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Night Stalker: Burning Man
A series of murders mirrors a crime spree by a seemingly dead bio-terrorist who claimed he could kill with “hellfire.” The FBI and the pompous reporter who covered the original story think it’s the work of a copycat, but Kolchak is convinced the murders have more supernatural points of origin.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x4 Airdate: Thursday October 20th, 2005 |
Co-Guest Stars
Main Cast
Recap
A man is refueling and tells another man on a cell phone to be careful. The man on the phone ignores him. The first man starts fueling his car, takes out a handkerchief, and finds a red wax figurine. He touches his forehead and finds blood, and realizes that his blood is starting to boil, leaving blisters. He falls to the ground, yanking the gas hose loose. The man on the phone sees him and looks on in horror as the man becomes hot enough to ignite the gasoline, causing the car and the gas pump to explode...Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
Carl: (opening voiceover) They’re in the news every day. Warnings about what you should eat, drink, breathe, think. In the modern world, fear of death isn’t a distant anxiety reserved for old age – it’s daily life. The ordinary no longer offers comfort – not when death can come any time. From any thing.
Perri: How long have you been working here?
Carl: Umm, about two months.
Perri: And in that time I’ve witnessed more freaky things then I’ve seen my entire life.
Carl: Thanks.
Carl: Umm, about two months.
Perri: And in that time I’ve witnessed more freaky things then I’ve seen my entire life.
Carl: Thanks.
Carl: That would be the real-world explanation.
Anthony: I live in the real world, Carl – that’s the explanation I’m looking for.
Anthony: I live in the real world, Carl – that’s the explanation I’m looking for.
Carl: Thanks for cutting us some slack, Tony.
Anthony: Try not to hang yourself with it.
Anthony: Try not to hang yourself with it.
Carl: (closing voiceover) Doug Pinaro lived with the fear he finally came to see. A fear I know too well, of a question that holds a terrible answer. Should I ever look into the eye of the monster I’m chasing…whose face would I see?
Analysis
This episode goes with a concept that series creator Jeffrey Grant Rice, and Darren McGavin, wanted to see done with the original Kolchak series: Kolchak investigating a case that didn't involve the supernatural. Writer Noah Baylin plays with the audience's expectations (and Kolchak's) by making it appear to be a case that does involve the supernatural. What really happens is that Kolchak is forced to look into the mirror as he deals with someone who has fought evil so long that he's become evil.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Jeff Rice |
| • Developer | Frank Spotnitz |
| • Executive Producer | Frank Spotnitz | Daniel Sackheim |
| • Co-Executive Producer | John Peter Kousakis |
| • Supervising Producer | Nora Kay Foster | Adam Armus |
| • Co-Producer | Robert Parigi |
| • Consulting Producer | Dan Curtis | William Schmidt | Darin Morgan |
| • Associate Producer | Suzanne Lauer |
| • Production Designer | Bernard Hides |
| • Editor | Sunny Hodge |
| • Casting | Mia Levinson |
| • Unit Production Manager | Robert P. Cohen (2) |
| • First Assistant Director | Barry K. Thomas |
| • Second Assistant Director | David Riebel |
| • Music | Michael Wandmacher |
| • Music Editor | Micha Liberman |
| • Music Supervisor | P. J. Bloom |
| • Costume Designer | Victoria J. Auth |
| • Hairstylist | Roddy Stayton |
| • Make-up | Debra Denson |
| • Key Grip | Michael Pizzuto |
| • Camera Operator | Jules Labarthe | Geoffrey Haley |
| • Set Decorator | Shirley Starks |
| • Location Manager | Peter Sands |
| • Transportation Coordinator | Steve Duncan (2) |
| • Property Master | Robert Kyker |
| • Production Sound Mixer | Richard Lightstone |
| • Script Supervisor | Tricia Ronten |
| • Production Coordinator | Nancy Mosher Hall |
| • Assistant Editor | Peter Keller |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Joe Earle | Elmo Ponsdomenech |
| • Director of Photography | Rick Maguire |
| • Story Editor | Adam Sussman |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Danny Weselis |
| • Post Production Coordinator | Jonathan Thornhill |
| • Coordinating Producer | Robert P. Cohen (2) |
| • Executive Story Editor | Noah Baylin | Thomas Schnauz |
| • Costume Supervisor | Patricia McLaughlin |
| • Special Makeup Effects Artist | Matthew W. Mungle | Kris Kobzina |
| • Main Title Theme | Philip Glass |
| • Chief Lighting Technician | Cory Bibb |
| • Sound Supervisor | Victor Iorillo |
| • Production Associate | Jana Fain |
| • Special Effects Coordinator | Kelly Kerby |
| • Production Staff | Natasha McGough | Simran Baidwan | Thu T. Pham | Erin Ramos |
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