The French Mistake

This episode was so well thought out, I wish I wrote it. Sam and Dean Winchester literally become Jensen and Jared. The only unrealistic element was implying that they resented each other in real life. A recurring line in the episode was "...at least they're talking to each other." I couldn't stop laughing as both actors pretended to adjust to being in reality. Even if you're not a fan of the show, I'm willing to bet you'll love this one. The best parts were -- they had to come to grips with the fact that magic doesn't exist, and they tried playing their characters but pretended that they didn't know how to act. The other episode tied for my favorite was when they both got sucked into the Scoobie-Doo genre.

Ever see that movie called Wes Cravens New Nightmare. Yeah that one, where Freddy is trying to cross into the real world and the movie is "real life". Well Supernatural takes its own twist and delivers nothing but pure brilliance here. I will not go into details too much on what the plot consists of but I will touch base on the main points.

First off I would like to correct previous reviewers. I have watched the trivia track and listened to the commentary that the 6th season Blu-ray has to offer and I am just going to go over a few corrections. It did not take me the trivia track to tell you that none of the actual "Crew" appears in this. It is Brian Murphey who plays Robert Singer, and even Eric Kripke himself does not make an appearance. They all are hired actors to portray the real life producers and directors. Another correction is you do not actually see Jensen's trailer. The exterior is real but the interior is not his actual trailer. Another thing, You do not actually see Jareds real house. I mean come on, do you think they really are going to show the actors house, THATS JUST STUPID TO THINK SO.

This episode is very creative how the actors parody themselves as staying in character as Dean and Sam. The script is very well written for this episode as is the writing on many others. Like I said, I am not going to ruin anything for those who have not seen it. If you have not seen this episode and are a fan you need to. IT IS THAT SIMPLE

In television they say never break the fourth wall but in this episode they shattered it. I imagine it must've been difficult to execute this episode so cleverly when they first had the plot in mind. I had a hard time remembering they are characters playing the actors who play they're characters while trying to play they're actor's character's characters.

I think this episode having a pretty good reason for sending the boys into Earth B and the emotional thread of at least the boys are actually brothers in their world prevented from being just hot air. It is largely a comedy and a lot of it is very funny. But these elements help ground it as a real episode of the show and it isn't just meta in-jokes. In the end this is a really fun episode that also manages to be a good story as well.

It is one of the best episodes of the season.

right in the title! And if you remember Blazing Saddles and its ending, you'll see how it's an accurate title for this hilarious episode. It's a walk through the mirror into another mirror etc etc. I don't want to spoil anything for y'all but please remember, TV about TV is usually lots of tongue in cheek and this is no different. If you've watched any of the Supernatural series, this episode will have you in stitches. There are cheeky references to the actors, producers, tvland, and the whole schmooze fest of it all. Seeing the characters attempt to get their heads around it was worth a chuckle. As someone also mentioned, watching the actors *try* to act was super. I guffawed through the whole scene and had to rewind. I hope you enjoy this meta universe as much as I did!