Every time I see the Prophet Chuck in that commercial where his car won't start in the rain, I can't help but wonder, "Shouldn't you have known, dude?" Apparently he's typecast in my brain.

Theresa, goodness, you have a long memory.

Back in the day of paper day planners, before Daytimer started putting out inspirational pages and things, I had a 6x9" three-ring looseleaf binder. Executives used Daytimer pages and minimal tailoring. I went crazy with mine. I clipped magazine and catalogue photos of paintings, art photos, pretty objects, rainbows, clouds, buttes, mesas, forests, seascapes, and inspirational poems or excerpts from published journals or memoir. Using colored card stock and spray glue, I made divider pages for my own planner and one to divide each month from the next. One section was a two-page per week calendar, one was a phone & address book, one was for short and long range planning, and one had looseleaf filler in blank, for sketches, ruled for jotting notes and ideas, and graph sheets, for doing floor plans and elevations. I had clear pages of photographs, pen and pencil holders, a ruler, and a zip pouch with paperclips, rubber bands, erasers, post-its, small notecards and stamps. The final section was specially chosen handmade rag content stationery, cut to size and hole-punched, that I journaled on. As sheets were filled I removed and replaced them with blank ones, and when I had about an inch's worth, I bound them.

I still use my planner, with paper pages. It still functions the same way, though I've turned to bound paper journals rather than the looseleaf pages. The first time Dean rifled through John's journal, the combination of notes, sketches, clippings, and photographs bulldog clipped onto the covers just reminded me a lot of my own planner.

And that is way more than anybody was interested in on a Friday night.

And that is way more than anybody was interested in on a Friday night.

nuh-uh. I liked hearing all the details. It makes me want to make my own.

And that was way more than anybody was interested in on a Friday night.

I went to the end of Serenity with River and Mal again. "But I like to hear you say it."

Also what Laga said.

S3 was persistently the worst for race and gender issues. It was a shortened season due to the strike, and the first half of it was stylistically jarring, thanks to a failed attempt by the network to bring the look of SPN into line with the rest of its ruthlessly bright-and-shiny-colored shows.

Yeah, I've heard S3 had some unfortunate issues. Luckily with the DVDs I'll be able to do some selective viewing.

# The Kids Are Alright

# Bad Day At Black Rock

# Fresh Blood

# Dream A Little Dream Of Me

# Mystery Spot

# Jus In Bello

# No Rest For The Wicked

Aaaaaand there we are. Thanks!

Executives used Daytimer pages and minimal tailoring. I went crazy with mine.

The person I went to Greece with did the same thing with her travel planning journal. It was really useful.

You can ride my brother, but if you come near my car I will END THE WORLD.

Maybe Gabriel was onto something with his Switching Channels stunt. If Sam IS the Impala when Dean says yes to Michael, maybe it will amp up the protective big brother instincts enough to make the latter prioritize keeping Sam safe over flash-frying Lucifer.

Matt, hee!

Looking over the list, I find something that moves the arc along, speaks to the brother bond, to backstory, or foreshadowing in nearly every episode.

3.1 The Magnificent Seven - I disliked this episode, despite the introduction of the season arc and a wonderful character I'd love to see again.

3.2: The Kids Are Alright - If you've seen 5.22 you don't need to see this one, a plot synopsis will do.

3.3: Bad Day at Black Rock - I like this one a lot, and it introduces some recurring characters.

3.4: Sin City - This one is pretty solidly on theme for the season. I liked it, personally.

3.5: Bedtime Stories - Skippable, though I really liked it.

3.6: Red Sky at Morning - one really good scene and some fabulous sfx to geek over, if that's your thing. And boys in tuxes.

3.7: Fresh Blood - violent, but it ties up a secondary arc.

3.8: A Very Supernatural Christmas - must-see, for the bb and the backstory.

3.9: Malleus Maleficarum - ick.

3.10: Dream a Little Dream of Me - pretty solidly on the should-see list.

3.11: Mystery Spot - yeah, watch it.

3.12: Jus in Bello - ditto

3.13: Ghostfacers - lots of people hate this one. I find it refreshing and lots of fun, knowing how much the actors enjoyed doing it.

3.14: Long-Distance Call - enh. Skippable.

3.15: Time Is on My Side - ew, except for meeting a recurring character.

3.16: No Rest for the Wicked - necessary, but watch through the fingers at times.

My Totally Subjective List.

3.16: No Rest for the Wicked - necessary, but watch through the fingers at times.

Watch through the fingers how? Because of the gore?

I wouldn't skip any of them if I hadn't seen the whole series, personally. I might not rewatch all of them later, but I would hate having holes.

Because Dean's insides aren't as pretty as his outsides?

I hate that season, but may rewatch due to discussion here.

Well, the physical and the emotional gore. It's pretty damned rough, but I think it's necessary for what follows.

Going through episode by episode, there were so many scenes that I wanted to lift, because of both the overarching series mythology and the season arc, or because of a brother bonding moment, or an element of backstory, or a funny moment, or a bit of clever dialog, or because of some geeky techical or digital wizardry. There were several eps I think are ultimately disposable, but they have a toad scene, or a panic attack, or a cougar scene--which bothered a lot of people, but I found uncomfortably funny, because of the actors involved. If I could cherry-pick scenes from S3 and stitch them together in a narrative whole, excluding some of the rage-making stuff, it might make me happy. But I realize, going through the list, that there's more there to like than I remembered. It's just some scenes that I hated. But I hated them a lot and they colored how I felt about the ep, which bled into my memories of the season.