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CAST

Episode #

08

Barbara Gamble   Jill Whitlow

Date Aired:

November 27, 1988

 Sherry Gamble   Elizabeth Savage

Season:

01

Billy   Byron Thames

Writer:

David Ehrman

Jane   Judith Baldwin

Director:

Michael Lange

 

Billy moves into Freddy's old house with his mother and stepfather. While his parents are gone for the weekend, Billy has to watch the house. He sees a pretty teenage girl, Barbara from across the road and eventually talks him into throwing a party in his house. As the party progresses the problems get more out of control as Billy's stepfather's most prized possessions are systematically destroyed one by one. The party turns out to be a bad dream, but the real nightmare is about to begin, as Billy accidentally falls out of an upstairs window.

The second half of this episode is centered on Barbara's mother, Sherry. Sherry is a no holds barred radio shrink who "Tells it Straight." Until tragedy strikes. One of her callers claims that he is being kicked out of his apartment and says that he is about to shoot his landlord dead. He tries to get Sherry to convince him not to do it, but she thinks it's a practical joke and tells him to do it. It turns out the caller was serious and it sparks some really unpleasant nightmares for Sherry Gamble.