The catch? The wife must leave town and stay in hiding for seven years so she can legally be declared dead, at which point her husband will be able to collect the money. RECAP: A couple schemes to fake the wife’s death in order to collect insurance money. STARRING: SIDNEY BLACKMER, VIRGINIA GREGG AND ROBERT EMHARDT SEASON 1, EPISODE 4: “DON’T COME BACK ALIVE”
It’s a twist that brings the silliness back to the story without diminishing those few minutes of fear that the viewer experienced. Hitchcock delivers the big surprise in his reflective outro rather than through the action itself. REACTION: This episode starts out a bit silly but builds fantastic tension near the end. But a local restaurant owner named Maggie is determined to stop these men from taking their lives, with the help of a home-cooked meal and a cuckoo clock! Two men decide to play a dangerous game of waiting to see who will kill the other first after a falling out over a gambling feud. RECAP: “Triggers in Leash” features that trademark Hitchcock-approved suspense with a Western twist. STARRING: GENE BARRY, DARREN MCGAVIN AND ELLEN CORBY It manages an ending that is both surprising and terribly sad, inducing sympathy for the entire family. REACTION: This episode makes the viewer suspicious of just about everyone except the man returning home from Europe, who seems genuinely shocked by his father’s death and almost gives off an air of innocence. RECAP: A man returns home from Europe to reconnect with his family, only to find that his father passed away four years earlier… and no one has informed him of the death, nor are they willing to give up the truth of how it happened. STARRING: JOHN FORSYTHE, WARREN STEVENS AND CLORIS LEACHMAN
Alfred hitchcock presents season 6 series#
This first episode of the series kicks the viewer with two huge surprises, hooking the audience into this story and ensuring that they’ll be returning for further episodes. It’s equal parts psychological thriller and revenge tale, and Hitchcock (along with writers Francis Cockrell and Samuel Blas) balance the two sides of the story absolutely perfectly. REACTION: This is one of my favorite episodes in the series. All seems to be going much better for the couple at their new temporary home, until the woman allegedly gets assaulted one day by a “traveling salesman” while her husband is at work. RECAP: A woman who has suffered an emotional breakdown has temporarily moved to a beachfront mobile park with her husband. STARRING: RALPH MEEKER, VERA MILES AND FRANCES BAVIER
I recently decided to work my way through the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series in chronological order, to catch the episodes I’ve never seen and re-watch the ones I’ve loved for years! The following are brief recaps and reviews for the first six episodes of my seemingly never-ending marathon. Alfred Hitchcock is one of my favorite directors and one of my favorite people in general.
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