"Medium" Still Life (2005)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Robert Duncan McNeill

Writers:

Glenn Gordon Caron (creator)
Craig Sweeny (teleplay)

TV Series:

"Medium" (2005)

Original Air Date:

21 November 2005 (Season 2, Episode 9)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Alisson thinks there is another dimension in art. While at a art exhibit she see 3-Dimenional images pop out. And these all help lead to figure out a deadly secret.

Plot Keywords:

Glasses | Part Computer Animation | Vision | Psychic | Marriage

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Nov. 11

12:30 AM

LIFE

Still Life

#2.9

Cast

Patricia Arquette	...	Allison Dubois
Miguel Sandoval	...	D.A. Manuel Devalos
David Cubitt	...	Detective Lee Scanlon
Sofia Vassilieva	...	Ariel Dubois
Maria Lark	...	Bridgette Dubois
Jake Weber	...	Joe Dubois
John Shea	...	David Morrow
Kevin Alejandro	...	Jason Morrow
Harry Groener	...	Joe's Boss
Bruce Gray	...	Joe's Dad
Tina DiJoseph	...	Lynn DiNovi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ed Baccari	...	Vincent Van Gogh
Susan Santiago	...	Inez Avila / Gloria
Rod Serling	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mark Silverman	...	Rod Serling (voice)
Ian Patrick Williams	...	Professor

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Company:

Picturemaker Productions

Trivia:

In the original telecast of this episode, the opening sequence featuring Rod Serling was taken from his introduction for "Twilight Zone, The" (1959) {The Midnight Sun (#3.10)}. For purposes of this "special 3-D episode", Serling's voice was overdubbed by an impressionist (Mark Silverman), for obvious reasons.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the beginning we see Vincent Van Gogh in his studio pointing a gun on his forehead and shooting. The real Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest while he was painting in a field, and died after two days.

Movie Connections:

Edited from "The Twilight Zone: The Midnight Sun (#3.10)" (1961)

Confusing

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

The 3D effects did nothing to this story except to confuse me. Was there a murder at the beginning? Was there blood in reality or was it just Alison's dream or vision? If there was no murder what were they questioning and arresting the artist about? Why did he deny knowing the woman in the painting if he was innocent of her murder but had painted her several times? However the growing relationship between Alison, her husband and the children makes this a series always worth watching. The acting is always first-rate, and the middle child is superb. This is one of the few series in which we see a "normal" family with acceptable day-to-day behaviour. Normally I rate Medium very highly but this episode lost me. Friends just change the subject when I ask them what happened. And did you all sit there thinking: I never did trust Lex Luthor?