Supernatural is usually very consistant in establishing stories wherein the victim(s) believe the whole ghost thing, cause at some point or another there is no other logical explanation. Well, in this episode they drop the ball, as there is pretty logical explanation right in front of the familys nose, and yet they believe the boys almost immediately.
Imagine this; You don't know Sam and Dean, and you are watching a movie, seen from the familys perspective. They lost their son, wanna start fresh, they arrive at their new home and two Strangers walk out of the house, claiming to be from the city, says the place is not safe. The family finds out they're lying about everything. Strange things start happening, and suddenly the guys show up again, claiming the house is haunted. Because the kids have seen things, the family almost instantly believes this, as well as some BS about salt. Now the tires are slashed on all cars and the dog is dead, no escape. They are still running around with two complete Strangers who act like nutjobs talking about spirits and salt, but no questions asked. Later, they find out it's just a creepy girl, cause guess what, of course the salt thing didn't work, and they all escape outside while one stranger fights her off. Apparently the little girl beat the grown man, even though he has the bigger weapon, cause she escapes, but for some reason doesn't hurt him. He comes outside, a little bruised, tell them she escaped, and they cold buy it. But wait now the son is missing, curiously enough that happened while the Stranger was "fighting off" the little girl. But no questions asked, the two men of the family even agree to split up and go with one psycho each, to search different places. Some time later one of the Strangers comes out of the house, without the uncle, cause he is dead, the girl killed him. Nothing to back this up except his word, and no questions asked. Nothing at this point, that the Strangers have told the family, have proven to be true, and still they take their word for everything. At what point are we, the audience, supposed to get fed up with the stupidity of this family, at what point is the family gonna realise that the two Strangers and the girl are a team, playing a sick game with the family. The Strangers obviously staked the house out, waited until just before the new owners showed up, the girl hid in the house, the guys put on a role, and hey here we go, psycho cat and mouse! It's just too implausible, and it completely ruined what could have been a great MOTW episode! With some more care for the plausability the episode would have been an easy 8-9.
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