If you've already seen the Cracked.com review of Supernatural, then disregard this. If you haven't seen it, here are a few teasers:

Season One

The boys' search for their missing father was presented by the Supernatural advertising campaigns as the main plot of the show, a parallel, presumably, to Mulder's search for his sister in the X Files. It is a bit of a bummer, then, when he calls them by cell phone in Episode Nine and is like "Hey, kids, what's up." By Episode Sixteen, the three are working together. We don't think that happens in the other show.

Large parts of season one are simply unwatchable, to the extent that we suspect that they didn't bother to actually put all of the episodes on the DVD set, and that when selected, the menu screen simply says "You want to watch the episode about the racist truck? Really?"

and in the character descriptions they lead with Metallicar:

The family car, a 67 Chevy Impala, is the coolest thing on the show by a factor of four million. It survives despite being possessed by a ghost, stolen several times, crashed twice, and also beaten up by Dean in a fit of rage, after which the car claimed that she'd just driven into a wall, and that Dean just gets angry sometimes.

There's also a flowchart of the fate of female characters who appear on Show that is totally made of win.

Some of the humor is a little...harsh...but on the whole, I enjoyed it.

Large parts of season one are simply unwatchable, to the extent that we suspect that they didn't bother to actually put all of the episodes on the DVD set, and that when selected, the menu screen simply says "You want to watch the episode about the racist truck? Really?"

Shit like this makes me want to go all stabby. (at reviewer, not Morgana). Author of article didn't enjoy season one? Here, let me point out the door to the fandom exit.

I may be a little overly defensive of the series. This is the reason I can't read about it on twop.

Cracked is Cracked. Never expect to see anything other than unserious and childish humor there.

Occasionally too sexist and offensive for me, but often hilariously funny.

I really don't think "large parts" of S1 are unwatchable, though. Even Route 666.

Well, you know what I keep claiming: after about 6 rewatches, you start to enjoy it.

Shit like this makes me want to go all stabby. (at reviewer, not Morgana). Author of article didn't enjoy season one? Here, let me point out the door to the fandom exit.

Should I get out too? Because I didn't like season 1, and in fact rolled my eyes and quit watching midway through some of the episodes I caught way back when. It was only in mid-season 2 that I got interested enough to give it another try, and liked what I saw enough to keep returning regularly.

I think it's different when it's a reviewer. Then it's someone in a public forum (with a broad audience or not) who seems to be having fun shitting on something you love. That always seems icky to me, too. That's what TWoP has always seemed to be to me, which is why I don't go there.

I'm happy to have you, Matt!

The people at Cracked aren't what I'd call reviewers

Anyhow, I love Farscape, but I'm willing to admit that the first 8 or so episodes were really, really not good.

Anyhow, I love Farscape, but I'm willing to admit that the first 8 or so episodes were really, really not good.

Oh, I'm sure. There are definitely sucky episodes of SPN (and Buffy, and Angel, and X-Files, etc.). But the culture of meanness sort of escapes me. Too many people who think it's awesome to be as snarky as possible for laughs. It just got old for me a long time ago.

Plus, fandom is my happy place. It's sort of like, I can say when my husband is being an asshat or my kids are being pains in the ass, but no one else better say it, you know?

Well, you know what I keep claiming: after about 6 rewatches, you start to enjoy it.

You keep saying it. I keep saying that the wall has more chemistry with Dean than the actress playing Cassie. Oh. You meant the racist truck stuff? Yeah, that does.