13 reviews
Old school Supernatural episode!
Emotional!
Really moving in conveying what Dean, the heart of Supernatural, has sacrificed for his relationship to Sam. Moved me to tears.
- libbyhatch21-1
- Dec 28, 2018
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I guess this is growing up
- janedoe5300
- May 7, 2020
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An excellent, classic styled episode...
Oh Dean
There is an underlying hunter story however this episode reveals a lot about Dean's true nature and upbringing. For some reason it succeeded in tugging at my heartstrings. I found it to be a very touching story.
- blackmagpie-62368
- Apr 29, 2018
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Bringing Back Old School Supernatural
- hotcountry_chick
- Mar 12, 2014
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Take your brother outside as fast as you can. Now, Dean go!
- hp1993-739-947785
- Nov 20, 2013
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Young Dean Winchester...wow!
I've never seen Dylan Everett act before now, but wow! That young man must have studied Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester for a good while. He nailed all the mannerisms that Jensen portrays as Dean. Very impressive to me.
Season 9 is already better than 8!
Doesn't work in continuity-sloppy writing, the crew needed to re-watch After School Special
On its own this is a episode well within typical Supernatural quality. The kid actors are all pretty good-Timmy especially is engaging. The ghost story is believable and the red herring worked fairly well. The Dean stuff works as long as you don't think too much about it. But there's a couple of big issues for this episode in continuity .
First, the resolution of the ghost story is among the lamest in the show's run. There is a stiffness to the writing that is noticeable and I *hate* when the show has a blunt moral to an episode. I am also not sure if the ghost moving on works within the rules the series has laid out as the only other episode that does this sort of ending is Roadkill and there the ghost was calm. Second, Young Dean-and the whole flashback scenes-do not really fit with prior text. Young Dean is 16 in this episode and it is heavily implied that Robin was his first kiss. He is also soulful, and more introspective than Dean usually is. But in After School Special Dean is 18 years old and is shown to be a fully formed play boy and as cocky as adult Dean is (or was in season 1). The two years between the flashbacks are not believable for the time allocated for the change to happen. Moreover, the trajectory that this episode sets Dean on does not lead to Dean at 18 but instead to Dean as he is in season 9. Add in that Young Dean at 16 and Young Dean at 18 don't both work as the younger Ackles and the flashbacks largely fail.
First, the resolution of the ghost story is among the lamest in the show's run. There is a stiffness to the writing that is noticeable and I *hate* when the show has a blunt moral to an episode. I am also not sure if the ghost moving on works within the rules the series has laid out as the only other episode that does this sort of ending is Roadkill and there the ghost was calm. Second, Young Dean-and the whole flashback scenes-do not really fit with prior text. Young Dean is 16 in this episode and it is heavily implied that Robin was his first kiss. He is also soulful, and more introspective than Dean usually is. But in After School Special Dean is 18 years old and is shown to be a fully formed play boy and as cocky as adult Dean is (or was in season 1). The two years between the flashbacks are not believable for the time allocated for the change to happen. Moreover, the trajectory that this episode sets Dean on does not lead to Dean at 18 but instead to Dean as he is in season 9. Add in that Young Dean at 16 and Young Dean at 18 don't both work as the younger Ackles and the flashbacks largely fail.
- CubsandCulture
- Sep 13, 2020
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Too much drama and underwhelming motw
- shwetafabm
- Jun 28, 2020
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Stupid bathtub death
- calucatalina
- Oct 5, 2019
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Eh