After a hard day dealing in the real world of work and worry, it’s really nice to know a person can go home, flick on the TV, and escape from the dreariness of everyday life with a little light entertainment. Take this past week, for example. Here are some of the things that happened on the tube.
On Friday night, Sophia faced a moral dilemma when an ill friend asked for help in ending her life. Eddie’s life was endangered when he befriended a young woman who was being pursued by a pair of killers. And Carrie defended a single mother charged with the death of her infant son.
Meanwhile, an ordinary doll took on homicidal tendencies after being possessed by the transmigrated soul of a killer. And an anatomical dummy intended for instructional use became a dangerous tool in the hands of a mentally unbalanced young man.
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Saturday morning, an athletic counsellor at a camp for the blind tried to prevent a vision-impaired man from committing suicide. In the afternoon four men hijacked a crowded subway train and threatened to murder one hostage for every minute the ransom demand was late. That night, Stevie planned to avenge his father’s death when the gun used in that crime turned up in another case. And defence attorney Cromwell uncovered greed and adultery while investigating the plight of a woman accused of murdering her wealthy husband.
Sunday afternoon, a former police officer became the unofficial protector of a Chicago prostitute stalked by a killer. While frustrated in love, a lonely, overweight mortuary worker embarked on a tireless campaign to win a young man’s heart. And while visiting a friend in Jamaica, Jessica encountered voodoo and black magic when a family celebration was marred by murder.
Later that day, a murder was committed at a crowded reception honouring a deceased painter. While that was going on, a smalltown schoolteacher, pregnant by rape, fought to keep her job after officials accused her of immoral behaviour.
Early Monday, an American woman helped a sanitary engineer thwart an outlaw who shot her father. When a policewoman was murdered while helping to capture a rapist, her roommate volunteered herself as new bait for the trap. While a pretty, Second World War correspondent suffered a nervous breakdown over the death of her married lover.
Monday night, an attorney fell in love with her client, a San Francisco newspaper publisher who may have been a manipulative murderer. And Hoffs experienced date rape while working undercover on a case at a medical school. Meanwhile, an investigation continued into a tough vice cop’s alleged involvement in a series of shootings. And after murdering his mistress, an Italian police inspector passively accompanied his men as they searched for the killer. Later, an infamous murderer escaped from his sanitarium and headed back to Haddonfield, Illinois to continue the homicidal rampage he started 10 years ago.
Tuesday night, Ben went behind bars to defend a prison guard facing murder charges in a mock trial staged by mutinous inmates. While Angel, a law student-turned-vigilante, returned to the streets of L.A. to track down the murderer of her guardian. And a single mother struggled to prove herself innocent of the murder of her three children.
And later that day, a young lawyer learned that the woman he loved was actually a witch whose coven planned to sacrifice her to the Antichrist.
Wednesday morning, a psychiatrist’s family was besieged by a psychotic group of mental patients during a citywide blackout. While a young girl was kidnapped to ensure the death of a victim of a car-bombing incident. That night, the parents of a young Chinese patient, who was dying from meningitis, wanted to perform an ancient healing ritual.
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Thursday morning, a blind girl was unaware that her family had been murdered and the killer was still lurking in the house. While a wandering musician was swallowed up in a hotbed of passion, deceit and murder when he arrived in a snowbound Canadian town.
And last night, the victim of two attempted rapes turned the tables on her attacker. While two vindictive students at a boarding school used a classroom as a tool in their plan to drive a teacher insane. However, their plan failed so they forced him to watch television for a week.
It worked.
Next week, he asks Sophia to help him end his life.
©1989 Jim Hagarty
