monster of the week project

Here it is! Here we go! The first post of MOTWP, covering the first episode of the first season of Supernatural. I've got Opinions. Buckle up. THE STORY SO FAR (recap, focusing on monster-of-the-week-related elements) We start with the happy Winchester family: Dad, Mom, Big Brother (Dean) and Baby Brother (Sam, who is a literal baby when this episode starts). Mama Mary gets murdered on the ceiling of Sam's nursery in a horrific firey supernatural bloodbath/fire pool. Cut to the future, where Sam is about to interview for law school (is that a thing?). Fate will not allow it: Winchester Dad has disappeared, and Dean, who's been hunting monsters, is worried. We learn through a scene with a Supernatural Victim Of The Week (TM) that there's a spooky lady who asks men for a ride, makes out with them, then kills them. After some research, we learn that a local woman committed suicide in the 1980's after she accidentally drowned her children. The W