The Tale of Apartment 214 Recap & Review - The Midnight Society 

This episode was honestly just sad. I felt so bad for Madeline. :'( The moment where she reveals the day she died stuck with me. Can you imagine the misery and pain of dying alone and reliving that moment continuously year after year? Then to make a new friend and have them betray you? It's depressing.

Watching this episode actually literally made me cry back in the day and it still does, upon recently rewatching it. I totally sympathize and empathize with both Stacey and Madeleine. I found their friendship quite touching and how many times do I wish my Nanny (my Dad’s Mom) could come back and we could continue to spend time together and I’d lean on her as my guide again. This episode does raise the point about not to abandon our family and friends who are our elders. If the decision was to be made between hanging out with Angela and Madeline, I’d honestly rather hang out with Madeline - dead or alive. I also feel bad for Madeline that her jerkass family basically getting caught up with themselves and not even coming by to check on her regularly. Agreed Vader. BTW, three quibbles - One - As epic as he is - Tibold has more of a Swedish look and name but talks Russian or Slavic? I guess he’s part Russian??? Second - Why didn’t Stacey simply tell Madeline after she told her Mom she was going to the Battle of the Bands? It wouldn’t have taken that long. Third - “Ghostbusters” amen. In my opinion, I love this episode and for it to make an old fart 💨 like me cry, that’s rare and special for a movie ot TV episode to do and I agree - I think Stacy’s parents should have gotten back together. Do we really need yet another broken home AYAOTD or hard hearted adults? You claim she cares about her daughter but her actions show she clearly doesn’t care as much as she says she does... I mean to dress nice and go to dinner with your husband and speak cordially again while not intending to get back together? Why? Did he say he wasn’t getting back together? Did he hit you? Did he cheat on you? Hmmm... could it be that Stacy’s Mom just being an unforgiving douche canoe? 🤔 🧐 Anyway, solid episode and great review and thanks to this episode, I’m down with having a nice cup of tea for real. (Mmmm Butterfly Pea Tea 🍵 🫖 - Yes, that is a real floral tea and guess what - it naturally changes colors when you add lemon juice (it turns from blue to pink/purple) or saffron (turns from blue to green) and if you add hibiscus, it turns wine colored! Kid friendly “wine” - don’t give real wine to kids... unless you live in France.. vive la 🇫🇷! ) Lastly, if it were a God permitted possibility to live forever in your old home when dead and pick and choose who lives in it - Heck yeah! I would do the same! Madeline clearly took notes from The Living and the Dead - Harmonious Lifestyles and Peaceful Co-Existence Handbook from “Beetlejuice”. Right on, Madeline! Can’t wait for the next review - it’s gonna be a sharp one!

Seriously Bro your videos are the best on youtube. FOr the love of god please do not stop making these - do the tale of the phone police. cmon i know you wanna.........

In terms of scares, this is a top 3 or so episode for me.

A beautifully written episode, yeah it has its plotholes like the tickets thing LOL, but still one of their top ten. This story made an innocent elderly woman scary, but at the same time it was heartfelt. Madeline is right that breaking a promise is one of the worst things you can do to a friend, especially in this day and age.

I forgot how clingy ghosts can be. No wonder Gary's parents make him take Tucker with him. He's a pain in the ass!!

Idky but it was always this episode that stuck with me. It creeped me out so much

The Landlord is like Santa Hitler

Your reviews on AYAOTD are all a blast! Keep up the good work

Great analysis as always. I was moments away from posting a Stacey’s mom reference but you beat me to it 😅 Agreed that the adult actors carried this one.

This reminds me of A Haunting episode also set in Canada. Demon masquerades as a little ghost boy named Joseph, slowly possessing Bob, a troubled guy who practiced Wicca. His roommate tries to help Bob, seeking religious intervention. Unfortunately ol' Robert suffers the same, church aversion issue Damien did in The Omen, so, it's a no go. Episode concluded with roommate lady leaving the apartment, getting confronted face to face by "Joseph" revealing he was the same demon who terrorized her as a little girl. As for Bob? Disappeared. Never heard from again...

I never really liked this episode. As a kid I always thought Stacy was kind of a dick, the way she just shrugged off Madeline on the day he promised to visit. Even as a kid, I had the common decency to visit a few minutes then apologizing is saying I have to go, thinking an older lady would understand I would want to hang out with a kid my own age. As an adult I realize the thing that threw me off about this episode is a tone. The window scene is a perfect scare, but totally it does not fit in with the rest of the episode or Madeline's character. Why was she scared her friend Stacy like that? The ending also makes no sense to me because even I had the awareness knowing that Stacy was going to move out eventually and that apartment living tends to be temporary. I also always wondered when I started getting older and watching this episode on repeat, when I was about 11 12ish what is Madeline walks in on Stacey when she has "alone time"? Is the old lady always there? Now that she has company does she ever walk about the town and see how things have changed since she's been dead? The one thing I always do fine truly terrifying about this episode is the location. Those blue and black doors kill it. Great find by the show's location department.

Another great episode. Probably in top 8 for me, good scare factor and use of effects! Thanks for the shoutout! Love the videos! - Your fan

I too am confused about the ghost rules for Madeline. Apparently, she only appears to Stacy, at certain times. Not my favorite episode, or Kiki story, though still memorable for the mood, use of sound/music, and environment. Great review vid! #SnickFan #90sKid4Ever

Me as the video is ending: "He said Stacy's mom like a dozen times and no Fountains Of Wayne reference. I'm impressed." Jack: "You could say Stacy's mom has got it going on." Me: [bleep]!

Scary and sad episide 😢🫨

What a silly story just wait till the parents find out there's a ghost in there apartment.

Ironically Sam's actress (Joanna Garcia Swisher) is actually an American from Florida.

That was a pretty good episode. Not one of my top ten favorites, but still pretty good. I personally thought that Madeline overreacted, as it’s a bit unfair to hold a kid to a promise such as that. Suppose she had to see a family member in the hospital from a medical emergency? What if she got sick? However, it can be understandable for her to be upset when it happened on a day that was the ten year anniversary of what happened to her and that can be painful. Also to be fair, Stacey should have slipped a written note under Madeline’s door.