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In old age makeup, Charles Boyer plays a ship's captain preparing for his last voyage home gets two wires that really could impact those last hours. First of all is the news that there is a bomb aboard (when she keeps to himself and orders the wire room operator to destroy records of) and then the very blunt news from a doctor that his wife has just died. The crew only knows about the news of his wife, revealed when another crew member finds out about it accidentally, and creating panic because byoyer is taking them through a storm. Obviously this is a metaphor for the storm within himself, leading to an uproar among the crew over his change in course as he tries to trap the man who planted the bomb intended to blow up a port in Japan.

Costarring in this episode of the Four Star Playhouse episode is Regis Toomey as an army officer traveling aboard, recurring in the series as the police sergeant in the "Dante's Inferno" segments. Much of the activity comes from Boyer questioning various members of his crew, having told them of his reasonings in order to bring the guilty party to panic. The other people aboard have their share of personal issues, ranging from drinking problems to new fatherhood, and this gives the story more depth. Boyer plays a rather dour character, obviously having too much on his plate that are difficult for him to handle, and that gives him a meaty part. The various pieces of the puzzle bring together a lot of tension which makes this a decent, if ponderous episode because while nail biting at times, is not fully developed.