Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark – Episode 9
Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by admin in Season 4
Summary: Shawn finds himself central to a criminal enterprise when he interrupts a brother preparing for a robbery, and then ends up a hostage for the other brother when all his well-laid plans are ruined by one psychopathic action.
Pineapple Location: The official Word from USA is that the pineapple is on the Door Mat at Shawn’s Apartment. There is a bit of a blur on the mat but I no one seems to be able to find it. Thanks to Glenn for providing the hi-res photo below. I adjusted the levels to see if the exposure could be raised enough to see what is on the mat, but too much detail is lost. It looks like there may be 1-3 objects on the mat that could be pineapples.
If someone from the production company or USA monitors this site, I’d challenge them to post a pic of the mat. Other than that, this is about as good as it is going to get.
Time Code: 26:48
pineapple is on the outside wall at gas station where shawn was being held
time 10:34 or :34 minutes into the episode
the pineapple is shown behind jules’ desk while she is on the phone with shawn (during his “call to abagail”) 47 minutes into the episode
The doormat at Shawns apartment
its on the doormat at shawns apartment (when they go back to look through his apartment)
time: approx 28-30 minutes into the episode
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The pineapple was on the doormat at Shawn’s apartment!
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It’s about 32 minutes in (I do not have an exact time because we start the recording a few minutes early) but we could not see it, the doormat was way too dark to see anything but Gus and Juliette standing on it
I cannot see it on the doormat. It’s just solid black. Watched twice in hi-def on a 65-inch tv. What am I missing?
Ok, I’ve slowed the show down and done frame-by-frame, and I can’t see it. I think I see a doormat, but how the hell can anyone tell what’s on it?
We can’t see it either. Some of the pineapples this year have become ridiculously hard to find.
I couldn’t make out any pineapples from Shawn’s doormat, either, although it wasn’t solid black… if you see solid black on the doormat, your TV’s brightness is not properly adjusted.
I am with everyone else here, I can’t see it on the door mat. I wonder if the folks at USA are on drugs. I think the sweeps got it wrong
i think it was a pineapple plant in the apartment behind gus on a shelf.
Sure, it was there. When they were filimg. Gus could see it when he stood on it, he told me.
Advice to USA: If you want to promote something, talk to the director first to make sure it’s a marketable idea (that it exists to the viewers, that is). Doing it the other way around only leads to embarrassment. (Oh, I hear they have a pineapple in every episode as an onset joke…let’s make money!)
Sure there was a pineapple… it was just edge on to the camera. Great.
Look guys, you have a real opportunity here. Don’t blow it. This is interactive TV at it’s best if done right. We have a DVR and of course never watch the commercials. But My wife and I have stared at the backgrounds looking for pineapples long enough to tell you about ALL the product placement spots, trying to see if that Doritos bag had some pineapple flavor or the new car has a pineapple air freshener. Take that to your sponsors and have them pay for that darn pineapple. Just make sure it’s actually visible, will ya?
Here’s an HD screenshot from 26:48 (without commercials), and should be the scene in question. You can see that there’s some sort of pattern on the doormat, but it’s too dark and pixelated to be able to discern any of of image from the pattern.
Oops. Forgot that the attached file must be in JPEG format. Here it is:
The scene with the two woman in the bar. Check the necklace of the one on the right. Its the closest thing to a pineapple in the episode.
Sorry….I meant woman on the left.
USA got it wrong. There’s no pineapple on the doormat in Shawn’s apartment. The pineapple was on the **post** in the garage. When Jules and Gus are talking to the criminal, you can see the pineapple on the post when the camera is showing the criminal.
we use a dvr and disagree. with 41:24 left or ~around 19 minutes into the show; just after henry and lassiter find the broken taillight, the scene switches to gus and jules at her desk. in the left of the screen is a table with a bowl of fruit with some guy in the background apparently getting some fruit to eat. the camera shot is back to jules and pans out, the guy has left and there is a pineapple in the scene, for just a few seconds. the top of it is easily seen, and my wife and i both agree that it’s not an random aloe plant (like the plant on shawn’s apartment shelf). can’t really see the body of the pineapple, but it’s an unmistakable pineapple top, to at least us. anyone else agree?
The pineapple is plainly in view in the commercial that asks viewers to look for the pineapple. That’s about as close to an actual sighting that you will find in this episode.
@notoriouspbake: I’ll have to disagree with you on that one… I just looked over the scene you mentioned, and I think what you’re seeing are the leaves of a potted plant.
While the leaves do look similar to the top of a pineapple, if it were an actual pineapple, it would be larger than any pineapple I’ve ever seen. It’s also not on the table, and nowhere near the bowl of fruit behind Juliet.
Here’s the screencap, at 15:19.
Here’s the bowl of fruit behind Juliet, from the same scene, at 14:38.
Here’s the guy at the table. Based on his location, I’d say he’s either getting the cookies that were next to the fruit, or water from the far edge of the table, at 14:54.
It’s not fun if it’s not there.
Gina’s friend’s necklace is the best bet, John’s right.
Pineapple snowglobe in shawns apartment when gus moves time 28:41