TV Review: Supernatural - "It's A Terrible Life"

Yikes! I don’t think I’ve seen a scarier horror story in all my life. Supernatural takes on corporate America. Those tricky angels put both Dean and Sam in a situation so horrific, so vile, that hunting looks good. I could see Sera Gamble, this week’s writer, pitching the idea. “Oh, I got it, put them in an office!” Even the head angel is appalled, reminding Dean, “Look around. There are plenty of fates worse than yours.”
Considering I know a thing or two about a corporate job stripping away your humanity, plus I’m late to the party again this week (spring break travel this time), I’m doing the review differently this week. By using what we’ve learned from “It’s A Terrible Life,” you’re about to find out why corporate America will never be like Supernatural.
Killing Ghosts
In Supernatural, we know the rule that ghosts must be killed. So how does that happen for two guys that have supposedly never met (except for two uncomfortable exchanges in the elevator)? What do they do when one is behaving in the polar opposite of his nature and both have no memories of their ghost hunting past? Why, look up real actual ghost hunters on the Internet, of course!
Thanks to the Ghostfacers’ instructional video, Sam and Dean find the ghost driving tech support workers to suicide is the jerkish founder of their company, Sandover Bridge and Iron. He only does this in times of deep economic distress. Ha, where was he during the Carter administration? The suggestions aren’t without their challenges though. “Okay, this next part gets a little gross. Sometimes you have to dig up the body. Sorry. It’s illegal in some states. All states.” The rock salt idea becomes useless too, since it’s impossible to get a gun without the waiting period. Lucky for them, the body was cremated, so none of that matters.
Good thing Sam and Dean are there, for any company left to its own devices would take the wrong approach. A project team would be formed to define and implement the means to kill the ghost. First there would be the kickoff meeting for concepting, but it’s rescheduled because Janie from Marketing, the keeper of the vision, has a conflict. Steve from IT causes the next delay because he has a system down emergency that needs to be dealt with ASAP. Arnie from Project Management causes the third postponement because he’s on vacation.




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