by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Budding "auteur" Ben (Jeremy Miller) casts himself as the star of his own video-movie "The Horror" ("Rated R, and we all know what that means"). The plot involves a baby alligator which grows to gargantuan proportions after being flushed down the toilet, leaving the fate of the world in the hands of a lonely, neglected little boy (Ben, of course). Though Maggie (Joanna Kerns) thinks that the film is Ben's special way of expressing his frustrations in life, Jason (Alan Thicke) is closer to the truth when he determines that the epic is merely an excuse to feature the lissome Laura Lynn (Jodi Peterson) in a skimpy bathing suit!
