Jason Lives for the first time in the series did not premiere at number 1 at the box office. The disappointment led to a brief break from the movie series. Friday the 13th: The Series has no connection whatsoever to the movie series aside from the title and the producers. There is an occult theme to it with cursed antiques, which Jason Lives introduced the idea of occult to the franchise. You could consider this a continuation/variation of a theme. Many people consider Friday the 13th: The Series the original X-Files. It definitely is a strong series.
The Inheritance originally aired on September 28, 1987. We get introduced to our main trio and it takes a while as you see with many stories that have a trio. The Inheritance refers to the antique shop. Ryan and Mickey have inherited an antique shop from their Uncle Lewis, who they never met before. Uncle Lewis had made a pact with the devil that if he sold cursed antiques that would ruin peoples lives and potentially kill them that he would live forever. He dies trying to prevent that from happening again.
The cursed antique in the first episode is a doll and it's insanely creepy. The doll is pure evil with this intense little whisper. It's very different from Chucky. It's established in this episode that none of the antiques can ever be destroyed. I have a feeling that rule gets broken more than once over the course of the series. This was a wonderful episode and a great start to a very promising series.
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