So, I actually made it all the way through the first season of Friday the 13th: the Series. And how do they thank me? With a clip episode. I hate clip episodes. I see it as an easy way to knock out an episode. This entry into the history of clip episodes is no different. Usually, it’s to save money, as clip episodes don’t often involve new sets. Any new footage is filmed on existing, permanent sets and relies on segments of previous episodes for filler.
In this case, a mysterious man brings an urn by the shop while Jack, Ryan and Micki are celebrating. Jack swears that the urn wasn’t in the registry of cursed items before, but it‘s there now. Jack realizes that it’s a trick too late; Micki and Ryan are trapped in the vault, condemned to relive clips from six previous episodes. These aren’t ordinary clips, though. They‘re overly long and most of them appear towards the end of the episode, when the team got a cursed item back.
Jack calls Rashid, an old friend that might be able to help. Fortunately, Rashid is in town. He comes right over and tells Jack that the situation is dire. Given information about the urn, Rashid informs Jack that Micki and Ryan are in a dream world . The urn will use memories to scare Micki and Ryan to death if Jack and Rashid don’t intervene. After a few failed attempts, Jack makes it through only to have roadblocks thrown up. He makes it through to Ryan and Micki, saving them both. With the threat over, they can go back to retrieving cursed items.
So, did I mention that I hate clip episodes? I mean, it’s bad enough when you have a decent series. Stargate SG-1 would do one every season, it would seem, and they were at least passable. Most of the episodes feature in this clip episode weren’t that memorable. That brings me to my next point: There’s only one season to choose from. It’s kind of early to do a clip episode. One might be forgiven for pretending the first season had only 25 episodes.
In this case, a mysterious man brings an urn by the shop while Jack, Ryan and Micki are celebrating. Jack swears that the urn wasn’t in the registry of cursed items before, but it‘s there now. Jack realizes that it’s a trick too late; Micki and Ryan are trapped in the vault, condemned to relive clips from six previous episodes. These aren’t ordinary clips, though. They‘re overly long and most of them appear towards the end of the episode, when the team got a cursed item back.
Jack calls Rashid, an old friend that might be able to help. Fortunately, Rashid is in town. He comes right over and tells Jack that the situation is dire. Given information about the urn, Rashid informs Jack that Micki and Ryan are in a dream world . The urn will use memories to scare Micki and Ryan to death if Jack and Rashid don’t intervene. After a few failed attempts, Jack makes it through only to have roadblocks thrown up. He makes it through to Ryan and Micki, saving them both. With the threat over, they can go back to retrieving cursed items.
So, did I mention that I hate clip episodes? I mean, it’s bad enough when you have a decent series. Stargate SG-1 would do one every season, it would seem, and they were at least passable. Most of the episodes feature in this clip episode weren’t that memorable. That brings me to my next point: There’s only one season to choose from. It’s kind of early to do a clip episode. One might be forgiven for pretending the first season had only 25 episodes.
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