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Provenance

Season	Episode	Overall
1	19	19

Series

Supernatural

Airdate

April 13, 2006

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Provenance is the 19th episode of Season 1. It aired on April 13th, 2006.

Summary

There was something about being there... It felt pure.

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DO NOT CHANGE!

A young couple is murdered in their home shortly after buying an antique painting of a family portrait circa 1910. Upon reviewing the painting's provenance, Sam and Dean learn that everyone who has ever bought the painting has been murdered and race to discover how the portrait is causing the deaths before it can claim its next victim.

Plot

<place lat="41.747593" lon="-74.086810" width="300" height="200" zoom="8"></place> The scene opens on a young couple putting up a painting on their mantle. They flirt for a minute then the woman heads upstairs and a shadowy figure enters. The man walks into their room to find his wife is dead and bloodied, and is then killed.

The boys arrive in upstate New York, where Mark and Anne Telesca were found dead in a locked house, the latest in a series of murders over a number of decades in the same area according to research from John's journal.

They visit the Telesca home, but there are no signs of any supernatural activity. All the furnishings have been taken to an auction house, so they decide to check it out, in case a spirit has itself attached to an object.

They turn up at the auction house, where the owner Daniel Blake tries to get them to leave. They speak to his daughter, Sarah Blake, who also works at the auction house and who confirms that the Telesca estate is being auctioned. Before she can tell them anymore, her father, having discovered Sam and Dean are not on the guest list, asks the boys to leave.

Dean thinks Sarah showed some interest in Sam, and suggests he take her on date in order to get more information. Over dinner, Sarah reveals she hasn't been on a date since her mother died unexpectedly a year ago.

Sarah gets Sam copies of the provenances of the items of the Telesca house. Dean finds that a portrait of Isaiah Merchant's family painted in 1910 was also owned by the other families that had been killed.

After dark, Sam and Dean return to the auction house and burn the painting. The next day, Dean pretends that he has dropped his wallet at the auction house, purely so Sam can see Sarah again. When they get there they are shocked to find the painting is still there and unharmed.

At the local library, they find out that Isaiah Merchant was accused of killing his wife, two sons, and adopted daughter.

Back at the motel Sam notices that in a picture of the painting in an old book, Isaiah is staring straight ahead, and in the painting now, he is looking down to the right, towards the girl. Dean also encourages Sam to pursue Sarah, but Sam is reluctant. He calls Sarah to see if they can view the painting again, only to find it has been sold to a friend of Sarah's named Evelyn.

The boys rush to the house just as Sarah arrives, but they find Evelyn already dead, her throat slashed.

After alerting the police, Sarah and the boys return to the motel room, where they explain to her that the picture is haunted. Despite being scared, Sarah resolves to help them. Back at Evelyn's house, they examine the painting and notice more features in the painting have changed; amongst other things there is now a mausoleum in the picture with the name Merchant on it. They track down the mausoleum, where all of the family cremated remains are housed; however, Isaiah Merchant is not interred there. Dean finds that Isaiah was buried in a pauper's grave and goes to salt and burn the corpse.

Later, the three of them return to burn the painting as a precaution, but Sam and Sarah get trapped inside Evelyn's house and attacked by the spirit of Melanie Merchant, who had been responsible for the murders all along. The father was looking towards her in the portrait, but out when she left, and restraining some of her power - now that his spirit is gone, she is more dangerous. Dean returns to the mausoleum and burns an antique doll which bears some of Melanie Merchant's hair. This finally dispels her spirit.

Back at the auction house, Sarah orders the painting burned and says farewell to Sam and Dean. As they are about to leave, Sam returns and kisses Sarah, deciding to stay in town for a few days, so they can be together, finally starting to let Jessica go.

Characters

Main Cast

Recurring Cast

Co-Stars

Taylor Cole as Sarah Blake
Jodelle Ferland as Melanie Merchant
Linden Banks as Isaiah Merchant
Keith Martin Gordey as Daniel Blake
Jody Thompson as Ann Telesca
Curtis Caravaggio as Mark Telesca
Barbara Frosch as Evelyn

Featured Supernatural Beings

Continuity

This is the first appearance of Sarah Blake.

Trivia

Antagonist : Melanie Merchant
When Sam and Dean arrive at the auction, we see three luxury cars parked next to the Impala. The second is a Bentley with New York license plate "THEKRIP." This is a reference to Supernatural creator and former executive producer Eric Kripke.

Errors

Before Melanie's ghost goes up in flames and her image returns to the painting, the razor is visible on the table in the painting despite also being in her hand.
Both before and after Melanie's image returns to the painting, the image of the razor is open. When its packed up before being burned in the next shot, it is closed again as it should be.

Deaths

Mark Telesca
Anne Telesca
Mrs. Merchant (mentioned only)
Two Merchant sons (mentioned only)
Isaiah Merchant (Human, mentioned only)
Melanie Merchant (Human, mentioned only)
Evelyn
Isaiah Merchant (Death Omen)
Melanie Merchant (Violent Spirit)
Melanie's birth family (mentioned only)

Featured Music

"Night Time" by Steve Carlson
"Bad Time (To Be In Love)" by Grand Funk Railroad
"Romantic Piece, No. 1" by Extreme
"One More Once" by Black Toast Music

Cultural References

Sam: What, like a Da Vinci Code deal?

Dean: I don't know. I'm still waiting for the movie on that one.

Sam is referring to the bestseller The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. In the novels, clues to the big mystery are found in Leonardo da Vinci's paintings. The movie was released in 2006, approximately one month after this episode aired.

Sam: Well, I'd say it's more Grant Wood than Grandma Moses. But you knew that, you just wanted to see if I did.

Grant Wood was an American painter best known for the painting "American Gothic." Grandma Moses is the nickname renowned American folk artist Anna Mary Robertson Moses.

Dean: Daddy dearest isn't here.

Mommie Dearest is a 1981 film based on the biography by Christina Crawford about her actress mother Joan Crawford.

Dean: So you think daddy dearest is trapped in the painting and he's handing out Colombian neckties like he did with his family?

A Colombian necktie is a form of execution in which the victim's throat is slit and the tongue is pulled out through the open wound.

Quotes

Sam: I don't understand, Dean. I mean, we burned the damn thing.
Dean: Yeah, thank you, Captain Obvious.
Sarah: Look. I'm not saying I'm not scared, because I am scared as hell, but I'm not just gonna go run and hide either. (Before leaving, turns back to the brothers) So are you guys coming or what?
Dean: [Looking at Sarah] Sam. [Turns to Sam] Marry that girl.

[As Sam picks the lock on Evelyn's door]

Sarah: Isn't this a crime scene?
Dean: Well, you've already lied to the cops. What's another infraction or two?

Sam: "What kind of a house doesn't have salt? Low sodium freaks!"

Dean: Sam, you good?
Sam: [Looks at Sarah] Not bad.
Dean: I'll see you Sarah. [Smiles, then walks away] I burned the doll, destroyed the spirit. Don't thank me or anything!

Dean: [Sees Sam kissing Sarah goodbye] That's my boy.

International Titles

Finnish: Kirottu kuva (The Cursed Picture)
Brazil: Procedência (Provenance)
French: Le Tableau hanté (The Haunted Painting)
German: Das Gemälde (The Painting)
Italian: Il Quadro Maledetto (The Cursed Painting)
Polish: Rodowód (Provenance)

External Links

"Supernatural: "Provenance" Review", IGN review.

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 |Title = Provenance
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-|Season = 1
+|Season = [[Season 1|1]]
 |Episode = 19
 |Airdate = April 13, 2006
 |Writer = [[David Ehrman]]
 |Director = [[Phil Sgriccia]]
-|Guests =  Taylor Cole as Sarah Blake
 |Previous = [[Something Wicked]]
 |Next = [[Dead Man's Blood]]
-|Episode list = [[Season 1]]}}
+|Episode list = [[Season 1]]
-'''Provenance '''is the 19th episode of [[Season 1]]. It aired on April 13th, 2006.
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-<place lat="41.747593" lon="-74.086810" width="300" height="200" zoom="8"></place>
 ==Summary==
+{{Summarywarning}}A young couple is murdered in their home shortly after buying an antique painting of a family portrait circa 1910. Upon reviewing the painting's provenance, [[Sam Winchester|Sam]] and [[Dean Winchester|Dean]] learn that everyone who has ever bought the painting has been murdered and race to discover how the portrait is causing the deaths before it can claim its next victim.
-A portrait of a long-dead family has the spirits of the father and daughter trapped inside and someone is murdering its owners.
-==Synopsis==
+==Plot==
-The scene opens on a young couple putting up a painting on their mantle. They flirt for a minute then the woman heads upstairs and a shadowy figure enters. Then the man walks into their room to find that his wife is dead, and is then killed.
+<place lat="41.747593" lon="-74.086810" width="300" height="200" zoom="8"></place>
+The scene opens on a young couple putting up a painting on their mantle. They flirt for a minute then the woman heads upstairs and a shadowy figure enters. The man walks into their room to find his wife is dead and bloodied, and is then killed.
-The boys arrive in upstate New York, where Mark and Anne Telesca were found dead in a locked house, the latest in a series of murders over a number of decades in the same area according to research from John’s journal.
+The boys arrive in upstate New York, where Mark and Anne Telesca were found dead in a locked house, the latest in a series of murders over a number of decades in the same area according to research from John's journal.
 They visit the Telesca home, but there are no signs of any supernatural activity. All the furnishings have been taken to an auction house, so they decide to check it out, in case a spirit has itself attached to an object.
@@ Line 28: / Line 25: @@
 They turn up at the auction house, where the owner Daniel Blake tries to get them to leave. They speak to his daughter, [[Sarah Blake]], who also works at the auction house and who confirms that the Telesca estate is being auctioned. Before she can tell them anymore, her father, having discovered Sam and Dean are not on the guest list, asks the boys to leave.
-[[Dean Winchester|Dean]] thinks Sarah showed some interest in [[Sam Winchester|Sam]], and suggests he take her on date in order to get more information. Over dinner, Sarah reveals she hasn’t been on a date since her mother died unexpectedly a year ago.
+[[Dean Winchester|Dean]] thinks Sarah showed some interest in [[Sam Winchester|Sam]], and suggests he take her on date in order to get more information. Over dinner, Sarah reveals she hasn't been on a date since her mother died unexpectedly a year ago.
-Sarah gets Sam copies of the provenances of the items of the Telesca house. Dean finds that a portrait of Isaiah Merchant’s family painted in 1910 was also owned by the other families that had been killed.
+Sarah gets Sam copies of the provenances of the items of the Telesca house. Dean finds that a portrait of Isaiah Merchant's family painted in 1910 was also owned by the other families that had been killed.
 After dark, Sam and Dean return to the auction house and burn the painting. The next day, Dean pretends that he has dropped his wallet at the auction house, purely so Sam can see Sarah again. When they get there they are shocked to find the painting is still there and unharmed.
@@ Line 36: / Line 33: @@
 At the local library, they find out that Isaiah Merchant was accused of killing his wife, two sons, and adopted daughter.
-Back at the motel Sam notices that in a picture of the painting in an old book, Isaiah is staring straight ahead, and in the painting now, he is looking down to the right. Dean also encourages Sam to pursue Sarah, but Sam is reluctant. He calls Sarah to see if they can view the painting again, only to find it has been sold to a friend of Sarah’s named Evelyn.
+Back at the motel Sam notices that in a picture of the painting in an old book, Isaiah is staring straight ahead, and in the painting now, he is looking down to the right, towards the girl. Dean also encourages Sam to pursue Sarah, but Sam is reluctant. He calls Sarah to see if they can view the painting again, only to find it has been sold to a friend of Sarah's named [[Evelyn]].
 The boys rush to the house just as Sarah arrives, but they find Evelyn already dead, her throat slashed.
-After alerting the police, Sarah and the boys return to the motel room, where they explain to her that the picture is haunted. Despite being scared, Sarah resolves to help them. Back at Evelyn’s house they examine the painting and notice more features in the painting have changed, amongst other things there is now a mausoleum in the picture with the name Merchant on it. They track down the mausoleum, where all of the family cremated remains are housed, however Isaiah Merchant is not interred there. Dean finds that Isaiah was buried in a pauper’s grave and goes to salt and burn the corpse.
+After alerting the police, Sarah and the boys return to the motel room, where they explain to her that the picture is haunted. Despite being scared, Sarah resolves to help them. Back at Evelyn's house, they examine the painting and notice more features in the painting have changed; amongst other things there is now a mausoleum in the picture with the name Merchant on it. They track down the mausoleum, where all of the family cremated remains are housed; however, Isaiah Merchant is not interred there. Dean finds that Isaiah was buried in a pauper's grave and goes to salt and burn the corpse.
-Later, the three of them return to burn the painting as a precaution, but Sam and Sarah get trapped inside Evelyn’s house and attacked by the spirit of [[Melanie Merchant]], who had been responsible for the murders all along. Dean returns to the mausoleum and burns an antique doll which bears some of Melanie Merchant’s hair. This finally dispels her spirit.
+Later, the three of them return to burn the painting as a precaution, but Sam and Sarah get trapped inside Evelyn's house and attacked by the spirit of [[Melanie Merchant]], who had been responsible for the murders all along. The father was looking towards her in the portrait, but out when she left, and restraining some of her power - now that his spirit is gone, she is more dangerous. Dean returns to the mausoleum and burns an antique doll which bears some of Melanie Merchant's hair. This finally dispels her spirit.
 Back at the auction house, Sarah orders the painting burned and says farewell to Sam and Dean. As they are about to leave, Sam returns and kisses Sarah, deciding to stay in town for a few days, so they can be together, finally starting to let Jessica go.
 ==Characters==
+===Main Cast===
-*[[Dean Winchester]]
-*[[Sam Winchester]]
+*[[Jared Padalecki]] as [[Sam Winchester]]
+*[[Jensen Ackles]] as [[Dean Winchester]]
-*[[Sarah Blake]]
-*[[Daniel Blake]]
-*[[Melanie Merchant]]
+===Recurring Cast===
-==Featured Supernatural Being==
+====Co-Stars====
-*[[Ghost]]
+*[[Taylor Cole]] as [[Sarah Blake]]
+*[[Jodelle Ferland]] as [[Melanie Merchant]]
+*[[Linden Banks]] as [[Isaiah Merchant]]
+*Keith Martin Gordey as [[Daniel Blake]]
+*Jody Thompson as [[Ann Telesca]]
+*Curtis Caravaggio as [[Mark Telesca]]
+*Barbara Frosch as [[Evelyn]]
-==Featured Music==
+==Featured Supernatural Beings==
+*[[Death Omen]] {{c|[[Isaiah Merchant]]}}
-"Night Time" by Steve Carlson
+*[[Violent Spirits|Violent Spirit]] {{c|[[Melanie Merchant]]}}
+== Continuity ==
-"Bad Time (To Be In Love)" by Grand Funk Railroad
+* This is the first appearance of [[Sarah Blake]].
+==Trivia==
-"Romantic Piece, No. 1" by Extreme
+*Antagonist : [[Melanie Merchant]]
+*When Sam and Dean arrive at the auction, we see three luxury cars parked next to the Impala. The second is a Bentley with New York license plate "THEKRIP." This is a reference to ''Supernatural'' creator and former executive producer Eric Kripke.
+==Errors==
-"One More Once" by Black Toast Music
+*Before [[Melanie Merchant|Melanie's]] [[ghost]] goes up in flames and her image returns to [[Merchant family painting|the painting]], the razor is visible on the table in the painting despite also being in her hand.
+*Both before and after Melanie's image returns to the painting, the image of the razor is open. When its packed up before being burned in the next shot, it is closed again as it should be.
+==Deaths==
-==Trivia and References==
+*Mark Telesca
-*When Sam and Dean arrive at the auction, we see three luxury cars parked next to the Impala. The second is a Bentley with New York license plate "THEKRIP." This is a reference to ''Supernatural ''creator and former executive producer Eric Kripke.
+*Anne Telesca
+*Mrs. Merchant {{c|mentioned only}}
+*Two Merchant sons {{c|mentioned only}}
+*[[Isaiah Merchant]] {{c|[[Human]], mentioned only}}
+*[[Melanie Merchant]] {{c|[[Human]], mentioned only}}
+*[[Evelyn]]
+*[[Isaiah Merchant]] {{c|[[Death Omen]]}}
+*[[Melanie Merchant]] {{c|[[Violent Spirits|Violent Spirit]]}}
+*Melanie's birth family {{c|mentioned only}}
+==Featured Music==
+*"Night Time" by Steve Carlson
+*"Bad Time (To Be In Love)" by Grand Funk Railroad
+*"Romantic Piece, No. 1" by Extreme
+*"One More Once" by Black Toast Music
+==Cultural References==
 Sam: What, like a Da Vinci Code deal?
 Dean: I don't know. I'm still waiting for the movie on that one.
-*''Sam is referring to the bestseller [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code The Da Vinci Code] by Dan Brown. In the novels, clues to the big mystery are found in Leonardo da Vinci's paintings. The movie was released in 2006, approximately one month after this episode aired. ''
+*''Sam is referring to the bestseller [[wikipedia:The Da Vinci Code|The Da Vinci Code]] by Dan Brown. In the novels, clues to the big mystery are found in Leonardo da Vinci's paintings. The movie was released in 2006, approximately one month after this episode aired.''
 Sam: Well, I'd say it's more Grant Wood than Grandma Moses. But you knew that, you just wanted to see if I did.
-*''Grant Wood was an American painter best known for the painting "American Gothic." Grandma Moses is the nickname renowned American folk artist Anna Mary Robertson Moses. ''
+*''Grant Wood was an American painter best known for the painting "American Gothic." Grandma Moses is the nickname renowned American folk artist Anna Mary Robertson Moses.''
 Dean: Daddy dearest isn't here.
-*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082766/ Mommie Dearest ] is a 1981 flim based on the biography by Christina Crawford about her actress mother Joan Crawford. ''
+*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082766/ Mommie Dearest ] is a 1981 film based on the biography by Christina Crawford about her actress mother Joan Crawford.''
 Dean: So you think daddy dearest is trapped in the painting and he's handing out Colombian neckties like he did with his family?
-*''A Colombian necktie is a form of execution in which the victim's throat is slit and the tongue is pulled out through the open wound. ''
+*''A Colombian necktie is a form of execution in which the victim's throat is slit and the tongue is pulled out through the open wound.''
 ==Quotes==
-'''<nowiki>Sam:'</nowiki>'''''<nowiki> '</nowiki>'''''I don't understand, Dean. I mean, we burned the damn thing.'''
+*'''Sam: '''I don't understand, Dean. I mean, we burned the damn thing.
+*'''Dean: '''Yeah, thank you, Captain Obvious.
+*'''Sarah:''' Look. I'm not saying I'm not scared, because I am scared as hell, but I'm not just gonna go run and hide either. (Before leaving, turns back to the brothers) So are you guys coming or what?
-'''Dean: '''Yeah, thank you, Captain Obvious.
+*'''Dean:''' ''[Looking at Sarah]'' Sam. ''[Turns to Sam]'' Marry that girl.
+----
+''[As Sam picks the lock on Evelyn's door]''
+*'''Sarah''': Isn't this a crime scene?
-'''Sarah:''' Look. I'm not saying I'm not scared, because I am scared as hell, but I'm not just gonna go run and hide either. (Before leaving, turns back to the bros.) So are you guys coming or what?
+*'''Dean''': Well, you've already lied to the cops. What's another infraction or two?
+----
-'''Dean: '''(Looking at Sarah) Sam. (Turns to Sam) Marry that girl.
+*'''[[Sam Winchester|Sam]]''': "What kind of a house doesn't have salt? Low sodium freaks!"
+----
+*'''Dean''': Sam, you good?
+*'''Sam''': ''[Looks at Sarah]'' Not bad.
-(As Sam picks the lock on Evelyn's door)
+*'''Dean''': I'll see you Sarah. ''[Smiles, then walks away]'' I burned the doll, destroyed the spirit. Don't thank me or anything!
+----
-Sarah: Isn't this a crime scene?
+*'''Dean''': ''[Sees Sam kissing Sarah goodbye]'' That's my boy.
-Dean: Well, you've already lied to the cops. What's another infraction or two?
-[[Sam Winchester|Sam]]: "What kind of a house doesn't have salt? Low sodium freaks!"
-Dean: Sam, you good?
-Sam: (Looks at Sarah) Not bad.
-Dean: I'll see you Sarah. (Smiles, then walks away) I burned the doll, destroyed the spirit. Don't thank me or anything!
-Dean: (Sees Sam kissing Sarah goodbye) That's my boy.
 ==International Titles==
 *'''Finnish: '''Kirottu kuva ''(The Cursed Picture)''
+*'''Brazil: '''Procedência (''Provenance)''
 *'''French: '''Le Tableau hanté ''(The Haunted Painting)''
 *'''German: '''Das Gemälde ''(The Painting)''
 *'''Italian: '''Il Quadro Maledetto ''(The Cursed Painting)''
 *'''Polish: '''Rodowód (''Provenance)''
-==External links==
+==External Links==
 *"[http://tv.ign.com/articles/903/903051p1.html Supernatural: "Provenance" Review]", IGN review.
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