Supernatural
It's a Terrible Life
TV Flash files “It's a Terrible Life” as hour 77 of 327 in the TV Flash guide — Supernatural (2005–2020) on WB/CW, season 4, episode 17, aired 2009-03-26, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E17: listed hour 77 of 327 in the Supernatural guide, hour 17 of 22 in season 4. It aired 2009-03-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “On the Head of a Pin” (S04E16). Next is “The Monster at the End of This Book” (S04E18).

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
What if the Winchesters weren't hunters? Dean and Sam are living very normal and separate lives. Dean is a corporate man who enjoys health drinks and listens to news radio vs. rock stations. He works at a company called Sandover Bridge & Iron Company alongside Sam who is in Tech Support. It seems as if the two do not know each other. However, after co-workers start committing suicide at an alarming rate, the two find themselves working side by side to solve the murders.
Viewer FAQ
Where does It's a Terrible Life sit in the Supernatural guide?
S04E17 is listed hour 77 of 327 — hour 17 of 22 in season 4, season 4 episode 17.
When did Supernatural S04E17 air?
It's a Terrible Life aired 2009-03-26 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.
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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;…
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