History Recap / NightGalleryS1E1

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* ShoutOut: The segment features multiple clips from ''Film/Frankenstein1931''.

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-> Written by: Douglas Heyes

Based on a short story of the same name by Creator/FritzLeiber.

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-> Teleplay by: Douglas Heyes
-> Story by: Creator/FritzLeiber

-> Story by: Fritz Leiber

-> Written by: Matthew Howard

-> Written by: Dogulas Heyes

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-> '''Rod Serling:''' We welcome you, ladies and gentlemen, to an exhibit of art. A collection of oils and still lifes that share one thing in common: you won't find them in the average salon, or exhibition hall, or art museum. Painting number one. Its title: '''The Dead Man.''' An interesting meeting between flesh and bone, between that which walks and that which, you should excuse the expression, gets buried. So we submit for your approval, this and other frozen moments of nightmare placed on canvas.

* AndIMustScream: John has psychosomatic abilities that allow him to unconsciously exhibit symptoms of any disease before returning to full heath. As Velia is slowly falling for him, Max tricks him into thinking he's dead for months. When he revives, he's long since rotted.

* ItRunsInTheFamily: Max notes to Miles that John's abilities come from his parents and distant family, many of whom were paranoid hypocondriacs.
* MeaningfulName: John's family name is "Fearing", and he has the ability to psychosomatically reproduce the symptoms of diseases under hypnosis. His parents and ancestors are said to have similarly been hypocondriacs in life. In spite of this, John feels proud of his ability to produce diseased appearances in perfect health.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Carlota may be a selfish ingrate who rebukes Cedric with a fury, but Cedric is just as self-centered, demanding the entirety of her worth and her love for being his wife, providing an explaination to why she's so aloof with him.

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Dr. Max Redford (Carl Betz) introduces his fellow doctor Miles Talmadge (Creator/JeffCorey) to John Fearing (Michael Blodgett), a young man who possesses unusually strong psychosomatic abilities. While placed under hypnosis and given a different series of tapping sounds, John can unconsciously have his body can mimic the symptoms of any disease imaginable. Max’s wife Velia (Creator/LouiseSorel) slowly grows attracted to her husband’s patient, prompting the doctor to determine whether John’s talent can have him cheat death as well.

* AndIMustScream: John has psychosomatic abilities that allow him to unconsciously exhibit symptoms of diseases before returning to full heath. As Velia is slowly falling for him, Max tricks him into thinking he's dead for months. When he revives, he's long since rotted.
* BodyHorror: John has an unusually powerful psychosomatic ability, which lets him manifest advanced symptoms of all sorts of diseases and viruses under hypnosis. His body is shown both emaciated and discolored, as well as blue and bloated from edema, only to immediately revert to the peak of health when his hypnotic state is reversed. It even makes him think that he's dead... ''months'' after the fact.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Max notes to Miles that John's abilities come from his parents, both of which were paranoid hypocondriacs, as well as members of his distant family.
* MeaningfulName: John's family name is "Fearing", and he has the ability to psychosomatically reproduce the symptoms of diseases under hypnosis. His parents are said to have similarly been hypocondriacs in life.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Max has been working with John, an unusually strong hypochondriac who can show extensive symptoms of any sickness through hypnotic programming, far beyond what normal psychosomatic symptoms are capable of. Max intends to have him simulate braindeath to see if a man can be brought back from the dead, as well as get him away from his lustful wife. The end of the episode shows that he can... far longer than Max intended.

* CoolOldLady: Though she has no friends or references and is described as homely, Miss Wattle is a cheery individual who goes about her life with a zen-like view of the world, and she actively tries to punish Cedric after the personality swap by leaving him with nothing.
* HereWeGoAgain: Cedric, having switched Carlota's personality with that of Miss Wattle, switches her personality again with another housekeeper when she tries to fight back. When asked how many times he plans to do this, he answers "Until we get it right."

-> '''Rod Serling:''' We welcome you, ladies and gentlemen, to an exhibit of art. A collection of oils and still lifes that share one thing in common: you won't find them in the average salon, or exhibition hall, or art museum. Painting number one. Its title: '''The Dead Man.''' An interesting meeting between flesh and bone, between that which walks and that which, tou should excuse the expression, gets buried. So we submit for your approval, this and other frozen moments of nightmare placed on canvas.

* BodyHorror: John has an unusually powerful psychosomatic ability, which lets him manifest advanced symptoms of all sorts of diseases and viruses under hypnosis. His body is shown both emaciated and discolored, as well as blue and bloated from edema, only to immediately revert to the peak of health when his hypnotic state is reversed. It even makes him think that he's dead... ''months''' after the fact.

* AndIMustScream: John has psychosometic abilities that allow him to unconsciously exhibit symptoms of diseases before returning to full heath. As Velia is slowly falling for him, Max tricks him into thinking he's dead for months. When he revives, he's long since rotted.

-> '''Rod Serling:''' "We welcome you, ladies and gentlemen, to an exhibit of art. A collection of oils and still lifes that share one thing in common: you won't find them in the average salon, or exhibition hall, or art museum. Painting number one. Its title: '''The Dead Man.''' An interesting meeting between flesh and bone, between that which walks and that which, tou should excuse the expression, gets buried. So we submit for your approval, this and other frozen moments of nightmare placed on canvas."