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I've been waiting for this. Not for a chance to review one of the most intriguing television shows going around, because that would be bordering obsessive. No, the wait has been for a show actually as good as an addict describes it.

Supernatural follows the lives of two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester, as they travel America in their classic Chevy Impala, listening to their classic mullet rock and classically wiping out any evil, supernatural beastie that they can find. From the traditional vampires, demons and ghouls, to the not so conventional reapers, urban legends and deadly sins, there appears to be nothing these demon-hunting brothers can't banish within an hour.

Described as a weekly horror flick by its own creator, Eric Kripke, Supernatural is more than a fight-fest. Fright is one of the main components, true, but this television show holds viewers for more than that single reason. Fright, the plot and acting all bond together to create one awesome television show.

After a demon killed their mother when Sam was just six months old, the Winchester family began the hunt purely for revenge. With their father lusting for vengeance on the thing that murdered his wife, the brothers were raised to be warriors, fighting the forces of darkness like any good jedi. And, like any good jedi, one of them has a few good jedi mind tricks, and a good reason for any demon to be going after them. Though his psychic abilities manifested later in his life than one would expect, Sam's gifts' were nonetheless potent. After dreaming of, and then witnessing the murder of his girlfriend by the same thing that killed his mother, Sam thrust himself back into hunting after a two-year hiatus, and we were taken along for the ride.

This plot, to settle the score, remained a constant story arc through the first two seasons, and even with each new crumb the writers threw us loyal viewers, it was still hard to guess the truth that unfolded at the end of the second season when the brothers finally found payback. They managed to destroy the demon that had changed their lives forever, though it didn't come without casualties. That's Supernatural for you. Nothing is what it seems until you see it with your own two eyes, and even the episodes that have little to do with the main story line have their twists and turns. And even though season three has been interrupted, the episodes screened have promised that even with the major baddie dead and buried (or salted and burned, anyway) this is no

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