History Recap / SupernaturalS01E19Provenance

'''Dean:''' RealityTV scouts looking for people with...special skills.

->'''Sam:''' So, what are we today, Dean? Are we [[TheRockStar rock stars]]? Are we [[{{Ranger}} Army Rangers]]?
->'''Dean:''' RealityTV scouts looking for people with...special skills.

Sam and Dean visit an auction house to get more information on the possessions owned by Mark and Anne Telesca who died in a locked house. Dean thinks the daughter of the owner of the auction house, [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Sarah Blake]], is interested in Sam and encourages Sam to ask her out. Sam takes Sarah out for dinner, and she provides him with the provenance of the Telesca's possessions. A painting of the Merchant family has been passed from owner to owner after they are mysteriously killed. Sam and Dean sneak into the auction house and burn the painting, but the painting reforms and is sold to a new owner the next day.

Sam and Dean research the Merchant family and find the father, Isaiah Merchant, was suspected of slitting the throats of his wife, two sons, and adopted daughter before killing himself. When the Winchesters arrive at the home of the painting's new owner, she is dead, and Sarah Blake is there. The Winchesters explain what is happening to Sarah, who wants to help them. They find that the painting in the painting has changed from what it was originally--now it shows the Merchant family's mausoleum. They find the mausoleum and discover that Isaiah's body wasn't cremated with the rest. Dean looks up the death certificates for the family to find what happened to his body. They go to the cemetery and salt and burn Isaiah Merchant's remains, and then return to the home to burn the painting. Sam and Sarah are locked in the house with the spirit of [[Characters/SupernaturalGhosts Melanie Merchant]], the adopted daughter who was the true murderer. Sarah realizes that even though Melanie's body was cremated, some of her hair was likely used on the antique doll in the family's mausoleum they had seen when they visited the cemetery. Dean returns to the mausoleum while Sam and Sarah fight Melanie's spirit. Dean manages to burn the doll and Melanie is consumed in flame.

-->'''Daniel Blake:''' Can I help you gentlemen?
-->'''Dean:''' ''[putting on a posh voice]'' I'd like some champagne, please.
-->'''Sam:''' He's not a waiter!

* PhantomZonePicture

--->'''Sam:''' What, like a ''[[Literature/TheDaVinciCode Da Vinci Code]]'' deal?
--->'''Dean:''' I don't know, I'm still [[TheFilmOfTheBook waiting for the movie]] on that one.

* SpookyPainting

* YouNeedToGetLaid: Dean thinks Sam does.

** Subtly Lampshaded by Sarah. The wink she throws Dean at the gallery lets him (and the audience) know that she sees what he's doing.

** Subtly lampshaded by Sarah. The wink she throws Dean at the gallery lets him (and the audience) know that she sees what he's doing.

* YouNeedToGetLaid: Dean thinks Sam does.

* AxCrazy: Little miss Melanie Merchant was the one who killed her adopted family, her original one too, and even extends her psychotic rampage beyond the grave as well.

* TheSociopath: Brutally murdered her own family and her adopted one, then attacks people in the house without a single drop of emotion.

* GenreSavvy: Sam is afraid to get close to anyone else because [[DoomMagnet the people he is connected to seem to drop like flies]]. He's catching on pretty quick, considering this is only the first season and only Jessica has died recently. Won't slow the death toll, though.

* GirlOfTheWeek: Sarah for Sam. Surprisingly, she comes back [[Recap/SupernaturalS08E22ClipShow in season 8.]]

-->'''Sam:''' So, what are we today, Dean? Are we [[TheRockStar rock stars]]? Are we [[{{Ranger}} Army Rangers]]?
-->'''Dean:''' RealityTV scouts looking for people with...special skills.

It turns out that the reason Melanie was adopted was that everyone else in her original family was found murdered in their beds. Sarah makes sure the painting is burnt and will not be sold again. Sam gives Sarah a kiss before leaving, but says he can't be with anyone because it would put the person in danger.

* BluffTheImpostor: Sarah tries to trick Sam by identifying the painting of the family as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%AFve_art American Primitive,]] but Sam does not fall for it.
-->'''Sam:''' Well, I'd say it's more [[AmericanGothicCouple Grant Wood]] than [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Moses Grandma Moses]]. But you knew that, you just wanted to see if I did.

* CaptainObvious: Sam, [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Dean.

* ContinuityNod: We see Dean using Sam's [[http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-laptops Dell Inspiron]] laptop sporting the logo for [[http://covebike.com/ Cove Bikes.]] The laptop was previously seen in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E07HookMan "Hook Man" (S01, Ep7)]], [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E10Asylum "Asylum" (S01, Ep10)]], [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E12Faith "Faith" (S01, Ep12)]], and [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E17HellHouse "Hell House" (S01, Ep17)]].

* CreepyChild: Melanie, especially when she manifests out of the painting. She's pale-skinned with shadows around her eyes, dragging a doll in one hand and a razor in the other. And sometimes her face...[[JumpScare ''changes'']].

-->'''Book store owner:''' Old man Isaiah...well, he gave them all a shave. ''[draws his hand across his throat, laughing]''

* EnfanteTerrible: Little girl Melanie killed two families (including her own) when she was alive and, as a ghost, is killing anyone who has the Merchant family portrait. There's no reason given why she did/does any of this--although Sam theorizes that she was just [[FreudianExcuse "born tortured"]], it seems more likely that she was just born evil.

* GenreSavvy: Sam is afraid to get close to anyone else because [[DoomMagnet the people he is connected to seem to drop like flies]]. He's catching on pretty quick, considering this is only the first season. Won't slow the death toll, though.

* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Sam tells Sarah that they can't be together, which is wise since [[CartwrightCurse everyone he sleeps with dies]].

* TheNickNamer:
** Dean renames Daniel Blake "Chuckles".
** Sarah refers to Sam as [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]].

-->'''Dean:''' Marry that girl.

-->'''Sam:''' What, like a ''[[Literature/TheDaVinciCode Da Vinci Code]]'' deal?
-->'''Dean:''' I don’t know, I’m still [[TheFilmOfTheBook waiting for the movie]] on that one.
** The lead article of the newspaper the book store owner shows the Winchesters is "New ''[=Titanic=]'' Sinks, 1304 People Go To Watery Graves: Only 866 saved from 2,170 Aboard Liner Which Collides With Iceberg. Disaster Proves To Be the Greatest in Marine History of the World."
** Dean refers to Isaiah Merchant as [[Literature/MommieDearest Daddy Dearest]].

* WineIsClassy: Dean swirls and sniffs the aroma before drinking the champagne, but just does not manage to pull it off.

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* GirlOfTheWeek: Sarah for Sam.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Taylor Cole, who plays Sarah Blake, also played Rachel Mills in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

* TheBechdelTest: Failed.

* DeggansRule: Failed.

-->'''Dean:''' RealityTV scouts looking for people with special skills.

A young couple dies in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Paltz%2C_New_York New Paltz, New York,]] after purchasing a [[SpookyPainting painting]] of a family who died violently. Dean and Sam investigate, with the help of Sarah, an antiques dealer's daughter.

Sam and Dean research the Merchant family and find the father, Isaiah Merchant, was suspected of slitting the throats of his wife, two sons, and adopted daughter before killing himself. When the Winchesters arrive at the home of the painting's new owner, she is dead, and Sarah Blake is there. The Winchesters explain what is happening to Sarah who wants to help them. They go to the cemetery and salt and burn Isaiah Merchant's remains, and then return to the home to burn the painting. Sam and Sarah are locked in the house with the spirit of [[Characters/SupernaturalGhosts Melanie Merchant]], the adopted daughter who was the true murderer. Sarah realizes that even though Melanie's body was cremated some of her hair was likely used on the antique doll in the family's mausoleum they had seen when they visited the cemetery. Dean returns to the mausoleum while Sam and Sarah fight Melanie's spirit. Dean manages to burn the doll and Melanie is consumed in flame.

Sarah makes sure the painting is burnt and will not be sold again. Sam gives Sarah a kiss before leaving, but says he can't be with anyone because it would put the person in danger.

For the series so far = At least 136 humans; 11 ghosts; 1 god; 1 rawhead; 1 shapeshifter; 1 shtriga; and 1 wendigo.

-->'''Sam:''' Well I'd say it's more [[AmericanGothicCouple Grant Wood]] than [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Moses Grandma Moses.]] But you knew that, you just wanted to see if I did.
* BraidsOfAction: Sarah when she joins the Winchesters on a hunt.

* CreepyChild: Melanie, especially when she manifests in real-life. She's pale-skinned with shadows around her eyes, dragging a doll in one hand and a razor in the other. And sometimes her face... [[JumpScare ''changes'']].

-->'''Book store owner:''' Old man Isaiah... well, he gave them all a shave. (draws his hand across his throat, laughing)

* EnfanteTerrible: Little girl Melanie killed two families (including her own) by when she was alive, and as a ghost, is killing anyone who has the Merchant family portrait. There's no reason given why she did/does any of this--although Sam theorizes that she was just [[FreudianExcuse "born tortured,"]] it seems more likely that she was just born evil.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Taylor Cole who plays Sarah Blake, also played Rachel Mills in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

-->'''Dean (putting on a posh voice):''' I'd like some champagne, please.

** Dean renames Daniel Blake Chuckles.

* SelfMadeOrphan: Melanie murdered her biological family. When another family adopted her, she killed them, too.

** Sam compares the search for clues in the painting to the work of Creator/DanBrown.

** The lead article of the newspaper the book store owner shows the Winchesters is "New ''[=Titanic=] Sinks, 1304 People Go To Watery Graves: Only 866 saved from 2,170 Aboard Liner Which Collides With Iceberg. Disaster Proves To Be the Greatest in Marine History of the World."

* SlashedThroat

* YouNeedToGetLaid

'''Season 1, Episode 19''':

For this episode = [[spoiler: 2 ghosts and 3 humans]].

* [[spoiler:CreepyChild: Melanie, especially when she manifests in real-life. She's pale-skinned with shadows around her eyes, dragging a doll in one hand and a razor in the other. And sometimes her face... [[JumpScare ''changes'']].]]

* [[spoiler:EnfanteTerrible: Little girl Melanie killed two families (including her own) by when she was alive, and as a ghost, is killing anyone who has the Merchant family portrait. There's no reason given why she did/does any of this--although Sam theorizes that she was just [[FreudianExcuse "born tortured,"]] it seems more likely that she was just born evil.]]

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Isaiah's ghost is only trying to warn victims-to-be about Melanie.]]
* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan: Melanie murdered her biological family. When another family adopted her, she killed them, too.]]

* FridgeLogic: If [[spoiler:the little girl]] was the one behind the murders, then [[spoiler:who killed her]]?

* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:Sarah telling Sam that he shouldn't shut her out because of the possibility of her getting killed because of him. Although she survives the episode, Sarah does indeed get brutally killed in Recap/SupernaturalS08E22ClipShow, purely because of her relationship with Sam, who subsequently suffers a HeroicBSOD.]]

* ParanoiaFuel: How does the ghost kill? By sneaking up on people when they're in bed and slitting their throats in the dark. Note that the killer is [[spoiler:a little girl who did this to her own family for no damn reason at all]]. Keep an eye on your little ones, parents...

-->'''Sam:''' Well I'd say it's more [[AmericanGothicCouple Grant Wood]] than [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Moses Grandma Moses.]] But you knew that, you just wanted to see if I did.

-->'''Dean:''' Yeah, thank you CaptainObvious.

* CreepyChild

-->'''Book store owner:''' Old man Isaiah... well, he gave them all a shave. (Draws his hand across his throat laughing).

* EnfanteTerrible
* EnvironmentalSymbolism: The Disco themed motel seems to mirror Dean's casual dating style.

-->'''Dean (Putting on a posh voice):''' I'd like some champagne please.
-->'''Sam (Sharply to Dean):''' He's not a waiter.

* TheNickNamer:

* ShipperOnDeck: Dean for Sam/Sarah

** Sarah refers to Sam as [[RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]].

** The motel "Do Not Disturb" door hanger is a silver outline of JohnTravolta from SaturdayNightFever.
** Sam compares the search for clues in the painting to the work of DanBrown.
-->'''Sam:''' What, like a DaVinciCode deal?

** The lead article of the newspaper the book store owner shows the Winchesters is "New {{Titanic}} Sinks, 1304 People Go To Watery Graves: Only 866 saved from 2,170 Aboard Liner Which Collides With Iceberg. Disaster Proves To Be the Greatest in Marine History of the World."
** Dean refers to Isaiah Merchant as [[MommieDearest Daddy Dearest]].

Sam and Dean visit an auction house to get more information on the possessions owned by Mark and Anne Telesca who died in a locked house. Dean thinks the daughter of the owner of the auction house, [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Sarah Blake]], was interested in Sam and encourages Sam to ask her out. Sam takes Sarah out for dinner, and she provides him with the provenance of the Telesca's possessions. A painting of the Merchant family has been passed from owner to owner after they are mysteriously killed. Sam and Dean sneak into the auction house and burn the painting, but the painting reforms and is sold to a new owner the next day.

* ContinuityNod: We see Dean using Sam's [[http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-laptops Dell Inspiron]] laptop sporting the logo for [[http://covebike.com/ Cove Bikes.]] The laptop was previously seen in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E07HookMan "Hook Man"]], [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E10Asylum "Asylum"]], [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E12Faith "Faith"]], and [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E17HellHouse "Hell House"]].

Sam and Dean visit an auction house to get more information on the possessions owned by Mark and Anne Telesca who died in a locked house. Dean thinks the daughter of the owner of the auction house, [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Sarah Blake]], was interested in Sam and encourages Sam to ask her out. Sam takes Sarah out for dinner, and she provides him with the provenance of the Telesca's possessions. A painting of the Merchant family has been passed from owner to owner after they mysteriously killed. Sam and Dean sneak into the auction house and burn the painting, but the painting reforms and is sold to a new owner the next day.

Sam and Dean visit an auction house to get more information on the possessions owned by Mark and Anne Telesca who died in a locked house. Dean thinks the daughter of the owner of the auction house, [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Sarah Blake]], was interested in Sam and encourages Sam to ask her out. Sam takes Sarah out for dinner, and she provides him with the providence of the Telesca's possessions. A painting of the Merchant family has been passed from owner to owner after they mysteriously killed. Sam and Dean sneak into the auction house and burn the painting, but the painting reforms and is sold to a new owner the next day.

A young couple dies in New Paltz, New York, after purchasing a [[SpookyPainting painting]] of a family who died violently. Dean and Sam investigate, with the help of Sarah, an antiques dealer's daughter.

!Tropes
* AnyoneCanDie:
** Body count this episode = [[spoiler: 2 ghosts and 3 humans]].
** Body count for the series so far = At least 136 humans; 11 ghosts; 1 god; 1 rawhead; 1 shapeshifter; 1 shtriga; and 1 wendigo.