7.0/101 votes#1 - Doorway to Hell
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1988
Lewis Vendredi was defeated in the previous episode Bottle of Dreams, but he has another plan. Vendredi is using a mirror that he prepared before his death, hidden away in an old home that the cousins were unaware their uncle owned. The mirror will open a doorway to hell, and let Lewis escape. Vendredi possesses the body of one of two escaped convicts who has fled to hell. Jack must enter the doorway and destroy it from within, which he manages to do.
Director: William Fruet
Writer: Jim Henshaw
7.0/101 votes#2 - Face of Evil
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/1989
The compact lost in last season's ""Vanity's Mirror"" is found by the dead girl's sister, who is now working as a make-up artist. Inadvertently, the aging starlet she works for gets hold of it, and discovers it has a new ability: by flashing light from the compact into a victim's eyes, they die a horrible, disfiguring death but the actress looks are rejuvenated. Our intrepid trio manage to get hold of it, leaving the actress to suffer all the disfigurements she inflicted on others as the curse snaps back.
Director: William Fruet
Writer: Jim Henshaw
7.0/101 votes#3 - The Prisoner
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 6/10/1989
A crook names Railsback gets hold of a World War II kamikazi jacket. When smeared with the blood of a murderered victim, it lets the wearer become invisible. Railsback is in prison, but uses the jacket to escape and try to recover the stolen loot. He has to kill his former gang members to get it, a task made easier by the jacket. Railsback ends up killing Johnny Ventura's father, a security guard at a storage depot where some of the money is hid. Johnny is arrested for the crime, and put into the same prison as Railsback. He finds out about the jacket and tries to recover it, while Micki, Ryan and Jack try to clear his name from the outside. Ultimiately, Johnny manages to douse the invisible Railsback with gasoline and set him on fire, killing him and leaving the indestructible antique intact to be put into the Vault. Johnny is cleared of the charges.
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Writer: Jim Henshaw
7.0/101 votes#4 - Demon Hunter
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1989
A close-knit family, the Cassidys, had a daughter who was kidnapped by a cult of demon worshippers. They used her to summon a demon. The daughter escaped, and now the family huts the demon. The cult was connected with Lewis Vendredi, and used a secret cavern beneath Curious Goods for their rituals. The paths of the Cassidys and our intrepid trio cross when they track the demon to the store. The demon must be killed by midnight on a particular day, or it will remain on Earth forever. Ultimately, the demon is destroyed and the trio use the expanded space from the cavern to store more antiques, as the Vault was filling up.
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Writer: Jim Henshaw
6.0/101 votes#5 - Night Hunger
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/1989
A young hot rodder is given a gift by Lewis Vendredi: a silver key chain that lets him win car races. However, he has to kill those he races against to get the curse to work. His ultimate goal is to beat his rival, Deacon, and show he's worthy of his abusive father's respect. Micki and Ryan try to get the key chain away from him, but only succeed in crashing the rodder's car...and causing the key chain to enter his heart! Ultimately, the boy's father sacrifices himself to stop his son by ramming him head-on during the final race.
Director: Martin Lavut
Writer: Jim Henshaw
4.0/102 votes#6 - Midnight Riders
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/1990
Micki, Johnny, and Jack are taking a break, and star-gazing in Jack's old hometown. However, a ghostly biker gang, the Midnight Riders, rolls into town. At the same time, Jack's father Cawley, who has been gone for ten years, also shows up. The gang is out for revenge, as they were falsely accused of raping a girl who lied to protect her reputation and explain the fact she was pregnant. Jack's father was one of the ones who killed the gang and hid the secret. It turns out that Jack's father is also a ghost: he died at sea, but has returned on the anniversary of the gang's death. The girl and the others who participated in the gang's death are killed, and after a brief reunion with his son, Cawley's ghost disappears as well.
Director: Allan Eastman
Writer: Jim Henshaw
4.0/102 votes#7 - The Charnel Pit
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/26/1990
Micki is sent through a two-way time portal contained within a painting and finds herself at the mercy of the Marquis de Sade.
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Writer: Jim Henshaw
N/A/101 votes#8 - The Journey Begins
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/1999
Scientist and explorer George Challenger learns from a dying colleague of a prehistoric world and organizes an expedition to find it.
Director: Richard Franklin
Writer: Jim Henshaw
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"Doorway to Hell" is the best rated episode written by Jim Henshaw. It scored 7/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by William Fruet. It aired on 9/30/1988 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Face of Evil".