I Like To Be Hugged
Jake is stuck in a bind. He’s been ordered to kill by his creator, Chucky, but he can’t bring himself to do it. He’s worried about the consequences, and he’s also scared that he won’t be able to pull the trigger if he doesn’t do it. But what if Jake doesn’t have to kill? What if he can just save Chucky from himself?
Detective Kim Evans shows up at school looking for information on Jake. She believes Jake knows more than he’s letting on and probes his teacher for information. She refuses to talk though, but does take matters into her own hands. She sets up a meeting for Jake and Lexy, supervised by their guardians, to try and straighten out everything befalling the two. For Jake, he has other ideas.
Jake stalks Lexy while she’s out for a run, chasing after the girl with a big old knife. Only, it’s not actually Lexy, it’s Junior. Jake hides the knife at the last second but jumping out the trees is enough to spook his cousin and race off in fear. ..
After Junior convinces Lexy to head over to Jake’s place to apologize, she fumbles her apology and eventually expects something in return for being put through this ordeal. Something like holding onto Chucky for a while?
Jake immediately refuses but hesitates, unable to kill Lexy. When she leaves, Jake reports back to Chucky. He glumly confirms he can’t kill, as Chucky brushes it off as him suffering from “Completion Anxiety.” So naturally, Chucky decides to show his student how it’s done, taking the knife for himself and preparing to strike.
Jake and Caroline hand over Chucky to Lexy and her friends for an impromptu silent disco that evening. Chucky does what Chucky does best, and he waits for an opportune time to strike. Lexy invites over all her friends, who start dancing about at an impromptu silent disco. ..
While Lexy heads off for a drink, Caroline comes downstairs and reveals that Chucky’s gone and wants to kill her. After putting her sister back to bed, Lexy breaks horror rule #1 and goes off alone to look for Chucky.
After brutally murdering Oliver on the landing, stabbing him multiple times, Chucky turns his attention to Lexy. The blonde brat has given up her search and takes some time out to smoke a joint instead, as you do. Chucky pounces, choking her out and strangling her.
As she drops her blunt, the flame from the lighter catches on the curtains and sets them on fire. Promising that he’s going to kill her for Jake, Chucky strikes. ..
In this chilling scene from the movie “Chucky,” the killer blows a hole in the roof of the house, leaving it on fire while the kids continue to dance obliviously. But even with their headphones on, they would still feel the heat from the flames. The house is left a flaming inferno, and Chucky maniacally laughs as he leaves.
The Episode Review
Chucky returns with another solid episode, although this one does rely on old horror tropes of having its characters dumb as a doorstop. How could none of these kids sense the fire up on the balcony and why didn’t any notice Chucky killing Oliver upstairs? I understand most had their backs turned but not everyone. Either way though, the attention this time turns to Lexy and the ending hints that there’s going to be a massive bloodbath in the wake of all this.
It would appear that the police will chalk this up to an accident but could they also suspect Jake and begin to paint him as the suspect of this presumed arson attack?
The third episode of Chucky’s Curse continues to be a good drama with humour. Jake is used as a student by Chucky, and the two have a interesting dynamic.
Chucky is definitely turning into one of this year’s biggest surprises and I have to admit, I did have concerns when this series was announced. However, it’s always good to be proven wrong and that much is especially true with this series, which manages to deliver classic Child’s Play vibes. Roll on the next episode!
