We’ll level with you: this one doesn’t end well for Richie.

But for a while, things are going great. He’s having a blast cutting class and getting wasted. He even has his own secret hideout chamber inside his closet, where he goes to.... Well, put it this way, we’d rather set foot inside Chernobyl Reactor #4 than venture into what has to be the stickiest room in the Richie household.

Ben Gazzara plays Richie’s dad with the cool, confident demeanor you’d expect of a man who was able to bring the Fotomat and the JCPenney to town. Still mourning the death of his henchman Tinker, he’s determined not to lose another loved one. He does, however, polish his gun with a regularity that would make Chekov proud.

After a series of minor setbacks like getting turned down for a date and being forced to wear a humiliating paper hat at his restaurant job, Richie melts down in true alarmist, after-school special fashion. Not even the reassuring presence of his stoner friend Peanuts (Clint Howard, and yes, it’s plural, Peanuts) can help him and it’s only a matter of time before... well, it’s right there in the title.

It’s like Reefer Madness meets The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, but with substantially more Peanuts. Join Mike, Kevin, and Bill for The Death of Richie!

Written by: Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, Conor Lastowka, Jason Miller, and Zach Shatzer