This is how SUPERNATURAL has until now addressed with the whole concept of fandom, sometimes with grace and sometimes with, um, less. Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam (Jared Padalecki) were appalled to discover his existence – and were even more taken aback when they found Shirley’s books had a fan following.
Say what? How exactly can a show that’s nominally a drama, no matter how supernatural and sometimes insane, write an acknowledgement of its fans into the onscreen action, let alone without insulting either said fans or the show itself? Back in 2009, SUPERNATURAL introduced the character of novelist Chuck Shirley (Rob Benedict), nomme de plume Carver Edlund, who was writing SUPERNATURAL as a series of novels – he knew what was happening because he was a Prophet of the Lord. Written by Robbie Thompson and directed by Phil Sgriccia, what could have easily gone off the rails at every turn is instead hysterically funny and eventually moving as it both moves the narrative forward and canonically embraces the show’s fans. However, in the case of SUPERNATURAL’s two-hundredth episode, “Fan Fiction,” the first occurred and the second is warranted.
This reviewer is not often moved to tears, either of hilarity or emotion, nor does she often give out the grade of A. Writer: Robbie Thompson, series created by Eric Kripke Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Katie Sarife, Joy Regullano, Alyssa Lynch, Rob Benedict Jensen Ackles as Dean and Jared Padalecki as Sam surrounded by cast of Supernatural: The Musical! in SUPERNATURAL - Season 10 - "Fan Fiction" | ©2014 The CW/Diyah Pera