Episode 321: A Dark and Stormy Night

Fraggle Rock
Air Date	May 20, 1985
Written by	Sugith Varughese
Director	Norman Campbell

Ma and Pa Gorg leave Junior alone in the castle overnight for the first time; he has to protect the crown jewel. Gobo thinks that all the Gorgs have left, so he plans to map the castle, with a frightened Wembley tagging along. The other Fraggles pull a prank to scare Gobo and Wembley by making ghostly sounds, after which they too enter the castle. After a series of incidents in which the Fraggles and Junior unwittingly scare each other, they all become aware of each other's presence in the castle. However, Gobo soon spots a mysterious moving shadow outside, and the frightened characters set a trap. They end up catching Pa Gorg, who has returned in the night to help Junior fulfill the Gorgish rites of passage.

Notes

• This episode refers to events that occurred in the second season episode "Sir Hubris and the Gorgs." In that episode, Gobo discovered a new passage into the Gorg's castle.
• In this episode, Doc builds a fake ghost detector just to make Sprocket feel safe. However, due to a short circuit the contraption's alarm is activated, scaring Sprocket even more. (It is unknown why Doc made the phony detector in such a way that it really could go off.)

Songs

• "Big Boy Now"

Video releases

• The Haunting of Castle Gorg! (Jim Henson Video, 1993) -- closing credits cut
• Fraggle Rock: Complete Third Season (HIT!, 2007)
• Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collection (HIT!, 2008)
• Scared Silly (Lionsgate, 2010)

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