History Recap / TalesFromTheDarksideS1E5MookieAndPookie

Susan "Pookie" Anderson (Creator/JustineBateman) is strongly attached to her computer genius twin brother Kevin "Mookie" (Ron Asher), who dies of a terminal illness during a family game of Scrabble. Sometime after the funeral, Susan vows to finish a program that Kevin had been working on before dying. Susan soon discovers that this program houses a copy of Kevin's soul, allowing him to live on through his computer. Susan's parents, particularly her father, don't believe Susan's claims about Kevin and threaten to sell the computer due to her growing obsession with it, prompting Susan to find a way to show them the truth before it's too late.

* {{Technophobia}}: Mr. Anderson has a very clear distrust of computers, even saying that terminology used for them doesn't count as English. Susan herself is frustrated with her brother's obsession with said computer and hopeless with using it, but she takes up using it to help Kevin cheat death.

* {{Technophobia}}: Mr. Anderson has a very clear distrust of computers, even saying that terminology used for them doesn't count as English. Susan herself is frustrated with her brother's obsession with said computer and hopeless with using them, but she takes up using it to help Kevin cheat death.

Susan "Pookie" Anderson is strongly attached to her computer genius twin brother Kevin "Mookie", who dies of a terminal illness during a family game of Scrabble. Sometime after the funeral, Susan vows to finish a program that Kevin had been working on before dying. Susan soon discovers that this program houses a copy of Kevin's soul, allowing him to live on through his computer. Susan's parents, particularly her father, don't believe Susan's claims about Kevin and threaten to sell the computer due to her growing obsession with it, prompting Susan to find a way to show them the truth before it's too late.

* MassOhCrap: Once the alarm signalling a loss of life functions goes off over the radio, Susan and her parents promptly ditch their Scrabble game and rush to Kevin's side.

Susan "Pookie" Anderson is strongly attached to her computer genius twin brother Kevin "Mookie", who dies of a terminal illness during a family game of Scrabble. Sometime after the funeral, Susan vows to finish a program that Kevin had been working on before dying. Susan soon discovers that this program houses a copy of her Kevin's soul, allowing him to live on through his computer. Susan's parents, particularly her father, don't believe Susan's claims about Kevin and threaten to sell the computer due to her growing obsession with it, prompting Susan to find a way to show them the truth before it's too late.

* MassOhCrap: Once the alarm signalling a loss of life functions goes off over the radio, Susan and her parents promptly ditch their Scrabble game and rush to his side.

Susan "Pookie" Anderson vows to finish a program that her computer genius twin brother Kevin "Mookie" Anderson had been working on before dying of a terminal illness. Susan soon discovers that the program her brother was working on allows his soul to live on through his computer. Her parents, particularly her father, don't believe Susan and threaten to sell the computer due to her obsession with it, prompting Susan to show them the truth before it's too late.

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!!"Mookie and Pookie" provides examples of:

* BookEnds: The episode begins and ends with the Anderson family playing ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}''. The first time, Mookie is doing it from his room, the second, it's from his computer.
* BrainUploading: Kevin's program allows his soul to live on through his computer.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After all the grief the Anderson family goes through, the parents finally learn that Kevin is indeed living on inside the computer, proving Susan right after all. After all is said and done, they bring the computer downstairs so Kevin can play ''Scrabble'' with them, treating their now-computerized son as if he were still human.
* LighterAndSofter: The first episode of the show to go this route, focusing on a teenage girl who tries to convince her parents that her twin brother is still alive.
* ReflexiveResponse: Hearing Mookie's voice synthesizer chime in during a climactic argument, the father tells "Kevin" to stay out of it. This is ultimately the final push that convinces him that his son is indeed a computer.
* TwinsAreSpecial: Kevin and Susan have an immensely strong bond with one another, to the point where Susan takes up learning how to use a computer to finish her brother's program, allowing Kevin to live on through his own computer.
* YouAreNotReady: Susan's attempt to have Kevin speak to their parents through the computer yields no results. Kevin claims to Susan that he didn't speak up because they weren't ready to believe.

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* BookEnds: The episode begins and ends with the Anderson family playing Scrabble. The first time, Mookie is doing it from his room, the second, it's from his computer.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After all the grief the Anderson family goes through, the parents finally learn that Kevin is indeed living on inside the computer, proving Susan right after all. After all is said and done, they bring the computer downstairs so Kevin can play Scrabble with them, treating their now-computerized son as if he were still human.

* YouAreNotReady: Susan's attempt to have Kevin speak to their parents through the computer yields no results. Kevin claims to Susan that he didn't speak up because they weren't ready to believe.

* RelfexiveResponse: Hearing Mookie's voice synthesizer chime in during a climactic argument, the father tells "Kevin" to stay out of it. This is ultimately the final push that convinces him that his son is indeed a computer.