3- Killer Instinct
This episode is redeemed by the lead performance of future TANK GIRL Lori Petty. In the first half, she plays a track athlete who uses a magic crystal to punish her enemies.
It's clumsy and silly (especially the teacher collapsing and coughing out a plethora of cotton), but Petty does her best with the material. The death-by-finish-line-decapitation on the track is also a clever creative touch.
The second half has nothing going for it except for Petty's appearances as a vengeful zombie. On a funny note, it looks like they have a stand-in for Petty in her last scene and the person looks NOTHING LIKE HER! They even show her in close-up several times, making no secret of the fact that the person is a ringer.
Even with its flaws, this episode is one of the better ones in the series. Credit Petty and director Mick Garris, who went on to do a great job adapting Stephen King's THE STAND and RIDING THE BULLET (let's not discuss SLEEPWALKERS or his SHINING miniseries...).
It's clumsy and silly (especially the teacher collapsing and coughing out a plethora of cotton), but Petty does her best with the material. The death-by-finish-line-decapitation on the track is also a clever creative touch.
The second half has nothing going for it except for Petty's appearances as a vengeful zombie. On a funny note, it looks like they have a stand-in for Petty in her last scene and the person looks NOTHING LIKE HER! They even show her in close-up several times, making no secret of the fact that the person is a ringer.
Even with its flaws, this episode is one of the better ones in the series. Credit Petty and director Mick Garris, who went on to do a great job adapting Stephen King's THE STAND and RIDING THE BULLET (let's not discuss SLEEPWALKERS or his SHINING miniseries...).
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