Tales from the Darkside: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Tales from the Darkside Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Beetles
Sep 27, 1987 · 22 min
An Egyptologist working on a sarcophogus ignores a curse and meets a horrific fate when he ignores it.
Mary, Mary
Oct 4, 1987 · 22 min
A woman who lives with mannequins because she is unable to deal with real people gets a rude awakening.
The Spirit Photographer
Oct 11, 1987 · 22 min
Despite the discouragement of his friend, a middle-aged photographer, Algernon, tries to captures spirits on film.
The Moth
Oct 18, 1987 · 22 min
Sybil, a woman on the verge of death, is obsessed with the thought that after she dies her soul will dwell within a moth, and she begs her mother to hold the moth until she can be
No Strings
Oct 25, 1987 · 22 min
A mobster who has finally defeated his old rival hires a reluctant puppeteer to string up his rival and make it dance for him. The mobster is unaware that puppet and puppeteer both
The Grave Robber
Nov 1, 1987 · 22 min
In this comedic episode, two treasure hunters discover a lost Egyptian tomb and accidentally revive a mummy. The mummy, Tapok, doesn't try to strangle them, but rather challenges t
The Yattering and Jack
Nov 8, 1987 · 22 min
A normal, everyday, plain-as-day man, Jack Polo, lives a normal, everyday life...despite the fact that strange poltergeist-like events occur around him. He seems oblivious to every
Seymourlama
Nov 15, 1987 · 22 min
Much to his parents' frustration, a spoiled young boy, Seymour, is declared the High Lama by a group of monks.
Sorry, Right Number
Nov 22, 1987 · 22 min
Katie receives a mysterious phone call from a woman warning about her husband's death...but he isn't dead yet. Katie ignores the phone call, and her husband dies. At the funeral, a
Payment Overdue
Feb 14, 1988 · 22 min
Michael, a heartless collection agent, finds out that Jeanette doesn't quite understand the rules of going into debt, and has some unpleasant problems as a result.
Love Hungry
Feb 21, 1988 · 22 min
Betsy, an overweight woman, receives an anonymous package with an earpiece that will supposedly help her diet. It transmits the "voices" of her food as is being eaten, but Betsy st
The Deal
Feb 28, 1988 · 22 min
Screenwriter Tom Dash unwittingly makes a deal with the Devil and finds he must get out of it by finding a new victim or offer up his soul.
The Apprentice
May 1, 1988 · 22 min
Jane is hired by a Puritan museum but ends up mysteriously going back in time where she is forced to work as a near slave in the past.
The Cutty Black Sow
May 8, 1988 · 22 min
On her deathbed, Jamie's great grandmother tells him the tale of a Celtic demon, the Cutty Black Sow, that comes to claim the soul of anyone dying that night, and Jamie vows to pro
Do Not Open This Box
May 15, 1988 · 22 min
An aged inventor and his wife come into possession of a box marked "Do not open this box." The wife opens it and finds it empty. The next day a man comes to claim the box and the l
Family Reunion
May 22, 1988 · 22 min
Janice, a young mother, swears to a social worker, Trudy, that her husband Robert kidnapped their son Bobby six months ago and she hasn't seen either of them since. Trudy agrees to
Going Native
Jun 19, 1988 · 22 min
An alien is sent to Earth to study the nature and behavior of human beings. The alien, who resembles a normal Earth female, meticulously studies photographs of still life from larg
Hush
Jul 10, 1988 · 22 min
A babysitter is called in to take care of a sick boy. As a game, the two make up a pretend creature out of household parts, one that eats sounds. The creature comes to life, suckin
Barter
Jul 17, 1988 · 22 min
A mother tries to get a reprieve from her noisy drums-practicing son by making a deal with an ammonia-seeking alien. Spoofs the I Love Lucy television series.
Basher Malone
Jul 23, 1988 · 22 min
A wrestler seeking one great opponent finds himself tricked into fighting a demon from Hell.