Some inevitable spoilers for previous episodes.

Accepting his fate Chucky decides to take the rest of the planet with him.

Oh no!  What have I done???

I have already rated five episodes of Chucky’s TV iteration 10/10 for being flawless nuggets of satirical TV gore, but now Don Mancini and his team go and ruin it by coming up with an episode that is better than all of the others put together.

Having left our favourite slasher doll busy making Lee Harvey Oswald look like a complete amateur, he is now in possession of the nuclear codes. But how can Chucky access the red button, armed only with a six-year-old boy and a disembodied human organ? At which point I need to stop saying anything about the story, because the sheer joy of this episode is in the telling and its many mouth-watering turns and witty curlicues, although I think it’s fair to warn viewers not to watch this with small children. They could be traumatised for life. Not because of the violence or horror… it’s something far more shocking!

However, I can say that we are treated to a musical duet – which, when it starts, the viewer can be forgiven for thinking will be toe-curlingly cheesy, but turns out to be beautifully executed and surprisingly moving.

There also has to be a shout out to the amazing Devon Sawa, who Chucky fans will know appears in each season as multiple characters. We’ve already seen him as Jake’s father; Jake’s uncle; Father Bryce (headmaster of the School of the Incarnate Lord); and in the current series as President James Collins. In a piece of storytelling genius, we are now treated to his fifth and best performance, a painfully funny and brilliant comic creation, made all the more effective by being integral to the narrative while actually adding to the episode’s more serious undercurrents.

Verdict: Our esteemed editor doesn’t like us mucking around with the scoring system so this brilliant episode will just have to make do with a measly 10/10 again. My only concern now, is where on earth does this terrific show go next? 10/10*

Martin Jameson

www.ninjamarmoset.com

*11/10 really.