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TV Database Chucky (2021)

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Genre: Crime,Comedy,Mystery

Director: Don Mancini

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Last air date:

Show status: Canceled

Overview: After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins.

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Chucky
Halloween II
Season: 2
Episode: 1
Air date: 2022-10-05

Guest stars: Rosemary Dunsmore,Jennifer Tilly,Kabir Bageria,Barbara Alyn Woods,Carina Battrick,Alex Vincent,Lara Jean Chorostecki,Aiden Arthur,Simon Webster,Paul Rivers,Ewan Wood,Louise Lambert,Ray Jacildo,Tracey Beltrano,Tracey Beltrano,Jacob Breedon
A year after seemingly defeating their nemesis Chucky, “3 Amigos" Jake, Devon, and Lexy begin receiving mysterious, threatening calls from an all-too-familiar-sounding enemy.

A welcome return to the show as it once again utilizes modern technology and innovations, such as Uber, for the murderous schemes of the decades old killer doll.

The main heroes being reunited again in a single location can be kinda cliched, but it does make sense, considering the intelligence of the scheming antagonist they are dealing with. The setting they have chosen for the season is very interesting though, and I'm sure the religious themes of god will come into play here in interesting ways.
Chucky
The Sinners Are Much More Fun
Season: 2
Episode: 2
Air date: 2022-10-12

Guest stars: Fiona Dourif,Jennifer Tilly,Lara Jean Chorostecki,Bella Higginbotham,Andrea Carter,Sergio Di Zio,Ian D. Clark,Devon Sawa
Our 3 Amigos struggle with the strict rules and institutionalized homophobia of their new Catholic reform school, especially when Chucky arrives with a murderous agenda. Meanwhile, in Beverly Hills, a suspicious detective threatens Tiffany’s imposture as “Jennifer Tilly” and the discovery of her secret hostage, Nica Pierce.

"Hi, I'm Chucky. Wanna PRAY?"
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This episode has two "meta" (and I use that term loosely) references regarding Devon Sawa's casting that I kinda just groaned at because they were so bad and on-the-nose. Gotta admit though, I forgot he's the guy from Final Destination until this season; didn't recognize him as Logan and Lucas Wheeler.

And also, Jake's kinda whiny this episode, his "it's all my fault" getting a little grating. It's no surprise though; a number of plotlines played out in very predictable horror cliche ways, like the detective suspecting something (dropping a very unsubtle line, "I think Nina is here") and might as well be wearing a redshirt. I'm just waiting for interesting and creative kills to happen, which unfortunately, haven't occurred yet.

The religious angle of the season isn't played out well enough, being a more generic god-fearing cult version of Catholicism that you see in every horror movie, instead of tapping into more interesting themes of God's role in the world of Chucky. Meh.
Chucky
Hail, Mary!
Season: 2
Episode: 3
Air date: 2022-10-19

Guest stars: Lara Jean Chorostecki,Bella Higginbotham,Andrea Carter,Ian D. Clark,Devon Sawa
With Jake and Devon’s relationship already under strain, the reveal that multiple killer dolls exist causes Jake to propose the unthinkable: brainwash the captured Chucky and turn him into an ally.

With how often Christianity, or rather, Catholicism is vilified in American fictional media, you'd think it would be a less ubiquitous religion in the country. I'm not a particularly pious person myself, more of an agnostic Methodist, but even I couldn't help but eye-roll at the broad caricatures of the various religious figures in this season of Chucky, ranging from your bigoted Father Bryce, your more sympathetic ally with implications of a tragic backstory like Sister Catherine (sprouting the obligatory religious lesson of the day), your high-strung fanatic like Sister Ruth, and of course, the drunk priest, Father O'Malley. I guess it comes with the territory, the campy archetypes for a campy killer doll series.

But there is some good writing here amidst this episode, probably the first time in the season. The theme of religion and spirituality is explored in the main cast, with Jake seeking penance by reforming Chucky in a surprisingly effective Ludovico Technique sequence (despite the use of pretty tame horror movies like The Thing and Psycho instead of the more hardcore stuff like August Underground or Salo), Devon being in conflict with that idea and wanting to go full righteous fury instead, and Lexy still seeking her salvation from her pain in a pill bottle but forced to deal with withdrawals this episode. Nadine becomes a surprising dark horse despite her naivety, offering genuine support with her company while being realistic and unpatronizing about Lexy's struggles.

The twist with the "Good Chucky" was also pretty clever too, really pulling my rug on that one. It does create the kind of fun gimmicks that's the franchise's strength. Because let's face it: we're not here to dissect the deeper meanings of our spiritual faith in the face of trauma and injustice; we're here just to see what creative ways the killer doll could use to mangle up bodies.
Chucky
Death on Denial
Season: 2
Episode: 4
Air date: 2022-10-26

Guest stars: Fiona Dourif,Christine Elise,Jennifer Tilly,Lachlan Watson,Tony Nappo,Gina Gershon,Gionna Daddio,Joe Pantoliano,Sutton Stracke,Meg Tilly
In this “very special episode of Chucky,” Tiffany’s secrets are threatened by the return from college of her 18-year-old kids Glen and Glenda, and by a surprise intervention conducted by several of Jennifer Tilly’s loved ones, who are concerned about their old friend’s odd behavior.

There's something uniquely promising about a good murder mystery setup—especially when it's dropped into the middle of a slasher franchise like Chucky. And when the promo teased a Clue-style whodunit set inside Jennifer Tilly’s decadent mansion? I was cautiously optimistic. Sadly, Death on Denial squanders its potential and instead leans hard into filler, fan service, and forced messaging.

The episode kicks off with a meta touch—Chucky hosting his own “TV special,” complete with cheesy title cards and a wink to the audience. There's some novelty in seeing real-life figures like Meg Tilly and Joe Pantoliano play caricatures of themselves, with enough camp to entertain. The mansion’s high-security system adds a fun, modern obstacle, and there are brief moments that feel like they’re leading somewhere with Glenda’s flashbacks and emotional baggage.

But then the pacing crawls. We spend far too long watching houseguests debate the butler's demise like a dinner theater improv group. And when we’re not being dragged through Scooby-Doo-level mystery banter, we’re being preached to—hard. A scene that was supposed to highlight bigotry ends up so cartoonish and smug, it practically pats itself on the back in real-time. Subtlety is not on the menu.

Even WWE guest star Liv Morgan’s cameo, clearly meant to shock and delight, feels more like random brand synergy than a fun surprise. The character of Nica gets a few decent moments of agency, and there’s a dramatic getaway sequence that strains credulity but at least injects some life into the latter half.

Ultimately, Death on Denial stumbles because it forgets to be fun. Instead, it’s weighed down by awkward lectures, obvious bias, and writing that feels more like a Twitter thread than a horror show.

And frankly? I'm tired. It's not the first time on this show that a straight male character is portrayed as either a buffoon, a predator, or a disposable joke, and this episode has sealed it for me. I'm done. It’s not horror anymore—it’s homework. I've been thinking about dropping this show since the start of the season, and my patience has worn out.
Chucky Series Review
I wanted to like Chucky. And at first? I kind of did.

Season 1 wasn’t bad. It had growing pains, sure, but for a show transitioning from decades of chaotic horror films into serialized television, it held together better than expected. It set up new blood with Jake Wheeler and his angsty but sympathetic backstory, threw in some returning icons, and balanced its creative kills with enough self-aware humor to remind you why the franchise had legs to begin with. It wasn’t brilliant, but it was watchable.

Season 2, though? That’s where the wheels come off—and not in the fun, “Chucky’s rampaging with a chainsaw” kind of way.

The religious boarding school arc had so much potential: trauma, repression, blind faith versus morality. All of it could've been rich ground for meaningful horror. Instead, it defaulted to the same tired clichés: the priest is a cartoonish homophobe, you have a fanatical nun bordering on zealotry, and the Church is reduced to edgy iconography and shallow jabs at the evils of Catholicism. Subtlety, thy name is not this show.

But if Season 2 drops the ball, the seeds were already sown in Season 1. The performative energy had been there from the start. Jake’s father, Lucas Wheeler, wasn’t written so much as sketched with the words “HOMOPHOBIC DAD” in Sharpie. His brother Logan, who got slightly more screen time, was an aggressive, toxic control freak with a drinking problem. And guess what? That’s pretty much the entire lineup of adult straight men in this show—portrayed either as monsters, jokes, or eventually corpses.

This might not be a problem if the show didn’t pretend it was delivering bold, nuanced commentary. Instead, it frames its murderers—Chucky and Tiffany—as the “YAS queen” antiheroes of the marginalized. You’re not really asked to fear them anymore. You’re asked to root for them. Clap when they kill the bigot. Cheer when they outwit their oppressors. Never mind that they’re still, y’know, serial killers. Their “representation” status absolves them of the narrative weight real characters should carry.

The problem isn’t that these themes exist—it’s how hollow and safe their execution feels. The show preaches inclusivity while flattening anyone it doesn’t favor into strawmen. Everyone gets labeled, assigned a role in the morality play, and pushed around the board. Nuance is dead; performative representation killed it.

By the time I got to “Death by Denial,” I realized the show didn’t want to explore anything. It just wanted to reinforce a checklist. The straight men are bigots. The queers are saints or sassy psychos. And Chucky, the literal killer doll, somehow comes out looking like the most tolerant figure of the bunch.

Frankly? I'm tired. I kept watching out of habit, maybe even hope. But by "Death by Denial", it was the final push I needed. I'm not even angry—just exhausted. Chucky is no longer a horror show. It's a lecture dressed in bloodstained doll clothes. And I think I'm done attending class.

Final Verdict: 2/5
 
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