History Recap / TalesFromTheDarksideS1E23TheFalseProphet

* DumbBlonde: Cassie is a complete and utter moron. Aside from the low intellect of a stereotypical dumb blonde, she's a gullible, insecure, weak-willed individual who doesn't have a single solitary thought of her own that ''isn't'' focused on superstition and/or astrology. The clincher is that [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter it doesn't cross her mind, not even once]], that Horace X doesn't have her best interests at heart. Her continuous siding with Horace X ultimately gets her absorbed inside him forever.

Cassie Pines, a superstitious ditz heeding the advice of the electronic fortune teller Madame X, travels to Texas to find her soulmate. At a roadside diner, she finds Horace X, another electronic fortune teller who forbids her from continuing her journey, telling her to "beware of false prophets". Horace's prediction seems to have some merit when the bus Cassie was riding suddenly explodes. When Horace still repeats his warning and gets rather attracted to Cassie, in walks Heat Jones, a lecherous priest who might be the very prophet Horace was warning Cassie about.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Heat is a borderline rapist and the "false prophet" Horace X warns Cassie about, but he's not wrong to advise Cassie that living in the here and now is better than complete dependence on knowing the future. He also points out to Cassie that if Horace X's prediction about the exploding bus was correct, there would've been police and firetrucks converging on the scene by now.

* ProphecyTwist: It come into play twice. First, Madame X told Cassie that she would marry a Sagittarius. Cassie thought she would find her soulmate in Texas, but it turns out that Madame was talking about her son, Horace X. Second, Horace warns Cassie against "[[TitleDrop false prophets]]", one of whom Cassie thinks is Heat Jones, but that moniker applies to [[ExactWords Horace himself]] as well.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Heat tries to plead with Cassie that it's unwise of her to rely solely on supersitious nonsense like Horace X to control her decisions, because he's just a machine. He is right on one account: Cassie shouldn't trust Horace X. And that's because he's ''more'' than a machine.

* TooDumbToLive: Cassie is devoted to supersition and astrology, and Horace X and his mother take advantage of that fact to easily persuade her to be absorbed inside the former. Cassie even ignores Heat's point-blank explaination to her that she needs to live in the moment and make her own decisions, just so she can keep getting predictions from Horace.

* NotHelpingYourCase: While Heat tries to pry Cassie away from Horace X's control, but he isn't doing himself any favors by actively molesting her as she tries to escape ''him''.

The ditzy and superstitious Cassie Pines, heeding the advice of a psychic machine, travels to Texas to find her soulmate. At a roadside diner, she finds another psychic machine who forbids her from continuing her journey, telling her to "beware of false prophets".

!!"The False Prophet" provides examples of:

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Horace X only treating Cassie kindly when it suits him, then treating her badly if she thinks for herself or tries to leave him, has all the red flags of a toxic and controlling relationship.
* DumbBlonde: Cassie is ''not'' the brightest bulb. Aside from the low intellect of a typical dumb blonde, she's a gullible, weak-willed individual whose doesn't have a single thought of her own that isn't focused on superstition and astrology. And [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter it doesn't cross her mind even once]] that Horace X doesn't have her best interests at heart. Her continuous siding with Horace X ultimately gets her absorbed into the machine forever.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Cassie's first five minutes onscreen consist of her blathering to the waitress about astrology and rabbit's feet and fortune-telling machines. If you didn't know by now, Cassie is a woman who depends on pure superstition to tell her what to do, rather than common sense and self-reliance.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Heat may be a creep and the alleged "false prophet", but he's not wrong to advise Cassie that living in the here and now is better than complete dependence on knowing the future. He also points out to Cassie that if Horace X's prediction about taking the bus being dangerous had been correct, there would've been police or firetrucks converging on the location by now.
* ProphecyTwist: Twice over does this come into play. First, Madame X told Cassie she would marry a Sagittarius. She thought she would find him in Texas, but it turns out she was talking about her son Horace X. Horace X warns Cassie against "the [[TitleDrop False Prophet]]", who Cassie thinks is Heat Jones, but that moniker would also apply to [[ExactWords Horace X]] as well.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Heat tries to reason with Cassie that it's unwise of her to rely on Horace X to control her decisions, because he's just a machine. He's right on one account: Cassie shouldn't trust Horace X, because he's ''more'' than a machine.
* SinisterMinister: Heat Jones, the "false prophet" that Horace X warns Cassie about, is a downplayed version. He's not actively malicious, but he does have a sleazy and lecherous vibe about himself.

* DumbBlonde: Cassie Pines isn't exactly the brightest bulb. She's a gullible, weak-willed individual whose doesn't have a single thought of her own that isn't focused on superstition and astrology. And [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter it doesn't cross her mind]] that maybe Horace X doesn't have her best interest at heart.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Cassie's first five minutes on screen consist of her blathering to the waitress about astrology and rabbit's foot and fortune-telling machines. If you didn't know by now, this is a woman who depends on pure superstition to tell her what to do, rather than common sense and self-reliance.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Heat Jones tries to reason with Cassie that it's unwise of her to rely on Horace X to control her decisions, because he's just a machine. He's right on one account: Cassie shouldn't trust Horace X, because he's ''more'' than a machine.
* ProphecyTwist: Twice over does this come into play. First, Madame X told Cassie she would marry a Sagittarius. She thought she would find him in Texas, but it turns out she was talking about her son Horace X. Horace X warns Cassie against "the [[TitleDrop False Prophet]]", who Cassie thinks is Heat Jones, but that moniker would also apply to [[ExactWords Horace X]] as well.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Heat may be a creep and the alleged "false prophet", but he's not wrong to advise Cassie that living in the here and now is better than complete dependence on knowing the future. He also points out to Cassie that if Horace X's prediction about taking the bus had been dangerous, there would've been police or firetrucks converging on the location by now.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Heat may be a creep and the alleged "false prophet", but he's not wrong to advise Cassie that living in the here and now is better than complete dependence on knowing the future.

* ProphecyTwist: Twice over does this come into play. First, Madame X told Cassie she would marry a Sagittarius. She thought she would find him in Texas, but it turns out she was talking about her son Horace X. Horace X warns Cassie against "the [[TitleDrop False Prophet]]", who Cassie thinks is Heat Jones, but that moniker would also apply to [[ExactWords himself]] as well.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Heat Jones tries to reason with Cassie that it's unwise of her to rely on Horace X to control her decisions, because he's just a machine. He's right on one account: Cassie shouldn't trust Horace X, because he's ''more'' than a machine.

* RightForTheWrongReason:

* JerkassHasAPoint: Heat may be a creep and the alleged "false prophet", but he's not wrong to advise Cassie that living in the here and now is better than complete dependence on knowing the future. And his telling her that relying on a machine like Horace X isn't wise or sensible.