I Watched All 15 Seasons of Supernatural in a Month

Two brothers fight the monsters that go bump in the night — and all the drama that entails

Other than watching the first two seasons when they aired in 2005–2006, my exposure to Supernatural had primarily been through the voracious memeified fandom on Tumblr and snippets of scenes on YouTube. At the time, this was entertainment enough for me and, since a number of major plot points had been spoiled for me, I never thought I’d sit down and watch the full series.

And yet, Supernatural wormed its way into my consciousness. Rather than turning me off, these spoilers sparked my interest. As April Wolfe, screenwriter and former host of the Switchblade Sisters podcast, used to say, “It’s not what happens, but how it happens that matters.” And I was growing increasingly curious as to how Sam and Dean Winchester got to where they were going in the show.

So, I figured I’d go ahead and rewatch the first two seasons and if it caugh my interest, I’d continue on from there. What I didn’t expect was to become completely absorbed in the show, obsessively watching late into the night and itching to get back to it during my work day — leading to me essentially binging all 327 episodes in a just a month along with various blooper reels and con footage.