Jared Padalecki

A roughhouse between the Hayes's dingbatty script...and director Sera's winking and surprisingly skillful treatment of it...ultimately disappointing.

As TV timewasters go, Supernatural can be awfully entertaining.

It's been done to death. And brought back to life. And redone to death.

Say what you will about the highly entertaining Supernatural, but you cannot deny it traffics in the highest stakes on television.

Urban legends and archetypal mythology go out for a horror spin...Though the series' mythology is distinctly dark, there's also plenty of fun to be had...

The stars still deliver, the supporting cast (especially Collins and Mark A. Sheppard as demon Crowley) remains prized, and the writers keep coming up with witty variations on the show's Route 66-meets-The X Files premise.