Supernatural

Supernatural is a procedural TV Show with an ongoing story. Each episode consists of the main characters, the brothers Sam and Dean Winchester, fighting some harmful supernatural force or another. The majority of the episodes are self contained but a good number help progress the ongoing story of the two brothers. Examples of what they encounter being ghosts, witches, demons, etc.

Zaukul's Review
Supernatural is no masterpiece, but it is a hell of a lot of fun (pun intended). At first I thought it was nothing special, and it was fairly generic for the first half of season 1, but then the show improves significatly. In the second half of season 1, the ongoing story really gets going with many episodes linking together. At that point most of the introductory period is over, and the show really finds its rhythm.

I'm about halfway through the second season at this point, and while the show has mostly returned to monsters of the week, they're very entertaining. The show has a lot of geek culture, with references to all kinds of stuff like The Exorcist and Star Wars. The show also does a good job of going from dramatic scenes to comedy and back smoothly, making both work well.

The show must also have a pretty decent budget, because all of the effects look really good. There are a lot of supernatural events that could easily look cheesy, but they don't.

Watching in June and July 2009, halfway through season 2. So far I'd give the show a 4.