Freddy's Nightmares - Episodes 21-25 Reviews

I've finished off the first season and I'm working my way through the second season, so this blog will give a little of both.

Episode 21: Identity Crisis

Well, the title certainly lived up it's name. The first half of the episode focused on Buddy Powers. He was a man that was struggling for relevancy to the point where even his teenage son John mocked him for being out of touch. The second part focused on John's friend, Christina wanting to learn about her birth mother. Needless to say, it wasn't her best course of action. 6/10

Episode 22: Safe Sex

The first season finale and it's more of an after-school special about sex. The first half of the episode focused on a nerdy guy in love with an aloof goth girl. The goth girl in question was something of a Freddy Krueger fangirl. She was desperate to understand him but as the episode progressed, she realised that her ideas of Freddy were way off. It's a fairly weak finale choice to be honest. Would've maybe worked better as a mid season episode. 5/10

Episode 23: Dreams Come True

If the first season often kept Freddy sidelined at times, this opening episode had him more front and centre and it's all the better for it. The first half of the episode focused on another teenage boy being tormented by Freddy before the latter moved in on his therapist. The second part was similarly good with a cameraman trying to expose Freddy with fatal consequences for him. 7/10

Episode 24: Heartbreak Hotel 

Another strong offering, the first half proved that you needed to be specific about pronouns or it'll get you killed. A journalist investigated a strange hotel, helped a staff member to go to the hospital to give birth to a stillborn baby but could make events happen. Except he wasn't good at his pronouns and ended up dooming himself. The second part with a vengeful woman and her daughter reclaiming their husband/father's killer and killing him the same way also made for a good story. 7/10

Episode 25: Welcome To Springwood 

Another dull episode for me. The first part focused on a couple named Dog and Roxanne who moved to Springwood. Actually the focus was more on Roxanne getting on the wrong side of the neighborhood serial killer. The second part was a bit better with some time travel as a woman named Emily discovered love letters between two writers in the nineteenth century. Of course, it resulted in a rather deadly love triangle as well. 6/10

Next blog I'll focus on Photo Finish, Memory Overload, Lucky Stiff, Silence Is Golden and Bloodlines.