Little Shopping Mall of Horrors (AKA: Raise the Dead)
INT: The Lair
It is a dark and stormy night outside as evidenced by the thunder and rain. Merton, Tommy, Lori, and Becky are sitting around watching the Reanimator (A classic 80's movie starring Jeffrey Combs, which I recommend if you haven't seen it). They all watch as a naked zombie fights two doctors and an old guy in a suit (a scene from the middle of the movie). The man in the suit is thrown across the room just as the zombie is brought down. One of the doctors goes over to the old man.
Doctor 1: He's dead.
We go away from the TV to where our heroes are watching and eating popcorn.
Tommy: This movie is disgusting, why are we watching this?
Merton: It's a classic.
Lori: It's gross.
Becky: I second.
Merton: I can not believe this. You people have faced the worst evil Hell can throw out but you can't watch a silly little movie?
Lori: I brought Zeus and Roxanne.
Tommy: Ooh, is that the one with the dog and the dolphin?
Becky: Aw, I love that one.
Tommy: Yeah, let's watch that.
Merton: You people are hopeless.
Lori: Come on, we watched the part where they bring the dead cat to life, we've all proved we're not wimps.
Tommy: Merton, the dog rides the dolphin, you can't get any cuter than that.
Merton (to Tommy): You have proved nothing to me.
Becky: The majority has ruled Merton, you have lost.
Merton: This isn't the kinda night for cute. This is a night for horrible and disgusting.
Lori: Every night seems to be a night for horrible and disgusting.
Becky: Yeah, we face enough of that in real life, now let's watch the cute dolphin movie.
Tommy gets up and takes out the movie to put in his cute one.
Merton: At least mine was realistic. We might get overrun by zombies next week but I doubt we'll have to fight evil dolphins and dogs.
Tommy: They're not evil, they're adorable.
Merton: You all suck.
Becky: Quiet, it's coming on!
EXT: Graveyard, Night
A zombified hand shoots out of the ground, and is promptly crushed by a boot. We pan up to see Allister walking through.
Allister: What a night.
He walks over to a gravestone with candles and flowers all around it. It looks like it has been prepared for some ritual. The centerpiece of the whole thing is a small statue of a very thin demon standing among skulls. Allister sits down next to the grave and starts to read from a book. He speaks some dead language and electricity starts to spark from the dirt ground and the statue's eyes glow. A few seconds later, a zombified head pops out of the ground. Just as it gets in a standing position, Allister snaps its neck.
Allister: Good.
He looks down at a checklist in his hand and checks something off.
Checklist
1: Buy cat food for Shnookums check
2: Do laundry (darks only) check
3: Learn to raise the dead check
Allister walks off happily whistling a jaunty tune.
INT: Mall, Food Court
A gray haired man of about forty in a gray suit walks down the food court with another, older bald man.
Bald Man: Now Crocket, I don't have to remind you how much we are counting on you for tomorrow's big opening.
Crocket: You don't sir, I know.
Bald Man: Good.
The Bald Man walks away as Crocket turns into a hallway.
INT: Hallway
Crocket turns again into a room marked Harold Crocket, Manager.
INT: Manager's Office.
Rather than the typical Manager's Office you'd be used to, Crocket walks into a room with intestines hanging from the walls and tribal paintings everywhere. Finishing it all off is a virtually exact copy of the small demon statue from the previous scene.
Crocket (polishing the statue): Don't worry sir, you can count on me.
(Theme Song)
(Author's Note: To answer the question, I will try to end this season at 22 episodes like a normal TV show season, but who knows? It could be longer or shorter depending on how I want to go with it. Fortunately there will be a season two (or four depending on how you look at it) with such highlights as disgruntled leprechauns, college ghosts, and Tommy's "son". You'll have to wait and see for that one.)
