Review of Epilogue

One Step Beyond: Epilogue (1959)
Season 1, Episode 6
5/10
A lesson on why not to take your kid into an abandoned mine. The Conclusion saves this one!
28 October 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Episode 6 starts as Carl Archer (Charles Aidman) is a recovering alcoholic, who his wife Helen (the beautiful Julie Adams) is about to divorce. Carl has just completed his stint in rehab and tries to convince Helen to take him back that he is a changed man, she agrees to thank about it, while her and her son Steve (Charles Herbert) go on a trip to an old abandoned silver mine (because we all know that's a great idea) as usually thinking after about 4 minutes inside part of the mine collapses and Steve becomes trapped Helen appears back at the hotel to tell Carl of the accident and when he gets there he gets a big surprise...

I thought this one was OK it starts out pretty good, but, when the mom actually takes her son in an apparently dangerous silver mine one has to wonder why on earth you would do this without anyone with you, and you know pretty much whats going to happen here, it was here I was afraid the story was going to be just like the last episode another "trapped character in peril" episode, It does a little, but, fortunately turns into some what of a ghost story and what happens is a pretty good conclusion, and not an abrupt ending like several episodes of the series have had so far, even tho this is the 2nd ghost story in the last 3 episodes. The acting here is good and decent, Julie Adams of "Creature from the Black Lagoon" fame does a nice job, but Charles Aidman over acts a little in a silly scene were he goes running out of the mine screaming is just hilarious even tho Its meant to be serious. Overall, I think the conclusion saves this one pretty good.
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