Tales of the Unexpected: Series 8
Season 8 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 of the Unexpected Season 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
People Don't Do Such Things
Mar 30, 1985 · 24 min
Trouble looms when married woman Gwen falls for a successful romantic novelist.
In the Cards
Jul 14, 1985 · 24 min
Madame Myra is a third-rate fortune teller who foresees a dim future for herself. And then she meets a stranger in town who shows her a way to do a whole lot better. What, though,
Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery
Jul 21, 1985 · 24 min
On a long drive through the desert, a couple get their car serviced and are handed an extortionate bill. But they plan on turning the tables.
Scrimshaw
Jul 28, 1985 · 24 min
Brenda is a lonely drifter living in the island paradise of Key West. She has no friends and drinks a lot to forget her tragic past. Then she runs into Eric, a man she knew long ag