Supernatural (TV series)

Supernatural is an ongoing TV series that began in 2005.

It follows two 20-something brothers, who, following in their missing father's footsteps, travel across the United States to fight monsters and other supernatural villains, while trying to avenge their mother, who was killed by a demon when the younger of the two brothers was still an infant.

It is something of the anti-Buffy, where the men fight the monsters and dead women serve as their motivation (the heroes' mother, Sam's girlfriend) or living women act as their support (Ellen and Jo Harvelle). Although the series makes a few attempts at avoiding the damsel-in-distress cliché in its weekly storytelling, it is unabashedly patriarchal in its premise, and male-centered throughout the series. (There was even an episode that openly mocked Buffy fandom, by including clueless male geeks who wondered what Buffy would do in a given situation.)

The series's developing family drama and the emotional connection between the two brothers hides under a tough, roadtrip-and-rock'n'roll macho exterior.

Several fan writers have taken to slashing the two brothers, who are played by very handsome actors and share an intense relationship onscreen.

Characters

Regulars

• Sam Winchester, the younger brother, played by Jared Paladecki
• Dean Winchester, the older brother, played by Jensen Ackles (previously from Dark Angel)

Recurring

• John Winchester, the father, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan
• Meg Masters
• Ellen Harvelle
• Jo Harvelle
• Ash
• Bobby Singer
• Gordon Walker

Episodes directed by or written by women

Season 1 (2005-06)

• 1x03 - "Dead in the Water", directed by Kim Manners and written by Sera Gamble or Raelle Tucker (Sept. 27, 2005)
• 1x05 "Bloody Mary", directed by Peter Ellis; story by Eric Kripke; teleplay by Ron Milbauer and Terri Hughes Burton (maybe female?) (Oct. 11, 2005)
• 1x08 "Bugs", directed by Kim Manners, written by Rachel Nave & Bill Coakley (Nov. 8, 2005)
• 1x12 "Faith", directed by Allan Kroeger, written by Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker (Jan. 17, 2006)
• 1x13 "Route 666", directed by Paul Shapiro; written by Eugenie Ross-Leming & Brad Buckner (Jan. 31, 2006)
• 1x14 "Nightmare", directed by Phil Sgriccia; written by Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker (Feb. 7, 2006)
• 1x20 "Dead Man's Blood", directed by Tony Wharmby; written by Cathryn Humphris & John Shiban (April 20, 2006)
• 1x21 "Supernatural", directed by Robert Singer; written by Sera Gamble & Raelle Tucker (April 27, 2006)

Season 2 (2006-07)

• 1x03 (ep 25), "Bloodlust", directed by Robert Singer; written by Sera Gamble (Oct. 12, 2006)
• "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things"
• "The Usual Suspects"
• "Crossroad Blues"
• "Hunted"
• "Houses of the Holy"
• "Born Under a Bad Sign"
• "Roadkill"
• "Heart", directed by Kim Manners; written by Sera Gamble (March 22, 2007) - a female werewolf
• "What Is and What Should Never Be"
• "All Hell Breaks Loose (Part 1)"

Season 3 (2007-08)

• "The Kids Are Alright"
• "Bedtime Stories"
• "Fresh Blood"
• "Dream a Little Dream of Me"
• "Mystery Spot"
• "Jus in Bello"
• "Time Is on My Side"

Season 4 (2008-09)

• "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester"
• "Metamorphosis"
• "It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester"
• "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
• "Criss Angel Is a Douchebag"
• "Sex and Violence"
• "It's a Terrible Life"
• "The Monster at the End of the Book"
• "When the Levee Breaks"

Season 5 (2009-10)

• "Good God, Y'All!"
• "Fallen Idols"
• "The Curious Case of Dean Winchester"
• "The Real Ghostbusters"
• "Swap Meat"
• "The Song Remains the Same"
• "99 Problems"
• "Two Minutes to Midnight"

Season 6 (2010-11)

• "Exile on Main St."
• "You Can't Handle the Truth", directed by Jan Eliasberg; story by David Reed, Eric Charmelo, & Nicole Snyder; teleplay by Eric Charmelo & Nicole Snyder (Oct. 29, 2010)
• "Caged Heat"
• "Appointment in Samarra"
• "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning", directed by Jeannot Szwarc; written by Eric Charmelo & Nicole Snyder (Feb. 11, 2011)
• "My Heart Will Go On"
• "Let It Bleed"

Season 7 (2011-12)