CHUCKY Season 1 (2021) KILL COUNT

Zoran Gvojic

Mike Cygan

CHUCKY Season 1 (2021) KILL COUNT is the three-hundred and fifty-first video of James A. Janisse's series, The Kill Count

## Overview

Jake Wheeler, a 14-year-old middle school student, purchases a vintage Good Guy doll named Chucky from a yard sale with intentions of using him in his personal contemporary art project. Jake's father Lucas disapproves of this hobby and, after an awkward dinner with some relatives, destroys the project. Jake takes Chucky to school the next day, hoping to sell it at a good price; he is then bullied by Lexy Cross, his cousin Junior's girlfriend. At night, Andy Barclay calls Jake and suggests caution with the doll. Upon confirming that Chucky works without batteries, Jake throws him away. Chucky tracks Jake down to the school talent show and forces him to fake an act of ventriloquism. During the show, Chucky publicly humiliates Lexy and Jake is subsequently suspended from school. Later on, Lucas hits Jake after a heated argument over his sexuality; Chucky murders Lucas soon after. Jake is taken to live with Logan and Bree, Junior's parents, and Chucky proposes the prospect of killing Lexy too.

*Flashbacks*: In 1965, Charles Lee Ray is sitting with his mother and they are looking at the mirror happily.

Jake returns to school after his father's death where he's invited to his classmate Oliver's Halloween party. While everyone is out, Chucky murders the Wheelers' maid. Jake confronts Chucky, who feigns innocence, and tries to convince Jake he's on his side. That night, Junior and Jake overhear Logan and Bree discussing if they're even capable of looking after Jake, and Junior begins to fear Jake is capable of hurting Lexy. On the night of the Halloween party, Lexy is told to take her sister Caroline, who has begun to fixate on Chucky since seeing him in the talent show, trick-or-treating but takes her to the party instead. Jake decides to stay home until he finds Chucky missing and races to the party in a panic. There, he finds Lexy dressed up as his father, mocking his death. Despite his rage, Jake stops Chucky from killing her. That night, Chucky once again tries to convince Jake to become a killer.

*Flashbacks*: In 1965, Charles Lee Ray returns home from trick-or-treating. Inspecting his candy, he finds an apple with a razor blade in it, but eats it anyway, uncaring as he cuts his mouth.

Chucky persuades Jake to give in to his temptation to murder Lexy, remembering his encounter with an unknown serial killer assailant in the 1960s. Jake attempts to murder Lexy during a run, only to encounter Junior, who later tells Lexy to apologize to Jake because he worries about what Jake is capable of. Because of this and Caroline's outburst of wanting Chucky, Lexy apologizes to Jake in hopes of having Chucky calm her sister down. Jake originally declines, but after Chucky decides to kill Lexy himself, Jake accepts and seemingly gives him up. Meanwhile, Logan and Bree are called into a parent meeting alongside Lexy's parents, town's mayor Michelle Cross and her husband Nathan, due to transpired events; Concurrently, Lexy secretly hosts a rave party, with Junior, Oliver, and classmate Devon Evans in attendance. Tensions arise as Junior and Oliver compete for Lexy. Chucky accidentally stabs Oliver when he mistakes him for Lexy and murders him upstairs as the rest of the partygoers are distracted by the blasting music, completely unaware of Oliver's screams. Chucky then corners Lexy in a room, causing a fire that engulfs the house as Jake visits his parents' graves.

*Flashbacks*: In 1965, a young Charles Lee Ray helps the unknown assailant murder his parents.

As a result of the fire, Caroline ends in ICU. Lexy and Jake begrudgingly team up to investigate Lexy's burned house for Chucky. Meanwhile, Junior undergoes a medical procedure, and Devon researches the urban legend about how Charles Lee Ray turned into a Good Guy doll. At Lexy's house, Jake saves Lexy from falling from the railing, despite Chucky appearing and attempting to convince him to let her die. A police officer appears after this and takes them and Chucky to the hospital. When the two kids get there, Jake is stopped by Devon's mom, Detective Kim Evans, who strongly believes he's behind the murders. At the hospital, Chucky murders the officer who found him. Devon finds Lexy and tells her the truth about Chucky. As Jake is being interrogated, Caroline's monitor is unplugged, causing chaos in her hospital room. The officer's body is found, and Jake, Lexy, and Devon watch as Chucky flips them off from a distance.

*Flashbacks*: In 1972 at a foster boarding home, a teenage Charles Lee Ray is seen living there with other children, including his young and future accomplice Eddie Caputo. Charles kills the home janitor and in an innocent game, he scares other children when they see the janitor's body in a forest. Eventually, he leaves the home and bids farewell to Caputo, leaving him a unique present in a box in the form of the janitor's severed hand.

When the Cross family returns home, Nathan gives Caroline a Good Guy doll named Tommy, in replacement for the burnt-up Chucky. Jake, Devon, and Lexy ambush the burnt Chucky in a trash can and kick him to his apparent death. Believing Chucky is dead, they move on with their lives, and Jake and Devon have their first kiss. Somewhere at a hotel, Tiffany Valentine and a possessed Nica Pierce are seen living there with two male victims, one who is already dead, held hostage. The two get into an argument that leads to Nica temporarily regaining control of her body. She attempts to free the surviving victim until she returns under Chucky's spell and slashes his neck. Bree talks to her therapist about her stage 4 cancer diagnosis and promises to come clean to her family. Mayor Cross and Detective Evans hold a town meeting at the school, showing remorse for events that transpired and including announcing new city rules. However, things quickly become disastrous when the school principal's severed head rolls onto the stage. Chucky is revealed to be alive, having transferred his soul into the Tommy doll.

*Flashbacks*: In the 1980s, a young adult Charles Lee Ray is seen in a dance club where he meets an exotic dancer who he flirts with. He takes both the dancer and a red-headed woman to a hotel, where the two women put on a show until Charles kills the dancer much to the joy of both him and the other woman, who is revealed to be a young Tiffany.

After the events of *Cult of Chucky*, Andy Barclay and his foster sister Kyle have begun to hunt down the remaining Chucky dolls. Jake, Devon, and Lexy watch as their biology teacher, Mrs. Fairchild, is arrested and charged for Oliver and the principal's murders; with no other option, Jake and Devon successfully contact Andy and Kyle. Meanwhile, Nica reverts to her original body and feigns Chucky in Tiffany's presence. However, Tiffany discovers the ruse and reveals that she has purchased Chucky's childhood home before knocking Nica out and tying her up inside the house, admitting to her she has grown to prefer her company over Chucky's. Bree comes clean about her cancer diagnosis to her family; during a meeting with her therapist, Chucky pushes a cart toward Bree and throws her out the glass window to her death. Bree's therapist attributes this to depression and labels this as suicide. Devon reveals his relationship with Jake to his mom; shortly after, Jake, Devon, and Lexy set up a trap for Chucky, who attacks the trio and murders Detective Evans by breaking her neck when she falls down the stairs.

*Flashbacks*: In 1987, Charles Lee Ray and Tiffany purchase a car and slit the salesman's throat. While they drive, Charles reads a book about Voodoo.

At Bree's wake, Junior blames Jake for the recent deaths. Tiffany shows up unannounced and kisses Logan. Andy abandons Kyle at a gas station and heads to the town on his own. Devon prepares to leave the town and live with his aunt in New Jersey, following his mother's death. At a public conference, Mayor Cross announces that the annual town screening of *Frankenstein* will have a celebrity guest of Jennifer Tilly, with Tiffiany posing as her. Chucky acquaints Junior and convinces him to kill those he believes responsible for his family falling apart. Jake steals money from Logan and runs away from home; however, he changes his mind after buying a suspicious Good Guy doll and brings it to Lexy's house. Both kids seek out Devon's location and realize that he has broken into Chucky's childhood home. Meanwhile, Chucky, who has regained power over Nica's body, takes Devon hostage. Chucky convinces Junior that Logan cheated on Bree with Tiffany, somehow causing her "suicide"; Junior proceeds to beat Logan to death with the doll. As Jake and Lexy prepare to head to Devon's location, the doll Jake brought begins to come alive. Andy arrives at the Wheeler's house and Devon is revealed to be surrounded by a horde of Good Guy dolls.

*Flashbacks*: In 1988, Tiffany finds out that Charles kills behind her back and the two have an argument before he storms out.

The doll Jake brought to the Cross house comes alive, but he is shot to death by Kyle, who reveals Chucky's voodoo abilities before drugging Jake and Lexy to keep them safe. When Tiffany arrives home, Chucky, as Nica, attempts to kill her, but Chucky and Junior arrive to handle the situation. Tiffany shows Chucky his horde of Good Guys dolls to fulfill Chucky's plan: the dolls will be distributed in a delivery truck to murder people all over the country. When Tiffany accuses Chucky of being self-centered, Chucky tells Junior to kill Nica, but Tiffany, fed up with Chucky's abusive and neglectful treatment of her, decapitates the doll before he can. Tiffany plants a bomb in the basement, which goes off and seemingly kills Andy and Kyle. At the *Frankenstein* screening, Chucky hides under the theater seats and begins stabbing and killing multiple guests, including Nathan. Junior is convinced by Lexy to do the right thing, so he stabs Chucky before being stabbed himself. Jake finishes Chucky by crushing his head. Junior apologizes before dying in Lexy's arms. Andy, who survived the explosion, hijacks the truck and foils Chucky's plan, but Tiffany's doll form reveals herself and takes him hostage with a gun. The following day, Tiffany reveals that she has cut off Nica's limbs in fear of what Chucky would do if he takes over Nica's body again. Jake, Devon, and Lexy visit Junior's grave before a gloved hand appears. In an epilogue, Chucky recaps the series' kills and ends the season finale.

*Flashbacks*: In 1988 as Charles leaves his apartment, Tiffany calls Detective Mike Norris to report the "Lakeshore Strangler".

## Deaths

### Counted Deaths**:**

1. Lucas Wheeler - Electrocuted with whiskey vomit - 101 - 38 mins in
2. Annie - Head and neck impaled on kitchen utensils - 102 - 10 mins in
3. Peter Ray - Stabbed ~5x by the Hackensack Slasher - 103 - 37 mins in
4. Oliver Hayden - Stabbed more than 30x - 103 - 38 mins in
5. Elizabeth Ray - Stabbed by Charles offscreen - 103 - 44 mins in
6. Orphanage Janitor - Throat slit and hand cut off - 104 - 21 mins in  (Body found)
7. Detective Sean Peyton - Stabbed repeatedly with syringes and injected with drugs - 104 - 33 mins in
8. Delilah - Stabbed 10x by Chucky and Tiffany - 105 - 29 mins in
9. Guy in Hotel Suite - Seen dead in hotel room - 105 - 33 mins in  (Body found)
10. Tied-Up Hotel Guy - Throat slit with knife by ChuckNica - 105 - 38 mins in
11. Principal Megan McVey - Decapitated - 105 - 42 mins in
12. Chucky Doll #1 - Shot to hell by Andy and Kyle - 106 - 5 mins in
13. Car Salesman - Throat slit with nail file - 106 - 13 mins in
14. Bree Wheeler - Defenestrated, landed in car windshield - 106 - 34 mins in
15. Detective Kimberly Evans - Neck broken during stairfall - 106 - 48 mins in
16. Pizza Delivery Guy - Killed by Chucky and Tiffany - 107 - 7 mins in  (Body found)
17. Woman Victim - Stabbed a bunch by Charles - 107 - 23 mins in
18. Logan Wheeler - Beaten to death with big-headed Chucky Doll - 107 - 37 mins in
19. Chucky Doll #2 - Head shot apart by Kyle - 108 - 9 mins in
20. Chucky Doll #3 - Decapitated then incinerated in explosion - 108 - 26 mins in
21. Nathan Cross - Stabbed in butt I guess - 108 - 36 mins in  (Body found)
22. Theater Victim #1 - Whole lotta stabs to the butt  (And other places)  - 108 - 36-37 mins in
23. Theater Victim #2 - Whole lotta stabs to the butt  (And other places)  - 108 - 36-37 mins in
24. Theater Victim #3 - Whole lotta stabs to the butt  (And other places)  - 108 - 36-37 mins in
25. Theater Victim #4 - Whole lotta stabs to the butt  (And other places)  - 108 - 36-37 mins in
26. Theater Victim #5 - Whole lotta stabs to the butt  (And other places)  - 108 - 36-37 mins in
27. Theater Victim #6 - Whole lotta stabs to the butt  (And other places)  - 108 - 36-37 mins in
28. Theater Victim #7 - Whole lotta stabs to the butt  (And other places)  - 108 - 36-37 mins in
29. Theater Victim #8 - Whole lotta stabs to the butt  (And other places)  - 108 - 36-37 mins in
30. Theater Victim #9 - Whole lotta stabs to the butt  (And other places)  - 108 - 36-37 mins in
31. Theater Victim #10 - Whole lotta stabs to the butt  (And other places)  - 108 - 36-37 mins in
32. Chucky Doll #4 - Stabbed in chest by Junior - 108 - 42 mins in
33. Junior Wheeler - Stabbed in chest by Chucky - 108 - 42 mins in
34. Chucky Doll #5 - Eyes squeezed out of head by Jake - 108 - 45 mins in

#### Non-Counted Deaths:

* Mary Wheeler - Died in car accident, mentioned.
* Frog - Mutilated by Chucky
* Binxie the Cat - Killed by Chucky

## Trivia

* This is the second TV Series on the Kill Count and the first to have nothing do to with Stranger Things.
* This is the longest Kill Count (with 1:07:04 minutes).
* This is highest kill count in the Child's Play series with 34 kills beating Bride & Seed of Chucky with 14 kills.
* For some reason, Oliver's death (4th kill) came before Peter Ray's death (3rd kill)