Halloween TV: 8 Simple Rules

This is another one I didn't watch until it came on in reruns on ABC Family and I saw that they had done a couple Halloween episodes.  I don't mean to speak ill of the dead, but I cannot stand John Ritter.  Like, it's almost pathological, just the sound or sight of his name gives me the pee shivers of grossness.  I don't know why, it's just one of those weirdly visceral reactions that's inexplicable.  Might this show have gone for a perfect record and had a Halloween episode in the second season if Ritter hadn't died in early October that year?  I guess we'll never know.

Season 1, Episode 7, 10/29/02


Trick or Treehouse

Paul seems to be the only one looking forward to a family Halloween, as Bridget, Kerry and Rory make plans to spend the spooky evening away from home and with their friends. But Paul's wish to relive the past by having the family get together for one last Halloween campout in the old treehouse may turn out to be the biggest nightmare of the evening.


Season 3, Episode 6, 10/29/04

Halloween

Kerry doubts Bridget's ability to put together the school's Halloween party as part of her Student Body President duties. Meanwhile C.J. is hired as the party's security guard and sets his sights on catching Rory pulling off a prank, and Jim finds himself under attack by the neighborhood kids when he refuses to hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters.