![]() Hitchcock and company got away with this, decades before the rise of the TV anti-hero, for several reasons. ![]() I mean, if it gets stubborn,” says a wastrel who tries to kill his spinster aunt, by putting ground glass in her food, in “A Perfect Murder.” Other times, they just revel in their villainy: “I consider you and your morality excess baggage!” Darren McGavin’s character spits at his girlfriend when she balks at killing yet another rich old lady in “The Cheney Vase.” Sometimes, characters try to rationalize their actions: “Man has the right to help nature along. ![]() Episode 1 Aired Incident in a Small Jail A man stops for gas in a small town and gets trouble instead.ĭetails Episode 2 Aired Man From the South A man proposes an interesting wager: in exchange for a sports car a man must light his lighter 10 times, if not he loses a finger.ĭetails Episode 3 Aired Bang! You're Dead A little girl (Bianca Rose) is not allowed to play army with the boys unless she is able to obtain a gun.ĭetails Episode 4 Aired An Unlocked Window Police believe that an insane medical student is responsible for the murders of three private-duty nurses.ĭetails Episode 5 Aired Revenge A woman (Linda Purl) is attacked in her home and her husband (David Clennon) takes the law into his own hands.ĭetails Episode 6 Aired Night Fever Hospitalized following a shoot-out with the police, a murderer (Robert Carradine) persuades a nurse (Lisa Pelikan) to help him escape.ĭetails Episode 7 Aired Wake Me When I'm Dead A woman (Barbara Hershey) is on trial for murdering her husband while hypnotically linked to a previous incarnation.ĭetails Episode 8 Aired The Final Escape A woman (Season Hubley) who has been sentenced to life in prison, involves the prison mortician in her escape plan.ĭetails Episode 9 Aired Night Caller A divorced woman (Linda Fiorentino) is harassed with obscene phone calls and surveillance from a neighboring apartment.ĭetails Episode 10 Aired The Method Actor An aging, alcoholic movie star teeters on the edge of sanity when his dream role goes to a younger actor.ĭetails Episode 11 Aired Human Interest Story A TV reporter investigates the station's former technician who took over the airwaves to admit he was an alien and warn Earth.ĭetails Episode 12 Aired Breakdown A drug dealer, seriously injured in a car crash and thought dead, must stop a coroner from performing the autopsy.ĭetails Episode 13 Aired Prisoners An escaped prisoner (Yaphet Kotto) holds a woman (Cristina Raines) captive in her home as he waits for dark to make his final escape.ĭetails Episode 14 Aired Gigolo A gold-digging husband (Brad Davis) plotting the death of his rich wife (Sandy Dennis) is menaced by her 17 cats.ĭetails Episode 15 Aired The Gloating Place A shy teen becomes obsessed with becoming a celebrity after her dead classmate received a brief moment of fame.ĭetails Episode 16 Aired The Right Kind of Medicine An alcoholic doctor gives a wounded bank robber a prescription.ĭetails Episode 17 Aired Beast in View A woman is terrorized with threatening phone calls and the murder of her dog after she marries one of her patients.ĭetails Episode 18 Aired A Very Happy Ending A deaf boy (Leaf Phoenix) witnesses a murder at an airport and proceeds to blackmail the killer (Robert Loggia).ĭetails Episode 19 Aired The Canary Sedan A woman (Kathleen Quinlan) hears voices in her car when she arrives in Hong Kong to join her husband.ĭetails Episode 20 Aired Enough Rope for Two A man's lively girlfriend asks an unstable cousin on a weekend camp-out.ĭetails Episode 21 Aired The Creeper A fashion designer thinks a killer has the keys to her apartment.ĭetails Episode 22 Aired Happy Birthday A lonely newspaperman celebrating his 49th birthday is arrested for a 22-year-old murder he did not commit.ĭetails Episode 23 Aired The Jar A struggling artist finds a mysterious jar that turns him into an overnight success.ĭetails Episode 24 Aired Deadly Honeymoon A businesswoman impulsively marries a handsome surgeon - only to learn that he is suspected of murdering his first two wives.ĭetails Episode 25 Aired Four O'Clock A jealous husband (Kenneth McMillan) is caught in the murderous trap he has set for his wife (Ellen Tobie) and her suspected lover.ĭetails Episode 26 Aired Road Hog A road hog (Burt Young) antagonizes a wildcatter (Ronny Cox).Many episodes are like Breaking Bad in 30 minutes or less, in which sudden greed or wounded pride can lead someone to bump off a spouse, best friend, or random stranger.
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