Thursday, January 10, 2013

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 70 Jack in the Box Review

(**Note: As with the previous episode, the DVD release got it backwards. This should really be episode 69, but because I am watching the DVD versions, this is gonna be labeled as episode 70**) Jack in the box originally aired on April 23, 1990. This episode reminded me a lot of the earliest episodes in season 1. The cursed antique was a drowning sailor's jack in the box. A little girl's father was drowned. She can visit her father's spirit by playing the jack in the box which subsequently drowns people. All the people who were involved in the death of her father get killed. Although, I do think two men got away and aren't pursued at all. The little girl want soooo badly to be with her father that she's willing to take her mother's and her life in the process. Luckily neither of these two events happen. This episode was also nominated for a Gemini award. There was a problem though and I had noticed it in earlier episodes but just hadn't mentioned it until now. They are still placing items in the old vault. The new vault at the beginning of this season hasn't been seen in a while. You could argue that they moved all the old items into the new vault, but you see the pilot's item in the last shot of this episode. This is a pretty glaring continuity error for the series if you ask me. Overall, I was very pleased with this episode.

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