This Anthology Series Combines Horror, Comedy, And Bottle Episodes
Anthology television shows have been around forever. Shows like The Twilight Zone, Tales From The Crypt, Amazing Stories, and even Are You Afraid Of The Dark? have continued to be popular, garnering reboots and repeats for years, sometimes decades. The appeal of anthologies is easy to see; multiple stories and genres on a weekly basis helps to keep audiences interested and staves off the risk of stale storytelling that can happen in some long-running linear shows.
One such anthology series was Room 104 which ran for 4 seasons on HBO before coming to an end in 2020. Created by the Duplass brothers, the minds behind movies such as Creep, The Skeleton Twins, and Bad Milo, Room 104 was certainly a show that covered the full gamut of genres in an interesting way.
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The thread tying every story together is simple: each story is set in the same room in a small American roadside motel. Right from the first episode, it's clear that this show is going to be more than a little off-kilter. The first story is about Meg, who has taken a job babysitting a pre-teen called Ralph in room 104. All seems fairly normal, apart from the fact that Ralph won't come out of the bathroom. Once his dad is gone he appears and tells Meg that they have to be quiet because «Ralphie» is in the bathroom, and he is not nice. Meg thinks Ralphie is an imaginary friend of Ralph's and so ignores him. Until she wakes him up.
As the night goes on Meg starts to realize that there may be something terribly wrong with Ralph. He tells her a frightening story about how his mother died then quickly tells her that Ralphie actually killed her. Is Ralphie real? Is it just Ralph playing dress-up? Or is Meg losing her
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