Supernatural Season 1. Episode 2: . It’s hard for any show with an episode order of 2. Supernatural. So much of the charm and charisma of the show rests in those Monster- Of- The- Week cases; so much of it rests on the deep thematic exploration that comes along with the hyper- focused nature of the episodic. One thing that can get lost in heavily serialized narrative is the breadth of thematic depth; Supernatural, by the virtue of it’s heavily episodic nature, was able to tackle more topics and drill down on the same one from many, many different angles.

To put it another way: shows like Breaking Bad go as deep as the Earth’s core, looking for gold and silver, but Supernatural digs more often in different places for the same thing. The serialization is neither good nor bad ultimately, I think. It’s a necessary step towards ending the show, for one thing; if they ever plan on marketing a final season, Supernatural is going to have to have something to end on. Even the most episodic of shows need an end point, and Supernatural has been searching for one for a long time, I think.

Truthfully, it’s hard for Supernatural to not be serialized regardless; they have so many characters and dangling plot threads to juggle that the episodic MOTW- type episodes get put to the wayside. You can’t be episodic with Crowley, Rowena, Lucifer, Sam, Dean, Mary, Castiel, and the British Men of Letters all demanding ample screen time. You can’t hyper- focus on, say, the irony of a monster being more compassionate than the human that hunts it, or the idea that hardcore violence isn’t the answer, if you have to juggle an A, B, C, D, and E plot.

One negative of this serialization (god, I am tired of typing that word) is that sometimes you have to do speed things up to get the information across. There are two instances in this episode where the pace goes from slow burn to frantic; once, when Crowley comes back, and second, right after when Sam and Mary hug. The first instance was one of strange plotting; we spend so much time in the A plot of “Rescue Sam” that we don’t get to the rest of the episode for nearly twenty minutes. We get, in quick succession, the Rowena- Crowley scenes, and the Vince (Rick Springfield!) introduction. It’s a lot of plot and other information to convey in just a few quick scenes, and the otherwise enjoyable languid tension- build pacing of the first twenty minutes gives way to rapid fire.

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The second instance wasn’t so much strange as unnecessary. Why do we need to see a montage of Dean drinking on the floor, looking at pictures of his mother, or Mary looking through the journal, or Sam staring at ceiling fan? None of this conveys information we didn’t already kn.

Dean struggling with his mother’s return, Mary struggling with how far behind she is, Sam struggling with, well, literally everything); it’s thirty seconds or so of time spent that we didn’t need. It’s frantic, but not in it’s need to give information, but to kill time. Having said that: I think that The CW made a wise, wise decision in having Andrew Dabb and Robert Singer take over. I’m not sure what it is about these two guys, but they have a better grasp on Supernatural than anyone since Eric Kripke, and if you catch me after a few cocktails, I might even put them above Kripke. One thing that Dabb and Singer seem to understand is the darkness of this world; Sam being visibly tortured by a blow torch was a stunning change for basic cable.

How many times have we seen shows walk right up to the edge of darkness, and have the victim be rescued? Each time Toni Bevell went to torture him, I expected Dean to ride in and save the day; and it never happened. Supernatural has a deep, deep foundation; it’s set in concrete and stone, and one could dig for years and years without reaching the bottom. Dabb and Singer are veterans of the show, and the TV business in general, and after this first two episodes, I believe they are on the best track possible.* * *I am fascinated by Mick and Toni as a pair. I don’t know who’s really in charge; he calls her lady, and she appears to take orders from him, but has more influence than a typical foot soldier.

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I struggle, too, in finding the core of her character; there is a real void- likeness about her–a sense of evergrowing sadism that burns brightest in the dark. She isn’t a sociopath, or a psychopath, or any sort of unfeeling monster; she feels fear acutely, maybe more than most. Her tangle with Sam shook her up, and when Mick told her she was going back to London for punishment, she looked at him like a cornered animal.

Mick, for his part, seems like middle management. He has juice, but it isn’t his to use. He’s a weapon, not the person wielding it.

I find it difficult to locate his center, as well; does he care about the possibility of every American hunter being killed? Does he care about the lives affected, or the reasons why hunting in the States is so fractured and decentralized? I find it hard to believe that anyone at all wouldn’t have reservations, and I especially find it hard to believe that someone who spends every waking hour trying to stop monsters from killing humans would be 1. I suppose I am being naive. You don’t call in a hitter in the off- chance you’re planning on killing someone; you call them in when it’s time to pull the trigger. Mick and Toni, and the rest of the British Men of Letters, appear to have made their decision a long time ago.* * *The grimace on Dean’s face when Mary called John a great father was perhaps the most telling moment of the entire series. How hard it must be to re- litigate Dean’s breaking from John’s orthodoxy; how hard it must be to have to be the one that says it out loud.

Dean hasn’t been a John’s Disciple in years and years, but it’s one thing to accept truth and make it a part of your foundation, and another to speak it to someone you care about. Dean breaks it to Mary as gently as he can, telling her that John changed, but even that isn’t the whole truth. John didn’t change as so much disappear, falling into a black hole so deep and dark that he became a part of it; and by the time he climbed back out, nothing was left of the father that tucked them in at night. FR-EE Gone Full Movie.

Sam may have given Mary John’s journal, but it’ll be up to Dean to explain who John was. It’ll be up to Dean to parent her, to bring her along in a world she was never meant to be a part of. It certainly won’t be Sam; his mother may as well be a stranger, or an old friend from Kindergarten that moved away. John is dead, Samuel is dead; Dean exists in her time and his, in the past and present, and he has to make sure that he doesn’t leave her behind, or stop her from making her way forward. He has to, essentially, become a parent. How unfair life is, that Dean must do this again.* * *I have always related to Sam Winchester.

I have always found his pain, and his guilt, and the deep insecurities to be similar to mine. If Dean is forced to be the adult, and bring along another child into adulthood, then Sam is the one stuck in perpetual childhood; always missing a key piece of the puzzle, always taking the hits, and always being the first one to stick his hand out of the dirt and drag himself into the sun.

Sam doesn’t know his mother; he doesn’t know if she likes tea, or coffee, or if she has a peanut allergy. He doesn’t know what her hands feel like, or how she smells when she carried him to bed, or the kind of movies she loves. She is a stranger; a friend from long ago, or a figure in a dream that you can’t get enough of. He is awkward around her; unsure of how to communicate, how to make her laugh. But instead of running, or hanging back in fear of not being able to get through, he opens up. He offers her a place to talk, and experiences of his own, and makes sure that she knows, first and foremost, that he is willing to help her.

In his greatest moment of vulnerability, only hours since he was brutally tortured and assaulted, Sam chooses kindness and empathy over fear and anger.

How Long Can it Last? It’s no wonder that Oak Island has received so much attention. There are many published books telling the story of the island and discussing the wild theories which have been brought up to explain what happened there historically. Books about the island include a heady mix of treasure literature, the island’s history, and related world history. The first book appeared in 1. In 2. 01. 4, when the History Channel aired the first episodes of The Curse of Oak Island, the documentary sparked interest in the island again, as Rick and Marty Lagina, majority owners of the island, began to allow people to tell their tale. The brothers purchased their property in 2.

What regular viewers have seen during the episodes is various attempts to find artifacts of importance at several key island locations. Viewers have also heard the many theories that swirl around the island’s supposed treasure, who may have brought it there, where it might be buried, what motives might have prompted a treasure to be hidden on the island, and opinions about what to do next. There have been notable people interested in the Oak Island Mystery over the years: Franklin Delano Roosevelt followed the Oak Island Mystery from 1. Errol Flynn invested in a treasure dig on the island. John Wayne invested in the drilling equipment used on the island, and offered his own equipment to help solve the island mystery. Vincent Astor was part of a passive investment to dig for treasure on the island.

Rear Admiral Richard E. But for the many that follow the show, seeking treasure along with the Lagina brothers, there are just as many who have become disenchanted with it.

Here are a few comments from those who find the show’s glittery promise of gold a bit tarnished: “Great Mystery, Pathetic Show”IMDb Viewer Review 2. Though it is obvious that the Lagina brothers are sincere in their attempts to uncover information that will lead them to successful recovery of treasure, what viewers see is random explorations with various technologies, but very little to show for the Lagina’s efforts. Shards of old wood, coconut fiber pieces, and pieces of strangely carved rocks are all part of the circling stories. Part of the reason for the poor viewer reviews is that an hour show may only reveal one small piece of information which could have been revealed in five to ten minutes of time.“When it’s all said and done a lot more gets said than done.”IMDb Viewer Review. This viewer summed up what many viewers are thinking at the end of each episode.

The show progresses slowly because the constant theories, or rather “hunches” as this reviewer mentioned, are constantly rotating in an endless spiral. Each time some action is planned, it takes forever for the process to take place, and once it does, nothing conclusive is found. Viewers are watching in the hopes that something will happen. Viewers want the Laginas to be successful, but they don’t want to watch them doing random digs, random searches, random discussions for hours on end. Even the most thrilled mystery lovers have expressed that their high hopes for discovering something new about Oak Island have been dashed. The actions taken never reveal enough to make them worth the time spent on them.“Never have so many done so little with so much time!”IMDb Viewer Review.

This writer noted that the episodes are filled with endless discussions. The truth that the amount of new content per week is about 1.

Season 4 Already Funded. How much longer can this show go on? That’s hard to know. As of now, the show has been funded for the current 2. The show, despite the opinions of negative reviewers, has been funded by Nova Scotia Business Inc. The company approved $1,2.

Season 4. It’s a highly popular reality television show that boasts Kevin Burns as Executive Producer. Here are some of the reasons why the show was funded for another season: Season 1 (2. Episode 1: 2. 5. 3 million viewers (First Episode in the Season)Episode 5: 2. Last Episode in the Season)Season 2 (2.

Episode 6: 2. 6. 0 million viewers (First Episode in the Season)Episode 1. Last Episode in the Season)Season 3 (2. Episode 2. 2: 3. 4. Seventh Episode in the Season)Episode 2. Last Episode in the Season)The Curse of Oak Island was the highest rated show on cable television on December 7, 2.

TV- Recaps- Reviews. The official Facebook page for The Curse of Oak Island has 2.

December 1. 2, 2. TV Guide Rating for the Curse of Oak Island is 4 out of 5 stars based on 3. Show. Buzz. Daily Cable Highlights for Tuesday December 6, 2. Curse of Oak Island leading Tuesday cable again. The Lagina Brothers Net Worth.

Celebrity Net Worth lists Marty Lagina’s net worth as $1. He is a successful engineer, whose company pioneered methods for extracting natural from shale. It was called Terra Energy, and he sold it for $5.

He then launched Heritage Sustainable, which builds wind turbines. The company has a project for Missaukee, Michigan, building 6. Marty’s company will become one of the largest producers of wind- energy in the state and the mid- west region. Celebrity Net Worth lists Rick Lagina’s net worth as $2 million. He is a retired postal worker for the United States.

His obsession with Oak Island began when he was 1. Bottom line is that the Marty and Rick probably don’t need money.

It would seem they have plenty. But, History Channel can help them to make more money to fund their treasure hunt. One astute viewer commented on the blog spot A Different Perspective, that History Channel will make money from ad revenue and the rerun market just by showing the show. Hopeful viewers will watch it because part of the entertainment they get is “the hope” that Marty and Rick will find something valuable.

The show may be able to hold viewer interest for the current season, but if Internet posts have any value, there are many viewers who are losing interest as the show drags on without discovering treasure. It would be much better for Marty and Rick to end the show before its popularity ends. Their devoted viewers will wish them well, plenty of new tourists will come to visit Oak Island and bring their money to spend in the region, and the two can happily dig for treasure knowing that they have contributed to the area’s economy and to furthering the world’s knowledge about the Curse of Oak Island.