Another wonderful episode and it also features Bruce Dern. Here's the thing. I can call Jesse (Bruce's character in "Lonely Place" as being absolutely off the wall nuts. I can't really say that for Bruce's character in this episode.
I can honestly say there's parts of me that are sympathetic to Roy and Marcia. It's understandable to be freaked out at a peeping tom or being afraid at getting scary phone calls. There's a part of me that feels like Marcia's husband somewhat let her down because she was very open about being scared of Roy and yet her husband and stepson are both friendly enough with Roy to talk with him or him stop by at the house to drop the stepson off.
But I also can sympathize with Marcia's husband and Stevey (stepson). It looked like being loyal to one man and being a good stepmom to Stevey weren't on Marcia's list of things to do. It never failed to crack me up whenever Marcia would say that Stevey was at a swimming lesson or something while Roy tended to know what Stevey's schedule was like. And no, I wasn't getting creep vibes off Roy being friendly with Stevey. I think he saw a lot of himself in Stevey. Roy was very upset at a situation he had went through with his stepmother and I think he was just taking on kind of a big brother role for Stevey. It'd give him somebody to hang out with since he was pretty much alone for large parts of his free time.
So I also can sympathize with what Roy went through because it sounds like he was still traumatized at his stepmom's actions and the death of his father.
I can also understand where people might think Roy overstepped his boundaries and should've minded his own business. There's no need for you to go to Marcia's house and confront her over her actions. Marcia also got another shock after she kills Roy and she's still getting obscene phone calls.
Anyway, this is another interesting episode and would recommend it as another one on the "best of Hitchcock" lists.
I can honestly say there's parts of me that are sympathetic to Roy and Marcia. It's understandable to be freaked out at a peeping tom or being afraid at getting scary phone calls. There's a part of me that feels like Marcia's husband somewhat let her down because she was very open about being scared of Roy and yet her husband and stepson are both friendly enough with Roy to talk with him or him stop by at the house to drop the stepson off.
But I also can sympathize with Marcia's husband and Stevey (stepson). It looked like being loyal to one man and being a good stepmom to Stevey weren't on Marcia's list of things to do. It never failed to crack me up whenever Marcia would say that Stevey was at a swimming lesson or something while Roy tended to know what Stevey's schedule was like. And no, I wasn't getting creep vibes off Roy being friendly with Stevey. I think he saw a lot of himself in Stevey. Roy was very upset at a situation he had went through with his stepmother and I think he was just taking on kind of a big brother role for Stevey. It'd give him somebody to hang out with since he was pretty much alone for large parts of his free time.
So I also can sympathize with what Roy went through because it sounds like he was still traumatized at his stepmom's actions and the death of his father.
I can also understand where people might think Roy overstepped his boundaries and should've minded his own business. There's no need for you to go to Marcia's house and confront her over her actions. Marcia also got another shock after she kills Roy and she's still getting obscene phone calls.
Anyway, this is another interesting episode and would recommend it as another one on the "best of Hitchcock" lists.