Interesting early television show about the bad effects of marijuana use. A young woman wakes up in a seedy hotel room with no memory of her name or anything. The only clue are two college football tickets. The young woman responds to the name "Geraldine" but is sure it isn't hers. The investigators played by Beverly Garland and Simon Oakland find out that there is in a hospital a recently seriously injured young woman who apparently was thrown from a car. Further investigation (and the returning memory of the first young woman) reveal that her name is Alice Wilson and the woman who died was her half sister Geraldine. It is also discovered that Alice gave Gerry "reefers" and smoked them herself and that while under the influence Alice sped down the highway at 100 miles per hour and Gerry simply stepped out of the car. The show ended with Garland speaking directly to the audience and reminding us that we must live with the terrible mistakes we make. Especially interesting was seeing Larry Hagman in a pretty substantial role - what a long career he has had. It's always nice to see Simon Oakland in a show, he's such a solid performer. Garland was, as expected, wonderful in this series - an empathetic yet also tough cop. Good show.
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Jane Doe #286
kapelusznik1826 October 2013
Warning: Spoilers
***SPOILERS**It's when this unidentified young woman is found out cold and high on pot,marijuana, in a midtown hotel it's discovered that she was involved ion a accident when one of the passengers in her car ended up in serious condition. It's undercover policewoman Casey Jones, Beverly Garland, nd her partner Sgt.Steve Neccio, Simon Oakland, who are on the case in finding out who she is and what she had to do with the car accident. It's doesn't take long for the police to identify the woman who's name is Beth Wilson, Barbara Lord,in that it was her sister Jerry or Geraldine who ended up thrown from the car that she was driving, And driving while she was high on pot! Even though a bit dated, 1957, the pot angle to this episode is very well handled in how dangerous illegal drugs, pot included, are when used while one's behind the wheel of a car.
It was in fact Beth who drove the fatal car, her sister Geraldine later died in the hospital, that killed Geraldine. In a state of shock and gilt ridden Beth tried to put the entire incident out of her mind until her boyfriend Kenneth Davidson, Larry Hagman, showed up at the scene, a Greenwich Village coffee shop, and spilled the beans to what really happened that fateful evening. It was Kenneth who being high on pot himself at the time refused to get behind the wheel of his car with both Beth and Geraldine aboard.
****SPOILERS*** Taking control of the car Beth drove it over 100 MPH not knowing, by being high, how fast she was going and had an equally drugged out Gerlidene step out to get a breath of fresh are which ended up being that last breath she was to take. Now clean and sober Beth has to face the reality of what she did in not only getting high on pot but ending up killing her sister Geraldine because of it.
It was in fact Beth who drove the fatal car, her sister Geraldine later died in the hospital, that killed Geraldine. In a state of shock and gilt ridden Beth tried to put the entire incident out of her mind until her boyfriend Kenneth Davidson, Larry Hagman, showed up at the scene, a Greenwich Village coffee shop, and spilled the beans to what really happened that fateful evening. It was Kenneth who being high on pot himself at the time refused to get behind the wheel of his car with both Beth and Geraldine aboard.
****SPOILERS*** Taking control of the car Beth drove it over 100 MPH not knowing, by being high, how fast she was going and had an equally drugged out Gerlidene step out to get a breath of fresh are which ended up being that last breath she was to take. Now clean and sober Beth has to face the reality of what she did in not only getting high on pot but ending up killing her sister Geraldine because of it.
A Frantic Woman With No Memory
dougdoepke27 June 2019
Absorbing entry as we wonder what's behind Beth's sudden loss of memory connecting her to her dead half-sister. Actress Lord as the emotional Beth piles it on as she struggles with herself. Is her memory loss genuine amnesia or more simply emotional repression, and what does it have to do with her half-sister's suspicious death. Casey again anchors the histrionics with a professional demeanor. It's that coolness under pressure that defines her strength unlike male cops who can depend on physical prowess.
Note the opening shot where Beth writhes on a bed finally looking through the headboard bars that indicate the internal prison she's in-- a lot said in a single shot. Also, I can't help noting how the risks of marijuana are again exaggerated as was the norm of the time; that's not to say there aren't risks, but exaggerating them had an opposite effect on later generations, especially the 1960's. Anyway, it's a fairly suspenseful half-hour, again showing how perfect Garland was for her defining part.
Note the opening shot where Beth writhes on a bed finally looking through the headboard bars that indicate the internal prison she's in-- a lot said in a single shot. Also, I can't help noting how the risks of marijuana are again exaggerated as was the norm of the time; that's not to say there aren't risks, but exaggerating them had an opposite effect on later generations, especially the 1960's. Anyway, it's a fairly suspenseful half-hour, again showing how perfect Garland was for her defining part.
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