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Supernatural
SERIES: WB, Tuesday 9:00p (60 minutes)


9.0

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Starring Jared Padalecki, and Jensen Ackles

Two brothers travel the country looking for their missing father and battle evil spirits along the way, in stories inspired by urban legends and other folklore.

GENRE(S):	Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
CREATED BY:	Eric Kripke
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 13, 2005

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

The series' grim tone and overall look of a grimy world in perpetual need of dusting or wiping is a long way from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and closer to Japanese movies like The Grudge. [12 Sep 2005, p.45]

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

It's likely to startle you the way no show has since The X-Files.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

This creepy storytelling carries extra punch because the drama has an excellent, easy-to-root-for cast.

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

A creepy, atmospheric, sometimes downright scary hour of TV.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

"Supernatural" is unlike anything else out there and should build a following among viewers who appreciate its combination of spooky mythology and mystery adventure.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

Padalecki and Ackles are hunky, funny and a joy to watch.

USA Today Robert Bianco

Of all the season's new dark-arts adventures, WB's aptly if generically named Supernatural may be the simplest and the scariest.... It wants nothing more than to frighten you -- and tonight, it does.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

Ackles and Padalecki are good-looking, yes, get to drive a '67 Chevy and will undoubtedly run into a lot of really hot women in peril, but "Supernatural" works. It's just serious enough, just hip enough and, as advertised, more scary than imagined.

Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield

A loud, believably unbelievable ghost story, a different ghost from classic lore guest-starring each week.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

"Supernatural" plays like a high-octane B-flick. You could be mildly ashamed at how much you like it.

Newsday Diane Werts

It's a romp and a half.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

It is a well-made little show of horrors that's likely to scare and thrill its target audience.

Washington Post Tom Shales

There isn't much in "Supernatural" to engage viewers older than Sam and Dean, but it's certainly not the worst of the new troop of spookers.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

The stars are appealing WB veterans, but it is hard to believe that subsequent episodes will carry the same edge as the premiere. "Supernatural" is not "The Sixth Sense," it's "Ghostbusters' Creek."

Cleveland Plain Dealer Mark Dawidziak

The creep factor runs high, and it had better in a series called "Supernatural." But the series also has its overly familiar and just-plain-silly moments.

Variety Brian Lowry

A perfectly serviceable if not particularly inspired bumper.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

Leaden, predictable and, at times, unintentionally funny.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

As unimaginative as its title.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

Genre fans used to the emotional depth and extraordinary storytelling of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" will find that this show is not even remotely in "Buffy's" or "Angel's" league.

Salon Heather Havrilesky

As flat and robotic as the show may be, a teen "X-Files" meets "Red Eye" is likely to pull in high ratings.

Slant Magazine Eric Neigher

Supernatural's shortcomings could have been mitigated were its plotlines authentically scary.

Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

These brothers are like most WB stars and starlets, pretty faces with negligible theatrical skills.

The average user rating for this tv show is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 144 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Zane S. gave it a4:
Supernatural isn't scary, it's just not good. It's boring, so not scary. It tries to be Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but unlike Buffy, this show has boring storylines, lame monsters and uninspired acting.

Stephanie B. gave it a0:
Quite possibly the stupidest, most basic, pandering, cliche, self-indulgent, over-done, stinking, putrid mass of crap on the idiot box today. My GOD, this is what television has come to?? It's ALMOST, but not quite, as stultifyingly moronic as those retarded "Reality TV" shows!!!!!

Jason E. gave it a10:
This is one of the most phenomenal shows on television and it drives me nuts that more people don't know about it. It literally has everything you could ever want from a television show all wrapped up into an hour-long episode every week. It's one of the few shows that can go from being hilarious to mysterious to terrifying to action-packed to horribly depressing all in one episode, and it never fails to leave you wanting more. It also is getting consistently better and better (the first season definitely had a few "filler" episodes). They've just announced that it is being brought back for a 4th Season and I couldn't be happier. If you haven't seen this show, please check out the DVD's as soon as possible. p.s. All of the critic's reviews that are referenced on this site are from the Pilot episode in 2005... not a good reference to base an entire show off of at all.

Sarah N gave it a10:
This is my favorite show. It has a great mix of humor and horror. I make sure to be home or record it every time it is on.

Pete R. gave it a0:
The US has given the world the sopranos, deadwood and house... and I guess you just hve to take the good with the bad. I'm with Tiffany... I've watched 2 episodes and I'm afraid it will take either supernatural intervention or a frontal lobotomy for me to sit through any more of this contrived shit.

Robin R gave it a6:
I admit I first turned on this show because of Jared's pretty face. But I kept watching because I'm a chick who's easily frightened. I was hooked straight through the first season. For other reasons, I died down in watching, and I'm actually not sure if it was partially because of the content of the show or not. Either way, the first season kept me home every night it was on and at times I was honestly jumpy and kept my night-light on.

Jace N. gave it a4:
It had promise since it was aimed at putting into TV actual written "spooklore" collected over decades of campfire stories and dusty dimestore books...but sooner or later had to toss it all aside for some grand X-Files style "Master Plan" by the evil element. Wake me when the big showdown with the devil and his army of somethingorothers is over and they get back to saving suspiciously cast hotties from oogie boogie men in the closet.

Supernatural SERIES: WB, Tuesday 9:00p (60 minutes)

Supernatural
SERIES: WB, Tuesday 9:00p (60 minutes)