Weird, really weird. The suspense of who they were was creepy. But then, they didn't seem like a threat at the end. I'm not going to have any trouble going to sleep tonight. Great story though.
@xwaver: When Dean mentioned he hadn't seen House of Wax, it cut to Sam, and I swear he pulled this adorably odd expression that was something between embarassment and awkwardness. Similar to when they went by the Gilmore Girls lot in Hollywood Babylon.
@Allen_Richards: I agree! I think the reason supernatural succeeds so often is because at one point or another it has covered every successful horror convention (including emotional horror), then twisted them, subverted them, and eventually even rewritten them. Which is something it can do better than movies given it's 4 years of run time so far.
@Pinkhamster: writing "xkcd creator Randall Munroe" is no different from writing "Dollhouse creator Joss Whedon" - after all, 'dollhouse' is a kid's toy, and yet i doubt anyone would complain about that. the meaning is implied, and if it goes over your head, why not just google it?
Howl's Moving Castle needs more love. Probably the least sci-fi related film on this list, but definately my favourite (skews more towards the fantasy crowd though). It has such a magic quality to it, in not just the story (which plays just like a somewhat twisted yet true fairytale) but in the beauty of the landscapes that the castle travels across.
Mononoke is probably superior in terms of depth of storytelling, but Howl's wins in terms of overall experience.
@OlavRokne: Bells Palsy is often curable. I'm fairly certain Denisof is back to normal, seeing as he was on How I Met Your Mother a few seasons ago looking fine.
Already been said but it deserves to be mentioned again: Firefly. It's a cult classic for a reason. Best eps: Out of Gas, Jaynestown, Objects in Space, Ariel.
Supernatural is also fun and fantastic, the angst is dark and the humour often bordering on surreal. One of the rare few shows that manages to get better every season.
If anime is your thing, Fullmetal Alchemist (the original series, not Brotherhood) is probably the greatest. Lots of deep concepts mixed in with complex story and characters.
And on a non sci-fi note, Coupling is the greatest sitcom ever written (by the legendary Steven Moffat no less). It will make you cry from laughing at least once (several times for me), the entire thing is absolutely hysterical.
@Daveinva: Seconding Band of Brothers, I recently marathoned the entire thing in 3 days and it is absolute brilliance.
I've always loved the end of Mostly Harmless. It is powerful, in a Douglas-y kind of way:
In spite of having taken what he regarded as an extremely positive piece of action, the Grebulon Leader ended up having a very bad month after all. It was pretty much the same as all the previous months except that there was now nothing on the televsion any more.
He put on a little light music instead.
@Technogamer1992: not to mention the one directly above you.
