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Supernatural Is The Longest Running Sci Fi Tv Show

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Supernatural is the longest running sci-fi television show in America. It has a very big cult fandom following and has been on the air for 12 seasons. It follows the life of Sam and Dean Winchester. The reason this show has been so popular is because of the many references to religion or religious aspects to characters in the show. The show mainly references Christian and Judeo mythology. It stays on the line of Catholic theology. However, it does dive into Hinduism, voodoo, and Islam in a few episodes. There is no one religion that the show focuses on. It’s more that they take one aspect of a religion as use that as the “Monster of the Week”. But to really understand all of this, we must go into the show and what it is about.
Supernatural follows the life of Sam and Dean Winchester who are hunters of supernatural beings. When the brothers were very young, their mother, Mary Winchester, died in a house fire, so their father took over to raise them. Their father, John Winchester taught them about the hunter lifestyle and drove them around the country their whole lives, hunting things, saving lives, the family business. Sam and Dean do spend most of their time hunting demons, ghosts, monsters and things of that sort. However, as the series has continued, they have delved into deeper and bigger beings. In season 4, Dean is pulled out of hell because he sold his soul to bring his brother back from the dead. Dean finds out that he was pulled out of hell by an angel named

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