![]() ![]() Somehow (the father theorizes that they're from space), the mushrooms can take over anyone who consumes them and are using this method to mount an invasion. Assimilation Plot: "Special Delivery" involves the neighborhood boys sending away for mushrooms that they can grow in the basement for profit.Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In the episode "Incident in a Small Jail", Leon Gorwald is arrested for jaywalking when it turns out he actually is responsible and not caught for several murders.Antagonistic Offspring: "Father and Son" features one - a lazy, dishonest son with a Never My Fault attitude.A similar situation occurs in the Hitchcock-directed episode "Breakdown", where a man suffers a car accident and is rendered almost completely paralyzed.In "The Long Silence" a woman is paralyzed, unable to speak.Amoral Attorney: "Your Witness" features one, who gets his comeuppance in the end. ![]() However, the marionette (who tells him that marionettes are "far more sensitive" than anyone realizes) falls in love with Lydia and murders Charles. Is a Crapshoot: In "Design for Loving," Charles Braling purchases a robot replica of himself or "marionette" so he can take off for Rio without his neglected wife Lydia being any the wiser. Affectionate Parody: Hitchcock parodies his own Rear Window with "Mr Blanchard's Secret".Adaptational Karma: Adaptations of short stories featuring a Karma Houdini are usually given this treatment in Hitchcock's closing monologue.Unfamiliar with guns, she accidentally shoots him dead. Accidental Murder: In "O Youth and Beauty!", an obsessed husband who wants to do a hurdling routine gives his wife a gun to use as the starting gun. ![]() If he wins, he gets a car if he loses, he gets his little finger chopped off.
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