Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Preview:Supernatural Season 8, Episode 4 Bitten Free Online

Sam and Dean investigate a bizarre murder in a college town. Close on the tail of their suspect, they bust into an apartment to find two dead bodies and a laptop cued up to some disturbing video footage.Download Video Supernatural Bitten Episode On ABC Family Tv Online Tv Live Streaming Video. Online Watch Supernatural Full Episode Watch Stream HD Video on Internet TV.The footage begins with Brian, Mike, and Kate hearing about an unusual animal attack in their town and the rest of the story is revealed through their eyes. Sam and Dean become unknowing participants in a unique student film.Returning for its seventh season, this haunting series follows Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers bound by tragedy and blood to the one thing that runs through both their veins - hunting monsters. This past season, Dean and Sam faced insurmountable obstacles: Sam returned from Hell without his soul, and Dean risked everything to get it back for him. The power struggle between good and evil raged on, with the new King of Hell, Crowley, ultimately emerging as their adversary. Shockingly, Crowley had made a secret deal with Sam and Dean's closest friend, the angel Castiel, who is now a desperate freedom fighter on the losing side of a post-Apocalyptic civil war in Heaven; together,

the uneasy allies sought to open a door to Purgatory, where a great untapped well of souls lie waiting to be used as the ultimate form of military power.

Good news for veteran Supernatural fans, this episode, directed by Jensen Ackles, has gone back to basics. Though many might prefer the complex, mythology-rich set-up of the last few seasons, many others would agree with me that it has all become a little too much, and the simplicity of early seasons has been completely lost over time.

I predicted last week that Kevin’s sudden disappearance would leave room for episodes like Heartache, where we get to see Sam and Dean back on the road again with nothing more important than solving the case at hand, and thankfully I was right.

It was like watching a season one episode, but with a more mature pair of characters who we’ve grown to love and care about. Sam wants to go to college and begin a life that “counts for something”, while Dean can’t foresee a life without hunting and doesn’t want to do it alone.

The year apart has changed both characters fundamentally, giving them the clarity to see what they really want, and it’s ironically brought them right back to square one. Sam has always had some mission to keep him on the road, and he’s drawing a line after they find Kevin and close the gates.

That said, the bad guy this week wasn’t the strongest Supernatural has ever cooked up. The episode’s real strength lay in the interaction between the guys, and the case was there to give the episode reason to exist.

When seemingly ordinary people from different areas start to rip hearts out at random, the boys have to find the connection – they’ve all received transplants from the same guy. When investigating the donor, a successful sports star who drove off a bridge, they discover that he’s actually been around for nine-hundred years.

The deal he made with an ancient god to stay young and athletic forever has carried over to his donated organs, and now there are eight monsters for Sam and Dean to track down and kill. 

Supernatural has historically worked well with a countdown to some personal crisis over the season, and I suppose Sam’s disassociation with the hunter lifestyle is season eight’s big issue. There’s some humour to be milked from it, of course, as he takes Dean to a farmer’s market to pick up organic road food, but the writers still give the issue the weight fans expect and deserve.

Watching the same two characters wrestle with the life for eight years merits a serious discussion as to whether things should change and, I have to admit, I’m curious as to whether the show’s structure could be altered. Is Dean the one being selfish? Maybe Sam could take some time to be normal?

I saw the pilot last night and was very happy with the production team. David Nutter, who was involved on the X-Files- hence giving Supernatural that "X-Files-ish tone" is a fantastic director. He is a veteran of this field having directed X-Files, Roswell, Dark Angel, Smallville, Disturbing Behavior, Millennium, etc.

One of the producers, McG, has produced The OC, and has directed both Charlie's Angels movies. Jared and Jensen are placed in roles they are familiar with, Jared is playing Sam, a character who seems to be a tougher version of Dean, his character from the Gilmore Girls.