Tales of Little Women: The Death of Jo

A long time ago, I told you a story about a lost episode of Tales of Little Women where Jo has a nightmare involving her going to the real world and ends up being killed by a mysterious figure.

I considered it disturbing, but I still found it to have a nice rainy atmosphere. This isn't what I mean at the moment. You see, I've recently came across another lost episode of this show. Some scenes were way too similar to a story known as Squidward's Suicide, so go easy on me as I tell you this.

I was at home watching the first Despicable Me movie on DVD when I saw an Amazon truck pull up into the driveway. "Hey a package!" I muttered in excitement.

On my way out, the mailman gave me 2 packages. When I got back inside, I saw that there was a package for me and one for my older brother. I opened up my package to see what this item I was given would be.

After opening it up, I saw that it was a VHS of Tales of Little Women distributed by Video Treasures. The cover consisted of a picture of the main 4 sisters standing in front of what is likely their house.

The VHS was titled as "Tales of Little Women: A Home At Last And Other Stories".

To my excitement, I decided to go to my shed and play the tape. The VHS started with the Video Treasures logo and then it played 3 normal episodes of the show including "A Home At Last", "Invitation To The Dance" and "Jo's Civil War Stories".

Both of them were good, but not this one though. As expected, it gave me a warning.

"This episode of Tales of Little Women you're about to see was not shown in the United States or Japan at all due to it's disturbing content. It contains death, some strong language and blood. View this at your own risk!"

"Hmm... I wonder how this'll go." I muttered.

The intro then started and it was normal. It started off with a shot of the March family's new home. The title of the episode was strange and concerning. The episode's title was "The Death of Jo".

"What? This never happened in the novel or any of the adaptations!" I muttered.

I shrugged it off and continued anyway. Jo was in her room working on her novel when Amy could be heard knocking on the door. Amy then entered and asked Jo if she could help her with a drawing she was working on.

"Uh, sure. Just let me finish adding this sentence and then I'll come down and help." Jo said.

"Thanks Jo, you're rather a good sister." Amy replied.

Jo then finished writing her sentence in the novel and walked downstairs. Before making her way to the living room, her mother Mary told Jo that she would be going to the market for a few minutes.

After her discussion with Mary, Jo found Amy on one of the sofas in the living room.

"So what's this drawing you're working on?" Jo asked.

"Well, I'm drawing a picture of what I think space looks like. Some kid told me on my way home from school the other day there are stars in space just like the stars we see at night. The problem is, I can't draw a star properly." Amy replied.

"Not to worry, I'll show you." Jo said.

She then took the paper that Amy had and showed her how most people draw stars. Amy was amazed by this and she thanked Jo once more.

(More to come)