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Freddy's Nightmares - Episode Guide

Season 1

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 9, 1988

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Freddy Krueger has slain many children and teenagers, and is currently on the loose, but after a police officer catches Freddy trying to kill his daughters, Freddy is arrested. During the trial, the judge unfortunately discovers Freddy was never read his rights, so the judge must let him go, but it does not end there.

It's a Miserable Life

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 16, 1988

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A fast food employee (John Cameron Mitchell) hates his life, but when someone robs the restaurant, his life gets a little more interesting; Meanwhile his girlfriend (Lar Park Lincoln) is tormented by hospital staff after she was shot.

Killer Instinct

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 23, 1988

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A girl (Lori Petty) accidentally kills her friend by using a magical gem she stole from her that lets whatever she is imagining happen.

Freddy's Tricks and Treats

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1988

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A college student (Mariska Hargitay) is tormented by Freddy after he hears that she does not believe in him.

Judy Miller, Come on Down

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1988

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Judy Miller (Siobhan E. McCafferty) wins big money on a game show, which solves life's little nightmares while creating newer, more tragic nightmares.

Saturday Night Special

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 13, 1988

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Two nobodies yearn for perfection. Gordon (Scott Burkholder) fantasizes a dream date with a sex goddess, Lana (Shari Shattuck).

Sister's Keeper

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1988

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In this sequel to the pilot episode, the twin daughters of the cop who killed Freddy are now being haunted by Freddy so the twins plot to find a way to get Krueger out of their dreams for good.

Mother's Day

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 27, 1988

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When Billy's (Byron Thames) mother and new stepfather go on their honeymoon, he meets neighbor Barbara (Jill Whitlow) who convinces him to throw a party that proves to be fatal. Meanwhile a radio psychologist (Elizabeth Savage) finds herself in hot water when she gives her callers bad advice.

Rebel Without a Car

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Dec 11, 1988

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Alex (Craig Hurley) finds an abandoned muscle car to be his "ticket out of Springwood". Instead he keeps envisioning the fate of the previous owner. Connie (Katie Barberi) is determined to belong to a sorority, but the initiation process puts her through her own private hell.

The Bride Wore Red

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 18, 1988

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During his bachelor party, a man meets a stripper; Meanwhile, his bride to be is upset after finding out her parents are getting divorced.

Do Dreams Bleed

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Jan 8, 1989

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A man has dreams that depict information about local killer, "The Springwood Chopper".

The End of the World

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1989

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A woman discovers she can change events that happened to her in her childhood, altering her life. Soon she is discovered by the CIA and they use her to prevent a nuclear disaster.

Deadline

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Jan 29, 1989

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A washed-up newspaper editor is given a story of a lifetime, but finds out the paper tells the future, and sees an article about him committing suicide.

Black Tickets

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Feb 5, 1989

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Rick (Brad Pitt) and Miranda are teenage lovers who leave Springwood. Their car stalls so they check into a hotel, but the hotel is run by sadistic hicks. Also Miranda is pregnant but is trying to hold down her job.

School Daze

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1989

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Steve Dart a student at Springwood High School decides to take it easy to escape stress. When he is called to the principal's office he starts having nightmares and soon discovers the high school's shocking secret. In the second half, Matt is a young Springwood High School student whose SATs are coming up soon. He begins to have strange nightmares and illusions of his life if he fails his SATs.

Cabin Fever

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Feb 19, 1989

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An airline heir discovers he is on a flight to Hell. A flight attendant thinks she has found Mr. Right.

Love Stinks

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Feb 26, 1989

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After teenager Adam is coerced into cheating on Laura (Tamara Glynn) with Loni, a girl he meets at a party, he finds that she's looking for a more permanent relationship. Meanwhile Adam's friend Max is forced to abandon his planned summer trip and take a job in a pizza place working under his creepy, tyrannical uncle (Jeffrey Combs).

The Art of Death

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1989

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A young artist's comic is brought to life; A claustrophobic woman is tormented by her roommate's friend.

Missing Persons

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: May 7, 1989

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A college student (Eva LaRue) with past weight problems goes back to her childhood house to babysit two children who love junk food; A man (Timothy Bottoms) soon regrets his wish of spending a day in the life of another person.

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: May 14, 1989

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A man tries to overcome his fear of the dark after getting a job in the sewer; A pornographic store owner becomes trapped in his nightmares.

Identity Crisis

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: May 21, 1989

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An ex-hippie (Jeff_Conaway) who still values peace and love above all else gets crosswise with his son and his money-obsessed boss; a teen who shares nothing with her mother asks pointblank if she was adopted and doesn't receive the answer she was looking for.

Safe Sex

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: May 28, 1989

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A teenager is in love with a goth girl who is obsessed with Freddy Krueger and soon enough the teenager is plagued with dreams involving Freddy. In the second half, the goth girl is tormented by the man of her dreams.

Season 2

Dream Come True

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1989

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A therapist who tries to help a boy suffering from repeated nightmares about Freddy Krueger winds up dreaming about the killer as well. Meanwhile, a cameraman who wants to settle the question of Freddy's existence for good gets drawn into his own news story.

Heartbreak Hotel

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1989

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A tabloid reporter learns that the stories he has been fabricating are coming true when he is sent into the field to write about an Elvis sighting; an amnesiac whose memory is returning in bits and pieces worries that he may have killed someone.

Welcome to Springwood

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 22, 1989

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Doug and Roxanne move to Springwood, but while Doug's at work, Roxanne begins to unpack and discovers that a mix-up with the movers has left their house filled with someone else's possessions – in the boxes she finds bloody knives and shredded dresses. Meanwhile, Emily discovers a stack of 19th century love letters hidden behind a panel in her new home, and she begins to envision the relationships of the authors.

Photo Finish

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1989

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A photographer (Patty McCormack) who's anxious to get her career back on track gets some unexpected help on her latest photo shoots from Freddy, who's terrorizing her models. Meanwhile, three FBI agents come to Springwood to investigate a family homicide, but Freddy has some surprises in store for them.

Memory Overload

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1989

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Professor Windom is a man with a drinking problem. But he has to get over his fears, and quickly, as a former student of his is in a lot of trouble and needs his help. Barbara starts getting stressed out when her computer starts talking to her and believes she's going to be in trouble with the cops for tax evasion. Unwittingly she jumps into her computer to stop a certain file from being saved.

Lucky Stiff

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1989

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A recent widow (Mary Crosby) comes to the realization that her late husband (David L. Lander) purchased a winning lottery ticket, so she goes to great lengths to recover it – and keep the winnings for herself. Meanwhile, a grave digger (Tracey Walter) resorts to blackmail to land the woman of his dreams.

Silence is Golden

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1989

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After accidentally assaulting a mime, obnoxious radio disc jockey Rick Rake is tormented by the clown. Meanwhile, it turns out that the mime is also a burglar who learns that the last people he robbed were also killed.

Bloodlines

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 26, 1989

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An escaped convict (Marc Alaimo) returns home to retrieve the money he hid from a bank robbery, and discovers his son is bitter and his wife (Sheree North) has lost her mind. Later, a couple (Chris Nash, Ruth de Sosa) illegally adopts a baby, but as the little girl (Irina Cashen) grows, her new parents come to the realization that she may be evil.

Monkey Dreams

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1989

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A gambling-addict lab researcher must race to complete his work before his bookie's enforcers show up to collect. In the second half, a monkey from the lab exacts revenge upon his captors.

Do You Know Where Your Kids Are?

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Dec 10, 1989

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Teenager Lisa (Suzanne Tara) agrees to swap babysitting duties with her friend, Heidi (Julie St. Claire) as a favour. She discovers that a relative who's locked in the family's cellar wants revenge - even invading her dreams to get it.

Dreams That Kill

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1989

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In this follow-up to "Dream Come True", Charlie Nichels, the new host of "Springwood Confidential", receives a warning from Freddy not to proceed with his latest show topic: Dreams That Kill. Meanwhile, a doctor performs an experimental brain matter transplantation surgery on a patient that results in the man awakening with another man's personality—and dreams.

It's My Party and You'll Die If I Want You To

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 24, 1989

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In the sequel to "Photo Finish", a fake psychic gets possessed by Freddy during a trance and Kruger, using the psychic's body, starts killing people off. The second half is about Freddy crashing his class reunion to seek revenge on a girl who stood him up at the prom.

What You Don't Know Can Kill You

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1990

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A lecherous psychiatrist who hypnotizes and seduces his female patients is caught in the act by a colleague, so he hatches a devious plot to get out of doing time. Meanwhile, a man who accidentally murdered is convinced by his girlfriend to undergo surgery to alter his appearance... but the face they choose also belongs to a mobster.

Easy Come, Easy Go

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jan 14, 1990

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In this follow-up to "Lucky Stiff", Greta, who has already murdered to avoid sharing her first husband's lottery winnings, devises a plan to rub out her current husband. Later Greta finds out a deep, dark family secret when her sister Peggy drops in with her new husband for a surprise visit.

Prime Cut

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 21, 1990

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During a camping trip, a female tracker's strange behavior leads the men to believe that she may be a vampire. Later, plane crash survivors are forced to eat the corpses of the dead to survive. As the fiancee of one survivor desperately searches for the wreckage, an escaped convict also wanders through the mountains.

Interior Loft

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jan 28, 1990

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After Kim leaves her job to pursue her dream of writing a novel, her husband, David, convinces her to make an erotic recording on a 976 number to bring in extra cash. But Kim starts to have a mental breakdown when an obsessed caller begins murdering. Meanwhile, after reading Kim's manuscript, David wonders if Kim has herself assumed the murderous, sexually deviant personality of the heroine of her novel.

Interior Loft-Later

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Feb 4, 1990

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In this follow-up to "Interior Loft", an artist (Robert F. Lyons) fakes his own death to both increase the value of his work and avoid prosecution for the accidental death of one of his models. Trapped in his apartment, he becomes stir crazy and accuses his wife (Fabiana Udenio) of having an affair. Later, two ladies (Leslie Bega, Tory Polone) reluctantly agree to let a guy (Dean Fortunato) move into their loft, and he quickly begins playing them both.

Funhouse

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Feb 11, 1990

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In this follow-up to "Welcome To Springwood", a couple moves into a house that's allegedly haunted, but after a few strange occurrences, the wife realizes who the ghost is. Later another couple moves into the house and form a most unusual relationship with the moving man.

A Family Affair

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Feb 18, 1990

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After Paul scorns his lover, Claire, he resorts to drastic measures to ensure his family never learns of their affair. Later a guilt-ridden man who's trying to reconcile with his son learns that it's not possible to cheat death.

Dust to Dust

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Feb 25, 1990

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In this follow-up to "Prime Cut", three recovering cannibals have an unfortunate relapse and wind up eating an intruder who's been afflicted with a strange disease.

Prisoner of Love

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Mar 4, 1990

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A priest who is giving the last rites to a woman on death row is seduced, and he plans an unimaginable escape from the death house with a tragic ending. Violet Rodriguez tries to escape the same way as the other prisoner tried, hopefully with better results.

Life Sentence

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Mar 11, 1990

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Andy Caulfield is a prisoner who is about to get parole, until he is faced with a prison counselor who also happens to be a relative of one of his victims. The second half centers on Warden Hendler, who is using prisoners as guinea pigs to test a new drug for extracting vital information, until the experiment backfires with drastic results.

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