Episode Guide
Prologue "Lewis Vendredi made a deal with the devil to sell cursed antiques. But he broke the pact, and it cost him his soul. Now, his niece Micki, and her cousin Ryan have inherited the store... and with it, the curse. Now they must get everything back. And the real terror begins."
Season 1
Episode
# 1
Air Date: 9\28\87
The Inheritance
Cursed Antique: Doll
This was F13's premiere episode. Micki Foster and Ryan Dallion meet for the first time at the shop (Vendredi's Antiques), which they have inherited from their uncle, Lewis Vendredi. The two cousins eventually meet Jack Marshak (in a most interesting manner). We also get a first glimpse into Micki's socialite life with her fianc'e, Lloyd.
Ryan is excited about the inheritance, and is excited about running the shop, but Micki is less than thrilled (to say the least) and is eager to sell. Her dislike of the shop is further fueled by a creepy doll-related experience that she has while trapped in The Vault (the supernatural storage facility that houses all of the cursed antiques). After a short argument about whether or not to sell, there is a cut away scene, and the next thing we see is a big blowout sale...everything must go!
They wind up selling off a lot of merchandise, including several
Cursed Antiques that had been cursed by the devil. Then they
discover the manifest that lists all of the cursed objects...including
at least one of the objects that were sold by Micki and Ryan. Driven
by a sense of purpose, Jack's information about Lewis' deal with the devil,
and partly by guilt, the two set out to retrieve their very first cursed
object:
the doll that terrorized Micki in The Vault. A doll that is now in the
hands of a spoiled brat girl.
Episode
# 2
Air Date: 10\5\87
The Poison Pen
Cursed Antique: Quill Pen
The scene: A secluded monastery. A place that houses a monk who has provided a series of fatal prophecies. After recognizing the feathered pen, Jack comes up with a scheme to get Micki and Ryan into the monastery so that they can discover who's been using the cursed object. Micki is then transformed (quite unsuccessfully!) into a man so that she can accompany Ryan into the monastery.
Episode # 3
Air Date: 10\12\87
Cupid's Quiver
Cursed Antique: Cupid of Malek Statue/Eros Statue
The statue can make people fall in love with its owner by shooting an invisible little arrow/beam of light into the desired individual. A creepy guy (Denis Forest) obtains the statue in an attempt to get the woman he is stalking to fall in love with him. Micki, Ryan, and Jack spend a good deal of time on a college campus/at a fraternity house party trying to find the statue.
Episode
# 4
Air Date: 10\19\87
A Cup of Time
Cursed Antique: Small Teacup With Sculpted, Painted Ivy
After a host of homeless people are murdered, as relayed by Jack's wannabe girlfriend, Birdie, the trio of antique hunters get suspicious and vow to help. The curse revolves around a rock musician who has been using the cup to kill homeless people so that she can maintain her youth and vitality.
Episode
# 5
Air Date: 10\26\87
Hellowe'en
Cursed Antique: No cursed object in this episode. The Amulet of Zohar
is the featured object in this episode, but it is not listed in the manifest.
A Halloween party at the shop is cut short by a crash of thunder and electrical failure. People flee the shop and Jack finds a little girl who has lost her way; he goes off to help her get home safely. Little does he know that she is a demon; and Lewis' sidekick for this episode. Meanwhile, Micki and Ryan uncover a secret room hidden behind a bookcase. Once inside, they are confronted with their uncle Lewis and his dead wife, Grace. After falling into Lewis' trap, and giving him the amulet to let Grace's soul rest in peace, Micki and Ryan are locked in the room, and must find a way out before Lewis manages to find a mortal body and come back to life!
Episode
# 6
Air Date: 11\2\87
The Great Montarro
Cursed Antique: Houdin Box - Magician's Cabinet
(a.k.a. The Coffin of Blood, The Cabinet of Doom)
A magician uses the cabinet to pull off a seemingly impossible, death-defying illusion in which a bed of razor sharp knives appear to go right through the magician. To pull off the stunt, an individual needs to be placed into a second (behind the scenes) box so that the damage occurs to him or her instead of to the magician.
Episode
# 7
Air Date: 11\9\87
Doctor Jack
Cursed Antique: Doctor's Scalpel
A surgeon is performing miracles at a hospital that had been under serious scrutiny; he's making himself, and the hospital, famous through his miraculous work. At the same time, people are being murdered, by the surgeon, so that he can continue to work his magic on his patients.
Episode
# 8
Air Date: 11\21\87
Shadow Boxer
Cursed Antique: Boxing Gloves With The Word "Killer" Stamped Into
The Leather
A loser (Tommy) who is trying to make it big as a boxer uses the gloves to simultaneously beat people up both in and out of the ring. The gloves allow the wearer's shadow to beat people up outside of the ring (thereby leaving no evidence) while the wearer uses the gloves inside the ring against his opponent.
Episode
# 9
Air Date: 11\28\87
Root of All Evil
Cursed Antique: Portable Mulcher From 1937
A groundskeeper working at a large, beautiful garden discovers a mulcher that provides money when an individual is fed into it; the money that comes out of the machine is directly proportional to the worth of the individual. We get to see Lloyd, again, in this episode as Micki ponders whether to leave the jerk or continue her career as a shop owner with Ryan and Jack.
Episode
# 10
Air Date: 1\25\88
Tales of the Undead
Cursed Antique: Comic Book (Tales of the Undead, Issue 1, signed
by Jacob Staretski.
A cursed comic book transforms its user into the protagonist, a robotic character named Ferrus the Invincible. This one has a really interesting filming technique, with a lot of the scenes filmed as comic book panels.
Episode
# 11
Air Date: 2\1\88
Scarecrow
Cursed Antique: Scarecrow
Each year, three people disappear in a small farming town, during the harvest season. Turns out, it's the scarecrow who is killing people. How is it done? When the photograph of the victim is placed onto it, the killing of that victim begins. Great glimpses into Ryan's past, particularly with regard to Jimmy (Ryan's little brother).
Episode
# 12
Air Date: 2\8\88
Faith Healer
Cursed Antique: White Glove (Sforza Glove)
A faith healer/con artist finds a glove that gives him the power to truly heal. The disease must then be transferred to a victim who dies of that same disease. Jack calls on an old friend, Jerry, who debunks faith healers to help with the retrieval.
Episode
# 13
Air Date: 2\15\88
The Baron's Bride
Cursed Antique: Brooch/Cape
A cape gives the vampiric wearer protection from the sunlight, while the brooch - activated by blood - gives the ability to travel through time. Ryan and Micki travel back through time with a newly-converted vampire, to 19th century England. A young writer named Abraham and his new wife, Caitlin, help them track down the vampire, and their only path back to their own time.
Episode
# 14
Air Date: 2\22\88
Bedazzled
Cursed Antique: Brass Lantern
A brass lantern allows for the easy recovery of sunken treasures, but as always, somebody must die for the fortune. Ryan and Jack effect a quick recovery, lock it in The Vault, and leave for a psychic's convention. Micki and her friend's son, Richie, must survive an invasion by the brass lantern's previous owners on a stormy night.
Episode
# 15
Air Date: 2\29\88
Vanity's Mirror
Cursed Antique: Gold Compact With Snake (Mirror Is Broken)
A dermatologically-challenged, high-school social outcast finds a golden compact that makes those who bullied her fall in love with her. Once they fall in love, she has to kill them.
Episode
# 16
Air Date: 3\7\88
Tattoo
Cursed Antique: Chinese Tattoo Needles
A chronic loser (Tommy) finds a way to turn his luck around, with a set of tattoo needles. The tattoo designs he engraves into the victim's skin come to life in order to kill them, and allowing Tommy to win.
Episode
# 17
Air Date: 4\18\88
The Electrocutioner
Cursed Antique: Electric Chair
The people responsible for a man's failed execution are dying off one by one, electrocuted. Orphans at a wayward home are also disappearing while having their teeth tended.
Episode
# 18
Air Date: 4\25\88
Brain Drain
Cursed Antique: Trephinator
A test subject with an extremely low IQ uses a trephinator to steal intelligence and win the respect of the scientific community. Jack becomes involved with an ex-fiance and considers leaving Curious Goods.
Episode
# 19
Air Date: 5\2\88
The Quilt of Hathor Pt. 1
Cursed Antique: Quilt
A member of a Penitite community (Sarah) contacts Micki and Ryan for help in retrieving a quilt that had been stolen from her. She reveals that she had stopped using the quilt years ago, because it gave her evil dreams, and she is worried about the repercussions of the theft. Returning home with Micki and Ryan, she learns that the minister (NAME)'s fianc'e has been murdered. Micki returns home after recovering the quilt, while Ryan stays behind with his romantic interest.
Episode
# 20
Air Date: 5\9\88
The Quilt of Hathor Pt. 2 (The Awakening)
Cursed Antique: Quilt
Jack discovers that the recovered quilt is a fake, and Micki and Jack head back to the Penitite community, but experience difficulties reaching their destination. Meanwhile, Ryan is accused of murdering Sarah, as well as an inquisitor.
Episode
# 21
Air Date: 5\16\88
Double Exposure
Cursed Antique: Camera
A news-anchor boosts his career by creating a serial-killer from negatives in his darkroom. Things gets complicated when Ryan witnesses one of the murders.
Episode
# 22
Air Date: 6\27\88
The Pirate's Promise
Cursed Antique: Foghorn
Micki and Ryan are contacted by a museum curator from a seaside town with a colorful history. The recent disappearances are traced to a local curse that dates back to the town's founding members.
Episode
# 23
Air Date: 7\5\88
Badge of Honor
Cursed Antique: Sheriff's Star Badge
An obsessed police officer uses a sheriff's star to take revenge on members of an ring of organized crime that committed a heinous crime against his wife. Micki's ex-boyfriend, who is staying at Curious Goods, is inextricably involved.
Episode
# 24
Air Date: 7\11\88
Pipe Dream
Cursed Antique: Smoking Pipe (carved to look like a devil's face)
Ryan receives an invitation to his father's wedding, and finds out that his father is about to close a big deal on a technologically advanced new weapons system, a "laser-site." Mysterious disappearances abound at the weapons plant.
Episode
# 25
Air Date: 7\18\88
What a Mother Wouldn't Do
Cursed Antique: Baby Cradle
A baby cradle from the Titanic has the ability to save the life of the sick baby as long as she stays in it (which is all the time). Of course, like all cursed antiques, there is a price: 7 people have to die in order for the baby to live a normal life and be totally cured.
Episode
# 26
Air Date: 7\25\88
Bottle of Dreams
Cursed Antique: Egyptian Canopic Jar
This item actually recovers itself! Unfortunately, it's a ruse sent by Uncle Lewis, used to trap Micki and Ryan in The Vault, with only hours to live. Jack calls on Rashid to help save them, and Jack is confronted with a face from his past.