"We will go visit the lady whom Allah has provided to give me sanctuary."

- "Saladin the butcher", after explaining to his brother how he'll go and take a wealthy American woman and her niece hostage, take their money, commandeer their home and hold them until they're no longer useful.

"An intruder, his authority not only the gun but lack of any morals...a man who once when he was through with us and our usefulness was done would not hesitate to dispose of us as casually as a burnt out cigarette."

E. G. Marshall, at the end of the first segment.



&lt;SARCASM&gt;Gee, this has NO relevance to us today, does it?&lt;/SARCASM&gt;

A well known Muslim terrorist known as "Saladin the butcher", on the lam after a bombing in Greece, meets up with his brother in a remote area on the Turkish coast. The brother knows of a wealthy, elderly romance novel writer who lives nearby with her niece. Saladin has to lay low for awhile and needs a way to keep fed and his cash flowing. I've already said what he decides to do. The elderly woman isn't afraid of the terrorist, but wants no harm to come to her niece, hence she acquiences.

In the meantime, an archaeologist who plans on going to the area (his mother married a greek guy who was raised in Turkey...I'm sure not uncommon but interesting given the conflicts that have existed between those two nations) meets with his uncle, who's with an influential publishing house that happens to have the elderly American ex-pat romance writer in their stable. The uncle thinks something is wrong due to correspondance he's had with the lady, but he can't put his finger on it. He asks the nephew to check in on her, and the adventure begins.

At the end of the episode, I was tempted to ask "C'mon, E.G., tell us what you really think of terrorists."