TV: Serials: An influx of demons indicates a war between decent psychics and them, on Supernatural

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Supernatural is a 10 pm Thursday series of episodes with a detailed backstory, quite well filled-in for regular viewers since the serial was launced in Sep2k5. The main characters are brothers. The older brother Dean Winchester (played by Jensen Ackles) takes up his father's task to become a hunter--that is, a demon hunter. In contrast, the younger Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) had aspired to go to law school. But with a personality difference established between the two, they "travel the country looking for their missing father and battling evil spirits along the way."

Sam Winchester is a college student bound for law school, determined to escape his family's past - unlike his older brother, Dean. Ever since they were little their father has been consumed with an obsession to find the evil forces that murdered his beloved wife, and [thus, dad] recruited his two young sons to help .... They have grown up as hunters of the supernatural.

And there's the rub! That much-abused word "supernatural" which merely amounts to one side of a philosophoical issue on the view that splits "nature" from what isn't nature (hence, supernature) and hints for some of an Unmoved Mover God or, to universes of cosmic forces or entities with super-human (supernatural) powers.

Sam escaped this way of life after high school, and now has a happy life with his girlfriend, Jessica [but she doesn't show up, nor is referenced in tonite's episode], and a promising future career. Dean, however, stayed behind with his father to join him in his "hunting".

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After Dean arrives for Sam's help when their father goes missing, Sam must join his brother to find dad. His one weekend trip to search for the missing John Winchester becomes an ongoing quest after a horrible tragedy ruins any thought of a happy life for Sam.

The two brothers, bound by tragedy and blood to their mission, travel across the country encountering terrifying and dangerous forces most believe to be nothing but superstition and folklore, such as the Lady in White, the Indian beast known as the Wendigo, Phantom Travelers who cause plane crashes, Bloody Mary, and many more.

From Warner Bros. Television Production Inc. in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision, with executive producers McG ( Charlie's Angels , The O.C. ), writer/executive producer Eric Kripke ( Boogeyman ) and Robert Singer ( Midnight Caller ).

I missed the title of this week's offering, whose gloomy scenes and alleged "drama" labelled "sci-fi" ended up being just above the mediocre--and, in that sense only, "good" (the ratings system stacks the possible categories). You couldn't tell,however, fromt the fan-club rating results--"perfect," "superb," etc.