Everything he says, how he says it, what he does, how he does it - everything is cast in one piece and brought into an exact form. Even if he doesn't say or do anything, an aura surrounds him from the very first moment he enters the scene, which it's difficult for viewers to resist.
A brilliant performance by Vic Morrow, backed by a confident direction, a very good script with the appropiate score make this episode the most mature of the whole series.
The only supposed downer is the open ending and that the story of Vic Morrow's character was never told to the end. Although dramaturgically that wasn't a mistake and was appropriate to the plot, perhaps even necessary.
A brilliant performance by Vic Morrow, backed by a confident direction, a very good script with the appropiate score make this episode the most mature of the whole series.
The only supposed downer is the open ending and that the story of Vic Morrow's character was never told to the end. Although dramaturgically that wasn't a mistake and was appropriate to the plot, perhaps even necessary.