Saturday, 20 September 2014

53: A Rock and a Hard Place (3.19)

1980; 48 minutes
Director of Photography Vincent A Martinelli 
Written by Andrew Schneider; Produced by Robert Bennett Steinhauer;
Directed by Chuck Bowman

David continues his knack for choosing the wrong employers here, although I guess if you're only ever expecting to get cash in hand with no ID and no questions asked then it's somewhat understandable.  He's working as a handyman for what is apparently a harmless old woman, but who actually turns out to be a long-running criminal plotting one more job.  Picked up by the FBI whilst unknowingly trafficking explosives, David's cover is blown. However, they use the opportunity to effectively blackmail him into spying on the old maid and her henchman.  When the latter grows suspicious and beats up David, the woman witnesses the end of a mini Hulk rampage in the basement, and then blackmails David into helping her!  Thus he is caught, as they say, between a Rock and a Hard Place.

An aptly titled episode, David is entangled right in the middle of the old woman's crime plans and a plot to catch her in the proverbial act, specifically driven by a cop who's close to retirement with an odd career-long affection for the criminal.  On both sides one part of David's secret is out in the open, and thus he is forced to remain on the scene until he can find some way out.

Number of Fists: ***

No comments:

Post a Comment