There could be a new crop of kids setting around the campfire telling a different story each week. IMO, that’s what they should’ve done all along with the revival.

Anyone know where the aunts' house was at? It wasn't a set, they filmed this episode in a real house.

Hope everyone is having a good halloween🎃🎃🎃

It was one of the few "young love" stories. The boy works at a bowling alley and is falling for a ghost girl. Honestly that's all I remember.

This episode might have started with the main character having a strange dream but I only remember the ending where 2 boys get into car as they run from something but when they look at the driver it’s some kind of monster and they scream and the episode ends. I also don’t know the name of an episode about some kind of cabin in snowy mountains but I can’t remember any details at all. Thanks! 😁

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For me, it’s definitely Tale of The Dream Girl and Shiny Red Bicycle. I actually just rewatched both. The Shiny Red Bicycle episode is one of the rare episodes where the acting and writing were actually really well done. We all know how corny a lot of the writing was for this show (which given budget, isn’t that surprising) but there’s some subtle nuances that make the writing better than most of the typical episodes. For one, there’s not alot of corny tropes of bullies or over the top acting. When Mike is in his class, staring off into space and gets called out by his teacher, he suddenly sees Ricky’s ghost and has a full blown panic attack in his class. But instead of any kids making fun of him for seeing ghosts or being distant, they all feel concerned for him and surround him, asking if he’s okay. I know it’s a subtle nuance but it’s what differentiates from the typical tropes the show tends to have.

Also the acting in this show is pretty decent given that most of Season 1 and 2 had terribly corny acting in it. Even when hes at the school nurse, her acting is pretty decent and she talks to him like a real person would and giving him “real talk” about needing proper sleep and needing to forgive himself for Ricky’s death.

Also, this was a pretty emotional episode with a very real, deep theme on survivors guilt and ptsd. At the end of the story, Ricky just wants to help Mike and his little brother from suffering the same fate. Mike tells him that he misses him and Ricky responds, “I miss you too Mike, but get going. We’re not ready for Ben to be on this side quite yet.”

The acting, writing, and direction was a rare A tier treat with this episode. Even the dad’s humor to break the tension was really well done and leans more to A list 90s movie type of humor. Even the shots were well done in this, making Ricky’s appearances quite spooky and eerie, while also making it questionable if it was actually a ghost or in Mikes head.

Then at the end, we get a shot of the infamous red bicycle we see Mike borrow from Ricky to get to Ben, only to see that it’s completely rusted and old, as it would’ve been in its watery grave 5 years ago. A shot that was if not the best, one of the greatest shots in AYAOTD history. Because up until the very end, Ricky could just be seen as a driving force — something in Mikes head, as he knew his brother was afraid of going to the docks. Perhaps Ricky was never really there but was a part of Mikes subconsciousness. But the rusted bicycle was proof that what Mike saw was real and not in his head.

I just love this episode so much and even though it didn’t make me cry as much as Dream Girl, it makes me feel emotional every time and I have to think it’s because of the great acting and writing.

For those of you who have studied things like spirits, paranormal, ghosts and actually believe in it like I do.. do you find any of these episode realistic in how they deal with the paranormal?

What's your most controversial opinion/hot take/unpopular viewpoint about the show?

Mine is that Manaha is a terrifying and excellent episode. I think this is because I first watched it at a very young age, the panpipe music sounds frightening to me, I'm afraid of gorilla suits, and I associate the episode with some scary experiences I've had while camping in the woods with my family. I enjoy the fact that Lonnie gets his comeuppance in the end. Also, Michael Greyeyes (who plays the shaman) is a wonderful actor.

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Just watched this episode. Never saw it as a kid and WOW it is awful. The acting is among the worst for this show, the story was lame and they tried to use CG for the snakes and the bad guy's mouth. I was kinda hoping in the end the kid would turn into a snake and his friend would keep him as a pet 🤣 that might have redeemed it.

Any thoughts on this ep? I thought to start a thread since I can't find any in the post history. I think it is a contender for the worst tbh.

I personally thought Sardo was a funny character. Dr Vink was always creepy

Just came here to say that we’re most of the way through October and I just discovered that Amazon Prime has all the original seasons streaming now. Taking my kids on a whirlwind tour of awesome. Happy watching!

I can't seem to find this episode but I swear it is from AYAOTD. Two or three kids work for a grocery and are tasked with delivering to an old mans house. The boys talk about how the man never leaves his house for some reason. When the boys arrive they discover a secret room hidden where the old man spends most of his time.

Turns out the old man stole treasure and the ghosts of pirates come each night for him which is why he hides in the secret room. One boy ends up trying to give the treasure back to the ghosts by dumping it into the lake but gets pulled under the water shortly thereafter. The other boys run to get the old man who was holding on to one last piece of treasure. He drops the coin in the water and shortly the boy emerges safe from the water.

I looked for this episode but could not find it. I think the boys working for a grocery part is correct but it is a bit fuzz. The other parts should be dead on. This was one of the best episode of the series to me as a kid.