Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me.

I know I’ve been overdoing it with the horror anthology episodes this week, but if you’ll indulge me, I have one more.

(Well, ten more, but let’s say one.)

Actually, this particular episode wasn’t from an anthology series, but it may as well have been. From 1998, it was a 2nd season episode of Millennium, and I only found that out today. It took serious Googling for me to track down this scary television show that I absolutely remembered watching back in the late ‘90s, and lo and behold, it was part of a regular series.

I can’t tell you much (or really ANYTHING) about Millennium, but it’s immaterial anyway. From the little I’ve read, this specific episode — Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me — acted a oddball standalone.

Four adorably cranky old men gather at a coffee shop, and it’s soon revealed that they’re actually DEMONS, who exist solely to fuck with humankind in whatever ways they see fit.

While they look like biblical devils in their true forms, the demons can assume human disguises, which they use to subtly encourage people to do terrible things.

I originally caught this episode midway through, and even that one single half-viewing managed to stick with me for the better part of 20 years. Trying to recall the specifics in the years since, I would’ve sworn it was an episode of The Outer Limits or something. Between its horrific imagery and cynical attitude, it feels like what might’ve happened had Tales from the Darkside gotten a late ‘90s reboot.

I know that few of you will drop everything to watch some random episode of a random TV show at this precise moment, but if you look back over this week’s Dino Drac After Dark posts, there’s enough for you to have a nice little horror marathon this weekend. Give this stuff a shot, if only for curiosity’s sake!