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666 Park Avenue: “The Dead Don't Stay Dead”

It's Faust: The Series, only this time all the writers' sympathies are with the Devil, so to speak. Apparently the Drake -- the name of the apartment building that is located at the address mentioned in the show's title -- has a history of attracting folks who are prone to make a deal with the Devil. And come to think it, the guy who owns the apartment building just happens to be a man of wealth and taste. What a coincidence!

In this latest episode, we see our old friend Aubrey Dollar from the show Point Pleasant playing an obit writer who discovers via the Drake the power to make her writing come true. Unfortunately, she ends up as a victim of one of her own creations -- or does she?

Inquiring minds want to know. Though chances are very good that anyone who has ever seen a horror movie before can guess where this episode is heading long before it gets there.

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666 Park Avenue: “Pilot”

You wouldn't think someone could make a dull TV show out of a demon-haunted apartment building but that's what the producers of 666 Park Avenue managed to do. It's a shame, too, because Terry O'Quinn and Vanessa Williams showed great potential as the building's mysterious owners. Unfortunately, the script never really followed up on that potential and it didn't help that O'Quinn's bald head made him look like Mr. Clean in the eyes of at least one snarky viewer I know (i.e., my middle brother).

Oh, well. Better luck next time.