e - J ane ▁Bo yd , ▁whose ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁episode ▁was ▁published ▁on ▁entertain ment ▁website ▁Den ▁of ▁Ge ek , ▁like wise ▁saw ▁the ▁episode ▁as ▁Christ ine ' s ▁life ▁flash ing ▁before ▁her ▁eyes , ▁with ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁elements ▁from ▁the ▁scene ▁of ▁the ▁crash ▁— ▁police ▁cars , ▁car ▁sounds , ▁the ▁song ▁on ▁the ▁radio ▁— ▁indic ative ▁of ▁" her ▁conscious ness ▁... ▁becoming ▁mud d led ▁as ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁car ▁accident ▁crash ▁through ▁into ▁her ▁mem ories ". ▁ ▁Andrew ▁Bill en ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁episode ▁used ▁the ▁link ▁between ▁the ▁" bre aches ▁of ▁real ism " ▁in ▁g host ▁stories ▁and ▁the ▁" trans gress ions " ▁of ▁comedy ▁in ▁order ▁" to ▁make ▁a ▁serious ▁statement ▁about ▁the ▁super natural ". ▁For ▁him , ▁the ▁episode ▁was ▁a ▁story ▁about ▁" human ▁memory ' s ▁sp as mod ic ▁grasp " ▁and ▁Christ ine ' s ▁" fri able ▁mental ▁condition ". ▁The ▁fact ▁that ▁Christ ine ▁has ▁forgotten ▁about ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁her ▁first ▁boy friend ▁— ▁that ▁Christ ine ▁has ▁a ▁" memory ▁like ▁a ▁s ieve " ▁— ▁is , ▁for ▁Bill en , ▁" ine xp lic able ". ▁The ▁ha un ting ▁element ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁Bill en ▁suggests , ▁is ▁indic ative ▁of ▁mental ▁ill ness ; ▁specifically , ▁Christ ine ' s ▁early - ons et ▁Al z heimer ' s ▁disease . ▁That ▁Christ ine ▁is ▁aff lic ted ▁with