"The Caterpillar' segment on Night Gallery reminds me of all those good news/bad news type of jokes - Good news: That bug in your head is now gone; Bad news: It laid some eggs while it was in in there. See, it doesn't sound so bad as a punch line, but this was one terrifying story if you imagine it happening to yourself. I'm kind of curious now about other reviewers' interpretation of events in the story; the idea that Tommy Robinson (Don Knight) might have put an earwig in Steven Macy's ear on purpose instead of it being an accident is something I'll have to think about. Either way, the end result was ironically nasty. Quite coincidentally, I just recently viewed an episode of The X-Files titled 'Ice' in which an alien tapeworm releasing a poison in the brain rendered it's victims quite violent. Just another reason to wear earmuffs to sleep tonight.
'Little Girl Lost' is a poignant story for a while, until we learn that bomb scientist Professor Putman (William Windom) is being surreptitiously employed on developing a new type of weapon that creates fission from non-radioactive material. An injured associate (Ed Nelson) is assigned to keep Putman's delusion going that his dead young daughter is still alive, and concocts various scenarios in which he plays along. Putman's true memories begin to come back when an irate restaurant customer shocks him into acknowledging there's no plate at the dinner table for 'Ginny'. I'd say that the conclusion of the story was a blast, but of course, you could take it either of two ways.
'Little Girl Lost' is a poignant story for a while, until we learn that bomb scientist Professor Putman (William Windom) is being surreptitiously employed on developing a new type of weapon that creates fission from non-radioactive material. An injured associate (Ed Nelson) is assigned to keep Putman's delusion going that his dead young daughter is still alive, and concocts various scenarios in which he plays along. Putman's true memories begin to come back when an irate restaurant customer shocks him into acknowledging there's no plate at the dinner table for 'Ginny'. I'd say that the conclusion of the story was a blast, but of course, you could take it either of two ways.