Yeah, My Thoughts Kind Of Trailed Of Towards The End, But The Main Point Was That It Seems That The Candy

Yeah, my thoughts kind of trailed of towards the end, but the main point was that it seems that the Candy Dealer's beef with the candy club goes back a long time.

I'm thinking about the Candy Dealer and "the sugar is a lie" graffiti behind the candy club. Who left that there? One idea I had was that it was a warning from a former employee for future workers and that CD's been trying to sabotage the store for Eyes knows how long. Another thought was that the dealer himself is a bitter former employee of the candy club, maybe not even the one Kevin works at, just the brand in general. After all his goons are Mexican and so is the candy club as a company.

I mean it's supposed to be a Portal reference but it could be something like that aswell

Fair enough. My thought process was based on my episode order theory with Frank and Roy being more co-stars with the boys rather than being the genuine villains of their respective episodes.

Since there's still one or two villains we haven't met yet, there are good odds that episode 6 will introduce them to some extent. We should definitely be on the look out for any red flags with any new characters in the next installment.

I mean there's a chance we do know all the villains we're gonna have though, Frank, Roy, the spider, Skid's dad + cult, Mr Clown, the Candy Dealer, we've got 5 episodes left and lore than enough antagonists to fill each

But yeah it's still good to take note of any new characters, every character that isn't an Easter egg/background character has come back at some point

Spooky Month 6 prediction: All That's Sweet Is Not Sugar

The episode will open with a seemingly normal night with the spookeez going to the candy club and Kevin getting annoyed as usual. However as he's about to usher them out they notice that a few people on the street are acting a little funny.

A similar situation happens with John, Jack and Rick at Gonuts, presumably with Rick quitting his latest job at some point.

The two groups try to navigate the situation as the "sugared up" townsfolk grow more dangerous along with shorter scenes of other characters dealing with the "outbreak".

One of the starring characters eventually ends up ingesting something sugar-laced and this results in a dedicated horror scene

The Candy Dealer is revealed to be responsible for the sugar-spiking relatively early into the episode, but it isn't until the last act that we see his real face or discover the true nature of the sugar (possibly an experimental chemical being tested by the dealer who's really a mad scientist).

The thugs who held Kevin at gunpoint in Unwanted Guest will act as the Candy Dealer's enforcers/bodyguards.

In the end the Dealer's own victims swarm him in a blind rage (Adding angst potential if Robert or John end up being involved in his death, that is, if he is related to them).

Personally, I don't think the Candy Dealer is directly working with the cult, but like the manufacturers of the happy fella dolls, is being accounted for by them in their plans (calling back to the OST cover that shows the cultists as the chess masters of all the other characters).

To be frank, I don't think we have enough information to speculate on the secret ending.

That's all I've got ,if you read this far you deserve to see this beautiful image I have dubbed "The Candy Derper", that I accidentally caught while trying to get the image at the top of the post.

Time to start another SM lore poll!

I hadn't even thought of that! It would be perfect!

Until we get an official name can we all just call the giant attic spider "Itsy"?

There's a pretty major question about Tender Treats I haven't seen mentioned at all, but first, some context.

At the end of Deadly Smiles we see a news flash saying that Bob escaped from custody and in Tender Treats we see that the issue of "The Everything" that reported on his escape is dated January 9th, putting Deadly Smiles on the night of January 8th.

However in the literal first scene of Tender Treats we see Bob entering his house for what's implied to be the first time since his escape. The problem is said scene takes place on Halloween with Bob preparing for his annual killing spree, which prompts the question: If he hadn't gone to his house until October 31st, just where the hell was he and what the hell was he doing?