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Ben Edlund must have taken some serious Awesome Pills while on strike because this episode embodies a wit and dramatic flair that reminds me of Joss Whedon’s best (think “Hush”). Now Supernatural is no stranger to great TV - in my opinion, this is one of the better shows on TV right now, simply because it is just purely entertaining and never insults my intelligence (buy the premise and you’re in). Jensen Ackles (as Dean) and Jared Padalecki (as Sam) do an amazing job of being believable in an unbelievable world. The acting is top notch and it touches on a trend that is pervasive through today’s best SciFi and started with the X-Files: Just deliver good drama, period. The SciFi, the horror, it’s just a back drop - Believe in what the premise is and surpass it. Just because it’s SciFi doesn’t mean it has to take off in silly directions. Shows like Battlestar Galactica, Space Above and Beyond, and Farscape all did this. The actors embody their roles and go for it, plain and simple.

It helps, of course, to have great material. And this is were Supernatural really shines and “Ghostfacers” is a prime example. The episode follows a crew of reality show dweebs as they enter the “Morton House” - a derelict haunted house filled all sorts of creepy goings-on. But what this episode does smartly is bring back characters that appeared on a previous episode, and fleshes them out and adds to the mythology. The episode is almost entirely shot on handheld HD cameras with a generous sampling of Blair Witch - and Cloverfield.

The two stars of the series are seen sporadically throughout the episode but their “bad-assness” is in no way diminished. The editing of the show was brisk and relentless. They even acceptably explained how they could capture non-handheld footage (the team placed several stationary camera’s throughout the house).

All-in-all I give it an >i< score of 10 - Top notch episode. So thanks, Eric Kripke for bringing us this excellently entertaining show. Keep ‘em coming.