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Season 1, Episode 19, Aired
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The Winchesters must deal with a dangerous spirit bound to an old family portrait that brings misfortune and death to anyone who buys it.
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  • The Winchesters must deal with a dangerous spirit bound to an old family portrait that brings misfortune and death to anyone who buys it.

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    By cavanagh15, Dec 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    The Winchesters must deal with a dangerous spirit bound to an old family portrait that brings misfortune and death to anyone who buys it. This was my favorite episode of the season and series so far. The female counterpart in this episode was the best that we have seen and hopefully she will come up in a future episode. I can see that going different ways. The storyline itself was very good and I thought the ending was a fantastic representation of a "twist". I never saw that coming and was really surprised at how good the writing was. Sam had some deep moments with Sarah and the banter between Dean and Sam aout it was funny and didn't take away from the episode!moreless

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  • A picture can say a hell of a lot more than words

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    By MovieMark, Dec 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    I really, really liked Sarah! It's a pity that we never get to see these women againshe definitely had spunk!Moving right on, the twist that it's the daughter who is dealing out those close, close shaves is a good one. I also loved the brothers' motel room, certainly a change from the norm (great music, too!). As you can probably tell, I'm finding it difficult to point out the goods of the episode overall. That's 'cos it's Supernatural on auto-pilot, simple as. It's watchable, but not very memorable. Dean enjoys one night stands, while Sammy wines and dines, that's the meat of this episode.moreless

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  • Freeeeaaaakkkyyyy!

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    By ZaleIsBackAgain, Dec 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode gives the Bloody Mary one a run for its money. The fast movements of that little murdering girl, it's like those pop up ghost movies your friends trick you into watching that jump out at you. Not to mention she's a little pale girl; pale little girls are always scary as hell. The best ghost case in a while, but that isn't even the highlight of this episode. The relationship between Sarah and Sam was a grammy winning awardee. Okay maybe not THAT good, but the execution of it was just absolutely brilliant. Here we have Sam who has bottled up his affection towards other women because of what happened to his mother and Jessica, and then slowly Sarah chips away at his shell. Great acting, great pacing, great story and character development, there is just too much to love about this episode.moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, Oct 24, 2011 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the show supernatural sam and dean must go and investgate this supposivly family portrait that is causing people to die or anyone who buys it it has alot of death around it or involed with it and sam and dean must stop it before its to late or more people will end up dead . thsi was a good ep i thought and it was very interesting and it was centerd around sam instead of dean and it had its funnyness like any other supernatural ep and tha is why i gave it a 9 instead of anything lowermoreless

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    By renjifan15, Oct 24, 2011 Report Abuse
    I really liked Sarah. I also liked how this ep was centered on Sam instead of Dean, that was a plus. I gave it an 8 basically beacuse it wasn't all that memorable even though it had some good comedy in it. Thats one of the creepiest ghosts i've ever seen. Kid ghosts creep me out.The haunted portrait thing was definetly a change from other eps ive seen and i think thats a good thing. It needs variety. One thing i don't like is that we'll never see sarah again. i think she was perfect for sam and even dean thought so.moreless

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    • When they're searching for salt at Evelyn's house, Sam says "Low sodium freaks," plural. However, every indication is that Evelyn lived alone. Edit
    • The father's bones that Dean dug up seemed really white considering that he has been buried for a long time. Edit
    • The timeline doesn't fit. Sam said that the Telescas died four days ago, the night they bought the painting. But later in the episode he says that the painting was stored until a month ago where the Telescas bought the painting at a charity auction. Edit

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    • International Airdates: Denmark: May 14, 2006 on TV3 Portugal: February 12, 2007 on AXN France February 19, 2007 on TF6 Belgium: August 8, 2007 on VT4 The Netherlands: November 9, 2008 on NET5 Edit
    • The song playing in the bar at the start is "Night Time" by Steve Carlson. Jensen Ackles sings backing vocals on some of Steve's other songs. Edit
    • Music: Bad Time by Grand Funk Railroad, Night Time by Steve Carlson Band & Darren Sher, Romantic Pieces, No.1 by Extreme, One More Once by Black Toast Music Edit

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    • Sam: (about the painting) So what do you think? It's haunted or cursed? Dean: Either way, it's toast. Edit
    • Sarah: So what exactly is your brother doing in there? Sam: Searching county death certificates. Trying to find out what happened to Isaiah's body. Sarah: How do you even get in the door? Sam: Lying and subterfuge, mostly. Edit
    • Dean: (to Sam) And I don't mean any disrespect, but I'm guessing this has to do with Jessica. Now I don't know what it's like to lose somebody like that... but I think she would want you to be happy... God forbid have fun once in a while... wouldn't she? Edit

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    • Dean: Daddy dearest isn't here. Mommie Dearest was a 1981 film about actress Joan Crawford and her adopted daughter's efforts to please her. It was based on the 1978 book written by her daughter, Christina Crawford. Edit
    • Sam: What, like a DaVinci Code deal? The DaVinci Code, a novel by Dan Brown, is about the search to uncover a code that will lead to the secret of the Holy Grail. It was made as a movie on 5/19/06 and stars Tom Hanks. Edit

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