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1.19 Provenance Guy: "There's a reason charity auctions have an open bar." What were they saying here? That Sam has depth, and Dean doesn't? So Dean picks up trashy one night stands in bars, and Sam impresses professional women with his knowledge of art. Classy Sam and classless Dean. Except that Dean selflessly spent the entire episode trying to help Sam win over Sarah. Except that Sam, still devastated by Jessica's death, tossed Sarah back in the end. As love interests for the Winchester boys go, Sarah rated fairly well. She coped bravely with her trial by fire -- creepy supernatural murders, a slaughtered friend, a visit to the cemetery in the middle of the night to dig up bones. But as semi-cool as she was, she and Sam didn't really work as a couple for me. Even though they were around the same age, she seemed more adult and sophisticated. In that scene in the fancy restaurant, Sarah's clothes and Sam's mop of hair creeping over his eyebrows made them look like a thirty-year-old out with a teenager. That painting was so hideous that the people who bought it almost deserved to die for their terrible taste. Isaiah Merchant at first appeared to be much like the fictional Mordecai in "Hell House," but for real. Good red herring that it was the little girl, and that Daddy in the painting was watching her. But a little girl who kills with a straight razor? Probably a bit far fetched. Bits and pieces: -- The moving figures in the painting were a good effect. I liked another creepy detail better: the dolls that were made in the image of the child who would own them, with their hair, even. There was something voo-doo-like about it. -- In the scene near the end when they were comparing the painting to the photograph, I could swear Dean called Sam "Jared." I can't believe they let that one pass. -- This week, we went to Hudson Valley in upstate New York. And saw a New York license plate that said, "The Krip." Little in-joke there. -- This week's black and white disco extravaganza motel room may have been their funniest. -- Sam and Dean masqueraded as Sam and Dean Connors, art dealers. Quotes: Sam: "Art history course. It's good for meeting girls." Dean: "It's like I don't even know you." Sarah: (in the graveyard) "You guys seem to be uncomfortably comfortable with this." Good scary story, fun Winchester brother interaction. Three out of four stars, Billie |
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