Eerie, Indiana rewatch 2015: episode seven, Heart on a Chain

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Take up your pencils, class; we are going to discuss the death of Mercutio. Love is stronger than death tonight, as we watch Heart on a Chain.

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I feel like I want fic about Eerie's zombie basketball team after seeing the opening credits for the third time today. Off to the fic fest!

So the one of the tombstones at the start of the episode says WEYL on it. What? What does that mean? Also I think one in the foreground says "hunt powerz". What the hell.

Love that Mars apparently names all his pets after old-timey movie monsters. Nosferatu, Mothra, Godzilla... that is a kid with an excellent VHS collection.

Haha, when the raven landed on Devon's gravestone and squawked, one of the ravens outside squawked back.

Annabel Lee has some serious shoulder pads going on. Also its weird that shes so enthusiastic about a little girl with a life threatening heart condition. Like, when she says it, her whole face lights up.

That blond kid sat at the desk in front of Mars is trying so hard not to look at the camera.

It makes me super happy that Danielle Harris still does horror movies. She is 50% of the reason I watched See No Evil 2 (the other half being Katharine Isabelle) and the whole time I was like, COME ON JACOB DONT GO AFTER MELANIE DEVONS GHOST WILL MESS YOU UP!

Love that bit where Devon impresses Melanie by riding his skateboard, and Mara tries to compete by... slowly riding his bike in a circle. Thats just... what, it doesnt even impress anyone! Every time I watch this episode I laugh at this scene. Its global tten to the point where my partner and I will mime riding a bike in a circle when we find something underwhelming.

...did Devon just ride off with her books?

I kinda want to hear more about product developments beautiful lab assistant, and also the love story of Syndi, Doug and Rick.

Hahah, I love Edgars face when Mars gets angry and knocks over his water, and Omris ragey expression and angry headshake as he dabs it up.

This episode is making me so hungry; the Tellers awesome roast dinner and Elvis's stack of burgers... so much nice looking food! Also,I really like the idea of getting love tips from Elvis, even if theyre kind of impractical. Whats a thirteen ear old girl.gonna do wth a cadillac? probably die, in all honesty.

Table football is such a weird game to play with three of you on a proto-date. Surely that just translates to Melanie being super bored watching Devon and Mars play each other?

Man, Devon is so ahead on points. Skateboard versus riding in slow circles on a bike, necklace versus snakes in a shitty plastic heart... Mars, you are so lucky he didd because you would never have gotten a look in if he was still on the scene.

Pitbull surfers skateboard, nice! and honestly having devons ghost hamg ariund her is the best case scenario when your drs name is romero...

Also, how glad is Mars that he didnt throw a fit about Devon wanting to ask Melanie oit, considering he was killed a few minutes later?

Love that bit where Marilyn tells Syndi that guys are only worth it so
etimes and Edgar smiles. Also, LOVE the tellers ridic colective Awwwwwww when mars brings melanie home.

I really love the idea of a radio that is permentantly tuned into the 1930s. and send and marilyn are all, OMG LOOK AT YOUR DATE OMG SO CUTE TAKE PHOTOS and edgars like, come on, fives a crowd, omg I love everything about his fam this episode.

melanies photo shrine to devon is insane. you were in school with him for like two weeks, how did you get that many pictures?! esp that black and white james dean one. actually as I wrote that I figured they probably have one of those weird roadside shrines where he died and she took them from there.

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"you walk like him, ride a skateboard like him" - sorry I cant ride my bike in slow circles for thrills, marshall, jeez!

so if marshall isnt around, does simon spend his day spinning on a massive wooden wheel outside the world o stuff?sad times.

love the obelisk gravstone. so weird.

so, right, I totally understand that she takes off the necklace and leaves it on devons grave marker, but I dont understand why she gives it to mars afterwards.like, what, its his turn to carry the ghost or something?

also, id be raging if I was at my first bfs grave, trying to get a handle on my grief, and my.new bf shows up and congratulated on my emotional health or whatever. like, fuck off marshall, some shit is not about you.

I do love the weird shot of simon watching them, tho. so lurky and bizarre and hilarious.

also, that bit where marshall says their first kiss was also their last, and it immediately shows the shot of the grim reaper headed off in he direction melanie walks in, totally makes me wonder if she died.