First off, I would like to say that I had no idea that you could call someone a douche on broadcast television. I mean, it’s not one of George Carlin’s “seven words,” but it sure is nasty.

That said, I think they outdid themselves in the number of times they said it. (Anyone have a count?)

I realized in watching Supernatural last week why, exactly, I like watching the show.

You get the “monster of the week” type thing that any procedural gives you. A crime/mystery/whatever that is wrapped up in one neat episode, start to finish. But either the ghoul somehow fits into SPN’s overarching mythology of the show or there’s some tidbit that happens that moves the backstory along. Sometimes it moves along faster than others, but – unlike, say, Lost before its creators finally got an end date – you actually get some answers from time to time and get the sense that you’re moving toward some resolution.

Though, I suppose, there never will be full resolution, or else that would mean there were no more demons. And I can’t imagine this show ever trying to go all Pollyanna in that regard.

Anyhow, my favorite scene last week was when Sam & Dean were holding their guns on the suddenly successful old magician, realize he’s telling the truth that he’s not using black magic and start discussing with each other what they should do.

Very classic, sibling bickering over guns. Nice.

I expect this week’s ep, “After School Special,” to be lots of fun – they go undercover in their old high school to investigate a string of murders. Flashbacks ensue, and guess what? Dean was Mr. Popular and Sam was picked on.

Thing is, I never really got the sense they actually went to high school because of their itinerant lifestyle — though, I suppose, if Sam went to college, he must have had a high school degree.