 SEASON 2, EPISODE 15 BETTER OFF DEAD When Micki's college roommate Linda Madison (Camilla Scott) moves to town, Ryan has a grand time entertaining her. Elsewhere, in a gloomy mansion, scientist Warren Voss (Neil Munro) relentlessly conducts experiments on prostitutes he's abducted. Voss is obsessed with finding a cure for Hyper-Violent Syndrome, a degenerative disease which his young daughter Amanda caught from an infected hypodermic needle left in her father's lab, which has turned the girl from a normal child into a raging animal. Binding a young prostitute named Lesley (Bonnie Beck), Voss uses an antique silver syringe to extract a series of fluids from her brain. Injecting those fluids into Amanda temporarily returns her back to normal, while Lesley becomes increasingly primate-like with each extraction. In a frenzied attempt to save herself, Lesley, now more animal than human, knocks Voss down and escapes. Then, with the scientist stalking her, the young woman darts across a nearby road and is struck and killed by a car Linda and Ryan are driving. When Ryan and Linda get out of the car to investigate, Voss knocks Ryan out and drags Linda away. A shaken Ryan returns to the store to discover the sale of an antique silver syringe- a device that may bring about the death of his new friend. CAST & CREW RYAN DALLION- JOHN D. LEMAY MICKI FOSTER- LOUISE ROBEY JACK MARSHAK- CHRIS WIGGINS WARREN VOSS- NEIL MUNRO LINDA- CAMILLA SCOTT AMANDA- TARA MEYER DR. CHADWAY- LUBOMIR MYKYTIUK LESLEY- BONNIE BECK DETECTIVE- JAMES O'REGAN NURSE SHILLER- BARBARA FRANKLIN Written by- Bruce Martin Directed by- Armand Mastroianni Created by- Larry B. Williams, Frank Mancuso Jr. Supervising Producer- Jon Andersen Executive Producer- Frank Mancuso Jr. Line Producer- J. Miles Dale Executive Story Consultant- Jim Henshaw Music Composed and Performed by- Fred Mollin Director of Photography- Rodney Charters Production Designer- Stephen Roloff Editor- Dave Goard First Assistant Director- David MacLeod Second Unit Director- T.J. Scott Casting by- Tina Gerussi Camera Operator- Randal Platt 1st Assistant Camera- Patrick Stepien 2nd Assistant Camera- Trevor Haws Sound Recordist- Ao Loo Boom Operator- Erik Fitz Costume Designer- Maxyne Baker Assistant Designer- Marie-Sylvie Deveau Wardrobe Mistress- Judith England Make-Up Artist- Ava Stone Hair Stylist- Madeleine Russell Art Director- Adam Kolodziej Set Decorator- Marlene Puritt Lead Set Dresser- Bruce Mailing Swing Gang- David Maltese, Darryl Beebe Second Assistant Director- Myron Hoffert Stunt Coordinator- T.J. Scott Assistant Production Manager- Norman Denver Script Supervisor- Stephanie Rossel Production Accountant- Nathalie Laporte Location Manager- Robin Rockett Production Coordinator- Mary Fraser Production Secretary- Victoria Harding Third Assistant Director- John Lind Director of Visual Effects- Megan Hope-Ross Special Effects by- Performance Solutions Inc. Special Make-Up Effects- Nancy Howe Visual Effects Artist- John Gajdecki Property Master- Alex Kutschera Lead Props- Frauke Illing Gaffer- Owen Taylor Best Boy- Kevin Murphy Electricians- Steve Morrison, Nigel Draper Transportation Coordinator- Chris Radley-Walters Key Grip- Mark Silver Best Boy Grip- Greg Palermo Grips- Blake Ballantine, Malcolm Nefsky Construction Coordinator- Ron Lightfoot Supervising Editor- Gary L. Smith Post-Production Supervisor- Philip Stilman Post-Production Coordinator- Gary Mueller Assistant Editor- Bernadette Kelly Video Post-Production Facilities- The Magnetic North Corporation Sound Mixers- Terry Gordica, Tim Archer Supervising Sound Editor- Christopher Hutton Sound Editors- Jon Archer, Helen Watson Foley- Peter Harper, John Sievert Sound Post-Production- Master's Workshop Executive in Charge of Production- Robert Wertheimer Executive Production Consultant- Rick Schwartz Supervising Executive for Hometown Films- Barbara Sachs Copyright 1989 Paramount Pictures Corporation A Triumph Entertainment Corporation Production Produced in Association with Hometown Films All Rights Reserved |
     Warren: "No animal suffers in my lab..." Warren: "I don't need any help..." Henry: "Haven't you done enough to ruin her life?" Warren: "Some of us have to die...in order to save the rest of us..." Warren: "I can save hundreds of children...isn't that worth one more life?" CORONER'S REPORT 1. Lesley (Bonnie Beck)- Brain fluid drained, hit by car 2. Nanny (uncredited)- Thrown over balcony, falls to death down stairs 3. Linda (Camilla Scott)- Brain fluid removed 4. Warren (Neil Munro)- Falls to death over balcony, through glass case 5. Prostitute #1 (uncredited)- Referred to as missing, presumed dead 6. Prostitute #2 (uncredited)- Referred to as missing, presumed dead 7. Prostitute #3 (uncredited)- Referred to as missing, presumed dead 8. Prostitute #4 (uncredited)- Referred to as missing, presumed dead TRIVIA QUESTIONS 1. What quote was etched in stone across Warren's fireplace? 2. What subject was Warren studying and researching? 3. On what road did Ryan's car accident take place? 4. According to Warren, how long would it take to remove and replace the inner lobes? 5. Who originally bought the syringe from Lewis Vendredi and why? ANSWERS 1. Etched across the fireplace was 'Knowledge Unused Is Ignorance'. 2. Warren was studying and researching hyper-violence. 3. Ryan's accident occurred on Riverdale Road, north of Cameron Road. 4. According to Warren, it would take five hours to remove and replace the inner lobes. 5. Dr. Chadway, a collector of medical antiquities, originally bought the syringe. AIR DATE February 13, 1989 EPISODE RATING: 1 Boring re-tread of Season One's 'Brain Drain'... Very tough to sit through the entire hour of this PROMO |
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