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If every episode pays homage to a famous painting...


Did anyone spot the scene similar to "The Chess Players?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chess_Players_(Eakins_painting)

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No, though I have to admit, I was not paying complete full attention, and the last episode's scene lasted a split second.

Next week is titled 'The Gross Clinic' -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gross_Clinic



"You're so analytical! Sometimes you just have to let art... flow... over you." The Big Chill

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I always forget to look for the particular scene. So I missed it, too.

But it was a really good episode, so I don't mind watching it again... and this time I'll look for it.

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That was exactly the scene when Garret took Jack to the morgue and the saw the doctor explains a procedure to trainees.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/how-classic-paintings-influence-american-907385


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Yep, and I actually caught it this time!

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It was when Cam and Jack were playing chess.
http://i66.tinypic.com/ve5j0w.jpg

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Ah ha! Thank you so much!

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Well a scene similar to tonight's featured painting shouldn't be hard to spot, since Garrett will most likely be having surgery.

See Tree_Woman's post above for a link to the painting "The Gross Clinic"

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Any guesses what the final episode will be called / paying homage to?

Do you think there will be an episode called American Gothic?

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According to futoncritic.com the final episode is called Whistler's Mother.

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"If every episode pays homage to a famous painting..."

...could the silver bells be a homage to Sir Charles Bell?

Bell (1774-1842), a surgeon and atanomist, was an artist as well. He treated wounded soldiers at Waterloo and documented the incredible cruelty of war in his drawings with a lot of detail. Reminds me of Jacks drawings.

Another parallel to Sir Charles Bell could be his work about the philosophy and anatomy of expression [of a mad man]. After reading about it I couldn't help myself but going through the cast and their wrinkles. Might be nothing, but with all we know (after ep7)....well, good job on casting the mother, someone with no wrinkles - botox?, keeping up appearances.

Now, with Sir Bell's 'moving record of the horrific wounds [...]'*, maybe that's what this show is for us, more than just a "whodunnit", a depiction of a family's mental record and how their wounds are passed on from one generation to the next.
There's the grandmother, Cam&Jack and now Tessa might start worrying about her unborns future.

Hence Silver Bells = Homage to Sir Charles Bell, my guess :-)

I might be overshooting here, but I would love this show to have more hidden details, hints, going even further. Your thoughts?!??

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Anyone find it interesting that the last 3 paintings/scenes involved Jack?

The Chess Players - Jack and Cam playing Chess
The Gross Clinic - Jack and Garrett looking in on the autopsy.
Kindred Spirits - Jack and Sadie on the cliff.

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Good catch, I wonder what it means? Will Jack be the one that figures out who the Silver Bells Killer and accomplice were?

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Anyone find it interesting that the last 3 paintings/scenes involved Jack?

The Chess Players - Jack and Cam playing Chess
The Gross Clinic - Jack and Garrett looking in on the autopsy.
Kindred Spirits - Jack and Sadie on the cliff.
And remember -

Jack in the Pulpit - Jack talking about his grandfather (from the pulpit)

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