Supernatural - The Complete First Season

Warner, minutes, NR

DVD $59.99

From the back cover: “ The Creepy The Demented The Unexplained The Unearthly

Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) grew up hunting such terrifying things. But that’s all in the past. Law school beckons him. So do safety and normalcy. That is, until Sam’s estranged brother, Dean (Jensen Ackles), appears with troubling news: their father, a man who’s been hunting evil for 22 years, has disappeared. So now, to find him, the brothers must hunt what their father hunts... and Sam must return to the life he thought he’d left behind.”

I had high hopes when this series premiered and I was not disappointed. Sam and Dean have some creepy stand-alone “monster” encounters as well as the continuing story arc that ties the season, and the series together, without the tedious, overly serious, conspiracy-behind-every-event atmosphere that has spoiled other shows. The cliffhanger ending was suspenseful without being overdone. I look forward to many more seasons of Supernatural. - Stephanie L Bannon