 Killing people, hunting things, the family business. Hey guys, continuing on with my marathon review of every single Supernatural episode. Now we're on episode two, the first season, the Windigo episode. Now there's a lot of things that changed about this episode in comparison to the pilot. For one, the production finally moved up to BC. They had a choice of LA or BC and in the NBC one and we all know how well that worked out. This episode also focused more on the book and we actually started to see the uses of the father's journal. The brothers go out into the woods with this girl, a younger boy and a hunter, looking for her brother who was kidnapped or somewhat attacked by a Windigo creature when he was camping out with his buddies. Now this was really the first time the show was scary and it actually really pushed a rating system because at one point the guy who was kidnapped by the Windigo, he watched his buddy get torn apart by the Windigo. We don't see it, but we hear it and the noises were disgusting and awesome. So the Windigo episode is one that's kind of caught up in controversy. Supposedly the Windigo that's in this film is completely wrong from the actual lore or the actual Windigo creature. Other people also said that Eric Kripke did not like this episode. He was one of his most hated episodes, which is odd because I think it's one of the best episodes because it really showcased the brothers' utility of themselves. They're willing to work on the spot to do whatever it takes to take down the creature as well. Is it had that classic line? This line has become so classic that even Crowley used it to mock the brothers at one point even though he had absolutely no idea what he had ever heard that before. So the Windigo episode I feel is a classic episode of Supernatural. If you are going to name some of the most memorable episodes of Supernatural, I think one of them will be the Windigo episode just because it set the pace. It set the pace for the horror, it set the pace for how they would fight creatures and it also set the pace that there wasn't just going to be ghosts, it was going to be lore, monsters, and anything else that was on the table. So I like the Windigo episode for several reasons. Is there some kind of stereotypical action of it? Yes, the Hunter guy is a douchebag, the guys who are playing on their Nintendo DSs, which is funny to see. The guy is using a Blackberry, which was slightly not shown at the same time. But the other thing that's kind of interesting, as I meant to say this in the last episode review, is that if you watch it, Sam sounds like Sam does now pretty much. But if you watch Dean, Dean doesn't have that depth, that deepness in his voice that he seems to have now. I don't know if he's purposely put that in, I think he has, I think it has become a part of his enactment of Dean. But Dean had a lot more somber, more regular voice when he started out and it's got a funny that that's what Jensen Ackles does now. It's really interesting to see these guys 13 years younger and see how they started out. And they're still on the hunt for their father. I like the Windigo episode, I don't know why that other people hate it so much. I don't see a reason as to it established a great horror setting. How they took out the creature was pretty awesome. The humor in it was very subtle but very funny. And there was actually a moment where Sam drove the Impala. So it has Fly By Night by Rush which is actually a song that I used to open up my radio show almost all the time. Speaking of which, I even did a marathon once on my radio show Supernatural for five Thursdays of August back in 2014 I think, or 2013. I did the first five seasons of Supernatural. So anyways, I like the Windigo episode so I'm going to give it a 6 out of 7 and I honestly really like it. As to whether I placed it above the opening episode, also yes because it upped the Lord, upped the candor of the characters, there wasn't as much exposition, there was a lot more subtlety with the episode, and also it was a hell of a lot scarier. So anyway guys, that's my review for the Windigo episode. I'll catch you in the next one.