Chucky's fourth episode is properly titled "Just Let Go," as many of the relationships that have been built up until this point begin to crumble, or at the very least, take a different from. Among those are Jake's own relationship with Chucky, which has been teetering since the first episode, where Chucky took it upon himself to kill Jake's father. Following the events of Chucky's previous episode, there are additional reasons for Jake to question his standing with the killer doll.
"Just Let Go" isn't as gory and action-packed as previous episodes, but there is a reason for this. While the third episode aimed to show a new side of characters who have encountered Chucky's villainry, "Just Let Go" begins to put some of these new character discoveries to the test. The fourth episode also introduces some brand new elements and characters who will likely play a crucial role in the story that is yet to come.
The episode begins with Jake wandering into the hospital, which serves as the primary setting for "Just Let Go." Don Mancini, the series' creator, revealed that this setting was a slight nod to Halloween 2, which was largely set in a hospital. Believing that Chucky was successful in killing Lexy, Jake is riddled with guilt as he drifts from room to room, seeing the collateral damage Chucky has caused. However, it doesn't take long for Jake to discover that Lexy is actually alive and that someone else was made one of Chucky's victims. Lexy also learns that Jake intentionally sent Chucky after her, knowing that the doll would kill her. Uncovering these revelations puts Jake and Lexy on opposing teams once again, but it doesn't last long.
After learning that Oliver didn't die in the house fire and bled to death as a result of multiple stab wounds, both parents and children grow increasingly suspicious of who is responsible for his death. Oddly enough, this information is what begins to lead most of them to see clearly, as ridiculous and heinous as it may sound to them. Devon plays a foal part in these new discoveries, as he uncovers the urban myth of Charles Lee Ray and his connection to Chucky. Even Junior is brought into the fold as he catches a glimpse of the doll running past his door as he is getting medicated by the hospital's nurses.
Jake and Lexy are ultimately forced to team up to battle Chucky, leading to an altercation in Lexy's burnt home where she stumbles over the railing, leaving Jake to save her. As Lexy dangles between life and death, Chucky emerges from the ashes and attempts to coax Jake to drop her so that he can finish the job. While Jake refuses, the moment isn't entirely anticlimactic. Chucky emerges from the shadows, unveiling his new look that has half of his face burned in a sickening Freddy Krueger, Harvey Dent manner.
What serves as one of the more redeeming qualities of this episode, is the background information the series works to establish about Charles Lee Ray. Previous episodes have shown how Charles became a killer and "Just Let Go" continues to build on that. Now a teenager, Charles is seen in a boy's home reading the story of Peter Pan to a few of the children there. He later leads some of the boys (who he deems his own Lost Boys) on a journey through the woods, where they uncover the dead body of the home's janitor. The janitor's throat has been slashed and maggots gnaw at his flesh, but the strangest part is that one of his hands has been cut off. This leads Charles to remark that the children have found Captain Hook.
Most of the children run away mortified, but one of the children stays behind and pokes at the maggots with a stick. This child stands out to Charles in a similar manner that he once did to the intruder who killed his father. In this scene, Charles even fiddles with the knife the intruder gave him and repeats the same words that the intruder told him: "You've got guts, kid." Later, Charles is seen packing his bags but leaves the child with a gift box that contains the janitor's severed hand. This child is revealed as Eddie Caputo, Charles' partner in crime who is ultimately killed by Chucky in Child's Play.
The slower pace of "Just Let Go" is also redeemed by the introduction of a few new elements. Near the start of the episode, a ball rolls to Jake's foot (which Mancini revealed was an ode to The Shining) and the assumption is that it belongs to Chucky. Instead of him, a woman arrives to pick up the ball. This same woman is seen later in the episode holding a baby that is dressed as a Good Guy doll. It's very unlikely that she crossed paths with Jake by coincidence, so the chance that she will appear in the upcoming episodes to play a crucial role in the development of a piece of the side plot is very likely.
What also serves as an interesting development is that Jake can no longer be blamed for the mysterious killings that have been occurring around him. Upon arriving at the hospital, Chucky murders Detective Evans' partner in Caroline's hospital room. During this time, Jake is being interrogated by Detective Evans, who has grown extremely suspicious of him. After uncovering her partner's body, there is no way she can blame Jake for his death considering that the teen was with her during the time of his murder. The only other thing in the room with Caroline is the half-burned Chucky doll, which means suspicion of him will continue to spread.
"Just Let Go" is a slower episode that will likely do a lot for the plot going forward. However, as a standalone episode, it does fall a bit flat in comparison to some of the others that have come before it. It is largely redeemed by the background information presented about Charles and the new seeds that are being planted for the episodes that remain. There are also still plenty of unanswered questions that still remain, including how Junior will get involved with the Chucky hunt now that all of his friends have found themselves in the doll's line of sight. Other mysteries include Junior's mother's secret and the mysterious new woman and her baby. With the moral obligation to kill for Jake seemingly over, Chucky will begin to take his most lethal form of the series thus far.