This episodes starts with a terrificly noirish robbery scene and McDowell is very good playing an unusually nasty character. The scenes with his moll are more shocking now than they would have been at the time now that we're all politically correct about things. The relationship he forms with the helpless old lady works too. It's funny but suspenseful as McDowell's character has real threat to him. Then, and I won't spoil anything, there is this fall down the stairs scene and the show suddenly seems to be totally a comedy/black comedy. The show is fast paced and well directly and acted by all with some twists but the tone shift doesn't really work for McDowell's character or for the show. So the whole is less than the sum of the parts this time.
Hitchcock's intro and outro especially are quite funny and related to the episode giving it a final pay off--which isn't always the case. Wish I could rate this more highly.
Hitchcock's intro and outro especially are quite funny and related to the episode giving it a final pay off--which isn't always the case. Wish I could rate this more highly.