Chapter Forty-Five: Angels in America

Nelson High School’s poster for the musical

**Chapter Forty-Five: Angels in America** is the tenth episode of Season 4 of *Tales From The Darkside,* and the forty-fifth overall. The episode is related to The Titanic Arc. The episode aired on October 17, 2023.

## Synopsis

**NELSON HIGH PRESENTS “ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME” MUSICAL** — Katie showcases The Group her idea for the spring musical, a Britney Spears musical, which Bryson and Carson are fans of. Meanwhile, Melissa plans to show her feelings to a certain member.

## Plot

The next day comes, and Bryson wakes up, feeling super confident in himself. He arrives at school, where he joins the cast in the auditorium for the musical (“Ending Theme”). Melissa walks in, and sees Yasmin (“…Baby One More Time”). Kendra appears behind her, and motions her to confess her feelings. Melissa reiterates, asking Kendra, “What are you talking about?” Katie talks with Bryson after rehearsal, and asks for a ride home. Bryson agrees, and drives her home. As Bryson pulls up to Katie’s house, they continue to talk for a few more minutes. Katie feels nervous, saying, “I feel like an entertainer, putting on a circus for people, who simply watch, laugh, and walk away” (“Circus”).” Bryson comforts her as Katie quietly weeps in his lap. She then looks into Bryson's eyes, and without thinking, they begin to kiss. They both head into Katie’s house, where they dance around (“Make Me..”) and eventually lead into Katie’s room. The next day, Melissa finally decides to confess her feelings to Yasmin, and despite Yasmin not liking her back, Yasmin says she reciprocates. Melissa is happy, but Yasmin feels bad (“Oops!… I Did It Again”). The Group rehearses for the musical, which everyone is excited for (“I’m A Slave 4 U”). Melissa continues to insist that she and Yasmin are dating, and Kendra also supports the idea. Yasmin finally pulls the plug, and yells at Melissa in front of everyone, “I don’t actually like you! I was pretending to because I felt bad for you, okay!?” Melissa runs away as Yasmin tries to apologize after realizing she messed up. Melissa walks outside, and begins feeling a dark force around her (“Stronger”). Bryson appears behind her, and apologizes for it. Melissa turns to Bryson, and says, “Why you?” Bryson asks what she means, and Melissa explains, “Yasmin always talked about the day she met you, how you two immediately hit it off because you’re both Mexican or something like that. But she gave up when you started dating Katie, and now Yasmin thought she’d get something from me, but it failed.” Bryson tries to reason with Melissa, saying, “Look, I don’t want anything with Yasmin. I have Katie, I don’t need her.” Melissa doesn’t care, and walks back inside. She sees Yasmin run up to her to apologize, but Melissa pushes her away. She walks up to Katie and tells her, “Katie, I’m sorry but I don’t want to be in the musical anymore” (“Toxic”).” Melissa walks outside, and comes face to face with The Dark Lord. Melissa asks, “What do you want?” The Dark Lord doesn’t say anything, and forms into a dust cloud. He spins around Melissa before forcefully entering Melissa’s body. Yasmin sees this, and tries to stop The Dark Lord, but is too late as Melissa is fully possessed, concerning The Group once again. Bryson asks Yasmin, “Do you have an item that could help us break Melissa out?” Yasmin answers, “Yeah. A necklace, but it went down with the Titanic. I accidentally left it there.” Bryson says, “Maybe we can travel back. We’ll get Melissa back, don’t worry.”

## Trivia

* The episode title comes from the 1991 two-part play of the same name.