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"Mr. Jingles" is the second episode of 1984. It premiered September 25, 2019.

Synopsis[]

Darkness descends upon the camp. Although it's lights out, evil has no curfew.[1][2]

Plot[]

Karen Hopple drives to Camp Redwood to meet with Margaret and explain Richter's escape. Margaret does not seem surprised to hear about it, and insists the camp will re-open on schedule. Hopple suffers a blown tire on her return, and a truck intercepts her, driven by Richter. He knows that she followed him to the camp and kills her, taking her ear as a souvenir.

Brooke, still shaken from her phone call, hears on the TV a news brief about a murder at a gas station in Red Meadows, the same one they stopped at on their way to the camp and says the Night Stalker is following her but the other counselors think she is overreacting. Margaret enters and reminds the counselors to sleep early, and not to fraternize between genders after dark. Montana consoles Brooke, but says that she can't assume that everyone is out to get her. She describes her early experiences when sent to camp as a child, and that she should not imagine the worst.

The previous summer, Brooke was supposed to get married but her groom Joey was nervous on the wedding day, as he saw his best friend Sam enter Brooke's apartment the night before. They insist nothing sexual happened, but Joey jilts her and shoots Sam in the head, killing him, then Brooke's father before killing himself.

Brooke insists that Sam was being kind and that they were simply friends, and is upset that no one ever believes her. Montana says that she believes her, and kisses Brooke, who recoils and says that she needs air, walking away.

Trevor describes to the boys his experience with Montana, as they walk towards the showers. Xavier leaves and is grabbed and pulled into the back of a car, where Blake, a man who blackmailed him into acting in a gay porn, confronts him. Xavier insists he is straight and offers to find a replacement so Blake stops trying to find him, and leads him to the showers where Ray, Trevor, and Chet are talking. Blake observes via a peephole while Xavier escapes and Richter impales Blake through the head from behind.

Brooke sits on the pier and finds a dead body floating towards her feet, and turns screaming to find the Night Stalker. She overpowers him with an oar and runs. He is intercepted by the hiker, whom he disembowels. Later, the hiker rematerializes alive, only to be killed again. Ramirez pulls the hiker's name tag, which shows he was a counselor in 1970. Looking back up, the hiker has vanished.

Rita dances in the infirmary and turns to find Richter.

Brooke runs to the payphone but finds it cut. Montana finds her and questions what is going on. They hear Ray scream and follow his voice, where they see Blake. Xavier is distraught, but denies knowing who Blake is. Trevor discovers that Blake's ear has been cut off and they are under siege by Richter and they all run to Xavier's van.

Margaret walks into her home to find the Night Stalker waiting for her, as he wants an explanation for the mysterious hiker that will not stay dead. She treats his wounds and he explains that he has killed men before, but never the same person twice. Margaret credits God with the hiker's resurrection, and says he has been dead for many years. To explain, she asks him to tell her the worst thing that had ever happened to him. He describes a difficult childhood of abuse and physical trauma in which his cousin treated his seizures and showed him pictures of women he had killed in Vietnam, and when his wife objected the cousin shot her dead in response. Ramirez says that he likes Margaret, and she explains that he should not feel guilty for his actions if they are in service of God's (or Satan's) work. She tasks Richard with defending the camp and protecting the campers.

Xavier tries to get the van started and the counselors attempt an escape, but they collide with Margaret's car before they can get away, distracted by Rita in their path. She tells them that Richter is back and although Rita and Trevor have vehicles that can take them individually, neither has keys. They leave in two groups to retrieve them.

Margaret goes searching for the amnesiac hiker in the woods and, identifying him as Jonas, she says he might be dead. He does not understand, but the the last thing he remembers is running from blood. He says he left (the younger) her to die, and was hit by Jingles in the truck when he ran after hearing his keys.  They determine that he is a ghost and would have stayed trapped if the counselors had not brought him back to camp. 

Rita's group approaches the infirmary, and together they look for her keys in the desk to no avail. Richter observes them from outside. Trevor's group can't find his keys either, and Xavier breaks down sobbing that it's all his fault for bringing Blake. Both doors are pounded from the outside, someone wanting in.

Featured Characters[]

Joseph Cavanaugh[]

Joseph "Joey" Cavanaugh is a guest starring character in American Horror Story portrayed by Spencer Neville. Joseph was always the second smartest kid in school and when he found out Brooke was the smartest, he got the other kids to stop talking to her. Brooke stopped being the smartest and Joseph becomes the smartest and he takes her out for ice cream. Many years later, he asked her to marry him and she said yes. On their wedding day, Joseph accused his best man, Sam, of cheating with Brooke and Joseph shot Sam, Mr. Thompson, and himself.


Sam Duke[]

Sam Duke is a guest starring character in American Horror Story portrayed by Zach Tinker. Sam was Montana's brother and the only one who believed in her. Sam was accused of sleeping with Brooke and was shot by Joseph.


Mr. Thompson[]

Mr. Thompson is a guest starring character in American Horror Story portrayed by Steven Culp. Mr. Thompson was Brooke's dad and when Joseph shot Sam, Mr. Thompson got up to save Brooke but was shot by Joseph.


Blake[]

Blake is a guest starring character in American Horror Story portrayed by Todd Stashwick. Blake was a producer of pornographic films, who was the blackmailer of Xavier Plympton, after Xavier starred in some of his gay pornographic films. Blake was later killed by Mr Jingles.


Quotes[]

  • Margaret: "I refuse to let fear dictate my life."
  • Xavier: "You gonna make us pray the boners away?"
  • Brooke: "Don't have to imagine the worst when it's already happened."
  • Brooke: "Nobody ever believes me."
  • Blake: "That's no cock. That's an act of God!"
  • Richard Ramirez: "I was poisoned before I even took my first breath."
  • Ray: "My patients - they feel and hear. There's even an entire hit song written about it. Coma Chameleon."
  • Jonas
    Am I a ghost?
    Margaret
    Oh, who am I, Dan Aykroyd? I guess.


Notes[]

Cultural References[]

Raised Questions[]

Gallery[]

Videos[]

References[]

  1. AMERICAN HORROR STORY on FX (#902) "Mr. Jingles". TheFutonCritic.com (August 31, 2019).
  2. Spoiler TV.com, American Horror Story : 1984 - Episode 9.01 and 9.02 - Titles Revealed
  3. In True Killers, he appears in a flashback.
  4. In True Killers he makes no appearance, but is mentioned by Montana Duke.
  5. In True Killers, he appears as a body and in a flashback.
  6. In Red Dawn he makes no appearance, but is mentioned by Montana Duke and Brooke Thompson.
  7. In Slashdance he makes no appearance, but is mentioned by .
  8. In True Killers he makes no appearance, but is mentioned by Xavier Plympton.
  9. Metcalf (September 26, 2019)). Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.25.2019.. Showbuzz Daily.
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