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Does this have monster of the week episodes?


I'm wondering if there are creature episodes kinda like the X files would have randomly

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Sometimes. Mostly the episodes were either two stories about Springfield that Freddy hosted or had a minor part in, or ones that he had a direct role in. But that didn't last long and eventually it became more of 'one cast/two stories' where it was more episodic and bizarre. A good example is one of the first with Tony Dow where he's someone on a camping trip who believes their guide is a vampire. Halfway through the show, that turns out to be a dream. The reality is that he and his team from the first half are really survivors of a plane crash forced to resort to cannibalism.

So not so much monster of the week as much nightmare of the week, if that makes any sense.

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Maybe it's me. But the episodes Freddy just hosted I always took has he was pulling the strings on what happens.

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No, you're not the only one. The ones he hosted always had the feeling that he was influencing in some way what happened. Since they were mostly in Springwood, his aura and presence was always in the backround.

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