Welcome to Camp
Here is your official spoiler warning before we dive into the events of episode eight - Rest In Pieces.
This is super late going up because Blogger never posted it when I had scheduled it to. The finale recap will be up early next week.
We open with Brooke and Donna talking about the future over what looks like lunch. Brooke muses that she can go anywhere once this is over. She might want to go to Australia. She'll figure out her future once Margaret is dead. Donna suggests heading back to the hotel and waiting until dark to sneak into the camp (which is a solid plan). She also recommends that Brooke gets her strength up by eating. She deduces that Margaret has to have adrenaline level strength and Brooke will need to match that if she is going to be the final girl. Brooke is adorably confused by the entire notion of a final girl (thanks, prison) and Donna has to explain that most horror movies (especially from the 80s) have a final girl who survives.
Their nice meal is interrupted by a woman, named Stacey, who thinks Brooke looks exactly like ... Brooke. The Brooke that is supposed to be dead. Brooke brushes it off but Stacey is with the press (and probably smarter than Brooke thinks she is). She has written books on a bunch of different serial killers. She is, unsurprisingly, writing about Jingles and Camp Redwood next. She also seems to think that the 80s is going to be what ruins the world so there is that. Brooke is eager to get away and makes an excuse and a quick exit. She is, obviously, concerned that Stacey recognized her.
We next see Jonas walking along the road back to Camp Redwood and Bruce pulls up in a bright pink car to offer assistance. Pretty sure nothing good has happened to the owner of this car. He urges Jonas to get into the car and continues to drive up to the camp. Jonas questions what happened to his hands and Bruce makes up some bullshit about chicks being crazy. It isn't long before banging and screaming comes from the trunk of the car. I think we know how Bruce got his new wheels.
We're treated to a flashback of the lady who owns the pink car coming to Bruce's aid after Donna and Brooke left him tied up on the side of the road. She does the nice thing and unties him. He repays this kindness by being an asshole and strangling her with the rope he was tied up with. He throws her into the trunk and drives off.
Back in current day, Bruce pulls over and yells at the woman to shut up because they are trying to listen to music. She begs him to let her go. She promises she won't say anything. Bruce is unimpressed. He thinks her acting skills are lacking. She tries again but he's uninterested and just stabs her.
Meanwhile, back at Kajagoogoo's tour bus, Margaret is not happy that Courtney did not tell her about the band's death sooner. She wants him to clean up all of the bodies (even if he has to cut them into tiny pieces to do it). She wants a full clean up job. Courtney is not enthused by this plan and voices his concerns. Margret tells him that it is okay because everyone is still coming and nobody is going to miss Kajagoogoo anyway. Harsh, Margaret. Poor Courtney starts to clean up and is loading body parts into the back of a van when he hears the unmistakable chords to "Too Shy" coming from behind the bus. He goes to investigate and it is the entire band, as ghosts now, practicing. Limahl is pumped because they have never sounded better.
Richard is creeping on the stage set up and notices a roadie from Billy Idol's crew. He has a fanboy moment when the guy shows him Billy's rings. He asks Richard who he is with and Richard replies 'Satan'. Richard is in his element and decides to play air guitar and sing Rebel Yell while dancing around in the woods. If he wasn't Richard Ramirez the whole thing would be cute.
His performance is interrupted by Jingles who tackles him. Billy chuckles and says that he is glad Jingles got his invitation. He feels that Jingles should be thanking him for reminding him who he is. Jingles basically tells Richard that he is going to kill him and the two start fighting. It's a drag out fight with each getting the upper hand at times. They end up on the road leading up to the camp and Bruce comes along in the pink car and hits Jingles. He's fine and actually ends up being able to run away which pisses off Richard. Bruce gets out of the car and does some fanboying of his own when he recognizes Richard. Richard is still pissed but more than a little flattered when Bruce tells him what an inspiration he is. He fills Richard in on his own serial killer exploits. He shows off the body in the trunk (which is number six in his body count). Richard is pretty impressed, says it is pretty 'metal' with a smirk. Bruce wants to help out. Richard is, at first, hesitant. This isn't just some girl he is hunting. He's hunting big game - Jingles. Bruce still wants to help but unsure of how they will find him in the woods. Richard pulls out his knife and does a blood ritual and says that Satan will help them.
Brooke and Donna are just trying to relax in their room when Stacey shows up again. She knows exactly who both of them are and wants them to come to her room so she can fill them in on how she knows everything. Pretty sure going with some random stranger to a second location is NEVER a good idea. Brooke and Donna go though. Stacey paid the warden to get footage of the execution. She has also done a ton of research on the camp massacres (because there is more than one at this camp) and knows everything about Donna ... including that her father was a serial killer. She just doesn't know why Donna helped Brooke though. Brooke helpfully fills her in on everything in exchange for her help getting them back into the camp. She also includes the stipulation of Stacey not naming Donna or revealing that Brooke is alive (at least until after the book is written). They fill Stacey in on the fact that Margaret was the one who killed everyone, not Jingles. Stacey agrees to these terms.
Jingles wakes up. I guess this means that being hit with the car 'killed' him and he regenerated as ghosts do. Jonas is there to explain that coming back gets easier each time. They share stories of coming back and how it is painful and that pieces of you go missing each time it happens. Jingles is desperate for this not to happen. He needs to remember. He puts a knife to poor Jonas' throat. All of this just renews Jingles desire to kill Ramirez. He pushes Jonas out of the way and stalks off to find Richard.
Montana and Trevor are having a nice moment curled up in bed together. She is filling him in on ghost life. She says that they can feel pain, pleasure, etc but the only feeling that lasts is a constant longing. The ghosts long to be alive, dead, or anything except stuck in this inbetween. Montana reveals that they plan to kill everyone who comes to the concert so that they can get attention and hopefully someone will come and free them. Worst case scenario is that there are more people to have sex with, talk to, and get distracted by. Trevor offers to stay at the camp with her. He can be that distraction. Montana reminds him that he will get older, and that he is also married. Trevor doesn't care. He hates Margaret. All he wants is to be with Montana. He loves her and he loves the camp. It feels like home for him. He muses that there is nothing outside the camp for him anyway. The 80s are ending. He sweetly tells Montana that she is the 80s to him.
They are actually really freaking cute. She, obviously, melts and they share a cute kiss. They leave the cabin and Margaret is sneakily glaring at them from the woods.
Richard and Bruce are still hunting down Jingles. Bruce wants to know what the big deal is about this Jingles guy. He figures he can't be that big of a threat if a car takes him down. Richard doesn't want to underestimate Jingles. He explains that Jingles is his worst enemy and he needs him to die at this camp. Bruce wants to know why exactly happened between them to cause this hatred. Richard is still butthurt about being betrayed and that is really what it comes down to. Xavier pops up and express that he is also on the Jingles sucks train. He wants to help them and leads them to where Jingles actual body is buried. Apparently disturbing it will make Jingles come out. Xavier isn't sure why they go back to where their bodies are buried, but he suspects it is them holding on to when they were alive. Xavier is bitching about how Jingles burned him alive when Jingles appears behind him and stabs him through the chest. Bruce is just catching onto the fact that something weird is going on and begins to question how Jingles can both be dead and not dead. Jingles, having no time for this nonsense, simply tells Bruce that if he stays he's dead. Bruce takes off (but just hides out of sight). Richard is pissed that Jingles is dead though and demands to know who killed him. Jingles tells him that he committed suicide. This makes Richard laugh. He respects the balls it took to do that and that it was done to level the playing field so to speak, but now Jingles is stuck at the camp forever. Richard can just go to Alaska and kill his son and there is nothing Jingles can do about it. Jingles has other plans though. He is going to kill Richard and spend the rest of eternity torturing him basically. Margaret shows up on the scene and shoots Jingles. She first wants to shoot Bruce too until Richard tells her that he is with him. Bruce, who is so confused about everything, which is fair, wants to know how they know each other. Margaret explains that her and Richard have a mutual admiration and sexual attraction. She has a plan and she wants their help with something.
Brooke and Donna are filling Stacey in on the events that happened at the camp. They tell her about Richard being there as well. It sounds ridiculous but Stacey believes them. She points out that it is Brooke's story so whatever she says is the truth. This makes Donna defend Brooke and she reiterates that everything Stacey has been told is the truth.
While Stacey is distracted taking photos Donna expresses her concerns that Stacey is going to screw them over. Brooke has another plan. She wants to get Stacey to the cabin where she was attacked and kill her. Donna, rightly, thinks that this is a bad plan. She doesn't think Brooke is a murderer because the only person she killed was in self defense. Brooke says that the old her died in prison and she leads Stacey towards the cabin.
Montana and the gang have Jingles strung up with chains. He wants them to let him go so he can protect his son, but the group is not having it. Xavier is still pissed that Jingles killed him and quips that he may be dead but he is still traumatized. He is also mad that Jingles put him in an oven because he was going to be an actor (and not just a stage actor, but an actor on TV). They all want revenge for what Jingles did to them. He tries to make a deal with them - he will let them kill him but he wants to kill Richard first. Chet is like 'No way. That guy is a dick' and Xavier agrees that the do not want Richard around forever. Jingles tries to plead with them again and points out that his son is innocent and that Richard will kill him just to get back at Jingles. Xavier has no sympathy though.
Montana doesn't believe him anyways. She confidently states that Richard doesn't kill kids. Jingles basically laughs in her face and tells her that she doesn't know who Richard has become. He also shares that Richard told him all about her and how she seduced him and brought him up to the camp to kill for her. She helped create him. Xavier and Ray are quick to judge Montana for hooking up with the Night Stalker. Jingles explains that the fire she lit in Richard basically turned into an inferno when he left the camp. He again begs for his son's life.
Stacey and Brooke reach the cabin. Brooke starts to fill in more details and tells Stacey that the only way to know what she went through is to 'walk in her shoes' so to speak. She gets Stacey to close her eyes and picture it as she describes it. Brooke, while spinning her tale, sneaks up on Stacey with a knife. Donna comes rushing in and pushes Brooke away from Stacey. She tells her to run and tries to talk some sense into Brooke. She refocuses Brooke on their true purpose - revenge. She wants Brooke to focus on that one act of revenge and then they can move on. Nobody else needs to get hurt. Brooke seems into it and states they can be final girls to which Donna agrees.
Stacey is full tilt running through the camp grounds and literally runs into Richard. He chuckles when she is all "OMG! You're the Night Stalker" and Margaret quickly joins him. This prompts Stacey to realize that everything Brooke told her was the truth. Margaret realizes that Stacey knows too much. Bruce grabs Stacey from behind and snarks that she needs to pick her friends more wisely. She explains that she is not their friend. She was using them to get a story. Richard doesn't like writers and so he kills her. Bruce asks if the plan Margret has is just to kill everyone they come across because he is entirely on board with that. This is not her plan. Margaret's actual plan? To kill off all of the musical acts coming to the festival. She figures that if all of the musical acts die at the camp it'll become the hottest tourist attraction. She uses Graceland and the place where John Lennon was shot as proof.
Richard is not fully on board with her plan though. It seems we have the answer to whether or not he'd kill Billy Idol if Satan asked him to and the answer is a definitive no. He's real quick to put an exception on the performers that they kill.
He is not here for Billy Idol being murdered. Bruce backs him up on this. Margaret is fine with this. She just wants all of the other performers dead because she wants to create a place that people flock to so that she can make a fortune.
Montana is upset by what Jingles and everyone said to her about Richard. She is off by herself when Trevor comes to her with a plan of his own. He feels that he has reached his peak. He is only going to decline both mentally and physically so he wants to die at the camp and join her. He tells her that he loves her and wants to be with her. Montana, who is feeling a lot of self pity right now, tells him that he doesn't even know her and that she is a monster. He questions her and she reveals that Richard is her ex. Trevor expresses confusion and concern and Montana jumps to the conclusion that he sees her differently now. She is over being judged and blamed for a man's actions.
Preach, Montana. Preach. I love everything about this speech. She, rightly, states that she didn't make Richard evil. He was already there. She says that if they want to make her the villain that it is fine now because she's earned it. She shares that she has killed a lot of people since she died. She says she is irredeemable. Trevor is super understanding though. He tells her that her past doesn't matter to him. She can change. She feels she doesn't deserve happiness. He says that she does because she made him realize that happiness is. She literally and figuratively pushes him away and tells him that she doesn't want him. She needs someone as fucked up as she is. She screams at him to go. I am fairly certain this is her way of protecting him. It's also the spiral she is going through but I think she does care about Trevor and doesn't want him throwing his life away for her. I am still hoping for them to spend eternity together.
Xavier and the gang have taken Jingles to the dock. Jingles pleads again and reminds him that they are helping Richard kill a baby. Xavier says he is fine with that since it is his baby. They stab him a bunch of times and put him on a boat and push it away from the dock. They basically plan to let him slowly die in the middle of the lake. However, in another wink to Friday the 13th, something reaches up and drags Jingles into the water.
It is very reminiscent of Jason pulling the counselor into the water at the end of the first Friday the 13th. This is supposed to be Bobby. We cut to this beautiful, dream like sequence where Jingles is reunited with his mom and brother. They are having a picnic. His mother is nice to him for once. It's a peaceful, almost blissful happy ending. Jingles claims he doesn't deserve this because he failed his son. His mother tells him that he did his best and that there is so much violence and evil in the camp that nobody could overcome it. He breaks down sobbing that he lost his Bobby. She tenderly cups his face and tells him ' but we found ours'. She actually express gratitude that he brought Bobby back to her. Jingles wonders how he can rest now and she tells him to let go of the past instead of letting it haunt him. This is probably the closest thing to a happy ending that we'll get for Jingles. Bobby asks him to play and even I got a little teary as the episode closes out.
The finale is next week. I cannot believe our time at Camp Redwood has almost come to an end. I have no doubt that the writers have another surprise in store that wrecks Jingles' happy ending. I also have a feeling that we might get to see Billy Idol. We'll also find out who the final girl is and get to see Finn Wittrock join the cast (which I am very excited about).
My theories at this point? Finn is playing the grown up son of Jingles who goes to Camp Redwood in the future to find out what happened to his father. I am basing this off nothing other than the promo that seems to tease his character wearing more modern clothing. I am also expecting that Richard will get away some how (he does, after all, have to die of leukemia and end up at Hotel Cortez at some point).
Until next week ... maybe don't follow a stranger to their hotel room.
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