Walter Jameson (superbly played by Kevin McCarthy) teaches history at a local college and displays an uncannily thorough understanding of the subjects he lectures about. As he should, because Jameson is actually an immortal who has been alive for well over two thousand years.
Director Anton Leader relates the neat and engrossing story at a steady pace as well as ably crafts an appropriately sober and mysterious mood. Charles Beaumont's smart and literate script not only makes a potent and provocative central point about death being a natural part of the cycle of life, but also poignantly points out the bitter and lonely price one must pay for living forever. McCarthy anchors this episode with his strong and thoughtful work as Jameson; he receives sturdy support Edgar Stehli as suspicious professor Sam Kittridge, Estelle Winwood as aged former wife Laurette Bowen, and Dodie Heath as perky fiancé Susanna. An on the money show.
Director Anton Leader relates the neat and engrossing story at a steady pace as well as ably crafts an appropriately sober and mysterious mood. Charles Beaumont's smart and literate script not only makes a potent and provocative central point about death being a natural part of the cycle of life, but also poignantly points out the bitter and lonely price one must pay for living forever. McCarthy anchors this episode with his strong and thoughtful work as Jameson; he receives sturdy support Edgar Stehli as suspicious professor Sam Kittridge, Estelle Winwood as aged former wife Laurette Bowen, and Dodie Heath as perky fiancé Susanna. An on the money show.