Wait a minute... you're saying Melanie dies as they are leaving the cemetary after being touched by the reaper/death? I thought that was just a gag, and Melanie just drifted apart from Marshall, maybe moving towns again or finding the relationship too painful due to all the complicated feelings. I suppose maybe Melanie died later, organ transplants don't always work. I'm an atheist, so the angel tear was completely uninteresting to me, I found the more psychological aspects of the episode far more worthwhile, the way it explored the emotional fallout from receiving an organ transplant from somebody you loved and who loved you and then falling in love with a mutual friend, which is plenty poignant without adding a mystical aspect. This is a fantastic series, I just got the DVD boxset a few days ago and I marathoned a big bunch of episodes yesterday, I'll watch more today (maybe try and finish). Heart on a Chain has an almost Buffy-esque tragic tenderness. This show also kind of reminds me of Xxxholic.
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perorewen
14 years ago
Well, it was the Reaper walking towards her, you can see it pretty clearly if you just look.
And her death is the only reason he should be there. Ok, I know Eerie is supposed to be weird, but this is hard symbolism. And well, it's not like a lot of people didn't die in that show.
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EmpressClaudia
13 years ago
You can indeed and I never noticed that before and Marshall says too bad we weren't alone and at first you think he's talking about Devon but then you see the Reaper and you're like OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that's what he meant.
This episode killed me as a kid.
And I agree with the posted above it definitely reminds me of Buffy or Buffy reminds me of it.
One of the greatest tv shows that never really got a chance.
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leermartinez
13 years ago
the ending with the reaper walking towards Melanie and the words Marshall said made me believe he was saying that Melanie died soon after. At least that's what I always felt watching that part. I just saw it again the other day, still felt that way to me.
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Fry-threethousand
13 years ago
I met Joe Dante yesterday, at a signing session in France.
I asked him about the reaper.
I thought it was just a joke, and it was a coincidence that it went in the same direction as Melanie, but actually Dante really wanted it to mean that she died.
He told me it was his idea to put the reaper in the background, even though there can be 2 interpretations of Marshall saying that they were not alone. Actually I thought it was an allusion to the other boy, who died.
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