Tales from the Darkside S1E5 — Mookie and Pookie
5.6
Tales from the Darkside•Season 1•Episode 5

Mookie and Pookie

5.6/10 · 579 votesNov 4, 198423 min

Ranked #17 of 23 in Season 1•−0.6 vs season avg

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Twin siblings, Mookie and Pookie, are extremely close. But Mookie has a terminal illness. Later the scientific genius Mookie succesfully downloads his mind into the computer before he dies. But now that he's in there Pookie must convince her parents not to pull the plug.

Directed byTimna Ranon
Written byDan Kleinman
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Paul Sparer

Narrator (voice)

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Karen Grossman

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Timna Ranon

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Dan Kleinman

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Episode Summary

"Mookie and Pookie" is episode 5 of Tales from the Darkside season 1. It scored 5.6/10 from 579 votes, ranking #17 of 23 episodes this season (season average 6.2). Directed by Timna Ranon and written by Dan Kleinman, it aired on November 4, 1984.

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