Complicated in that they have long standing arcs that are peppered through eps. In the season they'll have at least a good half dedicated to the main story line of the season that will culminate in the season finale. The also have a handful of episodes that are completely standalone i.e. you could only catch that episode and not miss out on anything. Then some episodes are quite standaloneish but they will insert a small bit, generally towards the end...or the beginning for that matter that relates to the overarching storyline.

Update 2 = that's more common in the first season...there is the general thread of 'we need to find dad' but that doesn't really permeate the tone of the episodes...season 4 onwards is where the storyline gets a bit heavy though they do have some amazing standalone episodes i.e. 4x05 Monster Movie and 4x06 Yellow Fever

Update 3 = if you watch all the episodes it's not that complicated. Maybe season 6 and 8 are the most complicated as they struggle to have a main storyline although this issue is resolved in around tenth episodes where they start to form the main story that we follow for the rest of the season (again there are standalones within this)

Sorry - this answr was probably confusing lol...and really badly written :P

But the show is so awesome - so I really hope you're enjoying it so far. It's currently on season 10 on still pretty damn wonderful :)

no

there will be different "teams" and alliances that form (can't really say more without spoiling it)

and of course there are some back stabbing and double crossing and a few double agents in the alliances

and of course there are a few "what the hell are the writers thinking" moments ?

but they usually work out

there are some issues and plots that drag on too long, but also some that are resolved way too early

In my opinion the series should have finished at the end at season 5

(with one small change, but of course I can't go into that)

I still think the show is good

it's just that ...

wel, I really can't say without giving anything away

it's definitely worth watching

it neither gets too complicated where you have trouble keeping track of all the intrigue and varied plots nor too easy where it's just "monster of the week" every episode

let's say it's less complicated than the X-files with all it's plots, cover ups, and motives

actually the x-files is a pretty good comparison for what I think is wrong with supernatural

you know how the xfiles is all about Maulder's search for aliens driven by "seeing" his sister taken, but because the show was so popular and they didn't want to end it they kept it going and in later years it kinda goes off track ?

that's pretty much exactly what goes on with supernatural

still a great show

still some great monster of the week episodes,

still some great "brother love and drama"

still some great season long story arcs

but ...

I think it starts getting complicated around season 5, all the other seasons before it are pretty straight forward

yes, but it is a fantastic tv show :)

I m on Season 1 of the show now but I heard it starts to get complicated. In season 1 they just fight demons and that, but later in the show does that stop and start to get complicated? I can t really explain what I mean but yeah..