In Joy Ride we have a group of teenagers who are out looking for trouble and find a vintage car and take it for a spin. What happens is that the car takes over the psyche of the driver. While he is a bit of a loose cannon, he becomes even more dangerous, actually shooting a policeman in the face. In "Shelter Skelter," Joe Mantegna plays a totally committed survivalist who builds a state of the art bomb shelter. He is estranged from his wife because of his obsession. He ignores his daughter and embraces his son, but fate takes over and he and an employee of his end up in his shelter after an apparent nuclear attack. What transpires is frantic and depressing. It's hard to find anything redeeming about the guy. The final episode involves an another unlikeable person, a red headed young man who seems to be totally self-centered and tiresome. But he does have a kind of sixth sense that comes into play.
