#16: Forbidden Fruits
Original airdate: April 7, 1998
Production no.: AM-116
Written by: Martin Vale & Elise Pritchard
Directed by: Leonard K. Ames
Guest stars: Helen Drake as Judge Hopkins; Victor Bell as opposing counsel
Screen capture from my EP tape. Please credit this site.
THE WHOLE STORY (SPOILERS!!!)
Alan visits a fruit stand run by the first Original Owner, who gently warns him about what happens to men who rewrite love. Alan hears only that there is a woman who could be convinced. He casts Pomum Prohibitum on a basket of figs and gives them to Bethany.
Daniel is shown in a library reading the same warning. Neither man looks up. The man in the background reads a newspaper dated 1964, then 1997, then 1964. Continuity: there were Owners before Alan.
⚖ CASE OF THE WEEK
The Fruit Stand v. The Estate of Eve: unlawful knowledge.
💭 INSIDE ALAN’S HEAD
Alan's monologue turns into a figs-based cooking show.
📖 CODEX LORE
THE ORIGINAL OWNER is introduced. He does not age. He does not blink.
My Two Cents
The most mysterious yet. The Original Owner has to be the key. His mouth moves a little before the sound, like the Reflection. I'm making a chart for the McBurger Files. I give it 🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔 out of five burgers.
Best Quote
OWNER: Every book is a door. Some doors are only on one side.
Continuity Watch / Theories
Man in the background reading a newspaper: the date is 1964, then 1997, then 1964.
A second screencap from my VHS archive
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