"Supernatural" Provenance (2006)

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Director:

Philip Sgriccia

Writers:

Eric Kripke (creator)
David Ehrman (written by)

TV Series:

"Supernatural" (2005)

Original Air Date:

13 April 2006 (Season 1, Episode 19)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A young couple is murdered in their home shortly after buying an antique painting of a family portrait circa 1910...

Plot Keywords:

Brother Brother Relationship | Ghost | Missing Person | Hit By Car | Falling In Love

Cast

Jared Padalecki	...	Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles	...	Dean Winchester
Taylor Cole	...	Sarah Blake
Jay Brazeau	...	Librarian
Jodelle Ferland	...	Melanie Merchant (as Jodelle Micha Ferland)
Keith Gordey	...	Daniel Blake (as Keith Martin Gordey)
Linden Banks	...	Isaiah Mercant
Jody Thompson	...	Ann Telesca
Curtis Caravaggio	...	Mark Telesca
Kenton Reid	...	Waiter
Sarah Mutch
Barbara Frosch	...	Evelyn

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Company:

Kripke Enterprises

Trivia:

One of the cars featured at the auction house has the registration "The Krip". Eric Kripke is the creator of the show.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Sam and Dean discover that the razor is open in the painting and not in the photograph, Dean actually refers to Sam by his actor's name: Jared.

Quotes:

Sam Winchester: I don't understand, Dean. We burned the damn thing!
Dean Winchester: Yeah, thank you, Captain Obvious.

Movie Connections:

References The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Soundtrack:

Night Time

Picture Imperfect

There's something innately unsettling about a mirror, a photo or picture that captures an image. The red Indians wouldn't allow at first their photographs to be taken as they believed their souls would be held captive in the resulting photo. They seem to hold secrets of a past now gone, held forever frozen in time, something now separate from the person who looks at it from a place in the future. No wonder then that there have been numerous horror stories written on this subject.

This is one of them: an old painting that spells death and disaster for whoever brings it into their possession and home. The brothers have to find out why and who and then put an end to it.

That's the basic plot but there is a creepy air of displaced horror that makes this one of the best stories in this series so far. To me, a good horror story is more about mood and atmosphere than blood and gore. This has it in spades, spooky to the ninth level.

Yes, it is predictable to some degree but that does add to the mix, you know what is going to happen as the painting changes hands, and knowing only the addition of the boys will stop it.

This is the type of thing that justifies the title: 'Supernatural.'