I'm not going to give a synopsis because goodness knows you can find that anywhere.
As I watched this episode, I was struck by the familiarity I sensed without ever actually viewing it before. It was only a few minutes in before I realized why. This is basically a condensed televised version of Rear Window (though obviously not exact and with an interesting twist at the end, as Hitch is so infamous for). I am not disappointed by that at all but find it quite delightful instead. Rear Window is, by far, my most favored Alfred Hitchcock film. To see it used so cleverly here was an engaging surprise. It's also worth noting, perhaps, that Rear Window had premiered only eleven months before the first airing of this episode.
I also want to briefly touch on my disagreement with a couple of points that previous reviewer posted.
The first point is about there being evidential delusions. I think it's fairly clear, from the title alone, that there were no delusions here. That is what makes the final twist so amazing.
Secondly, to criticize an episode on the "believability" is to criticize classic film and television. Life was different back then, and everyone knows that. It's not even worth mentioning in my opinion, as the reviewer did. However I will say that no matter what era, the movement of a dead body is the hardest part of the crime. Watch TruTV's Forensic File's (think real life CSI) if you want to learn more about that. This episode clearly reinforces that well-known fact.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one as I do so many of Hitchcock's. The acting was superb, the plot interesting and the twist intense. It's worth the few minutes it takes to watch, I have no shadow of a doubt.
Yes, stupid pun intended.
As I watched this episode, I was struck by the familiarity I sensed without ever actually viewing it before. It was only a few minutes in before I realized why. This is basically a condensed televised version of Rear Window (though obviously not exact and with an interesting twist at the end, as Hitch is so infamous for). I am not disappointed by that at all but find it quite delightful instead. Rear Window is, by far, my most favored Alfred Hitchcock film. To see it used so cleverly here was an engaging surprise. It's also worth noting, perhaps, that Rear Window had premiered only eleven months before the first airing of this episode.
I also want to briefly touch on my disagreement with a couple of points that previous reviewer posted.
The first point is about there being evidential delusions. I think it's fairly clear, from the title alone, that there were no delusions here. That is what makes the final twist so amazing.
Secondly, to criticize an episode on the "believability" is to criticize classic film and television. Life was different back then, and everyone knows that. It's not even worth mentioning in my opinion, as the reviewer did. However I will say that no matter what era, the movement of a dead body is the hardest part of the crime. Watch TruTV's Forensic File's (think real life CSI) if you want to learn more about that. This episode clearly reinforces that well-known fact.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one as I do so many of Hitchcock's. The acting was superb, the plot interesting and the twist intense. It's worth the few minutes it takes to watch, I have no shadow of a doubt.
Yes, stupid pun intended.