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(S01E15) I was a little bit skeptical coming into the episode this week. The promo at the end of the show last week, and running during other shows this week, was a little bit out there. After 36 pretty solid episodes though, I'm willing to give Kripke and his crew the benefit of the doubt. So I entered into "Tall Tales" with an open mind.

Fortunately for all of us, they were more than up to the task and delivered another standout episode. This one certainly took a turn to the comedic, but it was a welcome diversion.

One that called to mind such classics as The X-Files episode "Bad Blood." As we enter the last third of Supernatural's sophomore season, this was a nice pallet cleanser to get us ready for some of the dark things that must surely be headed for the Winchester boys.

(S02E14) For the most part, this episode could be filed in the filler category. We didn't really learn anything we didn't already know where the big story was concerned. Some of the thoughts on the possibility of Sam going bad, and how Dean would respond, were reinforced, but I think most of that was stuff that could easily be inferred.

That said, if you have to do a filler episode, and most shows do, this is the way to do it. By the time I realized we weren't going to get any new info I was so into the episode that I didn't care. We've got another eight episodes to get to all that. And I have every confidence in the Supernatural team actually coming through in the end with the goods. Anyway, on with the show.

Here's an update to our earlier news that David Milch had confirmed that Deadwood was, indeed, dead: Milch himself is trying to raise the $60 million dollars he would need to continue the series! I guess that HBO hasn't given a definite "no" to another season of the western, so Milch is trying to save the show himself. Milch says:

"I'm doing what I can ... any financial participation could take the pressure off. HBO hasn't said no ... if I were a gambling guy, which I am, I'd say odds are less than even money."

Milch says the actors were shocked that HBO said no to another season too. Stay tuned ...

[via TV Tattle]