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| Episode 2 – Season 1 'Killerwatt' |
An interesting concept of ghosts manipulating electricity
makes this a worthy episode already. We’ve
seen what these writers did last episode but they improve quite a bit on this
one. A grand ghost by the name of
Killerwatt (voiced by James Avery) takes control of New York City’s power
supply. The Ghostbusters need to act
quickly and decisively in order to put a stop to all the possessed electrical
machines in the city.
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| 'Ghost-disposal' |
The
opening scene is hilarious and possibly one of the best in the running of the
show. Ray makes dinner which looks quite
disgusting and says it’s an old family recipe.
The guys comment its old alright based on the appearance of the soup. Slimer gets put to good use here as he tricks
Ray to look under the table for his napkin while the rest of the guys let
Slimer eat their portions. As Ray
returns to the table he asks if they’d like more but are thankfully saved by a
call. It’s a comical opening.
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| Haunted hardware! |
The
Ghostbusters are sent to a mall which is levitating and obviously infested with
ghosts. They get a chanting welcome from
a crowd of people outside as if once again they’re heroes. It’s a decent introduction to the scene. Now one of my favorite all time scenes in
this show are when they are busting the ghosts in the hardware department of
the store. Egon figures out the ghosts
have entered the electrical wiring and things get supernatural quick. A line I’ll never forget is when some
possessed drills come crashing down in front of the guys and Egon states that
they’re dealing with some haunted hardware.
In comedic reply Peter says, “
Then let’s test their warranties.” It gets me every time. The theme music triggers in a unique slower
pace and carries on for the duration of the scene which makes it even more
enjoyable to watch. It ends with Ray mistakenly
blasting Slimer claiming the last ghost is his.
It’s funny to see Ray do it as opposed to anyone else since he likes
Slimer most.
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| Now that's cardio training |
They
return to the firehouse and that’s when more electrical disturbances
occur. A backup generator kicks in to
save the meltdown of the containment unit until it gets possessed and takes
off. Egon patiently counts down the time
to their death for some reason while the others manage to rig a bicycle powered
generator in less than 50 seconds. I don’t
see that happening, couldn’t they have made it more like, and in 10 minutes
meltdown will occur? It was a tad
farfetched for me but it still works.
Janine gets stuck pedaling the contraption while the guys go chase down
the cause of the black outs.
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| Possessed Ecto-1 |
The
episode falters a bit as ecto-1 dies on the top of a hill looking down on a
power plant. They all get out and stand
directly in front of the car as it begins to roll down the hill. Did you think to put the car in park? I’m assuming that’s the case unless it just did
it by itself. Either way they go crashing
down the hillside all the way to an abrupt stop as Peter gets the brake just in
time. They finally meet Killerwatt and
learn he is the leader of the ghosts. It
possesses ecto-1 and attacks the guys with Ray insisting they don’t blast the
car because it’s like one of the family.
They instead opt to run for it into the power plant. Ecto-1 crashes itself into a pole possibly
because its inner carburetor sensed Ray’s compassion and wanted to give them
mercy. That sounds good to you? It does me, let’s continue.
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| A questionable capture indeed, Killerwatt is electric |
The
final scene has Killerwatt all juiced up and ready to destroy our guys. They figure out Killerwatt fuels on power so
if they shut it off they’ll be able to have a chance. After Peter blasts Killerwatt to no effect
since the electricity is acting like a sponge surrounding him Slimer pulls the
plug to speak on Killerwatt. For the second
episode in a row it takes a ghost to beat a ghost I guess. I don’t like Slimer saving the guys all the
time as its lame. Killerwatt gets
captured easily enough and the simple plug gets put back in the wall to restore
power to the entire city. I wonder if a
plug really does power all of New York City.
As a kid I still found that odd.
They
get a victory parade for their efforts the next day seemingly since its day
time so didn’t they ever go back to the firehouse to tell Janine she could stop
pedaling? I’m guessing they might have
been out drinking in celebration and never went home. It could have been a funnier ending if they
took the consideration to cut the parade scene and have the guys relax at the
fireplace completely forgetting about Janine.
All in all this is one of the better episodes. Uncle Phil heads to the containment unit!
Rating: 8 of 10
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