In this nail-biting episode from the Master of Suspense himself, 5-year-old Jackie Hester replaces a toy gun with his uncle’s real gun and ammunition and proceeds to wield the weapon on unsuspecting victims throughout suburbia. Will the adults in Jackie’s life catch up to him in time to prevent a tragedy? And what does this 60-year-old episode have to say not only about gun safety, but also the insidious reach of colonialism?
Burn-o-Meter: 5.5
Overall Rating: 6.5 grocery store ponies
Episode 56 - Never Again
Episode 55 - Malice Domestic
Episode 54 - Forty Detectives Later
Episode 53 - The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby
Episode 52 - The Ikon of Elijah
Episode 51 - Most Likely to Succeed
Episode 50 - Murder Me Twice
Episode 49 - Revenge
Episode 48 - Portrait of Jocelyn
Episode 47 - Listen, Listen!
Episode 46 - Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid
Episode 45 - Poison
Episode 44 - One for the Road
Episode 43 - Coming Home
Episode 42 - Specialty of the House
Episode 41 - The Crooked Road
Episode 40 - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Episode 39 - The Right Kind of House
Episode 38 - The Doubtful Doctor
Episode 37 - The Deadly
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