The Dead Man
Dr. Max Redford (Carl Betz) introduces his fellow doctor Miles Talmadge (Jeff Corey) to John Fearing (Michael Blodgett), a young man who possesses unusually strong psychosomatic abilities. While placed under hypnosis and given a different series of subliminal signals, John can unconsciously have his body mimic the symptoms of any disease imaginable. Max's wife Velia (Louise Sorel) slowly grows attracted to her husband's patient, prompting the doctor to determine whether John's talent can have him cheat death as well.
- And I Must Scream: John has psychosomatic abilities that allow him to unconsciously exhibit symptoms of any disease before returning to full health. 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.
- Body Horror: John has unusually powerful psychosomatic abilities, which let 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.
- It Runs in the Family: Max notes to Miles that John's abilities come from his parents and distant family, many of whom were paranoid hypochondriacs.
- Meaningful Name: 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 hypochondriacs in life. In spite of this, John feels proud of his ability to produce diseased appearances in perfect health.
- Nice Guy: While he was originally nervous and neurotic about potential diseases in his system, John is a pleasant and easy-going man who expresses pride and curiosity about his ability to unconsciously mimic diseases.
- Oh, Crap!: When Max evidently can't bring John out of his hypnotic-death state.
- Your Mind Makes It Real: John, an unusually strong hypochondriac, can show extensive symptoms of any sickness through hypnotic programming, far beyond what normal psychosomatic symptoms are capable of. Having been working with Max in the name of advancing medical science, the doctor 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 simulate death... far longer than Max had intended.
The Housekeeper
Miss Wattle (Jeanette Nolan), a rather unattractive old lady with a kindly attitude and a tranquil view of the world, is hired as a housekeeper for Cedric Acton (Larry Hagman). Cedric takes Miss Wattle out to a gourmet restaurant, where he points out his beautiful wife Carlota (Suzy Parker) having dinner with her lover. Noting how his wife is an ingrate, but that she's also worth $7 million, Cedric takes Miss Wattle to his basement laboratory. Through a combination of mad science and black magic, he aims to have Miss Wattle's gentle and caring personality placed inside the body of his gorgeous-but-ungrateful wife, offering to let her be young and beautiful and split half of the money with her if she decides it doesn't work out.
- Awful Wedded Life: Cedric's wife Carlota may be beautiful, but she's a selfish and ungrateful woman who actively cheats on him. It's for this reason, as well as her fortune, that Cedric sought out the kindly Miss Wattle, so her personality can be put in Carlota's body.
- Body Swap: Cedric has been on a quest for the perfect personality to put in his beautiful-but-ungrateful wife's body, and Miss Wattle is just the woman for him. Cedric has successfully performed the procedure on animals, which his basement lab is full of, each of them making the wrong sounds.
- Cool Old Lady: Though she has no friends, family, or references, and is described as homely or hideous, 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.
- Here We Go Again!: Cedric, having switched Carlota's personality with that of Miss Wattle, switches her personality 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."
- It's All About Me: 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 explanation to why she's so aloof with him.
- Meaningful Name: A wattle is the unsightly red flap of skin underneath a chicken's beak, and Miss Wattle lives up to such a description, being viewed as rather homely if not just plain ugly.
- Nice Girl: Miss Wattle, who goes around with a tranquil and philosophical outlook on life, doesn't mind that she's not attractive and has no friends or references, and comforts Cedric when he reveals his true motivations regarding Carlota.
