EPISODE

8. The Assassin

Janet is a suburban wife of an ex-CIA assassin. When a group of operatives invade her home, they seem to think her husband is up to his old tricks again. The leader tempts one of her men then kills him, then kills the other guy, then plans to do the same with Janet. But Janet has a nasty surprise for her that she will never forget.

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Happy housewife Janet McKay ( Shelley Hack ) finds her day disrupted by Simone, William, and Todd, ( Chelsea Field, Jonathan Banks, and Corey Feldman ) a trio of CIA operatives who break into her home. The agents explain that they are searching for her husband ( Marshall Teague ), whom they believe is Ronald Wald (voiced by an uncredited Cam Clarke ), a former assassin gone AWOL, in an effort to kill him. They explain to Janet that they must kill her as well, to silence any witness. However, the agents are unaware that the AWOL assassin has undergone Gender transition and is Janet herself. William Sadler appears in the Cryptkeeper's scenes as the Grim Reaper (reprising his role from Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey ), who partakes in a winner-take-all game that is encored with Sadler as a different character in Bordello of Blood.

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