History Recap / NightGalleryS1E2

> '''Rod Serling:''' A very hearty welcome to Night Gallery, and to a collection of art not found in your average museum. These are paintings which represent life, but occasionally death as well.

-> '''Rod Serling:''' A very hearty welcome to Night Gallery, and to a collection of art not found in your average museum. These are paintings which represent life, but occasionally death as well. Case in point: this canvas here. A bedroom, but with all the cheer and warmth of a crypt. Beneath the paint and the patina is an ingredient called jealousy. Color it a monstrous green and call the picture: '''Room with a View.'''

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The opening shot shows Frances and Vic engaging in a passionate kiss as Jacob spies on her. He later spies the chauffeur and his own wife sharing an equally-passionate kiss in the building across the street, revealing the truth to the audience and that Jacob already has a begun formulating a plan to get rid of them.

* HomelessHero: William, who has faith in both medical science and the innate goodness of mankind. He was largely rendered homeless when his chronic drinking started "interferring" with his job, leading to the city's medical board stripping him of his credentials. Thankfully, his discovery of the bag fills him with a new drive to help the sick and injured again.

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Jacob Bauman (Joseph Wiseman), a wealthy invalid left bedridden by an illness, uses his binoculars to spy on his younger wife Lila (Angel Tompkin) cheating on him with his handsome chauffeur Vic (Larry Watson). Jacob is soon visited by his kindhearted nurse, Frances Nevins (Creator/DianeKeaton), who goes on about her boyfriend and how they plan to marry soon. Learning that Vic is both her boyfriend and the man his wife is cheating on him with, as well as the fact that Frances tends to fly into jealous rages when Vic looks at another woman, Jacob uses his new information to send his nurse a little "surprise" to the young lovers.

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* ChromosomeCasting: Fitting its lunar landing/space exploration motif, there are no female characters present.

A pair of homeless winos, former doctor William Fall (Creator/BurgessMeredith) and his friend Hepplewhite (Creator/ChillWills), discover a black medical bag in a dumpster while looking for something to pawn off for booze money. Investigating the bag, William finds that the instruments within look far more technological than any of those he used to practice with, and gradually learns that the bag itself comes from the year 2098, having been dropped in 1971 by accident. By practicing with the tools inside the bag, William learns that they can heal any ailment in mere seconds, which he does to a little girl with strep throat and two men from the homeless shelter he lives in, one with cancer and the other with rheumatoid arthritis. While William wants to continue using the bag for the good of mankind, Hepplewhite, still wanting to use it for money, begins developing other plans.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The opening shot shows Frances and Vic engaging in a passionate kiss as Jacob spies on her. He later spies the chauffeur and his own wife sharing an equally-passionate kiss in the building across the street revealing the truth to the audience and that Jacob already has a begun formulating a plan to get rid of them.

Jacob Bauman (Joseph Wiseman), a wealthy invalid left bedridden by an illness, uses his binoculars to spy on his younger wife Lila (Angel Tompkin) cheating on him with his handsome chauffeur Vic (Larry Watson). Jacob is soon visited by his kindhearted nurse, Frances Nevins (Creator/DianeKeaton), who goes on about her boyfriend and how they plan to marry soon. Learning that Vic is both her boyfriend the man his wife is cheating on him with, as well as the fact that Frances tends to fly into jealous rages when Vic looks at another woman, Jacob uses his new information to send his nurse a little "surprise" to the young lovers.

Jacob Bauman (Joseph Wiseman), a wealthy invalid left bedridden by an illness, uses his binoculars to spy on his younger wife Lila (Angel Tompkin) cheating on him with his handsome chauffeur Vic (Larry Watson). Jacob is soon visited by his kindhearted nurse, Frances Nevins (Creator/DianeKeaton), who goes on about her boyfriend and how they plan to marry soon. Learning that Frances' lover is the man his wife is cheating on him with, and that Frances tends to fly into jealous rages when her boyfriend looks at another woman, Jacob uses his new information to send his nurse a little "surprise" to the young lovers.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Frances, who tells Jacob that she flies into a rage when her boyfriend looks at other women, kills said boyfriend (Jacob's chauffeur) and Jacob's cheating wife Lila when the man sends her across the street with a gun to "surprise" them.
* CuteAndPsycho: Frances. She's bright, adorably shy, and has a cute smile, but she turns completely homicidal when she finds her boyfriend showing interest in other women.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Jacob's plan perfectly succeeds, getting his cheating wife and her lover out of the picture without even leaving his bed.
* GoldDigger: Lila, who quite obviously married the bedridden Jacob for his money and cheats on him with his chauffeur.

* UnwittingPawn: Frances, whose psychotic temper Jacob takes advantage of to get Lila out of his life.
* VillainProtagonist: Jacob, who sends his nurse to murder her boyfriend and his wife, having sex with oneanother behind their spouses' backs.

A pair of hobos, former doctor William Fall (Creator/BurgessMeredith) and his friend Hepplewhite (Creator/ChillWills), discover a black medical bag in a dumpster while looking for something to pawn for booze money. Investigating the bag, William finds that the instruments within look far more technological than any of those he used to practice with, and gradually learns that the bag itself comes from the year 2098, having been dropped in 1971 by accident. By practicing with the tools inside the bag, William learns that they can heal any ailment in mere seconds, which he does to a little girl with strep throat and two men from the homeless shelter he lives in, one with cancer and the other with arthritis. While William wants to continue using the bag for the good of mankind, Hepplewhite, still wanting to use it for money, begins developing other plans.

* TheAlcoholic: Hepplewhite and William, whose drinking cost him his medical career. The booze bottle that Hepplewhite swipes from the latter was meant to serve as all of his meals that day, and the two men find the bag when they root through a dumpster for something they can pawn off for booze money.
* BittersweetEnding: William manages to heal three people with the bag, but Hepplewhite kills him, and then kills ''himself'' by accident with one of its scalpels. In doing this, the bag is deactivated and thrown into an incenerator, costing more people its miraculous healing powers.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: William wants to use the bag to better humanity, but he trusted the wrong guy to be as altruistic as him.
* KarmicDeath: The bag is disarmed after Hepplewhite uses it to kill William, and since he had no way of knowing this, he kills himself with a scalpel in front of an audience of doctors, thinking that he was demonstrating its power.
* MrExposition: Gillings, the clerk from 2098, who informs the loss of the bag and the fact that one of its instruments was used to kill someone to his superiors, as well as for the benefit of the audience.
* RiddleForTheAges: It's unrevealed how exactly the bag is sent back in time, as well as why it can't be retrieved.

Simms (Joseph Campanella), team leader of Mission Control at NASA, oversees the rescue operation for a failed attempt to establish a base on the moon, having to deal with the press while he's at it. The rescue team finds all the previous astronauts missing and a giant metallic platform near the base's ruins. The evidence points to an attack by a mysterious enemy, but what exactly the enemy might be is yet to be seen.

* DoomedPredecessor: The lunar base, and the rescue team doesn't make it out either.

* OhCrap: Steve, before being killed by the enemy. Simms later does it when he himself sees the enemy: a giant mouse.
* RayOfHopeEnding: While both of the crews are dead, a trap for the giant mouse is set, and it comes very close. There's a good chance the trap will be set off, killing the mouse, and the bodies can at least be retrieved to give them a proper burial. Though it's not specified how many mice there are, or if that's the only one.

Jacob Bauman (Joseph Wiseman), a wealthy invalid left bedridden by an illness, uses his binoculars to spy on his younger wife Lila (Angel Tompkin) cheating on him with his handsome chauffeur (Larry Watson). Jacob is soon visited by his kindhearted nurse, Frances Nevins (Creator/DianeKeaton), who goes on about her boyfriend and how they plan to marry soon. Learning that Frances' lover is the man his wife is cheating on him with, and that Frances tends to fly into jealous rages when her boyfriend looks at another woman, Jacob uses his new information to send his nurse a little "surprise" to the young lovers.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Frances, who tells Jacob that she flies into a rage when her boyfriend looks at other women, kills said boyfriend, Jacob's chauffeur and Jacob's cheating wife Lila when Jacob sends her across the street to surprise them.

A pair of hobos, former doctor William Fall (Creator/BurgessMeredith) and his friend Hepplewhite (Creator/ChillWills) discover a black medical bag in a dumpster while looking for something to pawn for booze money. Investigating the bag, William finds that the instruments within look far more technological than any of those he used to practice with, and gradually learns that the bag itself comes from the year 2098, having been dropped in 1971 by accident. By practicing with the tools inside the bag, William learns that they can heal any ailment in mere seconds, which he does to a little girl with strep throat and two men from the homeless shelter he lives in, one with cancer and the other with arthritis. While William wants to continue using the bag for the good of mankind, Hepplewhite, still wanting to use it for money, begins developing other plans.

'''Rod Serling:''' A very hearty welcome to Night Gallery, and to a collection of art not found in your average museum. These are paintings which represent life, but occasionally death as well. Case in point: this canvas here. A bedroom, but with all the cheer and warmth of a crypt. Beneath the paint and the patina is an ingredient called jealousy. Color it a monstrous green and call the picture: '''Room with a View.'''

!!Room With A View

Wealthy invalid Jacob Bauman (Joseph Wiseman) left bedridden by an illness plans revenge against his cheating wife, revenge that involves his unwitting, kindhearted nurse (Creator/DianeKeaton).
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The nurse kills her boyfriend and Jacob's cheating wife.

!!The Little Black Bag

Disgraced and homeless doctor William Fall (Creator/BurgessMeredith) stumbles across a medical bag from far in the future. He intends to use it for the good of mankind, but his also homeless friend Hepplewhite (Creator/ChillWills) wants to sell the bag and get rich.
* GenderFlip: The Hepplewhite character was female in the original story.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Dr. Fall wanted to use the bag to better humanity, he just trusted the wrong guy would be as altruistic as him.
* KarmicDeath: The bag is disarmed after Hepplewhite used it to kill Dr. Fall, and since he had no way of knowing this, kills himself with the scalpel thinking he was demonstrating its power

!!The Nature of the Enemy

NASA employee Simms (Joseph Campanella) manages a rescue operation for a failed attempt at establishing a base on the moon from Earth, only for the rescue team to find all the astronauts missing, and that all evidence points to an attack by a mysterious enemy.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The ending reveals that the enemy that wiped out the lunar base and the rescue team are giant mice that inhabit the moon.
* BlatantLies: Simms tells the reporters that there is no evidence of an attack so far. [[SarcasmMode Sure, the last transmission from the lunar base was "We are under attack!", but the transmission was garbled and they could have said something other than "attack", right?]]
* DoomedPredecessor: The lunar base, not that the rescue team makes it out either.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the reporters points out that the metal platform resembles a giant mousetrap. As it turns out, that’s exactly what it is.
* GainaxEnding: Turns out the titular enemy is... a giant mouse that lives on the moon somehow.
* OhCrap: Steve before being killed by the mysterious enemy. Later, Simms does it when he sees the enemy: a giant mouse.
* RayOfHopeEnding: While both crews are dead, a trap for the giant mouse is set, and the mouse very close. So there's a good chance the trap will set off killing it and the bodies can at least be retrieved to give them a proper burial. Though it's not specified how many mice there are or if that's the only one.

* KarmicDeath: The bag is disarmed after Hepplewhite used it to kill Dr. Fall, and since he had no way of knowing this and kills himself with the scalpel thinking he was demonstrating its power

-> Written By: Creator/RodSerling

* OhCrap: Steve before being killed by the mysterious enemy. Later, Simms does it when he sees the enemy: a giant mouse.

* BlatantLies: Simms tells the reporters that there is no evidence of an attack so far. [[SarcasmMode Sure, the last transmission from the lunar base was “We are under attack!”, but the transmission was garbled and they could have said something other than “attack”, right?]]

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: [[spoiler:The ending reveals that the enemy that wiped out the lunar base and the rescue team are giant mice that inhabit the moon.]]

* DoomedPredecessor: The lunar base, [[spoiler:not that the rescue team makes it out either.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the reporters points out that the metal platform resembles a giant mousetrap. [[spoiler:As it turns out, that’s exactly what it is.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Steve]] before being killed by the mysterious enemy. Later, Simms does it when he sees the enemy: [[spoiler:a giant mouse.]]

Wealthy invalid Jacob Bauman (Joseph Wiseman) left bedridden by an illness plans revenge against his cheating wife, revenge that involves his unwitting, kindhearted nurse (Diane Keaton).

NASA employee Simms (Joseph Campanella) manages a rescue operation for a failed attempt at establishing a base on the moon from Earth, only for the rescue team to find all the astronauts missing, and that all evidence points to an attack.

Disgraced and homeless doctor William Fall (Creator/BurgessMeredith) stumbles across a medical bag from far in the future. He intends to use it for the good of mankind, but his also homeless friend Hepplewhite (Creator/ChillsWills) wants to sell the bag and get rich.

!!The Nature of the Enemy