Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
In the 1980s horror writer Garth Marenghi wrote, directed and starred in a TV series so cutting edge that TV channels refused to show it. It's now the early 2000s and the series is finally being released. Set in Darkplace Hospital, Marenghi plays Dr Rick Dagless, a caring yet unconventional doctor. His colleagues are Drs Lucien Sanchez and Liz Asher and boss is Thornton Reed. Together they deal with some bizarre, paranormal cases.
- 2004-2004
- 1 season
- Adult Swim
- Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
- TV-MA
In the 1980s horror writer Garth Marenghi wrote, directed and starred in a TV series so cutting edge that TV channels refused to show it. It's now the early 2000s and the series is finally being released. Set in Darkplace Hospital, Marenghi plays Dr Rick Dagless, a caring yet unconventional doctor. His colleagues are Drs Lucien Sanchez and Liz Asher and boss is Thornton Reed. Together they deal with some bizarre, paranormal cases.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2004
Episode 1
Once Upon a Beginning
Wed, Jan 28, 2004 24 mins
Liz's first day on the job corresponds with Dagless' friend staying at the hospital as a patient, which results in a portal to Hell opening beneath Dark Place.
Episode 2
Hell Hath Fury
Mon, Aug 7, 2006 24 mins
Someone, something, or some things have attacked the chef. So why are objects flying about of their own accord, assaulting innocent civilians and disrupting hospital procedure? Is it telekinesis, PMT, or a deadly mixture of the two? It's a deadly mixture of the two.
Episode 3
Skipper the Eyechild
Mon, Aug 7, 2006 24 mins
When a giant eyeball rapes and impregnates a male patient (don't ask how that's possible, because it won't be explained), Dagless comes to love the resulting offspring, a baby eyeball, as a surrogate for Skipper, his deceased half-grasshopper son.
Episode 4
The Apes of Wrath
Mon, Aug 14, 2006 24 mins
Contaminated water turns the staff of Dark Place into intelligent apes.
Episode 5
Scotch Mist
Mon, Aug 14, 2006 23 mins
A strange mist descends on Dark Place, within which the murderous spirits on Scottish highlanders prey upon the hospital's staff.
Episode 6
The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth
Mon, Aug 21, 2006 23 mins
Sanchez falls in love with a beautiful female patient who is slowly turning into cosmic broccoli.