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Episode 31.
An insanely twisted story about a Perfect Crime Goes Wrong, although a big part of it depends on the unethical methods by one of the police officers that manipulates the suspect's behaviour and actions.
This particular issue is being addressed in the episode itself - several times, actually - but being upfront about it still doesn't take away the idea of convenient plotting, especially in the last reveal.
Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed the ping-pong of blackmail and upperhand, and the mistaken identity aspect that (in retrospect) made the murderous husband's evil scheme totally redundant is simply mind-blowing.
Gary Collins makes his second American guest appearance in the THRILLER series, and while I was watching him it suddenly dawned on me that he looks like a cross between Dynasty's lawyer Andrew Laird and The Colbys' lawyer Garrett Boydston.
Factoring in the plotholes that were necessary to create this story...and also the assumption that this kind of twisty-turvey TV narrative may not have been so commonplace in the early seventies...
Oh what the heck.
9/10
An insanely twisted story about a Perfect Crime Goes Wrong, although a big part of it depends on the unethical methods by one of the police officers that manipulates the suspect's behaviour and actions.
This particular issue is being addressed in the episode itself - several times, actually - but being upfront about it still doesn't take away the idea of convenient plotting, especially in the last reveal.
Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed the ping-pong of blackmail and upperhand, and the mistaken identity aspect that (in retrospect) made the murderous husband's evil scheme totally redundant is simply mind-blowing.
Gary Collins makes his second American guest appearance in the THRILLER series, and while I was watching him it suddenly dawned on me that he looks like a cross between Dynasty's lawyer Andrew Laird and The Colbys' lawyer Garrett Boydston.
Factoring in the plotholes that were necessary to create this story...and also the assumption that this kind of twisty-turvey TV narrative may not have been so commonplace in the early seventies...
Oh what the heck.
9/10