Maybe it’s because I both eat apples regularly & have loved Halloween for decades, but the razor blade apples unsettle me more than any other bloody mess Chucky has served up so far. The woman who bit into that apple (which I’d say was a pretty dumb thing to do) seemed to take it rather well, at least, so good for her. 

The whole Halloween atmosphere of this episode was lots of fun, with Chucky wandering the town trick or treating as Hello Kitty being a highlight. I’m glad this series already has more of an episodic feel as opposed to being a 10 hour movie–which is a popular mindset among filmmakers that I don’t think works great for TV. Call me old-fashioned, but I like my TV show episodes to be somehow self-contained and “Give Me Something Good to Eat” felt like it flew by.

Last time I neglected to mention the flashbacks to a young Charles Lee Ray in 1965. I assume they’ll be layered throughout the season to add some additional backstory, while eventually revealing just what happened to his parents. Hopefully it doesn’t end up being exactly that and amounts to something more, but I won’t hold it against anyone if that’s the case. There are 10 episodes to fill, after all.

This week’s Chucky also continues the podcast opening narration (from Bjorgvin Arnarson’s Devon) and, while I don’t hate it or anything, if it suddenly disappeared I wouldn’t lose any sleep. Narration in general is never really my favorite, but at least this one’s not actively bad–it’s just there.

Back in the present, Jake’s still getting used to living in a mansion. Between the heated car seats and his murderous new doll buddy there’s a lot of adjusting to do. So far the best parts of the show are whenever Jake & Chucky are sharing the screen, which thankfully we get a bunch of. They’ve established an interesting rapport with believable performances to sell the circumstance nicely. Chucky’s obviously manipulating him with every word he says and doing his best to box Jake into a corner where it’s the two of them vs the world. So far, he’s doing pretty well. 

Oh, and I believe this is the first mention of Glen/Glenda since 2004’s Seed of Chucky. They were human twins when we left them, but based on 2017’s Cult of Chucky and how multiple Chucky’s & Tiffany’s exist there’s really no way of knowing what to expect when it comes to how they’ll reappear. I didn’t catch any other references to the film series, but I have no doubt more of that will seep in as the season progresses.

One aspect I enjoy is that I don’t feel Jake is being a complete idiot about this freakish situation so far. Yes, there are many better choices he could be making, but teenagers are already fairly prone to being influenced and Jake has quite a few added complications. The fact that he has nobody in his life he can trust or feel comfortable just being himself around is a huge factor in how successful Chucky’s manipulation is going so far.

Jake has one possible human connection in the works, though, when it comes to classmate Devon. They’re clearly pining over one another while bonding over their deceased fathers and I suspect Chucky might want to sever that link before Jake starts pulling away from being his killer protege. I could read too much into the brief shots of Jake sitting in the car with his face amongst the reflecting clouds in the window and take that to mean he’s still very up in the air about this madness, which would certainly give Chucky a chance to lure him over. That might be taking things too metaphorical for a show where a possessed doll kills a housekeeper by pushing her onto knives in a dishwasher. I guess we’ll see.

I’m still unclear on if Oliver, the kid who invited Jake to that massive Halloween party, was in cahoots with Lexy so she could debut her costume of Jake’s dad being electrocuted. I don’t think he was, but several of these kids are awful people so you never know. On the topic of awful kids, I’m very much so looking forward to Lexy being murdered. 

I know she’s only a teenager, but she’s a genuinely disgusting human being. When she complained to her mom how Jake was the bully and she was his target I almost couldn’t believe it, except I absolutely buy that someone could be so deluded. In this world where a nice enough housekeeper just doing her job dies via multiple knives to the face/neck I can only hope something outlandish & painful awaits this heinous little rich girl. Maybe Chucky will continue his Big Brother program and successfully convince Lexy’s little sister to do his dirty work?

The full episode is available at the link below. Thanks, USA!

7 out of 10