Sometimes, things that should be pretty obvious, don't appear that way until it's too late. In this case, it probably wasn't a good idea to jump back into television reviews a mere two months after having a baby; it was even dumber to pick a show that offered up a whopping nineteen episodes, far and away the most out of any show I have reviewed up ( Read more... )

Aaaah, “Reality Takes a Holiday”, perhaps the most famous of all “Eerie, Indiana” episodes. And rightfully so, because for the first time, or at least the first time in a while, it feels like the show is dictating everything on its own terms. I've complained in the past about many things in this series, even though I like it: the pointlessness of ( Read more... )

I've mentioned how “Eerie, Indiana” liked to take adult ideas, and make them palatable for older children and younger adults, and now they are at it again, with an episode that takes on the (potential) evils of the credit world.It's always a timely subject. We all know that person that eagerly got their first credit card at a young age, and was ( Read more... )

The creators of "Eerie, Indiana", Jose Rivera and Karl Schaefer, have made no attempt to hide the fact they are into conspiracy theories and cover-ups, and now they confront one head-on: the Illuminati. Only, of course we're not dealing with it on a global scale, but rather a scaled down version as it pertains to Eerie, and Marshall Teller ( Read more... )

A crazed homeless man is confronted by a mysterious older red-headed woman, who proceeds to shoot him with a laser beam. Of course, this crime is witnessed by Marshall and Simon, who step in to prevent her from finishing him off: with police sirens looming in the distance, the woman gets into her car and speeds away ( Read more... )

It's the day of the Harvest King selection, and as usual, Marshall is not feeling the bizarre Eerie tradition. What exactly is the Harvest King, you may be wondering? Excellent question! Every thirteen years, the town's “elite” (The Mayor, Mr. Radford, and a mysterious man named Mr. Chaney are the selectors this year) pick a citizen of Eerie to go ( Read more... )

Well today we'll be taking a look at the thirteenth episode of “Eerie, Indiana”, which not only focuses on a simple plot-Simon and Marshall investigate a haunted house-but also introduces a new character, presumably in an attempt to breathe new life-and bring new viewers-to the series. Judging from its one-season run, it didn't work, and the ( Read more... )

I'll try to eliminate any confusion regarding this episode right off the bat here: This is the nineteenth, and final, episode of “Eerie, Indiana”. It was not originally the final episode, that title going to the excellent “Reality Takes a Holiday”, however “Broken Record” was added to the rotation after the show was syndicated. So, technically, ( Read more... )

“Eerie Indiana” is a show that has always prided itself on its bizarre ideas. And that tends to be the show's strength: it was unafraid to tread where other kid's shows would never dare to go. That being said, “Tornado Days” goes for outrageous, and ends up falling flat on its face, in a way that hasn't been seen since “The Retainer”. In fact, I ( Read more... )

Here we have an episode that pits the believable (science) against the unbelievable (paranormal phenomenon), and the battle is waged between Edgar, Marshall's scientific father, and Professor Nigel Zirchon, a man who arrives in Eerie with his "Traveling Museum of the Parabelievable". Zirchon, you see, is not an actual professor, nor does he have ( Read more... )