Description: Season 5, Episode 28
Air Date: April 10, 1964
Plot Summary: A ventriloquist turns to a life of crime at the behest of his dummy.
Review: I lied, "The Dummy" episode was done better than this one. Hey, I did say I mix them up--scenes I thought happened in this episode must have been from "The Dummy." Come to think of it, what was the point of this story altogether? It didn't really add any plot points that "The Dummy" didn't already explore. Hmm...
This time around we have Jonathan as the ventriloquist and Caesar as the dummy. From the onset it is established that Caesar is alive, and they hint at a previous owner. It would have been amazing if the episode tied directly into "The Dummy," but, alas, they weren't thinking in those terms back then. Jonathan fails to land any kind of steady work which leads him to be penniless. Due to this predicament, Caesar takes over as the brains and plots their life of crime. After robbing a few places their plans are thwarted by a bratty, little girl. That is some "Scooby Doo" shit right there. When the police confront Johnny-boy he breaks down like a little bitch. Then Caesar plots a new scheme with the little girl. The end. Umm...what is going on? This episode isn't too bad, but it's really pointless. Why is anything happening and what is Caesar's goal? Maybe something was cut from the plot. They should have already started as criminals and went from there to develop the story.
I couldn't stand that little girl, the way she kept taunting him about not being able to get a job. The poor man was trying, I felt like yelling at her to shut the f up. Well, Johnathan was doing the right thing until he let that kniving smartass dummy talk him into commuting crimes. The man obviously did not feel comfortable stepping over into that world, since he seemed to have previously been a decent law abiding type. Why did he let that stupid dummy manipulate him into robbing places, why was he afraid to stand up to him and say "no, I'm not into that". What was he afraid the dummy was gonna do if he didn't do what he said, kick his ass?
ReplyDeleteThen with that little brat calling the police and snitching on him, it didn't seem like she did it because she was afraid of him due to learning he became a crook, and it didn't seem like she did it because she thought it was the right thing to do. It looked like she only did it to f with him because she hated him all along for some stupid reason, including when she bugged him about not having a job. I couldn't stand her.