Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!

 It All Comes Out in the Wash
Season: 1                 
Episode #: 21
Airdate: 5/26/85
Overall Rating:
Director: Frank De Palma
Written by: Harvey Jacobs
 
 
 
A business man comes across a Chinese Laundry mat which offers to "wash away" the guilt of their customers.
-
Carl Gropper is a business man whose guilty conscience always seems to prevent him from making better business decisions. Not to long ago, he had heard his friend Sam Larchmont mention something about a Laundry service which promises to "wash away sins" and flush out all guilty feelings. Of course, Carl was intrigued and decided to drop by this laundry service to see if his business practice could be improved.
After ringing the bell at the front desk, Mr. Chow Ting appears from the back room saying something about how a woman just won the lottery on television. Carl introduces himself and tells Mr. Ting that his friend Sam Larchmount had sent him, and he would like "The Special Service".
Mr. Ting tells him that the special service is very expensive and payment must be prompt in cash.
Carl is handed a list of prices for all garments including raincoats, ties, shirts, all within a triple digit price range. Carl promptly agrees and Mr. Ting asks to see his "financial statement" and laundry. Mr. Ting informs him that his laundry will be picked up and delivered on an on going basis but he MUST follow the rules:
rule 1: Never ask how it works
rule 2: Never return and never telephone
rule 3: Be very discrete
rule 3 is very important, in fact Mr. Ting is surprised his loyal customer Sam referred Carl to him. Mr. Ting then reassures Carl with his motto "at Chow Ting's Laundry, everything comes out in the Wash".
Over the next several weeks Carl's business does better than ever, his guilty conscience seems to have been completely wiped clean. Carl even carries his new found aggressive attitude over to his family life, as he now has little remorse for anything. Carl then receives a phone call from his friend Sam, who tells him that he shouldn't have gone to the laundry and that he was drunk when he mentioned it to him. Carl reassures him that everything is fine and that business is better than ever.
Chow Ting contacts Carl awhile later to inform him that his prices have now doubled because of labor costs. Carl becomes furious at this but has grown dependant on Mr. Ting's Laundry and can't afford to loose his services.
Then one day soon after, Carl notices some of his clothes are missing and his laundry hasn't been picked up in days. Despite the rules he was given by Mr. Ting, Carl decides to call him anyway and ends up getting his answering machine. Days go by and his guilt really starts to catch up with him. He receives a phone call from his friend Sam, who is practically sobbing on the other end. Sam tells him that he blew it by calling Mr. Ting, and that his laundry hasn't been picked up in days either. Carl then comes to the conclusion that Mr. Ting wants his soul in exchange for his laundry services. He tries to call him back but again, only gets through to the answering machine. Carl's secretary then informs him that Sam had committed suicide by jumping from the 86th floor of his building, leaving only a "laundry list" as the suicide note. Finally, Chow Ting calls Carl with news that he had won the lottery and that he is no longer in the laundry business. After weeks of relying on his service, Carl decides he can't live without it and jumps to his death from the window of his office.


Comments:
Another classic episode, great story!


Notes:
- In the end credits of this episode, Vince Edward's character "Carl Gropper" is listed as being "Henry Gropper".
 


 Bigalow's Last Smoke
Season: 1         
Episode #: 22
Airdate: 6/9/85
Overall Rating:
Director: Timna Ranon
Written by: Michael McDowell
Story by: Ken Hanis & Craig Mitchell
 
 
A man wakes up to discover he has been imprisoned in a room made to look exactly like his apartment, and will not be allowed to leave until he gives up his smoking habit.

Comments:


Notes:
- Pictures


 Grandma's Last Wish
Season: 1         
Episode #: 23
Airdate: 6/16/85
Overall Rating:
Director: Warner Shook
Written by: Jule Selbo
 
 
 
An elderly woman teaches her family a lesson when they try to send her off to a retirement home.

Comments:


Notes:
 


 The False Prophet
Season: 1         
Episode #: 24
Airdate: 8/4/85
Overall Rating:
Director: Jerry Smith
Written by: Jule Selbo
Story by: Larry Fulton
 
 
A woman makes changes in her life when visiting a small diner and discovering an electronic fortune telling machine named "Horace X".

Comments:


Notes:
- Pictures


 The Impressionist
Season: 2         
Episode #: 25
Airdate: 9/29/85
Overall Rating:
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Written by: Haskell Barkin
Story by: M. Coleman Easton
 
 
An impressionist is taken in by the government and hired to use his body language skills to try and communicate with a captured alien.

Comments:



Notes:
 


  Lifebomb
Season: 2         
Episode #: 26
Airdate: 10/6/85
Overall Rating:
Director: Frank De Palma
Written by: Michael Kube-McDowell
 
 
 
A buisness executive buys an unusual device which is guaranteed to save his life, if and when he ever contracts a fatal illness.

Comments:



Notes:
 


  Ring Around the Redhead
Season: 2         
Episode #: 27
Airdate: 10/13/85
Overall Rating:
Director: Ted Gershuny
Written by: Ted Gershuny
Story by: John D. MacDonald
 
 
A man on death row for killing his friend tells a reporter about a ring he had discovered, and how beings from another dimension are to blame for the death of his friend.

Comments:
 

Notes:
 


  Parlor Floor Front
Season: 2         
Episode #: 28
Airdate: 10/20/85
Overall Rating:
Director: Richard Friedman
Written by: Carole Lucia Satrina
 
 
 
New owners of an apartment try to get rid of a former tenant who practices witchcraft. A man they are legally obligated to provide housing for.

Comments:



Notes:
- Pictures


 Halloween Candy
Season: 2         
Episode #: 29
Airdate: 10/27/85
Overall Rating:
Director: Tom Savini
Written by: Michael McDowell
 
 
 
A grouchy old man who despises halloween is stalked by a relentless trick or treater.

Comments:



Notes:
- Pictures


 The Satanic Piano
Season: 2         
Episode #: 30
Airdate: 11/3/85
Overall Rating:
Director: John Harrison
Written by: John Harrison
Story by: Carl Jacobi
 
 
A composer buys a mysterious device which captures musical ideas as they are thought of, but must feed on the soul of a loved one to retain its power.

Comments:



Notes:

 

Episode Guide Previous Page | Next Page Home