Ladies and gentlemen,

We've talked before about the inspiration for certain episodes, and also the similarities between The Twilight Zone and the RMT, both being in the CBS stable.

I'm certain that this particular episode was inspired by what some have written is one of the better episodes of TWZ, penned by Rod Serling himself, called "The lonely". It's told, however, as though the way events unfolded and the circumstances in which they occured were reversed, with an RMT twist at the end, of course.

The woman above in the TWZ episode was named "Alicia" (the actress was Jean Marsh, pictured with the fine character actor Jack Warden as he was readying to hit her with a shovel), while the woman Marian Seldes plays in this RMT episode is named "Amelia".

Maybe you'll think I've got ElspethEricitis (though this episode was penned by Henry Schlesser) but...this show was the second most haunting one to me after "Star Sapphire". At least no children were harmed in this episode - then again, it depends on the definition of "children". It's one I found myself wanting to listen to again to pick up script details, and I also think some of Ms. Seldes' most powerful lines are when she doesn't say a word...