Well, I'm sure Sebastian Shaw and Roxanne would prefer the paintings of women in flames; Sam will have to adapt to the changes in the local market if he wants to survive as an artist.
I 'm not so sure about Sebastian Shaw; I suspect that when he has only himself to please, his tastes are rather old-fashioned. But that's a few episodes ahead of this one.
I liked the picture of the phoenix that David drew. The plumage of the bird seemed similar to the flames around it.
Laura was a like a different person at the Old House. Before, she's always been totally absorbed by David and by her need of him, but at the Old House, she was a typical impatient mother. But despite her nervousness, so far as we can tell, Josette's portrait only glowed at her, and did not harm her. Meanwhile at the Evans cottage we've got the picture that Sam unwillingly painted of Laura. If you put those two portraits - Josette's and Laura's - in the same room together, what would happen?
Oh, dear, Maggie shouldn't have talked so much to Vicky, and she shouldn't have shown her the picture. Does Maggie blab this much to everybody about personal stuff, or has the friendship between Maggie and Vicky become closer than we have previously seen? And if that's the case, it's worth thinking about. Why is Maggie good friends with Vicky rather than with Susie at the coffeeshop?
At the end of the episode, I thought Laura was going to tell David that all he had to do was tap his heels together and say, "There's no place like home."
