Jamie (Henry Thomas) works in a food laboratory, developing artificial flavors to be used in snacks and spices. He seems content enough in his professional life, his personal life is another story. He and his wife have separated and that recently became a finalized divorce and as a result, Jamie feels he's losing touch with his son. One night, Jamie awakens from a dream with an extreme taste of chocolate in his mind....seems a bit odd, but nothing he's concerned about. In an effort to cheer Jamie up, his co-worker, Wally (Matt Frewer) urges Jamie to go to a bar and hear his band play. Jamie agrees to go and during the evening, he meets a woman and in the middle of their conversation, his mind flashes to another place and can't hear the woman at all. As he and Wally head home, Jamie again has a 'flash' and Wally is forced to grab the wheel to avoid a collision with another vehicle. Jamie later meets an attractive woman, Elaine (Leah Graham) and Jamie charms Elaine and soon the two are back in Jamie's apartment enjoying some food and then settle in for a bit of loving. After the loving is over, Jamie experiences some pain, but settles in to sleep. The next morning, as Elaine is sleeping, Jamie awakens and soon 'flashes' to another bedroom, where a handsome young fellow is expressing his desire to an unseen woman in bed. Soon, the young man is.....shall we say banging away at the unseen woman, but Jamie is experiencing it all. To Elaine, Jamie appears to have gone into some serious convulsions and as Jamie is convulsing on the bed and Elaine is in a fit of panic, Jamie's ex-wife (Stacy Grant) and son come into the apartment, leaving poor Elaine to face it all and seeing Jamie in the state he's in, the ex storms out of the apartment with the son in hand. Elaine is less-than-pleased with the entire outcome and she also storms out of the apartment. Jamie's 'flashes' are soon becoming more frequent and much more intense and he sets out to find out who this woman is that's invading his dreams. He discovers the woman's name is Catherine (Lucie Laurier) and she's a gifted artist and she lives in Vancouver. In one of his 'flashes', Jamie sees Catherine kill the young man she was loving in an earlier 'flash', after he brings home a young woman to share their bed. Jamie becomes so obsessed with his visions of Catherine that in his mind, he feels he is in love with Catherine and sets out to meet her......Catherine, isn't at all pleased to have Jamie show up on her doorstep, though......

Chocolate is presented in anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) and looks quite good. Colors seems natural and solid and being such a new production, there's no print damage to complain about. Audio options are offered in Dolby Digital (2.0 and 5.1), but no other language tracks or subtitles are offered for this release. Plenty of bonus features are available and include:

Chocolate isn't a bad episode by any means, but it's also not a great entry. The opening scene kind of gives away too much of the story and the viewer basically can fill in the gaps and knows what's going to be the end result. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it may be too predictable for most viewers to invest too much time for the episode. There's a couple of scenes of blood, but nothing like one might expect or hope for in a series geared towards horror fans. I got the feeling this was more of a suspense/thriller story and not a horror tale. Still, it wasn't a total loss, I didn't feel cheated when the episode was over as if I'd wasted 60 minutes or so of my time and for the curious that don't have access to Showtime, I'd definitely recommend this as a rental.

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