Holiday TV: 'Friday the 13th' Presents The Evil Gardener!

 Another Friday the 13th is here.  This random chance on the Calendar decides what I have to cover.

Let's return to the TV Show that has *nothing* to do with Jason Voorhees.

Well, that's mostly true- this one was Written by the man behind Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood.

This is...

In the Cold Open, a man kills the lady he's doing Yard Work for when she's rude.
Wait- didn't I just see this?!?

This time, he pushes her into a mulcher when she's dead and smiles at the result.

At the Store, our Female Lead is at an impasse.

She can't abandon her responsibility to return the artifacts, but she also wants to get married.

What are the odds that this comes to a head in the Episode?

The Mulcher is this Week's Artifact.

If you push someone into it, they produce money as a result.
The more they have, the more they produce.

It ends up in the hands of Just Shoot Me's Enrico Colantoni, who is quite happy to get that cash!

Will they stop Enrico?  
Yes, his greed leads him to hold onto his bag of cash as the Mulcher takes it, killing him.

Will she stay?
Of course, this is only Episode 9.

Besides, who could say 'No' to this face?

A fun Episode with a very grisly artifact.

Of course, this being TV- even in the '80s- the gross stuff is implied.

Do I need to see someone shoved into a Mulcher?
I saw Fargo, so that was close enough.

Enrico does a good job as the crazy guy.  You never know much more about him other than he's greedy, but he's a one-off TV Villain.  That's fine.

The B-Plot is fine and obviously had to be addressed eventually.  It doesn't eat up too much time and at least plays into the Finale, so that's good.

All in all, this Episode what you'd expect from the Show, plus a return tease of a killer doll.
Who doesn't love those?

An Episode that gives you exactly what you want from the Show.  The actual Friday the 13th connection is nice too.