I just re-watched tonight. While the clown story is pretty lame here, and Jo's introduction was a bit too on the nose (the intention of her being a love interest for Dean), I really like this episode. I'm glad it's a somewhat direct continuation of one of my very favorite episodes, In My Time of Dying, and I love the brother moments and drama we get from both Sam and Dean. It's just too bad that the poor guys don't rely on each other more. Or rather, it's too bad Dean is too proud to let Sam mourn and lean on him. Oh boys! :( Anyway, I really like this episode, and it contains one of my very favorite Sam and Dean moments when the guys first visit the carnival director and ask for a job, Dean rushes to the normal chair forcing Sam to sit in the clown chair. That is exactly something I would do to my little brother and I LOVE LOVE LOVE that even in the midst of their sadness, and investigating on a hunt, they still had that moment. LOVE IT.
ReplyDeleteBoth these episodes are neither favorites nor on my worst list, but I voted Long-Distance Call. I feel like I'll be in the minority voting for this one over The Rapture, and I also feel like I might be in the minority about LOVING all of season 3. Every time I re-watch that season I lament the writer's strike and what stories we missed or what stories were condensed/tossed aside. Alas, it's done, so I enjoy what I have. I was among the camp unsure of Dean would really go to hell at the end of the season, so seeing his desperation here was raw to me. And seeing Sam's disbelief and how it hurt Dean was also raw. Man, even though the guys spent an awful lot of time in season 3 arguing or angsting at each other, the emotions behind it were so damn real that I can't help but love it. I find there are a lot of authentic moments in this episode, thus it wins my vote.
Voted Dead in the Water, even though I don't mind Mannequin 3 that much. I actually liked Lisa and Ben and found that part of this episode to be enjoyable. However, Dead in the Water was really great, and a strong third episode.
Salvation. As what I'd consider the "middle third" of a "three-part" season 1 finale it's really strong in character. I love Dean standing up to John, and Dean's desperation at the end gets me in the heart every time. I also think Fallen Idols is pretty terrible, worse then Bugs. :-\
99 Problems. I despise All Dogs...DESPISE. 99 Problems is, to me, a very subtle episode compared to some of the others on either side of it and I can't help but empathize with Dean. I find Jensen to be completely intoxicating in this episode, his performance understated and emotionally charged. It's a heartbreaker, and AMAZING. It's among my favorites from season 5.
These are both middling episodes for me, but ultimately Of Grave Importance wins over The Magnificent Seven. I liked aspects of The Mag. Seven, namely the brother stuff, but Of Grave Importance was a lovely look at being on the other side of hunt. It was fun, if you will, to see things from the perspective of a ghost. Of Grave Importance wasn't without flaws, but overall I'm more likely to watch it again over The Mag. Seven.
you know the first time I watched Provenance I couldn't STAND Sarah or the episode but the more I watch it, the more I like her, and I've actually grown to enjoy this episode instead of groan in dislike over having to get through it to get to the next one (because I don't skip when I do a season re-watch, I watch them all, painful as it can get!).
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Captain Obvious quote is my favorite, and definitely getting a nomination from me.
It's always interesting hearing someone else's perspective on an episode. Sarah and Michael from Something Wicked are the 2 one-shot characters I most want to see return even if there is no chance it will happen. As far as the quote, I use Captain Obvious at least once a week usually with my teens and college group.
ReplyDeleteI also don't "skip" episodes when I am doing my "official" rewatches. That's why I've seen Bugs for what seems like a million times. But sometimes I cheat. I always go get a snack or something during a Missouri scene in Home, go through mail and bills during Yellow Fever, play solitaire during The Man Who Would Be King, and grade papers during both Unforgiven and Mannequin 3. If I'm walking to these and other episodes, I sometimes turn it to cable during least favorite scenes and conveniently forget to turn back until the commercials. Occasionally I have watched the commercials too if I really want to cheat.
The clown seat scene was hilarious. I too saw it as a perfectly realistic sibling moment. I also like that it is one of the few times that we see the brothers with scars still. Whatever gypsy cure anti-scarring medicine they have to keep them from ever showing battle wounds could end their need for credit card fraud and hustling. People would pay a fortune for that.
ReplyDeleteI think you are right abut The Rapture winning. I can't see a Cas-focused episode cut in the wildcard round. For me, I think that season 3 was the best season right up until the writer's strike. Then they tossed 3 lobs when we only had 4 episodes left to get a home run. If we had more time to get to Dean going to hell, those 3 episodes wouldn't have bothered me much. But every time I see them I get irate that they wasted what little they had left.
I love Lisa and Ben but found M3 to be all filler. For me it and Unforgiven are comparable and not anything I will choose to rewatch. For Fallen Idols (and French Mistake and Season 7 Time for a Wedding and....), I benefited greatly from going into the episode was sub-basement level expectation. All of them ended up better than I thought it would, some evenly tremendously better. What really got me was how Paris Hilton was making fun of her own celebrity for doing nothing. Also the car thing was totally cool. Agree completely on Of Grave Importance. Leah annoyed me too much in 99 Problems and I am not overly fond of Fatalistic/Suicidal Dean, but it did have its good moments. Certainly more of them than ADGtH. One of my favorite scenes in 99 Problems is actually the one with Lisa at the end, mostly because I adored Lisa and Ben.
I adore Michael from Something Wicked, and I share your wish to see him come back, and how that particular experience shaped him (I know you said this somewhere!). I think what I didn't like about Sarah was her perkiness, or her willingness to just go along...I don't know. I've warmed to her, but she definitely rubbed me wrong the first time!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'll play an iPhone game, or surf the 'net if it's an episode I don't particularly enjoy watching...I've even been known to FF the "plot" scenes (but I always watch the Sam and Dean scenes). But I don't skip. There's at least one good little nugget of something to get in each episode!
Even though I was firmly invested in the show by the time I saw Everybody Loves a Clown, when that chair scene happened I became a total slave to the show. I enjoyed the pranks and gags in Hell House, but for some reason the quick moment of Dean stealing the normal seat and the slight smirk on his face at Sam's discomfort was just so...perfectly sibling-like, and honestly, a complete toss-off. Aside from the presence of the clown there was no reason for it. I just find it to be one of the most honest moments in the show's hisroty it and it's one of my very favorite moments ever (as I already stated, haha!). I can't seem to stop gushing over it. :)
ReplyDeleteCas fans are devout! The Rapture was good, but I do really enjoy Long-Distance Call. Oh well. I'm not bothered with either making it in to the final rounds because really neither one will win. And yes, so many missed opportunities for season 3...it's sad, really.
Lisa and Ben were certainly polarizing in the fandom, and I always get a little uneasy saying I liked them, but I did. The Lisa/Dean scene at the end of 99 Problems was very good; and I can't help it, but I kind of really like angsty, emo-Dean...it's a problem I have. Though, when he laughs it's magical. M3 I can re-watch okay, but Unforgiven...yeah, that one is hard. I like the final scene, (jeez, I have a sickness always wanting Sam or Dean hurt or dying or dead or etc!) but it's a little awkward overall.
And okay, I concede the car thing in Fallen Idols was cool. I guess there were moments in that one; but overall I was completely underwhelmed.
We agree on Of Grave Importance, though the Mag Seven wasn't a total loss. The best parts about it were the Sam and Dean scenes at the beginning and at the end. As I said before, the arguments and friction between them in season 3 were so honest and brutal and raw. Some good drama, which is what I really loved most about seasons 2-4 (and some of 5).
ReplyDeleteYou are right about all the wild card episodes. The very top wild card spot will face the 27th highest ranked episode (Heaven & Hell). All others will face even higher ranked episodes. Quite frankly, it will be difficult for any wild card episode to get beyond the first round in the contest. Not impossible though. I have high hopes for The Kids are Alright.
ReplyDeleteStrange couplings of episodes, nearly all ones that are a bit "meh", however!
ReplyDelete1 ) I'm going to go for Bugs because I honestly enjoyed the episode up until the end where the shortness of the "night" was just stupid.; but I quite liked the cursed ground story and the brotherly moments.
Then the the bugs were pretty creepy.
However I liked the other ep too, but I'm not really passionate about the clown story and I found it a bit boring, although I did love Dean making poor Sam take the clown chair. :)
2) I vote for Long Distance Call athough I thought that it was a really limp episode. However I always like it when Sammy gets tied up and threatened; something that happens pretty often. :)
I also voted for it because it's in season three, one of my favourite seasons!
The Rapture was unattractive to me but it will surely win.
3) Dead In The water is one of my very favourite episodes, and even if there are episodes I dislike more than Mannequin 3: The Reckoning, there's just no contest here.
4)I loved Salvation. I just liked the whole thing overall; I loved the dark atmosphere and Sam got a chance to shine in the episode, not like recently where he gets treated as a third wheel.
Fallen Idols was okay but I'm not a great fan of super celebrities in shows, although kudos to little SPN for getting her to come. :)
5) I voted for 99 Problems.
I loved the action scene at the start and the subtle way Leah managed to brainwash the townsfolk into turning against one another.
We even got a nice hunting scene with Sam wishing they had back-up like that all the time.
I didn't particularly dislike " All Dogs Go To Heaven" either.
It certainly wasn't the episode of the year but the great scene at the beginning where Crowley threatens Soulless Sam, and Dean caves in to safeguard his brother is just so, so, Dean; and that's why I just can't get past the easy way Dean forgives Cas for all the damage he has done to Sam.
Once upon a time he never would have forgiven anyone who hurt his little brother.
6) The Magnificent Seven was meh, a waste of what could have been a good episode, but I'm stubbornly going to vote for it because it's a season three episode!
" But I don't skip. There's at least one good little nugget of something to get in each episode!"
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with thsi statement. It's 100% true. :)
As far as season three goes, I am in the "minority" club too, as I loved it. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry that the writers' strike happened that year. The season was on such a good roll and who knows the potentially great episodes that we could have gotten, that we will never see. :(
If it had to happen. I just wish they had waited until seasons 4 or 5. ;)
Although there are some episodes better than others, the ones in which the brothers work together are all enjoyable for me. I just love their interaction and I like seeing their emotions too, because it makes them real and not just two cardboard figures on a TV show
Everybody Loves a Clown - Decent episode,not great.Still,looks like a masterpiece compared to Bugs.
ReplyDeleteThe Rapture - It was interesting to see things from Jimmy's perspective.And Dean finally found out about Sam and the demon blood.Cool episode,all in all!
Dead in the Water - Great episode and Amy Acker is one of my favorite guest stars.It was the first Supernatural episode I loved!And no,ONE good scene with the Impala does not make Mannequin a good episode,it doesn't even make it an okay episode.
Fallen Idols - Paris Hilton losing her head and some great dialogue.I don't remember much from Salvation,apart from Dean mouthing off to John(great moment,by the way,a long time coming).
99 Problems - 149 episodes and All Dogs Go to Heaven is at the very bottom.Below Bugs,below Mannequin even below the killer truck!99 problems on the other hand,while not great,had some good moments.
Of Grave Importance - I really liked the ghost story!Also,no season premiere is allowed to be as weak as The Magnificent Seven.
Quotes
Provenance(SARAH!):
- Dean: "Sam,marry that girl."
- Sam: "Why are you trying so hard to get me laid?"
Dean: "Why are you trying so hard to not get laid?"
Dead Man's Blood:
- John: "Get back in the car."
Sam: "No."
John: "I said,get back in the car."
Sam: "Yeah.And I said no."
- Dean: "Sorry,I can only stay with a chick so long.Definitely not eternity."
Not a big fan of Dead Man's Blood.It was when I started wishing that John could have stayed lost for a little longer.
of grave importance and magnificent 7 is almost a tie because both story lines deal about life and death decision and executed very well
ReplyDeleteProvenance quotes:-
ReplyDeleteSam Pickups are your thing, Dean.
Dean: It wasn't my butt she was checking out.
Sam: In other words, you want me to use her to get information.
Dean: Sometimes you got to take one for the team. Call her.
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Sam What kind of house doesn't have salt?! Low sodium freaks!
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I loved Provenance.
I loved Sarah, for she was just the right kind of girl for Sammy who always appears the less cocky of the two brothers, and she was classy and intelligent just as Sam likes his girls.
Even Dean underrstood it practically at first glance. I always imagine that Jess was like that too although we didn't really get to know her well.
I just liked the whole episode; the story, Sarah, the dusty Impala parked amongst the high class cars in the parking lot, the dinner scene.etc,.
One of the perfect episodes for me. Bonus points for Sarah still being alive at the end of the episode although she did only exchange a chaste kiss with Sam so maybe that doesn't count as far as getting killed goes! :)
Dead Man's Blood.
I have never been a fan of this episode. For a start I don't like vampires and the vampires in this episode annoyed me particularly.
John was really hateful in this episode too, I much preferred him in Salvation.
The only positive note was Dean weilding the cross-bow and stepping in between John and Sam to avoid bloodshed!. Not much for an episode.
Quotes:-
Dean: "Oh I don't normally get this friendly until the second date
but..." Kate: "You know, we could have some fun. I always like to make
new friends." Dean: "Oh sorry. I don't usually stay with a chick that
long. Definitely not eternity."
Luther "Revenge isn’t worth much if you end up dead."
Voted for the top one in every poll. Coincedentalpy, I was also in the majority for each.
ReplyDeleteWell, four of these were really easy. Long-distance call, Mannequin, and All Dogs were among the few SPN episodes that I really hate. While I thought Bugs had enjoyable redeeming moments, the often repeated criticisms are valid, so I voted against that one as well. The other two polls caused me to pause, but I went with Salvation and The Magnificent Seven.
ReplyDeleteEverybody Loves a Clown - even though it introduced Jo, I actually like the episode. We have some Ash in it, the evil clown was kinda creepy and then we had Dean taking his feelings out on the Impala, which is an awesome scene. Also, like Dahne, I love the scar on Dean's face. It was there in IMToD and it's great it's still there an episode later.
ReplyDeleteThe Rapture - because Long-Distance Call was so pointless. It's really sad how season 3 went straight downhill after Jus in Bello. Stupid screenwriters strike. And also, gotta give credit to Misha for his acting in the Rapture.
Dead in the Water - cause the other one is among SPN's worst ever and Dead in the Water was actually great. Loved Lucas too.
Salvation - because I find Fallen Idols boring and I actually like watching the boys' damaged relationship with John.
99 Problems - I actually like it a lot, especially for a season 5 episode. What can I say, I loved Cas in it. Also liked the Leah storyline. And All Dogs is pretty bad, even though RoboSam was fun.
Of Grave Importance - I liked it a lot, the ghosts' perpective. Maybe the fact The Magnificent Seven was a season premiere and failed as such makes me like it less than I would have had it been a regular episode. Cause for a premiere it was pretty bad.
Ah, I never thought about that. By mid season 4 and all through season 5, I might have paid the writers to go on strike. Of course if they had not gone on strike in season 3, season 4 and likely 5 would have been vastly different.
ReplyDeletelove it!
ReplyDeleteMost episodes in the wild card polls are likely to be "meh" or downright awful for people. These episodes received very few votes when we ranked them. Thee are only 5 of the 48 I really enjoyed and am actively rooting for. May 8 that I would like to win but aren't invested in. You are one of the first people I know who have enjoyed Bugs though. Mostly it seems people range from thinking it was the worst episode to finding it meh with a terrible ending but some good brother moments.
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ReplyDeleteNot a big fan of Dead Man's Blood.It was when I started wishing that John could have stayed lost for a little longer."
BWAH!!! This is my sentiment exactly.
"Still,looks like a masterpiece compared to Bugs." - Yep, that statement is the perfect summation to.
Ha! Get used to it. Most of the wildcard polls will end with the top being the winner. That is if people still care enough about these episodes to vote. I get a clear case of "voting against" the worst episodes more than a desire to see a particular episode get in.
ReplyDeleteCrossbow is always a plus. They should use the crossbow more often. That and the sniper rifle.
ReplyDelete1. I voted for "Everybody Loves A Clown". One, because Bugs just might be the worst episode of Supernatural ever. And two, because I adore Jo, and I loved meeting her and Ellen and Ash in that episode. Plus Sam being scared of clowns was hilarious.
ReplyDelete2. The Rapture. I loved hearing about Cas's human vessel and what it was like from the vessel's pov. Plus the story was heartbreaking. Long Distance Call wasn't a horrible episode, but it just doesn't really stand out either.
3. Dead In The Water. I'm actually surprised this episode didn't make the regular ranking. This was the very first episode of SPN that I truly loved (although I do like the pilot and Wendigo). Jensen was great in the episode and I felt it was the first episode that really humanized Dean from just a cocky badass into something more. Plus Amy Acker is amazing. I always hope that they'll run into her character again someday. Mannequin was just weak. The whole ghost possesses a mannequin thing was a little too on the absurd side to me, and then with the end with the guy who had a mannequin for a girlfriend it was just weird. Like I feel like the only reason they had the ghost possessing a mannequin was just so they could make a "herp derp, this loser is having sex with a mannequin" joke at the end.
4. Salvation. I loved the denouement of season 1, consisting of this episode and Devil's Trap. Meg 1.0 was awesome. God how I miss that version of Meg. Also loved the shifting dynamics between John and Sam and Dean. Dean standing up to his dad, Sam showing the first signs of becoming like his dad, it was great. Fallen Idols was horrible. I mean Paris Hilton, really?
5. 99 Problems. Loved this ep. I liked the idea of the religious fervor getting out of control (as it so often does; I love when SPN ventures into social commentary), and being manipulated by this creature. I loved drunk and depressed crisis of faith Cas, and Dean relating to him. I also liked how this episode pushed Dean more into crisis mode himself, with him starting to consider just giving in to Michael. I actually didn't mind All Dogs Go To Heaven, but it doesn't stand up to 99 Problems for me.
6. I actually went with Magnificent Seven for this one. Mostly because I didn't really like Of Grave Importance and where it took the character of Bobby. I really really wish they'd never killed Bobby off. I think it was a mistake. But since they did, and they did such a beautiful send off for him in Death's Door, I felt like they should have just had him move on to the afterlife and be done with it, instead of making him slowly turn into a vengeful spirit. Plus I didn't enjoy Of Grave Importance because at that point in the season, ALL episodes should have been focused on dealing with the season arc. So Mag Seven kind of wins by default for me on this one.
You could do a poll to ask how one thinks season three would have finished if it was taken to its natural ending. :)
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the thigh holster!
ReplyDeleteEverybody Loves A Clown, The Rapture, Dead In The Water, Salvation, 99 Problems, and Of Grave Importance
ReplyDeleteExcept for Of Grave Importance, exactly the same here :)
ReplyDeleteI think I would find Magnificent 7 a middling episode too if it weren't the season premiere. I just expect so much more out of the beginning and ending episodes.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I'm shocked, and this time at those who voted for Fallen Idols and Of Grave Importance over Salvation - seriously? - and Magnificent 7.
ReplyDeleteThose 2 are on my worse bottom 5 list.
But any over Salvation, and M7 losing?? 0.o
In all honesty, I tend to not like the penultimate episodes when compared to the finales. Penultimates tend to be far more weepy, overly dramatic, and very very chatty. The finales tend to be more action-driven. When season 1 first aired, Salvation was one of my least liked episodes of the season. It was up there with Bugs, Route 666, Hook Man, The Benders, and Home (only because of Missouri Mosley). I hated the Weepy Winchesters motif and John's monologue about what he wanted made me cringe. While I find Salvation better these days, it's still in the bottom half of SPN episodes for me. The whole John going to Meg thing bores me. I'm no John fan but he is unusually dull and dumb in this part. I do not understand why he doesn't just drive the truck on the rims until he can steal another one. Yes, he'd lose his truck but it's not like he actually paid for it. The brother part was better but again it was a lot more emoangsting from them than we had gotten for most of the season. It seemed off to me and certainly not near as much fun as the finale. Devil's Trap is still in my top 25 SPN episodes.
ReplyDeleteDahne, the 101 eps that have ranked in...is this from previous polls? Just curious.
ReplyDeleteEverybody Loves a Clown, because i hate episode Bugs and that episode haves spiders, worms, ants and etc. I hate this things. Every time when i rewatch supernatural in that episode i only watch scenes with Dean and Sam.
ReplyDeleteThe Rapture
Dead in the Water, because this episode when i realize that Supernatural for me is favorite show who i can rewatch a lot times and not get bored, and stays in my favorite tv show list for long time, only few serial stays in my list longer than couple months.
Fallen Idols, 99 Problems, Of Grave Importance.
Quotes:
Provenance:
Sam: "I don't understand Dean. We burned the damn thing." Dean: "Yeah, thank you Captain Obvious."
Sam: "What kind of house doesn't have salt? Low sodium freaks."
Dead man's blood:
Dean: "Vampires. It gets funnier every time I hear it."
Luther: "Revenge isn't worth much if you end up dead."
When you list an ep, if you have the season handy, could you put it beside the name. I'm not as young as most of y'all and it takes me forever to look them up. ;) I am enjoying this, but hate that my favorite fun ep came in second. lol
ReplyDeleteYes, they are from the ranking polls we did over winter hiatus. That was when there were 6 (I think) episodes and you needed to pick your top 3. They were then ranked by percentage of the vote that they received. All wildcard positions received less than 11% of the vote in their respective polls.
ReplyDeleteSorry. Wild card polls are already made so how about if I post the seasons here. I will try to remember to put the seasons on the actual contest polls at least the first time around.
ReplyDeleteEverybody Loves a Clown - 2
The Rapture - 4
Dead in the Water - 1
Salvation - 1
99 Problems - 5
Of Grave Importance - 7
Real Ghostbusters - 5
Wendigo - 1
No Exit - 2
Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester - 4
Houses of the Holy - 2
Shut Up Dr. Phil - 7
Jump the Shark - 4
Ghostfacers - 3
Malleus Maleficarum - 3
Sex and Violence - 4
Family Remains - 4
Route 666 - 1
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - 5
Season 7 Time for a Wedding - 7
The Third Man - 6
Defending Your Life - 7
Let It Bleed - 6
Red Sky at Morning - 3
Slice Girls - 7
Unforgiven - 6
Out with the Old - 7
Hollywood Babylon- 2
Two and Half Men - 6
The Girl Next Door - 7
The Kids are Alright - 3
Adventures in Babysitting - 7
Playthings - 2
Criss Angel is a Douche Bag - 4
Hook Man - 1
Exile on Main St. - 6
Time is on My Side - 3
I Believe the Children are our Future - 5
Sin City - 3
Swap Meat - 5
Roadkill - 2
Metamorphosis - 4
Magnificent Seven - 3
All Dogs Go to Heaven - 6
Fallen Idols - 5
Mannequin 3: The Reckoning - 6
Long-Distance Call - 3
Bugs - 1
Dead in the Water just barely missed the cut off. I think it is because in its ranking poll there was also the Pilot, Bloody Mary, and Skin. Those got a lot of poll love. Dead in the Water was the first episode I loved too. I thought the pilot was amazing and enjoyed Wendigo but DitW got my heart.
ReplyDeleteWell I expected most of those to be on the list. A couple are surprising though.
ReplyDeleteI like both those episodes. I remember when I saw the SPN finale and decided to buy the season 1 on DVD and watched all episodes in a day and a half before Season 2 premiered the next week after.
ReplyDeleteAll this talk of season 1 is making me miss it. Haven't watched it for a long time. Despite his flaws I loved John. All the episodes he was in were my favs pretty much.
Loved Sam and John's talk in the cabin.
I still mourn whenever I get the chance to watch season 1 and 2. And then there's Rufus, Ellen, Jo, Gabriel and Balthazar. And now I'm going to mourn Bobby too. Dang this show.
Yay, season 3! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to think about how the show would be different if the strike hadn't happened at all, or had happened in a different season.
The brothers are the show for me, so I totally agree!
I have a SPN marathon going most of the year, right now I am on disk 6 of season 5 and getting ready for my sob fest with Swan Song.
ReplyDeleteLike you I always enjoyed Papa John, yes he made some really bad choices, but he did love his kids and hey, seeing JDM is NEVER a bad thing. lol
Check out this video, it is my favorite with John Winchester. Hope the link works.
http://vimeo.com/33694263
Supernatural can do that to you. I was chatting with a fan who just started SPN and watched all 149 episodes in 14 days. Hey, if you're going to have an addiction, you can't go wrong with a Supernatural addiction.
ReplyDeleteWhen I choose which episodes to watch (instead of being in a marathon of episodes like I am right now), I tend to watch season 1. It has some of my favorite standalone episodes. Quite frankly I've probably watched every season 1 episode at least 100 times, including Bugs. The only other season that comes even close for me is season 2.
It really depends on what episodes were in the round with them. If there were 2-3 fan favorites in the poll then middling episodes got screwed. That's why we are running the wildcard polls so that if there truly is an episode that should have made it into the contest but was slightly edged out by their competition, they still have a shot. In all honesty though, I wouldn't expect more a 3-4 to get in if they wouldn't have already in a straight top 128 list.
ReplyDeleteI like to watch episodes when I have more time/when I'm not too busy with college. I like when I can sit and watch the episodes it order. I used to be able to go through Season 1-3 in just days, but when Season 4 came around I got more busy.
ReplyDeleteRight now I'm watching Season 4-6 on DVD before Season 8 starts I want to have seen them all, and hopefully some of Season 7 when the DVD comes out. I am skipping a few minor episodes here and there though, episodes that I only watch when I forget too much. lol I didn't watch Season 1-3 this year because I have never gotten through all the seasons since the year of Season 4. So I want to finally be able to watch my Season 5 and 6 DVDs.
Plus Season 4 and 5 are my fav seasons so I'm excited finally seeing scenes I can't find on youtube on DVD after not being able to watch them for years.
Yeah.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me feel disloyal to say I like one season more than another, but going by how many tears are shed, seasons 4 and 5 get the most waterworks. lol Since I have watched every ep of every season many times, yes even Bugs and eps that have my hated Ghostfacers in them get a rewatch because they move the story along. Swan Song gets me going about half way into it, because I know what is coming. Hey I raise and release baby squirrels so I KNOW I am crazy. ;) I even dropped netflix down to one movie at a time so it would not slow my SPN marathon down. lol
ReplyDeleteReading those Provenance quotes made me re-watch the episode. The boys looked so different in season 1! I should rewatch some of those episodes this summer :D
ReplyDeleteSeason one is one of my favorite seasons to rewatch. It has some classic episodes and it was scarier by far than any other season.
ReplyDeleteThanks! My head gets to spinning with these daily polls...I missed the 2nd wild card posting. :-(
ReplyDeleteThey are still loads of fun.
Asylum has been the best scary one for me. Love that kind of ep, where I am waiting for something to jump out at me. lol
ReplyDeleteAgreed. A lot of people say Bloody Mary, but for me Asylum was definitely scarier. Scarecrow was pretty scary too just because that thing was hideous.
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