Friday the 13th: The Serie Ep. 69 Spirit of Television Review

(**Note: The DVD release has done it yet again...the DVD release says this episode is episode 69, however airing wise, it's episode 70. Once again since I am watching the DVD version, I am going to call this Episode 69. This is fair warning to everyone out there watching the TV series along with me**) Spirit of Television originally aired on April 30, 1990. This was another completely weird episode. The cursed antique is a 1950s black and white television set. The TV set creates a medium where spirits talk one on one with people. Only one person can actually hear the conversation. The spirit is someone whom the person has felt guilt about passing away. The spirit forgives them during the medium, but later on the spirit visits them through a TV set and degrades them, eventually electrocuting them using the TV set and having their soul given to the cursed TV set. It's complicated and sounds really stupid on paper, however...it brings up a lot of interesting questions concerning guilt and forgiveness which aren't usually found in a show like this. The victims feel great guilt over these deaths. They also feel like they can never be forgiven. They seek a medium to be told they are forgiven. It's all a lie and their life is taken in the process. I wasn't going to ever give my personal perspective on spiritual matters on this blog, but I feel compelled to do so because this episode is such an incredible example. For those of you out there who are like the victims in the episode: you don't feel like you can ever be forgiven, that you must be punished for the things you did or didn't do, there is one and only one solution. The solution is named Jesus Christ. God loves you and forgives you for all of the wrongs you've done, everything. It's as simple as that. God gave his one and only son, Jesus, who died on a cross to pay for all of our wrongs. The catch is He conquered the grave and rose again from the dead. The way to receive forgiveness for EVERYTHING you've done and will do in the future is to ask Him, ask Jesus to enter you're heart. Give you're life over to Him and you will always have forgiveness. You can't do this on your own. Let God help you. If this post meant anything to anyone out there, please message me and let me know. As far as the episode goes, yeah it was weird, but it was a great entry and a wonderful way to talk about spiritual things.