The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror io9 Rewatched in 2022

For some unknown, godforsaken purpose, I made a decision to rewatch Supernatural this 12 months. Yes. All of it. I had solely ever seen random episodes and perhaps I watched seasons 1-5 throughout a depressive episode in faculty, however I dropped off round 2014, and by god, that present went till 2020 and I used to be going to look at it. So I did. Every single episode. It took six months of near-constant viewing however I’m a goddamn trooper and I discovered methods to make it enjoyable. From mentioning the outdated homosexual jokes to lamenting the purpose when the tasteless homosexual jokes stopped coming (darn you Supernatural writers, the place is your braveness?), I suffered, I laughed, I teared up somewhat. This present, at so many factors, actually says one thing about Americana, masculinity, energy, cycles of abuse, and fandom. And at so many different factors, it fails. Miserably. The ending? Whew. I might go into that one, however I’ll resist. Regardless, this 12 months I watched each fucking second of Super-fucking-pure—all 356 episodes—and I don’t remorse it even for second. RIP Dean Winchester, you’ll at all times be well-known. – Linda Codega