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Stardate 06.10.2021.A: PASS THE SALT! On This Day In Supernatural History!

6/10/2021

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True story: I honestly didn't much care for Supernatural early in its run.

Essentially, I tuned in for a few episodes, thought it was a bit too sugary for my likes, and tuned it off.  I loved the cast -- Ackles and Padalecki and the great Jim Beaver -- but the stories were a bit loose with the mythology at this point.  Misha Collins wasn't on the show yet, nor was the always reliable Mark Sheppard.  Again, this was very early, a first season kinda reaction.

Eventually, my wife turned me on to it much later in the run.  She had discovered it via streaming, and she encouraged me to go back to it.  What we did was purchased a few of those early seasons on DVD, and we binged through them in a variety of sessions.  Even though I'd still argue some of the 'lore' is a bit goofy (for my tastes, anyway), I was won over by the camaraderie of the cast: they clearly loved what they were doing, and it was hard to not embrace the winning chemistry.

Yeah, like so many, we thought the show took a bit of time to "find itself" again after Season 5 (the originally plotted 'ending' to the program).  I'm not so sure it ever truly rediscovered the strength of those earliest seasons, but the storytelling evolved to the point wherein either you accepted it as it was or not: we did -- at least, we wanted to see where it was all going -- so we hung with it.  We're glad we did.

I will say -- briefly -- that I think the show's finale, while good, was the wrong way to go.  I'd rather they kept the franchise open-ended to a degree as I think it could've been a great property to revisit in either a continuation later on or a big screen adventure or two; but -- as they say -- it is what it is.  The great characters were now reduced to little more than their own mythology ... and elderly Sam's wig was damn awful.

In any event, I'd like to keep the show alive for those who love it, and I'll continue to tinkering with these "On This Day In _____ History" as time permits.

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I've always been a fan of Mike Dopud's work.  He just seems to have this great blue collar work ethic -- it's about the story, not about me -- and I appreciate those who toil away in work after work always giving the story nothing but his best.  He did enjoy a single appearance in the wide, wide world of Supernatural ... and wouldn't you know it would be in flannel?  He's also been a part of The Outer Limits, Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Stargate Universe, Continuum, Dark Matter, and The 100 ... just to name a few.  Dopud was born on this day in 1968.
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The great DJ Qualls has enjoyed a solid career, much of which has been part and parcel of Science Fiction and Fantasy's biggest properties.  His 'Garth Fitzgerald IV' enjoyed a full creative character arc in his appearances across Supernatural's 15 bloody seasons; and he's gone on to pop up in such franchises as ABC's Lost, Amazon's The Man In The High Castle, and Syfy's Z Nation.  His film work includes the genre entry The Core (2003).  Qualls was born on this day in 1978 ... and he remains one of the industry's skinniest actors!

​-- EZ
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