Alex Harper and his wife, Judy, live on a farm where Alex has suffered a recent injury to his arm. He speaks with his doctor and learns that his arm will never been completely healed and worse, that his wife has a serious heart condition. During the tale, Judy becomes audibly upset when she happens upon a man "without a face" who wants to "communicate". After her story is reinforced by other's who have seen the strange looking man, Alex and Judy find a black doctor's bag behind their barn. Eventually, they open the bag and find prescriptions in bottles that are unlike anything they've seen before. The prescriptions are for some of the most hideous diseases known to man. Alex puts some of the appropriate powder on his arm and has a miraculous and complete recovery.

Warning: Plot spoiler ahead. The story is excellent. The characters keep us guessing and we learn of several points where the plot is forshadowed. For instance, we learn that the man in black is a "new kind of man" early in the story. Later we learn he is a fururistic reaper. His medicines are actually a prescription for death and I can imagine him without a mouth, as a metaphor for a silent grim reaper, dressed in a black hooded cape. The exterminator is portrayed with a very strange voice that seems a bit contrived but I think it actually helps to give us a futuristic bent. Excellent choice for a show.