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Does that sound scary enough? It sure does, but thatвЂ™s not all. The straight-outвЂ™a-hell-kind of murderous evil residing in a Good Guys-doll.

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Here I am criticizing a show about a serial killer who voodooвЂ™d himself into a doll for excess.The year was 1988, and the horror-genre was about to get a new iconic slasher on their hands. We already know Charles Lee RayвЂ™s out of his mind eating sharp fruit belabors the point a bit too much. The episode opens on a flashback to Charles Lee RayвЂ™s childhood, showing him happily taking a bite out of an apple he knows has a razor in it (because heвЂ™s crazy, get it!?), but with nothing to connect this vignette to the main story, it ends up feeling redundant. ChuckyвЂ™s return to his hometown is still shrouded in mystery.

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ChuckyвЂ™s acceptance of Jake (вЂњIвЂ™m not a monster, JakeвЂќ) represents an earnest connection between the two, held in tension with the fact that Chucky is using JakeвЂ™s insecurities against him, pushing the kid towards the self-righteous brutality for those who вЂњdeserve itвЂќ that heвЂ™s become an expert in.Д¬hucky as an avatar for another characterвЂ™s emotional journey is a dynamic the ChildвЂ™s Play series has dabbled in, but itвЂ™s working here better than it has in past installments, thanks in no small part to ArthurвЂ™s strong performance.

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The episodeвЂ™s best scene is a simple conversation between Jake and Chucky, where JakeвЂ™s sexuality prompts Chucky to share that heвЂ™s a father to a queer kid himself, a callout to 2004вЂ™s Seed of Chucky, which makes me wonder how theyвЂ™d update Glen/Glenda for a world just slightly more attuned to gender identity politics than it was 17 years ago. But the most interesting thing about Chucky so far is that, despite the fact that weвЂ™re learning more about Charles Lee RayвЂ™s history, the doll is being used squarely as a way of exploring whatвЂ™s going on in lead character JakeвЂ™s head. вЂњGive Me Something Good to EatвЂќ does drift a little more towards the campy Chucky of the вЂ90s, with Chucky sneaking off to the big party by putting a mask on and going trick-or-treating to blend in. The series continues to make good use of Chucky, even though his big, early kill was a bit underwhelming thanks to a truncated build-up. Either way, developing side characters enough to where the world of the show feels lived in while not straying too far from the storyвЂ™s slasher roots is going to be a tough line for the show to walk. At this point, ChuckyвЂ™s use of Breakfast Clubian teen archetypes feels like cutting corners on creating unique characters, so itвЂ™ll be worth keeping an eye on whether the show uses those tropes as a springboard to do something new. ItвЂ™s especially tough to feel bad for Lexy, whose Halloween costume of JakeвЂ™s dad mid-electrocution was astoundingly cruel. Their paper-thin relationship and mutual disdain for Jake make it hard to sympathize with JuniorвЂ™s conflicted feelings about his dadвЂ™s management of his athletic career, or with LexyвЂ™s feeling invisible to her parents. This subplot, while being useful for fleshing out Junior and LexyвЂ™s home lives, drags the episode down. вЂњGive Me Something Good to EatвЂќ spends more time with Junior (Teo Briones) and Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Woods), as ChuckyвЂ™s targeting of Lexy starts to raise flags with JakeвЂ™s cousin. For being set on Halloween, and for as popular in Hackensack Devon claims it is, this weekвЂ™s episode doesnвЂ™t really use the holiday as more than window dressing. Jake and DevonвЂ™s budding relationship is still in its early stages, but Arthur and ArnarsonвЂ™s chemistry and quiet admiration for each other is one of ChuckyвЂ™s strong suits. ItвЂ™s clearly not JakeвЂ™s scene, but some encouragement from crush Devon (BjГ¶rgvin Arnarson) gets him to roll the dice on attending. You know the one: impossibly massive mansion, parents away for a weekend in London, dozens of drunk kids, the one we never got invited to and weвЂ™re not still bitter about - that mansion. ItвЂ™s enough social cachet to get him an invite to the big Halloween party. ItвЂ™s not JakeвЂ™s tragedy, but he and ChuckyвЂ™s ventriloquism performance at the talent show has JakeвЂ™s classmates buzzing. ItвЂ™s a week on from LukeвЂ™s shocking death at the hands of Chucky, and Jake (Zackary Arthur) has moved in with his wealthy relatives across town. Where the premiere did a good job of introducing its new setting, this week it seems less adept at moving both the characters and the overarching story forward. вЂњGive Me Something Good to EatвЂќ finds Hackensack reeling from a pair of grisly murders carried out by Chucky (Brad Dourif), whoвЂ™s still playing his cards uncharacteristically close to his chest. After a premiere which got things off to a strong start, Chucky resets the status quo with a more plodding second episode.

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