SPN

[gategrrl]

I *finally* watched "Provenance" two nights ago when I couldn't get to sleep. Oh what a night - two episodes of "Medium", half of a "Crossing Jordan" and SPN's "Provenance" (that's the one with the creepy family painting in it and the people getting their necks slashed open) and I finally got to sleep at four in the morning!

So - the episode! Wasn't nearly as scary as I thought it would be, really. I didn't like the brunette barbiedoll they had playing the deep cleavaged daughter of the auction-house dealer. I was kinda hoping the dealer and her *would* get their throats slashed, but it was not meant to be. Dean was also not quite the same character I thought he was (I'd seen an episode that took place in an abandoned asylum - much better ep than this one). He's such a guy-ho! I didn't know that! And that 70's wacka-wacka-hotel room? Do they check into weird rooms like that every episode? And have they ever checked into a haunted/demon infested hotel room without knowing it?

I thought the mystery was kinda shallow. If I hadn't known who the killer was, would I have guessed? I have no idea. But I would have appreciated more lore, like in Buffy, where there'd be a *reason* for the haunting human-demon thingy to BE there, other than to cause havok-and-death-by-nasty-means (TM).

I like the look of this show - the producers certainly love the bleached blue-black end of the color spectrum a whole lot. It fits.

Comments

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I've only seen eleven episodes, but I thought Provenance was atypical of the episodes I've seen. It seemed somewhat out of synch with all the others somehow and a little off. OTOH, I liked it anyway because I liked the conversations between Dean & Sam, but it's not my favorite of the episodes that I've seen.

I haven't seen Asylum which might possibly be the other episode you are referring to--though maybe not. *g* I'm still just starting to get the episode titles straight.

They don't check into weird hotel rooms in every episode either, as far as I know. *g* That was just one weird room and their reaction was rather cute, I thought.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Asylum was the one I referred to. I got into it about 20 minutes into the episode and ended up shrieking so much, my Guy came in from the other room and asked me what was going on!

That episode really DID hit my Scarometer buttons, and actually made me *not* want to watch the show, especially if all the episodes were as um, intense? as that episode. But if they're not, I might give it another try.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I think they're not. I'm not a fan of horror or of being scared. The first episode I saw was Scarecrow and I also almost didn't watch again but mainly only because of the ending, which was only about 30 seconds and a setup for future stories. I think the second-to-last episode and the last episode had some exciting and intense moments, but I didn't really find it all that scary. But...that could be just me. Everyone is so different. I scare easily, though--but maybe I'm just finally growing up? *g*

I'm all about the emotion and relationship between the two brothers--and their father. (I just loved it when Dad showed up. *g*)