Supernatural
Pilot
TV Flash files “Pilot” as a desk essential hour — Supernatural (2005–2020) on WB/CW, season 1, episode 1, aired 2005-09-13, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 327 in the Supernatural guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2005-09-13 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Wendigo” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Pilot”. Pilot puts Sam and Dean on the road: Kripke's WB monster-of-the-week, black Impala as house, family loyalty already refusing to stay buried.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester, witness their mother's paranormal death as children and grow up trained to fight by a distraught father who wants nothing more then to hunt down the thing that killed his wife. Sam escapes to college to start a new, normal life, but gets pulled back in after Dean shows up on his doorstep to tell him their father is missing. Following clues from an eerie phone message from him, the boys travel to a small town and encounter a vengeful spirit called the "Woman in White" who then starts to haunt Sam.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Pilot sit in the Supernatural guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 327 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Supernatural S01E01 air?
Pilot aired 2005-09-13 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start Supernatural?
The WB premiere: two brothers, an Impala, monster-of-the-week highway TV. Early seasons are the horror-road mythology before the threat ladder goes cosmic.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Sam and Dean Winchester hunt monsters across America in a black Impala while family loyalty refuses to stay buried. Eric Kripke's WB/CW series became a 15-season fandom religion: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, salt-and-burn cases, Carry On Wayward Son. Genre longevity as found family forever.
September 13, 2005, The WB puts two brothers and a black Impala on the night like a network once put a cop and a car on Friday: American horror highway TV. Sam and Dean Winchester hunt monsters while destiny, demons, and family loyalty refuse to stay buried. Eric Kripke's series moved to The CW and ran fifteen seasons through 2020 — among the longest-running North American sci-fi/horror series, 327 episodes. Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles made brotherly banter a survival skill between salt-and-burn cases;…
Filed against
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