1.16
Robert Stevens directed a boatload of episodes in this series, but here he's only the third most noteworthy director. There's Hitchcock, of course, and there's John Cassevetes, who is one of the two lead actors. This is one of my favorite episodes of Season 1.
Cassevetes gives a very strong, modern performance as an escaped convict who invades a young woman's home. He's menacing, and there are about as many allusive sexual threats as they could show in those days. I'm not sure if all actions here make sense, but it's not head-slappingly unrealistic. The ending makes me want to re-watch to see why I didn't see it coming.
1.17
A Lizzie Borden episode that takes place one year after her acquittal, which would be 1893. So this places it nearly equidistant between the original event and now. To my eyes, the setting looks much closer to the former (black and white will do that).
It begins with a girl singing the famous song about 40 whacks. Meanwhile, a pushy reporter wants to write an article on Lizzie. Her sister Emma interferes (the episode is titled The Older Sister). The story takes as true one of the theories about what really happened. Interesting for those who care about Lizzie Borden's saga, but otherwise is fairly dull, IMO.
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