Asylum takes place in just over one week, 9-11 May 2008, so pack your passport, and your tiny bottles of shampoo. This is going to be a great show. The current list of Supernatural stars and musicians slated to appear includes A.J. Buckley, Katie Cassidy, Lauren Cohan, Sterling K. Brown, Jim Beaver, Samantha Ferris, Chad Lindberg, Jason Manns, and Steve Carlson.

This will be quite the show. For more information, make sure to check out the Asylum 2008 website.

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According to IMDB, though, it looks like the film is to hit screens in the States 19 September 2008. That’s a bit of a wait, but looks to be worth it. I’ll work on getting some more stuff about this movie.

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Recap

A man and woman –Paul and Janet Dutton- enter their bedroom. Janet begins brushing her teeth, as we see another woman, somewhere else, chanting, and performing a spell on a toothbrush. As Janet brushes her teeth, they begin to come loose. She pulls a couple out of her mouth. She spits up blood, and more of her teeth, as the other woman ends her incantation. Paul Dutton finally succeeds in breaking into the bathroom to find Janet lying next to a pool of blood draining from her mouth.

Paul Dutton is talking to Dean, who is posing as a CDC investigator. Sam looks around, and finds a hex bag tied to the bathroom sink drain.

As the boys leave, Dean expresses his disgust over witches, and the nasty ways they conduct their business. They discuss how they’re going to find the witch that killed Mrs. Dutton.

In a nearby cul-de-sac, the woman who was casting the spell against Janet Dutton –Amanda. As Amanda carries groceries from her van, her neighbor, Elizabeth, asks her about her not showing up for “book club”, the night before. Amanda brushes her off and heads into her kitchen. She removes a bug-infested chicken from the oven. As Paul Dutton is eating in his car, Amanda is putting his watch into the chicken, holding a ceremonial knife, and saying that “this dinner was prepared for you…”. Suddenly, Paul’s chicken wrap is infested with worms. He begins to choke on the infested fast food. This sounds like a 1980s news item, to me.

Dutton more or less falls out of his car, going to his hands and knees, as Sam and Dean speed across the square in the Impala. Dean helps Dutton, as Sam digs the hex bag from under Dutton’s dashboard. Sam torches –literally, with a gas torch- the hex bag. Paul quickly seems to improve, as Dean tells him that someone killed his wife, and is trying to kill him. Dutton tells Dean about a mistake –an affair- that he had ended. It must be the scorned woman… Amanda.

In Amanda’s living room, knife-slashing sounds accompany sudden, deep cuts appearing on Amanda’s forearms. Amanda falls to the floor, dead.

Sam and Dean enter Amanda’s house, and find her dead. They figure that she ended the ordeal by offing herself. Dean disparages “witches”, and compares the “love triangle” to Fatal Attraction. Appropriately, Dean is suddenly startled by a rabbit carcass dangling at eye level, with teeth missing, and dripping blood. “Why does a rabbit always get screwed in the deal?” Aha! The real reason for Dean’s dislike for witches… bunny love.

Sam finds a hex bag under Amanda’s coffee table, and they know it wasn’t a “spurned lover’s hat trick.”

Elizabeth shows up to “book club”. She wants to stop “book club”, because people are dying. Renee challenges her, saying that the deaths are over, and look at all the great financial gain that it has yielded them.

Sam and Dean, posing as detectives, find Elizabeth tending her “herb” garden. Sam remarks how amazing it is that she gets the herbs to grow so well out of season. Elizabeth acts surprised when they tell her of Amanda’s black magic practices. “But she was Episcopalian.” Renee and Tami, evidently to shield Elizabeth, as if she’s a weak link. The conversation fizzles fairly quickly.

In the Impala, Dean talks of the herb garden evidence for Elizabeth’s being a witch: Belladonna, Wolf’s Bane, mandrake. Sam wants to stopthem. Dean questions his desire to “take them out”, since he’s usually the human-loving pacifist, but agrees, “Burn, Witch, burn.”

Ruby “kills” the Impala. Dean draws the Colt on her. Ruby tries to convince Sam to get in the car and leave this town, right away. Dean seems delighted at the opportunity to take her out, the Ruby that’s “messing with [Sam's] head.” Ruby reveals to them that the witches’ power comes from a demon, a powerful demon that Sam should get away from. Dean and Ruby argue about which of them is more concerned for Sam’s well-being. Dean readies to fire the Colt at her, but Sam thrusts Dean’s arm up, forcing the shot to fire harmlessly into the air.

As the boys enter their motel room, Dean chides Sam for being nice to Ruby. Sam defends his alliance with a demon as a strategy to win the war they’re in against the demons from the Devil’s Gate. Dean is upset that, recently, Sam has been cavorting with this demon, and hasn’t been acting like his usual nice-guy self. Sam’s easy willingness to fight and even kill disturbs Dean. He explains that they’re supposed to argue, and Sam’s supposed to be on the “sanctity of life” side of all their issues. Sam tells him he has had to learn to be more like Dean, since Dean’s not going to be around to play that role anymore.

As they argue, Dean starts getting sick, much like Dutton did. Sam frantically searches the room for the hex bag. When he doesn’t find, he grabs the Colt, and drives off.

Without a word, Ruby shows up at the motel, forces Dean to drink from your standard, everyday, Renaissance Faire wineskin flask, and, of course, saves him. Lances Dean, “It was ass. It tasted like ass.”

Storming in on “book club”, Sam questions the coven at Colt-point, demanding they release Dean. Sam focuses on Tami, since she’s the only one who isn’t obviously profiting from the coven’s spells. Her fake weeping gives way to the black-eyed demon look, and cocky expression. She taunts Sam, saying that Dean should already be dead. Sam fires the Colt, but she is able to stop the bullet by simply holding up her hand. She’s evidently more powerful than the usual demons they run across. Elizabeth and Renee look on in shock as Tami tells Sam that he’s “in a lot of trouble.”

Tami forces, magically, Sam against the wall. She then kills Renee, snapping her neck with a flick of her wrist in the air. She then explains to Elizabeth that she’s “wearing [Tami's] skin”, and all those incantations they chanted, were devotions to her. So, the coven had “sold themselves” to her.

Dean rushes in, but “Tami” stops him, forcing him to the wall. Ruby comes in, claiming that she misses “Tami” and wants her back. She claims she led the Winchesters to her, and wants to serve her. Ruby pulls out her famous demon-killing blade, but a fight ensues. Tami seems to overtake Ruby easily. As “Tami” taunts Ruby, lying on the floor, Elizabeth sneaks off to the table holding the witch supplies.

We learn that Ruby was a witch, devoted to “Tami”. After devoting herself to “Tami”, “Tami” made Ruby a demon. As Tami starts to suck the essence out of Ruby, Tami begins to bleed from her mouth, as she realizes Elizabeth is chanting over some relics in the corner. “Tami” kills Elizabeth, but too late to avoid Dean’s thrusting Ruby’s knife into her side, repeatedly, enjoying it a bit.

Ruby gets up and tells the boys to leave, and that she’ll clean up the mess.

Sam is splashing water on his face in the bathroom. As Dean stands outside the motel, the lights flicker, then Ruby shows up. Ruby became a demon “back when the plague was big.” Every Hell-bound soul eventually loses its humanity, leaving something like all the demons they’ve met. Ruby says she needs Dean’s help with Sam, to help get him ready to fight the war, on his own. Ruby says she wants them to win, because she’s not like the other demons. She remembers what it’s like being human. She doesn’t know why, she just does.

Okay. I admit. I like Ruby. Bring on the “oh, she’s just playing [herself]“, or whatever, but… Katie Cassidy is proving to be a strong actress. We’ve discussed, tonight, how much we wouldn’t hate seeing Katie Cassidy slip into the Whedonverse, as well, someday.

What do you think of the first new episode since mid-December? Three more to go. Is it enough? A new season? Just a couple more, if the strike ends soon?

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Supernatural’s new demon in residence, Katie Cassidy (Ruby) has been cast as Lucy Ewing in the upcoming Dallas movie.

One of the newest in a decade and a half long string of classic tv goes big screen, teams Katie Cassidy up with Julie Benz, of Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame, as Sue Ellen.

Apparently, as reported in The NY Post, last month, the film’s development has hit severe growing pains. It began, according to The Post, when focus groups held by 20th Century Fox, last year, caused the studio to veer into parody territory, and away from strictly dramatic homage land. From there, the Texas boot began kicking: John Travolta was dropped as J.R. Ewing, Jennifer Lopez as Sue Ellen, Shirley MacLaine as Miss Ellie, and Luke Wilson as Bobby Ewing.

If those are all true for the reasons given, I think someone has watched too few decent comedies from the past decade. Travolta was fantastic in Hairspray, Shirley MacLaine could be a great funny Miss Ellie, and Luke Wilson… please! Is someone saying that they don’t believe any of these people are funny? Luke Wilson was great in the tv-to-movie-remake Charlie’s Angels.

Oh, well. Alas! Wherefore art thou, intelligent Fox Exec? What do you think? Does this make any sense? Should they? Will they even?

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It’s not the same, but it should tide you over, until next week.

Watch for this episode to come… What do you think about it?

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Ok. Ok. Please sit on your hands –or whatever- if you’re still loathe to consider Bela and Ruby’s roles in this year’s Supernatural arc. This tale is not pretty. In many ways, though, this is not an unfamiliar story. As someone who performs in pubs, I’ve watched countless underage patrons escorted in shame from their tables right in front of the stage. Their woeful cries for understanding are desperate, and rely on the belief that, somehow, there must be a way for it to be morally right for them to be there –drinking. The lies about their ages, and about the identification that is so commonly “forgotten” or “in the distant car”, are sad, but nearly inevitable.

And so, now, enter Katie Cassidy. Our beloved, sometimes suspected, new demon watching Sam’s back, has been arrested for underage drinking in Tucson. Cassidy, less than one month from her 21st birthday, was riding in a car driven by 19 year old Caleb Wilson. An officer witnessed Wilson make an improper right turn into a parking lot, then followed to make a stop. Pulling into a parking space, Wilson struck the rear bumper of the unoccupied vehicle parked in the adjacent space. He told the officer that he had not been drinking, and was there to purchase cigarettes.

Another officer spoke to Katie Cassidy, and reported her as “clumsy and slow”, evidently under the influence of alcohol.

I harbor no ill will toward Miss Cassidy, but offer the ribbing that I would offer any friend, roommate, or fellow bar patron, who found her- or him-self in such a situation. This is a serious situation, and an all too common peril of youth. Eventually, we hope, we all grow out of it, and can look back and laugh at our youthful silliness. I offer this, in hopes of speeding up the process.

Stats

• Date of Incident: October 30, 2007
• Driver: Caleb Wilson – 19 years old
• High Profile Actress Passenger: Katie Cassidy – 20 years old
• Charge 1: Underage drinking
• Charge 2: Providing false information to a law enforcement agent
• Cassidy’s Blood Alcohol Level (BAC): .16%
• Arizona Legal Limit (BAC): .08%
• Cassidy’s Name given to officer when asked: Taylor Quinn Cole
• Cassidy’s (“Taylor’s”) Age Given to Officer: 21
• Cassidy’s (“Taylor’s”) Date of Birth Given: 4/29/1984 (age 23. Oops!)
• Potential Charge Not Pursued: Inadequate Drunken Date Arithmetic
• Potential Charge Not Pursued: False Personal Information Drunkenly Improvised or Inadequately Rehearsed While Sober
• Poison of Choice: Several glasses of wine and some vodka cranberry (this could be my old roommate)
• Katie’s Mother’s Response to Her Appearance Requirement: She doesn’t have time, since she’s a high profile actress
• Potential Charge Not Pursued Against Sherry Benedon, Katie’s Mother: Providing False Celebrity Assessment to a Law enforcement Agent
• Appearance Date: December ??, 2007

Katie Cassidy did apologize profusely for her lying, and for knowing better about underage drinking. I hope, as I’m sure many of you do, that she will deal with her situation gracefully, and seek help before she joins the long list of celebrities more infamous that famous. Given his own history, unfortunately fed by his own father’s alcohol-fueled demon, her father has a huge opportunity. This is a good time for David Cassidy to make the biggest and most important comeback of his life. Reaching out to his daughter, and making a poignant, heartfelt, personal statement about alcohol abuse would make him my new hero.

Underage Drinking Resources:

• Anheuser-Busch’s Beeresponsible.com
• Drug Free Action Alliance
• Federal government list of resources
• Focus Adolescent Services

Read the full story at Arizona Star Net.

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Is this the exploitation that Supernatural fans feared back in July? Is this the Bela- and Ruby- mania that we loathe to see happen to the show?

Reeling in new viewers by appealing to the lowest common denominator is definitely not pretty, and can lead to creative decisions to keep the new demographic. I hope it was a move made by the network without the open approval of Erik Kripke. I can only conjecture on people involved, and the chain of events, of course. I can easily imagine, though, marketing seeing the clip of Bela and the sleeping naked in piles of money bit, and seeing the possibilities. Having already seen that scene, I didn’t think it so low-brow, given its context.

One could argue that Dean’s resignation, and devolution to demon-hunting Caligula, could be a bone for the base, in the interest of padding the audience with good demographic for advertisers with deep pockets. I don’t think, as of yet anyway, that they’ve really stepped into that abyss with the story.

Clearly, this is a show that many of us would love to see for more than three seasons. Increasing the audience size is necessary to keep its chips away from the programming department’s trash bin. I prefer the methods of Supernatural Underground, who have put money, time, and effort into increasing awareness of the show.

At any rate, I’m not ready to grab a torch and head for The CW promotions unit. I’ll keep watching the show, and let this one go. The promo itself isn’t bad, even though it did give me pause. I won’t start the real worrying until they make a habit of it, and the story lines begin to follow suit.

What do you think about this promo? Are you bristling from it? Do you hope it’s a one-time mistake? Did you think it wasn’t so bad?

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This involes Jared Padalecki, his girlfriend, Sandra McCoy, and the date November 1.

If you don’t like to read even the slightest of spoilers, please don’t look past the jump!

According to Michael Ausiello, our intrepid friend at TV Guide, Sandra McCoy, love of Jared Padalecki’s life, actress, and model –the triple-threat to the JP-adoring, squeeing masses- will appear on Supernatural, November 1. Sam will conjur a “Crossroads” demon, and, ta-da, his everyday world girlfriend will appear.