Episode
Monsters: The Waiting Game
Overview
Four survivors of a nuclear blowout hide in their shelters, only connected by a walkie-talkie. While unbeknownst to them, the corpses of the dead are reanimated by something older than the radioactivity.
Details
- Series
- Monsters
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1990-12-09
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
The Waiting Game is Episode 10 in Season 3 of Monsters. It aired on 1990-12-09. The runtime is 22 min.
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