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Supernatural
Episode: “Ghostfacers” *
(Season 3 episode 13)
* There are a few to choose from, so we’ve picked this one as representative
Best in-joke: In their introduction to the Ghostfacers pilot, Zeddmore and Spengler appeal directly to the network executives, commiserating on how hard they had things during the writers’ strike, bemoaning the “lazy fat cat” scribes and pointing out how actually reality TV was way better and scarier anyway. This was actually the first episode of the show filmed after the Writers’ Guild of America strike ended. Also in true reality TV style both Sam and Dean use unusually strong swearwords – which are bleeped out, complete with a little Ghostfacers ’ logo put over their mouths to deter lipreaders.
Best line:
Harry: “ Don’t be a Facer hater.”
Verdict: There’s much to love about the Buffy and Ghostbuster -loving geeks intent on filming their own Blair Witch -style documentary – and not just because they dismiss the boys as “those assholes from Texas”. Pleasingly, this is undoubtedly the most successful of all our mockumentaries, and as well as giving us a welcome break from the ongoing storyline of Dean-angst, this much-loved episode spawned a ten-episode web series of its own. Brilliant.
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