After killing a woman, a man is chosen to be a juror for the trial of the man accused of her murder.After killing a woman, a man is chosen to be a juror for the trial of the man accused of her murder.After killing a woman, a man is chosen to be a juror for the trial of the man accused of her murder.
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- TriviaThe UK DVD release from Fabulous features a different title sequence for this episode, taken from the second season.
- GoofsBecause of his understanding of the people involved, Mr. Davies and anyone else who lived in the town shouldn't even be eligible to serve on the jury; juries need to be sequestered for this very reason and need to be selected from people with the ability to be biased.
- ConnectionsVersion of Le septième juré (1962)
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...and while it's not a great episode, Hitchcock's epilogue completely ruined this one.
According to IMDB, the UK was shown a different introduction to this episode...and that's exactly the one I saw that was posted on the Roku Channel...with a creepy animated start to the show.
George (Dean Jagger) is on a picnic with his wife. While the wife was sleeping, he wanders off and meets a pretty young lady who is quite friendly. They got to talking and middle-aged George attacks her and tries to kiss her. Well, she starts screaming and to quiet her, he strangles her! This is awful...but made even worse when her boyfriend is arrested and put on trial for the murder. George cannot live with himself and he makes anonymous calls and sends anonymous letters saying the accused in innocent.
Now here is where the show goes off the rails a bit. George is chosen to be on the jury for the case and this seems incredibly improbable for several reasons. First, he was seen by the police in the area after the crime...so you'd think he wouldn't be chosen. Second, he was a witness to the accused running amok in his jail cell...and brought drugs (since he is a pharmacist) for the sheriff to sedate the man. Again, seeing this outburst and being called in by the sheriff would sure seem to preclude him being on the jury. Third, folks start leaving very threatening notes for George when he's on the jury, as he seems to be very favorably disposed towards the accused. You'd think that the judge would be told and this would result in a hung jury.
In addition to how silly it seemed to have George on the jury, there were some other odd mistakes about the trial. There did not seem to be a defense attorney! After all, most of the testimony against the accused man was completely inadmissible....and it wouldn't take Perry Mason to figure this out!! Most consisted of people who hadn't witnessed the murder but talked about how much they hated the accused or how they KNEW he had to be the one who killed her. Even a hedgehog would have objected to this sort of 'testimony'!
I could say more but it would ruin any suspense about the show. Suffice to say that it had an interesting basic concept but just wasn't handled well due to so many plot problems...problems which took me out of the episode. Well acted by Jagger but an episode that could have been so much better. It did, by the way, have an excellent twist at the end...which was, frustratingly, undone by Hitchcock in his closing monologue. I think sponsors or the network pushed for this sort of resolution...and it completely what could have been a wonderful ending to an otherwise mediocre episode.
George (Dean Jagger) is on a picnic with his wife. While the wife was sleeping, he wanders off and meets a pretty young lady who is quite friendly. They got to talking and middle-aged George attacks her and tries to kiss her. Well, she starts screaming and to quiet her, he strangles her! This is awful...but made even worse when her boyfriend is arrested and put on trial for the murder. George cannot live with himself and he makes anonymous calls and sends anonymous letters saying the accused in innocent.
Now here is where the show goes off the rails a bit. George is chosen to be on the jury for the case and this seems incredibly improbable for several reasons. First, he was seen by the police in the area after the crime...so you'd think he wouldn't be chosen. Second, he was a witness to the accused running amok in his jail cell...and brought drugs (since he is a pharmacist) for the sheriff to sedate the man. Again, seeing this outburst and being called in by the sheriff would sure seem to preclude him being on the jury. Third, folks start leaving very threatening notes for George when he's on the jury, as he seems to be very favorably disposed towards the accused. You'd think that the judge would be told and this would result in a hung jury.
In addition to how silly it seemed to have George on the jury, there were some other odd mistakes about the trial. There did not seem to be a defense attorney! After all, most of the testimony against the accused man was completely inadmissible....and it wouldn't take Perry Mason to figure this out!! Most consisted of people who hadn't witnessed the murder but talked about how much they hated the accused or how they KNEW he had to be the one who killed her. Even a hedgehog would have objected to this sort of 'testimony'!
I could say more but it would ruin any suspense about the show. Suffice to say that it had an interesting basic concept but just wasn't handled well due to so many plot problems...problems which took me out of the episode. Well acted by Jagger but an episode that could have been so much better. It did, by the way, have an excellent twist at the end...which was, frustratingly, undone by Hitchcock in his closing monologue. I think sponsors or the network pushed for this sort of resolution...and it completely what could have been a wonderful ending to an otherwise mediocre episode.
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- planktonrules
- May 9, 2021
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