Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 58 Bad Penny Review

Bad Penny originally aired on October 30, 1989. The episode begins with a recap of the ending of episode 30. There are periodic flashbacks to episode 30 throughout the episode. Episode 30 found it's cursed object unattainable at the end, the coin of Ziocles. This was the coin that while it would kill someone, it would bring someone back to life. I was very satisfied with the pay off of this episode. Granted it took over an entire season before the storyline paid off, but it did and quite nicely, I might add. Especially in comparison to the Shard of Medusa retrieval which was retrieved off screen and briefly mentioned in dialogue at the beginning of an episode. I like that Micki is terrified of dying again. That was a huge episode at the beginning of the second season. They didn't flashback to her coming back to life, which I thought was the most memorable shot of the episode. Micki makes an attempt to write to Ryan because she's scared. I always like the nods to Ryan. The fact that he was written off so strangely is compensated by Micki's occasional reference to how much she misses him. Johnny uses the coin for evil in this episode. That's a little up for debate though. He uses the coin to bring his father back to life, but also uses it to kill him. The gravestone however said his father died in 1987. The episode that his father died aired in 1989... Overall, I thought this was a great episode though and I'm glad there was some pay off to open ended storylines.