Supernatural: Episode 8: 'Bugs' (2005) - TV Episode Review

Sam & Dean are looking to squash some bugs in this episode!

So I have to say that Supernatural season 1 has been a lot of fun, with thrills, chills, fighting urban legends, ghosties, and all sorts of creepy crawleys! So of course I come up against the one dud of the season so far... And you know what? That is a good thing!

Now that maybe a weird thing... but if you think about it, it makes a sort of sense to it... If you make the first season an absolute smashing success... Then the production team, and the actor/actresses will have to work harder to meet and beat the smashingly amazing season! (That is generally part of the reason why movie sequels rarely surpass the first movie...)

And the dud episode for this season being: Season 1 - Episode 8: 'Bugs' (2005)!

These are just some of the bugs in this dull episode!

 Written by: Rachel Nave (The Shark Tank Redemption), Bill Coakley & Directed by: Kim Manners (The X-Files). Starring: Jensen Ackles (My Bloody Valentine), Jared Padalecki (House Of Fears), Andrew Airlie (Apollo 18), Tyler Johnston (The Phantoms) & Carrie Genzel (Watchmen).

"The manicured lawns. 'How was your day, Honey'. I'd blow my brains out!"

- Dean Winchester (A quote from Supernatural episode: Bugs.)

This episode tells the story of how over 100 years ago, the military massacred a group of Indians that had been living there at that time... Now during this time an Indian Witch Doctor curses the land, so that when an equinox happens, bugs in the land will go through and clean out the area of invading mankind...

In the present time, a family has moved in and started a housing development... And well with it has come the latest equinox, and the bugs start acting weird, and killing the people that are living/working there!

It looks like the bugs are looking to squash some humans!

The only way to save these people is Sam (Jared Padalecki) & Dean (Jensen Ackles) to rescue the unsuspecting people that are living there before the centuries old curse takes out these developers!

In the end... This episode was well acted, and the vision of Kim Manners is as awesome as the other stuff that he has done... The problem that I had with this episode was the story... It just didn't appeal to me as all the other episodes story lines have done so, so far... Anyway, check it out.. The episode is not great, but it is one to check out if you are going through the show religiously...

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Supernatural: Season 1 - Episode 3: 'Dead in the Water' - TV Episode Review

[caption id="attachment_330" align="alignright" width="220"] Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]

Alright so, so far I have to admit something to you guys, the problem with those TV channels that we all grew up with really enjoying, is that they have up until recently, but since the beginning of the new millennium have all been dominated by piece of shit reality shows that in all truth and honesty I think have been killing network TV in the whole!

I mean be honest and ask yourself, ask your friends, 'Do you primarily watch network TV, or do you watch, 'Netflix', or, 'Hulu' or even, 'satellite TV'?' And then find out how much truly watch more of these mediums then network TV anymore... I mean for myself, almost everyone I know watches these mediums more often then they do watch network TV, and I would go so far as to say that some people have done away with access to network television in the whole! But that is not what I wanted to admit to...

No... You see, even though network TV has been horrible for most of the new millennium, it has not been all bad! I mean quality programming is just starting to come back in a major way, but during what I would call, 'the dark times', I would go on to say that there has been such awesome programming as, 'The Office', 'Monk' and, 'Supernatural'!

And this latest episode is an interesting one... You see, this episode is one that could be said to be one for the movies... Yet just was not done quite right!

You see, this episode, which was written by: Sera Gamble (The Clay Man), Raelle Tucker (True Blood), & Directed by: Kim Manners (The X-Files). Starring: Jensen Ackles (Smallville), Jared Padalecki (House Of Wax), Amy Acker (Angel), Daniel Hugh Kelly (Cujo). Bruce Dawson (White Noise) & Nico McEown (Personal Effects).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Sam & Dean as they meet one of the earlier victims wives (Andrea) in this strange, 'Supernatural occurrence![/caption]

This episode tells the story about how in a small town that has been doomed to loose it's main attraction, and probably the rest of the town, when it gets drained out, has started to loose people like crazy in a series of bizarre drowning incidence... In comes Dean (Jensen Ackles), & Sam (Jared Padalecki)... You see, while searching for their missing father, they have decided to help the poor bewildered inhabitants of the town...

In then end though, Sam and Dean, along with the help with the help of  Andrea (Acker) & Lucas (McEwon) Barr, will find a truth about these drownings that will shake all of them to their very core!

Now to be honest with you, the reason that I gave this episode such a low mark is the plan and simple fact that about the first half of this episode just kind of drags on, but it has some great guest stars on it as mentioned above, and the ending was so well made that I think honestly that the ending of this episode is one that you would normally see at the end of a movie!

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