There is a part of me the mourns the loss of the way the show was. Season one was about two average people fighting the supernatural with completely non-mystical tools—shot guns and salt. Their interaction that season was very realistic as a real family. That was part of what drew me to the show. Despite it having ghosts and demons, they were dealing with issues every set of siblings, to some extent, deals with. Learning to relate to each other as adults. Learning to redefine their relationship without the parent. Trying to get past the hurts and betrayals of their teenage selves. I also loved that season one was telling me versions of ghost stories I used to hear and tell at summer camp—Bloody Mary, the Hook man.


I feel the same way. It's a very different show now. It was a much smaller playing field in season one. Almost every episode was a standalone. Now it's almost like some grand Wagner Opera.

But you know what? Fuck it. Wagner Rocks.