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Friday the 13th: The Series Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1987 - 1988
Episode 1
The Inheritance
46 mins
Two distant cousins, Micki and Ryan, inherit their Uncle Lewis' antique shop after his mysterious death. They sell off the antiques, then Lewis' partner Jack informs them that all of the antiques were cursed by the devil. Now the trio must recover the antiques, and stop them from spreading death and destruction. First up: the cousins try to recover an antique doll.
Episode 2
The Poison Pen
46 mins
The trio infiltrate a monastery where the "Oracle of Death', a cloistered monk, is using a cursed quill pen to write predictions of death. The trio's imposture is soon discovered, and the true master of the pen emerges to reveal his evil scheme.
Episode 3
Cupid's Quiver
45 mins
The trio go after a cursed Cupid's Statue, that makes the user irresistible to women - but he has to kill them after they declare their love for him. The Statue has fallen into the hands of a college janitor who is obsessed with a female student.
Episode 4
A Cup of Time
46 mins
An aged crone uses a cursed teacup to kill homeless people, stealing their age and taking it for herself. The trio learn of the deaths and set out to investigate, with the help of a young homeless girl and an older social worker who is romantically interested in Jack.
Episode 5
Hellowe'en
45 mins
On Halloween, Lewis returns from Hell and tricks the cousins into giving him a cursed Amulet that gives him solid form in an attempt to gain a new body. Now the cousins and Jack must stall Lewis and his demon familiar before dawn when Lewis will be sent back to Hell.
Episode 6
The Great Montarro
46 mins
Ryan, Micki, and Jack enter the world of stage magic when they discover that a magician is using a cursed antique to perform death-defying escapes. But the trio have to separate reality from illusion if they're going to find the antique in time to stop the next murder.
Episode 7
Doctor Jack
46 mins
The trio set out to recover an antique scalpel from the doctor who is using it to build a reputation as a "miracle worker"with a failing hospital. However, the doctor has to charge the scalpel by first cutting the throats of hapless victims.
Episode 8
Shadow Boxer
46 mins
Micki, Ryan, and Jack go after a cursed pair of boxing gloves that a down-and-out boxer has discovered,. He used them to make himself invincible in the ring, while beating to death victims to power them up. The trio recover the gloves, but the boxer comes after them and breaks into the store.
Episode 9
Root of All Evil
46 mins
Lloyd arrives to bring Micki home so they can get married as planned. Micki is torn between her love and her responsibility, as the trio go after a cursed mulcher who a crooked gardener has discovered that it turns people into an amount of money based on their wealth.
Episode 10
Tales of the Undead
46 mins
With Jack gone, Ryan investigates the death of the owner of the comic book shop that he frequents. Ryan and Micki discover that someone is using a cursed comic book to transform into the book's hero, Ferrus the Invincible, and killing anyone who gets in their way. The trail leads to Ferrus' creator, Jay Star, an embittered old man seeking revenge on those who have wronged him.
Episode 11
Scarecrow
46 mins
Ryan and Micki travel to a farming community looking for a cursed scarecrow, and discover that it's being used to sacrifice three people each harvest in return for a good crop. While Ryan takes in a local boy whose father was killed, Micki discovers that she's the killer's next target.
Episode 12
Faith Healer
45 mins
A phony fake healer gets hold of a cursed antique glove that lets him heal any illness - but at the cost of inflicting the ailment tenfold on someone else. To get the glove back, Jack recruits a friend, Jerry, to help him. However, Jerry has a secret of his own.
Episode 13
The Baron's Bride
46 mins
The trio search for a cape that transforms the wearer into a vampire. They find the cape too late, as the current user is transported to 1875 - and Micki and Ryan are taken along with him. Micki falls under the vampire's spell, and Ryan and a new ally, Abraham, must stop the vampire before it's too late.
Episode 14
Bedazzled
46 mins
Micki and Richie, a boy she's babysitting, have to defend the shop when an antique owner Jack and Ryan took an item from comes looking for his belonging. Ryan and Jack are off at an astrologers' convention, leaving Micki alone with the boy when the owner and his accomplice arrive.
Episode 15
Vanity's Mirror
46 mins
A cursed compact gives any female wielder the power to make a man fall wildly in love with her - but she has to subsequently kill him. The compact falls into the hands of a scorned high school girl, who uses it to get a date to the prom and kill the boys who have teased her.
Episode 16
Tattoo
46 mins
A compulsive gambler gets hold of a set of cursed tattoo needles that give him a winning streak - as long as he uses the needles to kill his victims. The gambler's grandfather seeks to protect the gambler when Micki, Ryan, and Jack come looking for the needles.
Episode 17
The Electrocutioner
46 mins
An innocent man, Eli Pittman is convicted of murder and ten years later seeks revenge on the people he holds responsible for his false conviction. Using the cursed electric chair that was used in the failed execution, he gains electrical powers and hunts down his victims.
Episode 18
Brain Drain
45 mins
A low-IQ man, Harry Breaden, uses a cursed antique--a trephinator--to steal the intellect of museum doctors. The process eventually kills them, and lets Harry continue his initial victim's research. One of the museum doctor's is Jack's former fiance, Viola Rhodes, who has met up with Jack again and the two decide to marry.
Episode 19
The Quilt of Hathor
45 mins
The cousins travel to the colony of a strict religious sect to recover a cursed Quilt. Ryan falls in love with a Penitite girl and considers staying, while the Quilt holder kills the three women who threaten her plans to marry the sect's leader.
Episode 20
The Quilt of Hathor: The Awakening
46 mins
Ryan joins the Penitites to stay close to Laura - and find the Quilt. However, the nightmare deaths continue as Ryan reveals his suspicions to someone he believes is an ally. The ally turns against Ryan, threatening to have him burned at the stake as a witch.
Episode 21
Double Exposure
46 mins
A "machete murderer" stalks the city. Ryan gets a glimpse of his face, and swears that the killer is famed newscaster Winston Knight. However, Winston has an ironclad alibi for the time of the murders: he was on live TV receiving calls from the killer. Ryan, Micki, and Jack must figure out how Winston is in two places at first, and what antique he is using to do so.
Episode 22
The Pirate's Promise
46 mins
Micki and Ryan search for a cursed foghorn, and discover it's being used by a lighthouse keeper to gain gold from a pirate's ghost - by the keeper killing the descendants of the crewmen who mutinied against the pirate. Things take a turn for the worse when the ghost demands one last descendant who no one can identify.
Episode 23
Badge of Honor
46 mins
Micki's old boyfriend Tim Ayres comes to town. Ryan is jealous of the man, and the cousins soon discover that Tim is involved with a mobster. A former cop, Russ Sharko, is after the mobster and using a cursed sheriff's badge to kill anyone who gets in his way.
Episode 24
Pipe Dream
46 mins
Ryan's father, Ray, is an inventor "promoter" who uses a cursed pipe give to him by Lewis to kill an inventor, take his invention, and sell it as his own. Enough money results that Ray plans to get married, and his fiancee invites Ryan to the wedding. Ryan brings Micki along, and has to accept that his father is using a cursed object, while negotiating his rocky relationship with his sire.
Episode 25
What a Mother Wouldn't Do
46 mins
A mother gets hold a cursed Edwardian cradle that was on the 'Titanic' - until Lewis cursed it to save a baby if seven people die by water. Ryan, Micki, and Jack try to stop the mother before she kills the sixth and seven victims, but stopping the curse could kill the baby.
Episode 26
Bottle of Dreams
45 mins
The trio gather at the shop to celebrate one year of antique hunting. A mysterious Messenger arrives with a magical Coptic jar, which traps Micki and Ryan in a dream dimension where visions of their most horrifying cases threaten to overwhelm their hearts and kill them. Jack is forced to travel to the dream dimension to rescue them - and confront Lewis.