![]() Collins introduces “Joseph” to the vice president and Melanie, explaining that it’s a “weird coincidence” that the doll has that name - as we’ll learn, it was the name of his son who died the previous winter. At breakfast, Henry announced that “Joseph” didn’t want to come to school with him, but instead wanted to see what papa president was up to all day. There’s one other, well, not person, but presence in the Oval Office with them. (l-r) Callum Vinson as Henry Collins and Chucky appear in Chucky 301 They were hacked, it turns out, and Collins doesn’t want to bury the news or lie to the American people about it. That becomes a bigger issue later, when she, the president, and the vice president are in the Oval Office discussing the power outage. One reporter seems not to be fully buying it, though, and she presses the press secretary about the Collins administration’s commitment to transparency. ![]() The next morning, press secretary Melanie Spiegel (Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves) leads a conference where she explains that Collins - the nation’s first Independent president (meaning there will be no specific jabs are Democrats or Republicans this season) - is safe, as is the rest of the family, and the power outage was just an inconvenience. He blames the dog, but Chucky’s got chompers, too… The power comes back on shortly, though another agent is bitten in the darkness of the elevator. Initially, Chucky is missing, but the agent assigned to protect Henry, Teddy, finds the inert doll lying under the bed and brings him down in the elevator too. The Secret Service hustles to get the first family - President Collins ( Devon Sawa, returning for his fourth role in three seasons of Chucky), first lady Charlotte, Henry, and their older son Grant (Jackson Reid Kelly) to safety in an underground bunker. (l-r) Chucky, Callum Vinson as Henry Collins, Jackson Kelly as Grant Collins, Lara Jean Chorostecki as Charlotte Collins, and Devon Sawa as James Collins appear in Chucky 301 RELATED: Chucky's Season 3 White House Setting Is "More The Shining Than The West Wing" In an interview with SYFY WIRE, Chucky executive producer Alex Hedlund explained that it was always series creator Don Mancini’s idea to open Season 3 with this fake-out, one that really establishes the White House as a big haunted house setting rather than as a venue for political takes or humor. We’re clearly meant to think that he’s hiding from Chucky, but as his mom comforts him, we see that he’s actually sleeping right next to a familiar-looking Good Guy Doll, who he calls “Joseph.” As Joseph - who is really Chucky, obviously - smirks, the camera zooms out and we see that all of this is taking place in the White House, right before the power goes out. We open with a little boy, Henry (Callum Vinson), hiding in the middle of the night, and his mother Charlotte (Lara Jean Chorostecki) comes in to comfort him. Watch new episodes of Chucky Wednesdays on SYFY and next day on Peacock.īut, before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s recap what went down in this first episode, fittingly titled “Murder at 1600.”
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