I’m enjoying Chuck’s long-awaited return. They’ve done a great job keeping Chuck who he is while allowing him to grow into a slightly more effective spy. I even suffered through watched part of Spies Like Us to help me better get the references to that movie. The movie wasn’t as bad as I remembered it being.

I enjoyed last night’s premiere of Life Unexpected. I have some minor quibbles with the authenticity of the Portland setting, but that won’t hamper my enjoyment of the show.

And I can’t wait for this Thursday’s Supernatural. What do you think of the news that Kripke is now seriously considering a sixth season of our beloved show? I’m still not sure, mainly because I don’t know how they could ramp it up to another level for the next arc. I mean how do you top the Armageddon? (That said, I will likely watch. I watched Friends up until the end. I did break up with The X-Files during the Robert Patrick era.)

So, you may have noticed that I’m posting on a less than typical day. For 2010, I’m focusing on building a writing and editing client base, so I’m going to be blogging less frequently. I’ll be posting on Tuesday and Thursday for sure, and when I get a wild hair, I’ll post some extras.

Tuesday will be a typical Pop Culture Curmudgeon posting, me complaining about some pop culture story, providing my own perspective on current happenings, or (I hope) answering the niggling questions of the pop culture world.

Thursday will be something new for me: a link roundup. I read a lot of interesting stories around the interwebs, and I’ll be sharing the ones I found most interesting, amusing, or bizarre. This roundup will also incorporate the Visions of Winchesters blog carnival, so you won’t lose that.

After I get a few posts in, I’d love to hear what you think of the new schedule and the link roundups.

Related Posts:

• Countdown to New Shows: Spring 2010
• Pop Culture Roundup, February 11
• Pop Culture Roundup, January 28
• The New Year of TV
• Visions of Winchesters: The Supernatural Blog Carnival, Nov. 18

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• Last Week’s Episode
• This Week’s Episode
• News
• Spoilers: On a separate page to protect the spoilerphobes

Last Week’s Episode

On Supernatural, the Meta Outweighed the Mega
Annalee Newitz shares her reaction to The Real Ghostbusters, which she believed was a little too meta. I agree. I really enjoyed the meta fun in last season’s The Monster at the End of This Book, but The Real Ghostbusters was a little too heavy-handed.

Who Ya Gonna Call? Supernatural! Let’s Talk The Real Ghostbusters
The Chicago Tribune’s Maureen Ryan also has a few bones to pick with the episode, although she seemed to enjoy it overall. And, as she says, “We nitpick because we love.”

Supernatural: The Real Ghostbusters
Over at Sign On San Diego, where I hope they always stay classy, Karla Peterson also jumps on the “I didn’t love it as much as Kripke thought I would” bandwagon.

Supernatural Recap: The Real Ghostbusters
Someone out there had to love this episode, right? Well, it wasn’t Julia Thorne, who describes the episode and gives her commentary throughout.

Supernatural Season 5 Episode 9: The Real Ghostbusters
We conclude the recaps with a slightly more enthusiastic viewer, Rachel N. over at Nick C.’s Behind the Screens blog.

This Week’s Episode

Mark Pellegrino on This Week’s Episode
Lucifer’s vessel talks about the episode.

Sneak Peek & Promo: Abandon All Hope
Clarissa at TV Over Mind gives video clips and an episode description.

Supernatural: Two Sneak Peeks at Episode 10 Abandon All Hope
Dread Central also has video, and they say the thing I don’t like to believe, that Abandon All Hope is the last new episode of the year.

Supernatural First Look: Dean and Meg Face Off
We close out with Ausiello, who has a clip that shows pretty much what the page title says.

News

Is Supernatural Jumping the Shark?
In yet another lament for the way Season 5 has played out so far, John Kubicek jumps off the bandwagon. He says that SPN has, indeed, jumped the shark, and he doesn’t know if it can un-jump it before he quits caring about all things Winchester. I’m inclined to agree, but I am willing to stick it out until this season ends. I mean, a few more months isn’t that much to sit through while we assess whether the funny and the retcons have been worth it. What else would I watch on Thursdays at 9?

Convention-al Wisdom
Maureen Ryan shares her thoughts on the recently concluded Chicago Con.

Salute to Supernatural Chicago 2009
The SPN Wiki gathers all of the con reports and videos, which they say are spoiler free, on one page. Enjoy!

That concludes this edition. The next edition of The Supernatural Blog Carnival will run in 2010. Submit your posts using the carnival submission form. Past posts can be found on the blog carnival index page or by clicking Supernatural in the tag cloud.

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• Visions of Winchesters: Supernatural Blog Carnival, Sept. 23
• Visions of Winchesters: The Supernatural Blog Carnival, Sept. 9
• Supernatural Blog Carnival, Aug. 14
• Visions of Winchesters: A Supernatural Blog Carnival, May 6
• Visions of Winchesters: Supernatural Blog Carnival, April 22

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• Last Week’s Episode
• This Week’s Episode
• News
• Spoilers: On a separate page to protect the spoilerphobes

Last Week’s Episode

Supernatural: Changing Channels
Suzanne presents her recap and review of Changing Channels at Damsel Undistressed. I hear she thought it was awesome.

Supernatural: Changing Channels
Over at Give me My Remote, Nicole also describes how awesome she thought Changing Channels was. She includes a video clip of one of her favorite scenes.

Supernatural: Changing Channels
Sylvia Bond gives a great rundown of the episode at Pink Ray Gun. Sylvia discusses both the good and the bad, which is a nice change from all of the blind adoration this episode has inspired.

Supernatural Recap: Changing Channels
Finally, at Star Pulse, we get a review that is not glowing. Lauren Attaway captures some of the meh feeling I had while watching last week. It had some great moments, but it was not my favorite episode of the season.

This Week’s Episode

Supernatural 5.09
Super Wiki is a good go-to for a lot of information about tomorrow’s episode, including photos, videos, and even casting calls.

Supernatural Season 5 Episode 9: “The Real Ghostbusters”
Daemon’s TV has nice preview, including photos and video.

Here’s a set of video sneak peeks:

• Supernatural 5.09 Promo
• Supernatural Webclip The Real Ghostbusters
• Supernatural 5.09 The Real Ghostbusters Photos

News
Jensen Ackles and Danneel Harris Engaged
Jensen Ackles and One Tree Hill star Danneel Harris have made their engagement public, with Harris showing off her ring at the Breeders’ Cup. And the photo of the two of them is awesome, as Harris looks at Jensen with absolute adoration. (Boo to the folks at E!, who suggested that Ackles and Harris have no heat. Just because they don’t act like Angeline Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton doesn’t mean they have no heat.)

That concludes this edition. Don’t forget to submit your blog article to the next edition of The Supernatural Blog Carnival using the carnival submission form. Past posts can be found on the blog carnival index page or by clicking Supernatural in the tag cloud.

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• Plans for 2010
• Visions of Winchesters: The Supernatural Blog Carnival, Nov. 18
• Visions of Winchesters: The Supernatural Variety. A Blog Carnival, March 11
• Pop Culture Roundup, June 24
• Pop Culture Roundup, June 13

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Past Episode

Amy Vernon presents Supernatural: Catching up posted at TV Shows, saying, “The last two episodes of Supernatural have given us an interesting look into the psyche of the Winchester brothers. Plus, a spoiler of an upcoming storyline at the bottom.”

If you need more of a refresher, read the Zap2It recaps here.

Tomorrow’s Episode

Eric at Daemon’s TV presents a preview of tomorrow’s episode.

John Lakonis gives us clips at TV Over Mind.

News

J.M. Banks analyzes Supernatural’s success against the odds at behindthehype.com.

IGN TV reports that Ruby 1.0 (aka Katie Cassidy) is joined on the new Melrose Place by none other than Ashlee Simpson.

Taylor Blue at TENgossip.com talks about how hot Jensen Ackles is. (Okay, maybe that isn’t exactly news to most of us.

Spoilers

Supernatural Angel Misha Collins Reveals Season-Ending Spoilers at Sci-Fi Wire.

The Spoiler Geeks gives us a passel of spoilers about Supernatural and other shows.

Agent Spooky shares all the info she can find on a big spoiler for the season finale.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of
Visions of Winchesters: The Supernatural Variety using carnival submission form.

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• Visions of Winchesters: The Supernatural Blog Carnival, Sept. 9
• Visions of Winchesters: The Supernatural Blog Carnival, Nov. 18
• Visions of Winchesters: Supernatural Blog Carnival, April 22
• Supernatural Blog Carnival Is Coming
• Pop Culture Roundup, April 15

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