Spoilers follow for the first episode of Crystal Lake, which debuts on Peacock on October 15!

The cast and creator of Crystal Lake showed up at New York Comic Con this week to prep fans for their Friday the 13th sequel series as they prepare for its launch next week. That included a panel discussion, a Camp Crystal Lake activation experience, and a screening of the first episode of the show. I also got a chance to talk to the group about the long-awaited return to the hunting grounds of Jason Voorhees… and his mom Pamela. Don’t forget about Pamela!

We’ll have a full season review of Crystal Lake in a few days, but for now I’m going to break down the biggest points from Episode 1, as well as some thoughts from showrunner Brad Caleb Kane, star Linda Cardellini, and the other cast members who were in attendance.

So let’s take a swim in the lake…!

Right out of the gate, the episode gives us Linda Cardellini’s Pamela covered in blood, leaning over a bathroom sink and staring at herself in the mirror. She finds a human tooth embedded in one of her knuckles and says to herself, “What did you do…?”

Of course, we know from 1980’s original Friday the 13th movie that Pam has some slicing and dicing skills. For while her son Jason is the main slasher of the franchise, it was actually Pam who was the killer in that first film, having gone mad after her son drowned (or seemed to drown – more on that in a second) at Camp Crystal.

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