Heart On A Chain
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fiatlux-1 — 17 years ago(April 15, 2008 05:11 PM)
Wow, that episode is the one I remember best about this show! It made me feel a plethora of emotions at different times: hopeful, happy, very sad, wistful.
That end scene was a REAL heart-wrencher, agreed!
This show was before its time, in a lot of ways. I miss its intelligence especially.
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DavidSim240183 — 17 years ago(July 01, 2008 11:40 AM)
Heart on a Chain is a definite change of pace for Eerie, Indiana. The whole Marshall/Simon angle takes a complete back seat to a drama of a much more humane level. I find this episode incredibly touching. The whole tone is completely different to the episodes surrounding it. There's nothing sinister or creepy which is the series' norm. And the acting from Omri Katz, Danielle Harris and even Cory Danziger's brief performance as Devon are superb. The conflict put at their feet is remarkably adult considering the show's so-called status as a kiddie series, and their performances touch many emotional nerves. That final scene may very well be the most moving moment to ever feature in an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
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tysonmike666 — 17 years ago(July 25, 2008 05:28 AM)
Yeah and at the ending (before the angel's tear), after Melanie goes to left and Marshall & Simon to right: a man appeares and walks forward to Melanie. Watched this scene for 3 times and I recognized him: He is the Reaper! So Melanie dies without the golden heart? or that's just a (morbid) joke?
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longlivesimpsons — 16 years ago(April 26, 2009 03:20 AM)
Wait a minute you're saying Melanie dies as they are leaving the cemetary after being touched by the reaper/death? I thought that was just a gag, and Melanie just drifted apart from Marshall, maybe moving towns again or finding the relationship too painful due to all the complicated feelings. I suppose maybe Melanie died later, organ transplants don't always work. I'm an atheist, so the angel tear was completely uninteresting to me, I found the more psychological aspects of the episode far more worthwhile, the way it explored the emotional fallout from receiving an organ transplant from somebody you loved and who loved you and then falling in love with a mutual friend, which is plenty poignant without adding a mystical aspect. This is a fantastic series, I just got the DVD boxset a few days ago and I marathoned a big bunch of episodes yesterday, I'll watch more today (maybe try and finish). Heart on a Chain has an almost Buffy-esque tragic tenderness. This show also kind of reminds me of Xxxholic.
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perorewen — 15 years ago(June 09, 2010 02:27 PM)
Well, it was the Reaper walking towards her, you can see it pretty clearly if you just look.
And her death is the only reason he should be there. Ok, I know Eerie is supposed to be weird, but this is hard symbolism. And well, it's not like a lot of people didn't die in that show.
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EmpressClaudia — 15 years ago(March 30, 2011 01:02 PM)
You can indeed and I never noticed that before and Marshall says too bad we weren't alone and at first you think he's talking about Devon but then you see the Reaper and you're like OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that's what he meant.
This episode killed me as a kid.
And I agree with the posted above it definitely reminds me of Buffy or Buffy reminds me of it.
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leermartinez — 14 years ago(October 03, 2011 02:03 AM)
the ending with the reaper walking towards Melanie and the words Marshall said made me believe he was saying that Melanie died soon after. At least that's what I always felt watching that part. I just saw it again the other day, still felt that way to me.
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Fry-threethousand — 14 years ago(November 20, 2011 08:32 AM)
I met Joe Dante yesterday, at a signing session in France.
I asked him about the reaper.
I thought it was just a joke, and it was a coincidence that it went in the same direction as Melanie, but actually Dante really wanted it to mean that she died.
He told me it was his idea to put the reaper in the background, even though there can be 2 interpretations of Marshall saying that they were not alone. Actually I thought it was an allusion to the other boy, who died. -
johnyanks326 — 14 years ago(January 26, 2012 10:35 PM)
It's the episode that got me certifiably hooked on the show. It seemed so oddly realistic (emotionally and even aesthetically), and I kind of connected to it because I knew a kid who died after being hit by a car at the same age as the Devon character was. Really amazing piece of TV, writing, acting, directing, lighting and "real-life"-wise.
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Todd_B — 11 years ago(March 05, 2015 04:06 PM)
I never noticed that was the reaper. I figured it would've just been more Eerie weirdness having the reaper walk around the cemetery. But Joe Dante saying she died combined with Marshall saying 'too bad we weren't alone and too bad it was the very last time'