This is a pretty solid episode and the first to introduce the Devil. The suicide attempts are pretty well done but the lead character is quite a nuisance. It’s one of those episodes that are good but easy to overlook.
Quote: Immortality. What’s the good of it? There isn’t any kicks, any excitement. – Walter
Highlights
– “You’re about to meet a hypochondriac. Witness Mr. Walter Bedeker age forty-four. Afraid of the following: death, disease, other people, germs, drafts, and everything else. He has one interest in life and that’s Walter Bedeker. One preoccupation, the life and well-being of Walter Bedeker. One abiding concern about society, that if Walter Bedeker should die how will it survive without him.”
– Walter and his sick bed
– The Devil in the flesh
– Selling his soul for eternal life
– Making a deal with the Devil
– Throwing himself under a train
– Poisoning himself
– Accidentally killing his wife
– Calling the cops on himself
– Being sentenced to life in prison aka forever
– Asking the Devil to take him
– “There’s a saying, ‘Every man is put on Earth condemned to die, time and method of execution unknown.’ Perhaps this is as it should be. Case in point: Walter Bedeker, lately deceased, a little man with such a yen to live. Beaten by the Devil, by his own boredom, and by the scheme of things in this, the Twilight Zone.”
Rating: 7/10