When the story begins, a young man (William Shatner) and his wife are going through his aunt's possessions. Jim then tells her the story about the glass eye they found among her things.
It seems that Aunt Julia (Jessica Tandy) was a spinster and lived a quiet life of desperation. However, one day she saw a ventriloquist, Max Collodi (Tom Conway), performed...and she was instantly smitten. Soon, she followed him from city to city and wrote to him about her devotion to him. Eventually, the very secretive Max agreed to meet her...but the meeting went poorly. Why? See the story.
This episode has a nice twist and is very good. It is interesting, however, that Shatner and his narration are not 100% necessary...it worked but probably would have worked just as well as a straight story without narration. Regardless, this one is less scary...more just sad...very, very sad.
It seems that Aunt Julia (Jessica Tandy) was a spinster and lived a quiet life of desperation. However, one day she saw a ventriloquist, Max Collodi (Tom Conway), performed...and she was instantly smitten. Soon, she followed him from city to city and wrote to him about her devotion to him. Eventually, the very secretive Max agreed to meet her...but the meeting went poorly. Why? See the story.
This episode has a nice twist and is very good. It is interesting, however, that Shatner and his narration are not 100% necessary...it worked but probably would have worked just as well as a straight story without narration. Regardless, this one is less scary...more just sad...very, very sad.