It lives!!!Hi everyone!  I’m Gemma, your new Supernatural recapper.  Hopefully you’ll enjoy reading my recaps as much as I enjoy writing them.  Let’s jump right in, shall we?

This year’s recap is set to ACDC’s “Shook Me All Night Long.”  Great song, if not entirely appropriate.  Here’s the Sparknotes version: Dean made a deal, giving him only a year to live.  His contract ended up in the hands of Lilith, the new baddie of the series.  The boys reluctantly enlisted the help of Ruby the Friendly Demon to get Dean out of the deal. But in the end, Lilith evicted Ruby from Katie Cassidy’s body, sicked her Hellhounds on Dean, and tried to kill Sam.  Though Sam was mysteriously immune to her powers, she did manage to kill Dean and drag his soul to Hell, proving once and for all that Kripke does in fact have the biggest balls of them all.  And how awesome would THAT have been as an intro song?

Like Father, Like Son

That was pretty much the reaction across the board last night from everyone I know.  And just to get it out of the way right up front. Jensen and Jared and Jim Beaver all just brought it last night. God, I hope Bobby never, never changes. And Jensen and Jared were sharing some kind of freaking mind meld, they were just so in sync. And of course, Kripke, the Magnificent Bastard, did exactly what I thought he’d do.

Dr. Benton, I presume?

Well, that was something I didn't see coming. But what exactly did happen at the end there? Guesses, anyone? I won't say much more “above the fold” for the spoiler-phobes out there, but does any one want to place bets on how this season will end? They seem to be writing themselves into a bit of a corner here, but I have faith in Kripke and crew to have something interesting, yet satisfying, up their sleeves for us. Even if they're not going to get any help from the colt.

He's should get on the "Do Not Call" list...

I'm sorry to tell you guys, but this week Ghostfacers has been pre-empted to bring you this pretty good monster of the week episode of Supernatural. While it seemed for a moment that the episode might tie in deeply to the overall arc for the season, what with Jeffery Dean Morgan literally phoning his performance in, but it turns out the were other things afoot. I love how this show consistently pulls out obscure real-life mystical legends and pieces of trivia (so much more entertaining than racist trucks) and this episode I was interested to learn about Edison's spirit phone and the crocotta.

We interrupt your regularly-scheduled Supernatural recap to bring you the pilot episode of...GHOSTFACERS! Strap in, if you dare.

Two suave young James Bond types in suits greet us from armchairs in front of a fire, Masterpiece Theater-style. They are Harry Spengler and Ed Zeddmore, and they are here to present an "unsolicited pilot" to network bigwigs. They sympathize with you, Hollywood, for the hardships brought on by the "crippling writers' strike," and they bring you the new face of reality television, the scariest hour of your life:

They face the ghosts when the others will not. Stay in the kitchen when the kitchen gets hot.

The opening credits introduce us to Ed, Harry, Spruce, Maggie, and Corbett, and two other guys: Sam, who looks weirded out by the camera, and grumpy-looking Dean, who flips off the camera. They're obviously amateurs.

This is actually the least of their problems this week.

Big ups to Meg for sitting in for me the last two weeks. I've been on the road for work, so I actually watched the last three of these episodes in a marathon. It's a great way to see the gamut of tones that the episodes in this series can run: from funny to trippy to action-packed to downright scary. And don't worry Meg, I forgive the fangirl cries of “Squee!” after all, how were either of us to know that you were going to be treated to dual Deans and 'shipper dream sequence?

Close your eyes Burdorff, this is going to be a fangirly squee recap. I can’t help myself!  Also? This ep is so totally going to feed those fans who like to see that West Virginia vibe, as Darby Shaw at Fandom Talk used to call it. You know, brotherly love, with the emphasis on love. Sorry. It had to be said.

To start with, without gushing, I’d like to point out that there is no denying that both boys brought their A game this week. Especially Padalecki. I want to ask them so badly just how many takes it took them to get the “Winchester chorus” so spot on. But, enough of that. On to the show. And just in case everyone doesn’t know this yet, Mystery Spot is the Supernatural version of Groundhog Day. Just sit back and enjoy.

Well, I’m not Burdorff, but at least you get a recap this week. And because I made certain promises to your regular recapper *wink*, I will forgo personal commentary and get right on to the meat of matter. Also, sorry for the tl’dr-ness of this recap, but we’ve got so much cool stuff this week, I couldn’t bare to leave out one scene!

You gotta love an episode that opens with Bobby being all hunter-like. It quickly becomes apparent that things aren’t what they seem and sure enough, the scene closes with Bobby fighting something while in a dream-state, asleep in his hotel room.