When I was a kid, Debbie Jo creeped the shit out of me. This episode reminded me of "The Exorcist", "The Amityville Horror", and that TV movie "Don't Go to Sleep" (1982). There's something about a "little white girl with an imaginary friend" that makes me think they're talking to real ghosts or demons, who tell them to kill off the rest of their family. By the time I got to 17:19 I was totally rooting for the the Chief. Watching him tear Debbie Joe apart was probably the satisfying thing I ever saw as a child. I was like, "Yeah! Kill it! Kill it before she kills you! Satan, begone!".
Lara Jill Miller was 15 when this episode was recorded and it shows. Lara being older than preteen tomboy Sam worked in Season 1 but by season 2 they were still playing Sam as a young girl (who was still too old for an imaginary friend) rather than the young teen that Lara should have been portraying.
The Cheif losing it and beating up Sam's
Imaginary friend Debbie Joe was Hilarious
"She doesn't even have skin. How the hell can she have feelings?"
I cried 😂😂😂💀
Samantha is Crazy 😜
Sam should have got the teen choice award
Isn't she a little old to have an imaginary friend??
Yes, kids stop having imaginary friends at age 7.
You REALLY should be asking that SAME question to EVERY religious older person on the planet...
When I was a kid, Debbie Jo creeped the shit out of me. This episode reminded me of "The Exorcist", "The Amityville Horror", and that TV movie "Don't Go to Sleep" (1982). There's something about a "little white girl with an imaginary friend" that makes me think they're talking to real ghosts or demons, who tell them to kill off the rest of their family. By the time I got to 17:19 I was totally rooting for the the Chief. Watching him tear Debbie Joe apart was probably the satisfying thing I ever saw as a child. I was like, "Yeah! Kill it! Kill it before she kills you! Satan, begone!".
lol
Odd they never had an episode where Mildred died.
Those guys wouldn't take my daughters nowhere
Lara Jill Miller was 15 when this episode was recorded and it shows. Lara being older than preteen tomboy Sam worked in Season 1 but by season 2 they were still playing Sam as a young girl (who was still too old for an imaginary friend) rather than the young teen that Lara should have been portraying.
THANK you
Yes and they were pushing it in season 1. They wrote these episodes for a 7 year old.
is samantha acting this way Katie and julie are Negelcting her ?
Yes
I just work it, I'm not even related.
It might be the vest joke of the show.
respect her Debbie Joe
prozac time
why was the cheif madat smantha ? hewastheonewho spiltthe gravey
What?
There were three grandmother’s during the run of the show.
Most kids have an imaginary friend. It wasn't even that serious. Chief was doin too much. 🙄😒
Not at Sam's age, she is a teenager, not a preschooler.
...even adults have a imaginary friend, they call it religion!
He didn't have to say she needed a head shrinker.
a nice girl i knew in the 10th grade, had a van in the 12th grade. was it what Carl said?
Shes much too old for an imaginary friend
Seriously who wrote this 💀
Erik Tarloff. He wrote for All In the Family, MASH, the Jeffersons among others and earned an Emmy nom for All In The Family.
Samantha was my favorite.
Didn't you read the credits? 🤔
What happened to grandma kinisky?
They killed her off offscreen.
She had to go, because her planet needed her...