Description: Season 3, Episode 16
Air Date: January 5, 1962
Plot Summary: An old woman fears to leave her home or else Death will come for her.
Review: Eh...this is another of the mediocre episodes. In fact, it's probably only a notch ahead of the worst list contenders. There just isn't much going on here, the material feels unoriginal, and the only notable aspect is an early role from Robert Redford. Essentially we have an old lady living out of a condemned building through the assistance of contrivances. She sees someone lurking about and discovers it is a cop seemingly shot. Reluctantly helping the cop, the old lady reveals that she is desperately afraid of dying and believes Death itself is after her. She has allegedly always been able to see Death in various forms throughout her life, but this is questionable to say the least. At one point a guy busts the door down since he's a part of a demolition crew or something. When the old lady realizes the man was unable to see the cop, she understands that she's been tricked by Death. So the cop is Death and he wanted to put the woman at ease by gaining her trust and taking a pleasant form. The old lady is still scared of dying, but it's a little late as she's already toasty toast. They kind of imply the form that Death took was her son, but this crazy lady doesn't strike me as someone sane enough to land a dude. Whatever. And that's all there is to the episode--an old lady scared to die ends up dying. I think with a greater insight, or maybe a cool back story explaining how the old lady could see death, would have made things interesting. There was just a hollow feeling to the story and so little happens.
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