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Title: The Shelter (29 Sep 1961)
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| Episode complete credited cast: | |||
| Larry Gates | ... | Dr. Bill Stockton | |
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Joseph Bernard | ... | Marty Weiss |
| Jack Albertson | ... | Jerry Harlowe | |
| Peggy Stewart | ... | Grace Stockton | |
| Sandy Kenyon | ... | Frank Henderson | |
| Michael Burns | ... | Paul Stockton | |
| Jo Helton | ... | Martha Harlowe | |
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Moria Turner | ... | Mrs. Weiss |
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Mary Gregory | ... | Mrs. Henderson |
| John McLiam | ... | Man | |
Dr. Bill Stockton has prepared well for any eventuality. He's built a bomb shelter for himself, his wife and his child. His neighbors on the other hand have done nothing to prepare. During a dinner party, there is an emergency announcement on the radio that unidentified objects have been sighted en route to the US and they may be under attack. As the Stockton's prepare to use their shelter their neighbors panic asking to be let into the shelter with them. Stockton refuses leading to an angry confrontation. Written by garykmcd
This is my seventh favorite tale of the show if you can believe that. There isn't much to say it's once again a tale about civilization crumpling or evil next door. This of course is a story that took place during the Cold War and Cuban Missle Crisis so in a way the story is also kinda educational as it also is glimpse of a time when it seemed the end of the world could be a minute away.
I really like the protagonist Bill as he is doing everything he can to keep his own family safe while feeling a little of the pain of his inability to save anyone else. We see slowly but surely the whole neighborhoods civility just crumple as most of them act in fits of desperation even almost resorting to murder.
This is sort of the dark side of humanity but also based on our fear of how little we know about our fellow man, how our own enemy can be our own next door neighbor. There are moments when we here some of them spout out toward each other a few make some racist remarks which I'll admit I found sickening, or even seeing most of them just vandalize Bill's house for no reason not even caring that may'be certain things in the house had some sacred value to them. It just goes to show once again how little we can know about the person living in our neighborhood and talk to; may'be this crisis is what brought out what that person is on the inside all along.
It also shows how heroism has it's limitations. it's true Bill has built a shelter but the Shelter isn't big enough nor have enough provisions to support 30 or even 100 people so he's not Noah. Bill isn't being selfish as he does think about all the others but he has to think about protecting the people he loves even more and making sure that his own son at least has a future. And it's mentioned Bill is a Doctor but even Doctors lose patients sometimes; it's true that his job is to save lives but it's not to save every ones lives because logically it's impossible, you can try but it most of the time but usually it does no good.
It's not going to be the bombs that will strike first it's going to be ourselves.
Rating: 4 stars