Friday the 13th: The Seriies S1E8
Episode 8 "Shadow Boxer"
In a boxing ring, one dude is being trained by a very passionate coach. A man nearby is mopping while another boxer dude comes by him and rudely jeers at him telling him he missed a spot. He mean dogs him as a continues to walk by.
Not too long later, the janitor dude is caught red handed by the coach literally lolz because he picked up 2 red gloves. I mean...it is the HIS gloves anyway but the janitor asks to borrow the gloves but the coach tells him STFU and continue janitoring bruh.
He is next seem pumping himself up jumping rope while another boxer scoffs at his intention to be the Ash Ketchum of boxing. Good luck with that. The jump roping moping dude looks like a man who holds grudges and just seeing the very people who were assholes to only him but friendly to each other seems to only rage him.
It is after hours (I think) and after just about everybody leaves, he steals the boxing gloves anyway and shadow boxes. Hey! That's the name of this episode! In no time, he realizes that this activates a real shadow boxes. The shadow shuffles away and outside to where his boss is in the alley.
Boss gets pummelled to death. Poor guy!! All because he called him a bum. WTF. In his dying breath, he writes in his own blood: T.O.
At Curious Goods, Micki takes a candid picture of Ryan saying she wanted to do a picture diary for his fiance (first time he's been mentioned in a while lol) omg that's literally what Ryan said and they bicker a little bit but all in good fun.
Jack changes the conversation by talking about the widow of the late boxer coach that reached out to him asking to go through his boxing memorabilia as a potential buy out. However the unfortunate news he relayed to them is that the reason why she reached out to him is because a certain something is from when he bought it from their Uncle Lewis AKA CURSED GOODS!!!! Nooooo.
With the manifest already spread wide open, Jack confirms that he bought a set of boxing gloves that once belonged to a 1940's famed boxes nicknamed "Killer Ken Kelsey" ummm nice initials....
The three set off to the boxing...place? Don't know exactly what it is really called. As soon as they walk in Ryan low key bragged how he used to box in high school and without skipping a beat she kids that explains his brain damage. Ouch!
Being that this is a big sausage fest, the second Micki struts around, all the boxes whistle and cat call her. Well, that is what we would call that today.
They all meet up in the late boxer coach's widow who lugs in box after box of all his shit that she said he hoarded. Jack proceeds to ask about the Killer Ken gloves and she says it's hard to miss because it literally is labeled KILLER on the gloves.
Micki asks just how did her husband die. The widow laid it all out even down to the mysteriousness of it that he was beaten to death and the TO be written in his own blood. She is too sad to talk and just wants to hurry up and sell all this shit so she can settle his estate.
Speaking of Micki, she goes back to the main boxing entry where everyone is doing their boxing thing. Under the guise of a photographer, she uses her people skills with everyone to takes pictures of all these boxers and wannabe boxers to see just who is in possession of these cursed gloves.
The murdery dude from earlier is there and pushes aside of the men chatting it up wth Micki so he can dip in that too. He gives one of the most cheesiest pick up lines on the face of this earth. "Let's go grab a bite to eat after this match just you, me and your camera and see what develops?" Wink wink.
Another boxer, specifically the one from the beginning of the episode that was shit talking him comes to her defense after he doesn't want to take NO for an answer and tells him to make like Michael Jackson and beat it. No, he didn't actually say that part. There's obvious tension but after he moonwalks out of there, he introduces himself to Micki as "Kid Kornelius" and they have a small chit chat. Upon asking about the dude with the chip on his shoulder, Kid says while he is an aspiring boxer, he kinda fucking sucks and has more losses than anyone there.
In the parking lot, Jack is actually in his car while this dude strolls right past him and accosts the 1st boxer Micki was talking to, Tony. He asks if he's going to watch his fight going on next. The boxer scoffs. He's condescending to him but the dude walks away and laughs maniacally like the joker. Jack looks back like WTF?
So he heads back inside and puts on the murder gloves in which the shadow boxer makes a beeline towards Tony. Jack is back inside hanging with Ryan and Micki watching the match unfold. Micki continues to take some pictures and actually sees murder guy actually WINNING the match which actually transforms into an ACTUAL win.
No one cares about the fool and everyone boos him. This is when Micki snaps a pic and realizes his gloves say none other than KILLER! Right at this point, a man comes hollering that Tony was found bloodied and beaten up to death.
Ryan sneaks into the locker room where he finds the dude's locked labeled "Terrible Tommy Dunn and he proceeds to try to break in it when in comes the shadow boxer. He was able to find a pile of medical papers but before he can read any of the contents, Kid Kornelius ninja's behind him telling him to GTFO. The shadow boxer in this case was an actual boxer's shadow. Well played bros. Well played.
So they concoct another plan. Micki calls Tommy from the payphone to ask him out on a date to lure him out his home so that Ryan and Jack and snoop around hoping to find the gloves. Like a charm, because Micki is young and pretty and a red head, it works like a charm. Thinking he is about to get lucky, he dashes out to meet her at a nearby restaurant.
Ryan and Jack take their cue and make their way to his apartment.
So the lovebirds meet up at the restaurant and she tries her best to kill as much time as she possibly can but jesus fucking christ it is really hard to fake it for a guy who is way too alpha that is nowhere near alpha. Plus, alpha is a such a cringe way to describe oneself so why the hell did I just say that?! Micki has a hard time to make herself convincing she likes this fellow mainly because he is thirsting so freaking hard and it's hella off putting. He's giving off super rapey vibes so he leaves in a huff. At least he paid for the meal.
Meanwhile, Ryan and Jack are ripping shit apart looking for those gloves but they definitely don't have enough time.
Nope not at all.
Once he comes face to face with them he instantly realizes it was a setup so he whips out his gloves. Micki unnsuccellfully tried to call them but uhh nah. It's too late. She realizes that he put on the gloves and sees the shadow boxer coming her way. She comes up with a bright idea and uses her camera to flash the boxer (the camera ya idiot) which instantly blinds Tommy.
Unfortunately thing about cameras in those days that it is not instant and needs time to charge before she can flashy thing him again. As luck would have it, Tommy becomes blinded again which gives Ryan the opportunity to try to rip those gloves off of him but Tommy gets his strength back which leaves Ryan no other choice but to run the fuck out. Jack too.
All three make their way back to the car and drive away. Micki doesn't want to wait til morning to develop her pictures so Ryan begrudgingly has them developed at the cost of one of his beloved comics to be departed from. Sad face.
As they look through all the pictures, it turns into a bust because surprise, surprise, you can't take a picture of a shadow with a flash! but wait! She did take one picture prematurely which actually did capture the shadow boxer. Jack pieces together that this is exactly how the gloves work.
Once the gloves are put on, the shadow departs and mimics the moves on a target. As Jack puts it "We all have a dark side to our personalities but we keep it under control. In Dunn's case, his dark side is unleashed." and is MURDEROUS!
Tommy comes strolling in the next day and it honestly looks like his win gave him a little bump in street cred due to all the wasssap's he's getting. His arrogant ass then approaches Kid Kornelius and taunts a match with him now that he is no longer afraid of him. He says nah because he doesn't think he is shit and walks off.
All three return to the boxing place and brainstorming how they are going to get the gloves now. Little do they know that Kid Kornelius is walking by and overheard them when Jack said Tommy already killed Manny (coach) and Tony and he snaps his head. Oooooh he is fuming!!!!!!
The second Tommy comes strolling in, Kid Kornelius socks him right to the ground and changes his mind and says YEAH THE FIGHT IS ON MOTHAFUCKA!!!!! As he walks right by the trio, Jack asks him WTF he just did that!! He replies back he that heard their snippet and he also believes he killed him too and wants to avenge his death since he was like a father to him. This time, it's personal.
A hop and a skip later, a few hours pass and it is time for the fight and holy shit it looks like a full house. Jack tells them to sit tight with them sitting in the audience while he go seeks out Tommy in the lockerroom.
Once he approaches the riled up Tommy, Jack tries to blackmail him by saying he knows he has the gloves and he won't tell anyone unless he gets a cut of his winnings. Heh, Jack sure knows how the play the skeezy extortionist part well. With a shit eating smirk on his face Tommy "accepts" and tells him to wait in the parking lot to fulfill his end of the deal.
Jack heads outside in the parking lot where Micki is waiting by the car and is hesitant about this yet to be known plan that is about to happen. Luckily, Jack has enough confidence for the both of them and says that they have to use that bursting hatred against him and believes it will totally work.
DING DING!
The fight has begun and it looks like Tommy is eating all these punches. Ryan is still in the audience watching it all unfold. Tommy is just waiting for all his anger to charge up and then he starts getting the upperhand and begins to land some heavy punches against Kid Kornelius.
Outside in the parking lot, Jack strolls outside until the shadow boxer emerges. At the flick of a switch, Micki turns on a handheld headlight which totes blinds Tommy in the ring which gives his opponent the upper hand. That is, until the lights dim out. Tommy regains strength and vision again.
Luckily, there is a backup plan. Jack lures the shadow boxer in a corner while Micki uses the car to turn on the headlights...I mean...should have been the plan from the very beginning though. Either way, it works and Tommy is knocked the fuck out to everyone's glee in the audience.
While knocked out and everyone having their attention set on the winner, Ryan rolls in the ring and stealthily manages to remove the gloves from his unconscious body this time and successfully is able to get away.
Once back at Curious Goods, right when they are ready to put the gloves in the box, Micki comes stomping in the room angry that Tommy is practically getting away for the murder of 2 people. She's right though. However Ryan says, police won't believe anything they will say though. Jack mediates and says Micki wants justice and Ryan is talking law.
Micki heads to sleep. Ryan knocks on her door to try to make amends but Micki ain't having it. Right when he leaves another enters. Holy shit fuck it's TOMMY! He has broken in Curious Goods and has Micki at knife point!
Ryan is still awake and hears the commotion and comes face to face with the knife wielding Tommy who demands to get the gloves or else he will get to slicing. Jack also walks in so now he is on this too. While Ryan goes to retrieve the gloves from the vault, Jack tries to reason with Tommy but nah that ain't working. He's still angry as hell.
Ryan cautiously walks back in with the gloves and hands it to him with. But he realizes it is just one glove. In a swift motion, Ryan punches Jack in the gut with the other one he turns out to be wearing. Which that means the shadow boxer punched Tommy. He punches him again. Jack is on the floor like ehhhhhhhh and Tommy lands on the bed like ehhhhhhhhhh.
Good news is that Tommy is knocked out bad news is Jack almost called him a dumb ass. But this is a family friendly show so he worded it much more nicely.
Some time later, it is the morning when in walks Kid Kornielius with a box of Manny's stuff. He gives Ryan and Micki the update that Tommy's head was already knocked around so many times that it is doubtful that his fight had anything to do with his injuries. Yup, they ended up calling the ambulance on the idiot. Turns out that he is running the gym now. Not Tommy.
While everyone is thrilled that this has a mostly charming end, same cannot be said for Jack who has a black eye. He solumnly swears he will find a way to get back at this boi for it's the last thing he will do!
Episode 9 is next.