In this batch of episodes we've got world ending events, more serial killers and the perils of the SATs.
Episode 11: Do Dreams Bleed?
After a few more adult focused ones, this one took focus on high school football named John Warring (Damon Martin). He was having dreams of a serial killer named The Springwood Chopper and generally stressing out his girlfriend, Roni (Sarah Buxton) and coach (Jeff McCarthy). Eventually it turned out that John was actually the killer himself and he was sectioned privately. Or was he really the killer? Maybe it was the suspicious acting coach who did the killinfs and framed poor John. That's certainly one possibility with this episode. 6/10
Episode 12: The End Of The World
Oh god, this episode was an absolute borefest. Veering closer to science fiction than horror, I just didn't care for this one at all. To it's credit, it did keep it's focus purely on guest character Amy (Mary Kohnert) as she realised that she was able to use her dreams to manipulate her past. This brought her to the attention of the CIA who wanted to use her talents to prevent the end of the world. George Lazenby guest starred in this deathly dull one. 3/10
Episode 13: Deadline
After two somewhat dire episodes, this was a bit of an improvement. Mostly the first half where obituary writer, Peter (Aaron Harnick) got a more in depth experience into how certain people died. It was enough to make him want to stop writing for his father's paper but not enough to prevent his own death. The second half then focused on his girlfriend, Emily (Page Hannah), which was less interesting. There's a look into her dead friends tormenting her but I feel they should have kept the focus more on Peter with this one. He had the better plot. 7/10
Episode 14: Black Tickets
Before he became one of the most famous movie stars on the planet, Brad Pitt guest starred in this show. In another universe, he could've been Jesse Walsh had Mark Patton not gotten the role. With this episode, Brad Pitt played Rick and along with Miranda (Kerry Wall), the two attempted to elope. Throughout this episode, they got mugged by an elderly couple, had snakes in their bed, one of them got trapped in a steam room and the other killed two couples. Then their domestic life wasn't much better with motherhood having Miranda lose her mind to throw point where she regressed by the end. It's also possible some of this stuff didn't happen either. 7/10
Episode 15: School Daze
High school can be tough and here you've got two different guys dealing with different but relatable problems. First up, there's Steve (Andrew Kraus). His story had to do with his individuality and how everyone wanted to stamp it out. This included nightmares of the principal turning his students into mindless robots, which was enough to make Steve conform. Then there was Matt (Billy Morrissette). He aspired to be a musician. Everyone else wanted him to be a banker and ace his SATs. Matt has anxiety over that and appeared to fail in one dream and never do them in another. In a strange twist of events, it appeared that everything he really wanted ended up happening for him. 7/10
Next blog I'll tackle Cabin Fever, Love Stinks, The Art Of Death, Missing Persons and The Light At The End Of The Tunnel.
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