Pilot

Episode aired Oct 12, 2022
TV-14
42m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

2.3K

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Jojo Fleites, Meg Donnelly, Nida Khurshid, and Drake Rodger in The Winchesters (2022)

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Thriller

John Winchester returns from Vietnam, and teams up with Mary Campbell to hunt monsters and find their missing fathers.John Winchester returns from Vietnam, and teams up with Mary Campbell to hunt monsters and find their missing fathers.John Winchester returns from Vietnam, and teams up with Mary Campbell to hunt monsters and find their missing fathers.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
About 20 minutes in, there is a postcard on the wall of papers that John and Mary are looking through that's titled "Manners Motel." This is an obvious nod to Kim Manners, who produced 78 episodes and directed 17 episodes of Supernatural (2005) until his untimely death in 2009. Jensen Ackles, who produces and narrates The Winchesters, was one of the stars of Supernatural. Kim Manners' catchphrase "Kick it in the ass" was used many times in that show.

Goofs
Supernatural established that John never knew Mary was a hunter and he didn't become one until after Mary's death. Even when they got attacked by the angel Anna (after they were married) and he did find out about Mary being a hunter, those memories were erased by Michael.

(X) It is revealed by Dean in #1.13 (the series finale) that The Winchesters is set on an alternate Earth, so what happened on Supernatural may not have necessarily happened here.

Quotes
John Winchester: You're going to think I'm crazy.
Mary Campbell: I already think you're crazy.

Soundtracks
People Will Make You Say Things
Written by Herschel Dwellingham
Produced by Skippy White
Performed by Frank Lynch and Sandra Mango
Courtesy of Grass of Home Publishing (BMI)

User reviews23

Featured review

5/10

Dialogues are beyond bad

I kinda like the chemistry between John and Mary, but I honestly hate the Carlos character from the first scene where he appeared. This must be the most lazily created, most stereotypical character from this Buffy like team monster hunter sub genre and it's not even funny. The only thing more obvious would be if he got possessed and turn into a villain within the first two episodes. I get that he is supposed to be the comedic relief character in this series but oh god, so bad! SOOO BAAAD!

Latika as the Willow of the series showed some promise, but my optimism didn't last long.

Good that Demetria McKinney as Ada works well. Together with Bianca Kajlich, they are stars for the episode when it comes to acting. Too bad a lot of scenes are them talking to a an empty room. Seriously, the amount of cuts in just simple conversations are a bad sign even for a pilot.