For this second batch of episodes, there's a sequel, focus on adult characters and serious daddy issues at play.
Episode 6: Saturday Night Special
The second episode this season to have an adult cast, this one had unlucky in love Gordon (Scott Burkholder) fantasise about getting together with the hard to get, Lana (Shari Shattuck). Of course he mostly told harmless white lies to impress her but those lies came back to haunt him when a romantic date in an ice rink ended in a bloody mess. Then the second half focused on Lana manipulating her co-worker and housemate, Mary into getting a makeover. The end result of that being a rather grim ending for poor Mary. 6/10
Episode 7: Sister's Keeper
And here's a sequel to the opening episode. I'm surprised they didn't save this for the finale as a bookend to the season. Twin sisters, Lisa and Merritt are trying to cope with the loss of their father with one of them being more attuned to Freddy's malevolence than the other. Of course as the episode and both were done pretending to be the other, there was an attempt by the twins to get rid of Freddy for good. It very nearly worked but at the last minute, Freddy regained the upper hand and one of the twins died. Oh and Zod himself, Michael Shannon popped up as a boyfriend to one of the twins. 7/10
Episode 8: Mother's Day
Okay, this one certainly lived up to its titles with two teen protagonists having very different but equally toxic relationships with their mothers. First of all, there was Billy (Byron Thames) who seemed very jealous of his mother remarrying while his new neighbour Barbara (Jill Whitlow) had her own issues with her radio psychologist mother (Elizabeth Savage). Billy's story really came second place with him being an early death. The back and forth between Barbara (under the pseudonym of Weeping Wendy) and her mother made for a stronger story as the latter's spate of bad advice caused all sorts of problems for her. 8/10
Episode 9: Rebel Without A Car
I got a strong sense of deja vu watching this episode. Yet again, we had a young man, this one named Alex (Craig Hurley) wanting to get out from working in Beefy Burger to leave Springwood, only to be killed within the first half of the episode. We already covered that in the second episode and the second half focused on his grieving girlfriend, Connie (Katie Barberi). Only here, we had Connie jumping through hoops during Hell Week by a Sorority that had no intention of accepting her in the first place. Connie managed to get her own back with a little murder spree that she ended up getting away with. 8/10
Episode 10: The Bride Wore Red
Getting back to the adults, we got a wedding here between Jessica (Diane Franklin) and Gavin (Eddie Driscoll) and it's a good case for why some people shouldn't marry. They're horribly mismatched and both with their own issues. By comparison, Gavin's issues aren't as bad. Jessica's on the other hand are a severe case of daddy issues as flashbacks showed her skewered views on men stemming from her father's (Arthur Roberts) inability to stay faithful while exposing a lawyer's (Gary Wood) infidelity would come back to get her in the worst way. Oh and there's Freddy's bondage punsas well. 7/10
Next blog I'll look into Do Dreams Bleed?, The End Of The World, Deadline, Black Tickets and School Daze.
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