Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season (Blu-ray Review)

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It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine...

Think about it. Michael, the big brother, loyal to an absent father. And Lucifer, the little brother, rebellious of Daddy's plan. You two were born to this, boys! It's your destiny. It was always you. As it is in Heaven, so it must be on Earth.

Sam and Dean Winchester have been to hell and back. Literally. But in Supernatural's fifth gripping season, the Brothers Grimm don't have to go very far to battle the worst of the fire-n-brimstone brigade. With Lilith gone and th...

Video

Every season of Supernatural released thus far has arrived with a striking, altogether faithful video presentation, and The Complete Fifth Season is no exception. If anything, Warner's latest 1080p/VC-1 encode raises the series' bar even higher, all but eliminating many of the fleeting issues that cropped up from time to time in previous transfers. Serge Ladouceur's stark, shadowy photography is bound to Kripke's intentions, yet primaries retain their power, black levels are deep...

Audio

Supernatural's 640kbps Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track isn't timid, but it does tend to retreat rather than stand its ground and fight. Dialogue is clean and intelligible, and lines are rarely lost, even in the midst of the fifth season's most chaotic scenes. Still, prioritization and vocal timbre is far from perfect -- in one of the more problematic scenes on disc one, Ackles' voice is dull and muffled while Padalecki's is crystal clear... during the same conversation -- and ov...

Supplements

Ah, the Law of Diminishing Supplemental Returns. It seems most every season of a television series arrives on home video with fewer and fewer special features. The Blu-ray edition of Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season doesn't buck that trend completely, but does assemble some solid material including an interactive experience that houses a wealth of behind-the-scenes videos and production featurettes.

• Apocalypse Survival Gui...
  

  Final Words

  Yes, Warner continues to deprive television audiences of lossless audio tracks, and yes, the Blu-ray edition of Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season would benefit from several more audio commentaries, but even an average Dolby Digital mix and a limited supplemental package can't spoil this one. Kripke's fifth foray is a fantastic one, Warner's video transfer is as close to perfect as "near-perfect" comes, and the whole of this 4-disc set overcomes its missteps to deliver a television ......

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