Geo TV - Rico the Devil (Original Version)

Do you remember the Season 3 Episode 15 of Geo TV called "Rico the Devil", which was aired on February 6th, 2001 on ABC? If you haven't watch the episode, here's a summary of the plot:
When Rico did something terrible at school, Mr. Hell decides to possess Rico as a demon to do evil stuff. In the middle of the episode, Geo Guy tried to stop Rico from doing those stuff until Geo Guy finally realizes that Rico's being possessed by Mr. Hell in the episode's climax. In the end, Mr. Hell wanted to possess someone someday.
The episode is a little bit scary and disturbing because of the plot and title. Well, there's something morbid behind it...
There was an early version of the episode that was MUCH more disturbing and horrifying and was originally planned to be a Halloween special in season 3 (probably around October 2000) but ABC changed the darker theme for the episode because of the content. Also, they delayed the episode to a later date which was February 2001.
Before the final version was aired on TV, the original version was copied into a VHS tape, and since my friend worked at Glass Ball Productions, he had the tape of the original version of the episode.
He focused more about having it in his possession rather than watching it. He knew about my love for the original episode so he let me borrow the tape of it for a while.
When I got home, I popped the tape into my old VCR player and there was static for a few seconds and then it showed black screen. Right before the intro starts, a message appeared on the black screen, saying:
"The following episode you about to see is an early version of the season 3 episode 'Rico the Devil', created on August of 2000. Unlike the final version, this version contains blood, gore, violence and disturbing content, and it was actually aired in other countries before the final version was aired in the US. Watch it at your own risk."
After the message, it cuts to the intro, which was normal. But the beginning was different, you know where Rico gets in detention in school for talking back to the bullies in the boys' bathroom? Well, instead, it shows a black screen but you could hear Geo Guy and Rico arguing about something, but the audio is muffled so you couldn't hear what they're saying. After about five minutes, the tape cut to the scene of Rico getting ready for bed. When Mr. Hell arrived, I noticed he has red growing eyes and has a creepy grin.
When Mr. Hell possesses Rico, he orders him to kill people in this version, while in the final version he orders him to do some very rude stuff. Rico has transformed into a demon, and he has red growing eyes in this version. Then the screen fades to black. A new scene begins with Rico killing everyone in Geoville, but the screen was distorted, and all you could see is red. When the screen turned back to normal, it shows Rico doing something disturbing... It looks like he's slicing Jea.
The scene cuts to Geo Guy facing Rico after he killed everyone until they start a battle with each other. Geo Guy finds a pistol on the ground and shoots Rico in the gut. But then Rico comes back to life and grabs Geo Guy by ripping off his arms, legs, and head, until he is dead and just a white ball with a pool of blood behind him.
Rico then arrived to Hell and told Mr. Hell that he had killed Geo Guy. But Mr. Hell says to Rico that what he did to Geo Guy was wrong, and that Rico will die, which angered Rico, till' the point where he took out a knife and stabbed Mr. Hell, 5 times in the chest. Mr. Hell dies, as Rico rips off his arms, legs, and head. The episode then ended with a message in Japanese but I realized this message was from LSD: Dream Emulator. The credits then rolled, playing unusually ominous music for the show.
After witnessing what I just watched, I threw the tape out. I will never forget this experience. If you stumble across the original version of "Rico the Devil", let me know.
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